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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03
Women in Business.

In this age Of extreme activity and
wonderful development, lisa noteworthy
fact that many women have made their
own way in mercantile life, and sue
cessfully compete with men in many
lines of business. Women, whether
they labor in the household Or in the
store. are all liable to suffer from func-
tional arrangements and the cares OF
maternity. For all troubles known IN :
der the category of ''femate weakness, !"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
tavorite tonic and tried specific. 1t re-
lieves the greatest sufferers, and res
torres the patient to vigorous health and
strength. 1t is the only medicine for
women, sold by druggists, aosder a posi-
tire guarantee, from the manufacturers,
that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded. This
guarantee has been printed on the bot
tle-wrapper and faithfully carried out
for many years.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation,
biIiousness, sick headache, bilious
headach, and all, arrangements Of the
stomacheliver and bowels.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03
Town Council.

ELIJAH BORNE, Mayor.
r. Ii. Mills. D. w. VALE,
SOLOMON WISE, JACOB GAsrAL
EUpHEMoN LEBLANC, Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03
OFFICIAL

District Judge.
CONRAD DEBAILLON.
District Attorney.
ROBERT C. SMEDEs.
Clerk Of District Court,
ALCIDE LEBLANC.
Representative.
GRANVILLE 3. SHAW.
Sheriff & Tax Collector,
ALpHONsE l.. LEBLANC.
Coroner. DR.. w. d. WHITE.
Assessor, D. NJ. Lyons.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03
THE ICA.YUNE
The Leading Newspaper Of The South

THE DAILY PICAYUNE
Is independent and fearless in its edlto.
rial conduct. 1T has the widest and
most complete ystem OF news gathering
by telegraph and correspondence, and
the most accurate and complete mar
ket, commercial and financial staff
ments published in New Orleans.
THE SUNDAY PICAYUNE.
Which may DO taken separately from
the daily subscription service. is full
and complete in all Jews departments,
with the added features Of household.
fashion and society talk, and q feast o,
choice original and selected literary
matter for home reading. Tie special
writings OF Catharine Cole, Henry
Haynie paris CORRESPONDENT. Jennis
june, nlollie Moore Davis. and many
Others, appear in the Sunday issue.
THE WEEKLY PICAYUNE. ]
This mammoth 16-page paper is the
best and cheapest weekly paper pub
lished III the South. In q condensed
form it contains all the ews Of the
week, the cream of all literary matter
and the best special features of sue
Sunday Issue, with an important Agri-
cultural Department and the Latest
Market Reports. The Weekly is pub.
lished every Thursday, and reaches al
subscribers for Sunday reading.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03
Cal ifOrnia's Highest COloney.

Life at the Lick Observatory,
over four thousand feet above the
ocean level. Oh q lofty summit, with
other mountain crests only for neigh
bors, is an interesting study. Here
is probably the highest colony in
California. The astronomers and
necessary employees ofthe observatory
form a little world Of their own, and
few of them care often to 60 outside
Of it. The stage that comes once a
day brings news from the world
outside and visitors curious to see
the wonders of the mountain. A
contract with a San Jose express
nan secures all needed freight ouce
month, sometimes o%ftener. \ butch
err with supplies comes up the
twenty.eight miles Of tortuous noun
tain road once.a week. Cows and
chickens are adjnncts to the COM
missary department. Quail, rabbits
and deer are plentiful in surround
lug canyons and some Of the sports.
men astronomers occasionally bring
them down. The summer air is
soft and so raritied as to exhiIarate
and make great exertion seem slight.
All the astronomers came from
cities, yet non complain or sigh
for attractions beyond those reveal
ed by the marvellous telescopes
San Francisco Bulletin,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03

Police Jury.
Ut. BRoUssARD, President.
W. L.. VANsLYKE, Ell. HoFFPAuIH,
Root. GREEN, I. j. MORGAN.
II. II. BARTELs j. \. LEBLANC.
Clerk Police Jury, ARCHIE You've
Parish Treasurer. Elijah WISE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03

1000 !, ono., 1888.
Living Ideas find Lice Is,,..
AN ENEMY OF
Monopolies, Oligarchism, and H..
Spirit of Sectional Strife.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03
I, bberilk Mesiaional.
COfGas, ana Core.

SOtG9gs ana A01E.
The Southern press seems to have
finally persuaded the farmers 10
abandon the all cotton idea, and to
grow more grain. It has been call
ing their attention to this matter for
some years, with little effect, but
the farmers appear 10 have. finally
walked up to the fact that there is
more money to be made by cn!tiva-
ting cotton and food products to-
gether, than by devoting themselves
To the great Southern staples alone.
Diversified crops prevented an over
production of cotton and low prices;
and it freed the farmers from too
great a dependence on the West.
Formerly, nearly all the profit
from the cotton crops went for
food products. Now that the
latter are being raised on the place,
the cotton becomes a surplus crop,
with which the farmer can buy his
clothing, sugar, coffee and such
other articles as he cannot raise.
The change in agricultural me-
thods in the South is shown in the
fact that last seasons corn crop was
Of nearly the same value IS the cot
ton produced. the two standing, cot
ton s264,852,000, corn $2l3,662,.
920. Adding the oats, wheat, etc,
it is probable that the cereals raised
in 1887 were equal, if they did not
excel in value, King Cotton"
We are not among those who are
always crying out against 1.-The
great Southern staple" as if it was
actually an enemy OF this section,
but it does not require much con-
sideration Of the subject to see that
there is far more profit in growing
cotton as our farmers did last year
than in raising it as the South has
generally done in the past, selling
at a low figure and buying all our
supplies from the West. The pro-
fit Of the cotton crop formerly found
it's way to Illinois, Iowa and Ohio;
under the changed system the South
will keep most Of it.
The newspapers have made a
great outcry against the all.cotton
theory, and they have done some
good in this direction, but the fact
remains, and will continue to re-
main, that cotton is the cash crop Of
the South, and the farmers will
continue to grow it, because every
pound represents so much money.
As to corn, that is another mat.
ter. 1t can be gown to greater
advantage in the West than in the
South, ever under the most favora.
BILE conditions. As food for stock
oats and rye are infinitely superior,
and these can be raised much more
cheaply. This is a matter that
every farmer ought TO consider.
Corn is not the best feed for stock.
1t is never used in Europe. and it is
not necessary ia the West and
South.
In our opinion, wheat, oats and
rye + much more profitable in the
south than corn, and the wonder
is that our farmers do not SOW a
larger acreage Of these cereals
Atlanta Constitution.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03

The car, as a memorial to his
late parents, has devoted 100000
roubles and an estate worth 3Oo.-
600 roublcs a year to the foundation
and maintenance Of an institution for
the blind at st. Petersburg, to be call
cd the Alexander Marine institute.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-11-03

rERsoN Editor-in-Chief,) is the ..
knowledge Representative Newsn.ss.
of the South. is Democratic in poIi,ir.
and first, last, and all the time ia e.,
reduction of the War Taxes. as lev;.s
on the people by the tariFnow in fo,.s
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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21
Some EMects of tho Election.


 The result of the election has had many effects. Among other things It has convinced the democrats, as may be gathered from their newspaPerr
 That Senator German is . better poli- tician than Henry Watterson.
 That proposition for a lower tarif should not be made just pr revious to an election.
 That luck will change in politics as well as in poker.
 That after all it may have been bad policy to crush Randall.
 That even MT. Cleveland sometimes gets his foot into it.
 That a lie well stuck to. as for IT, stance |" the dollar a day lie."i not as good as the truth.
 That the pending polaical revolution in the northwest vas purely . product o the imagination.
 That the mugwamps who supported Cleveland and the Henry George crowe are great deal more neisy than numer Ous.
 That Indiana, after all. has consider able state pride.
 That the possession of the offices Il national campaign is net as big thing as it is popularly supposed to be. Ina. it is the unexpected which hap pens. And that MT. Brice may mean well but that his predictions won't do to stalk good money on.--L A. Express.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21

to do something to make the city more attractive to visitors.
 The Pilgrim wharf at Plymouth has ,een used fer coal yard for years. ! l'he lease expires soon, and the Pilgrim s, riety proposes to make some radio al ch anges Plymouth ' ock is at the end ef the wharf.
 l. s. Margerum. of Washington, Pa,
 has an English gun that was made in
 17A2, It was taken from the dead
 body of 2 British soldier. who was killed in t,be retreat from Concord. Mass, April 18th, ITS.
 An epidemic of scarlet fever IS raging ID Jamestown, Dakota. Churches, Sunday schools, and public schools have been closed. A number of deaths have already occurred. A California widow had plans made for a $50. 900 monument for her late de- parted. but when the lawyers got through fssting over the estate the widow was doing hnusewerk at $2 week for the man who made themonument.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21
A Now Industry.

It is said that . Captain Daniti Slower, his wife and William Dunn, agent at the Illinois Central railroad depot at Galton. Illinois. utilize forty acres as a farm for breeding rattle snakes, which they sell to Philadel- phia drug firm to use in concocting a cure for. rheumatism. Captain Sto- ver's contract with then for the pres ent year called for aso snakes at $a.a4 each none to be less than four feet in length or under six years of age. The snakes carry their certif1cate o' birth in their rat&les. Some which have had the,r poison sacs removed are kept about the house as mice ex' terminators, and are remarkably effect i've in keeping away the neighbors children from the premises.-Hullion.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21
Thomas Axworthy, the defaulting city

Thomas Axworhy, the defaulting city treasurer. of Cleveland, who departed
 from town with $48o, 900. and with $Ise. 900 of other peoples money in his sack, has written Mayor Babceck let ter in which he explains his action as follows: "I went east about October Ist for the purpose of collecting large sums loaned by me on calls from time to time during the last four years, at the suggestion of President Cleveland and other parties. l had been receiving in terest regularly. but greatly te my sur- prise and horror when demanded the principal was answered: We cannot pay it, in fact it would have been im- possible for us to have done so within four month after we had made the loans, etc. Investigator proved such to be the case although supposed the parties to hs worth millions"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21

One of the meanest acts Perpetratt O during the recent campaign was tle
 charge preferred against Judge ONei'',
 by C. M. Strauss, territorial superinten' ! dent of public schools, Judge ONe'l' | is ~haxaAA xo.-ni,h4 4ha -naisnnpxfinpnae;L C Neill has apportiOned their mont ?
 tho same as in older districts. whi C
 MT Strauss claims they are not entitled
 to an apportionment, but must receive from the district from which they were
 formed. If Mir. Strauss construction of
 the law IS correct, the law authorizing
 the forming new districts would be vir-
 tually imperative, as there would be
 no object in forming district and then
 give 1t no money to run a school. Un-
 der this construction there are upwards
 of twenty districts in this county which
 would be compelled to close ,h. 1T
 schools for want offunds. As it is there
 is now to the credit of the school fund
 some $2.ooo awaiting apportionmert,
 which Judge 'O'Nell refuses to appor-
 tion until the question is settled. That
 he has honestly and conscientiously
 apportioned to the best interests of the
 various districts. there is no doubt, ard
 for MT. Strauss to interpose his tacti4s
 as an obstructionist, simply on pol..ica al grounds IS something that will not win him friends As an illustration no only of unfairness of Mr. Strauss, posi- tion. but of the absolute misrepresenta- tion as we'll, a gentleman who was of Judge O'Neill's opponent during the recent campaign has shown the JoURNAL-MIhER one of MT. Strauss' Prescott circulars, in which his state. ment of the amounts due are entirely at variance with the truth, the district l having received about $Ioo more than 1t was claimed had been apportioned | according to MT. Strauss circular | md $50 more than Mr. Strauss claimed | t should have had, yet this circular | that steps be taken to get | more
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21
Governor Swiueford, of Alaska, in his

Governor Swiueford, of Alaska, in his annual report. says that the total poPu- lat,on is 49,S5o. and of ttis number 6, goo are whites. 1900 C1eoles, and LOOK aliens. He asks favorable con- sideration by the department of the bill now pending in congress providing TOT the organization of the territory. The governor says that as far as he knows there are no practical farmers or garden CTS in the territory. The only obstacle in the way of agriculture. in the opinion of the governor, is that the lands are not available for settlement. He says the climate is favorable and the soil rich He sees no reason why Alaska may no be ultimately a rival of Montana ant Wyoming as cattle country. A stamp mill, on Doubza's island. which the re port states is the largest in the world has an estimated output of $I5o,oeo Il gold per month. Other gold mines ar
 being developed on the same island' an' the report notes the sale of four claim for I,5oo. 900.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21

There are but few states or terri- tories in this union which throw so
 many obstacles in the way of the sue cess of their newspapers as Arizona does. The code provides that sher-
 if or constable can post all notices eawips from their offices in conspicu jed tio~ taidh ftk s.te' an. :.:. s .oou. sands of eyes daily. It is the only means by which a country can have its resources made public. It should be fortesed instead of fought Let the next legislature remedy this evil and make it possible for the press to give more news, later telegrams and other wise enlarge its scope of usefulness to the community. The press of this is not what it should be. but it cannot be expected to improve SO long as it is fought by the powers that should foster it.-Prospector.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21

The average age ef a locomotive is about twelve years. yet many. through proper habits of living. taking their meals regular and avoiding all in- toxicating beverages attain quite re- spectable old age. The oldest running engine in Germany has been on the road since Is4s. it is consequently {, years old-quite Methuselah in fact. With regard to its habits, it has always confined itself strictly to water, though it has been addicted to smoking all its life. It is sad to see locomotive grown prematurely old by running all night but they are often met with, in collisions Tens Siftingk
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-11-21
A South Carolina outrage.

BosroN. Nov I3-A family of ten persons arrived :l Boston from North Carolina to-day. Mir. Eidridge J. Jor- dan is the head of the family and Is about 47 years of age and is native of Freeport, Maine. He enlisted in the First Maine heavy artillery in 1862 and
 was discharged m I864 to enter the navy, m which he served until honor ably discharged June 90. 1865. After the war he went to Wisconsin and re-' mained there until four years ago when he removed to South Carolina. Two yeass ago he went to Durham m that state, where he has small store for the sale of fruit. Jordan makes the following statement. Last Tuesday he was a candidate for the ofhce Of con-
 stable. The men in charge of the polls challenged more than 200 colored voters some of whom had been known as voters for the last two years. and on account of this delay there were several | hundred colored voters with republican ballots in their hand when the polls closed, whites and blacks .depositins their ballots in separate boxes. The votes were not counted until the next forenoon, when t was announced that the democratic candidate was elected by 6fty-two vo:es. There was some talk about contcstlng the election.
 Wednesday at midnight MT. Jordan was awakened and called to hts door. He
 found seven or eight men with hand kerchieis covering their faces. They or dered him not 10 20 from his house be- fore 6 o'clock m :he morning but to
 leave town on the o'clock train. He
 declared he had cone nothing wrong,
 but was ordered to leave town or he
 would be killed. He said that he had
 no money, but the visitors said they
 would provide for him. An hour lateI
 they returned and said they would give
 him no money but would provide for hi'
 family MT. Jordan then vent to ths
 house of friend and tried to borrow
 some money. He said he could not ge
 any until the bank opened at 9 o'clock
 MT. Jordan dld not succeed in obtaining money before the o'clock train started and an hour later, while he was m thu
 store three men entered and hurried hin | out to carriage and drove of with thu
 avowed intention os killing him. Thi
 act of violence was seen by some leadin business men of the town who, althouel
 opposing MT. Jordan in politics. fearln that a political outrage would refiec severely upon the town, took horses an
 rode after the party, overriding them
 Imile and a half from town.
 Il By their influence the would-be mu derers were persuaded to take MT. !o dan back to his home. but they told hi'
 they could not control the worst element
 suf1i, tent to protect him if he remained ' and SO leaving every thing in the hou' '' and store, and taking almost nothlr '' except the clothing they wore. he ie U town with his family at noon, the mt P who had rescued Mr. Jordan providi'
 money to pay his travelling expenses D. Bosten. They left N rfelk Friday afte 'o noon in the steamer D. H. Miller, a' fe arrived in Boston Sunday afternoo U Tonight they go by boat to Portlan '' and from there to Freeport, money L
 this purpose having been given by Bostt
 men to whom they applied for aid.