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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

Now that lent will soon com,
mence let all know that there are
Shadines at Martins "al.d don't
You forget it."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

Senator Malone, Of Virginia.
is the biggest little man in the U.
s. Senate.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26
NOTICE.

/, The undersigned sto,l..,
hereby forbid any one u,'fi Fray
n'ng dead stock Of the 49,,
they have in charge. ,.sa'.
doing the same will IL -
10 the luli L, extent Of the I,s
VIM. MEAuy,
AuRrlIns Baousan
rLaclDs Mou1os
February 5lh 1881. s,.'
vERMRS
r.
DIRECT TO NEW op,.,.
rTNm'ssA Shippers on
sSfS$S5zTIAa&' B'you are iaereh, "
~zz@ hat the Str. Frenes.
is Thoroughly reftted and i - a.lA!as
make regular trip. to New Crls.,s aya
Freights taken at Mero.s;a
Rates, storage at Abbeville ~ -
Apply to j. E. Carlin. 49,
Orleans, or TO the nndersi.ns1 = m
vile, Louisiana. 9 IN
solouor Hls.
November 8. 1874.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

FoR Masks Of all
description at Martins some
sweet, some sentimental, some as
pretty as the African Gorilla.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26
DR.. W.. A. THOMPSON,

t2l1 Canal Street, New Orleans.
Piles, Fistula and Fissure
Cured without the use of the
KNIFE, LIGATURE OR cAUsrIc,
Free from pain, danger or loss of
time from business.
These Diseases Receive Special
Attention and Cures Guaranteed.
Epilepsy or Fits treated with
wonderful success. as all cases are
carefully examined. and none
taken but those Offering good
prospects Of curing.
Impotenry, Spermatorrhea and
Sexual Debility. treated by medi-
cine alone. has heretofore proved
nsiess and ever injurious. They
lido no good. is the universal
testimony Of all honest physicians.
Thousands have 'doctored" for
these complaints, and have thrown
away their money and their
constitutions together. bnt the Doc
tor combines medical treatment
with electricity, the electricity
being generated by a simple
electrical apparatus that any one
can use, and by. these means
insures success.
Constipation. the bane of so
many lives and the most prolific
source of illhealth, cured by
simple method, with little or no
medicine.
Diseases Of women treated by
electricity, without pain or expo
sure.
S,ictnre Of the Urethra and
Recrum cured without a surgical
operation and without pain: Tape
Worm, Diseases of the Kidneys,
Bladder, Private Diseases, Rheu-
maiism. Neuralgia, Nervous and
Sick Headache, Asthma, Weak,
Painful and Sore Eyes, without a
surgical operation; Deafness.
Noise in the Ears, all Skin
Diseases, Scrofula, Tumors, Loss
of Voice. etc., successfully treated
by improved remedies.
Letters Of inquiry must be
accompanied with stamp for reply
n. B.-No names made public
without the written consent of the
parties.
The following persons may be
referred to
New Orleans Testimonials.
Capt Max Blanchard, Piles.
Jas. Wai'lillech. Snpt. John
sons Foundry. Rheumatism,
l.. II. Patterson. Pilot stmr.
Pagan. Piles.
Max Beer, 1863 Canal street,
Neuralgia.
Mrs. Miller. conner Jacson and
Llhery streets. Deaf.
E. Dill, Morgan Railroad, Tape
Worm.
Tl,os. Robinson, 10 Cont street,
Piles.
Jacob Blum, Baronne ST.. Piles,
Cant. Pharr, Morgan City, Loss
of Voice.
Leo WoIfson, Craps Bluff. La,
Plies.
col, W. O'neal, C~ovington, Ky.
Fistnla.
W F. Shrock, Goodman, Miss,
Piles.
J. +, Swim, Main street, Ciacin-
matt, Fissure
f Wolf, Port Hickey, La, Piles.
Byron Eastman, Mercer, KY,
Structure.
j. B. Roos, Ben Lomond, Miss,
Piles.
JAS. Aldrich, Covington, KY,
Diabetes.
a Freidheim. Bastrop, Id. Plies
s. j. Gordon. 1872 Walnut
street. Cincinnati. O.. Catarrh.
j. 7. Hawkins. Mason, Tenn,
Discharge from The Ear.
J. B. Wilson, Alton, KY,
Epilepsy
G. D. Hickerson, Vicksburg,
Miss. Asthma.
IT Warren, Carrollton, Tenn,
Bronchitis.
H. Ship, Owen. Kv., Scrofula.
Office hours from 8 a, M, to /
p. m.
Dec. IL, lSS0,-Sm
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An object Of interest-An IN
paid note.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26
Mice.

wonld respectful y inf m NY
customers who owe ne, tl,st II j.
time hat lhe> SIr,n Il e.tufr lie
assistance grante.i lhcm dnrin.
the pat wear 10y coming nj, and
settling their accounts. Thanking
all for their liberal patronage, l
am pleased to give notice that on
Monday. the 18th inst, | will
commence and continue to sell at
cost, for Cash alone till Mardi
Gras, when ! will put in a New
Stock, Cheap, Cheap for Cash.
A. D. MARTIN.
Jany. 1881.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

Cincho. Quimne cures chill 8 and
fever.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

The South America war II
ended.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

The Blount Steel Plow seila at
factory price.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

BEST cuisines. =.
day made by any work.. doll.ss
and s sa sDel, own .a,I localities. s',a.s =,
aour spare time at iii. i hes;. lapes.
o1ess sT1ssos and Co, Po usslais a.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-02-26

Mardi,G ras suits can be had at
Martins.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
The Habit of selr.Contro,.

If there is one habit which, above all
Others. is deserving of cultivation, it is
that of self-control. The habit OF self
control is but the accumulation of con
tinued acts of self-denial for worthy
object; it is but the repeated authority
of the reason over the impulses, of the
Judgment over the inclination, of the
sense OF duty over the desires. He who
has acquired this habit. who can govern
himself intelligently, without painful
effort aud without fear oi revolt from
his appetites and passion, has within
the source of all real power and of all
true happiness. The force and energy
which he has put forth day by day, and
hour hy hour, is not exhausted, nor even
diminished; ON the contrary, it has in
creased 10y use, and has become stronger
and keener by exercise, and, although
it las already completed its work in the
past, i, is still his well-tried, true and
powerful weapon for future conflicts in
higher regions.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28

was not TO be had, aud it was not until
the fifth day that they succeeded In OBJ
tanning q fire, keeping themselves alive
by feeding upon raw birds, sucking
eggs, and drinking champagne from the
wreck. Every morning visit was paid
to the reef in the hope of picking mn
something satable, but nothing save
lew preserves rewarded their industry
At the end OF fortnight the castaways
determined to attempt crossing the reef
at low water, and reaching larger is
land. The distance was seven miles
over sharp coral rocks--s hard road for
shoeless men 10 travel but they sue
ceeded in dragging themselves, and a
raft laden with their wine and spirits, TO
Juan de Nuova. They soon discovered
good well, and hut built Of bamboo
and leaves. There were plenty Of birds
about, and they found some turtle made
fast in hut in the sea 30 they Jared
comparatively well for another couple OF
weeks, when q small schooner, coming
from Mahs for the turtle. observing their
signals, came 10 their relief, and carried
the six castaways safe and sound TO
Mahe, whence, in due time, they found
their way home.
More unhappy were the experiences
OF Ridley and Henley, two seaman be-
longing to the Hull sloop Chanticleer.
when that vessel was on the Patagonian
coast in 1867. Returning from an OK.
cursion on shore, their boat was driven
out to sea, by a gale, cast upon the
rocks, and broken to pieces. Its occu-
pants escaped much personal damage,
but their clothes were torn to tatters, |
and all they had to comfort themselves |
on the snow covered rock was an oilskin,
. pair Of blankets, and few biscuits.
The latter did not last them long, and
then they had to be content with mus
sells and shell fish. At the end of ak
weeks one Of them had lost his toes from
the frost, and both were so worn out
by hunger, cold and exposure, that hope
died within their breasts, and they
awaited deaths coming with perfect
having sworn to each other
that let who would die first the survivor
would not turn cannibal. They had no
made the agreement two hours when de-
liverance came. The Shearwater pass-
ing near the rocks, the lookout thought
ne saw two savages on it; the captain
Ehereupon ordered boat to be lowered,
md the poor fellows wore soon in COM
'ortable quarters, surrounded by sym
pathizing blue jackets.
Who shall say how many men are
Crusoes In sad earnest ct the
present moment? On the I'd of August,
1880, the viceroy of India telegraphed
nome Master OF ship Cedric the
saxon reports. Sighted Inaccessible Is
and, twenty three miles southwest OF
Tristan d'Acunha, 18th June. Large
are burning on northeast side, appar-
sntly on shore; time, eight, evening;
heavy gale; unable 10 lay ship to for
iayiights I suggest probable ship
crew. An 7ne Pear Round.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
'atinnt Ane.Prs,

In recent number of the Paris
Ctoyen appeared the following account,
by can Eye-Witness," of curious epi-
sode in tho terrible tragedy of the Com
mune, 1t was on the twenty-sixth of
May, 1871. The Tuileries, the Palace
Of Justice and the Hotel dc Vile were
wrapped in flames. At Montmartre and
in the Batignolles mitrailleuses were
dealing death and destruction. Almost
beside myself with excitement and hor-
ror, L had conti'ived to reach the
Champs Elysees. Thonco I hurried on
ward, along the right bank of the Seine.
Suddenly 30 strange a sight offered it.
self to my gaze that, for a moment, l
deemed myself dreaming. Some sixty
odd people were sitting TRANQUILITY by
the river side, calmly angling. Several
cart loads OF damaged bacon had been
shot into the Seine at that particular
spot, and shoals OF fish had gathered
round it, offering an easy prey to the
anglers skill.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
How Gamhetia Lost His Eve.

The tale that Gambetta, the eminent
French statesman, when child, volun-
tarily put out his right eve in order to
be removed from a seminary which he
abhorred, is pronounced an absurd
fiction. The real facts are that one day,
when only eight years old, while look
ing at cutler boring holes in the
handle of knife with drill fastened to
an old broken foil by piece of catgut,
this rude machine gave way by reason of
too great tension, and the broken foil
struck the right eye of the child with
great force, perforating tho cornea.
This terrible accident causing him to be
one different from his kind, he was
petted, pampered and spoiled by his
parents, his every whim and fancy in
dulged, and every caprice of his ardent
and violent character allowed FREQ play.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
What We Shall Eaf.

The London Lancet is a little dis
turbed about the quantity of food the
modern world eats, and is of opinion
that the regularity of meals has in
duced us to regard appetite rather than
hunger as guide. Our division Of the
hours of the day for partsking of food is
inconsistent, and consequently un-
healthy, according to the Lancefs view.
since we eat three meals in obedience
to prevailing custom at intervals during
ten and half hours, while during the
remaining thirteen and half we take
no food at all. The writer would not
have it inferred, of course, that we
should eat day and night both but he
that with most people. par
ticularly those of sedentary habits, two
meals in the twenty-four hours would
prove sufficient Vegetarianism he con-
slders q failure. 1t has been tried for
thousands of years by millions of peo-
pie, and experience proves that the
iiesh- eating peoples Outright, out-work,
and out-think the eaters Of vegetables
only; but he remarks that between the
iesh-eating habits of most well-to.do
land he might, perhaps,
have added Americans) there is wide
distance.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
He Took the Hint.

Young Mr.. Latehours was sitting on
the porch the other night watching
scventeen-year-old girl trying to keep
awake long enough to see the morning
star rise. They talked astronomy.
wish was STAR" he said, smil-
ing at his own poetic fancy.
I" would rather you were comet"
she said, dreamily.
His heart beat tumultuously.
And whyP"he asked, tenderly, at
the same time taking her unresisting
little hands in his own; land whyp" he
repeated. imperiously.
oh" she said, with brooding earn
estness that fell upon his soul like bare
loot on u cold oilcloth, because then
you would only come around once every
1900 years"
He didn't say anything until he was
half way to the front gate, when he
turned around and shook his fist at the
house, and muttered between his teeth
that "by the dads it would be thun-
dcring sight longer than that before be
came around again" But by that time
the poor girl was in bed and sound
ssleep. p.-Barlingto,s ho,okeye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
An Ancient Temperance Pledge.

IN the blank leaf Of an old Irish B;ble.
Mnicn has been transmitted from s;rs
TO son through many pcnerations snd s,s
ppow appears az the property of Robert
potion, preacher Of Gods Word a.
broughton, Northamptonsbire. is in
scrIped the following pledge:
from this day forwarde To the ordo
OF my life, ! will never pledge arv
nealthe, nor drinke in a whole caronss
IN glass, cup. bowie, or other drinking
instrument. whomsoever IL comeNaTss
cept tne necessity doth require it. Not
.hy hy own most gracious king, nor any OF
tne greatest monarch or tyrant unon
eartne; nor my dearest friend. nor ali
the goulde in the world. sbalI enforsa
me. Not angels from heaven (wbnI
Know Will not attempt it'd shall ner-
suane Lor Satan with ali the onldo
,suptIeties, nor all the power of hoIl
ITSELF shall betray me. By This varn
SHINE Qor SHINE it is, and mot 3 I;taiyy I;iy
one), do plainly find that have more
onended and dishonored nv elorions
Maker than by all other SHINE that am
subject uutoe, and for this very ,sinne h
ls my God hath often been strange ,,ntoo
ano LOT that cause, and not her respect.
nave thus vowed. and heartilv no.
ny good Father in heaven of his grea3
goodness and infinite mercy in .Tes,'s
Jhrist to assist me in the same: and he
W iaVoraole untoe for what is past.
broughton, April 10th. 1877.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
Hint to Girls,

a wood engraver. being asked why lie
did not employ women, replied: l have
employed women very often and wish
l could feel more encouraged. But the
truth is that when young man comes
to me and begins his work, he feels that
it is his life's business. He is to cut his
fortune out of the little blocks before
him. Wife, family, home, happiness,
aud all are to be carved out by his OWL
hand, and he settles steadily and ear
nestly to his labor, determined to master
it, and with every incitement spur
ring him on. He cannot marry until ho
knows his trade. 1t is exactly the other
way with the girl. She may be as poor
as the boy, and as wholly dependent
upon herself for living, bnt she feels
thai she will probably marry by-and-bye.
and then she must give up wood engrav-
ing. So she goes on listlessly; she has
no ambition to excel; she does not feel
that all her happiness depends OF it.
She will marry aud then her husbands
wages will support her. She may not
say so, but she thinks so, and it spoils
her work.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
The Grandest Canon in Colorado.

The grand canon of the Gunnisou.
which begins only short distance from
town, is equal in grandeur and wildness
OF scenery to the canon of the Colorado
and throws the canon of the Arkansas
into the shade. It is upward of forty
miles long and tho mountains rise on
either side to the height Of upward of
o,OOO feet. AS yet the trout alone
traverse the cleft mountain pass. The
quickest way to send or get a dispatch
from the outside world is via Lake CITY.
The time consumed between Lake City
and Gunnison is one stage or twelve
hours, while dispatch from South
Arkansas requires five days to reach here.
as it follows the present very circuitous
mail route and takes the back track 20
Pueblo, thence to Alamosa, Lake City
and Gunnison, out of direct route.
Thus dispatch sent over from Denver
to Gunnison via South Arkansas, would
take two days longer to reach its desti-
nation than would letter from the same
point The Denver and Rio Grande
railroad people say they will be in
Gunnison before the snow of this wear
covers the praiiic.-fGrnnison News.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28

1t must be pleasant to be such a man
as Hanlan. To be able TO go down to
the water und feel and know that you
can just get away with any man in this
wide world that knows how to handle
an Car. To know that you have a bet
ter stroke, that your physical condition
ia more perfect, that yen can manage
your shell better, and row faster and
longer and come out ahead every time.
Aud then TO think that there are brave
fellows OF whom the whole world never
heard, at lonely life-saving stations on
stormy coasts. who launch their boats
through the roaring surf,s and pull
through the bowling storm and rayless
midnight. to the sinking wreck, who
have done moro good for humanity in
one short hour than the champion has
done in all his life, and have got in
iinitely less money for it. Brethren, it
isn't the man who pulls the fastest oar,
but he who pulls the best, that wears
the rels.-Burlinston Ha,ckeye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28

Out West, says an exchange, they
grind sospstone to a powder, which is
tasteless. Then they buy butter as OF
old. The ground soapstone IS then
worked into the butter, in the proper.
tion of about one pound to seven, and
the new compound becomes the butter
OF commerce.
It was discovered by New York deal
ers in this way: The old-fashioned
fifty-pound tubs have recently been
found to weigh fifty-six pounds or over.
This was only the case with Western
butter. Eastern makers could only get
fifty pounds into the tub, but the West.
ern man managed to get in fifty-six,
and into the same tub where heretofore
he could only get fifty.
A little tour westward was made, and
the soapstone industry came to light.
All ground and ready for use it costs
twenty dollars ton, or cent pound.
The butter sells for twenty cents. 1t is
therefore, a paying operation.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
The shop q iris Friends.

Some philanthropic and wealthy
women of London have done much to
break up the cruel practice in that city
Of requiring shopwomen to keep con-
tiuually on their feet. They pledged
themselves not to patronize the shops
where the rigorous rule of making the
saleswomen stand without resting was
followed, and TO prevent, SO far as pos
sibIe. their friends from making pur-
chases: These philanthropic ladies
pushed the cause with great energy and
zeal. They employed detectives TO make
reports ON all the London shops where
women were employed, and spent money
lavishly to effect their purpose. The
association grew in Importance and ex-
tent, till 1t Inc uded large numbers OF
those on whom the shopkeepers of Lon
don were most dependent for pros
peritv. The effect is said In have been
remarkable in lessening II not abso-
lutely removing the evil.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28

The standard trotter is one that can
cover mile in 2;30. Ii is said that less
than GOO OF all the horses raised and
trained in the United States have this
record. The number that can trot in
2:6O bear the ratio of one to 2, 1888 horses
raised. AS business the breeding of
fast horses is very much OF lottery;
and whom we recall the fact that the
high prices which famous colts have
brought have rarely been received by
the man who raised them, the prizes in
breeding and training trotters few are
and uncertain -Scie,.tifc American.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
He Meant Raw Eggs.

A French peasant saw in river n
floating egg. He thought he could
catch it with his hand but. in the at
tempt, fell into the water, and the egg
escaped him. The water was deep, and
he could not swim. In terror, he be-
lieyed that God was thus Furnishing his
greediness. To propiiiate his fate he
vowed that if he escaped he would never
eat another egg. Instantly branch of
tree presented itself to him, by means
Of which he gained the banks of the
stream. Shaking himself, he said
"I suppose. o Lord, that you Of
course understood me to say raw eggsl"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28
Heating Cars By ChemIcs Is.

The new plan devised by French
engineer for heating railway cars ap-
pears to give satisfactory results so far.
Il consists simply in the use for the
foot-warmers OF acetate Of soda, SUBJ
stance which has considerable latent
heat, and, dissolving az certain tenn
persture, absorbs a large quantity OF
heat, which becomes sensible during
capitalization in cooling. All that Is
required Is to fill the ordinary cases
with sufficient amount OF the acetate,
close them, and place them in stove at
about 100 degrees. The cooling OF
case thus charged and heated takes from
Twelve TO fifteen hours. Two warmers
are thereafter taken from the compart-
nents and placed in stove, where the
crystals OF soda acetate are re-dissolved,
and they are then ready for fresh use.
The advantages claimed for this system
are: No necessity Of changing warmers
every two or thyee hours, OF of maintain
ing numerous employees to attend 10
them, also economy In cost Of heating,
Vtc.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28

ANSWER THIS. Did you ever know
any person to be i'll, without inacton
of the stomach, liver or kidneys, or did
you ever know one who was well when
either was obstructed or inactive; and
did you ever know or hear of any case
of the kind that Hop Bitters would not
curel Ask vour nelghbor this same
question. .-GTimes.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-28

=, Sweet spirit hear my prayer" said
the Van Buren street citizen, as he
brought ont his roll, and peeled off the
two hves again and shook them at the
Jackson street man, who turned away
with sickly smile and said he could
not be always pulling out his money.
Ignorance seems to be stalking
through the land like Kansas grass
hopper on stilts,-Aiiraukee Sun.