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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

The Capitolidn Advocote being the
official organ of the State, and its
administration, recognizing we sup
pose the ties Of intimacy which bind
the State and City ring, has taken
up the cudgel in behalf Of the Ring
and attempts to show that the PEG
pie Of New Orleans are not badly
treated or misgoverhed, that in fact
they are merely chronic GROWERS.
In proof of this assertion We are
told that the people Of Baton Rouge
who are well-contented by the way
pay 8 mills parish, 6 mills State and
10 mills city tax, a total Of "a mills,
while tie people of New Orleans
only pay 81 mills. This is an error.
The city tax is 10 mills general, 10
mills special judgment which with
the State rate of 6 mills makes &c
mills instead Of n. And wher
this rate il imposed upon an exces
sive assessment there is ample room
for complaint, without taking into
consideration the extravagant waste
of the funds thus accruing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Taxpayers and Democrats just
think of it. The State Board Of
Education composed Of Gov. Nc.
Emery, Lieut. Gov. Knobloch. At
tcrney General Cunningham, War
rem Easton Stale Superintendent
Of Public Education and Capt. J. j.
Mellon, at a meeting of that body
held in Baton Rouge some days ago,
dropped about twenty of the text
books used at present in the public
schools in this State, and substituted
twenty.one new ones in their stead.
1t may be possible tits change is
actuated by a desire to promote
education and the interests of the
people, but as several Of the text
books are not yet published it is
reasonable to suppose that it is one
of those jobs which Radical Board
of Education used to infict upon a
suffering community. This change
means a practical and actual loss
of from five to twenty dollars to ev.
ery person sending to the public
schools and the additional outlay
iof an equal sum to replace the books
foolish4y discarded. And all this,
0 ye Gods, in the name Of McEnery
and Democracy
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
Three Books Given Away

Three Books Given Away.
We will send the following Three
books free: LADIES PRIVATE
COMPANION, q complete medical
adviser for women. Illustrated and
Bound in Cloth, Former price 81,
FUN and CANDY. a 4S-page
hook telling how to make over 100
kinds of candies and other sweet
things, handsomely bound, Former
price SO cts. and LADIES GUIDE
TO FANCY WORK, Practical In
structor in all kinds of Art Matters.
containing 81 large 4.co!umn pages,
over. zoe handsome Illustrative En-
cravings. aud we'll bound, to any
lady who sends SO cents for sac
months trid subscription to THE
HOUSEWIFE a large Is page journal
devoted to Fashions. Fancy Work.
Art Recreations, How to Cook, and
Household Matters. It you will send
$500 for four friends, you will each
receive dN the abore, and We will send
you an elegant HAND MIRROR. For
club of SO we give a LADIES
lGOLD WATCH. Address THE
HOUSEWIFE PUB. OC., Nanda.
NY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
The Printers "Tkirty.

The printers of a newspaper Of.
fee have a significant term for
nearly everything connected with
their trade. They speak to an ez-
tent in a language common to them
selves ; and the novice or the ap.
prentice has first to learn the Ian.
guage of the types. Among the
words peculiar to the craft the
word thirty" is perhaps most often
used and possessed Of the most
meaning. Thirty" is the end. 1t
is what "hnis" is to s book or death
to an individual. when thirty"
is reached the weary composition
drops his stick. The days work is
done. How the term originated
nobody seems to know, but from the
printer it has fallen to tile editor and
become a portion of the education
of the telegraph operator who
handles press reports. The last page
of copy from the editor-in'chie
bears the thirty" which indicates
that the thoughts concerning the
news of the day have been presented
as fully as may be ; the last proc.
from the proof reader tells the story
in the appended thirty" that hi
days work is done the thirty
from the city editor denotes th'
completion of the record Of the city
daily life, and the thirty on tn
manifold paper received from thu
telegraph operator conveys th'
information that the story of it
waking hours is finished.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
A Neighborly VA,

EE' Naa'
A Citizen having heard h,l !
neighbor was granddaughter
arotud at the o1ice for u s,phl
ton:
Haven't always Spoken Hdl
you and yours" be asked.
"Oh, yes"
Haven't / lent -. y =
shovel, my FlatifSa iad J, CT
Mills for these many yssl'ps'
Eyes, but
"But What j What q .arA u
have induced yod IL tiiov " y
! that my aunt was my uae's'
| WHY, my deat ST, I'a' Y
Is broken, four il,si''a'
old to be Of further iss, nd !
cogue mill will no longer grind Y
can / longer nelgtbdf ii'i !"
man 2"
Neral When ioi M v !
a neighbor make him serfIHE
Detroit Free Press
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
Skulls OfOxen Exhns.,

In the course Of esaass,
"orknen engaged in dir,ir
foundation for q new L.ad,.
County Bank, at C.ar,s,
very interesting discover, i.
made. At q depth Of f,,h,,
than fifteen feet FROM d,
and in a led Of soil apps,,as, !
gin, and Of a dark .ilkr ~
the skulls of oxen have y,
humed, which from tie M
curvature Of the horns md 1,
distinctive Characteristic, .sl
nounced to have belonged Ii /
ancient British OF, the Bahsl
rons. The species d ho,a !
tie was not found al ii ali
period than that knoy, I i
neolithic or polished stsss
ment period. They tssA /
staple food Of the ancient Bib
and, curiously enough, dia,pas
at the time Of The Saxon INN,
The specimens are ia lie il
|sion Of the East Kent Natua 9
tory Society.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
For O And Girls.

We shall give awcy several thous
and dollars in presents before Aug
LIST including Solid Gold Watches,
Jewelry, Guns, RevoIvcrs, Violins,
Banios, Guitars, Music Boxes. Tool
Chests, Telescopes, end everything
an intelligent boy or girl could
desira.
If you want the htbdel magazine
for the youth of the 10Th century
send IS cents for three months tria
subscription and list Of presents. A
handsome Pocket Knife or sotne
thing of greater ualue guaranteed t.
oil sending. Send for your friend:
and receive the presents. Address
NAT. YOUTHS MONTHLY
Buffalo. N. Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

m;' when .s a, drummer ' h, =,
MIND m",a, to sell /. n.rsl.,. l ~
merchant mere might =. ..a . -
u'n0 TO buy. A Dali. =. "
refuse refused to b, a., .hi.t, -
LOU, LIQUOR drummer NJ j..
worm a,.s n, while showing .. -, = Y
p p"ss.x said the n.'eA.s, i.
determined Oct" manner. I Nv
ee''aF to store any vim, - y
wanted to buy" Ii. d,,ss
up u! his samples and dis,''
Ina; NAN a., an hour aftsrr.,d, !.
| Into the merchants !, %cop..i., y =
his face radiant With ". ~. rs
me to congratulate van = a''|
Is arranged" Whats ,,n,.',' /
Tau about the celia,
hnrtea you up q cell, and ,,,,.' 3 !
for you at $40 a month ] !
iSiftings. ua'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Gen. Leon Jastremski was re
Gently the object Of an unwarranted
attack by some penay g liner who
took exceptions to his remarks in
replying to the toast THE Press
on the occasion of the banquet given
to the Exposition Excursionists who
visited Baton Rouge last month
Ills reply was a complete and
mastery publication Of his patriot
ism and purity Of motive.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

If we are to judge by effects, We
should most emphatically say that
the legislators Of this State sought
to discourage public education by
legislative enactment. The huge
crop Of parasites which under their
fostering care are permitted to feast
and fatten at the expense Of educa'
ton in this State would indicate as
much.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

We have received a copy Of the
New York Daily Graphic contain
ing the reputed Iikeneases Of Majors
Hearsey and Smith, the editor in
chief and manager general of that
enterp.isins Journal tie Daily States.
1t is painful to make such announce.
ment, but as a friend of these gen.
tlemen who arc thus wantonly carl
catured we pronounced them entitled
to a suit for damages and misrepre
scntatioN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
EVER since Gar6eld's burial q

EVER since Garfeld's burial a
lieutenant and sixteen mei OF the
regular army have guarded his grave
Garfeld's friends in Cleveland are
to be asked by the War Department
how mnch longer they desire the
guard to remain. They are expec'
ted by the friends Of Garfield to
reply that they would like the guard
continued until the proposed monu
ment shall have been erected over
the remains.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
Militia companies must be a moral

Militia companies must be a moral
mower in New iberia. In an address
made upon the occasion Of the pre-,
s~entation of a flag to the Iberia
guards. the speaker said-"To your
valuable organization do we attrib'
ute many moral benefits in succoflng
the youti, of our little village from
the disgraceful abyss of vice and
contamination"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

The telegraph companies print id
small type on the back Of their
messages a notice to the effect that
they will not he responsible unless
the sender will pay for having tie
dispatch repeated. 1t has been
deeided by the supreme coarts that
this notice is not a sufficient one.
The attention Of the sender must
be particularly called to it in order
to relieve tie company Of RESPONSE
bility.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
What is Home without a Mother2

What is Home without a MotherP
And yet how many of us have
unhealthy mothers. wives, sisters and
daughters. If they would only use
Creole Female Tonic all the Ills to
which womankind are heirs would
vanish like mist beneath a MONDAY
sun. This inestimable remedy is an
infallible cure for weakness, nerv'
business, monthly irregularities, pain
ful .menstruation and all female com
plants. For sale by N. C. Young
Druggist, Abbeville, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
STOP THIEF {!

A thief was seen yesterday grasp:
ing the throat Of q bald.headed old
gentleman. The thief's pame was
"Cough." A policeman called Mars
depls Pectoral Balm promptly ares
ted him. The old gentleman, Mr..
Consumption, now carries the po.
liosman in his pocket, and is happy.
For sale by N. G. Youp 9, Druggist
Abbeyills, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Ore Of the very first thi'ea
learned By a school.boy s''
Of obedience to thoss IL '''ls']
over him. # he thinks hs :
vrongcd he can appeal = !
Principal or head Of bls ~ y. !.
when the order is given, Wy.
come from an officer, ! tsas's. !
monitor, it is TO be ooeyss
is no excuse for d'sooso''as !.
A boy may say he 81 :
that he had to obey thls
that porsou and 20 ny 70 ',''s
fault. But this Is wrong,
and positively wrong -, ~,
er, every monitor, every ai.'l !,
,>,aa their orders ~
|obeyed without question. Z. ~ n
without de,rimen' Q q :.
appeal a~fte'vard. . = !,
authority, whose da'' ~
Justice is done . -
Gazette. J.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

taxi ABOUT HARD PAN.-Much
has been said about getting down
to lizard pan" in financial matters.
The farming Of the country needs to
get on this basis as we'll, and this
will not be until crops are grown
with the distinct understanding that
their growth has take from the soil
something that must be replaced
before we can know whether the
crop is a profit or a loss. Selling
crops year after year without ma
nuring is quite as bad in farming
as doing business on a aactuating
and deprecated currency is in mon
ey matters.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

The Committee appointed by the
Police Jury to assert aud classify
the portions Of the records and docu'
ments saved from the courthouse FIRE
are now hard at work aad IRE max
ing very satisfactory progress
Quite a number Of important papers
have been found.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Mrs. Gilbert Labauve, who has
been in failing health for some
months left last Tuesday on a trip
to Cypremort, in hopes that such a
change might prove beneficial.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
Free To Farmers.

TO secnre 100000 new subscri'
bers during next sixty days, we will
actually send the best farmers mag
azifie III tile 9. S. free for one entirt
gear to every one sending US at once
the names of fen farmers and IL Get
stamps for postage, ect. Regnla,
Price 81. 90. Address NATIONAL
~AGRICULTURIST Nunda, n. Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
A B0NDH0LDER's soPHIsTRY.

The major portion of the the stock
of the City Hrn. is held by JOHN WI
Fairfax a bond and stock broker.
BE is then practically the controll-
ing power in the concern. A ic"
days ago we replied to the unwar-
ranted assaults of that Journal upon
the honesty and fair dealing of coun'
try people and expected a more
dignifed and courteous reply than
the ii%nputation Of h~ackneyed Flip
pancy, to say nothing OF the direct
charge of verdancy.
It was our misfortune to revert to
the vast number of fraudulent bonds
issued by rascally legislatures. and
this it seems hath been "the head
and front Of our offending"
The statement that we could not
possibly show that a single dishonest
or fraudulent bond has been funded
into %consols," is no argument !; and
being unsustalned by any preof OF
that alleged fact, induces US to
doubt seriously the ability of the
| Item to cite an instance where any
jf%rauiulent bonds issued prior to
1861 and since 1863, have been re-
pudiated by the funding board, or
the people. PROVE IT.
1t is truly refreshing to be told
by the bond holding tribe that "the
people, acting in their sovereign
|capacity" have on three several oc,
casions recognized" these fraudulent
bonds as valid! This is indeed flip
pancy, %"tiresome," very !; and an ex.
ceedingly meaningless iteration"
Yes, dear confrerc, sovereign ca.
pacity" is a good word. ls's new"
too. Unfortunately the people were
"acting in their sovereign capacity"
when these bonds were issued. They
acted in that self same capacity
when the constitution Of 1879 was
formed, and the two delegates repre-
senting this section-as did nearly
all, of those from the parishes
went pledged to sift out the tares
and recognize only the bona fdt
debts. 1t is needless to recall the
humiliating fact that they %shamefulls
violated their pledges and protected
the holder of fraudulent bonds under
all circumstances.
"Why SANDER the State credit
asks the Item, land insinuate thai
there are fraudulent bonds, since i
makes our public securities unavail
able, and compels u people to pay
%ruinous rates of interest" Tht
State's credit-like an infamous wo
mans character, suffers most whe1
the truth is told and if that be Sian
der. Friend Item, we plead guilty.
Once for all we wish to say tina
at no time has this paper advocated
the reputation Of any honest debt
or the scaling Of any bond which
was issued for value received. Oh
seryation teaches US that the mer
who are SO anxious that the Stat
t should have good credit are mere',
watching an opportunity to abuse it
? Our treasury would be more pie
, thoric to-day if Louisiana had n,
t credit and no bummers in Office.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

At the last term of court IN
Rapides, there was but one case Of
any Importance before the Grand
Jury. All that is d.e, says, the Dis
trict Attorney, to the prohibition
laws now in force there.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

The "Dew Drop In" saloon prop
erty was knocked off at the Ourblin
succession sale last Tuesday, to Mr..
Jean n. Beauxis, for $3.50. The
owner asked $500 for this property
q short while before his death.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Judge Kelley Of Richmond, Va,
the newly appointed minister to
Italy is a Catholic ; his father is a
Methodist, his mother a Catholic,
and his wife a Jewess. Quite an
assortment of creeds for one family
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

We regret to learn that Mr.. j
Henry Putnam and his venerable
father Mr.. James NJ. Putnam have
both been quite sick this week, and
hope to soon be able to report their
restoration to health.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Unimproved prairie land brought
from So to 1910 per acre at the
smith succession sale last Tuesday.
Not a very poor price is it?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
Many a dandy before fnarriag'
becomes sub.dude after it.

PR1cKEY Asa BrrTERs~is not an
Intoxicating beverage, but a pleasan,
mild laxative and efficient Tonic,
acting directly on che Liver, Kidneys
Stomach and Bowels.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Those who owe US for subscription
or other,oise are reminded that we are
in need, and without aoishing to be
oyerpressing, prompt settlement would
be gerry Convenient.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Miss Mollie Davis, our efficient
and obliging operator at this end
of the line, left last Sunday for the
Exposition.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Our article Country r. City
Honesty" has evidently exerted
what doctors would term a decided
ly cholagogue effect upon the Item
household. 1t has stirred to its deep
est depths the editorial bile and ire.
It may be a misfortune to be located
sin the quiet and primitive regions
of Abbeville," but that fact cannot
weaken any Of u statements nor
refute a single charge. 1t is pleas,
ing to know that the Item in pro
voking this discussion claims to
have the best interests of the planter
at heart, and enters a general de-
NAL of any intention to be unjust
or insulting to the country people"
We submit in all fairness, that in
charging the country people with
"loose ideas of personal honesty and
integrity" the Item was most unjust,
and as to insult, why that depends
entirely upon individual views as
to what constitutes the ofense.
We do not Claim that the country
lawyer is immaculate and it affords
US some satisfaction to know the
cases of unprofessional conduct
cited cannot be charged to our at
torneys.
The only salvation for the planter
is to cut loose from the commission
merchant, and if he must borrow
money, get it at first hands. The
plan proposed by the Item of simpli'
flying the process Of collection by
giving the courts at the place of con-
tract jurisdiction IN case resort to
legal process should become necess'
airy is a delusion and a snare which
instead Of affording the promised
relief -cheapened interest would
plunge the poor lackless planter
from the frying pan into the fire
With q city creditor, a city attorney
and a city court, tue country debtors
goose would be speedily cooked It
a turn. Being no lawyer, our con
freres charge that this paper "shutl
its eyes to any suggestion Of reform
solely intent on bringing more girls
to the mill Of the country lawyer (!
is a venomed shaft which falls wide
of the mark.
We believe, neighbor Item, tina
we fully recognize the scope ant
vital importance Of the discussion
and are DESTROYS Of seeing it resul
to the benefit Of the planter. If yo'
will propose a feasible plan for thu
attainment of the desired end-an,
foreswearing all cheap sarcasm
and maudlin sentiment, endeavor t,
enlighten rather than annihilate b,
the force Of your ponderous %intellec
the poor, dismayed rural editor ma,
receive instruction with as mucI
spirit as he resents an a1ront.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

An alligator lover twenty.seven
feet long," recently captured in lake
Wimlico, killed four dogs with one
sweep ofhis enormous tail after he
was dragged ashore.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

The Widow Of Judge Adolphe
Bailey, once Judge Of this district, is
now assistant postmaster at Opelou'
saS. .
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at one dollar and
City oents y square Zone inch OF space or iessl' 1or the
6rst, and seventy-hve cents for each subsequent an
ssrtion, for any time under one month. For longer
periods as follows
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

larAl communication and advertisements MUST
he handed in on or before Wednesday morning TON
sure insertion in the following Saturday g issue.
EAnonymous COMMUNICATIONS will NOT be pub
lisbed under any circumstances.
~All letters and communications must be ad'
dressed to the Editor OF the Meridi0nal, Able.
vile. Vermilion parish. Louisiana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Announcing the names Of candidates: III
Profe ssional or business cards OF ten lines or :,
Transient advertisements must be paid for In adj
vance. a.
Communications Of a personal nature will be
charged double the regular rates, ana must De PAID
for POSITIVELY in advance. -.
Al vertisement not marked will be published until
forbid, If responsibility aud wilbe charged accord
ingiy.
yertisements when exceeding fifteen lines.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-02

Old papers for sale at th'
office.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-10-21
Fixing the Land.

The dunes of Gascony, according to
a recent report by the Inspector of
French Public Works, cover a surface
of more than 100000 acres, and are
more than $50 feet high and three or
four miles wide. The fine sand com.
posing them was formerly pushed con.
stantly inland by the wind, GOVERN
fields AMI villages, and even burv;ng
churches up to their towers. Since
1880 the difficult task of fixing the
s'nl lis by creating a growth Of
vegetation on them has been in pro-
gress. and has at length resulted in
avertiny a great public danger and
forming a fine forest. TIE formation
OF new dunes is pre- vented by the
building Of wooden paisade, against
which the sea raises SO steep bank
that no sand can be blown over the
incline.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-10-21
HydrOphObia Must TO.

Unbroktn success is reported still
as the result of Pasteur's experiments
with the virus of hydrophobia. Thus
far 81 dogs have been the subjects Of
investigation. Nineteen of them
were rabil, and by these 80 healthy
animals were bitten under uniform
conditions. One.half of the 80 had
been previously iuoculated or vacci,
mated with attcnuated virus; the 9TH
er hall hal not Without a single
exception the latter died with unm's'
taxable signs of hydrophob'a. The
others are yet alive and apparently as
well AS ever, but will be watched for
a year by veterinary surgeons to sec
whether the incubation prevents the
development Of hydrophobia perma-
nen!ly or only temporarily.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-10-21
The Hose Company Meeting.

AT the meeting Of the HALEY Hose
Company, last evening, 1t was de-
cided to pay Coffin Bros, out Of the
funds OF the company, 500 ON &C.
count OF the hose and hose cart. on
condition that they give the company,
as offered by them, receipt for the
amount,with interest accrued to date,
or for $l1S.
Messrs. e. A. White, S. J. Fried.
man and George Garbutt were an.
pointed committee to collect moneys
subscribed for building the hose
house.
The resignation of II. S. McCallum
as foreman was accepted, and Julian
Riley elected to filled the vacancy.
George Garbutt was elected second
assistant foreman.