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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18
BATON ROUGE.

The Truth says that Mr. Wm.
Biboron, Of tlia city, has . grape
vino on which there il q huuch oil
grapes new full ndripeningI
The institute fer ahe blind is near
ing completion.
The Ba;on Rouge Trush reports
tuoiaccideatal ~ sIootings ct that
place during one 4wees.
Henry Sheridan, q negro ~mars
derer sfrotn mississippi. was *cap
turedsin: BatonsRouge fecently. /
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18
81 Landry.

The Washington Advocate, 10
recent issue, stales that .sp that da
8f87 bales If cotton had been shil
p,d from that place, viz Bis
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18
POINT G0UgEE.

Banner ~ are trying 70 fudI
an oldest inhabiiant7 who ean rel
member .. JapAary when sIIa Fass
was as green as II should
when the stutbleillas gone
d case Of sprouts equal
in ordinary years, WIEN
has come rp from The ro
old stocks aud is now "a
FOR qcraping, aud when
plum trees were in Lloom.
We have not succeeded, bpt llag
run against severaloi planters wh'.i
informed Us tliatin a4S tue scasof
lad been almost as mild as this one
The Banner also states that i.
largo nlttl.,er o sugar cane will b
planted this year, instead Of cotton
i capital idea.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-18

T11r77 DtuIcI "1he Memorial va
JEFF DhHlD! 4ume is aeM being
prepared by Rev. u Wan. Jones,
with assistance NJ Mrs. Daxis, will
be authcAtic, acllapaiillgly written,
beautifully illustrated aid hanml
in every way werlhy of The subject.
Agents wanted Complete outiit.
Sl. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. Order now. .First
eeneflirsf served. Address
BE. JOHNSON &tG6..
1909 Main 81. Richsnanll, Va.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

The solemn antics and mummeries
Of the vegetarian philosophers" are
enough to make the face of the earth
broaden into smile. Yet vegetarians
are useful, and their good work will be
felt long after their fad has been buried
in the dust of ancient history. These
worshipers of cereals, raw and cooked,
Of nut and fruit diet, while they will
not cause mankind to return to the eat
ing habits of our simian prototypes, will
do this much good: They will instruct
the ignorant and the wasteful in ways
of economy; they may bring about some
reform in the matter of excessive meat
eating and beer drinking and cause
people to pay more attention to the
products of the earth, which are now
too much neglected. There is no doubt
that much of the corn fed to pigs would
do more good if eaten by people. The
vegetarians will finally disappear in
the clouds of the fad, but they will
leave much grain for the world in their
theoretical chaff.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18
THE CONGRESSIONAL APPOR
ITO NME MT.
[st. Louis Globe Democrat. ]

The most Important question now pro-
sented iii our politics Is that OF congress,
sional apportionment under the new
census. 1t involves not merely the adj
instment Of party rights and interests iii
tho matter of federal legislation for tho
ensuing ten years, but also the assurance
or Justice and fairness among tho states
in the election of presidents during that
period. 1t is evident that the democrats
do not propose to let an superintendent
bill be passed by the present congress liz
they can prevent it. Their scheme is to
postpone the subject to the next con-
gress, in which they will have major
ity, and then decline to take any action.
That would leave the present apportion-
ment in force, and the election of 1895
would be held under it, thus depriying
the republicans Of the increased repre-
sentation to which they are entitled III
congress and in the electoral college.
The constitution does not authorize such
proceeding, to be sure; but neither
does it provide any way to defeat 1T.
Nothing short OF revolution could upset
an election so held, and that, of course,
is not to be considered.
1t is the plain and imperative duty Of
the present congress to take hold of this
QuCSblOu Gb buC cdIllCSb ulOtlbllb dHu PRESS
it to settlement The republicans have
the power to pass a proper and satfsfac-
tory apportionment bill. and all other
measures should be subordinated to this
manifest necessity. There is no reason
why it should not be disposed of before
the holiday recess. The conflicting in
terests of different states should not be
permitted to delay final ACT N, when de-
lay implies such grave d niger. The
policy of obstruction by which the work
of the last session was impeded and pro-
longed will be repeated at the coming
session, from the first day to the last.
Whatever the republican majority does
it will have to do in spite of every sort
of parliamentary antagonism. The dem
ocrats have stronger incentive to fill
clustering than ever before, and they will
stop at nothing to prevent the passage Of
bill which means gain of twelve to
fifteen republican congressman and pres
idential electors. This Is a matter upon
which they will concentrate all their en-
ergy and fertility of resistance. The
way to beat them is to begin at the open
ing of the session and let everything
wait until . new apportionmcnt bill is
passed and signed. That is what tho
republican party expects OF the men who
have charge of its interests in congress.
and they cannot afford to take any
chances or make any mistakes in a case
of SO much Importance.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18
NJ IzINLE I ISM NOT DEAD
ALTHOUGH DEFEATED BY ENG
LiSH CAPITAL.

The Law That Bears His Name will Live
and BE Blessing TO American Labor
Ono nf the Early Results 81 tho Law
Blaine the Coming Man, Etc.
tDes Molnes Registerl
MeKinlcyism is not dead, although
Mckinley was defeated by English
Doodle and democratic gcrrymander.
The law that bears his name will live
and be blessing to American labor and
American industries when the man who
defeated Mckinley is politically dead
aud forgotten. No America-l statesman
has ever before been SO bitterly opposed
during long campaign. The namc of
Mckinley stood for tho idea Of American
protection. It was calculated that his
defeat would be the severest blow that
could be given to the republican doctrine
of tariff for the protection of American
Industries. The defeat of the Ohio con-
gresham was decided upon and
it had to be accomplished at
all costs. The democracy Of
the nation and the free traders of En-
gland were all levied upon and contribu-
ted freely to accomplish the desired end.
The democratic legislature OF. Ohio, In
response to the appeals Of free traders,
rodistrictcd the state and perpetrated the
most vicious gerrymander in theshistory
of tho country. In their devotion to dis
honest and dishonorable political meth
DDS county lines were ignored and
even township lines were broken TO in
sure a democratic majority in the dis
trict. The villanous scheme was per-
fected. A democratic majority 1900
was insured in the district: So popular
was Mckinley at home that the opposi-
ton did not feel safe without such a
great majority against him.
During the long campaign democratic
orators, democratic money and demo-
cratic workers were busy pcrsuading and
corrupting voters. Mr.. Mckinley made
a manly canvass. He fought a great
the horde of political enemies, boodlers,
detractors, hirelings and contemplate
ours. But it is only by few hundred. In
an honest fight, pitted against mass of
dishonesty, he nearly overcame the 1000
majority of the infamous gerrymander.
No wonder that he says he is sat
iSfed. No wonder that he regards even
his defeat as a signal victory for protcc-
ton. He faces the result as manfully as
he faced the opposition in the campaign.
He says he is satisfied to have made such
great gains against such great odds. So
arc all republicans. The country will
accept the defeat of Mckinley not as the
defeat of protection, but as victory for
the policy that is the truly American
one and will ultimately succeed.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18
AN ABsENr-srlnpED MAN.
BY GEO. n. pEvxR. M.

MY sweet heart is poet; he is graceful, slim.
His hair is dark and curly, and it's long;
His face Is like saint, he can play, and dance,
and paint.
And he'd charm you with the way he sings
song.
But he's always in dream, and to strangers he
might seem
Like man without o purpose or plan:
Yet he's not SO very tame, for he gets there ell
Though they reckon him an absent-minded
man.
The editors oil state that some day he win be
great
That he simply runs" where other people
creep;
Though to see him in his walk, and to listen to
his tax
You'd surely think the man was half asleep,
But he never loses temper, and he never seems
to fret.
And money to his pocket freely flows;
That he don't know where 1t comes from 1t is
very safe to bet,
And safer. that he don't know where il goes.
get SO very nervous when he takes me out TO
dine,
often feel as though I'd like to scream;
his wine,
And stop HIM putting salt In his ice cream.
Yet he says am an angel and the star that
guides his life,
And then, you know he loves me all he can;
Though really don't suppose that he ever will
propose
He Is such a very abs ent minded man.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

the state consultation when 1t Ii read to
them. and no one need doubt what that
decision will be. 1T will be for them
also to decide whether black voters,
illitcrate or not, can understand 1t or
give reasonable interpretation OF II,
and no ono need doubt what their decis-
ion will be In that case also. IT means
disfranchisenlen of tho republican ma
jority. The amendment was brought
forward in tho convention for that pllr-
pose. and were IL not certain that 1T
would accomplish this end 1t would not
have been adopted. The change from
tho old Mississippi method Of ballot box
stuffing, intimidation, murder and false
counts was made only because the coun-
try had condemned it, One OF the most
distinguished democrats on the floor of
the convention complained that the dem
ocratic party In the state was democrat
lied by its long continued habit of ballot
box stuffing and false counting. The
Same purpose, that of minority rule,
now is accomplished under pretense
1t is not singular that while
democrats supported the proposition
with enthusiasm, clearly forseeing that
IL lHVOffeu peIndHeHO HcS1O uiSiItH-
chisement 1t is astonishing, however,
that the only negro who was allowed to
have voice i'm the convention of mi
nority of the people should have sup
ported it and volunteered the statement
that the negro population, though largely
in excess of the white, cheerfnlly sur
rendered its numerical power for the
sake of peace and order, "while they
look forward to the time when education
will lift them back into the ranks Of the
voters That time never come. The
educational test in the constitution is
elastic enough to restrict them from vot-
ing just as long as the whites please.
Had the constitution been submitted to
popular vote, as constitutions are in
other states, and had an honest election
been possible, it would have been voted
down by $4,000 majority.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18
A New Way to Commit Suicide.

Out at Prescott, A. T., ten years ago
young man with red hair, blue eyes
and soft hands tramped into town. He
had come down from the Tin Cup dis
trict of Colorado on prospecting tour,
but why he should strike into Prescott
for anything nobody knew. He had
been in hard luck, as anybody could
see.
His blue wooden shirt had been
washed and washed until it was almost
brown from the corrosive action of
alkali water, and his clothing was torn
and wrinkled. He was gentleman for
oil that. He had pleasant word for
everybody, although some of the boys
had caught him moping about the cor
ners. How he lived nobody knew. He
had no money and could get no work.
Idaho Jack, a reckless gun fighting
cowboy from the Three Sister Noun
tains of Idaho, was in town, too. He
had some money, told good story aud
absorbed liquor like blotting pad. He
said he was on his way to Deming.
Every night saw Jack at the Ark. He
made friends with everybody except the
stranger from the Tin Cup district.
One night when the Ark was blue
with smoke, and idaho Jack" was in
the midst of harum-scarum story, the
morose stranger quietly arose from his
chair, walked up to the upper country
romancer and cuffed him across the ear.
For an instant not word was said.
Then of sudden the Idaho gunner
drew his weapon like fash and fred.
The stranger fell dead. Nobody knew
his name, but when the Sheriff ran
sacked his battered clothing he found
this note:
My name is A. C. Hepburn. My parents
live at Grafton, N. Y. have been out of
work and starving. / have not got money
enough to buy poison or a gun, and there is
not water enough in Arizona to drown a
gnat. therefore take this opportunity to
slap Jack, knowing as do that it means
instant death, and that is what / seek. 1t
costs nothing, it is new way to seek sui
eide, and demand of you that you do not
prosecute Jack, because he was not the
aggressor. Bury me as die. That is all
ask. Sincerely, A. G. H."
The letter dumfounded the town. 1t
took all the fight out of Idaho Jack.
Dollar by dollar the SINNERS" came in,
until there was enough of them to buy
a vanished coffin and a whitewashed
headboard. Jacks contribution was
something like $8-all he had and all
he could borrow at the time. He was
not prosecuted, but he left town as soon
as the headboard was set. --Pittsburgh
DISPATCH.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

THAT sense of the dignity of Amer
lean citizenship still animates the
Americans abroad who revere the ira
ditions of the past is occasionally made
manifest. Those who attended the re-
ception given by Prince Leopold, who
represented Emperor William, to the
doctors in attendance at the Berlin
Medical Congress say that the &C.
ton of the head of the American dele
CATION of physicians and gentlemen,
as compared with the serviity which
marked the action of the English,
French, Italian, and other European
delegates, was such as to make every
American proud of his citizenship. The
American scientist bowed with the
same dignity that he would show if he
were introduced to a fellow citizen,
while the leader of the English delega-
ton, who was "Sir" in addition to his
professional distinctions, groveled. "It
made one sick of rank to see it," was
the remark of one clever American doc
tor on repeating the incidents of the
reception in the Shell Room of the new
palace. Zone might expect subservi-
ency from the peasantry, but not from
scientists"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18
THE SUFFRAGE TESTS IN MIS-
SlSSIPPI.
[Chicago Tribune.

The suffrage section i'm the new Mis-
sissippi constitution provides for a poll
tax of so, 'sto be used i'm common schools
and for no other purpose, as one test of
the right to vote. and that ''on and after
Jan. l. 1892, every clector shall be able
to read every section in the constitution
of the state. OF he shall be able to under
stand the same when read to him, or
give reasonable Interpretation thereof
1t has been calculated by the authors of
this educational test that it win leave a
large and permanent democratic majors
ity in the state AS set forth by them,
there are / Is, $50 white voters, II, $50 of
whom will be restricted by this test, teav-
ing net white vote of 107,O0l. There
are at present ls9.8s4 colorcd voters,
1a3, 1874 of whom will be restricted, leav-
ing net negro vote OF G6,55o. and Civ
ing white democratic majority OF
40,45l III a state which has a legitimate
republican majority Of nearly T0.CC0.
The law does not go into effect until
ON and after Jan. /, 1892. In tho inter-
vening period 1t has been agreed that
many negroes will have taken advantage
of the schools sufficiently to satisfy the
test, and that in any event within o short
time after Jan. ], 1872, great numbers
Will AaEsibecn educated enough to satisfy
this provision of the law. The law,
however. has been cunningly devised to
meet inst such anemergency. The polls
Will be, in control Oh white democratic
Judges and clerks. Who Will have the
Operation OF the law in their own hands.
s il will be for fhem to decide whether
illiterate white voters can understand
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

WILLIAM 7. CHAMBERLAIN, of Nor
witch, has invented and perfected gun
which promises to be the most durable,
simple and effectual gun ever made. It
is called the electric hydrogen gun.
There are three methods OF firing the
arm. By the first method, Mr.. Cham
berlain claims, the projectile is sent from
the gun by pressure equal to $1,000
atmospheres, by the second process by
four times that force, and by the third
method it is transformed into an air gun
with pressure of from 1900 to 1000
pounds. The gnn is simple, without
other machinery than the chamber and
barrel The demand for new valuable
weapons Is so great that some of the
great powers may find in this arm the
executor they have been anticipating,
while Mr.. Chamberlain may find in it
the fortune the shadow of which has
kept his brain active and his hands
busy for many q day.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

deserted several horsemen, squirting
rapidly forward; the lor1d report oi
several guns echoed through the woods
and the man, spasmodicalIy catching
at some bushes at the roadside, dropped
to the ground. The next instant, how
ever, he regained his footing and disap.
peared in the forest.
My God! am wounded!" he cried,
clapping his hand to his thigh, from
which the blood was running freely.
what will / do now? I can ude
them tonight, but what of tomorrow?
will he hunted down and hung up to
the next treel"
He kept running forward deep
er into the woods as fast as
his wounded limb would permit.
The pnrsuers dashed into the woods
after him; but the night was fairly
down in the woods, and they soon lost
all trace Of the fugitive. Wearied out
and completely at loss, they concluded
to go to the settlers house in the clear
ing and wait till morning, when they
would renew the pursuit.
When all signs of pursuit had died
out, the wounded man cautiously
worked his way through the woods to
the edge of the clearing. Here he
paused to reconnoiter the premises.
When satisfied that all the inmates OF
the settlers cabin were abed, he stole
up to the log stable, and, leading out the
only horse it contained, mounted him
without saddle Or bride; walking care
fully until at q safe distance, he then
struck into reckless galiop and rode
all night. entering the town of his
destination just about daylight. I'm
mediately proceeding to his home, he
put up the horse he had ridden SO reck-
lessly, and then, going to the house, he
changed his coat aud hat, hiding these
nearly fatal clothes in secure place in
the cellar. -
He examined his wound, which he
found was not so bad as he had feared.
Being flesh wound it was not so pain
full but that he could walk very we'll
and without Imping perceptibly.
He now proceeded to his business
partner, and confded to him his pre-
dicament; and after some discussion
they both came to the conclusion that
VhSy AdO DoSt bouu Tue uOTS0 UaCk UO
its owner, with SO as pay for the in
voluntary theft.
The man that took the horse back
was instructed not to tell anything
about how it came about.
The real burglar in this case
was afterward captured and duly pun
ish d. The man that came so near los
ING his life nv the similarity of his dress
to that of the burglar, thought seriously
upon this coincidence, and was inclined
to condemn circumstantial evidence in
any case; for, had he been captured
that night, the similarity of dress and
Of size would have probably hanged
him in less than twenty-four hours.
He was constitutionally brave man,
but he never spoke of his run for lie
and narrow escape from murder without
shudder and a fervent feeling of
thankfulness to God for his miraculous
preservation from death.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

delicacy of her complexion, the grace
of her outlines, the sweetness of her
expression. Early in life she was very
delicate, and so thin as to be almost
transparent; but in the course of years
she has grown stouter. She knows
both German and Italian literature
we'll, is fond of music and sings herself
with taste and feeling. She is fond of
the society OF men of thought and let
'e:s, and at her intimate evening teas
may be met some of the leading men
OF the land, who drop in to chat away
an hour without ceremony.
A very cordial friendship exists be-
tween King and Queen, and the former
relies much on his wife's Judgment,
which is frequently clear and sound.
Some pretty anecdotes are told of their
domestic life. Upon one occasion,
however, the husband gave the wife
one of those quiet rebuffs into which
enters sense of humor, and which are
on that account less hard to Der. It
appears that Humbert once asked one
of the Queens secretaries what would
be an acceptable Christmas present for
her Majesty. This gentleman, truer
friend than courtier, had the courage
to suggest to the King that the Queen
had large number of unpaid MILL
ners and dressmakers' bills. The
King took the hint, and begged that
they should all be given to him. On
Christmas morning Humbert placed
all these bills, receipted, under the
Queens table-napkin. There was no
other present. IL is said that she took
the hint, and has been less extravagant
since.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-18

A PROMINENT New Jersey cranberry
grower says that the New jersey ber-
ries this year are unusually fine, and
will bring 81 per bushel. Jersey ber-
ries can be kept in good condition from
now until May or June of next year,
with little or no shrinkage, and no loss
to the owner. Cranberries are grown
in the poorest lands of the country, but
yield large profit. The culture OF
cranberries is rapidly becoming the
chief industry of the lower counties of
the State, particularly Atlantic County
The swamps and marshy lands are
hardly fit for any other use, but make
excellent boys. The people are be-
ginning to realize that the barren lands
which have hitherto been only an ex-
pense can be utilized, and large sums
of money made from a very small in
vestment. A grower who has had long
experience in making and managing
boys said recently that a first-class bog
can be made for from 5000 to $500 an
acre, according to the quality of the
bog.