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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
Prosperity in the South.

Property IN INC SOutns
We note in many of our leading
Southern journals. in their last an.
nual review Of the trade and com.
MERGE of their respective sections,
show a degree of industrial prosper.
ity and Improvement that is both
gratifying and surprising. Tho fig.
ures showing the development Of
agriculture, manufacture, mining and
other Industries, together with rail.
road construction, educational facili.
ties, etc, point conclusively to the
fact that the South is moving along
in healthy grooves, vigorously and
satisfactorily. The establishment Of
cotton mills andtheir growing power
is one Of the prominent and strik.
ingly progressive features in the
South at the present time, and in
%recounting her multitude industries
a South Carolina contemporary, a
short time ago, remarked:
Among the numerous changes tax.
ing place in the industrial life Of
this section, none has obtained more
prominence or promises greater re.
suits than the esta olishmeut of cot
ton mills. Having the raw material
of the best quality on the spot,
this industry gives promise of a
healthy and remunerative employ.
ment to a part of the population,
and an increase Of millions to the
wealth OF the South. Mills OF the
largest class, with abundant capital,
are being constructed. When it is
remembered that the bale Of the
raw material will only realizie fifty
dollars when placed on the market,
and that by the application of the
simplest machinery its value will be
advanced to one hundred and 6fty ,
or two hundred dollars. for each
bale, the immense gain be attained
by the people will be very forcibly
SEEM"
We learn from other sources that
the rapid growth of manufacturing
in the South is attracting consider.
able attention in all quarters, and
naturally creates more or less con.
with the English manufacturers.
The South is supplying its own con.
sumption, and is selling its prodoc.
tons in New York and Boston, and
ia China. Ut would not be
surprising Il the cotton goods indus.
try would finally have to be adjusted
upon the basis Of Southern adyao.
in which case this country
manufacture for the world.
1t should be evident, then, 10 the
minds Of all we'll thinking people.
that all we need at present to make
US great and prosperous is to en-.
courage a class Of good and indus.
trious immigrants to-come South and
developing her vast mineral
and agricultural resources, which +
will, in the end, make them and US
both rich aud happy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
TweEty-ffth Judicial District Court
Parish of Vermilion.

No. So.
Succession of J. B. CavaI1hez.
Application Of Francois Chapuis. to be
appointed administrator.
Notice is hereby given that all parties
interested in said succession, or having
any opposition to make to the application
OF said applicant to file the same in wri-
ting in the office of the clerk of court
within ten days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal of court
this 4th day of February 1888.
LASIIE BEOUSSARD.
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Governor McEnery has issued his
proclamation ordering an election
throughout the State for State
officers. members of the legislature
senators, Judges, and all parish
officers. The election takes place
on Tuesday, April II, 1883.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
last week number for the United
States 24f Canada 38, total .3l4,
against 28S last week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

The Ashland steel works, about
twenty miles north OF Baltimore,
have stopped work, the Reading
strike causing q scarcity of coal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans, La.
January 81. ~

Land UfhCe at New DFleaY1s, La.
January 81. 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or in his absence the
Clerk of the District Court. at Abbevi1ie.
La, Oh Tuesday, March 20, 1888, viz:
Lufroy Mayard, who made Homestead
Entry No. 613l, for the lots 4 and 5 Section
81. tip Il. SIR 3 East, La. Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
cnIt;ya = 'ht "f sa;S iand u,a,n. a,a
zine l.. Monitor. Henry Lelnaire, Beaure-
gard Leblanc and C. T. Guidry. all of Yer
Vermilion Parish. Louisiana.
THos. j. BUTLFg, Register.
Feb. IL. 1883.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

The 'frigid has been made to yield
traffic to the railroads. A line be.
yond the Arctic Circle has just been
completed in Sweden, where there is
an iron mine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
EG.5Alal SAiE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty-titth Judicial District Court,
Parish OF Vermilion.


Twenty-titth Judicial District Court,
Parish OF Vermilion.
No. 80.
Succession Of Ernestine Baudoin.
DY virtue of an order of sale granted by
ID the Honorable 18th judicial District
Court. Ia and for the parish of Vermilio1l
aud State OF Louisiana, i'll the matters OF
the above entitled and numbered estate,
the undersigned will on
Wednesday,, February -, 1855,
and from day to day thereafter, sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, at the late residence of deceased.
OF h above named parish, the following
described property belonging to said sue
cessiOn. to wit
One dwelling house, one corn crib, two
out houses, one creole horse, one COW and
calf, one branding iron, one lot of fencing,
one lot Of household furniture and other
slnaE articles too numerous to mention.
TERMs:-All adjudications of ten dollars
and Nndr to be sold for cash, and all adju-
dications over ten dollars to be paid n
fourth cash and the remainder in three
equal annual payments. Purchasers on
credit to furnish their notes with two
good and solvent sureties to the satisfac-
ton of the tutor administering said sue
cessiOn and payable iM three equal install
ments with eight per cent. per annun in
terest from times due until paid. And IN
case it should he necessary to employ an
attorney to collect any part of the notes.
the sigiers to pay the fees OF said attnr-
ney which are to DE fixed at ten per cent.
the amount Involved.
ARVENE LEBLANC.
Natural Tutor.
Abbeville, Feb. II, 1888.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
PUBLIC SALE.


STATE OF LOUISIANA.
7wENTY-F1FJH JUntcIAy. DISTRICT COURT,
Parish of Yelmiion.
No. 81.
Succession of Edmond T. Bronssard;
Notice IL hereby given that there VII %
offered for sale, to the last and hlgIsss
bidder, for cash to pay debts, at the are
residence Of the deceased, i'll this parish
Oh
Thursday. March &. 1885,
the following described property OF salu
succession. to wit: ~.
One certain tract of land lying III I'M
paaish on the west side Of the bayou veI.
million. measuring FIVE arpents front oy
fourteen arpents deep, the long lines TUE
ning east and west. and containing seser-
ty arpents, Bounded north by sec 10. I.
II. SR east. south by Belisaire broas,
sarp, east by John Duhon and wee1 Dy
Don Louis Prejean. One dwelling house
kicthen, corn crib and chicken-house, ~
rannels of fencing, one lot of horses. maiss
andEhogs, household furniture and kitcneh
utensils and other small articles too nu'
mer0Ms to mention.
Abbeyille, Feb. 4, 1886.
COLLINS I. BROUsSARD,
Administrator
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Parties visiting New Orleans to
attend the Mardi ,Gras festival will
find Nick's Creole Kitchen, li6
'Customhouse street, a 6rst.rate place
&c put up at.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Garry me back 10 my old Southern
home, was the universal expression
made by the colored exoders when
the first blizzard struck them out
West.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
Money to- Loan

THE j. +. T-1LEINX LAND MORT
GAGE TGMPANY.
Lawrence. K0nsos.
The above company wiz lend money on
long time ut reasonable rates. on unlin-
proved or improved real estate. For terms
and particulars apply to
w i. WHITE. Agent.
Abbeville, October 8. 1887.-3n.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
TO COTTON BUYERS
AND THE
PUBLIC GENERALITY

l beg leave toeail yonr attention to tho
fact by arrangements recently made.
my banking department offers many faci[
tiles, which wonid tend to=srrye yoW III
t~erests more fully than heretofore. COM
pairing favorably with the banking insti-
tutions of our ne,ghhoring towns hope
to receive the b'k Of your business.
tion possible At very moderate rates.
Very respectfully.
n. G. You've.
tbbeville, Aug. Il, 1sS7.-3m.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

See. advertisement of town lots for
sale in the new town of Duson, on
the Southern Pacific railroad, about
twelve miles west Of Lafayette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Hon. john H. Reagan, United
States senator from Texas, has our
thanks for congressional documents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
notice..

Hunting in the pasture of the
undersigned. both sea Marsh and
highland is henceforth prohibited.
Any person caught trespassing upon
said lands, by hunting, after this date
will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law.
ADR1EE NUNEZ,
j. G LEMAlRE.
Feb. 4th 1888.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.


For Governor,
FRANCIS I. NICHOLS.
Of Orleans.
For Lieutenant-GovernOr,
JAMES JEFFRIES,
of Rapides.
For Secretary of State.
l.. r. MASON,
of Concordia.
For Treasurer,
w. II. PIPES.
of East Feliciana.
For Acknowledgement.
WALTER II. ROGERS,
Of Orleans.
For Auditor,
@. b. STEELE,
of Union.
For Superintendent. of Public Education,
JOSEPH A. BFsEAUX,
of Iberia.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
SOME NOVEL ESCAPES.



While Mr. Anderson was lCisurely tray
cling through South Africa in a wagon
drawn by sixteen oxen, he heard from tie
bushmen many stories Of their remarkable
escapes from lions, says writer in Golden
Days One bushman, having been seized By
the arm by lion, had the presence of mind
to use his free arm to take up handful Of
sand and throw it III the lions eyes. Tic
beast, roaring with pain, and blinded, lie,
go the man, who ran away before the hon
could recover his sight. Mr. Anderson saw
the man, and the marks of the hons teeth
on his arm.
That lion was not as cool as a sergeant In
the United States army, who was stationed
at one of the forts on the Western plains.
A soldier having desc ed, was captured by
the sergeant in INNING camp fifty miles
from the fort.
While returning they were passing a sa-
loon, and the prisoner begged the privilege
of gong in and getting q drink The scr
geaut consented, and they went in together
and stood before the bar, on which was
peppor-box filed with cayenne pepper. I1c
soldier took the box up, unscroWed the per
for2ted lid, threw Il handful OF the red pep
per into the serGcant's eyes and started for
the door. The blinded man, though suffer
ing intensely, retained his self-possessIon.
He drew his revolver, firel in the direction
of the retreatng footsteps and shot the de
serter through the heart.
4 bushman, on being seized by a lion,who
graspod the mans left arm with his teeth,
used his free arm to take hold Of one Of the
beasts hind legs. This he squeezed and
pinched so hard that the lion gave a roar
and Spraug away
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
A Mules Consistency.

A rich man had a piece of land upon
which poor mule was grazing +" l shall
harness you," said the man to the mule,
s." and make you piow this land to grow mel
ons on, of which am very fond, while the
stalks will supply you with food" To
which the mule replied: IF l consent to
toll on your plan you will have all the mel
ons and l will be worse off than am now,
inasmuch as viii have to eat dry stalks
instead Of fresh green grass. I'll not do it,
SIR Howunreasonable you are" rcmon-
strated the land owner; your father never
md any food but thistles, and yet worked
sixteen hours a day without grumbling."
tiast that is true" retorted the mule,
. bIt. YOU know, my father was an ass
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
A ROTH LULLABY.

Come n"stla rcu~ he ..oi TfI Eosom, love,
O. sweet. lt.--o--c b-5 iia. yea 2To!
With eyes ic &c sly 50 IS glow nG above,
And .ir like the yLos- %. q s-lr
Lie close to ny hear 81. h sing 10 you
= song of tru. alapDl c55 bern,
For tho sun h-s slipped 1t Of TIC sly-roof blue,
And the birds to their t-ee-coGcles gone.
The flowers have folded thcir pa'aIs in rest,
TIL stars hang their lam e T.. n sky
A brcaz . with the marx OF t-c rose on its
brca I,
Goes dreGmily wandering by.
The wee, baby moon like a sickle Of gold,
Is low mong the far purple hlls
The cricket, tIGt sly, little turbulent scold,
Her gossip still Mostly trll.s.
All things 20 to rest, save the criclIets and
wind,
To sleep till awolle by the sun,
When the glad little song-birds new madilgals
find
To tell that a new days begun.
So close your pink eyelids in sleep, my dear,
ny darling one, pure as star,
And dream happy dreams Till the morning
dawns clear,
And the shadows OF night fee afar.
E. D. L0age, in GOOD Housekeeping.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
HOW WOMEN WE'D.
No Romance Whatever Nowadays in Find
ing u Husband.

ing Husband.
4 man asked me the other dav how wom-
en- find husbands, writes Bah" in the New
York Star. 1t was such puzzling question
to me that / constituted myself commit
tee of one and went around among a lot OF
married women to see how their husbands
proposed to them.
There wasn't one who had ever had an
absolute romantic avoWal of love! There
wasn't enc whose husband had gotten down
on his knees, caught the loved ones hand
and besought of her, unless she wished to
see him stark and cold with a broken heart,
that she would wed himl There wasn't one
who had ever known the rapture of being
held, with a pistol pointed at her head,
while the brave lover pronounced that, I'M
less she accepted him, he would kill her
and then himself There wasn't one who
had been gained even at the dagger's point,
and not a single wife had been drugged and
welded while in a scmi-conscious state!
Dorothy, l confess to a certain amount Of
disappointment. The nearest l could get
as to how the question of marriage had
been reached was always that they drifted
into it.
This is defciously vague, but it seems to
mean that they knew the man, that he had
tue privilege VI uOIulilS llSlT uduOlo anu
critcsing their frocks for some time, and
that then, when there was no special cx-
element IN Wall street, a Presidential cleo
ton wasn't going on, nor any thing else that
was distracting, they suggested that it was
about time for them to get married.
This is the general experience. And 1
think it a sin and shame. Few women
have more than one opportunity to marry,
and that ought to be accompanied by all the
frlls and friyoIities that the best novel
writer ever dreamed of. The Howells and
James business in the way of classic love
making may be most desirable for nervous
people; it may calm and snothe them, but
when champagne or love ave offered it
wants to be sparkling and it wants to taste
rs if such nectar had never been offered be-
fore.
The clgarette-imbucd,w nitc-skinned, color
lcss-eyed smooth-faced young man that is
so prevalent just now win never offer any
body any thing but the fiattest cider for
champagne, and when it comes to this,
say, give me ice water and platonic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
THE CoLFAX CREAMERY.
A Company 0rganized-Ca Stock Subscribed
Operations to Begin at Once.

At a meeting Of the stock holders Of
the Colfax Creamery Association on
Wednesday evening the following Of
fcers were elected: Board Of trustees,
E. w. Talbot; president, w. J. Hami'
tor; vice-pres !dent, NJ. A. Rose; sec
rotary, J. A. Perkins; treasurer, Jos.
Ryan; G. b. Hopkins and Chas. Russel.
The capital stock was fixed at $4,000
and was al subscribed. The ice house
will be erected at once and it is the
expectation of the company to be fully
prepared to start up early next season
These creamerirs are being rstabii,t
ed at numerous places in the uorthw,s
The largest factory cost $500, an
has a capacity Of 1900 pounds Of bur-
ter daily. The lowest priced factcr
cost $4,000, and has capacity of 100
pounds daily and makes 10 cheese. n
termeii,te { ctnrie, atr htilt AZ al
ar7ae, yosr b-t~e,n $1,000 ana S75,
THIS Includes the whole plant, locauoI
buildings, equipments for making bu
ter and cheese on q large scale, steal
works, cold storage apparatus, and a
the appliances for dairying on a larry
scale aud with the greatest perfectio
known to modern times and with scjeL
tifc a;curtag, The original cost
includes the services of q well educated
and skilled superintendent, Who can
be retained permanently at reasona-
bic compensation. Often they improve
his experience TO train some one on the
spot, or who is associated with the
company.
The system pursued is to collect
cream once day, putting together the
cream from yesterday morning and
evening The milk IS set in deep cans
furnished by the company, and there
is simple manner OF measuring the
cream space indicated. Each space
represents a pound of butter and &C
counts are duplicated by the farmer
and the company. The usual compen-
sation paid to the farmer is that ne re-
ceives the ordinary price for common
butter for the cream as measured IN
spaces and the company's profit con
sists in the grerter value Of creamery
butter at popular markets. The farm
er's wife has no churning to do, no pans
to wash, and the whole work of dairy
ing is reduced to milking the COWS and
putting the milk in some cool way
where the milk rises gradually. The
farmer has all the milk to feed his
calves, pigs, etc.
The factory makes the profits above
the price of common butter and sells
the buttermilk to city restaurants and
other uses. One valuable feature of
the factory is the cold storage, as the
concern buys eggs when very low and
keeps them until the best price is re
allied 1t is claimed eggs will keep
when stored with the small end down,
for ten months. The cold storage room
is kept just above freezing for the pur-
pose Of storing the butter, and the
butter is made and worked there. As
soon as the cream has been chUrned the
butter is taken to the cold storage
room and handled in the temperature
most desirable. With the improved
value Of butter and the money made
selling buttermilk, or feeding butter
milk and cheese whey, and by use of
the cold storage, these factories usually
pay 10 to 80 per cent. The profits
are small, but they are continual.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
A Helm for Harvard Stude

A new help for student-work is for pro-
fessor to gather out of the whole library
such books mo matter how many as he
wishes his classes especially to study.
These are put in an alcove under his name; ,
his pupils have access to them all day, and
take them over night, returning them next
morning This plan is new, but it grows in
favor. In 1880 thirty-fve teachers thus re-
served $3.50 books. In 1886 fifty-six teach
crs reserved $50 books. All books lent
out numbered In 1880, ii ,9S5; in 1886, 60, 1875.
This rate of increase greatly outruns that
of the number Of students. it speaks Of an
increasing industry and productiveness.
And the best thing about the intellectual
life here is that it is hopeful and not tiInid
it looks forward.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
Bone-Cutting by ELECTRICITY.

Removal of sections Of bone in surgical
operations has heretofore been a long, tedi-
Gus process, effected with a mallet, chisel
g0uges, etc. 1t is, perhaps, the most brutal
and unscientifc method which could be
adopted, and sounds like the operative
butchery which existed in the last century.
This has all been reformed by an invention
called the electric osteotome, says the Lon
don Electrical Engineer, which is an instru-
ulent holding a circular saw at its ,extrem-
ity, revolved with lightning speed by an
electric motor. This, when held against
a bone, makes a clean cut through it in
few seconds; in fact, its action is instantane-
Gus. BY holding the osteotome in a slant
ing position, wedge-shaped pieces can be
cut out with equal promptitude. There is
no danger of the saw cutting the soft parts,
as they are protected by a retractor, an in
strument which is passed down and under
the bone
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17

Pleasure is a shadow, but knowledge is
ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in fame,
unlimited in space, and infinite in duration
In the performance of its great offices it
fears no danger, spares no expense, looks
into the volcano, dives into tic ocean, per-
forates the earth, wings its fight into the
skies, enriches the globe, e. ores sea and
land, contemplates the distant, examines the
minute, comprehends the great, ascends to
the sublime-no place too remote for its
grasp no sphere too exalted for its reach
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
Johnny Had a Sweet Tooth.

Mrs. Isaacstein to husband)-" Dot leetle
Jacob has been a pad poy to-day" Mr.. Isaac
stein" Vas dot so2" Mrs. Isaacstein-
- He vent into der closet und ate all oof dat
limburger kase.n Mr.. Isaacstein Cooking
fondly at young jacob so, veil, Rebecca,
dot vas not so pad; dot vas natural; all dose
leetle shildrens hat dot sweet tooth"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17

The best engineer in CHrstcndon, says
Practical Electricity, can not produce Tic
best results with ll5 plant Waea he has 10
depend on an uusa.ucd fireman, or upon
himself, ac,ilg also IS fireman. 1t IS =
common notion tAaa any body can shovel
coal into & furnace, Gad that THIS c0nsji-
tutes all thar q fireman moods to do.
great many mill GrcutE. trcasurcrs, to say
nothing OF boards Of directors, cherish this
idea, without realizing how serious it Is.
We assert that no man ought to be placed
IN charge Of a coal pile who can not tell Gp
proximately how mUcl can be deduc-l
from it, because it represents certa!l
number of foot-pourd5 Of work. and h.5
therefore, a definite cooperative value To
speak plain, the coal pile means just so
many dollars worth of work. The duty Of
expending this money, this raw material
should be intrusted to welI-experenccl
and well-paid fireman. Every engineer has
his own specific sphere Of work, and only
false economy demands that he should
move out of it. Engineers are neither
omniscent nor omnipresent, but, if they
know their business, and are not afraid 10
tell the truth, they Will not hesitate to
recognize and condemn tie wastefulness Of
the policy of hiring either cheap fireman
or no fireman at all.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17

At nearly all the fashionable church we'd
dIngs now little chalk marks are made on the
carpet in front of the chancel to tell each
member of the bridal party where to stand.
This is in order to have them at regular dis
tances and to make good appearance. And
it compels the groom to "toe the mark" rather
early in his conjugual experience.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17

-Four young men at Honesdale, Pa, loved
the same girl and met and fought to see who
should marry her. After they had blackened
each others eyes and skinned each others
noses she shook the crowd and married
tailor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
Farm Land in England.

Two-thirds of the land in England and
Wales is held by 10,207 owners, and sixteen
of this number own !, 103, 025 acres.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17

A tramp went from one saw mill to
another with his hand tied up, saying
that an accident mad deprived him Of
the use of his hand, ard securing aid
from the men, was sentenced by Judge
Nash, in Ellensburg, to two years in
the penitentiary, the fact having been
discovered that his hand was whole and
unhurt.