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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

The advertisement of tho New
Orleans Picayunc will be found on
the fourth page o: this paper. The
P'cavune stands to-day among the
leading newspapers in the United
States, and always contains, in add.
ton to its literary and agricultural
departments, the latest and most re-
liable news Of the day. It's editorials
are we'll written and comparable
with the leading topics of the times,
and its correspondents daily contrib.
ute articles Of interest, from all
quarters of the globe, which are
transferred TO the weekly edition.
thus making the Weekly Picayune
ono of the most interesting and at.
tractivc journals in the country.
The MERIploSM and tic Teeklv
Picoyune, combined. will be mailed
TO any address in the United States
Tor 50 4 year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

Gratifying news from all parts of
this congressional! district have
reached us, to the effect that Mr..
Gay will be returned to congress by
a large majority. The Democracy
of this congressional district will
show It's strength on this occasion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

One hundred and one bodies, seys
the New Orleans States, Of those
who persisted at Sabine Pass this
day week have SO far been recovered,
while probably as many more are
missing. The vicinity Of the Pass
is pest'ferous through the decompo-
sition of thousands Of animal car.
cases.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23
Notice OF Election.
Parish Of yeru.iIion, J
October >, 1886. {

October >, 1856.
By virtue ari uJdsr authority Of
the proclamation OF His Exce|lencv
Samuel Douglas McEucry, governor
Of the State of Louisiana. under date
of August 4, 1856, directing that au
election be held throughout the
State, on Tuesday, the 81 day Of
November 1856, ct heirg the first
Tuesday next following the first
Monday in said monthly from I
o'clock in the forenoon until 9
o'clock i'll The afternoon, at such pla-
ces as may hc designated and fixed
by the legal local authorities. for the
purpose OF electiDs one Represents
tive fer each Congressional District
Of the Stale Iouisiana. in the Con
gress OF the United States for the
Fiftieth Congress, to serve for the
term of two years from the 4th day
of March 4. u. 1887.
|, Lyman G. Lyons, Returning
Officer for the T'ar;sl, of Eermi!oa.
do hereby give public notice that an
election vii, he held in this parish
on Tuesday, the I'd day of Novem-
Der 1886, from Z o'clock in the
morning unit! 6 o'clock in the after
noon, for the purpose Of voting for
one Representative for the Third
Congressional District Of the Siata
Of Louisiana. Said election to he
conducted aud returns made NC.
cordipg law.
T.. G. Lyons.
Returning officer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

The New Orleans States says that
General Sherman declares he will
attend no more public demonstra.
tons unless the bands refrain from
playing Marching Through Geor.
gia." The tune causes his con-
science to prick him for having
burned the homes Of helpless women
and children.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

We are in receipt Of Vol. 2, No.
9, Of the Nsw South, a sixteen-page
monthly paper published at Birming.
ham, Ala, at 81 per year. 1t is
devoted to agriculture and the prog
rcss Of the South generally. It also
contains illustrations Of q pleasing
and interesting nature. 1t is we'll
edited and neatly printed, also con.
tains letters from different parts of
the country which will prove inter,
csting to the reader. Its selections
are made with care, and show taste
and genius on the part OF the man
agement of that department. 1t asks
as to X, which we cheerfully do.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23
Sherif's Sale.
a OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF VERMfLION.
25tn Judicial District Court.
No. 1O6.
Silyestre Manseaux
Ernest Bertrand.

Ernest Bertrand.
BY virtue Of an order Of seizure
and sale issued out Of the Hon. 2sih
District Court, in and for the parish
Of Vermilion, in the above entitled
and numbered suit, and to me direct'
ed, / will proceed to sell at publIs
sale to the last and highest bidder,
at the door of the court house IN
this parish, for CASH With benefit
OF appraisement, on
Saturday, November g,
1856,
between the hours of II o'clock A.
H., and 4 o'clock P. NJ, and contlna.
ing from day to day if necessary, oil
the rights, titles, interests and oe.
mands Of defendant, in and to- tho
following described property, seized
to satisfy said writ, to-wit:-
One certain tract of land lying
and being situated in this parish
near the bayou Queue Tortue, meas
uring four arpents front by seven
arpents deep, the long lines running
east aud west, together with tha
buildings and improvements situated
thereon ; bounded north by Ph,Iosle
Manseaux, south by Donat Man,
seaux, east by Alexis Bertrand anu
west by Julien Broussard.
Given under my official signature
at Office. in the town Of Abbeyllle,
this Cd day Of October 1856.
II. 6. LYONS, Der.sher'f.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

Read the advertisement Of Mr.
J. Henry Pntnam'se on this page,
and listen we'll to what he says.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23
Rose Hull STORE
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Nobody talked about the rush at
Rose Hill Store this Week,
NOBODY COULD.

EVERYBODY had enough to do
talking about the reasonable and
FAIR PRICES FOR EVERYTHING
they saw and bought without talk.
ing or thinking about rush. ! don't
want the pabIic to understand that
| am giving goods away for less than
cost. / have too much s1ore.room
for that, but / am willing to, and do
sell good fresh goods, received
weekly for a fair and reasonable
profit.
| have just received from first
hands, q nice lot of Fall and Winter
clothing, which l offer at low figures.
The manufacturer | hought them
from had too much clothing, SO he
sold me some. | VOW have TOO
MUCH and [ want to EEL ALL Of it to
the public for all it is worth. | have
marked the prices SO low that every.
n who has bought a suit lately
will with he had waited to see this
lot. Remember ! da rot offer to
sell anything for less than it is
worth, but promise to give You full
valne tor yonr money. / ask full
aulue and no more for my goods-but
the peopR who have bought at
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23
Rose Hill Store

say that what / call full rolhe, looks,
and is cheap! About this | say
nothing. but leave it to you to cone
and decide for yourselves.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

Every one who can should regis.
ter and vote at the coming election.
Let US have the strength Of both
parties put forth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

See advertisement of Messrs.
Maxwell e. Putnam on third page Of
this issue, at the head of third
column.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

l: is generally conceded by those
who are posted, that Nr. Gay will
have an easy walk-over at the com.
ing election.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

We learn that the police jury Of
St. Landry parish, at its last meet
ing, abolished the Sunday law, in
view of the State law which goes
into effect on the first Of January
next. Could not our police jury
follow suit in this matter, ard do
likewise ? w hope it will, and that
at an early day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

Yellow fever is reported at Biloxi,
Mississippi.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

Sad news still reach usirom Sabine
lass and Johnson's ba-ou.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-10-23

THE SCHOOL.
The public school at j. Corners
was reopened on the 4th instant for
the session of l8S6-S7, with Mr.. j.
Albert Schlesinger as teacher. Pa.
rents ought to fully realize the I'M
portance of education, and they
should not refrain from sending their
children to school regularly to en-.
aole them, as they grow to ripper age,
to become good, intelligent citizens
in order that they may possess the
prescribed requisites to assist them
in promoting the public good of
their country.
Believing that I have tarried your
valuable time long enough for the
FIRST time. | will close with a sincere
promise to supply you with all i'm.
p%ortant items Of iuterert as they
occur. TERITAs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

"Amos, here is hammer AMI a kcg
of nails. Iwish you, every time you do
wrong thing, to drive one of these nails
into this post"
"Wcll, father, l will" said Amos.
After while Amos came to his father
and said, 81 have used all the nails; the
keg is empty"
His father went to the spot and found
the post black with nails. "Amos,"
said he, ''Lavc you done something
wrong for each of those nailsY
"Yes, sir" said the boy.
Amos" said the father sorrowfully,
twill you not turn about and try to be
good boy1'
Amos thought for a moment, and then
said, "lather, I'll try"
every we'll" said his father. "Now
take the hammer, and every time you
do good act, or resist wrong one,
draw out nail and put it in th2 kcg
again"
"After some time the boy came to his
father and said, Come father, sec the
nails in the kcg again. l have pulled
out nail for every good act, and now
the kcg is full again"
81 am glad, my son." said the father;
"but see, the marks of the nails re-
main."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01
WHOLE NO. 2245.
NOiW1gian Beds,

The bedrooms in all the Norwegian
inns are the same small boxes, not large
enough to Swinga chair in. Through
out Norway the beds are the same mar
row coffins, no wider than a steamer
berth, with the same high sides s,prcsum-
ably to keep one from falling out,
if he should incautiously move or turn
during the night. To add to the tor
mcnt of these berths, the pillow is
flat feather thing that you could put in
your pocket, and beneath it turks broad
wedgc-shapcd bolster arrangement that
keeps one sliding down to the footboard,
unless he can retain his place by bracng
at full length at an angle and attitude
that the human frame only assumes on
an undertaker's or a dissccting table. In
one Norwegian inn where the busting
maid wanted to do her kindcst she put a
wedge at the head and f. OF Of my berth,
and ! dreamed that lay in hammock
that touched the ground. The white
spread that covers the bed in the day
time like pail, or sheet on sweeping
day, is carefully put away at night, and
one struggles with quilts and blankets
that are always too short and too wide
for the narrow bunk, and can never be
made fast TO the footboarl. These are
minor things, however, that one con-
tends with everywhere in the towns, vii
lagos and on frequent roads, and he must
90 off the beaten track to find the true
Norwegian bed that is only four feet long,
very narrow and built into the side OF
the room, where it can be shut up like q
cupboard all day long, At Nystucu
there was an cXactinc Englishman six
feet in stature who insisted on seeing the
beds before he would take his traps off
his carrole. lie found them many inches
too short for his gauat frame, and drove
on to the next place for the night. -
| Globe Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

The Usage is the wcalthiest tribe Of
Indians in the United States. This is
due not so much to their personal abili-
ty rs Spancicrg, as to succession OF
favorable circumstances and to the
good guardianship OF the Unltcd States
government. The OsaScs, long years
ago, occupied the country about St.
Louis. They were removed from there
to reservation at Westport, Mo-, rear
Kansas City, then TO the valley Of the
Ncosho, then to a reservation in south
crn Kansas and finally to their present
home in Indian Territory. The Osages
were powerful tribe, and 10 get them
off of coveted lands Uncle Sam seems to
have been willing to pay them more
literally than other wards of the nation.
Ii this way the Osagcs have come into
their present possessions, which includes
tract of land in Indian Territory fifty
miles square, or about 1900, 900 acres,
and an annuity of $3.50, 900. This is
the interest on United States bonds given
them in exchange for their former lands
IN Kansas and Missouri, and held in
trust by thcgoyernmcnt, which pays the
annuity in semi annual payments. There
are about 400 families, averaging about
four to family total OF about L.
600 people. Out of this interest fund
the Indians draw $iGJ year for each
man, woman and child--so that the
larger his family the more the head Of
the family is enabled 10 draw. This
system would apparently foster rapid
increase of population, but strange to
say, the full blood Indians are dccrcas-
ing in numbers. The full blood families
are small and the tribe is doomed to cx-
tinction. TIL S is probably due to two
cause.-the changed physical condition
of their life and the loss Of ali ambition
as n race. e.-Bur'ipgton Mpteye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

1t has been pcrplcxity to scholars
how such a vast variety of languages and
dialects can have originated in our
world, especially if they all grew out of
one original tongue. Mr.. Horatio Hale
says in Science that the pcrpleXity will
be removed if scholars will look low
enough, and take in children as well as
adults. He gives several striking cases
of groups OF children accustomed to
play with each other, and left mostly to
themselves, who formed languages
which they used with perfect freedom,
and understood with case, but which
were quite unintelligiblc to Others. If
children could do this i'll play, it would
be a simple matter for adults, placed in
an isolated position, and cut off from
communication with the rest of the
world, to make q new language for
their own benefit. Mr.. Hale offers
some substantial arguments to prove
that languagc-speaking men have not
existed in our world for more than seven
thousand years. --- YOuths' COmpaaiOn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01
Not Mine, But Oars,

tin sweat of face shalt thou cat bread, -
A fat 10 d, summons dread,
Loudly, lowly, swiftly. slowly
Told that human souls might know
or Worz and Wages, we u and woe.
A mystery deep, this life Of ours,
Birth, Life and Death. Infinite powers,
"Meek and lowly,' boundless, holy,
Only may unloose the cord.
That binds mankind to that ono word
or Work, while lifes full day we spend;
OF Work To-Day, and 10 The End
To-Day To-Morrow-joy and sorrow
All the days Of earthly life
Must have their need of toll and strife;
Of toll for bread for wealth, for fame,
In reaching high for niche and namc,
Sometimes gladly, so etilcs sadlj;
And thy who toll have least 10y
"Who SOW in tears 10 reap in JOY"
''Gvo Us This Day Our Daily Bread,"-
In Galilec this first was So d,
In softly, lowly tones and holy,
These sacred WOES were simply told
To mortal man in days Of old.
"Givc Us This Day O,.r Daily Bread,"-
We read this as Dlvinely said,
Too Of lightly, only rightly,
When unsclfshly we say and pray,
Give US-not me--Ou7' bread this day.
-C'ark w. Bryan, in Work and IVag
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

1t may seem curious to many that the
two greatest statesmen Of the first half
of the nineteenth century should have
been induced to settle personal difficult
tics by exchanging cartcls to fight 4
duel. On the Virginia banks Of the
Potomac, across from Washington,
Henry Clay, Secretary Of State, and
John Randolph, Senator from Virginia,
met in 1926, on account of political
disagreement. The two names are in
scpcrablc on the pages Of American his
tory. They were st0nch personal
friends, though bitter political enemies.
On the eve OF the encounter, when told
of the unconsciousness of the meeting Of
the child and wife of his opponent, the
Virginian replied, with a smile, 81 will
do nothing on the morrow to disturb the
rcposc or sleep of child Or mother"
While arranging the preliminary de-
tails at the scene OF the encounter, and
before Mr.. Clay took his position, the
pistol of Randolph was accidentally dis
charged. This was very humilating to
his sense of honor, os he we'll knew that
it would give rise TO unpleasant reports
by his enemies, and his reputation as a
gentleman would be as3aiicd, hut Clay
magnanimously came forward aud said
that it was an accident. When the de-
tails were finally arranged tho two ptin-
cipals took their positions. There was
stump just behind Clay and gravel
walk behind Randolph. The seconds
and attendants retired, and tic word
given, the reports of pistols sounded
simultaneously, and Clay advanced
quickly toward Randolph, cxclaimin3 :
81 trust in God, my dear sir, you arc
untouched; / would not have harmed
you for thousand worlds" Randolph
had fired in the air, but Gays bullet
went through Randolpl's coat, "You
owe me a coat, Mr.. Clay" loosely re-
marked Randolph, when he saw tho
rent made by the bullet. Il am glad
the debt is no greater" replied Clay.
They then shook hands and returned to
the city the very best of friends. - VASE
ington CAPITAL.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

A very beautiful sculptured capital
has Just been received from the holy
city by the Palestine exploration fund.
Itis in white marble, and is double
capital, showing by this popularity Of
form that it surmountcl double col
umn. It's 10 1-2 inches long, 10 3 4
inches wide and 10 IA inches high. 1t
is pure Byzantine in its style, having
small volutes, as most Byzantine capt.
tails have; below are leaves, very beau
tiful in firm and cXquisitely cut; tho
scrrated edges of the leaves are enriched
with a succession of holes, which have
been drilled deeply. Although conven.
tional in lorm it may be supposed that
the leaves represent those of the vine,
for there arc also represented at regular
intervals lunches of grapes, We know
from Joscphus and the Talmud that tho
vine was an important decoration of
the temple; the gate is described as
having been decorated with one in gold,
bearing clusters of grapes. This con-
ncction of the vine with the temple, as
we'll as the scriptural symbolism attached
to tie "truc vlnc," may no doubt, have
made it favoritc ornamcntation with
the carly Christians Of Jeru allen. Lon.
don NecS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

When was the first bridge constructed,
and what was it made or | am not
able to answer the first question very
definitely, but l think know what tho
first bridge was made OF. 1t was not of
wood, nor of stone, nor of brick, nor of
iron, nor of rope. 1t was made entirely
of monkeys-livc monkeys. A troupe
of these animals in South American
forest came one day to stream which
was too wide for them to leap across.
They climbed high tree, where the
first monkey selected suitable branch,
wound his long, powerful tail about it,
and let himself hang head downward.
The second monkey running down the
body of the first, wound his tail about
its neck and shoulders, and let himself
hang downward. a third and q fourth
added themselves in succession, and
others after them, till the chain reached
the ground. Then the lowest monkey,
by striking his hands on the earth, set
the living pendulum in motion, and in.
creased this motion by striking again at
each oscillation, till it swung so far
across the stream that he was able to
seize branch OF a tree on the other side.
The line OF monkeys constituted a bridge,
by which the remainder of the troop
quickly crossed over. Then the monkey
which (uot Cho, as most people writeit
had been the first volunteer in this en-
gincer corps, unwound his tail from tho
branch and let 90. What had before
been the top Of the pendulum was now
the bottom; it swung across the stream,
and dissolved into its original clements,
and the whole troop went chattcring on
their way. This took place before tho
appearance of man upon the earth, and
the long-tailed monkey, have been build
ing such bridges ever since.
B.twccn that primative bridge Of
monkeys and the last and greatest of all
bridges ever undcrtakcn--the suspension
bridge over East River, connecting New
York and Brooklyn-thcrc is apparently
q wide discrepancy; yet the two are
| constructed on the same principle
The first bridge recorded in history
was built over the Euphrltcs at Babylon,
in the reign of Queen Ni,ocris. The
course of the river was turned, and tho
bel laid dry, till the foundations were
built. The arches were of immense
hcwn stoncs cIampcd together with
iron, and the whole bridge was rooted
ever. 1t was thirty-iyc feet wide, and
over six hundred feet long. Norcmnont
Of this great bridge has been discovered
in modern times. - Wide A,oGke.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01
A Snug Town In One Building.

Dd you ever sop to think that in any
one of the big Office buildings in Chicago
there is q whole town. Take, for in-
stance, the Chicago Opera House Block,
not by any means the largest office build
ings in Chicago. On the ground floor
there are a dozen stores besides the big
theatre. Upstairs there are 800 rooms.
In these 300 rooms there are 15j tenants,
sub-letting rooms or desks 10 Others.
Among the occupants are scventy-nine
lawyers, eighteen doctors, five dentist,
and so on. During enc day last week
5000 people used the four elevators. Al
together there are in this one building
more than thousand tenants and en-
ploycs, equal TO the business and pro-
fessioral population Of u town of 5000
people. Each of two or three of the
largest of the new Office buildings now
under the workmen's hands in this city
will when finished and fully occupied
contain 1000 people, equivalent to the
business and professional population of a
city OF 10000 souls. One of the direc-
tions in which the growth Of Chicago
conspicuously tends is upward. - hicdgj
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

A curious fact connected with cent?
pcdcs is worthy of relating. A young
man living north few miles had been
somewhat concerned at the appearance
nightly in his dugout of IA great number
of these unwclcomc visitors. Ncighbors
seldom or ever saw them, but he was
visited to an alarming extent, lie
could not understand till some one
learning that lie was in the habit Of
playing on the violin suggested that the
music attracted them. He suspended
the concerts and the ccntipcde5 inter-
rrptcd him no more, -RicyjeM (Km.)
Southeast.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-12-01

~ think you ought, indeed" was Miss
Hays calm reply.
~ did't knows you cared nothin' for
them quinces," muttercd Mrs. Blggard,
Cor wouldn't hev touched em, not on
no account"
''You might at least have paid us the
compliment of asking u.s." sad Mary,
curtly.
And she put the five-dollar bill in the
little blue.ribboned collection basket" "
which was Miss Zcruiah Biggard' S
especial care.
Mr.. Mildmay walked home with her
that evening. She did not tell him the
story of the ounces, to her credit be it
spoken. Mary Hay was not one to strike
fallen enemy. And perhaps she ard
Mr.. Mildmay had pleasantcr topics Of
conversation than any faults aud failings
of Mrs. Biggard.
But honest Luke Larrabec was by no
means so retccnt. He related the little
incident of the moonlight raid on the
ounce orchard high and low.
"A>d them Biggards is always a-quo-
tim scripter texts" said he. "And the
old lady sings hymns the loudcst of any
one in church, and Zcruiah settin' her
cap at the young minister. Pd jest like
to see her face when she hears that Mr..
Mildmay and Mary Hay is to be married
in the spring"
But if you want to shut up the old
lady's mouth any time, NIL you've GIT to
ask her for her recipe for "puttin' vi
ounces !"--Hlen Fore& Ga'avcs.