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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-29
Miss Bctscy Lee,
The Lord reveals 10 me
That Won nv wife should be.

The bare arms were then slowly lifted up. the
eyes turned in the direction, the open palms
displayed, the response deliberately given, "Dca-
con Marvin, the Lords will be done
1t was the custom in those good old days, aud Il
legal recruitment, that the bans Of intended mar
riagc should be published in the church or somc
other public place at least three weeks before the
consummation of the nuptials. In the meantime
ii appears that the parents Of both the agreeing
parties made objections to the match, but unsuc-
ccsSiully, aud tho bans we've nailed upoprtit hS
church door at the end Of tbFfirls TIC town clerk:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-29

Reynolds MaEyin and Bctscy Lee
DO both intend to marry:
And though our dads opposed be-
We can no longer tarry.
Many years they lived together happily, anu
served well their generation. Truc to his former
characteristics Just before the alding Of life, The
deacon wrote his own cpitaph 10 be inscribed on
his gravcstonc, and it may now be read hy Ti*i
tcrs in the ancient cemetery III Lyme:
Close behind this stone
There lies alone,
Captain Reynolds Marvin
Expecting his wife
When ends her life,
And VIC both arc freed from sarrin.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-09-06
a GREAT PAPER.
The National Family Pu"er Of
The South.

As Colunns. DO You Take it?
The SUNNY Souri, has been
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The last issue comes to Us enlarg-
ed to 4s columns. is really a grand
number in every respect. and
every body should send for it
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combine all the best features of
all Tie papers Of the day, and may
Justly he called the national family
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Address.
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remind lis many frieDHs ard weiiwlsheFs
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Upon lis record for the rast ten years il
relies for a c~outi0u .uce Of TIE Le.rty-ym-
nathv and gensrnns congregation which
have hitherto bren extended 10 it from
every qnartef Of the nn;on.
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The Sunday edition OF the Suu is an
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-09-06

degeneration for EnSeebled system.x
its usual concomitants, dyspepsia and
nervousness, is seldom derivable from tbe
use of a nourishing diet and stimuli of
sppetite, unaided. A medicine that will
effect a removal Of the specific obstacle to
corrective, is the real need. It is the pos
session Of this grand requirement which
makes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters 50
effective as an inyigorant. For sale by ali
Druggists and Dealers generally.
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or YEAR 9

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-09-06

vwTE@ peopla Ere always on Tire
A}A h ~ lookout tor ciiap".s &c
ny EA Increase their aaYrinrs
nd in time oecola
wssithy those who do not improve the! o.
oortutities remain IN poFsgty. Veg er a gre t
cl3ns toTask. 7aonas We want Iranv men,
wcrssn. hogs ani girl to wo:i Tor us hight N
s1zroED I~o.siit;as 7ly one ear 90 the VIC K
prope7lv 1Idnl the firsf start. The asine VIII
av mofe IAan ten times oriinafr wages FIX
vensivs outfit FL niaasd free. No one who n
sages fails to make ,ao!tev rapidly. You c n
devo tie your whole time to the work, OF cnlv
YOUR spare moment. Fall information and all
thattis u eeded sent free. address STIssos & Co,
Portland. Aaine. .~nsrl7-ly
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Notaire Pubic
N O I | c z

No one is permitted to enter m
PREMISES to hunt game or tor arr
purpose. Any person found within
nv enclosures will he prosecuted
as trespasscrs to the fall extent Of
the law. feb.-25 81.
Mrs. PETER LEE,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-09-06

Free! Cards and Cbf1nlk
We will send free by mil 4 rs1pe AtdM
iarse German, French, and A idtiaa tlrnI
Lards, on tinted aud gold grounds va 4 1as
II over 100 different designs, on teesifkalaH
Ter postage. We will also scrd ire y MS
aEnples, Ism Of orr .beagtifulC ironos, unrr94
Of Ten cents 70 rag for PACKING md Potlst;n,
f~nclcsc a confidential price list of arf ittFa
sa-ornos. Agents wanted. AddreIsE 01sala
< Co., % Summer Street, Boston, NJ
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-09-06

TONES r0nG2s# Nl!L.lm-
- n tru4'f.a ~I-4:.ss:, LOo;r ana
Never ~uvetiontd. send stamp iVt de-
A.rlptive ttr.u' Al 10
irEsNu1aS I~NMiGHtTIuE Associates
AhbcyIii.. La.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14

rant, came out from their cabins, and
often fell into wild commissions of ter
ror. They prayed, they shouted; thew
cried out, The Day of Judgment has
GOMEZ" The beautiful sight continued
until morning. 1t has never appeared
again. But meteors are always seen
about the 18th of November. and every
thirty-three years they come in great
numbers. 1t would appear as ii the
earth at those periods passed through q
cloud of them. None of them in 1883
fell upon the ground or did any harm.
The meteors that come in November
are called Leonids, because they seem
to fall from the constellation Leo.
The stones that fall from the sky
when the meteor eXplodes are black.
brittle, and covered with a shining or
dark glaze. Some of them are more
than a hundred pounds in weight
They fall in all parts of the earth. The
Chinese have recorded great numbers
of them in their histories. Among the
Greeks and Romans these black stones
that fell from the skies were wor-
shipped as if they were gods. One of
them was called 1.-The Mother of the
Gods" 1t was brought to Rome from
the East, where it was said to have
fallen from the skies in a cloud of FIRE.
The ancient philosophers thought these
black stones fell from the sun.
1t is remarkable that these falling
stones have never done any harm.
They have usually fallen in the country
or in the sea, or even far away upon
some desert island Ore may almost
always see one or more meteors shoot
ing over the SKY on clear nights. and
leaving behind trail of light.--Har-
per's Young People.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
An idyl or the Beach.

She had carried out at last all the
busy dreams and plans which animated
Ger when the FIRST spring onions and
radishes appeared at the hucksters'
stalls and the sprinkliag mans bill OF
three dollars, which made her mother
rs mad as q wet hen. told her summer
had come. She had put new over
skirts on her two silk dresses. tucked
white one up the back until the gathers
set out like curds ON pan OF whey,
besides making several cunning colored
flannel matinee sacks ,ornamented
with yellow and red peoples in her own
kensingtnn work he had trimmed
her capote with log bumps and her big
hat with gooseberries and mussy bolt
of white cambria and bought herself a
pair of seaside canvas shoes, such as
a country baseball nine wear, and now
she was wondering on those glIstenlng
sands watching the malachite waves
roll up and smash TO pieces IN the
shore-wanderlng aimlessly around
thinking how happy she was, having
set her line and caught her fish as q
sensible girl should do as soon as she
gets her bearings. This fish wore
store made suit of white flannel with
Me lican agate watch seal dangling
over his right hip pocket and a tiny lit
tie straw hat with mazarine blue
band. He seemed content only to lie
at her feet In the hot sands among the
sea crabs and spiders and jelly-lish.
He did not talk much-not as much as
lover contemplating serious step IN
life would talk when the swash of the
sea made an agreeable monotone, aud
confined their wise notnings to their
circumference OF her own spotted par
asol. She flung a pebble in the sea
spitefdlly.
"What pity it is that pleasant days
like these do not last always-somehow
they don't, YOU know" He ventures.
originally, brighte ing her up. Trims
how soon my holiday will end, and l
must go back to Bond street and 9
wharves ever, morning"
"Yes, you will be very lonely, won't
you!" she asks, very del catelv, open
ing peg for him if he wishes.
''Uh, fellows aTe never ffuncf he
says, contemptuously; mot like young
mas, and have lot OF thugs to do to
get ready-not making trouseau, by
Jove, but getting high-toned at for
the least possible money"
." DING to be marriedr' She thinks
she will faint at first, and then thinks
she won t.
1t IS too cruel; he doesn't mean it,
or perhaps t. at is his way of asking
her.
Eyes, l thought you knew / was an
engaged man-hang it, everybody does.
At the seashore they know everything
about me, you know"
II think We had better go in now; |
must dress for dinner. and have my
usual letter t. write to Fred. he $ olds
awfully at stingy letters"
Poor girl; this little fiction did no.
hurt any one, and helped her over a
bad place. She had wasted her bait,
and almost two weeks valuable time
on wretch whom she had been anus
ing, while he was thinking of some ono
else. She plunged into the thickest of
the fight a ain, brought oue the tucked
dress with the bolt of No. / blue ribbon.
and will not lose hope until the porter
has sat down on the lid of her trunk
and the train has borne her away from
the seashore.-St Ltus Repub;ican
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Glass pulleys for cable railways sre
superior to iron-th'cd3o Hefatd.
-Eoors are now made OF paper:
They are more durable than wood ana
,o.t about the same. They are not liable
to shrink, swe !. crack, or warp. 1hey
are also very MISUNDERSTANDING
iD.cT'i an.
There are nine establishments In
the United states producing E.oao
watches day, one establishment turn
i'm out watch a minute or ten hours
each day.-Ch cggo youriaf.
A ali.ornian is reported to have
discovered It process Ell tlevnl AIMING
rubber, by VIII ch means old rubber can
be worked over indefinitely. The dis
toycry is great des;deratum.
- omm nications haze recently been
sen, by telegraph from London to Cal
cutta, distance OF 90 miles, through
a single wire The speed was from
twelve to fourteen wu;ds minute.
The hippophle is earnestly at work.
Hocse-shoes OF sleeps horn are now
made in Lyons. Frame. They are for
use. particularly, GU street pavemcnts,
as they prevent slipping on smooth
stones and tram rails.-CHr.em.
Among the most profitable indus
tries along the Hudson River Is that OF
honey masking. One expert beekeeper
has j. 200 hives, gives employment to
eight men and sends every year about
81, 900 worth of honey to New York
Troy Times.
"A very simple plan for street rail-
road has oeen devised by Dr. Ii. q.
avis, of Newton, Mass. by which n
track and pavement can be put down
at about one-half the present cost. and
vet be more durable il will also save
large percentage in repairs.-Boston
Posi-.
The development of the lumb r
manufacturing b, ness in many parts
of the South is remarkable. from
Southern Kentucky to Chattanooga,
Tenn. is an extended and vast line of
saw mills and stave, spoke and handle
factories. Large mum pers of people are
crowding into this region. of which lie
town of Dayton. Tenn, is the active
bus ness center.-N. Y. Herald.
. he latest telephone dispenses with
As' ~
is sp it willow or other wood closely
woven, dried and yarnish d. The dry
ing contracts the tibers and produces y
very high tension. In the center of the
dlaphram is a strong cop. er plate. to
which the wre is attached. For dis
tances less than two miles the new tele-
phone conveys sound better apd more
distinctly than the Bell. he difficulty
in switching" the wires, however,
LIN is lis Philadelphia Record.
1t has always been problem in
large lumber producing di-trlctS wha.
to do with the sawdust. In some places
they throw it into the stream, but this
may be stopped by complaint from
people down the river. who use the
water for various purposes in which
cleanliness is requisite. In others
there have been arranged boiler-fur-
naces in which the dust can be used as
fuel. arious processes have been in
troduced for solidifying the dust,
so that it can be nodded into
picture ames, ornaments for furnl-
ture, and other articles where stucco
work is practicable, to dispose of some
of tie refuse The late idea is to
make gas from it, and this. it is said. is
carried out at a village in Ontario with
excellent results. Chtcdg0 Times.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
A Runaway Ride.

On bright winter morning Minnie
took the train for Providence, all by
herself.
Not word had she said at home
about il; and what she did it for no.
body knows. But there she was. all
wrapped up in her pretty gray coat and
white mittens. She had blue bow
under her chin, and lookel very pretty
as she climbed into the cars.
People looked at her with some sur
prise prise as she she passed aleng The aisle But
she moved very quietly, only humming
. little song 10 herself, and did not
seem at all afraid. So they thought
maybe she was used to going alone.
She curled herself up on one of the
| soft crimson cushions and looked out OF
| the window. The cars went rumbliny
OF. with Minnie, in high feather, ENJOY
| ing her stolen ride Pretty soon the
conductor came by. but in some way he
missed Minnie, and did not ask for her
ticket. What she would have done, il
he had. she didn't know. She had
neither ticket nor money.
When the cars stopped a lady came
| in and took the seat by Minnie. She
was pretty lady, and wore dress of
soft brown cashmere. NJ npie touched
the lady's dress with one little white
mitten. The lady smiled, talked to her
awhile, and gave her tumble out Of
her bag.
Minnie liked the tumble very mnch.
The lady asked Minnie where she was
going, but she couldn't tell.
The conductor knows. l suppose,
| thought the lady. perhaps she be-
longs to him."
Rumble. rumble, went the cars, and
Minnie grew drowsy. Soon she was
fast asleep. The train reached Mans
field. In came a gentleman in grest
hurry, looking ABOUT him. right and
left. The first thing Minnie knew he
picked her up and carried her into the
station.
When the down-train came along he
gave Der to another gentleman; and
this one carried her into the cars. lie
took care of her all the way back to
Boston. Do you think Minnie thanked
him? Not bit.
Do you wonder how he knew where
she lived? Just this way: She was
missed from home, and word was sent
to Mansfield by telegraph. Her homo
was in the Providence station.
Do You think she was very naughty
little girl. and was sent to bed?
| She was not little girl at all; only .
gray pussy. But this is a true story
Mrs. Mary johnson. IN Nursery.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
FALLING STARS, OR NETE0RITEs.

Meteorites are composed chiefly of
iron and stone, and fall from the skies.
When they appear in the daytime, they
come like thick cloud passing swiftly
overhead. and usually explode with .
loud report. They are seen very fire.
quently at night all over the country,
and shine like falling-star. One Of
the largest ever seen in the United
Sratet appeared about twenty-.our
years ago. in the still summer evening.
coming from tho west 1t was almost
rs bright as the moon. Itpassed swift
" over the heads of thousands of OBJ
servers. People in their country houses
in Westchester County, men. women
and children, ran out OF doors to see the
unusual visitor in the sky. Many were
very much frightened. But the meteor
passed on, harming no one, and seemed
ct last to burst and disappear over Long
Island Sound.
Many interesting stories are told Of
the strange appearance and violent ex-
plosions of these mcteors in the sky.
Yet no one seems ever to have been
harmed by them. At night April 5,
1900, bright object of great size-'.as
large" it was said, ''as . house.
moved over our country, and seemed to
rush forward with terrible swiltness- II
gave a light as brilliant as that Of the
sun. 1t disappeared in the northwest.
A violent crash was heard that seemed
to shake the earth, and the meteor
buried itself in the ground. Where II
fell, trees were broken down and
burned. the earth torn up. the vegeta
ton scorched as if with fire.
But the most brilliant display q
meteors ever witnessed was on Novem
Der 1918. 1888. at night. Suddenly
the whole heavens shone as il in flames
and countless balls of fire flashed fol
hours along the sky. It was rain o
fire. In all parts of our country, from
Maine to Georgia, the people wen
awakened, and watched With wonder
| the falling stars. Many fancicd tn
earth was burning, and that they them
| selves would soon perish in The Ger,
furnace. The eol0rcd people IN th'
Southern States, who were very igps
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
PITH AND POINT.

Men who live crooked careers are,
nevertheless, very often in Strengthened
Observation-Disclosures Cal.
The happicst man on earth is the
man who has sense enough to appre
ciate his mother in-law. This is not
funny. but it is true.-Cii q % Herald.
There Is but one cool wife in
this town." said clergyman in the
course of his sermon the congrega-
ton looked expectant land every
married man thinks he's got her." al
ded the minister. Troy lines.
Wearing natural fruits in the bon
net is said to be becoming. A bachelor
advises women not 10 attempt to trim
four-inch SQUARE bonnet with more
than four watermelOns and two pump
kins. 1t might give them the head
ache.-N Y. Graphic.
Mistress Of the House Ito new nur.
sery maid. whom she finds deeply abb
sorbed in dime no ely: "Why, Annie,
YOU can't read and mind the baby at
the same timer' Begging your pard-
ing. mum, the child doesn't disturb me
q bit" IN. Y. Indcpenlen'.
They now fill teeth with electricity.
A woman with tooth full of electricity
and an eye full of fire will be balmy
object for a man to meet on the top
landing when he comes home from bal
ancing his books at two 3 m.-Pstts-
bnrsh Chronicle.
Whats all this I hear about the
Mother Hubbards? What arc they,
any way?'' ..Oh, they're dresses that
are not pleasing to the fastidious West
erners. They seem to be afraid of
them" .sWomen wear them in the
East, too, don't they?" .sOh, yes,
they're worn all over Have you
seen anything in them to be afraid OFF"
Eyes, my wife. dorchester Post-Er-
press.
The neon beat silently upon the
waves. and the waves beat noisily upon
the sand, and they strolled quietly
along the beach, and as he looked
down into her eyes lovingly. he asked
pleadingly: "Mildred, viii you return
my loveP" "Yes. George" she an
swered, hesitatingly, con one condi-
ton" .'Only tell me that condition. =
he pleade breathlessly. at is" she
replied solemnly. that YOU do not
again ask me to accept it." and the
waves and his heart continued to beat
as they walked home sorrowfully and
silently.-Boston Post.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
Professional Strangers.

Thugs are known to have existed
during the seventeenth celtury, when
they used female decoys for the ur-
wary traveller, As they did within tbe
present century. though they are Of .
much older date than that period. Tl,e
fraternity is not composed of men of
one caste. but of people of di erent
castles and religions, and vim : in diilnf-
ent districts, ha ing secret signs and
peculiar dialect known to all those who
are initiated into the fraternity. Strange
to say. however. the majority of them
are nominally rot Hindoos. but Moham-
medans, AID their tradition is that theJ
originally sprang from seven tribes. all
of that religion. living in the neighbor-
hood of Delhi, from which they were
dislodged in the seventeenth Century.
The Hindoos, however, say that the
caste was in existence long before
Mohammed's time. But they all agree
IN worshiping the Hindoo god al. OBJ
serve the II ndoo feasts in her honor,
present otierin,s at temples, and, es-
pecially after any murder, present to
her piece of silver and some sugar.
hey may be said to be Hindoo sect.
those who are init ated into the body
are taught the secret signs, but only
those who apply the mouse receive the
sacred wafer of Thuggee, which is be-
lieved to change mans whole nature.
From boyhood to manhood they are
taught to look upon the straneu-
lation of unofiending victims as their
calling in lie. into which they are
gradually initiated. First, the neophyts
is employed as scout, or sotah, only,
his duty being to give warning of the
women and children, as less apt to be
suspe ted. are employed in this work;
then he is allowed TO see the Corpse
after it has been straDgled, and to as
sist at the interment; lastly, after
solemn mutation by means of the sa-
cred sugar, he is elevated to the rank
of bhuttote or strangler. and allowed
to use the moose or roomal. by which
the victims are dispatched The whole
gang IS governed by q iamadar. sir,lar
or hief, and Las attached to it gurn
or teacher. Nothing about their unEoly
calling is, however, in the Thugs eyes
unholy; on the contrary, everything is
sacred. Tn. lughaees or grave diggers
constitute one OF the highest grades in
The order. The pickaxe with which the
grave IS dug is solemnly forged and
consecrated. 1t is considered as gift
from Kali and looked upon accordingly
with great veneration. Every seventh
day it il brought out and Worship ed,
and no matter how pressing the neces-
sity, the grave can be dug BY no other
instrument All the Thugs follow some
ostensible trade, but travel about from
place to place under various DISCUSSES.
struggling into villages in twos and
threes and meeting a; strangers.
Secrecy is one of the ssentials of III ir
work; never viii they knowingly stran-
gle > viz tim in the presen Of any one
mot boion ging to their order.-1He Poo.
pSes of tbe World.