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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-16
Excursion To Lafayette Sunday

There will be an excursion from
St. Martinville to Lafayette to-
morrow, the excursionists will
leave here on the regular train to
Cade and from Cads will take the
Gueydan train. Returning the
train will come through Breaux
Bridge aud St. Martiuville, leav-
ing Lafayette vt Z p. ~. Fare for
the round trip 80 els.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-16
Statement of Ownership, Management, Cir
CulatiOn, Etc.

Statement Of Ownership, Management, Cir
eulatiOn, Etc.
required by the Act Of August "a, 1912.
or the WEEKLY MESSENGER, publish
oil weekly at st. Martinvillr, La, for
Oct. LIST. 1915.
Editor, Albert Bienvenu.
ST. MaTtinviIle. LA.
Managing Editor, Laizaire Bienvenu.
st. Mariinyille. La.
Publisher. Laizaive Bienvenu,
ST. Martinyile. LA.
Business Manager. Laizaire Bienvenu,
st. Martinville. La.
Owner. Albert Bienvenu.
st. MartinviIle, La,
Albert Bienvenu, Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
H.! .ay1 bet. 1915.
GEO. S. EAsTIN, Notary Public.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-16
NEGRO CUT TO DEATH.

Last Saturday night a young
negro named Edward Washington,
from Cade. ST. Martin parish was
cut to death with a razor by an.
other negro named Joseph Jacob
and Lslis Jouss at Broussard.
The dead negro was buried here
Sunday evening.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-16

Our people are anxious to see
the big tractor and ditcher bought
several months ago at work. Now
would bs the proper time to start
the work, before the rainy season
comes on.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-16

The High School defeated the
Town boys in the Foot Bali game
Saturday evening last.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
Continued from yesterday


Now Anton as lieutenant had
enough to think of; he didn't think
himself higher than a simple soldier
and for that reason he was liked by
the men under his command.
CHAPTER VII.
Anton Loses His Hand.
One day a telegram was received
that they should hurry to Lodz. which
was then in the German hands. A
battle was going on there.
In half OF an hour the army was
on the way to the battle. As they
reached the scene they saw what a
dreadful battle II was; regiment after
regiment were wiped off the face OF
the earth by the big German guns
and thousands of dead and wounded
lay on the ground helpless. In
another hour Anton's regiment en-
tered the trenches. which were dark.
full OF pieces OF dead soldiers, and
blood was running from the wounds
of the unfortunate soldiers. Bombs
were bursting in all directions end
the Russians were just like a row.
boat ON the high seas against the
brave Germans with their artillery.
1t was q battle long to be remem-
tered, and the Russians, With what
remained of their big armies, had to
retreat, and here is where our hero
shows BRAY cry again.
The soldier who carried the regi-
ment flag was killed. and one of the
German soldiers was trying to get 1t
when Anton. with his revolver in one
hand. because the other one was shot
off in the battle. ran up. and, shoot
Ing at the German himself. grabbed
the tiag, and running at the rate OF
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04

/ will be evident, but old-time preju-
dices and intolerance may develop.
Educational matters will prosper
astonishingly. the seers foretell. A
college president will occupy a place
of national prominence before the end
of the year.
Strange and unusual scandals are
prognosticated. These will be most
numerous in the Eastern part of the
country
Success and fame will accrue to a
woman who is prominent at the Pan
anna Pacific Exposition. The forecast
for the fair Is good.
Marriages will multiply with the
advance of the spring, and many
prominent persons of middle age will
wed, the seers announce.
Music is to gain greatly in popular
ity>in the United States within the
next few years. There is an encourag-
ing sign for all artistic professions.
Persons whose birthdate it is should
not make any changes in the next
year. Letters or contracts may cause
them trouble, unless great care is ex-
ercised.
Children born on this day are likely
to be ambitious and restless. Boys
will succeed best in employ. These
subjects of Pisces are usually exceed
ingiy neat and orderly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
"A Pleasant Memory"
Nv MAY GINNING.
fcontlnued from Tuesdayl
VOL. H., No. So.

Dorothy was nervous all that week,
but when Saturday, the sixth day
came, and she heard nothing she con-
/, tinued to stay in her Burlington
home. She lived for two whole
weeks after on ten dollars she had
borrowed from Ruth's insurance
money. She did not know that
Howard had paid the rent for a whole
year. Still another fortnight passed
and one day she was surprised to
see a wagon stop in front of the
door with a very large wooden case.
She opened it In astonishment to
see in beautiful tints her own fair
face and that Of her sister and the
children, and underneath it all in
gold letters were the words, "A
Pleasant Memory" She knew now,
but what was on the little note?
She read 1t, her eyes sparkling:
Dear Dorothy-"A Pleasant Mem
ory" won the fifty Thousand dollars
for me at the Virginia Fair. Will fol-
low. Lovingly, HOWARD.
Lovingly. Howard" she gasped.
That night Howard came with a
dear little Tiffany, as Ruth called it.
and in just six days Dorothy Byrne
was Mrs. Leonard.
They live In the Burlington house,
now a much changed place, and in
the best parlor hangs "A Pleasant
Memory" which brought 1t all about.
(The Eufil
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
The Leasing Of Jap
Continues from yesterday,)
By Wellington
BY Myer
BY HOWARD FALk-


THAT was simple enough" was
the answer. "You saw how / ar
ranged them in a line Of five. and
you saw that when I bent over Jap
and said, Go to him. ] touched him.
For man number one / touched him
with one finger; for man number two.
with two fingers" etc.
The clown seized his hand In 8
hearty grip, admiration for the clever
lad In his eyes, and said:
"If you will, lad. will pay you
sS5 per week for three years for a
lease of that dog"
The bargain was clinched on the
spot
That night Clyde told his parents
OF his good fortune, and then hum
bly, asked If he might go to the circus
that night to see Jap.
"Gol" r0ared his father. Go. WHY
you can go and have 81 spending
money
The Press, the evening paper. gave
an account of Clyde's perseverance,
to keep Jap. and added: IF all eur
young citizens were as en1erprising,
this city would be the greatest ia
the world; perseverance has its re-
ward"
After three years service wfta
"Brance Bull Circus" Jap returned
home after making much money Tor
the circus and a handsome bank ac<
count for his young master
(The end.3
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
Choosing Position

Walter Camp, the famous coach,
tells of Thanksgiving Day game in
Philadelphia that was played in a
deluge of snow and rain, with Frank
lin Field foot deep in cold, gray
slush.
The Cornell captain, who won the
toss, asked rather bitterly before the
game began:
"Do we have to play football in this
huid?"
you sure do,'s was the reply.
Come, come, you've won the toss;
which end do you take?"
WELL" said the Cornell man, shak-
ing his head at the gray wastes of
waters spread before him, II guess
we'll kick with thes tide. st. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04

was decidedly pleasing. After that
she skipped out to the telephone In
the corner chemists and made an al-
pointment with John ellsworth.
The big financier received her the
following day in his luxurious Office.
His philanthropy was well known.
Polly approached him with no fear
and put her model before him.
ellsworth remembered having
rested tired eyes on her beauty one
evening in the subway Her magnet
ism, together with the undoubted
value of the egg boiler which she
demonstrated to him, quite worked
the charm
When she had left the Office Gals
worth sighed. He felt the girls pres
ence even when she had disappeared
from sight and again regretted the
fact that women must struggle In the
business world save In this particular
instance He rejoiced that Polly
Woodward had entered his life
And Polly returned to her office
with light heart. She went immedi-
ately to the telephone and told 'Craw-
ford the good news. He was so de-
lighted that he asked her to lunch
Polly agreed. She was glad that she
had worn her new blouse to the office
that day.
When she returned to her office.
after a most happy lunch hour spent
with Crawford she rejoiced for the
second time that she had worn her
new blouse. John ellsworth had
telephoned her. He wanted her to
have dinner with him If she was not
tired of talking business There was
much to be discussed about the egg
boiler.
And If at dinner there were red
roses on the table for Polly, and roses
In Polly's cheeks for ellsworth and
only a short talk on the subject Of
egg boilers, no one minded overmuch.
The evening passed with wonderful
promise of happiness in It's trail, for
Polly and ellsworth had found one
another.
Crawford went up that evening to
the home of the sweetheart who had
been waiting impatientiy to hear the
news of the egg boiler. But all Craw-
ford did was to take her into his
arms.
! '.Can you be ready for that trip in
about four weeks7" he asked her.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
The Faint-Hearted Mouse

A timid little mouse lived In a
house of great magician. The poor
creature was in constant fear of the
cat and had not a moments peace.
The magician, taking pity on the
mouse. turned ii into cat. Then 1t
suffered for fear of the dog. To cure
this fear the magician turned IT into
a dog. Then It trembled for fear Of
the tiger. The magician changed it
into a tiger: but 1t at once began to
tremble for fear of the hunters.
BE mouse again!" cried the
magician in disgust You have a
heart OF a mouse. and cannot be
helped by wearing body of 3 nobler
animal JOSEPH FRIzEN,
LAG Union Street,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04

According to astrology this Is not
an altogether lucky day. for Uranus,
Saturn and Mercury rule strongly for
evil, and the sun, alone, is In benefic
aspect.
The seers hold that selling under
this coniguration should be fairly
fortunate. They give warning, how
ever, that the rule is not auspicious
for dealing In real estate.
Uranus is in a place believed to
encourage fraud and deception OF
every sort. Partnerships and negotia-
tions leading to contracts or agree
ments should be postponed
The aspect is most forbidding for
Journeys by rail- An accident of ex-
traordinary horror Is prognosticated.
Old persons are supposed to be
peculiarly sensitive to the sinister
sway of Saturn. They may be ex-
ceedingly severe and unreasonable.
Late in the. afternoon conditions are
believed to be favorable for obtaining
the interest and aid Of persons In in
fiuential positions.
Religious crusades and church cam
paigns will mark the coming months.
A revival of interest In matters per-
tanning to the spiritual side of life
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
Table Hunor

She was eating her first county
club ice cream. and pointing to the
pistachio part in the centre she said
to the young man she was dining
with: what Is that?"
"Oh. that's an aasis," he replied.
"A what?"
"An oasis--a little green spot in the
dessert, you know.'%Boston Trans
script.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
"The Hero of the Last War"
By LOUIS D. ooLDsERo south Tenth street. school.

about 20 miles per hour. saved the
glory Of his regiment, while q volley
Oh snoIs rang through the air.
The general who was himself NOR
tally wounded. pinned another George
Cross, first class, on Anton's blood
fun uniform.
Anton could not stay in the army
any more. so he was sent home. He
now draws a pension from the gov
ernment.
OF course he was married to Liati-
ana. and everybody tips their hats to
the young hero of the last war and
everytime Tiatiana looks at Anton's
lost arm she thinks of poor Ivan, who
loved her so much and who wished
her i'rk with the one she loved On
his death bed.
Tne End.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
(The End)
A Queer Eve

An orator stated that the worst
enemy any cause can have is double
tie in the shape of half truth, and
eye in the Shape Of half tooth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
Sporting Proposition

what makes you so confident that
you are in agreement with your con-
stituents on this proposition?'
WELL replied Senator Sorghum, II
have guessed 'em wrong four times in
succession. The law of averages
ought to begin to work by this time"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
Evening Star Astrologer
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1913.
Copyright. lslAl

.The stars incline, but do not compel
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-04
Hopeless

HE ought to turn over new leaf.
lie could turn over whole fibrart
and ns' have good start toward b.
ing decent.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
GEN ERAL.

Thirty-five survivors of the liner
Arabic arrived in New York on the
American liner st. Paul from Liver.
pool.
The Cobb county, Ca, grand jury
reported that it had been unable to
find enough evidence, after a two
days examination of witnesses, to in
dict anyone for the lynching of Leo
M. Frank.
Fifteen hours after Mrs. Elizabeth
Tiffany Blair Mohr had been arrested
as a result of the confession of three
negroes that she had hired them for
$4,000 to kill her husband, G. Franklin
Mohr, wealthy physician of Provi-
dence, r. l., and Newport, she was re-
leased in $4,000 bail.
Mrs. Elma Miller Stebbins, wife of
George C. Stebbins, a singer evan
gelist and author Of many gospel
songs, died suddenly of acute indiges.
tion at a hotel in East Northfield,
Mass. She was 68 years Of age. She
and her husband had made several
tours of the world with Dwight L.
Moody, Ira D. Sankey and other evan.
gelists.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o IN G .. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
;,AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

German troops have captured a po-
, sition northwest of Friedrichstadt,
about forty miles from Riga.
The early evacuation of Riva, at
the head of Lake di Garda, by the
Austrians, is expected to follow the
fall of Rovereto.
: Four Turkish transports have been
.orpedoed by British submarines. An
nouncement to this effect was made
officially at Paris.
Two Mexican bandits we're shot to
ieath near Kathryn, Tex. They had
been arrested by a posse and were
trying to escape.
The Russian fortress of Lutsk has
been captured by Teutonic forces, 1t
was officially announced by the Aus
trian war office.
A detachment of the Twelfth United
States cavalry engaged in fight
twelve miles north of Brownsville,
Tex, with four Mexican bandits, one
of whom was killed and three others
captured.
Fighting continues in the Kane
runs, the German colony in Western
Africa which the British and French
have been attempting since the early
part of the war to wrest from the
Germans.
The army of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg has captured Grodno, the last
of the strong Russian fortresses to
hold out, making twelve within a
month, beginning with Warsaw on Au-
gust 5.
kilograms from Sofia, says the
Overseas News Agency, state that off
the entrance to the Dardanelles a
British transport struck mine and
sank with 800 officers, 1880 soldiers
and 300 members of the crew, all of
whom were drowned. Six hundred
bodies were recovered.
The British employed $4,000 men
IN their attacks on Turkish positions
On Gallipoli peninsula, according to a
dispatch from Constantinople to the
Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung, and their
losses were extremely heavy. The
correspondent estimates that since
Aug. the British losses have been
in excess of $4,000.
More than 100000 Russians have
been taken prisoners by the Germans
since the campaign in Galicia began
on May 2, German army headquarters
announced. Captures of Russians dur
ing the month of August totalled 1000
officers and 269,S39 men, while 1890
cannon and $50 machine guns were
taken.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
SPORT.

Over a track which trainers esti-
mated to be from three to four Sec
ond slow, Directum I. paced mile in
2:O2A at the grand circuit meeting at
Empire City park at Yonkers, N. Y.
Fred R. Roberts, who was scheduled
to make an aeroplane flight at Love-
land, Colo, for the Larimer county
fair, fell to earth from distance Of
100 feet in the air after losing con-
troll Of his machine, receiving severe
bruises. The big biplane was COM
pletely wrecked.
Jack Coffey, manager of the Denver
Baseball Club, resigned. The an
nouncement, made by the manager
himself, came as bolt frofm a clear
sky. Up to this time it had not been
suspected that even the slightest fric-
tion existed between Coffey and ]. c.
McGill, owner of the club.
Probably the greatest track racing
carnival ever staged west of the Mis-
souri, river opened in Denver at Over
land Park Sunday afternoon when
nine of the foremost dirt-track drivers
in the United States sent their ma
chimes away from the starters line
in the first event of a two-day pro-
gram staged under the auspices of the
Colorado Electric Club.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
WESTERN.

Equal suffrage was defeated in Ala
bama when the Senate rejected bill
21 to TO-,
A law passed by the last California
Legislature requiring the labelling of
imported eggs was declared unconsti-
tutional in the Superior Court at San
Francisco.
At Muskogee, Okla, Mrs. w. B.
Province was arrested charged with
the murder of her husband, subur-
ban grocer, Aug. 12. Province was
slain with q hatchet.
The realization of long years of
hope and effort came to Coloradoans
on Saturday in the formal dedication
of the majestic uplands of the Longs
Peak region as a great national play
ground.
Final tabulations compiled and made
public at Chicago by the coroner's Of
flee show that S12 persons lost their
lives when the steamer Eastland with
$500 persons on board, capsized in
the Chicago river July "a.
At Indianapolis Ernest Roder, for
mer road-house keeper, indicted along
with National Committeeman Thomas
Taggart, Mayor Joseph E. Bell, Chief
of Police Perrott and over 100 other
Indiana politicians charged with con-
spiracy to corrupt the Marion county
election, pleaded guilty to the charge.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
FOREIGN.

Count Glacciardini, former minister
Of foreign affairs in the Italian cabi-
net, is dead.
Felix Poppenberg, widely known
German essayist and historian, died
at his home in Berlin.
Marquis Koru Inouye, one of the
elder statesmen of Japan, died of neph'
ritis, aged 80. at Toxic.
No concessions will be made to Ger
many in the way of peace proposals,
according to high British officials.
Lii Yuen Heng has resigned as vice
president of the Chinese Republic.
The Interpretation placed upon his act
is that it is preparatory to the estab-
lishment Of monarchy, which is pop
ularly regarded as virtually certain.
Death by starvation through four
years of crop failure faces the $4,000
inhabitants of Curacao island in the
Dutch West Indies unless help is sent
them, according to the Right Rev. NJ.
G. Vuylsteke, O.. p, Catholic Bishop
of Curacao.
The Berlin National Zeitung pub
fishes leading article under the
heading: Wilson, Bryan and Roose-
velt," which is noteworthy for its
friendly tone and for the ungrudging
admiration expressed for President
Wilson.
Political circles in london took the
view that Germany's yielding to the
United States will have little if any ef-
feet upon the negotiations now pend
ing between Great Britain and Ameri-
ca for modification of the British
order in council.
The first definite announcement
from the government that Poland will
not be restored to Russia when q
peace treaty is signed was made by
the German chancellor, DR.. Won Beth
man-Hollweg, in opening the sessions
of the reichstag at Berlin.
A message from Berne says that
Sweden has submitted to the Swiss
government proposal that steps be
taken to bring neutral countries to-
gether more closely, by means of mu-
tual diplomatic interchanges. Switx-
erland agreed readily to this pro-
posal.
The steamer Corwin arrived at
Nome, Alaska, from a trading trip at
Cape Serge, Siberia The natives
along the Siberian coast had heard
nothing of Vilhjalmur Stefanson, the
explorer. who, with two companions,
left Martin Point, west of the mouth
Of Mackenzie river, March %, 1914.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
AGAIN TO BE FERTILE LAND
Building Of Euphrates Dam Calculated
to Restore the Prosperity Of
Old Mesopotamia.

With the completion of the Hindi.
yeh barrage, on the River Euphrates,
the first step has been taken which
the fertile land it was in Biblical
times.
For ages the waters of the Tigris and
Euphrates have run to waste In the
desert, or accumulated in unwholesome
marshes. and devastation and the de-
cay of centuries have set their mark
upon. enormous areas that once bios
somed as the rose. In the great Baby
1onian plain. tradition has placed the
Garden of Eden, and the still visible
ruins of the old dams and canals show
how important part was played by
irrigation on the economic prosperity
of Chaldea and Babylon.
After lying dormant for ages as the
result of devastating wars, Tartar in
roads and Turkish apathy, fertility
is about to be restored to those DESC
late regions as by the wave Of ma
gician's wand.
The magician is the modern engi-
neer, in the person Of Sir William
Willcocks, who in 1909 was commits
stoned by the Turkish government to
prepare an irrigation scheme. In it's
entirety Sir William Willcock's plan
entailed an expenditure of $75,000,0 900,
and 1t is the first portion Of the works
which were inaugurated.
The Hindiyeh barrage, At miles
south of Bagdad, has been built just
above the town Of Hindiyeh and to
the east of the present riverbed, and
it distributes the waters of the Eu-
pirates through regulators down the
old Hillah branch, past Babylon to
Hillah. It is 800 feet long and con.
sists of 35 arches fitted with sluice
gates 16 feet wide. The arches are
supported by piers 10 feet high and
four feet thick, with key piers measur-
ing IL feet. This structure rests upon
a foundation of three feet of concrete
and six feet of brickwork. Adjoining
the barrage is lock with 25-foot
opening for the use of the river traf-
fic.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
Their Conversation.

In the days tf Henry Clay a Ken
lucky farmer sent servant to Le1-
ington with hote for the president
of a certain bahk. When the man re-
turned he said TO his master:
Il met Marse Henry Clay in the
bank and had a conversation with
him." i ~
Indeed, and on what topic did you
and Mr.. Clay 'conyerse?" inquired the
master with. interest.
The darky removed his hat and
made a sweeping bow. Says
Mr.. Clay tome" And another
very .low Bow. And the same to Mr..
Clay" Everybody Magazine.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
WASHINGTON.

To date 425,00O horses and mules
have been shipped out of the United
States for the European belligerents.
President Wilson went to a theater
party last week for the first time for
more than a year. He was persuaded
to go as the relaxation from the work
he has been doing recently on foreign
problems.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
Both Exposed to Danger.

1.-THE man who makes shell is just
as much hero as the man who fires
it,
II guess that's right. In these days
of Zeppelins. and aeroplanes. you
never know when an aviator is going
to drop bombs on an ammunition fac
tory"
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
Not Too Cheap.

Not Too Cheap.
Talk is cheap" said the man who
is always quoting proverbs.
"Oh, sure" said the man who was
waiting for an opening to make q
touch. Lend me five dollars so I
can call my wife up on the phone.
She's in Chicago"
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-09
Used to It,

Used to It,
you got pretty we'll tanned while
you were at the seashore, didn't you,
Willie?" said the 7isitor.
"That'e nothing" retorted Willie. Il
get tanned most every day while I'm
home, too"