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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-09-04


Julie Guidry
Widow +. A. Domengeaux
No. 1853
18th Judicial District Court.
State of Louisiana. Parish vi ST. Martin.
By virtue uf all order Of selzufe ard
sale Issued out Of the 18th Judicial Dis
lrict Court. In and for the Parish Vi 81.
Martin, State of LOUISIANA, III the above
entitled and numbered suit, dated this
10th, day U: July A. u. 1910.
have SEIZED and Will proc1ed lo sale
at Public Auction " The last and high
est bidder al the front door Of the Court
House, Ia tile Town Of ST. Martinvllle,
LOUISIANA, Oh
Saturday Sept. 18th 1915,
the following enLlUned and described
property:
lst Three hundred aud eighty five
superficial arpeuts Of land with Improve
msnts, situated at Anse La Butte, 81.
Martin Parish, La, bounded North by
land Of AuOry formerly E.Badin, East 10y
lands of Breaux, South by lands Of MIS-.
Thevenet. and west by Bayou VrrmllliOn.
2nd three hundred aud eighty super
fetal arpenLs with improvements there
OH. adjoining the above In ST. Martin
Parish, Lid. bounded North 10y lands Of
Lupy, East by lands Of ThibOdeaux. South
by lands of Mrs. Thevenet born ThiOo-
deaux, aud west by Bayou VermllliOn.
3rd Another tract measuring sixty
six arpsnts in superficial area, with Im-
provslnsnts situated near The Village Of
Breaux Bridge, ST. Martin Parish, La.
bounded North by lands Of Dr. GuilDeau.
East by land, of estate of j. }. Guidry,
South by lands of CHARLES BIOussard, and
west by lands Of ZenOn.
4th Another tract of sixty superficial
arpents with improvements thereon, ST.
tuated III 81. Martin PARISH. It,, bound
sd North by lauds of Bergeron, East by
lands Of ST. GERMAN, aud west ny lands
of ThibOdeaux.
9th Another tract Of land situated in
the same Parish and Stale, with The im-
prOyements thereon. containing eighty
six superficial arpents, bounded North
BY lands of the ThibOdeaux Heirs, East
by lands Of BergerOu. South 10y lands Of
Mouton. and west by lands of MoutoD.
9th A town lot with improvements
situated in the corporation Of Breaux
Bridge, st. Martin Parish. La. bounded
North by PelleriD. East by Teche. South
by Corporation property, anu west by
Washington Street.
eth Another town lot with the i'm
provements thereon bounded North by
property of Guidry. East by property of
Guidry and west by Rail Road and South
by that Of Broussard. Being all the pro-
perry owned Nv Mortgagsd in the Parish
OF st. Martin.
Seized to satisfy above writ.
Terms aud cOnditiOns-Cash.
Sheriffs office. this 9TH day Of Aug.
A. ID. 1915.
WADE 0. MARTIN. Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-09-04
Don't Make
Curiosity Telephone Calls

Because 1000 idle curiosity seekers In Binsham-
ton asked Genital where the fire was. emergency
call for an ambulance was held up for nearly min
utes and this delay resulted In the death Of
Physicians say that had the ambulance been secured
at life might have been saved"
-Elmira Advertiser.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-09-04

We print all kinds OF time ticket
use on rice plantation, 75c for LOO
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-09-04

TT is beyond the bounds
of possibility to answer
promptly the mass of GU
riosity telephone calls that
threaten to swamp our ex-
changes every time there is q
large fire.
Calls for physicians, the am
bulance or the police, held up
at such times might result in
the loss of human life.
For your protection, as well
as for the protection of your.
neighbors, we ask you not to
call the telephone operator
merely out of curiosity. After
all, she has no more informa-
ton than you have.
FAYETTE, LOUISIANA.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-09-04
CUMBERLAND
TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH co.
incorporated

BOX 4OS, LA FAYETTE, LOUISIANA.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Americas Shortest Railroad.

The shortest railroad in America
and at the same time one of the most
profitable is the Grand Island railroad,
which constitutes the only rail link
in the transcontinental trade route
that connects Fort Mcpherson, on the
Arctic circle, with settled parts of
Canada
This curious railroad is owned and
operated by the Hudson Bay company.
1t is quarter of mile long and cost
less than $500 to build, the rails being
of wood, with strap-iron facings. The
rolling stock consists of two dilapi-
dated fiat cars which are pushed by
hand along the rails. The freight rate
for all classes of commodities is $3.50
a ton and some idea of the volume of
traffic can be had from the fact that
in its sixty years of operation the
Grand Island railroad has earned prof
it's of more than a million dollars.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
RAILROAD FIGURES FOR YEAR
Interesting Statistics Recently Given
Out by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.

Gross operating revenues of all the
railroads of the United States (having
annual revenues of 100000 or more)
were $3047019,908 in the year ending
June 80, 1914, as reported by the inter
state commerce commission. This sum
is 1913 per cent Of the net investment
of the roads on that date, amounting
to $16,936, 697 $40. Operating expenses
We're $2,200,313, 159, taxes $139,591,5 500,
and net deficit from outside operations
81, 490,09 leaving operating income of
$705625,132, which is 23.1 per cent of
gross revenues, and 4.16 per cent on
the net investment in the railroads,
Taxes took nearly per cent of gross
revenues and 16.5 per cent of net oper-
ating revenue.
The railroads paid in dividends 217
million dollars out of earnings and
1924 million dollars out of accumu-
lated surplus of preceding years.
The credit balance of all the roads
at the end of the year was 925 mil
lion dollars, or 5.5 per cent on their
net investment.
Increase in net investment during
the year was 512 million dollars, in
Guiding 1913 million raised from new
security issues, 1872 million from cash
or other working assets, 43% million
from special appropriations and mil
lion unassigned, with offsetting credits
of 1861 million for property retired
or converted, and adjustments Of va
rious sorts.
Total mileage was 247397 miles. In
addition there was 1864 miles of sec.
end track, 2,696 miles of third track,
2,071 miles of fourth, fifth and sixth
tracks, and 1888 miles of yard tracks
and sidings.
The number of locomotives was
64,76O; freight cars, 2,325,647; passen
ger cars, 53,466; company's service
124,7O9.
Employees numbered 1886, 483, de-
crease of 1875 from the preceding
years record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
TRY UNIFORM COLOR SCHEME
Bay State to Adopt Plan Which Has
Been Successful in New England
Easy to Tell Roads.

A uniform color scheme, by which
motor tourists in the New England
states will be able to tell by the color
of the road signs whether they are on
local or state roads, north and south
or east and west main roads, or sec
ondary or diagonal roads, is planned
by William D. Sohier, chairman of the
Massachusetts highway commission
At present New Hampshire has color
system of its own and Vermont has a
complicated one, and the plan in eacn
state has proved of assistance to those
familiar with it.
Could uniform system be extended
over the New England territory, So
hier thinks, strangers would find the
problem of selecting their roads much
simplified. Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Maine highway officials have
promised to cooperate with the Mas
sachusetts commission in drawing up
a simple system, and conference Of
highway commissioners at which the
subject will be considered is to be
held in the near future.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04

A group of three of the latest sum-
mer bouses pictured in the illustra-
ton given here, shows some Of the
new finishing touches by which manu-
facturers accomplish variety in max
ing these waists. They are of pongee
and crepe-de-chine. Machine hem
stitching and buttons are the features
depended upon for decoration, and
occasional little oddities in the cut
of collar and cuffs or yoke and body
give individuality to the design.
At the left a plain waist of pom
gee, also made in crepe, has seams set
together with machine hemstitching
The long, plain sleeves are finished at
the wrist with a hemstitched band
instead of cuffs. Buttons are set on
in groups and are often in red, green
or black; the brightest of the green
or red shades are used.
At the right dainty waist of crepe
Ide-chine is embroidered at each side
with flower spray in the shoulder
seams, an insertion of venetian lace
is set in. Hemstitched plaits down
the front elaborate the model further,
and the sleeves are long. The high
collar is finished with hemstitching
also. Round pearl buttons finish this
model, which is dressier in character
than the others.
At tho center q smart model is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04

Both the wedding gown and the
wedding veil, according to the man
dates Of the powers that be in making
styles, may be either long or short,
according to the fancy of the bride.
The little, youthful maiden usually en-
joys very much the glory of the long
trained wedding gown, but if she
would be original, or independent, she
has an opportunity now to be correct
ly CARRIED in the most youthful of short
skirts
For materials, chiffon, lace, voile
and net, or satin, yelled with any one
of the tilmiest materials, seem to
make the strongest appeal to the
brides of this particular June. EN-
broidery of silver and seed pearls ap-
pears On.the most splendid of wedding
gowns and lace especially if it be old
and precious and has adorned the
brides of the family before, comes in
for worshipful attention.
In the matter of the veil, few cap
like arrangements on the head appear
90 SOIlpdlCu VIII luOIe Simple ADJUST
ments. Orange blossoms or jasmine
flowers make the wreath and some
wells fall over the face, reaching just
below the chin or to the waist line at
the front At the back the veil for
the short dress may fall only to the
knees.
The splendid wedding gown shown
in the picture is made with the con-
ventional long train, but is cut "V''
shaped at the neck The bodice is
yelled with chiffon and the tulle veil
falls from wreath of orange bios
SONS over the figure to the end of the
fiower-trimmed train.
The bridesmaids gowns are made of
a thin material having graduated
bands of satin around the full, straight
skirts, the widest band forming the
border at the bottom. The bodices of
chiffon and satin are made with round
Dutch necks and tlounces, heightened
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Queues on the Hats.

Long, slim queues with bright beads
on the one end and saucy little hats
on the other make Fifth avenue in
New York look like the road to Man
dalay. There are cunning little hats
shaped like pagodas which are
trimmed with applied terra Gotta cher
ries. One of these hats has an I'M
derbrim of black patent leather braid
and the black silk tassel on top stands
up straight. A black, tasseled ribbon
streamer completes the hat The
chin-chin" hat has a crown of shirred
silk. The black milan rim covers both
eyebrows and stops at nothing save
the lashes. A queue of braided ribbon
hangs at the back which has q tassel
of jet beads at the end, reaching be-
low the waist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
The Human Touch.

There must be the sensitive touch,
A visitor to mandatory saw a man
molding clay into pots. Noticing that
all the molding was done by hand. he
said to the workman, why do you
not use a tool to aid you in shaping
the ciay?" The workman replied.
There is no tool that can do this
work. We have tried different ones,
but somehow it needs the human
touch" And how true it is that in
shaping lives for God there is need Of
the human touch We cannot do the
Lords work by machinery. Jesus
touched men, imparting health, cleans
ing and alvatien.-Biblical Recorder
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Don't Forget the Apron.

In replenishing your wardrobe don't
forget to have at least one gown which
can boast of an apron. For instance,
on an afternoon gown of green soft
taffeta attach a pointed apron of the
material, and at the proper places
have two little pockets. Have two
inch-wide belt at the top of the apron
this is to serve as the girdle of the
dress-and let it run off into space in
the form of apron strings, which are
to be tied in a pert bow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
TrickSter.

John H. Finley, New York's COM
missioner of education, said in Al
bany, apropos of an argument on BIZ
BILE reading in the schools:
This argument is straightforward.
1t does not shift and jump and beat
about the bush. 1t isn't like the tricky
schoolboy.
Which would you choose, his
teacher asked this schoolboy, the
tenth or the twentieth part Of an
applet
The boy answered that he would
choose the twentieth part, and then,
noting with his shifty eyes his teach
er's frown, he added, hastily:
Il don't like apples, you know, =
Washington Star
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Bear Tries to climb ON Tender.

After a train on the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad near Rupert, Pa,
stopped to do some shifting near there
the crew was surprised to see a big
black bear trotting toward the loco
motive. They shouted, but the animal
came on and the men retreated to the
top of the water tank.
Without stopping, Bruin ran to the
steps and tried to climb up. They
pelted it with coal, and Engineer Da-
vid Hess gave the whistle long foot.
Apparently frightened, the big beast
turned tail and disappeared in a
thicket.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
CLEAN SWEET SCALP
May Be Kept So by Cutcura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

To have good hair clear the scalp
of dandruff and itching with shampoos
of Cuticura Soap and touches of Cuti-
cura Ointment to dandruff spots and
itching. lothing better than these
pure, fragrant, supercreamy emol-
lients for skin and scalp troubles.
Sample each free by mail with Skin
Book. Address Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04

be widened by blowing a shallow fur
row just outside the dragged portion
and with the drag spreading the
loose earth toward the middle.
Special points along the way re-
quire special treatment. This opera
ton will make a better road out Of
any earth highway. The drag may
be used when the road is quite wet
particularly at the beginning. The
dragging always should be done be-
fore the surface is entirely dry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
DIRECTIONS FOR USING DRAG
Have the Implement Follow Horses at
Angle of Forty-Five Degrees, Push
ing Earth to Center.
(By D. WARD KING.)

A road-drag is any cheap wooden
contrivance that will move a little
earth to the middle of the road and
leave the surface smooth. Any drag
is a good drag, but the split-log or
double-slab drag is by far the best.
The directions for use are simple as
the drag itself: Ride on the drag,
drive the team with one horse on each
side of the right-hand wheel track,
with the drag following at an angle
of about As degrees, thus pushing the
loose earth toward the center. Drive
toward town to your neighbours front
gate, and turning there, come home
over the other wheel track.
After the next rain perform the
same operation. When this has been
done four or five times the road may
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Cheap Dust Caps.

There is no excuse for getting the
hair dusty, for dust caps can be bought
in pretty prints in pink or violet and
white for IL cents each
These are really pretty caps, with
an elastic to keep them snug at the
back, and a standing of ruchelike frill
about the face, They are useful not
only for sweeping and busting, but
for cooking.
They keep any possible dust from
the hair safely out Of the way and
they also keep the odors of cooking
from entering the hair-where they
would cling tenaciously.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04

shown having plain round yoke. 1t
is made of white crepe-de-chine and
the body is set to the yoke with hem
stitching in black silk thread In
keeping with this novel innovation the
small, round buttons are of black jet.
The odd collar and cuffs are cut with
points; the collar having three that
are hemstitched. Each point is fin
ished with one of the jet buttons.
They are wired to support them, and
turned back when the waist is worn.
Buttons decorate also the pointed
cuffs. All stitching in this model is
done in black silk.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Old Engine That Has the Distinction of Being
motive o the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The engine shown in the accom-
panying illustration, Old No. as it is
known, built in 1865, has the distinc-
ton of being the first locomotive 30
cross the Sierra Nevada mountains.
For forty years an uninteresting junk
heap, this engine has at last been res
cued from life of oblivion and re-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
OHIO BOARDS HELP HIGHWAY
Two Counties Unite to Give Lincoln
Highway Their Special Care
Additional State Road.

The Lincoln highway in Crawford
and Wyandotte counties, Ohio, has re-
ceived special consideration from
State Highway Commissioner James
r. Marker.
BY a combined effort of the commits
sioners of both counties and the Lin
/coln highway boosters of Bucyrus, Ne
vada and Upper Sandusky, the Lincoln
highway has been made an additional
state road from Bucyrus to Upper San
dusky.
This section is now designated as
Market Route No. 3.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Satan and the Cerulean Deep.

Satan and the CeruIean Deep.
I'm in a quandary."
What about?"
81 have two invitations to dinner,
and l can't decide"
(Which one to accept?'
mo, which one to refuse. One Is
to a home where a young lady has
just come home from a piano con.
serVatory, and the other is where a
five-year-old boy knows a lot of reci-
tations. Farm Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Reduce All Grades,

Reduce all grades TO at least five
per cent II possible. In some states
roads are laid out on section lines
and hills must be gone over, but where
possible avoid steep grades, as these
are a constant cost for maintenance
and dangerous to travel
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04

stored to its original dress in order
to be an interesting feature of the
railroad exhibits at the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition. The old locomotive
is of the woodworking variety, with
a diamond-shaped funnel, typical of
the locomotive of that time.-World's
Advance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Yard for Little Pics.

Don't neglect having yard or pen
into which the little pigs can go, and
get extra feed as soon as they are old
enough to eat, which is when they
are three or four weeks old.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Engineer Operates Switch.

Without stopping his train an en-
gineer can move lever in his cab
and open a recently invented switch
to enable him to enter a siding, the
switch automatically closing when the
last car has passed over it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04

at the back of the arm, extend from
the short sleeves.
The maid of honor wears girdle of
flowers instead of satin and her bodice
is draped with lace. All wear wide
brimmed hats, bordered with dropping
chiffon and trimmed with big roses at
the front. All carry baskets with long
handles, filled with clusters of small
blossoms. The handles are adorned
with wide ribbon tied in bows with
long ends.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
The Man by the Side of the Track.

We have all seen him-usually a
short, dark foreigner, holding a tool in
one hand and grabbing at his headgear
with the other as our train whirls by,
covering him with dust, but not too
busy to flash a smile in return for any
chance salute. He is now an object Of
great interest at weighty railroad con-
ferences. Eminent engineers and SUI
perintendents are planning about him
how to get and hold his loyalty, how
to secure his best services. We hear
of permanent employment, fair pay
with two weeks vacation, the best Of
tools, free land for garden patches, old
ties for firewood and other privileges.
Preference is to be given to the mar
ried man. We must win his respect
and confidence by treating him on the
principles of the Golden Rule. How
wild all this must sound to any driving
foreman of the sort that bullied gangs
Is to 20 years ago! If this keeps up
we shall reach a condition of things
in which it will be intolerable to be
poor-Collier's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
Momentum of Railroad Train.

The momentum of modern twelve
car railroad train running mile
minute is equal to that of ton weight
falling from a height of twenty-one
miles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
The Direct Cause.
why do you want to get divorced p
Because I'm married"

Some people are vain because OF
their imperfections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
MILK FOR GERMAN
BABIES TO GO BY MAIL
Three Tons, in Powdered Form,
To Be Shipped on Stockholm.

Three tons Of milk powder for Ger
man babies will be sent by first class
post to Europe this week by the Citl-
zens' Committee for Food Shipments.
These packages will be carried on the
steamer Stockholm, which sails on Sat
urday for Sweden.
Although the steamer United States
was detained at Greenock and relieved
of 1900 packages of mail By Great
Britain, DR.. Edmund Won Mach. execu-
tive chairman of the committee, an,
nounced yesterday that nothing would
stop the work of his organization.
There are two million suffering
babies in Germany and Austria he
announced, "who need milk, and we are
bending every energy to get 1t TO them
at the earliest possible moment.
To-day a grandmother called on me
and asked whether we could assure her
that a package Of milk, sent to her IN
FAINT grandson in Berlin, would go
through without detention. She was
exercised over the newspaper report.
ave treasured her, and she made
her contribution 10 cover the eNorbi-
tant cost of shipping two packages Of
milk powder By letter postage, praying
thev would get there in time