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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
Why the Bear Has a StumpyTaiI,

The Objibaway Indians have the fol-
lowing legend, told by correspondent
in the Ceutetry: A fox was fishing one
day in the depth of winter through a
hole in the ice, using his tail for bait,
by which means he caught great num-
ber at first, but as che day went by he
was not SO successful. His tail becom-
ing numbed, he did not perceive it get.
ting frozen in. By and. bye, thinking he
had got a bite, he gave a smart pull
and broke his lail off short, at which
he began to weep. The Manitou coming
along asked him why he wept. The fox
told him, and begged to have his
tail restored. The Manitou told him
he could have il back if he could dis
cover an animal as stupid as himself.
The fox started for home, with the re-
suit of his sport in his mouth. On the
road he met bear, who asked him
how he had managed to catch so many
fish. The fox told him it was the
easiest thing in the world all he had
to do was to use the same means he
had done, which the bear begged to be
taught. The fox, nothing loath, took
Bruin on the ice, cut hole for him, and
told him to put his tail through and
not to pull it out until he called to him,
and then to take it out as quickly as
possible. The fox waited until he saw
it we'll frozen in, and shouted "Pull |"
and snap went the tail. The fox's tail
was restored to him, but the bear lost
his forever, and this is the reason the
bear has stumpy tail to this day.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
DO Your Rest

A gentleman once said to physician.
81 should think, doctor, that at night
you would feel so worried over the
WORK OF the day that you would not be
able to sleep"
My head hardly touches the pillow
tlll fall asleep" replied the physician.
II made up my mind" he continued,
al the commencement of my profess
sioral career, to do my best under all
circumstances, and, so doing, I am not
troubled by any misgivings."
good rule for ue all to follow, Too
many are disposed to say, "No matter
how | do this work now; next time I'll
do better" This practice is as bad as
the reasoning, "No matter how l
learn this lesson in the primary class ;
when l get into a higher department,
then I'll study" As we'll might the
mother, in knitting socks, say: "No
matter how the tip is done; if I do drop
stitch now and then I'll do better
when 1 get further along" What kind
OF stocking would that be?
AS well might the builder say: 81
don't care how make the foundation
OF this house; anything will do here;
wait till get to the top, then I'll do
good work"
., Said Sir Joshua Reynolds once to DR..
Samuel johnson: "Pray tell me, sir, by
what means have you attained such ex-
traordlnary accuracy and flow of Ian
guage in the expression of your ideas ?"
-" l laid it down as fixed rule" re-.
piled the doctor, "to do my best on
every occasion, and in every company
to lmpart what know in the most for
chile language I can put it"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
RIDGWAY, COUNTY. THURSDAY. MAY 25 1882

could ever have dreamed that those
two people had ever been anything to
each other, had actually been engaged,
they say, and the engagement broken
off by Adole's guardian? Why, no one
could have seemed more Indifferent
than that Harvey Ellsworth has seemed;
how she can trust him or have any faith
in him I cannot imagine. He certainly
acted coldly enough, and as if he did
not care for her."
"Pefhaps he does not care for her
now," said Matilda Owens.
And at the very moment that she said
it Harvey Ellsworth-on the ocean
shore, far up at the White Cove, where
the breakers came in magnifcently, and
where the blue sea, far as. eye could
look, was spangled as if strewn with
golden roses-Harvey Ellsworth was
lying in the white sand at Adele's feet,
with his lips seeking her hand again
and again, and his eyes looking long
and deep into hers, and his heart say
ing to his heart of hearts. sat last
Heaven has given me the woman of my
life, the woman of my oul."-Hdrper's
WeeBlU
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
HEALTH HINTS.

Children who drink tea and coffee are
nervous and fretful and lose their ap-
petite for substantial food. They have
less ability to resist disease and become
stunted in growth. Fbote's Heath
MONTHLY ... e.. .a.sg "a.
The light of the sui is the great puri-
fer, scattering filth as oil the wings OF
the wind. 1t is the invigorator OF ami
NAL and vegetable life-indispensable.
1t is cheap, the cheapest medicine
known, and among the most reliable.
Put cold feet in it, 'creeping back, "
q sallow skin--the whole body, that it
may imbibe electricity.
A suggestion for hoarseness worthy
0f trial is the use of common horse
radish prepared in sugar--one part to
nine parts Of sugar. A little of this
mixture in the mouth, swallowed slow
ly, gives relief. The remedy (horse-
radish) is not new one, but, to us, the
sugar way of using it seems to be a new
and good one. .-.-...,>-
The Germantown telegraph says that
experience proves that l1me-water and
milk are not only food and medicine at
an early period of life, but also at
later, when the functions of digestion
and assimilation are feeble and easily
perverted. A stomach taxed by glut-
tony, irritated by improper food, in
famed by alcohol, enfeebled by disease,
or otherwise untitled for its duties-ae
is shown by the various symptoms at =
tendant upon indigestion, dyspepsia,
diarrhea, dysentery and fever-will re-
sumo its work, and do it energetically,
on an exclusive diet of bread and milk
and lime-water. A bowl Of cows milk
may have four tablepconsfuls of lime
water added to it with good effect.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
The Suuirrel Problem.

GA squirrel is up tree and a man
on the ground with gun is trying to
shoot it; but the squirrel persists in
keeping on the opposite side of the
tree from the man. The man walks
clear around the tree to the place of
starting, the squirrel going about in
the same direction and keeping the tree
ali the time between itself and the man.
Now the problem is, Has the man been
around the squirrei?' He has been
around the tree with the squirrel on it,
but has he been around the squirrel ?"
The EspreSs invited answers to this
problem, and received twenty-seyen,
of which fifteen say yes, the man does
go around the squirrel, and twelve say
no, he does not. A few have sent us
their reasons, and two send figures de-
monstrating the problem. The follow
ing answers are printed:
l. Of course the man goes around the
squirrel. He goes around the tree and
everything on it,
2. Should the squirrel have the start
I am of the opinion that the man goes
around it.
3. Not by blame sight does the
hunter walk around the squirrel.
4. The man does not go around the
squirrel. Might as well claim that-by
having a horse attached at A and an
other at B each describing the same
circle, keeping at opposite sides of
circle-the horse at A would at every
time going around the ring go around
the inside half of and that 3 returned
he compliment
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25


to A in the same manner simply be-
cause the outside of one described a
larger circle than the inside of the
other. In other words man or horse
in describing any circle goes around
one-half of himself.
5. The man goes around the SOUR
rel. 1t is just like a wheel within a
wheel.
6. The man don't go around the
squirrel. I have tried it and had 1
got around the squirrel would have
shot it.
Z. If there was no tree there and the
squirrel was running around IN circle
on the ground and the man was going
in larger circle l should say the man
went around the squirrel. But when
you put tree there it is different. The
man does not go around the squirrel on
the tree.
8. The man doesn't go around the
squirrel any more than the squirrel
goes around the man.
8. OF course the man doesn't go
around the squirrel. II I am standing
on the nigh side of horse and start to
walk round him, and the horse keeps
turning as go, am on the nigh side
of him all the time, am / not? And l
don't go around him if am on the
nigh side all the time, do I? The case
is precisely similar to this of the squir-
rel on tree.-Bufdlo E;rpress.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25

[" 1t rains, ma," said Estelle. 81
don't think l will attend church to- day. u
at rains," said Estelle's ma few nights
subsequently; "you had better not at,
tend the theatre to.night." "Oh, ma, u
said Estelle. 81 can wear my rubbers and
waterproof" = y,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
Distance Lends Enchantment.

The sailswe zee on the ocean,
Areas white as white can be,
But never one. in the harbor
As white as the sails at sea.
And the clouds that crown the mountain
With purple and gold delight
Turn to cold gray mist and vapor
Ere we reach its height.
Stately and fair the vessel
That comes not near our beach;
Stately and grand the mountain
Whose height we may never reach.
Oh, Distance, thou. dear enchantress,
Still hold in thy magic veil
The glory of far-off mountains,
The gleam of the far-off sail
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25

A slip of the tongue.-She (encour-
sgingly): "Your step suits mine ex-
actly." He (nervously); $50 glad to
hear you say SO; l know I'm such 3
bad waltzer."-J4dy
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

Not content Of the recent af.
Fiction wrought upon US by over
Cow, some Of our Republican ex
changes still further impregnates
US with the information that VIM.
Pitt Kellogg is an Iberian. An
exchange, who probably discover
ed the sad tidings before US, sensi-
bly, remarks that kellogg has
never lived "a hours at one time
in the parish of IBERIA" W. are
a 6fteen,years' resident Of this
parish, and we hope the reader
will not think that we are over
when we state that
there are not ten men, citizens Of
this parish, that We do know per-
sonally or have heard Of indirectS
ly and the announcement that
Kellogg belonged to US caused
great CONSERVATION and surprise.
Will those exchanges be so con.
descending as to explain the mat
ter Does that little plantation
entille him to citizenship ? Star.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
Sherif's Sale.
a OF LOUISIANA.
rwENTYFIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
Series Of Parish Court.
Parish of Lafayette.
NJ. 4S7.
J. Gnstave St. Julien.
Octave Bourqne, transferee,
yS.
Napoleon Melaneon, adr. &c.

BY virtue Of q writ of feri facias ia.
sued out Of the honorable District
Court, in and fer the parish Of Lafa.
yette in the above entitled and number
ed suit, and 10 u,e directed, ! will pyo.
coed to sell at public sale, to tho last
and highest bidder, at the court house
in the town Of Abbeville, Parish Of
Vermilion, on
Saturday, October It'll 1882,
between the hours of II o'clock
A. NJ, and 4 o'clock p. NJ, and con-
tinuing from day TO day if neces.
sary, all the rights, titles, interests
and demands of the defendant, in and
to the following described property.
seized to satisfy said writs, to wit
One cartain tract Of land situ.
ated in the parish Of Vermilion.
being the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter, and lot No. 4
of section 81 in township IL south
of range 4 east containing severity
four 45ll00 acres, more or less,
specially mor'gagea in favor Of
plaintiff.
Terms Cash.
Given under my official sigma
ture, at Office, in the town Of All.
beyiIIe, this I'd day of September,
A. D., 1882.
G. B, SHAW, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
THEY WON'T DO AT alt

A ST. Louis doctor factory re
Gently turned out a dozen female
doctors. AS long as the female
doctors we're confined to one or
two in the whole country, and
those were only experimental, we
held our peace, aud did not COM
plain ; but now that the colleges
are engaged in producing female
doctors as a business VIC must pro-
test, and in so doing will give q
few reasons why female doctors
will not prove a paying branch OF
industry. In the first place, if
they doctor anybody, it must be
women, andO three,fourth of the
women had rather have a male
doctor. Suppose these colleges
turn out female doctors unlil
there are as many of them as there
are male doctors, what have they
got to practice on A man, if
there was nothing the matter
with him, might call in a female
doctor, but if he was sick as a
and when a man is sick. he
is sick as a horse, the last thing
he would have around be a female
doctor. And why Because.
when a man wants a female fnmb
ling around him, he wants to feel
we'll. He don't want to be bilious,
or feverish, with his mouth tasting
like cheese, and his eyes blood,
shot when q female is looking
him over and taking an account
Of stock. Of course these female
doctors are all young and good
and ifone of them came
into a sick room where a man was
in bed, and be had chills, and was
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

Mr.. P. Gueydan, an old and
valued friend, whose acquaintance
we first formed some twenty six
years ago, arrived yesterday morn.
ing in our city, toocoDsummate at
the Land Office, the purchase of
some $4,000 acres of marsh and
prairie lands, in that garden spot
of our State, the parish Of Yer
million. Mr.. Gueydan is one Of
the most persever,ng and liberal
handed me n We ever knew. After
going through many ups and
downs, he went to Texas some
nine years ago, and with his broth.
er established a business, FIRST at
Corpus Christi, then at San Diego.
in connection with a sheep rancho.
He now returns to apply his won
derful energy towards establishing
an extensive stock farm on the
$4,000 acres he has just bought.
There among his host Of old
he will strive to demon
the fact that Louisiana is
equal to any State i'll the Union
for cattle raising, as well as in
producing an infinite variety of
cereals. That he will'aclieve the
.bonndless success we wish him.
we haven't the shadow Of a doub'.
-[Capitolian-Advocate.]
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
THE MERIDIONAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY
E.. I. ADDISON n.
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r E II N s.,

The MER1proNAL, is published weekly
in English and French, at two dollar
and fifty cents per annam payable in
advance.
Advertisements will be inserted at sl.0(
per square OF ten lines, or less, for each
insertion.
Advertisements published in English
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No advertisement will be inserted fol
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Payment of all advertisements ia con
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Advertisements not marked with the
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charged for accordingly.
TEN dollars in advance is required fol
announcing candidates for office and
election tickets or other job-wofk must
he paid for on delivery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
Notice..

NoTIcE is herby given that the
Tax Roll for the year 1882, has
been deposited in my Office, and
that the taxes assessed 10 said year
are set forth in the tax rolls GU
tile in my office, and in the mort.
office Of said parish ; that
they are now due, and that they
will become delinquent on the 3lst
day of December 1882, and will
draw eight per cent per anIlum i'll
te, les, from that date until sold in
accordance with article 2l0 If the
constitution.
Sher'tf's Office, Abbeville, Ia.
August 5th 1882.
G.. +. SHAW.
Sheriff & Collector.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
N O l c E
LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La.
Sept. IL 1882.

LAND OFFICE at New Orleane, La.
Sept. IL 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the
folIowing.named settler has fled
notice of his intention to make
FINAL proof in support Of his claim.
and tina. said proof will be made
before the Judge or Clerk of
Court, at Abbeville, La, on the
l4th Oct. 1882, viz : Valery Bou-
dreaux, Homestead No. 1895, for
the Sc. fracl and + half, of SW
quarter Sec. 25. Il. l3, 5. i East,
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witness
ses to prove his continuous resi-
dence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz Andrew Dubois,
Edmond Boudreanx. Lessin Du.
bois and Alpine Boudreaux of
Vcrmilion Parish, Louisiana.
GEo. BALDEY, Register.
Sept. 1922.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
SUSPICIOUS

Whenever we hear Of two riva
politicians making a great ado
over each other and becoming quite
profuse in their compliments VIZ
are apprehensive Of some approach
ling evil to one of them. The ole
fable of the spider and the fly
|somehow invariably becomes as
ISOLATED with these occurrences
The latest instance of the kind
who has fallen under our observa.
ton is that Of untamed war horse
of Natchitochcs, Brigadier Gene
raj (Militia) Jim Cosgrove. He
has of late manifested a desire to
be recognized as the Moses who
is to lead the benighted Demo.
Gratis Of this State out of their
political bondage and has likewise
displayed a decided tendency to
Republicanism Of a marked type
SO much so that we verify believe
Old Thad. Stevens has turned
over in his coffin in that lone ne.
gro graveyard and realized that
he did not reconstruct" in vain.
The New Orleans Protectionist.
Billy Kellogg's organ has dlshed
up this delicate taffy for Jimmy :
Hon. J. Fl. Cosgrove, Of the
Natchitocbes Vindlcator, has been,
of late years, no matter what he
may have been at an earlier Pc
Rod, one Of the most liberal and
truly enlightened Democrats in
the State. He is emphatically an
excellent sample of that better
and Of course upper class Of his
party that insists upon treating a
Republican as an American citi-
zen +; and if he be of good repute,
possessing gentlemanly manners
and companionable qualities, the
editor of the Vindicator does not
hesitate to regard him as his per-
sonal friend, nor to treat him as
such. This extraordinary latin
conduct has thrown a
number of the Bourbons of Natchi-
toches into a sort of jerky, not to
say spasmodic condition, and Mr..
Cosgrovc has come in for a vast
amount of very foolish criticism.
absurd comment and narrow mind
ed suspicion.
And yet the noble Jimmy was
white Lacquer. and a chasseur des
negres ! in times gone by.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

All lawyers, doctors, bankers, mer'
chants, clerks, school teachers, stu
dents, seamstresses and others who lead
a closely confined lite, should always
keep on hand a bottle Of Biiley's SA
LINE ApERIENT. 1t is a never failing
remedy for sick headache, habitual con
stipatiop, torpid liver, sour stomach,
&c. For cooling the stomach in t~evers,
and as a purgasive in kidney and skin
diseases it acts like a charm.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

Many yonng girls are u.ft fer active
life, and thousands of mothers drag
ont a miserable existenc9 on account of
a peculiar female weakness which 6 e.
absolutely refuse to cure. Thy art
full of aches and pains, a q poor, week,
frail creatures, irregular each month
with pale faces, glaring eyes, shatter-
ed nerves, and almost worn out consti-
lions. A powerful combination has
been prepared by the medical profess
sion. for the cure of these serious fe-
male complaints, and its action is pro-
nounced wonderful. 1t is known as DR..
Dromgoole's ENGLISH FEMALE BlgTERs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

The narrow strip Of Crosse Isle
woods, thro' which Yonng's levee
passes is becoming a dangerous
locality for higbwaymen, or per-
sons who eDdeayor to enact that
Economically. Several persons
has been halted there and asked
to part with their wealth. Ii
these gentry of the road could
only be detected it would go hard
with them, and they would be Civ
en- several years to repent the Err
ror of their ways.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
Town Council.

Abbeville, June 21st 1882.
The Cou ell met this day in call.
I'd session there were present X.
G Smetes. Mayor. Solomon Wise.
Leslie Broussa,d, .. Bourque and
j. j. Abadia, aldermen.
The Mayor stated the object Of
the meeting to be for the purpose Of
sriropria1iug money TO aid in equip
ping the Abbevill. Fire Company.
On motion Of Laatie Broussard,
resolved that the sum of One Hun.
dreG and twenty-five dollars Of the
funds now on h; nd in the treasury
to the credit of the General Funds
and not otherwise appropriated. DO
given to tho Aobeville Fire Cen.
pauy Ma. l for the purpose Of assist
ing in purchasing a hook and ladder
truct for said company ; aud further
that the Mayor ond Secretary arc
Authorized to issue a warrant in fsv.
or of the Treasurer Of the Abbevlls
Fire Company for said sum.
On motion the Council a%djonened.
r. c: SMEDEs. Mayor.
w. B. WHITE, Secty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

Bailey's SALINE APERIENT is rapidly
coming into general use throughout the
United States. It is q whi.e powder,
and when placed in water, foalns, spar
kles, aud tastes just like soda water.
1t is very cooling and pleasant, acts
gently upon the bowels, relieves con-
stipation, cures sick headache, sour
stomach, heartburn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23
Important Notice.

All persons wishing to mako pubiica-
tions OF tableaux, ETC., arc hereby ncti-
fed that from and after date said no
tees must be accompanied by the
printers fee. or same deposited with
the Clerk of Court, otherwise, they will
not be published. We cannot afford to
work for glory. much less promises.
Apr lst 1882.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

The Mississippi Valley Trade
Edition Of the Times Democrat
was undoubtly the largest edition
ever issued by the press of New
Orleans. 1t consisted of 40 large
pages of columns each including
a fine large double.page map of
the Mississippi Valley. and was
chock full Of interesting matter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

From the Chief we learn that
arrangements are being made for
the establishment Of a Democratic
paper in Donaldsonville. 1t is
supposed to be in the interest of
Acklen. Judge R. N. Sims. a
polished and forcible writer, will
he the editor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

Take care of your Lirer. A great
number of the diseases to which man.
kind are liable, arise from disordered
condition of this organ. Keep it in a
sound and healthy condition and you
can defy disease. PRIcKLY ASH BIT
TIERS are especially adapted for this
purpose, being composed of drugs which
act on the Liver, giving it tone aud
strength to Withstand malaria.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

Our enterprising neighbor A. G..
Maxwell, arrived last week fom
a visit to friends and relatives in
Baltimore, Maryland. He is en-.
joying splendid health, and walks
as spry as o boy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

The cyclone of last week did
not do any damage in this parish
although Pensacola and the Flori.
da ports we're visited and suffered
much injury to the shipping, build.
ings, crops and fencing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

While pugillsm has taken a
new lease Of life at the North,
duelling has revived in the South
Several fatal affairs have occurred
recently upon the field Of honor
aud the passion is evidently in.
creasing daily. Iberia parish was
the scene o: an encounter the
day between two young
Hotspurs from Terrebonhe parish,
and last week Bro. Jones of the
Capitohan- Advocate challenged the
editor Of the Baton Rouge Weekly
Press for certain offensive re-
marks. No blood.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

"Cniliun," said the Rev. Wood
son Mitchell, at Sunday School,
last Sabbath, who am dat mys-
FERROUS pusson from dc site Oh
whose eyes muffin am hid !" 4
nose," said o small boy holding
up a remarkably large hand, Il
axed my fodder dat question, and
he tole me it am de foreman OBJ de
grand JURY"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

The cattle on the prairies are
rolling satand remarkably healthy.
Prices remain good and the stock
men are happy over the chances
Of a mild. winter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-09-23

District Court has been in ses-
aion all this week and quite an
amount of civil business has been
disposed of. We intend publish
ing the docket next week.