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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-12-29
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W. Y. HaLDEMAY,
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-12-29

State of Louisiana-Parish OF
Vermilion-25th District Court
No. 66S.
Succession Of Lufroy Toups.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the said sue.
cession Or having any opposition
to make to the .ahleau Of debts
and charges and Of settlement Of
the cash proceeds Of sale and of
cash inventoried OF said succession
to file the same in writing in the
Office of the clerk of court within
ten days from date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
of court, this 18th day oil October
1888.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD, Clerk.
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NEWSY,
COOP AND
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EH. HAAS,
Cotto Factor
AND
CoMML SION MERCHANT,

NO. % NaFUEldP!et TtFVtF,
P. 0. Box 27I7. New Orleans
Liberal advances made or shipments
Of Cotton, Rice and OTHER Produce also
advances made 20 Cotton, Rice and
Sugar Planters OF ist Mortgage Sc
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LOCATION most healthy and
pleasant, on the Alexandra Branch
Of the Morgan N. 0. and Texas
R.R, II miles by rail from Yer
milionville. Beautiful Fairgrounds
and avenues Of oak trees BULL
DINGS comfortable. CHURCH
new and magnificent, divine ser
vice impressive. substantial
and wholesome. EDUCATION pa.
ternal, cr%Itivating the heart as
well as the Mind. Classical, Sci
cntiiio and Commercial Courses.
Special attention paid to Book.
keeping and P%enmansbip. TERMS
moderate. Per Session Board,
Tuition, Wasing $3.50, Bcd & Bed
ding $40, Medical Fees l0.--First
Entrance Or matriculation Fee 10.
-OPENING of Session 1882,
October 18th REFERENCES:
President of st. Charles CcAeee
-Lsuh Fathers, ~ O.
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j. Il. & W. 3. SEALS.
ATLANTA, GA.
wv e.

AA - E7Y rropl are always on tie
" osout for chances to
WILL increase their earnings.
nd in time become
wealthy those who do not imnrove tba1r o..
portu1'lties remain in poverty. Nco or a gre t
chanc" to make money. We want I1rnv mon.
women, boys and girls to work for lis right IN
Their own localities my one can do tae work
properly from the first start. The buginess will
ray more than ten times ordinary wages Ex-
ensirc outfit FIJI nishGd free. Nc one who IN
cages fails to make money rspidIy. Yon en-
devote your whole time To the work, or only
yonr sp1re moment. Full information and all
that IS u eded sent free. address STINsoN 4 Co.
Main c. marIIlr
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
MOnOtOny OF City Life.

The nonotony of life in the central
@tIcuta OF any great mOdern city, where
every emotion intended to be derived by
men from the sight of nature, or the
sense of art, is forbidden forever, leaves
the craving of the heart for sincere,
yet thankful, interest, to DO fed from
one source only. Under natural condi-
tions tho degree of mental excitement
necessary to bodily health is provided by
the course of the seasons, and tho vari-
GUS skill and fortune of agriculture.
In tho country every morning Of tho
year brings with it new aspect of
springing or fading nature n new duty
to be fulfilled upon earth, and now
promise or warning i'll heaven. No day
is without its innocent hope, its special
prudence, its kindly gift, and its sublime
danger and in every process of wise
husbandry, and every effort of contend
ing or remedial courage, the wholesome
passions, pride, and bodily power of the
laborcr are excited and cxcrtcd in happi-
est unison. The companionship of do
mestic, the care of serviceable, animals,
soften and enlarge his life, with lowly
charities, and discipline him in familiar
wisdOms and unboastful fortitudes; while
the divine laws of seed-time which can
not be recalled, harvest which cannot he
hastened, and winter in which no man
can work, compel the impatiencies and
coveting of his heart into labor too sub
missivc to be anxious, and rest too sweet
to be wanton.
What thought can enough comprehend
the coLt"not between such life, and that
| in streets W lerc summer and winter nro
only alter nations Of heat and cold +,
where e:Iow never fell white, nor sun
shine C 3ar where the ground is only a
pavement, nnd the sky no more than the
glass roof of an arcade; whore the ut
most power ui storm is to choke tho
| CUTTERS, and the finest magic Of spring
TO change mud into dust F.; where chief
and most fatal difference in state--tlcrc
is no interest Of occupation for any OF
tho inhabitants but the routine Of
counter or desk within doors. and the
effort to pass each other without COLI
Sion outside; SO that from morning to
evening the only possible variation of
the monotony of the hours, and tighten
ing of the penalty of existence, must be
some kind Of mischief, limited, unless
by more than ordinary godscnd OF fatal
ity, to the fall of n horse, or the Sitting
Of q pocket. .-RU8Ein.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
The Origin of Restaurants.

The use OF restaurants has become so
general all over the world that it will he
interesting to many to hear how they
originated, and to what they owe their
now familiar name. 1t appears that the
first OF these establishments WAS started
III l163, by man rejoicing in the not
inappropriate name of Boulange. This
date has, however, nothing to do with
the choice of the title by which the new
houses OF entertainment were known.
In order to- explain this we must 90 back
to the seventeenth century, at the end
OF which ono of the soups, or LIQUID ali
ments, most used by the people was a
6OujllOn known as the "divinc reStorcr."
1t was made up of the remaius rf fowls
and viands boiled down in an alrmbic,
with crushed barley, dried roses and
Damascus clrrants. AS it was only the
| class OF compare lively well to-do per-
sons who could afford such a luxury,
genius was required to bring the "di-
| vine restorer" within the reach of all the
| multitude. He was found i'll II certain
| doctor named Guilliard, who proposed
to provide can excellent substitute" for
the real nectar by cooking n fat fowl in
little aromat!zed water, and selling the
| 6OuitOn as "divine." At that time the
privilege Of cooking and serving ragouts
was reserved for the traitCurS, or licensed
yictualers, and that of providing set
dinners was secured by charter to the
corporation of the rOti$Scurs. But tho
new sellers of the restaurant divin"
were free lances, bound by no particu-
lar rule, and they moreover claimed to
have more select set of clients than the
I common eating-houscs... Consequently
+ the restaurants, as they came to be
| called, soon achieved an extraordinary
reputation, and Mt length their proprie-
tors found it necessary TO combine with
their old profession that of haifcurs,
which word was in the process ecIipsed
by the more newfanglcd term rc8taura.
tG1Gr.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
How on Enthusiastic Dog WAS Rcbuked
by n Parrot,

A gentleman living near this village,
says tho Port Jcrvis Union, has parrot
who knowns good deal more than the
law allows. A friend of his, whose namo
we withhold for obvious reasons, called
at his house one day. A valuable young
dog, pointer, was with him. The two
gentlemen sat on the porch smoking,
and the parrot. which is very tame, was
seated in an intersticc in the trelis about
the porch: The dog was lying on tho
hoor ut his masters feet and finally his
attention was called to the bird, which
was looking steadily at him. The dog
sprang up, drew on the parrot and
fastened. There he stood, still as q
statue, for full three minutes, when the
parrot, with contemptuous hirt of his
feathers, screamed at him, "Go home,
you cussed fool! The dog dropped tail
and ears, wheeled round and struck n
Decline over the fields for home. Since
that time he has refused to point bird,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
The Largest Farm.

Tho wheat ranch of DIR. Fl. J. Glenn,
IN Colusa county, CAL, is perhaps the
largest and bcst-known in tho State.
The Chicago Tribune says that on bo-
ing asked why he raised nothing but
wheat, DIR. Glenn replied: "It is the
only crop that will bear transportation:
it is the only crop not perishable. I
must not raise on my land what ruins
me, but what is profitable. DR.. Glenns
ranch comprises about 10000 acres OF
land, and the number of acres in wheat
each year ranges between 10000 and
$4,000. Reckoning m average of from
twenty to thirty-five bushels to the acre,
the aggregate crop each year amounts
to something more than 100000 bush
els. This enormous amount of grain
requires vast appliances for planting
and bringing it to market; and the cap
ital invested in machinery alone sums
upa considerable fortune.
During the harvest time there are en-
ployed on the entire ranch some 800
men. DR.. Glenn is general-in- chief of
his force, and the ranch is divided, for
convenience Of operations, into nine
smaller ranches each with dwelling
house, barns, blacksmith shop, and other
necessary buildings. In charge of these
"io bofcu lOISlhcl, ulltttI WHO'LL arc SlA-
teen blacksmiths, fourteen carpenters,
ak engineers, six machinists, five com
missaries, and numerous cooks and serv-
ants. The common workmen are divided
into gangs, and detailed where they are
needed. There are 1870 gng-plows; so
herders, to which belong $50 wagons; 6
cleaners, 100 harrows, 18 seedcrs, 6
threshers, 6 engines. Besides, there are
many smaller instruments and vehicles,
which cannot be classified. Co-opcrat-
ing with their human brethren in the
great labor are 200 warehouses; and
mules, with a kinship of 1000 brood
mares and younger stock which has not
yot achieved the dignity of labor. There
are 32 dwelling houses, 27 barns, II
blacksmith shops, and other structures
sufficient to swell the aggregate to 100
The machinery could not be replaced for
$l25, 900; the work-horses and mules IRE
worth $4,000; the brood mares and
| young stock, $75. 900; and the buildings
on the place. 100000.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
A ReLledy for Divorces.
ry in your own religion.

Marry III your own religion.
Never both be angry ut once.
Never taunt with past mistake.
Let kiss be the prelude of rebuIle.
Let self abnegation be tho greatest
earthly blessing
"I forgot" is never m acceptable
excuse.
If you must criticise let it be done
lovingly.
Make marriage matter of N oral iudg-
ment.
Marry into family which you have
long known.
Never mako remark at the expense
Of another.
| or III company.
Give your warmcst sympathy for each
others trials.
If ono is angry, let the other part the
lips only for a kiss.
Neglect the whole world beside rather
than one another.
The very felicity is in the mutual cul
tlvation of usefulness.
Never speak loud to one another unless
the house is oD fire.
Let each strive to yield oftenest to the
wishes Of the other.
Always leave home with loving words
Tor they may be the last.
Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent from yol,r own.
Never deceive, Cor the heart once mis-
led can never trust again.
1t is the mother who molils the char
! ncter and fixes the destiny of the child.
Never find fault unless it is perfectly
certain that n fault has been committed
DO not herald tho sacrifices YOU make
for each others tastes, habits and prefer
| crces.
Let all your mutual accommodations
! be spontaneous, whole-souled and free
| as air.
A hcsitating or glum yielding to the
wishes of the other always CRATES upona
loving heart.
They who marry for physical charac
tcristics or external considerations will
fail OF happiness.
Consult one nnothcr in all that comes
within the experience, observation and
| sphere of tho other.
Never reflect on past action which
was done with good motive and with
| the best Judgment at the time.
The beautiful in heart is million
times of moro avail, as securing domcs-
tic happiness, than the beautiful in per-
| sou.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
Saving his Farm.

They tell this story of old Bill Null
drow, the original Col. Sellers, down in
Missouri. Bill had engaged so largely
in speculations that his friend, the
Sheriff, preparatory to making levy,
called on him for an inventory of his real
estate. Bill was equal to tho occasion.
He gave in not only his own land, but
interspersed between tracts much that
was not his own Now, Muldrow, like
many other unfortunate men, was
blessed with sons-in-law, and to these he
confded his scheme and asked their
assistance. Ho described his own land
minutely and instructed them when to
bid.
The sale came off. The first tract
offered did not belong to Bill, aud this
soon became whispered around. The
result was that the bidding was very
slow, and the sale was about paralyzed.
The sons-in-l@w scooped in the bona fde
tracts for n paltry sum, and thus the
only property tho old man Owned waR
saved to his family. ;.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
"MUggy Weather."

This is very expressive phrase for tho
"doG days" as they average, and the
other description tells lis So exactly our
sensations under the clammy air and
close temperature. Mug" in provincial
English dialect means fog" but this
probably is traced to the older Irish word
meaning cup, as our word does now
So that "muggy weather" Is "c0thcr IN
q cuD-ciOsc weather. The New York
Mcrcortjic Jonmol explains why this
kind Of weather is always 80 uncomfort-
able:
"The evaporation of moisture from
our skin cools us. Evaporation, rs is well
known, is always cooling process. Tho
heat, from being sensible, becomes
latent,' as the philosophers say-that is,
the heat is used up in making tho vnpor
md passes off in it, just as the heat OF
the fire is used up in making steam, and
really passes off in that.
"When this process Of evaporation is
rapid from orr system, we are rapidly
cooled, and though the weather is warm,
are made comfortable.
"But it can he rapid only linen the air
is dry. Air already saturated w tn nearly
as much moisture as it viii held, can, OF
course, take up very little more from the
evaporation Of object, Oh the surface OF
the Garth In such weather wo must &c
on as best we can without the comfort OF
this cooling process.
"rhe mug is natural 'hygrometer,
somewhat rude, it is true, to tell III how
much moisture ther" ~ i'll the atmos'
phere. A real ).ygrometor only tells the
same thing moe accurately.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
USEFUL HINTS.

Com rain water and soap will remove
machine grease from washable fabrics.
KEROSENE will make your tea-kettle
| as bright as new. Saturate woolen
! rag and rub with it. It will also remove
stains from the clean, vanished furni-
! turc.
SIMPLE and tasteful table-covers for
bedrooms may be made of pale blue
Canton flannel trimmed with antique
lace, or with velvet ribbon feather
stitched on and finished with fringe
! made of blue split zephyr or Shetland
wool. ''"''
THIS is worth trying: Take half
teaspoonful of black pepper in powder,
one teaspoonful of brown sugar and one
teaspoonful of cream. Mix them we'll
together and place them in a room on o
plate where flies are troublesome and
they will very soon disappear:
AN exchange says: "To clean out
stove-pipe, place piece of zinc on the
1.-Two Goals in the stove. The vapor pro-
duced by the zinc willrcarry off the SCOT
by chemical decomposition. Persons
who have tried the process claim it will
work every time"
To REVIVE old kid gloves make thick
mucilage by boiling handful Of fax
seed add little dissolved soap; then,
when the mix lure cools. with u piece of
white flannel wipe the gloves, previously
fitted to the hand use only enough to
take off the dirt, without wetting through
the glove.
RECIPE for making eau de cologne
| To 3 pints Of alcohol of 25 degrees add
l2I drachms oil of lemon, II drachms
oil of orange, 81 drachms oil of ccdrat.
| II drachms of vervain, p tlrachms oil of
bergamot, 29 drachms oil of mint,
drachms oil Of lavender, Ii drachms oil
of white thyme, drachms oil of Portu-
| gal, drachms oil of rosemary, 8ounces
tincture of ambrctta, and l pound eau
de melisse. Mix we'll in n bottle and af-
tor standing six hours add 2A drachms
tincturo of ambergris. Then filter until
clear.
VERY pretty vases can be made from
long neckcd bottles as follows: Satur-
ate candle wicking or string with kero.
some, wrap it around the bottle twice,
aud tie it, placing it where you want the
neck of tho bottle broken off, Light
the wick all round, and in few minutes
| q cracking noise Will he heard, which
tells you that tho bottle is severed in
two, and will leave you an article shaped
J like tumber. 1t is preferable to have
them as long as possible, unless you de-
sire more than one. If 40, two tall ones
and one about two thirds theirsize make
pretty set. Cut out bands of gold pa.
per and paste around near the top and
bottom, also n circle for the center. Or,
if you desire, they can be painted any
color and ornamented with gilt stars and
embossed pictures, after tho manner OF
decorating pottery.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

The task Of counting the Brooklyn
bridge receipts of tho first twentv-four
hours was finished Friday. Two men
were engaged on it early in the day, and
later the number was increased to seven.
The count showed thpt l4O, 1893 paying
foot passengers went upon the bridge
between the opening on Tuesday night
and ~ o'clock Friday night. The tolls
collected for vehicles amounted to 1897
%, The total receipts were So, 900. IT
was estimated in the Office Of the bridge
that in addition to the paying foot pas
sengers $4,000 persons went upon the
bridge in the course Of the twcnty-fom
hours in vehicles or without paying, SC
that the number for the first day was
was close to 100000.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14
Fear of Disease.

1t is said that while the plague was
raging in Bucnos Ayrcs, the grave
diggcrs bore charmed lives. OF the
800 mon 30 employed not one died OF
the disease.
1t has often been noticed that during
the prevalence of pcstilential Diseases
physicians, unGertakcrs, nurses and
gtave-diggers, whose business compelled
constant liability to infection, have
usually escaped in n far greater ratio
than : eir numbers would warrant.
The "charm from this immunity from
the prevailing scourgo is very simple.
They are not scared. They are positive
to the disease, and rcpcl its attacks.
rear is n great ally of death. Whoever
is afraid of disease is in q negative con.
dition, and really invites its approach.
And thus it is the world over. The
brave dc but once, while towards die
many times.
Much unnecessary alarm exists il
every community in -'ogard to many lis
ease" We are, it is true, all liable (,
sickness and death. But if we arc al
sober, clennly and brave of heart, VI
need have no fear of disease of boz, OF
mind.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

enerated by a small heater under the
wagon. This method has been thor,
oughly tested, meals having been deliv
cred at long distance in good condi-
ton. The prices charged are too high
except for people now able to live at
first-class hotels and restaurants; but
the stheme might easily be adapted for
persons of moderate means. There are
in it many economies-wholesale prices
for materials and a saving in service and
fuel.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

A Z" lady artist" offered to open a
studio in Toledo, paying all the schol,
lars So week and selling their pictures
for them. She required $35 in advauce
as "guarantec of good faith" Thirty
five young "fresh" Toledo girls, fooled
by this preposterous offer, handed over
their money and on Monday met at the
designated "studio" 1t was picture
of itself. An empty room, thirty-fivc
empty pocket books, and equally vacant
faces staring at one another
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

A company with a capital of $780,
600 has been formed in New York to
provide people with rcady-cooked meals
A model, kitchen, with a high priced
cook and assistants have been secured.
Meals and rcfreshments will be deiv-
feredsby newly invented wagon with
special apparatus. Each meal for each
sfamily@ili5be put mp, at the general
Kitchen in tight coffee box, on special
siIver'platad dishes and plattors made
TO bt the box, and kept warm by steam
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

A correspondent Of the Rugby Plat
teau Gazette, writing from point
seven miles distant, says he owns 200
acres of land and pays only S3 taxes.
One hundred acres are enough, he says.
for one man TO farm, as farmers in that
section depend upon the magnificent
pasture in the woods for their cattle
and sheep. Sheep are 50 a head, cows
@20 and horses $50 to $50. Seven other
English families are settled in the neigh,
borhood.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

Capt. John Turner, Of Savannah, Ga.
brought up to the city monstrous
turtle weighing 400 pound, which he
caught on the beach at Raccoon Keys
near Osabaw Sound. The female tur-
tie had just come up on the beach to
deposit her eggs. The Captain searched
and found the nest, which con taine d
$50 eprS