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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-11-02

; except tne parish OF Orleans, and
for district judges, in each district
created by the redistricting
where one or more parishes have
been added, Or taken from the ex.
listing judicial district, and for
State attorneys, as above provided,
except in the parish of Orleans,
where the district attorney for the
parish shall be State Attorney
This election shall be held on the
same day throughout the State,
which day shall not be less than
sixty nor more ninety days after
the passage of said act. The terms
OF the officers elected at said elec.
tion shall expire at the general
election of 1880, and the limita
ton on the change of districts,
oftener than once every four years,
shall not be considered as having
effect before the general election
of 1880.
7Aird-That the judicial system,
as established by the constitution
of 1868, shall remain in force un.
til the expiration of the thirtieth
day after said election, excluding
from the computation the day Of
election.
Fourth-The adoption OF these
amendments shall not vacate the
offices Of the present clerks of
courts in each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
Article one hundred and thirty.
two of the constitution of 1868
shall be abrogated.
NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
The Superintendent of Public
Education shall receive a salary
Of ttirty-five hundred dollars, pay.
able quarterly on his own war.
rant.
ill.,. NUMBER NINETEEN.
No license tax shall be imposed |
by the State, or any parish or mu.
nicipal authority, on any mechani-
cal trade, mandatory or factory,
except such as may reqnire police
regulations, in towns and cities.
NUMBER TWENTY.
The Legislature is authorized
to exempt from State, municipal
or parish taxation household
goods, such as furniture, wearing
tools of trade or profes.
sion and family portraits, not ex-
ceeding in aggregate value the
sum Of FIVE hundred dollars.
ACT NO. IL, EXTRA SESSION
OF 1878.
NUMBER TWENTY. ONE. |
Strike out the first part of arti-
Gle l42 of the constitution of 1868,
which reads: "a university shall
be established and maintained in
the city Of New Orleans. It shall
be composed Of a law, a medical
and a collegiate department, each
with appropriate faculties. The
General Assembly shall provide {
BY law for its organization and
;" and insert: "The ]
University shall be maintained. It
shall be composed of law, a med \
cal and On academical depart.
nent, and such other departments /!
IS may be established by law, each
With appropriate faculties provi. :
led, that the law and medical de- &
'artments already organized shall (
continue in the city of New Or. :
cans, and the academical and {
'ther departments may be located :;
Elsewhere in the State. aug3 rs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-11-02
G. H. MoUToN, CONRAD DEBA1,1o
MoutOn & DeBaillon
Avocats,
VermlllonviIle, Louisiana.

/lc. w w Hn~ DL,YT

EST par 10 present donne Que
vos taxes d'Etat ct de Parolsse
pour Pannee 1877, sont maiute.
nant dues ct 81 les dites taxes ne
sont pas pay6es dams les d6lais
par la loi, je serai force
de- faire la collection avcc frais.
j. S. NUNEZ, Collector.
18 mai 1878.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-11-02
Official Directory.

District Judge.
ERAsrE MouroN.
District Attorney.
w., }: a. CHARGors.
CLERK of District Court,
LAsrIE BRoussApp.
Representative.
ADR1EN NUNEz.
Parish Judge.
LYMAN c. LYONS.
Parish Attorney.
W. A. WHITE.
G. B. SHAW.
Recorder.
LEO PERREr.
Tax Collector.
J. S. NuNEz.
Police Jury.
n. PERRY, President,
- - isH' -. y. BROUSSARD.
~ n' nofFPAulR. F. D. LELEU,
Town Council,
LEoNcE l PERRE, Mayor.
l LAsTiE ST. BRoUssARD, j. ABAD1E,
s. WISE, J. Roy.nnr
GEO: E. LYONS, Constable.
Justices u II of the Peace, Sd. Ward :
F. B. PArTEN,
Dep'ty. .. s. Surveyors
r. FhRAY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-11-02

&6H week in your own town. SIS
VVV outfit free. No risk. Reader. if
You want business at which persons of
either sex can make greut pay all the time
they work. write for particulars to 81.
HALLET and Co., Portland, Maine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Thrilling Adventure.

There is one English lady who has
had enough of Alpine climbing. Mrs
Wainwright and her brother-in-law I'M
dertook month ago the ascent of the
Piz Palur, mountaia of the Bernina
group. They took with them two
guides, brothers-Hans Grass and
Christian Grass. The climbers were
corded together. Christian Grass went
first, next to him came Mr.. Wainwright,
then came Mrs. Wainwright, and the
rear was brought up by Hans. A thick
fog came on. Christian went too near
an edge, when the snow suddenly gave
way under his feet, and he fell down a
precipice, dragging with him in his fall
the English lady and gentleman. But
the rope was strong, and Hans Grass
was man of gigantic strength. AS he
saw his brother disappear he threw him
self instinctively backward, and, by
sheer force of muscle and will, held the
three lost ones suspended in the air.
He was not strong enough to drag from
the abyss two men and woman. To
stir, to yield an inch even, might be
certain death to all-and they were far
beyond the reach of human aid. He
shouted to his brother, dangling at the
end of the rope, ice on both sides of
him, snow above him. The brother an
swered; he was alive, unhurt, and ready
to help if means could be devised.
Hans told him to cling to the icy slope,
cut steps in it and mount, and be quick
about it, for he did not think he could
hold on more than half an hour longer.
Mr.. Wainwright had kept his AK. He
handed it to Christian, and the guide
set about cutting the steps as Hans had
suggested. After almost superhuman
exertions, he contrived to crawl up to
the edge of the crevasse; his brother
gave him hand; then the two, uniting
their strength, pulled up Mrs. Vain
wright and her brother-in-law.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Observation-Disclosures sirup.

If feeble persons, or those needing tonic
spring and fall, instead of employing physi-
clans, or resorting to patent medicines, would
make sirups of roots, banks and herbs, they
would not 40 frequently complain of a depleted
purse, suffer so fearfully in after years from
the effects of poisonous drugs, Hor help build
up the dangerous quacks whose nostrums are
composed of the viest compounds, and made
to sell. For blood STRENGTHENING strip, take
handful of each of the following: Sarsapa-
rilla, sassafras root, dandelion root, burdock
root, yellow dock root, winter-green leaf, guai-
acum shavings, elder flower, bitter-sweet,
prickly- ash bark, black-cherry tree bark boil
all together, in a tin or porcelain kettle, until
the strength is extracted from the roots; when
done, TO a quart of the strip add half pint of
spirits and about quarter of a pound of loaf
sugar. Take one tablespoonful before each
meal Other roots may be substituted for any
of these, if thought to agree better with the
person. HATTIE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
HOME INTERESTS.
BE Charitable.


Repentance is flower that grows not in ma
lures garden" but it is one which needs care
full cultivation in our heart How much better
to repent of a misdeed, receive pardon, and go
on through life rejoicing When asking pardon
for an act of wrong doing very few there are
who could answer: "No, I'll never forgive"
Evil az the human heart ever il, there are litto
deeds of kindness which will melt the stoniest
Harsh words are of no avail and are useless
commodity in the busy market of life, therefore
let them be thrown over into the dead sea of the
past, and : If you please and let me do some
thing to aid you" come in for their share of the
spoils. Then repentance is unnecessary, and
all flows smoothly on till the sea of life is swal-
lowed up in the ocean of eternity. Was one
ever made better by making q cruel remark or
doing sriteful, bitter deedy Will mot reflect
on the actor sometimey Why must we ever be
doing something to regret, when it is much
better and easier to do otherwisey i fear 1t IL
because there is more evil than good prompting
Ia, and, II we do not exercise better authority
over weak human nature, it will so far gain as
tendency over us that the good will be entirely
lost sight of. Diogenes went through the streets
at midday with lantern, searching for an
honest man. Is this necessary, Home readersy
No, we will not believe it, for there are, there
must be, good, honest, reliable and trusty peo
pie still in this beautiful world VIII we sub
NIT 10 being called dishonest! Will we sit mutely
by and hear these false accusations heaped
upon those dearer to us than self? No, we will
not 1t is said man cannot hold Office and re-
main honest, or a lady follow the stern dictates
of fashion and remain sincere to her true
womanly sense and sympathy. This, too, /
believe is false, for, thank Cod we have some
noble martyrs in the political field, who will see
that the ship of state sails smoothly through
the harbor of justice; and women who seem to
be borne along on fashions frivolous tide, but
under the silken bodice beats heart as noble
as ever was appealed to for sympathy or
charity. Some there are who can go through
! life uncontaminated by their surroundings,
while others fall so easily into the snares which
beset them. We praise the one when, perhaps,
they are not deserving, for it is no great tempta-
/ ton to them; while we blame and criticise the
other, and little know the battle that was fought
within, and the struggle before the voice of the
tempter was yielded to- Many things seem to
us wrong, but, if we inquire into the particu-
lars, they are just and proper. Let us exercise
charity to all, and blame no one till convinced
they are in error, and, even then, is it our place
/ to judge and condemny Place good men to
rule, and make our laws and leave it to them
with God above to judge us all.
Ills with our judgments, with our watches, none
Go Just alike, yet each believes his own.
FERN LEAF.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Evidently Didn't Like Chicago.

A story that Rev. Starr King told
twenty years ago: When Chicago was
a very Young city, with many peculiari
ties that made it anything but an invit-
ing abode, Frenchman, who had re-
sided some years in New York, and had
been in the habit of dining daily with a
party of friends at well-known restau
rant, announced to them one evening
that he had determined to go to Chicago
to live. Many regrets were expressed,
for the Frenchman was pleasant fellow
and boon companion as well, and more
than one bottle was cracked that night
to wish him bon rOydge and prosperity.
Some six weeks passed. One evening
the usual company assembled for din
ner. What was their surprise to see the
Frenchman sitting in his accustomed
place. After hearty welcome and a
general Misunderstanding, they piled him
with questions as to his experiences in
the West and the cause of his sudden
return. Gentlemen" he said, "joost
you hearken tome vat / shall say. Ven
re day of jugement come, and re Lord
shall say to me, Sare, you shall go to
Shecago or you shall go to hell zen /
shall say, Sare, / mush oblige, but l
prefare go TO he'll '-Boston Trans
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

The women of Salt Lake City who
oppose the practice of polygamy have issued
an address to the women of the United States,
recting the melancholy facts connected with
the base uses to which religion has been put in
that region, and announcing the contemplated
circulation of petition to Congress- subjoined
to which it is hoped may appear the name of
every Christian woman in the country.
The liabilities of Dodd, Brown & Co.,
of St Louis are 81, 200, 10; actual available as
sets, $3.50, 500
The United German Bank, of Balti-
more, has suspended payment to depositors,
requiring thirty days notice.
Nearly 200 persons have been indicted
for illicit distilling in the United States Court for
West Virginia
William Locker, John Grant, Edward
Vanibalt and William Richards were drowned
at White Haven, Nova Scotia, by the upsetting
of boat
The Secretary of State has addressed
a second communication to the United States
Minister to England on the subject of the Hall
fax fishery award. Mr.. Evarts takes direct
issue with the finding of the Halifax Commits
sion, both as to the amount of the award and
the manner in which it was rendered, holding
that the sum of s5,500,0O0 is an outrageous
and utterly indefensible price to set
upon the benefits of twelve years of fishing
in Canadian waters, and that, if paid at
all 10y the United States, it must be regarded as
covering the value of those benefits in perpe-
tuity, and not for any term of years; and also
making the objection that the adoption of
this or any other award by the commits
sion by a bare majority is not in accordance
with the terms of that clause Of the Washington
treaty providing for such a commission, and
that the award is therefore not binding upon
this Government
Adam Haber, residing near Oshkosh,
Wis, visited Germany about three months ago,
and news has just been received at his home in
Oshkosh that he has been tried and convicted in
Germany for speaking disrespectfully of the
Emperor William, and sentenced to five years
Imprisonment As he is naturalzed Ameri-
can citizen, the case will be brought to the at
tention of the German Government by Secretary
Evarts
Ex-Gov Chamberlain, of South Car
DINA, has signifed his willingness to go back to
that State and stand trial on the indictment
found against him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Love for the Beautiful.

A woman went into barber-shop on
G street some weeks ago and wanted to
know how much it would cost to dye a
mans hair and mustache. The price
was named, and she then asked the
barber to get his dye and follow her.
why can't the man come here?'
asked the barber.
Hes dead" replied the woman, and
the last thing he said when he was pass
ing away was Sally, fix me up pretty
for the funeral His hair curled beau
tifully, but was little gray. 1t won't
look well to see a woman crying round
a coffin with an old gray-bearded man
in it. Sol want him fixed up little.
He was always beauty when he had
his hair dyed. / know I'd want mine
fixed that way if / was gray and dead. "
The barber dyed the dead mans hair
in the highest style of the art, and the
widow remarked, when it was all over,
that He was the loveliest corpse ever
buried on the Comstock. "-Virginid
(NeU.) Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Letter from Edna.

The dreariness of to-day, with its bleak
winds, occasional fall of snow, and entire alb
sence of old Sol, 4" has not been one to inspire
me to originate anything, fear, either brilliant
or interesting / acknowledge, somewhat re-
luctantly that my spirits, to certain extent,
rise and fall with the weather. The warm
weather of July morning welcomed me
into this world, and his rays brightly beamed
upon my wedding day.
Happy is the bride the sun shines on" could
be, and was, said by many l am truly thank
full to the Maker of so glorious an orb.
1t is probable that Longfellow composed his
Rainy Day" upon one fully as gloomy and dis
NAL as this.
The day is cold and dark and dreary;
1t rains and the wind is never weary:
The vines still cling to the moldering wall.
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
Surely there is poetry in the lines, but to me
very little in the reality. Well, am not Long
fellow, and must content myself with being array
down in the list of every ordinary writers, and
do what can in small way for the good of
humanity.
And now to resume our Christmas chat
Select as many bricks az you will care to use
cover them neatly with old cambria or muslin,
over this rep, blue, drab, or black flannel,
ornament the top of the brick with dog, cat or
rabbit, cut from cloth or flannel, color that
will correspond nicely with the brick upon which
they are laid; make the eyes of beads and
thread for whiskers. The animals can be made
to look quite natural These are very convenient
to place at doors and behind sofas.
pretty needle-book can be made from
bronze leather cut in the shape of oak leaves /;
take two of them, paste brown velvet or silk on
the wrong side of the leaf, make veins on the
outside by scratching with needle or pin, cut
the same shape in white flannel, button holed
and brier-stitched with orange or buff floss /;
now these are ready to place between your
cases for resting place for the needles; fasten
together by means of wire wound with brown
zephyr; attach to this stem an acorn, and cup
filled with wee brown silk cushion; this will
find place in the work-basket that you know
mother is to receive. In my next letter L will
endeavor to assist you i'll decorations for the
Christmas tree. EDNA.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15

A Detroit grocer, who has a little time
to study human nature, and who'd save
money if he only had little more time,
wrote a note to several parties selected
for the occasion, to the effect that he had
lost his account books and must depend
upon their honor to call and give in the
balance against them. One of them re-
piled that he presumed he owed So or
81, when the books showed that he
owed $2S; another thought there might
be possible balance against him,
though he had been very careful to pay
cash down, and yet his account was $l4
and over. Out of twelve or fourteen
customers, the grocer found one who
replied that he owed $3.50, being so
cents too much. He then wrote to each
that he had found his books, and sent
statement of account, and, as they
dropped into the store one at time,
each laughed, shook hands, and re-
marked:
Il knew it was one of your jokes,
of course, and so L thought I'd give you
a chance to play it clear through" =
Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
A substitute for Rae Carpets.

After years of suffering from dust and tack
ing with the inevitable wear and tear, we de-
cided to lay floor of hard wood, and selected,
as bright and pretty contrast. ash and cherry
SO the boys and papa went to the woods, cut
down the trees, and, without unloading them
from their sleighs, took them to the saw-mil,
where they were sawn into narrow boards,
three inches wide by three-quarters of an inch
thick They were afterward dressed, and when
brought home placed in the kitchen garnet,
closely packed on edge, and left to dry till
spring The carpenters were ordinary mechan-
care being taken, however, to insert wedges
firm that not board creaks, and with
a slight oiling once a year, it retains its
pretty markings, while the weekly washing is
very easily done. In summer rug and a bright
piece of mating are placed where there is most
walking, and in winter a couple of sheep-skin
mats and large rug produce an additional
warmth, and these things are very easily taken
up to be shaken while the floor gathers no dust,
and has a pleasant glow that carpet cannot
give. SO we do not intend TO make any more
rag carpets for our living rooms but to continue
our polished floors to our kitchen at some future
day.
Noise did you say? Then teach the children
to litt their chairs and not to push them and
console yourself with the reflection that the little
necessary noise is nothing in the way of annoy
ance in comparison with the dust that would
irritate delicate lungs covering and destroying
every article of furniture in much-used, carpet
ed rooms. ANNIE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Wheat.

The wheat crop in 1S49 was 1O0,4S5,-
944 bushels in 1859, 3,104, 1914 bush
els; in 1869, 2S7,745,262 bushels; in
1876, $50, 356.500 bushels. In the trans
Mississippi belt the production has
grown from 5,306,27S bushels in 1S49, to
fully 125, 100000 bushels in 1878. The.
Atlantic coast produced, in 1S49, about
52,000,000 bushels, and in 1876 56,400,-
600 bushels while the central belt has
increased its production from A 100000
bushels to 190,000,000 bushels In the
course of twenty nine years. For 1873
the production of the central belt will
probably touch 150,000,000 bushels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
ticket and member of Congress. and have ma
jority in the Legislature

ticket and member of Congress, and have a ma
jority in the Legislature.
Florida. The vote is 80 close that II viii re-
quire all the returns to determine the result
South Carolina.--The Democrats carried
every Congressional district and every county
in the State except one. The Legislature is con-
sequently largely Democratic.
North Carolina.-The Republicans elect two
members of Congress in North Carolina, all
the other districts being carried by the Democ-
racy.
Dakota Territory Bennett, Republican, is
elected to Congress by small majority.
Washington 7erritory-The race between
the Republican and Democratic nominees for
Congress is 30 close that it will require all the
returns to decide which has won.
New Mrico Territory-Otero, Republican,
is elected Delegate to Congress.
Idaho Undergraduates, Democrat, is
elected to Congress by small majority.
Utah TeyTitory.-Cannon (Mormon) was re-
elected to Congress without opposition.
Wyoming Territorg-Downey, Republican,
is elected to Congress by 800 majority.
The official canvass of the October
election in Iowa shows that Hull, candidate for
Secretary of State, who headed the Republican
ticket, has majority of l0,967 over his Demo
cratic Greenback opponent, who received
123, 577 votes.
Political complexion of the Missouri
Legislature: Embellishments, 10; Republi-
cans, | Greenbackers 2. House-Democrats,
81; Republicans, IA; Greenbackers and hide
Dendents 10
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
-Four members TO be elected in California.


There will be eight Greenbackers in
the next House. Six of these-namely,
two from Maine, one from Pennsylvania,
one from Indiana and two from Iowa
are classed in the above table as Demo
Gratis, having been elected by coalition
of Democrats and Greenbackers. The
other two-one from Illinois and one
from Missouri-were elected by coali-
ton between the Republicans and the
Greenbackers, and are therefore classed
as Republicans.
The present Senate stands: Repub-
licans, 80; Democrats, Sc; Independ-
ent, l. Total, rs. Counting the changes
already made and those indicated by the
late elections, the Democrats will gain
for the new Senate one in each of the
States of Alabama, Arkansas, California,
Florida, Ohio, Oregon and South Caro-
lima; total, Z; and the Republicans will
gain one in Connecticut. This will
leave the new Senate: Republicans,
30; Democrats, AZ; Independent, l.
Total, rs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-15
Another Invention.

An Oil Citizen has completed and
forwarded to the Postoflice Depart
ment at Washington, says the Oil City
Derrick, model of postal clerk
proof envelope" The new envelope is
intended for the transmission of money
through the mails. 1t is made of
chilled steel, and the inventor claims
that the tools now employed by bank
robbers and. safe-blowers will have no
effect upon it. The envelope is sealed
with a combination lock, much after the
pattern of those used on the vaults in
the Bank of England, but is much
more complex.