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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11
.ABBEVILIlE MERIDIONAB.
PRrCEoF SUBSCRIPTION:
Two Dollars a Year,
IN8DvANGE.
Special Notice J.

ALL PERSONS indebted to the
Undersigned are respectfully request
ed to ilquidate their accounts on or
before lfte FIRST DAY Of january
1890 All accounts remaining IN
paid aHer that date will be handed
yer to the MAGISTRATE and
proceedings Immediately instituted
Bear in mind that this is earnestly
business principle and will be
strictly adhered TO without any
exception whatever
Very respectfully,
f. L. MEEEBECK..
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11

There are few prophets in the
world few sublimcly beautiful wo
men few heroes. ! can't afford ID
give all my love and reverence I'd
such rari,ies; | want great deal of
hose feelings for d, everyday
fellow mcn,. especially f5r the few III
lie foreground Of Tie great multitude
whose faces know, whose hands /
!onch, for whom | have to make way
viii kiadl5 courtesy George EiI6t.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11

III you arc for pleasure, marry if
/ prize rosy Health, marry, and.
even if money be object fharry. 4
good wife Is heavens last hest gift
to man, lis adSe1 and minister Of
grace innamerabie his geit Of many
virtues casket Of jewels, hel
F6ice his sweetest mnxic her smiles
lis brightest day her kisf the guar
dian Of his fdnocenc -her arms the
pale Of his safety, tic b,lm Q his
health; Tie balsam Of lis Ilf' her in
dastry lis suress wealth. er Q one.
my his safest steward her lips hi
faithful coapselor* her bosom the
~ rect pillow Of his cares, and hera
7 ~ the ATTEST al oettes q tie. sen.~
blessing on lis liedi''
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11
GEO. K. BRADFORD,
Land ATTY, Surveyor, and
Notary Public.
RAYNE, ia,

Lands Bought and Sold. State and
u. S. Land Entries made and Per-
.fected to Patent Special attention
TO Contested Land Cases before the
New Orleans and Baton Rouge Of
fees, and the General Land Office
at Washington, D. Q.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
Tessie Fairs Pretty Sister.
New York Sun.


1t should be mentioned for the encour-
agement of young men in New York here
who have fancy for millionaire wives
that Tessie Fair has a very pretty sister.
who will shortly make her debut, and who
is known affectionately and Familiarity in
the family as Birdie" Fair. She is said to
put forth the promise of becoming uIti-
maiely more beautiful and more brilliant
intellectually than Der older sister. OF course
she Will not be so rich, but she will be rich
enough to attract the enthusiastic atten-
ton III young men who want to establish
themselves comfortably in life after this
rather easy Old World fashion. What in
huences rich vile will have on Mr.. Gel.
rlchs, SO far as his business career is CON
cerned, il is difficult To foFesee. Ii is only
within the last three or four years that Del
richs has devoted himself to business mat.
ters with any degree of energy, having
postponed all efforts in this direction as
long as possible. After he became identi-
fed with mercantile life, however. he de.
veloped liking for it, and il is quite posi-
bic that under the new conditions he will
branch out more theoretically than he
would have done had his life moved on in
the matter-ot-courSe way which was inter
rupted by his marriage
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
Labouchere Wants No Laureate.
London Truth.

Discussion still continues in various
journals as to the poet best fitted to fill the
post of laureate after Lord Tennyson.
have my suggestion to make. 1t is that
this ridiculous Office be abolished; for what
can be more absurd than that a prime
minister who, perhaps, knows nothing of
poetry. and cares. if possible, less, should
suddenly be called upon to decide
between the conflicting claims of crew of
versifiers. each worshiped by a select band
of literary toadies, and none likely to be
remembered a hundred years hence. Poetry
really immortal is the rarest of products;
poetry fairly good is drug in the market.
Poetry and officialdom are antagonistic
A court poet should go the way of the court
buffOon
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again. ssThe devil is still there, says the
doctor ssgely, and undoes TWO mysterious
packages he carries; one contains rhea
sinews (ostrich) and the other rattle made
of stones in gourd decorated with feath-
ers. He theE fingers the sinews, muttering
something for few minutes, then he seizes
the rattle and shakes it violently, staring
very hard at the crying child. Then wraps
it in the skin again and it ceases crying.
Again it is painted, ratified at and stared at
and again it cries. This is done four times
and then the cure is considered complete.
The doctor leaves the child quiet, EMBODIED
in the warm skin, and goes his way, hav-
fee. Strange to say, the child generally
RECEIVERS, but if it does not the doctor gets
out of the difficulty by declaring that the
parents did not keep the medicine skin
tightly around the child and SO let the
devil get back again. This is the only treat
nlent sick children in Patagonia are ever
known to receive
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
The Deacon Forgot Himself.

The electric wires on the Wellman Os-
born block, at Lynn, Mass, got crossed
last week. and turned the pile of buildings
into a complicated electromagnetic, creating
some profanity and no small amount of
fun. One tenant who tried to help himself
to glass of water, got anchored to
the faucet and the yells of this
electrified individual electrified the
rescuers who came to release him
from his shocking position. Another
made an attempt to turn on the gas, but
the electricity. as is always the case, came
away ahead of its rival and caused the poor
man to break his nose and small piece OF
the Decalogue, for his hearers aver they
heard him swear streak of blue lightning,
although he (being deacon) stoutly main
tains that he only said: go dam the cur
rent; it's leaking" and that his words were
addressed to lineman in the audience.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
Young Old Men.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.

Mr.. Gladstone is growing old, but he is
cutting down oaks; Bismarck is growing
old, but great and savage dogs delight him
now, as in the days of his youth. Disraeli
grew old. and died in harness. but his love
of the untamed and untamable forces of
nature died only when he ceased to
breathe. Bancroft is beginning to grow
old. at little over so. but he rides his horse
every day. Ben Butler is growing old, at
something over 20. but he sails his fast
yacht. the America, all the same The glad
heavens and the great earth never grow old
until we are awearv of them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
A Demonstration.
Harpers' Bazaar.

Danvers-Ceme, Markham, you surely
are not going to propose to that absurd
Miss Leavenworth, are you?
Markham-Why, man, she has a dozen
splendid farms out in Kansas.
Danyers-Yes; and she's at least A.
Markham-Oh, you miss it by about
fifteen summers. my boy.
Danvers-You are being deceived. old
man-wofully. l heard her describe
ing the 14-year-old locusts, and she
said nobody could tell her anything about
them, because she had seen them three
Times
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30

1t will be noticed that the greatest gain
has been in King county, and the next
greatest in Pierce. In these two counties
are about one-fourth the whole number of
United States pensioners IN the state. In
the location of a Soldiers Home this fact
may well be borne in mind.
Pensions range in amout from $l2 year
TO 5000. the latter amount being paid to
widows of the presidents. of whom there
are at present four There is one pension
OF $500. four of 81, 900 each, and thirty-four
of 81 200. The greatest majority get 81, So.
So, $40 and SD a month. though upwards
ol 1900 persons get from SIG to $72 a
month each. The average annual value of
last wears pensions was $l3llS, against
Sll4.25 the year before. 1t is expected that
the average value during the current year
will approximate $l4i.
In the state OF Washington are about
400 old soldiers. The pensioning of the
entire number at the average rate would
cause the distribution among them OF $780,
600 per annum.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
They Enjoyed the Advertisement.
Springfield Union.

A rather queer sight in this city the other
day was the luggage OF a newly unmarried
couple. Some practical joker had printed
a large number of labels about six inches
long and two inches wide with the words
Just Married, /" and pasted them securely
on the trunks. handbags, ETC., of the happy
pair. The joke was not discovered till the
party was ready to start on their wedding
tour, and it vas too late to remove the la
bells. Perhaps the couple were too happy
to wish to conceal their fresh bliss At any
any rate the bridegroom carried his hand
bag labeled Just Married" without any
attempt at concealment
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
Victor Hugo's Grandson.

George Hugo. the grandson of the poet,
is very poor representative of the illus
trious family to which he belongs. He in
in appearance the heaviest dude in Paris
and dresses most extravagantIy. He never
misses an opportunity to let people know
who he is. A lady told ME that she was
being served in shop in the Avenue de
and insisted on being attended to at once.
The shopman demurred, saying that he
had the lady to attend to, whereupon the
youth cried out: 81 suppose you do not
know who l am. l am the grandson OF
Victor Hugo" 1t is good thing that the
old poet did not live to see what the child
about whom he wrote such feeling verses
has developed into.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
WHY MoANs THE SEA ToNIGHT4

The moon shines or the headland-
The ripples softly play,
And sO!itu0e rejoices
About the lonely bay.
The waves Pile up their masses
Each crowned with sparkliugs bright
But sadness seems to hover
Why means the sea tonight?
Where Neptune woes the mermaid
With loves resistess power
Where syTens sing their stanzas,
And charm the midnight hour
Where cliffs, so cold and strong
Throw off glistening l. CHI
The sea Is rough and moody
Why does il moan tonight
The vast and countless treasures
Enclosed within ITS breast
TIE woncrous hidden secrets
That can never BE- confessed
The anguish o. its nsrshness
That causes bitter blight
The passions, pent but swelling
For these II means tonight
p CoJe
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Total
.249 N71.422 "A

There were filed for record Saturday 80
deeds. the considerations aggregating $751;
960.10. Following is the list as furnished
by Osborne, Tremper e. Co., abstractors OF
title. rooms9, 10, IL and H. Boyd block:
S. p L. & ]. Co. to d. Haggerty, lots ~ and %,
block .. South PIX. $40.
f. L. stinson to F. P. White, lots IA to IL. block
2, Lake Union I'd, 500.
Z. q to B. Meyer, of ne and n Of sc, "a, %, 4,
$500
B.LB&L to A. Dahlstrom, lot g. block
81, s. p L. CO. %, $50
A. J. Whitfield to w. p Langworthy, lot and
ne of NV and n of ne, 23 .. 2, &, 200.
p. L. Reese to F. NJ. Smith, lots "a to 26, block
TO- p s. PIX, Des, s45.
w. B. Ham 10 Z. Brace 25x60 It in "a, %. 4,
$780,
block II, Ballard PIX, $1O
C. r. Shaw to G. w. Tibbetts 12x20 rods in Sc
cor, d, a. 6, $500.
NJ. L. Cavanaugh to H. Graf. pit lot 6, block 80,
Moss, $500.
SP L. & ]. Co. to J. Davis, lots q to "a, block
=. South PIX, $780,
P. Frissell to c. F. Drager LILO OF 1Etna oyster
claim, $500
o. A. Kirkland to w. w. Beck ct al, lots 1, 2,
2s and %, block 9, Ravenna Springs PIX, supl s..
o. A. Kirkland to w. w. Beck ct al, lots rs and
q, block 9, Ravenna Springs PIX, supl, S..
G. H. Rsndell TO G. w. Elsey. lots and TO-
block IL, Randelrs. 81
S. L. Crawford to A. Macintosh, part lot 8,
block 16 A. A. Denny's s., 600.
]. II. McGraw (sherff) to II. III. Pease, neL 5,
%. Except 20 acres) cert of purchase, $5.44l.
d. C. Batchell to A. G. Janson, lot 2, block 5,
town of Bothell, $50.
T. A. Whitaker to B. N. McFadden, Q acres in
ne4 lot 2, sec 80, Is, 5, $500
N. E. Thoen, to J. Dignan. NY of sw of ne II,
Is. S, $500
j. McKenna to ]. c. Higgins, lots IS and IA,
block &C. Phinney's, $3.50
w. C. /. Co. to A. Hamblet, lots 10 and II,
block lis. Gilman PIX, 81
W. R. Ballard to L. Long, lot Is, block LOG, Gill
man PIX, 81.
]. II. Lewis TO W. L. Hill. lots IL and II, block
3. Whitney's supl OF Burke's 2nd, Sl,050.
A. p. Mtter to A. U. Smith, s lots in Armour's,
81.
Fl. Fl. Hall to NJ. E. Remington, pit lot 90
block ", Gilman PIX, $500.
J. Dohemy to j. E. Lois, blocks Is to 16, Man
haitian Heights, $1,000
Moore Land Co. to E. Y. Jeffery. lots in va
rious additions $4,000
G. Kinnear to J. Cox, lot 3, block IL, and lots
and 10. Summit. g ZOO
Lyman Wood to F. J. Wiswell lots 4, 5. 6,
block %, Edes & Knights, 5000.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
A Cheerful Giver.
Bostonian.

Caller-Beg pardon for intruding. sir, but
knowing your reputation for benevolence,
have taken the liberty of stopping to ask
you to subscribe to the funds to buy bell
for our church. We hope to collect
enough TO purchase one of the largest and
handsomest bells now manufactured.
Benevolent Individual-Where is your
church located?
Caller-Corner of Restful avenue and
Peace street.
Benevolent Individual-I will subscribe
gladly. A man l hate lives near there.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
A Patsgonisn Child Doctor



When child IN Patagonia is sick mes.
senger Is dispatched for the doctor. and
never leaves him until he comes with him.
As soon as the doctor arrives he looks a,
the sick child, and then with much cere-
mony rolls IL up in a piece OF skin. He
then orders clay plaster. and by this time
the Guild has ceased crying. Sooihed by the
warmth of the skin, and so rendering more
solid his reputation as a wise man. yellow
cay is brought and made into a thick
cream with water. and the child is painted
irsm head 10 foot. causing him ~ cry
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
Stanley's Quick Wit.


81 am very curious TO know. Mr.. Stan.
ley" said the interested young person
what the unclothed savage of the African
Willis does when the temperature changes
having no clothes. of course he cannon
change them?''
No. madame" replied the intrepid
traveller, "bnt he changes his mind. That's
ali he has to change
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
st. Louis Globe-Democra1

81. Louis Globe-DemOcrat
This is the place; the mountain bay
Is wild and stern snd grand,
As whe n the lion held the way
That barred his motherland.
Long years and change and earthquake shock
Have wrought upon the scene,
Where once the sea waves Tapped the rock
Are meadow lands grown green:
But Oeta still looms vast anu gray
To hide the setting sun,
And still the mountains bar the way
AID every way but one;
The sulphur springs still tune and flow
Along the rough hi lside,
And far-oif Oihrys, yelled in snow,
Sees where the Spartan died.
There is spirit haunts the place
Where mighty deeds were dared,
Though time and change have left no trace
And not grave be spared:
And elm hing up the grassy hill
Where Spsrta's lion stood,
The heart still answers to the thrill
That marks the hero mood.
And as l read the page asan
That Quckens from the dust
The tale of those three hundred men
Who died to keep their trust,
i knew the fife was not yet lost
That neryed my younger age;
The shsdow of an angel crossed
And fell along my page!
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Buying Girls for Mission Schools.

NaII IHNtlsCU ENHInlner.
Bishop Ia lor says that in Africa the
only way he can get girls for his mission
schools Is TO buy them. They are generally
quoted at from $50 to 500 apiece. At tbst
rate there is no reason to despair of mis-.
sionary success in Africa. Any church
could raise $50 on Sunday if the congre.
CATION were informed that il wouId hny .
girl Ii would not take very rich mis-.
sionary society to secure a stock sufficient
to constitute an Ethiopian Mills Sem.
mary.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30

For low rates excellent accom- nodations ana
az the features that constitute a successful 80
enjoyable Trip 20 tie East take the Northern pa
S!nc through yesthule trains 20 81 PAM
Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago CONSISTING nj
Ching. drawingroom aud sleeping cars Saw
tourist s.eepers under the direction of ;he phil
man Palace Car Company are attached TO dsiIx
throcgn Trains No better service 10 be found
a. Chilberg. city ticket agent 7l6 second go.
Boston block: Ionkin. depot ticket agent. Sc
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
The New Thugs ofIndi,

The Bengal police have published the
following extraordinary warning to passeu-
gers at all the stations on the Eastern Ben
gal railway: Passengers are hereby eau
toned against taking anything to eat or
drink from unknown persons, as there are
many who live by poisoning travellers
ihey hrst OF ali court acquaintance with
passengers IN sarai or some other place
and then gain their confidence on The plea
OF being fellow travellers going TO the same
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THE HOME nIRr,ronN

Corbc't 4 Co.'S Seattle civ Directory is no,,- n
press Those who have made any change IN
firm name. business or residence location sinca
having been called upon, or persons who are in
DOUBT IS 10 their names having been taken will
please send notice of such changes TO oar "a
dress Coztctt 4 Co. T.. o. Box Ss4, or 10 Seat.
tie City Directory; office, go Seattle block. seat.
tie, Washington.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Transactions for the Year Foot
Up S11,599,689.5O
RECORD or THE PAST WEEK.
Two Hundred and Forty-Nine Tranfers
Filed Aggregate S771, 422.s4-
Saturdays Transfers.

Real estate tranctions from January 1,
$780, to date are $11. 599. $685. The past
week showed considerable increase over
the previous week in the amount of the
transactions, though numbers of transfers
were less by twenty than last weeks. Mon
days sales were larger than all of the rest
of the week. The record of the week by
dava ia as follows.
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lent for the purpose they poison the water
or food of the passengers, who become in
sensible, and then they decamp with all
their property. They also at times poison
the passengers water when being drawn
out of wells. or sweetmeats brought from
the bazar, or food when being cooked"
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Slightly Inconsistent.

Farmer Ten the banks of the Missouri
Darn it all, the river has washed away my
best patch of wheat! It's without excep-
ton the dIrtiest. snaggiest, and meanest
stream on earth
Same Farmer ION a visit to New York;
Yes, Stree, / live right on the banks of the
noble Missouri It's without exception
the grandest and most magnificent stream
on earth!
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No Wonder He Raved.

Chicago Tribune.
Fsgg-Chucksley. what do you mean by
all this cavorting and loud swearing?
Chucksley-Do you gee this long-handled,
queer-shaped pen?
"Yes. What of it?'
"Nothing-only I've been using it for a
year and half like any other pen, and I've
just found out that the dad-b blamed thing is
a fountain pen and has been full of ink all
the time"
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The Logical Conclusion.
Philadelphia Times.
MY lawyer ought to be here instead of
me-" the burglar said through his cell door
to the warden.
"You robbed the house. didn't you 2"
Eyes, but the lawyers got all took. IL
he's got the plumber why am l punished ?"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30

His Occupation Gone.
Texas SiftingS
First Detecive-You look blue this
morning. What's the matter?
Second Detective-Did you read about a
convict at Sing Sing confessing on his
death-bed that he murdered man in New
York?
Eyes, read all about it.
We'll, that spoils clew on which have
been working for year and half"
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THE YELLow-HAMMER,s TAP.

THE YELLOw-HAMMER TAP.
The CeBtury.
When the breezes softly play
Ger meadows sweet, in fair-haired May,
And whisper secrets TO the pines
In woodlands dense with clamb'ring vines;
When baimy springtime fills the air,
And scatters sweetness every where,
Then there comes the ceaseIess rap
OF the yellow-h hammers tap
Tip-tap, tap-tap, tip-tap-tip-
Tapity-tip,
Tipisy-tap-tap;
It's the merry pitter-patter
Oh the yellow-hammer's tap.
When brown wrens peer through rough-hewr
rail,
And oft is heard the drum of quail,
And thickets echo thrush's song,
And swollen brooklet bounds along;
When from the hedge the cat birds cry,
And meadow larks are soaring high,
Then there comes the merry tap
Of the yellow hammers rap
Tip-tap. tip-tap, tip-tap-tip-
i'p''s''a'' Tapity-tip,
IT'S the ceaseless pitter-patter
OF the yellowhammers tap.
When the hazy shadows slowly creep,
Aud lsmbkins bleat themselves to sleep;
When from the pastures dashed plain
Echoes the cow-belfs sweet refrain
That bls nds with negro leamster's song
As down the road he rides along,
Again is heard the merry tap
OF the yellow-hammer's rap
Tip-tap. tp-tap, tip-tap-tip-
IT'S the plairtive rat-a-tatter
OF the yellow hammers tap
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All nrstciHss grocers s,ll Queen" hams and
bacon No covering. fresh daily
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sc ladies' nerino vests and drawers. hes
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Soors's Revealed Remedy VIII give you
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New velvet ribbons Chester cle.ry.
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THERMOPYL.E.

IT'S the plairtive rat-a-tatter
OF the elloW-hammer's tan.