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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11
Opposed TO Prohibition.

In view of the prohibition amend
ment shortly to be voted on 10 Penn
sylvauia the Philadelphia Record has
canvassed the opinion Of the most
prominent physicians on the subject,
and almost without exception, they
are opposed to it. Provost William
Pepper, of the University of Penn.
syivania, is quoted by the Record as
saying:
Although I fully realize the evil
effects Of the general liquor traffic |
am nevertheless strongly opposed
to the adoption Of the prohibition
amendment. l an delighted with
the good results ob.ained through
the high license law, which | regard
as highly educational in addition to
its restrictive value. | earnestly
desire to see the popular use of alco-
hol greatly decreased, but | look for
more stable and far-reachiDg results
from laws similar to the present one
than from any measure Of penal
character attempting to enforce ab.
solute prohibition. Education and
wise restrictive laws | regard as the
best means toward decreasing the
liquor traffic. Prohibition has had
baleful effects wherever tried in dc.
veloping clandestine traffic in
liquor with its associate evils. In
addition to my belief that it would
have a less prohibitory effect than
high license laws | consider that
prohibition would be an unwarrart.
able Infringement upon the personal
liberty of citiZens.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11

One hundred ard fifty dollars has
been paid for choice cook more
than once in the United States, and
reading a statement of this fact has
the effect upon some people OF
opening vide the eyes ci their
astonishment. "What fools these
.mortals be, is the Interpretation of
their thoughts. But what Of the
fellow who paid $4,000 for a choice
mich COW? or that other chap who
paid ss5,00O for a fast horse? Until
the work of the fool-killer is fully
accomplished just such people as
these will be found and utilized by
breeders of fine stock; after which
time the population of civilized earth
will be found to have materially di-
minished, and if the writer and
reader Of these lines rcmain-well,
call it Iuck.-Tczas Farm and
Ranch.
The farmers OF Becknells Prairie,
in Red River county (Texas) have
organized an agricultural society
whose prime object is the protection
Of their cotton crop from the ravages
of the boll-worn. They will use
burning lamps in their fields at
night to catch the millers from
which the worms originate. This
plan was recommended some time
ago by Prof, Riley, of the national
Department of Agriculture, and is
fully treated in this Issue of Texas
Farm aud Ranch by Mr. J. W j..
Simmons. Texas Farm aud Ranch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11
A7n,IVERTIsiNG RATES:

transient advertisements. Sl.oo per
~. a",f t;rst insertion Eac1 subseqont II
sc,t,on, ,t,oon,,ncinr ~ candidates for Office. $40 90
,adnourc adnoucc Ward Offices. 500 il advance.
~ Deafh i,ea and marriage notices, Wien not
oyersix lines, published free. ,ghitlalies,
Resolutions of respect, etc, VIII he charged
for III regular sdvertlslIns rates.
wissi,le. will be charged double price.
%enotice taken of anonymous eomiau-
,;,,+inns In sil cases we requira the
wTfers nana aa! address, not necessarily.
,or nubiiration, but as Il -guafan'e@ ef
coed faith. We will undertake 10 preserve
o. return rejected manuscript. In no way
viii we be responsible t6s the views and
opinions Of our correspondents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11
Romantic Notions.

Girls who read too many love
stories are apt to have romantic
notions of life, and look upon every
good-looking young man as u sort of
hero. Don't be so foolish. girls;
talk to the young men You meet as
aifectedIy as yoa DO the boy friends
of your brothers. o.' if you have no
brothers, and, therefore, no broth
er's friends, as you do the Dciglhor
lad. who, mayhap. does chores" for
your father. Do not imagine when
you meet a gentleman that your
conversation lnust bc remarkable or
unusual 10 bc entertai ming The
bearing Of an intelligent and gra-
cious gent'cWo.nan is one always to
he cultivated. bat this should be
every day behavior. You should
have no company manners. Assume
no extra demeanor simply because
you are in tie society Of Young
gentleman instead Of a young lady.
Do not suppose that the strange
gentleman you meet typical novel
hero. He IS no more a hero Of
romance then yos. are a heroine.
You are both just plain, every day
humanity. Don't get foolish notions
that yon ere anything but ordinary
clay, and try to act like the young
person who figured as chief character
in your last novel.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11
/ HAVE CHANGED
my BUSINESS
! 9 GREslIIIEs, 9, 8
TO STRICTLY CASH!

| hope my friends and customers
will not become offended if I refuse
them credit.
| have received a large and we'll
selected stock Of Spring and Sum
mer goods Of all kinds which l will
sell at as low as any cash store in
any other part of the State, without
exception. Come and examine nv
goods, and learn the prices before
purchasing elsewhere.
JACOB ISAACS.
March 3o-'Ss-3m.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11

The Picoyuae's funny man says Of
the jubilee in New York New
York will be so full of people they
can not see each other, and many OF
the people will be 50 fall they can
uot see New York.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11

Or. Seward Webb, one Of the
Vanderbilt sons inlaw, who has tart
ed with his family for an $4,000
mile pleasure trip, will travel with
every luxury and convenience in bis
train Of four saloon-cars. The nurse
ry car is not only stocked with toys
for the children hut has swings,
rocking horses, and other juvenile
Joys, and the bathroom tank holds
800 gallons of hot and cold water.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11

The Rev. DR.. Scott, who has for
years held a $500 clcrIsskip in the
pension Office, has resigned his posi-
ton and with his wife will here
after live at the white house. Mrs,
Harrison brought this about by
arguing that it would not do for the
falher,in-law Of the president to be
dc 4eat clerk. The old gentle
man il. oerege.ore hecn very indie
pcnd@a, and preferred to hold q
clerk ralhcr than live with any
OF his children.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11

Prince Krapotkine, according to
the Star of London, is gentle in
manner and appearance, and half an
hours conversation is sufficient to
reveal to even dull eye the depths
of honest adherence to opinions
which lie underneath. He is rather
small and a very thin and delicate
looking man. He has long beard
the head is completely bald, and his
sufferings in prison have evidently
weakened his frame. He has very
fine eyes-soit, frank. almost tender,
and as they beam kindly and ap-
pealingly upon YOU through glasses
Que is helped to comprehension Of
the awful suAerines Of the Russian
people when a soul so visib!y gentle
was turned to fierce aud deadly
revolt.
Miss a. \. Grips, professional
nurse who had served IN South
Africa, Egypt and Turkey. and who
had received the decoration of the
royral rcd cross frcal Queen
Victoria, went to New Zealand five
years AGO to take charge of a hospi-
tai. She has Just been married to
one of the doctors there and her
wedding gown was tho costume Of
her profession, while the bridemaids
were nineteen nBrses, all in uniform.
The crowa at the church was so
great thai a way had to be forced
through soi' the bride to reach the
altar,
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09
RAILWAY MATTERS.

James Stephenson, General Superinten.
dent of the Grand Trunk Railway, has just
obtained an order from the Hon. B. B.
Smalley. Collector of Customs for the Dis.
trict of Vermont, authorizing United Ststes
customs officers at Toronto to bond baggage
without examination through to the steam.
ers at Portland and Boston for export to Eu.
rope.
The. Allans have made proposals to the
Canadian Government for providing rapid
service Of steamers on the Atlantic to run il
connection with thes Canadian Pacific Rail
way and the proposed fast line of steamers
on the Pacific, it being part of the arrange
ments made with the Imperial Government
line that swift Atlantic line should also b,
provided. 1t is stated by member of thu
firm that the question involves an expendi
ture of Gl 900. 600
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The New York Sun says that it is an en-
couragins development that many holders
OF Missouri Pacific, Illinois Central and 9TH
er railroad shares are refusing to give the
customary proxies to vote on the stock to
those who have been managing, or rather
mismanagng these properties. They pro
pose to vote upon the stock themselves, or to
give their proxies to persons who will vote
for change in the management. Hereto
fore the practice has been to furnish to direc-
tors proxies enough to enable them to per-
petuate their control Practically the direct
ors have reelected themselves. The result
has naturally been that.in many instances
the directors have come to regard themselves
as responsible to nobody.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

1t cost the Dominion government $77,10
last year to keep afioat a number of cruisers
for the protection Of the fisheries. The To-
ronto Globe says all the service rendered
consisted in seizing small sloop found fish
ing in the Bay of Fundy, which sloop was
promptly released upon the payment of some
triiing expenses. The Globe hopes that the
abolition of the cruiser service will come
about in consequence of friendly CONNER
cial arrangement which will settle all mat
tiers in dispute between the two countries,
an arrangement in which Mr.. Hits resolu-
tion Is The first step.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

1t is gratifying to observe that one of the
Southern States at least sees its duty In re-
lation to the education of the people and is
performing it, The Alabama legislature,
which has just adjourned, increased the ap-
preparation Of the public schools 100000
and provided funds for the State agricultu-
raj and mechanical college. The State now
devotes nearly one-third of its revenues to
educational in Institutions.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

One of the last acts of Congress was to re-
reduce the price of steam printing in the
bureau OF engraving to one cent per 1000
impressions, price that will not pay for
cleaning Of the presses. The purpose of the
bill, which was the offspring Of the knights
OF Labor, was to drive out the steam plate
printing presses for the benefit Of hand
printers. 1t was shown in the course of the
debate that there We're not enough hand
printers in the United States to do the work
without embarrassing the service, and that
the government would be completely at the
mercy of these hand workers, but the
Knights triumphed nevertheless,
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The French government has now substi.
tuted serutin ddrrondissement for scrutin de
Hste, and hereafter elections will be held ac-
cording to the reimbursement or district
system. This win prove serious set back
to adventures like Boulanger, a necessary
feature of whose programme is always a
popular endorsement. Under the
district system a candidate for dep
uty is voted for only in single
district, so even If he is elected he can only
lay claim to an endorsement by small num-
Der of people. Had this system prevailed
when Boulanger made his appearance his
boom never could have obtained the head
way 1t now has.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The vigorous kick on the part of a few
Democratic members of the New Jersey leg.
islature, has, with the solid assistance of the
Republicans, resulted in saving something
OF the liquor law passed by the Republican
legislature year ago. The lawsas modified
wipes out local option by counties, provides
for minimum license fee of $3.50, $50 and
500 according to population, imposes penal
ties for selling ON Sundaywithout license, and
selling to minors, and provides for local op-
tion in cities, boroughs, towns and townships
where licenses are granted by courts of COM
mon pleas. All cities, etc., where licenses
are granted by boards Of excise and common
councils are exempt from the local option
clause, but the license fee may be fixed so
high as to make it prohibitory by the major
ity vote of the people of such towns, cities,
etc. There was undoubtedly bargain be-
tween the Democrats and the rumsellers to
wipe out the whole law, but the Democrats
found public sentiment so strong that they
were compelled to recede somewhat.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The candidates that are promptly coming
forward for the offices should bear in mind
that persistent Importantly is not likely
to be a valuable recommendation with this
administration. President Harrison him.
self hath said it, and moreover it is greatly
to his credit, and will be to his peace Of
mind also if 1t is needed.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09


Not less than 1900 bills were introduced
into the House during the two sessions,
while in the Senate 1898 bills were intro
duced. Only about one fifteenth of the bills
became laws. Some of the more important
bills which became laws are as follows:
Inc Scott Chinese exclusion act; providing
Tor the taking of the eleventh census; to
limit the hours of labor of letter carriers;
creating department of agriculture; to es-
tabllsh department of labor; to create
ooaros Oh arDitratlon Tor settling strikes;
the omnibus territorial admission bill. by
which North and South Dakota, Washington
and Montana Territories acquired statehood.
tolncorporate the Nicaragua Canal companv.
to provide fora marine conference; to pro-
vide aid to State homes for the support of
disabled soldiers; to prohibit the coming of
chinese laborers into the United States: to
change the time Of meeting Of the electoral
college; to enable the President to protect
the interests of the United States at Pana-
ma; to protect the Alaska seal and salmon
asneries; directing the Secretary of the In
soiiol 70 investigate the practicability of
oOn ,s lucsing water storage reservoirs in the
@liu ieeiou, ana appropriating 100000 to
~~SsaVh III ihttI-0LaJe commerce..
Congress also passed bills to pension Mrs
Sheridan, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Frank A. blair
and to retire Gen. Rosecrans. The most
notable measures which failed of final pas-
sage were the Mills tariff hill: the Oklabo.
ma oil' Inc Dill aathaaEtlyro u; prevent the
empIoyment of alien labor upon public build
ings or other public works and in the various
Departments Of the government; to forfeit
the Northern Pacific land grant; the hshef-
les retaliation bill recommended by the
President: the resolution declaring the sense
of the United States with respect to foreign
control Of the Panama canal; the Blair edu-
cation bill; the dependent pension Dill; LOT
the appointment of an alcoholic liquor COM
mission to establish a national art commis'
sion to make telegraph companies suplect
to regulation by the interstate commerce
commission; bill for the admission OF otan'
Idaho, New Mexico and Wyoming Terrltor-
les; to declare trusts unlawful; resolution 70
promote commercial union with Canada and
to authorize the President to open negotia-
tons with view to the annexation OF the
Dominion, to grant woman suffrage; to re-
peal the civil service law, the internal reye-
nue. laws and the tobacco tax: to lay grad
uated income tax, for the free coinage Of
silver; to repeal the oleomargarine act; to
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09
soldiers and sailors Fair.

To the Editor of the Press:
In Mondays issue of the Press we learn
that visitors at the flower booths may vote
on the following questions:
Which is the more suitable to be called
our National flower, the May flower or Col
den-rod. May one who has the welfare of
our soldiers and sailors at heart suggest an
other question on which the patrons of the
coming fair may vote: Which is the more
suitable emblem for our national banner. the
eagle whose regal pinions stretch across our
borders, or the broodiug dove of peaceful
arbitrations. nj.
Portland, March Sth, 1889.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

A bill is before the legislature of Mime
sofa to forbid the use of bicycles on public
highways outside of corporate limits.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

Misfortune seems to pursue the govern
ment In the Kerr case. Fullgraff, the prin-
cipal witness, has lost his memory, and Col.
Fellows, the District Attorney, has with
drawn on account of threatened attack of
pneumonia
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

A filter title for the apothecary bill would
be "A bill to enable apothecaries to sell
liquor without let or hindrance." And yet
its authors no doubt intended It to be bin
In the interest of temperance.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The gentlemen who drew up the apothe-
cary bill were evidently not homeopathists
They believed in big doses. The limit was a
quart.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 0.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nlcations. The name and address OF the writer
are 10 all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
puohcation but as guarantee Of good faith.
we cannot undertake. to return or preserve
communications. that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

repeal the arrears of pension limitation.
Two important treaties which were rejected
were the Canadian fisheries and the British
extradition conventions.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The receipts of tie Inauguration ball will
pay for the Inauguration ceremonies, and
leave surplus of $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

Riddleberger is said not to like it because
his drunken performance in the Senate near
the end of the session was expunged from
the official record, which seems to indicate
that he is still drunk.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

1t is said that Grover will rig up a pump
handle in his law Office and practice on it a
certain number of minutes each day. he
fears that sudden cessation of his hand
shaking exercise might result in atrophy Of
the brachialis anticus, or something of that
sort.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09
THE FAMOUS
ORIENTAL COFFEE!
GEO. G. SHAW g. CO.
Sole Agents for Portland.
ORIENTAL MALE BERRY JAVA.


OF
IN Java where picked out hand from
of
"uae
picked
the machine takes out all the round good
wide and
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The Augusta opinion is that the State is
too poor to pay $500, 900 TO build new capt.
toll that would last century, but just poor
enough to expend the same amount in patch
ing up the old one so it would hang together
for ten or tWantV wears.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

POLICIES Protected by the
Popular Maine NOn-FOrfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD UN-
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE.
COMPANY, OF Portland, Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

The retirement of Mr.. Amos j. Cummings
from Congress is universally regretted. Even
admit that his REPORTS of the doings Of the
House were bang up good reading.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09
NOTES BY IhE WAY.

By the municipal reports we see that the
city only needs three or four new school
houses, several new clocks and few other
little trifies to make her all right. This Is
cheerful news for the tax payer.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

There is great deal of controversy going
on as to whether Pillsbury's or WashDurnes
can best be called the national -four
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-09

POLICIES Protected by the
Popular Maine NOn-FOrfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD UN-
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, Of Portland, Maine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-01-19
The Loco Weed in Oregon.

Ii a recent issue of the Scientific
dmeffcG13, under heading of Natural
History Notes, you speak of the loco"
or cray weed" of Texas, and that its
reputed rover Of producing insanity
and death has been proved unfounded.
This assertion of the innocence OF the
loco weed" [ cannot contradict; but
the fact of certain weed Cbv some
called the loco that grows on the
Columbia River bottoms, between the
Cascades" and "The Dalles," that will
cause temporary insanity in horses not
accustomed to feed on the bottom lands
is too we'll known to doubt. Although
i have never seen an animal directly
undec the influence OF the weed, yet /
have seen them imme diately after
ward, and the signs were unmistakable
the animal with his head and fore
legs bruised and bleeding, the stall
manager, and feed boxes totally demoI-
ished, and everything denoting a ter
rible struggle. Almost every farmer
occupying bottom lands viii tell you
tn same story, rot among his own
stock, as they are accustomed to i, but
Of neighbors' teams from the uplands,
that occasionally put up over night and
feed of new lOwiand hay.
The teams are watered and securely
tied in their stalls and beautifully fed
on the bright soft hay from the over
flowed lands About midnight the
owner is awakened by terrific up
roar in the stables. fastening thither,
the teamster is astoundcd to see his
horse or horses in n perfect frenzy of
madness, rearing, striking, biting, aud
kicking. Nothing, how, Yer, can be
done until the effects of the weed pass
off, and morning finds the horse, if he
has not injured himself but little the
worse for his nights antics. What
weed this is | do not know, nor have /
ever found any one that could posi-
lively say that they knew, but it is GER
tain that there is something in the
new-cut bottom hay that will cause
temporary insanity in horses. 1t is no
uncommon thing to man driving
a horse with bruised and swollen
head and, upon inluiring the cause,
H.. will answer: ooh, | was down on
the bottoms last night, and my horse
got dose of crazy weed" Whether
this is the famous "loco weed" or
whether it is confined to this locality,
is beyond my ken. III g. Coe, IN
Scientific dmerjcG}3.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-01-19
SLAIN BY THE HEATHER
Bloody Outcome of an Uprising A..tn.,
an AFRICAN hing-Many Missionarie,
Slaughtered - A Rebellion in the
Lake Region of the Dark Continent
Many of stanley's Records DESTROYED

ZANZIBAR, Jan. 11.-Advices have
been received from the interior that in
October last Mwanga, king of Uganda.
plotted to destroy his entire BODY
guard, his intention being to abandon
them on an island IN Lake Nyanza.
where they would starve to death
The guards, who had been forewarned
of the kings intentions, refused to enter
the canoes which were to convey them
to the island, but returned to the can't
tai and made sn attack on Mwanpa's
palace. The King fled to escape the
fury OF the guards, and his brother.
klwewa, was enthroned in his stead,
klWewa appointed Christians 10 the
principal offices. This enraged the
Arabs, who murdered many of the
Christian officials and replaced them
with Mohammedans. The Arabs
burned the English and French mission
stations and killed many of the con-
verts to Christianity. The mission boat
Eleanor, IN which some of the persons
who had been converted by the French
missionaries were fleeing, was struck by
hippopotamus and sank, five of the
converts being drowned.
Many letters for Emin Bev and Henry
Nj. Stanley We're destroyed by the burn
ing or the missionary stations. The
missionaries have reached Usam byio in
safety. The Massoa depot is safe.
Mwanga is prisoner at Magu. He has
appealed to the English missionaries
for assistance.
The Arabs have written to Missionary
Mckay exulting in their triumphs and
prophesying the extinction of all the
mission stations in Central Africa in re-
venge for England's anti-slavery policy.
They have proclaimed Uganda a Mo
nammedan kingdom.