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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-08-11

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Gas-Att Life illustrated.

Gas-Ai5 Life illustrated.
The above is the title Of a series
of SKETCHES OF the shady side OF life
and character in the Great Me
tropolis. now being fully Illnstra-
ted from authentic sketasea in the
National Police Gazette
Of New York, whic., arc realistic
and faithful portraitares from real
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the descriptions are from the ;eu
ii the csost gif,-i journalist and
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LOCATION most healthy and
pleasant, on The AIexandria Branch
Of tie Morgan n. 0. aad Texas
RE-. ,2 miles by rail from Yer
miiIouville. Beautiful backgrounds
and avenues of oak trees BULL
DINGS comfortable. CHURCH
new and magnificent, divine SER
vice impressive. FAREsnhstantial
and wholesome. EDUCATION pa.
ternaI, crltivating the heart as
we'll as the Mind. Classical. Sci
entifc and Commercial Courses.
Special attention paid to Book
keeping and Penmanship. TERMS
moderate. Per Session: Board,
Tuition, Wasing $3.50, BEG & bed
ding $40. Medical Fees l0.-First
Entrance or matriculation Fee 10.
-OPENING of Session lSSl-s2
October 9Th REFFREN CES:
Presn3ent Of st. Charles College
Jesuit Fathers, n. o.
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HOMES FOR THE MILLION.-
IL in Vermiliop Parish, Louisiana
Never o~ver1owed. Send stamp for de-
scriptive circular to
TrR,nrroN IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION,
Abbeville, La.
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I'll. HAAS,
Cotto n Factor

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P. @. Box 27I7. New Orleans.
Liberal advances made on shipments
of Gotten, Rice and other Produce also
advances made to Cotton, Rice aud
Sugar Planters on LIST Mortgage S.
curity.
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THE -~OUTHERN CULTIvA
TOR.

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for the old and reliable AgricuI-
tural journal. Ii is in its xXXvII
volume and stands at the head
of agricultural papers. Is is nov
published By the Constitution,
Atlanta, Ga.
Price . ..... $50 per annum
Clubs Of 10......l2,50
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THE wEELY CONSTITUTION.

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THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY
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The Cnltiyator and Weekly to
the same address ESQ ~
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erai commissionr. Address.
CONSTITUTION. :
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A quilting-frame has been invented
that can be used in connection with a
sewing-machine. = Chicago Times.
The farmers AZ Hartford County,
Md, have 81, 000,0W invested in can
ming factories, and the business is still
growing.
Mrs. Edison the wife of the in
ventor, is the originator OF what prom
ises to be a popular arrangement of the
electric light in chandeliers. 7.
San.
"A factory at Savannah, Ga, clears
$400 per day by manufacturing a supe-
rior quality of wrapping paper out of
rice straw and palm leaves, formerly
waste material. Manufacturing inter-
ests are developing all over the South.
: Chicago Inter Ocean.
A new claimant for the invention
of the telephone has appeared, and M.
le Comte du Moncel supports him. So
early as 1854 Charles Borsoul, French
man, is reputed to have invented the
telephone substantially as 1t is now, and
published his discovery in the autumn
of the year mentioned.
The speed at which explosions car
travel has been looked into by M. Der
thelot. He took for the gasses carbonis
oxide and oxygen, and these he ex
ploded in a tube sixteen inches long ant
one-third inch in diameter, by means O.
electricity. The rate observed was thu
unexpectedly high one of $500 metres
q second.
"A simple and useful bolt has beer
invented by Mr.. Arnott, of the Lyceun
Theater (London), having for its objec
the fastening of doors Of theaters an'
other public buildings, so that they cal
be opened by mere pressure against TIN
doorfrom the inside, and not at all from
tho outside, dispensing with all othe
fastenings, which cause so many acct
dents in cases of panic. One advantag
is, that being once unfastened II can nc
be rebolted by accident.
"A Bridgeport Conn man has pre-
duced an invention so dangerous tina
the Government refused him n pater
on IT, The description tells Of hollo'
steel belt filled with compressed al
from an air pump, and which can b
worn so that it is completely concealed
with the exception Of tiny nipple pre-
truding through a vest buttonholei
pellet Of condensed poison placed In tn
nipple can be noselessly sent, wit
: force sufficient to penetrate quartz
: inch of rawhide, a distance of fort
feet; and if the pellet penetrates the BIZ
man skin, in fifteen minutes death o.
! sues, although the first indications
poisoning do not appear under five mil
utes. Boston Post. t
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
Made-Up Men.

3 r
A reporter was engaged in CONVERSE
ton with the proprietor of Market
street corset-factory few days ago,
when a dapper-looking and stylishly-
dressed young man, well known in So
ciety, entered, and, addressing the pro-
prietor, wanted to know If "those
things he had ordered were done.
'tYou mean the corset and padsp"
asked the proprietor.
"Yes,' timidly replied the dandy,
looking suspiciously at the reporter. A
clerk was called and took charge of the
young man, who secured the things and
departed.
eyes, that young man and many
others of his class wear corsets and
pads" said the proprietor, in answer to
interrogatories. 'tYou must not think
that artificial make-ups are confined
alone to women" he said. ''You may
not believe it, but can name upward
of hundred society men in this city
who wear corsets, and even q greater
number than that who pad their legs.
The latter custom has only been in
vogue since the tight-fitting pantaloons
came into style.
''No, the custom is not original. It
comes from abroad where roues, dam
dies and court-followers who are getting
old make up to a greater extent than
the most slender and homely ballet
dancer in the country. After a man
gets to be between forty and fifty years
of age his abdominal region expands
and he becomes corpulent. To avoid
this he orders an appliance, which, al
though it differs somewhat from the fe-
male corset, is virtually a corset, and
clinches the wearer's adipose tissue up
so as to make his form almost as per
feet as an Apollo. Then by the Judi.
cious use of few pads and some paint
and powder, aided by false teeth and
hair-dye, the aged beau looks many
years younger and frisks about ball
room witha step as light as youth o.
twenty. Army officers, as a genera
thing, are very proud of their shape
and If nature has been unkind to then
, they wear corsets and pad There arr
i dozen or more of Uncle Sans brass
mounted handles who deal with me.
factors, too, are good customers. o
+ course, many of them only wear thes
| appliances on the stage to carry GU
| their idea of a character. but coul,
I name several who wear them both o.
r and off the stage. There is one in par
' ticular, a member of an Eastern comb
: nation, who thinks he is Just too swee
for anything. Lots of the girls think SC
too. He travels principally on hi
shape, but if the girls could but knoy
how he is made up they would be aston
ished and Disguised,
"Of course, there is prelude
$ against men wearing corsets," contin
Q ned the maker, ''but in some cases it
. a silly one. Now, take it in the case Q
. large, heavy men; there it is an abso
Lutte necessity. They become so fat tina
I unless they wear something to brac
: their bodies they would grow entirel
! out of proportion"
A corpulent gentleman who wante
G to have a brace made interrupted tn
:, conversation, and the reporter took hi
n departure bordering over his discover
y that men wore corsets. San FrGncisC
Q Chronicle.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22

that the Scriptures should become
precious to her children. She took up
Bible characters, bringing to bear the
same vivid interest, the same power of
making them realities.
These lessons were varied by little
sketches or reports of one Sunday to be
read aloud the next. OF this Nate took
hold with a special zest. None of this
family could sing. She thought of
substitute. They learned the Psalms,
much of Isaiah, and many hymns, re-
peating them in concert, learning to
count upon this hour around the fire as
others do upon their music. How many
of these times came to her in after life
"a vision of the bright faces of her
boys, as they clustered affectionately
around her.
Time rolled by. The railroad passed
through, A village sprang up, and the
land was ready to sell. She could keep
enough for her own use, and the boys
could prepare for college. Thede and
Nate went away to school. The old
home was kept bright and pleasant;
friends, new settlers, came in, and now
there was visiting and social life.
jerry stayedNp the farm; Theodore
became an engineeH Nate, minister:
Johnnie went into business. Theodore
used to say: Mother, as i travel about,
all the stones and the flowers make me
think of you. l catch sight of some
rock, and stop to laugh over those bless
ed times" Nate said: ''Mother, when
l am reading a psalm in the pulpit,
there always comes to me a picture of
those old evenings, with you in the
rocking chair, by the fire-light, and !
hear all your voices again. Johnnie
wrote ''Mother, think that everything
have has come to me through you.
When Jerry, who remained faithful al
ways, had listened to his brothers, he
put his arm about her, saying, tenderly;
''There will never be anybody like
mother to me"
She died at sixty-fve, very suddenly
Only a few hours before, she had ex
claimed, as her children all came homo
together: "There never were such gooC
boys as mine. You have repaid me !
thousand fold. God grant you all happ,
homes" They bore her coffin to th'
grave themselves. They would not lie
} any other person touch it. In the even
, ing they gathered around the old hearth
/ stone in the sitting-room and drew thei
chairs together. No one spoke unit
Nate said: "Boys, let us pray;" an
!. then, all kneeling around her vacan
chair, he prayed that the mantle of thel
: mother might fall upon them. The
} could ask nothing beyond that. -Henrl
eta Ray, IN Christian Union.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
The Foolish Hen.

The hen is a burned fool, and there is
no gittin' round it. The natur of wom-
en- an hens has somehow or 'nuther got
mixed up; but don't see as how the
hen is to blame. But there Is this diff
hens is fools, but all women amt. But
you can drive hen about as well as q
woman.
A rooster knows more'n a hen, but
he don't alters show it. The rooster Is
negative cuss. He struts around with
an ut-it-but-I-ain't- goin'-
to-tell sort of an air, an SO sometimes
we are left in doubt as to his intelli-
gence. But as fair-minded critic we
are bound to give him the credit of that
doubt. But whether or not the rooster
has got more sense than a hen, he amt
all the time gettin' into foolish scrapes
Nike hen.
a hen will run back and forth along
sideof fence forty or fifty times, try
ing teget over into the next yard, and
| go evesy time within two foot of an
open CAB, but never any nearer to it any
time, an will finally git mad an fly
over, a-shridIin' an cut-cut- taring, an
maxim as much fuss generally as a
woman does when she finds the foty-
grail OF a strangN woman in her hus.
bands coat pockeS An when she gits
on the other side Of the fence she dom
know what she camefor.
A dog is SolomonNin all his glor,
aside of brainless hem He don't picl
up bone an shake il liks il was a rat
tryin' to git the meat off But the foo
of hen will peck at loose cabbag,
leaf an hour, an only git a fey mouth
fuls, instid of STAMINA on it an poin
for it in a business-like style. hut tn
hen is a material fool, an can neve
learn enything.
The quickest way to brake up SET
tin hen is to let 'em set on somethln
that will hatch. have tried every
thing, from chiny eggs to single nall
but nothin' of that Kind will hatch {
quick as good eggs; an as the hen gen
, orally sticks till suthin' is Matched, va
liable time is saved by using eggs,
"Hell hath no fury like a woms
skorned,o except a settin' hen that
meddled with Just after she has e
fairly squat on stole" nestful
eggs.
: Hens is all fools, but the hen VIII
/. ! tries to crow like a rooster is a lit
+, more so. Oh, how like hens are son
women we don't knowl So
Long live the hen-till ThanksgiYiI
Boston Transcript.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
The PerlIs of Choral.

1t is impossible to say too much
against the use of choral, which is as
fatal and more terrible in its ultimate
results than opium. The pangs of the
opium-eater have been set forth with
appalling vividness in the prose of De
Quincy, but physicians assure us that
the results of choral are more agoniz-
ing and deadlier still One of the most
eminent OF English surgeons has called
it ''crystallized hell" 1t poisons the
mind as well as the body, and so softly,
so gently, so gradually does it enchain
the victim who resorts to it, that he only
realizes its power when it is too late to
break thesbonds which bind him.
Some facts concerning its action were
stated to reporter of the New York
Tribune by a distinguished physician
recently.
Chloral is resorted to for an ordinary
attack of sleeplessness, and perhaps
ssqall doses are taken for a few days,
thesesult being sound, refreshing sleep,
with hane of the evil results common
to other narcotics. When the period
OF sleepless1pss is past all goes well for
time.
Sooner or lateh however, sleepless-
ness returns, chlora.ls again resorted
to, kept up for longs time and taken
in larger doses. 1t is aesin abandoned.
only to resume its sway, md thus the
habit is formed that rendersNsleep i'm.
possible without choral, which. like all
narcotics, must be increased in qAantltv
as the system becomes habituatedNo its
poisonous effects.
Tho o1.uaV olocc IF uiatiY,oc Of tI.
choral habit are men who lead seden
tary lives, and those who from temper
ament and the nature of their work ar
peculiarly liable to suffer from sleepless
ness.
One of the most notable examples O
the baneful effects of the choral habi
was the artist-poet, Dante Gabriel RIOS
setti, who, during the latter years of hi
life, was accustomed to take enormou
doses, reaching total of nearly Is
grains daily.
For many years he took chloral regu
larly, at first in small quantities, but h
gradually increased the dose until hi
power of resistance was gone. His lii
was darkened by power he fougf
against in vain. His latter days weI
spent in solitude. He became a reelus
J and hypocondriae, filed with grount
less fears for himself, cherishing III
| founded suspicious against his be-
/ friends and admirers.
! Unlike opium, there are, as rule, 4
' unpleasant effects, no reaction follow
l ing the use of choral. Il simply pr,
I duces perfect sleep, or the best possib
imitation of dreamless rest, with L
: headache or sickness as a reminder thi
the slumber has been purchased an
the debt must be paid for. The debt
paid later, and the interest demanded
health, hope, and often life Youth
\ Companion.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
PTTH AND POINT.

u . 4 IL
The quality Of mercy is not strained,
but much of the stuff called mercy
ought to BEN o. Ptcaytt'se.
Mrs. Suddnriches has her butter
stamped with the family coat-of-arms,
and she says the die, made in lockwood,
cost twenty-five dollars. Fortunately
the butter she uses is strong enough TO
hold t.-M Y. Times. e ste
+, When Mrs. Homespun read that
Mary Anderson had abandoned 1.-THE
Hunchbaek, she remarked: "You
can { really blame her. 1t would have
been too bad for pooty gal like her to
marry a hunchback. "--BOstoH Post.
There islan old proverb which says:
"You can not get more out Of bottle
than was put in it, This is mistake
A man can get all that was put Ia the
bottle and in addition to this can get
ten dollars or thirty days IadiaAqpo-
lis Journal.
"A professor who recently tried to
mesmerize bull by gazing fixedly at
the ferocious beast has just recovered
from the effects of his involuntary
,erial navigation, and has quite lost
faith in the power Of the human eye over
brutes.
1T is in Western city that barber
announces himself as IA professor Of
crinicultural abscission and crainfolog.
ical tripsis, tonsorial artist, physiognical
har-dresser, facial operator, Uranium
manipulation and capillary abridger. ~
Boston Transcript.
Wisconsin reports hail-storn
which knocked the horns off steer
but that is nothing; Pennsylvania hae
a hail-storm last summer which spill
the top crust of pie baked by a Vassa
College girl who is known to the para
grapher Of the Philadelphia Call.
"A big Yankee from Maine, on pay
ing his bill in London restaurant, wa
told that the sum put down didn't in
clude the waiter. "Wal,p he roarcd
az didn't cat any waiter; did IP' II
looked as if he could, though; and Their
was no further discussion. M !
Graphic.
-On the edge Of small river in tn
County of Cavan, in Ireland, there
Tor used to beg stone with the follow
ing inscription cut upon it, no doul
intended for the information of stranger
travelling that way: IN. B.--When tn
stone is out of sight 1t is not safe to foi
the river" aaaA aRA
The following is Artemas Ward
description Of why he courted Betst
Jane; "There were many affectin' ii
.. which made me banker after Bets
Jane. Her fathers farm joined our
! their COWS and ourn squenched the
!. thirst at the same spring; our old mar
|. both had stars in their forreds; II
measles broke out in both families
!, nearly the same time; our paren
: (Betsey James and mine) slept reguls
y ly every Sunday in the same meetiI
g house, and the Majors used to obsary
- How thiek the Wards and Peasles al
\ 1t was sublime sight in the spring
y the year to see our several mothe
y (Betsey's and mine) with their gov
10 pinned up sothat they couldn't sile 'el
- effeckshunitely bilin' soap together 81
aboosin' their aabors."
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22

"A little girl sat on the floor, crying
After while she stopped and seemed
buried in thought. Looking up sudden
", she said: Mamma, what was
cryin' about?" because I wouldn't
let you go down town. " 'sOh yes, -
and she set up howl.-ArkGnsaaO
Traveller.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
VOLUME XII.
LEFT!

A summer-eveniag-
A low, square room,
One-half moon-lighted
And half in gloom.
From out the stiffness
A girls voice floats,
And charms my soul
With its sad, sweet notes
The music draws me,
With witchery sweet,
To lay my heart
AT the singers feet.
i pause moment,
And, while wait,
] hear the latch
OF the garden-gate.
A shadow darkens
The moonlit square;
A touch falls soft
On the girls bright hair.
A sudden silence -
A startled cry
And they are happy!
But where am II
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
FENCING PUBLIC LANDS.

A bill in equity for an injunction will
lie to abate fences already unlawfully
built on unoccupied sections Of the pub
lie domain, and to restrain the unlawful
building Of fences on Ike unoccupied
sections of the public domain. United
States VS.. Swan ct al, District Court Oh
Wyoming Territory.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22
FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE.

A voluntary conveyance to q trustee
for the benefit Of the grantor's wife and
children is not fraudulent against q
creditor whose claim was at the time
amply secured by mortgage. The fact
that the mortgage security is supse-
quently lost by the creditors laches,
does not make such conveyance fraudu-
lent. Stephenson ct al. VS. Donahue ct
al, Supreme Court Of Ohio.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-12-22

Notice given at OF prior to a sherifs
sale affects the purchaser. 1t need not
be given to the Judgment creditor prior
to the entry Of tho Judgment. The pur-
chaser is bound by such facts as he
would have learned by inquiry, II in
quiry had become q duty Sill vs..
Swackhammer, Supreme Court OF Penn
sylVania.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-01-25

all his life bad been and was, be could not
and would not so much As lit up his
eyes unto heaven. but smose upon hrs
breast" and from his penisent heart and
qniyering hips broke the cid prayer; the
CT, for mercy that has welled mp from
human hearts ever since, cehoing the vail.
ing cry Of the poor man who stood sfar OF;
God be merciiul to me, sinner.
Get away from the crowd little while
every day, my boy Stand one side and
let the world run by, while you set ae-
quainted with yourself, and see what Kind
Of a fellow you are, Ask yourself hard
questions about yourself; find out all you
can about yourself Ascertain from origi.
nal sources il yon are really the manner Of
man people say YOU are. Find ont IL yon
are always honest; il you always tell the
square honest truth in business deals; II
your life is as good and upright at ii
o'clock at night as il is at noon; if you are
as sound temperance man on fishing
expedition as you are at Sunday school
picnic; il you are as good boy when you
go to Chicago as you are at home; II, in
short you really are the sort of young man
your father hopes you are, and your sweet
heart believes you are Get on intimate
terms with yourself my boy, and, believe
me, every time you come out from one OF
those private interviews you will be bet
Ter, stronger, purer man. Don't forget
this, Telemachus, and it will do you good,
- Bwiiagton Htuclege.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-01-25

S5 to 500 A day at home. Sam
w w Piles worth s5 free. Address
sTIssos 4 Co., Portland, Maine 4Sly