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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-29
MOBLEY & co. J. NJ. ROBINSON.
NEW ORLEANS
Lightning Rod Works
lind General Factory Agency,
Reorgnnized
y. Nj. Robinson.

ot tlor,0a Voelleral agent.
Formerly Of Savannah Lightning
Rod Factory Is years ago. Has
had 20 years experience in this
Branch Of Business,
Mama facturers, inventors. importers
and Dealers IN all Kinds Of
LIGHTNING RODS AND
LIGHTNING ROD NATE
RAILS.
The Oldest Established Company
South and the only house of the
kind in South western Country,
"Robinson's Silver Gables"
speciality. These Gables are con
tinuous, having no joints. They
are the safest protector against
lightning ever invented. This
Company has been, is now, aud
will be, for the remainder of this
year, through the western ard
northern parishes of Louisiana,
represented by its gentlemap!y
statesmen Messrs. e. E. Andipg, Of
La /; S. W. Greene. Of Miss /; E. 6.
Pritchard, Of S. c., G. G. Pitch
ard. offs c.; and }. NJ. Robinson,
Of Fla. This Company puts up
the Silver Gables and all other
Rods cheaper than they were ever
offered to the Public before.
Skillful workmen employed.
Orders promptly attended to and
satisfaction guaranteed.
! Office, ,293 St. Charles St., cor.
Calliope. june 23-6m.
New Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-29

~ ae month clear profit made
=. agents. Agents wanted every.
a. Men and Women, Boys and
~ Lntire time or spare moments /;
!, =. aseor evenings. Everybody warts
II, sssry family will buy it, Big
~, ~. isasant employment. Ex-
- territory. In tact the best
nJstet offered. Circular ard terms
n, y application. COMPLETE OUTFITS
y ~ =. 'csfpaid, on receipt Of One Dol
fitty Cents. Send for IL and
nv Address
a. NE BEVERLY COMPANY,
- Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
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Livery Stable.
ASA

The undersigned would respect
fully inform the. public that he
has opened a Livery Stable in the
Town of Abbeville, where he is
nrepared to hire horses, car
ria ces. hacks etc. and receive the
anne at very moderate prices.
OPHmAs BogReCE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-29

nr-r, business you can engage in.
-ol Five to twenty dollars per
aay made by any worker Of either sex
rirht ia their own localities. Particulars
an, samples worth s6 free. Improve
your spare time at this business: Ad.
aTsss SrNsoN aad Co., Portland, Manei-
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PAY YOUR BACK
TAXES

and GET RID OF PENAL,
TIES, INTEREST AND
COSTS.
The undersigned is prepared TO
Jay back taxes, State and Parish.
\ liberal discount on all back
Parish taxes will he allowed yb
him and if settled before January
lst 1881. all interest and penal
tics will be RENTED.
W. W. EDWARDS,
Abbeyille, Avg 2lst 1880.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-29
THE SOUTHERN GUILTY. A
TOR.

Now is the time to subscribe
for the old and reliable Agricul
tural Journal. 1t is in its Xxxv1l
volume and stands at the head
Of agricultural papers. Is is now
published by the Constitution
A ,lanta. Ga.
Price S $50 per annnm
Clubs of 10. 1880 F."
Clubs of 90. 49,. 1000 ="
THE WEELY CONSTITUTION.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY
PAPER.
Price $3.50 per annum
Clubs of 10. .l2,50
! Clubs of 90. 5000
The Cul,iyator and Weekly to
the same address ESQ
Agents wauted every were. Lib
eral commission. Address.
CONSTITUTION.
| Atlanta, Ga
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The 57th Volume,

will contain all the importantnew-
that can interest or instruct +; so
that any one who reads it will be
thoroughly posted.
We do not run benevolen;
institution, and we do not ask for
the support of charity. We pro
nose to make the Bsst Newspaper
That is published, and we propose
to sell it as cheaply as it can be
afforded. Let those who want
pure, sound, sensible, truthful read
ing, subscribe for it, and let them
induce others to do the same. We
are now publishing in the OBsER
YER the story of
JOAN THE MAID,
BY Mrs. CHARLES, author o:
"Chronicles of the Schonberg
Gotta Family"
We send no Premiums. We
will send you the
NEW YORK OBSERVER
one year, postpaid, for $3,l5.-
Any one sending with his owl
| subscription the names of NEW
subscribers, shall have commission
allowed in proportion to the nun
ber sent. For particulars sef
terms in the OBSERVER.
Sample Copies Free.
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kcial' Directory

Ep. EUc. MouToN,
ae. Attorney. ,n,o,a
i d District Court, %rt,,s, ,nn
,rsssnsati'sw; ", SHEPHERD.
,,,;f / Tax Collector,
'a G. B. SHAW.
{ f'1ie HorprAulr, President; /,
. nl.,s.uy lo.r Jos. TRAHAN,
; , = r,rs ,xsIyKE. J.F. BReussARD.
Z 4 yryu l.. THIBEAux.
,,lsrk Il i Of Police Jury,
''' A. LACOuR.
Parish Treasurer ~,
81 ~ ISAAC WISE.
Town Council. !,
IupIe, JACOB lsAACs,
9 = Wne j. o. LEGE,
ceo n LYoNs. Constable.
Ju,tices Of the Peace, Sd. Ward !:
10 PEaseT, W. b. " HlfS'
Isfeyors
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IM;,,Tn A LIMITED NnM
. A0 Der of active. ener-
Fassers to engage in a pleasant
Sshle business. Good men will
rare chance
10 MAKE MONEY.
= vii please answer this advertise
letter, enclosing 8 amp for reply.
What business they have heen eu-
None but those who mean
: need apply.
Address,
FINLEY, HARVEY & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-29
THEY All want it,

Because it is a family newspaper
pure sound reading for old and
Young, and it contains a reliable
and comprehensive summary Of all
the importent news.
rHEIIN
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23

When your silo is full, even with the
top of your walls, and you have more
corn-fodder or grasses, you can build a
frame of plank, two or three feet high,
and of the same width and length of
the silo. Place this upon the walls, and
fill the space to the top of the wooden
feeder. Upon the ensilage cover of
plank is placed; load with heavy
weights, and in two days the cover will
have pressed the ensilage below the
mouth of the pit, on level with the
top of the wall Then remove this COW
ering, and proceed to cover the ensilage
as you would if you had not put in this
extra quantity; spread as quickly as
possible over the top of your ensilage,
rye, oat, or barley straw, to the depth
of six or eight inches; then place on
the top of straw the plank already cut
to lengths, crossways of your silo, close
together, covering the whole surface of
the plank with stone or rocks, not less
than one foot in depth. If stones and
rocks are scarce, place bricks, iron,
boxes, or bags of dirt, logs of wood,
anything that will weight down and
compress the ensilage. By following
these directions, you will always have
good success"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
A Chicago Club.

The Owl Club is of Chicago. John
b. Schoeffel and a party of actors were
invited to the club house. Mr.. Schoef-
fel was dissatisfied with the kind of hos
pitality he encountered, and publishes
the following card: eve were shown
around the club, asked to admire the
extensive collection of pictures and OBJ
jects of art possessed by them, and, af-
ter long and interesting ramble
through their extensive parlors, cabi-
nets, and meeting rooms, we were final
~ conducted to the sumptuous drawing
room, all of us-at all events, I can
speak for myself-very hot and very
dry. | grew hotter and drier as /
waited for some one belonging to the
club to propose refreshments, not feel
ing at liberty to do so myself. A dozen
or SO members of the club were present.
Nobody said anything about refresh
ments and asked in somebody's ear
whether it was permissible for me to do
the Eonors. Finding that it was. |
treated the entire crowd, somewhere
about twenty people in number. to
drinks and cigars, and drinks, aud,
think, drinks again. Everybody drank.
and everybody smoked. Nobody treat.
ed but myself. 1t all went off very
pleasantly, and l found the members of
the club royal set of jolly dogs.-at my
expense. They laughed aud ioked i'm
moderately, and possibly all the more
so that it was at my expense l didn't
complain, for felt that they had made
most of me; in fact, more than they
ever will again."
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
The Wandering jew.

An old man who had for half a cen
tury been known throughout New Eng
land as the Wandering Jew recently
died at Middlebury, Vt. His real name
was Francis William Alexander, and he
was not Jew, but Scotchman of
excellent education, and possessed of
money enough to supply all his wants.
He wandered constantly afoot, had a
weird aspect, aud was the terror of
children far and wide. Popular super
stition ascribed to him great age, and it
was whispered that, having committed
some awful crime, he was doomed never
to die, but always to tramp. Ignorant
housewives closed their doors against
him in terror. He seemed to enjoy the
aversion which he excited, and some
times increased it by solemnly pro-
nouncing the most dreadful maledic-
tons.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
A Printers Joke.

Printers jokes are not always enjoy
able but an exception may be made in
favor of the witticisms of John r. Tai
man, of Lynn, who celebrated his gold
en- wedding by giving 81, 500 to the
city hospital to be used for the benefit
of the printers of Lynn, accompanying
the gift with the following note:
GENTLEstEN-Having been a pioneer
in the printing business in Lynn, and
having spent long term of years, in
the Ito me) pleasant application of the
cart Preservative of all Arts" and as
my wife belongs to a typographical
family, represented bya father and four
(of six brothers. l have improved the
golden OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES but
once in lifetime-to commemorate the
50th anniversary of our marriage by a
gift to the Lynn hospital IN behalf of
the printers of Lynn. 1, therefore,
have this day "given out to the Lynn
hospital a "take" of 81, 500, to be
"set mp" and remain as "live mat
ten, to be worked off" as occasion
may require, but, in no lease is the
"original form" to be distribu-
ted" | cherish the hope, for your
sake, that the institution may never be
obliged to turn " for want of I" sorts, y
or have the misfortune to "pi the
form" or "squabble any part but
will keep the furniture so we'll sad
justed," and so ply the "mallet and
shooting stick" that not "quion
shall "drop out " or be lost. Thu.
may they be able to "work off
"token after "token," year by year
till the last living member of tht
"black art" shall have corrected
his last "proof."
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
Scene i'm a Boarding House.

'Mr. Whittle," said an uptown
landlady, ''you must get out of my
house. You owe for three weeks board,
and it's plain to see that You don't in
tend to pay me.
Madam, replied Mr.. White, edo
not say that don't intend to pay YOU.
You may say that I have not paid You.
or that am slow about paying you, but
do not, / repeat, say that l do not in
tend to pay. Philosophers have failed
when they attempted to explore the
grand organization of the human mind.
After days of earnest thought Socrates
failed to discover one unuttered thought
of the man who made his sandals.
Knowing Sock to be philosopher, some
of the boys bet him pair of brass
knucks against a bullfinch that he
couldn't tell what the sandal maker in
tended to do. Sock took the bet. AS
Macaulay, in speaking of a wise man.
would say, Sock was a man of parts.
He locked himself in q room with the
sandal-maker, and for three days he
didn't take his eyes off the man. At
the end of the third day Sock said ::
You intend to make me the finest pair
of Sunday sandals in the country
Missed it. exclaimed the man; Il in
tend not to make you any more until
you have paid me for the last pair So
you see, madam, that when such a phi.
losopher as Socrates failed to discover
mans intentions, it is very presumptu-
Gus in you to set yourself up as a mind
explorer.
''Mr. White, don't care nothing
about your Socks or your stockings, but
l want my money"
81 will withdraw from your home
stead"
"Well, clear out, then"
'Fnst let me say few words. DIR.
Tanner used to live in New York, didn't
hep"
"Yes, he did,"
''And he once boarded at this house,
didn't he ?"
eyes"
''And while boarding here he learned
to fast. / can fast all around him, for
I've boarded here several months. The
longer a man boards here, the more
capable he is for fasting. He gets into
the habit, you know"
But he had gone too far. Boarding
house forbearance had ceased to be a
virtue. If Mr.. Whittle is able to APP
near the case will he tried to-morrow
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
A BrIdegrOOm's SuperstitiOnS.

Among the Mari savages of India, if
a young man wants to marry, his
father takes with him some friends, and
they set out towards the village or
house indicated by the youth. If they
hear bird chirping on the way they
return dismayed. 1t is a bad omen.
If they meet hare or squirrel, wild
boar or a mountain cat, it is likewise an
evil omen. But if they meet a stag or
a bullock, buffalo or young maiden,
it is a good omen, and they go on their
way rejoicing. The chipping of the
bird, the innocent cat or hare, wild
boar or squirrel, may make two fond
hearts disconsolate; for once aban-
doned, a search in that direction again
for wife would be profanity. So full
are their lives of superstitious fears, so
great is the amount of misery caused
all over the world by those woes which
we fancy only, but which may never
happen The wealthier abodes of Lon
don and Paris are nearly as full of this
superstitious reverence for fashionable
caprice as the lowly families Of the
Maris for the traditions of the Jungle.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
The MisfOrtuneS of Chic.

The Island of Chic, which has suf.
fered so severely from an earthquake,
is land of sorrows and acquainted with
grief. Every age in history has brought
upon its inhabitants some terrible affiic.
ton. Nearly 500 years before the
beginning of the Christian era the
Persians massacIed its Greek popu-
lation to punish them for joining in that
Ionian instruction which led, a few
years later, to the invasion of Greece by
the hosts of Darius. More than hun
bred years later the Chians were COM
PEELED in the Social war to shed some of
their best blood to break away from the
Athenian confederacy and establish their
autonomy. In the next 900 years the
island underwent the vicissitudes of
Macedonian, Roman, and Byzantine
rule. Then, in the thirteenth century,
came the Turk with fire and sword,
and the inhabitants were once more
butchered. During the years of italian
rule in the East, Chic several times
changed owners, but reverted at last to
its brutal conquerers, the Ottomans.
In 1922 the Chians joined in the gen
eral revolt of the Hellenes against their
Turkish masters. Their desperate valor
and isolated position made them a con-
spicuous mark for the exemplary ven
geance of their cruel enemy. Kara Ali
did the work. In seven bloody days he
slaughtered, with such atrocities as only
Turk can invent, more than $4,000
men, women and children; the remain
ing $4,000 of the population were sent
into slavery in Asia Minor and at STAN
boul. Chic lies inst south of the mouth
of the Gulf of Smyrna, in a delightful
climate, and far less exposed than its
western neighbors to the "black winds"
that sweep those seas.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
"IioneSiy is the Best Pol:c,."

This old adage was never better veri
fed than in the business Of Knox, the
world-renowned halter, corner Broad
way and Fulton street, and Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel, New York. He commenced
business As years ago with the deter
mination to use the best material and
sell at the lowest living profit There is
never any attempt made to palm off infe-
rior goods or old styles, and to-day his
goods are the recognized standard OF
excellen ce throughout the world. In
New York more heads are adorned by
Knox than all other matters. He is the
leader in shapes, 50 that a man crowned
with Knox hat, has the assurance that
he has the latest, best, and cheapest.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23

said what was foul, false, and worthy
only of one who was less than a coward
Mr.. Hill replied that he had charged as
he felt. and declared that the Senator
from Virginia could not insult him.
FOREIGN
Lord Beaconsfield died in London
at $40 O'Clock Tuesday morning. He
had been i'll for some weeks but his
death was not expected. Benjamin
Disraeli was born in London in 1906.
His father was an author, and the son
at an early age began to write notable
novels. He entered Parliament when
quite young and his first speech was
Missed. He then made the notable re-
mark, "The time will come when you
will hear me-" He was Prime Minister
in 1868 for few months, and again in
1874, when he was made Earl of Bea-
consfeld.
The large profits now made by
some foreign banks engaged in bust
ness in China and Japan show that there
is ample room for other institutions of a
similar nature. A good opening in this
direction is now offering to American
capitalists, and they would doubtless
meet with support from influential
Chinese and japanese merchants, if not
of these governments themselves.
The Nihilist prisoners executed on
Friday were conveyed from the fortress
in two carts, with their backs toward
the horses and their hands tied to boards
on their breasts bearing the word
Regicide " in large letters. After the
executions the bodies were cut down
and taken to cemetery outside the
city. Michailoff's rope broke twice, but
he was lifted up and hanged with the
other four, including Sophie Pieoffsky.
The attendance was very large.
"A communication was received by
the National Board of Health from
Constantinople, saying that "the
plague in Irak Asia, is of the most
violent character and, if allowed to
pass the military lines drawn around it.
will spread far and wide with great
rapidity.
"A large petard was exploded at the
door of the Church IF Santa Maria
Madrid, on Friday, while the. edifice
was full. of worshipers. The door was
damaged but nobody was hurt.
AT st. Petersburg n number of Nj
hilists attacked the troops guarding the
prison in which the condemned Nihilists
were detained, and twenty were cap
tured with bombs in Their possession.
The famous anti-Jewish petition
was sent to Prince Bismarck on We'd
nesday. 1t consists of twenty-six vol
umes. comprising 1900 sheets, with
255, 900 signatures, including those of
noblemen, retired generals and other
officials.
DIR. Carver, the American marks
man, has challenged ten of the best
shots in the Nottingham Club and the
Gun Club of London to pigeon
shooting match for $500, the doctor
shooting 1000 pigeons to his oppo.
nents' 100 each.
The English steamer James Harris,
from marlborough for Grangemouth,
was sunk in collision with the Anda-
lusia on Wednesday and fourteen per.
sons were drowned.
Later reports give us a terribly
tragic story of the work of the earth
quake in Scio. II is now officially stated
that 5000 persons were killed and
10000 injured. The locality which suf-
fered the most is Nevita, where / 200
were killed
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
TChicaeo Western catholic. /

THE LATEST man who has been made
happy through the use of this valuable
liniment is Mr.. James A. Conlan, Libra
rian of the Union Catholic Library of
this city. The following is Mr.. Con-
lan's Endorsement
UNION CATHOLIC LIBRARY AssoCIAT'N,
204 DEARBORN STREET,
CHICAGO, Sept. is, 1880. }
l wish to add my testimony as to the
merits of st. Jacobs Oil as a cure for
rheumatism. One bottle has cured me
of this troublesome disease, which gave
me a great deal of bother for long
time but thanks to the remedy am
cured. This statement is unsolicited
by any one in its interest.
JAMES A. CoNLAN, Librarian.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
The Latest Clue.

Mr.. Christian X. Ross is reported to
regard the latest clue to the where.
abouts of his son Charlie as the most
hopeful which he has received for sew.
eral years. The letters from England
which describe the counterpart of the
lost boy are written by persons known
to be responsible, and the evidence is
strong that this child declared his real
name to be Charlie Ross before anyone
else in the neighborhood knew that
boy of that name had been lost. The
gentleman who wrote one of the letters
containing these statements, at the time
of which he writes was living in villa
at Loughton, about twelve miles from
London, where his children often heard
the boy in question say that his real
name was Charlie Ross, and that he was
brought from America in "big ship
The woman who pretended to be his
mother, but whom he repudiated, al
ways kept her face yelled, her excuse
being that her husband was abroad and
she had taken a VOW not to uncover her
face in public until his return. These
statements come, not in n roundabout
way from persons whom nobody can
identify, but from two gentlemen as to
whose character there is said to be not
the slightest doubt. One of them is
Robert Benjamin Hugman, now living
at No. 36 Greenwood Road, Dalston,
London, N. F., and the other is w. G.
Kingsbury, European land and emigra-
ton agent of the Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio Railway Company.
The letters were sent to Col. Forney, OF
Philadelphia, to whom Mr.. Kingsbury
is well known.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23

THE most extensive homeopathic
Medicine house in the United States is
that of Boericke ~ Tafel, being estab-
lished since 1885. They have row es-
tablished vell-stocked Pharmacies, de-
voted exclusively to the sale of homeo-
pathic medicines and books, in the fol-
lowing cities New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Chicago, New Orleans and
San Francisco. For descriptive price
currents of medicine cases and books for
family and for veterinary use. address
them at either of above named cities.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23

= Hazel Kirke > still keeps on in the even
tenor of its way, and will reach its 45Oth per-
Torrance ON Monday, April 18th.
The Madison Square Theatre still retains its
unprecedented popularity.
The Bernhardt commenced her farewell
season at Booths on the 18th. Her visit to
this country has proved grand success fh:an-
oially.
"Bllee Taylor is still delighting crowded
houses Mt the Standard. 1t is done so well and
is so full of bright and comicsl features, that
people visit it repea 'edly. 1t always seems
fresh, lively and amusing.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23
Advertising Cheats.

1t has become SO common to write
the beginning of an elegant, interesting
article and then run it into some adver-
tisement that we avoid all such cheats
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain and honest
terms as possible, to induce people to
give them one trial, as no one who
knows their value will ever use anything
else. -Proridence advertiser.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23

A BARGAIN. Bush and his
wife, of Clarion, Ohio, agreed at their
marriage that if any quarrel ever arose
between them it should be left to the
decision of three referees. Mrs. Bush
lately visited her mother, and refused to
return home. The case was fully pre-
sented to the referees, who decided that
the wife was wrong and must go back
to her husband. They also voted to
censure the mother-in- law.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-23

THE WHITE ELEPHANT.-When the
ruler of Siam desires to destroy an oh
noxious subject, he presents him with
white elephant. This brute is sacred.
Its possessor dares not kill it for fear of
sacrilege. He dares not
give it way, as that would be an insult
to the royal efiver. So he keeps it and
starves todeath, while the elephant gets
fat off his possessions.