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Nevada County picayune., 1890-09-04
Newspapers in the Home.

Teach the boys and glrls to read the neWspapers-not the sensational, smutty ones, but clean, respectable, plain-spoken papers. IL will give them food for thought. It will cul- liYate the taste for more extensive reading. It will cause them to love home better. It will make their in- tellect keener and their hearts hap pier, purer and better, Then, as they grow in wisdom they should also be supplied wi,h tirst-class mag azines and good books Such op. pot unit.es will be worth much more to them than mine of gold By all means cultivate taste for read ing among the children, and a good local paper is the best to begin with, as tue children can read about things that are familiar 10 them-about their town and county, and concern ing men and things of which they have a knowledge. From this they can go step by sep. until they rank among the most intelligent people of the land. - EX.
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Trust and Their Basis.

Senator Vest in discussing the sherman anti-,rust bil, furnished the following list of existing trusts. all depeudel; for sCrepglh on our protec,'ve ta if
 1. The sjee' rail t,ust. buttTessed by a tariff tay of sl7 per ton.
 2. The nail trust, by a tariff tax of Sl.25 per 100 pounds.
 3. The iron, nut and washer trust by tax of S2 per 100 pounds,
 f. The ba bed fence vie ust, by a tg'; of 60 cents per 100 pounds.
 }. The copper t'ust, hy tax of 2.j0 per 100 pounds.
 G. The lead -ust, by a lax of Sl, 90 per 100 pouDds.
 [. The slate pencil trust, by taA of 30 per cent
 5. The nickel ,.ust, by tax of slj per 100 polnds.
 9. The zine aust, by tax ofS2 5o per 100 pounds.
 10. The sugar ttpst, by tax of S2 per l00 gounds. II. The oil cloth trust, by a tax oI l 40 per cent.
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l2. The jute bag trust. by tax of 40 per cent.
 l3. The cordage trust, by tax of 30 per cent
 IA. The paper envelope trust, by q tax of D per cent.
 b. The gutta percha trust, by a tax of B per cent.
 16. The castor oil trust, by tax of so cents per gallon.
 l7. The linseed oil trust, by a tax of D cents per gallon
 Is. The cottonseed oil trust. by a tax of D cents per gallon.
 l9. The borax trust, by a tax of s5 per hundred pounds.
 20, The ultamarine trust, by tax of S5 per l00 pounds.
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A Wife's Views on Marriage,

A young woman who has been married five years (and who was lately discovered by the New York Sun), occupies unique position, in- asmuch as her husband is more in love with her now than he was when he married her. She was one of n number of guests at woman 8 sit down, where the question of the cen tury, 'ls marriage failure Z" was under discussion. She kept quiet during tue long and occasionally sharp debate, but finally (while very calmly stirring her tea), she said, in the low, sweet voice that belongs to the lovely woman always:
 Il have never said much on this question, but l feel now as if 1 must have my little say.
 In this country marriage will al ways be a failure until women are educated to be wives rather than mothers. Do not imagine for one instant that l undervalue a mother s love, but 1 do think that the first and strongest love of q woman's heart should go to her husband, and that her children should come next. Do you remember in that curious book of Balzac's, "Cousin Bete." " what the yittuous wife said to her husband after she had endured seeing him devoted first to one woman and then another? Sbe a saint, q pious mother, devoted daughter, woman adored by the poor, and whose life was pointed to as the one all young wo- men should copy, asked: "Show me how It is that these women have made you love them. will try. Whr have you not made me what you want of nc? There are some who think me still handsome enough to coust. Tue great student of hu- man nature made thls woman, this wife, ask the question that, properly answered. solves whether maI riage is a failute or not. He says himself that the man of superiority, equally With the common man. feels the need of tue ideal and material pleasures both, The rare being who combines them is sought for in marriage; but, alas. because of the lack of educa- ion for wifehood, she is found, as q general thing, iu two volumes.
 ''l he Rnss,an woman seems to have solved this problem, for her hus- band and Der sons adore her, while her daughters are always put away with their grandmothers, or at con- vent schools, and are brought out when it is tme to mary. She is taught from her glrlhood that not only to win the love of man, but to hold it, is tue duty of every woman, and l believe that marriage would be of,ener . success if our American g,"ls were taught this too. sup pose it is oue reason why widows nearly all make good wives.
 The women listened to this mono logue, and not a few of them thought about it afterward, and began to see wherein the wisdom lay, and how it was that the sweet little woman really possessed a husband in love with her.
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A young lady asked an editor th.s ext. aordinaly question: Do you think it is right foc young gil to si, on a yoNng mans lap, even if she is engaged to him." wheieupon the ed'tor tells this extraordinary lie; {;
 We have have had no experience in tue matter refeted to-" Why didn't he say: "If it was our e | and our lap, yes; but if it was our girl and another fellows lap, never. '"
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Like doing any other kind of busi-

Like doing any other kind of busi- ness, there is scientific and busi- ness-li>e way to adve tise, which makes it weld profitable returns for the money invested. The man who words and shapes his adve. ,se- ments properly, is just as sure that his advei itisements will pay him, as the man who fails 10 do so is sure that his advertisements do not pay. There is a valuable secret in the manner of constructing an advertise ments that some men do not seem tQ discover,
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40 per cent.
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Old Jack in the Well.

olu J dCh III bllG w ell.
 For twenty years an old man of our county, whom we ca" Jack Bald wiE, has cultivated the soil and drawn thetefrom a support for him- 1 self aud wife; he is chlldless. Not long since Jack left his house in search of a missing COW. His route led him through an old worn out piece of clay land of about SIX acres in eXtent, in the center of which was a we'll about thirty feet deep. that at some time had probably furnished the inmates of dlapidatcd house neac by with water. In passing the spot an ill-wind drifted Jacks hat from his head and malciouslv waited it to tue edge of the welt, and it tumbled in. Now, Jack had always practiced the virtue of economy, and immediately sat about recovering hls hat He ran to the well and fading it was dfy at tue bottom, he uncoiled the rope which he had brought for the purpose of capturing the COW, and after several attempts to capture the hat with moose, he concluded to save time by going dOwn into ,he well himself, To accomplish tbis he made fast one end of the robe to a stump hard by, and was soon on his wav down into the well.
 It was a fact of which Jack was less obvious than the reader hereof hat a mischevous fellow whom we will call Neal Wills, was in Inc old bI'ld'ng and saw Jack go down into the well; and it so happened tbat Jacks old blind hoise was near by, with a bell on his neck. The devil himself, or some other wicked spirit, put it ilto Neal s bead to have q little fun; so he slipped up 10 the old ho SC. unbuckled the s.rap, and approached the we'll with the bell in h's hand. Ting-a-ling. Jack thought the old horse was comiog, and said in an aud ble tone: Hang that old blind ho SC; he's coming this way, sure, and he ain't got no mo.e sense than to fall in here on me-wo, Ball " But the sound of tae bell came closer, and Jack was resting at the bottom of the well ''G eat Jciusalem ' said Jack. "the old blind fool will be right on top of me in minit-No, Ball Two, Ball, Bali" Just then Neal got close to the mouth of the well aad kicked a little dit down ca Jacks head. Jack thought Ball was about to come, so he got close to the side of ,he well and began to pray: "Oh, Lord have mercy on wo. Bal, Our Father who at in-- wo. Bal --heaven, hallowed be Thy -iee, Ball, ice! wha,'Dl do-name. Now l lay me down to sl-jee, Ball! out of your live s (just then mo t di't.) Back, Ball! Oh, Lord, if you ever intend to do any,hing for me-back, Ball wo ho!-Thy kiDg- dom comc-iee, Ball! Oh, Lord, you know how was baptized Tn Sm:th mill dam--wo. Ball hold up! Murde. -wo Fa ewell wo Id
 Neal could hold in no longer and showed himself at the op of the well, with a big ho SC laugh which m ght have been hea q two miles This was more than Jack could stand, and he s.a ed up the eopo like monkey Blast your pictu cs I'll give you fits Iil make yOur ca 8 ring worse than that bell. Neal took to his heels and ran like a qua ; ! ter horse, and inc last that was seea 1 of him he wa halt mile from tue well, With ,wo big dogs grabb'og at his coat tails, and Jack clo.e behind
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A TARIFF FOR PROHIBITION

l Ns
 The Chicago platform pledges the Republican party to effect the need ed reduction of tariff revenue "bv such revision of the tariff laws as will tend to check import of such ar ticlcs as are produced by our peo- pie. This IS consistent Republi- canism, stated boldly for the first time when 1t was stated in the Chi cago platform. It proposes to lower the revenue by increasing the taxes and by making the tariff prohibitive. ! No tariff that is not prohibtive can be 'prOtective' to all classes of American producers. I he only way to force Ame jeans to buy only Ame.ican products IS to prohibit them absolutely from buying any othe', Otherwise they will find means of exc cising to some extent their natural and inalienable liberty of buying where they can buy the cheapest.
 It is not worth while to attempt to conceal the truth of the situation, which is that if the country cannot rid itself of tue Republican policy of tax ation, foreign trade must be pro- hibited by that policy. The country cannot be half slave and half ee'' undec the ta.'iff laws. If these laws are to be used to deny the liberty to trade and to prohibit imports, we must have consistency as long as they are used.
 The Republicans carried the No invest by campa gn against free t;'ade ia hides. This was theo- lctical consistency. Now let us have ?. .acical consistency. Let them prohibit the importation of hides by uniform specific duty of $ a pound. and tne Northwest can then sell it's hides at empnerative p ;ces to New England, which under the Republican heo. : can ,ccoup itself and add O he general prosperity by pu ting up its pllces foe shoes until it gets back out of the Northwest all that the No Invest gouged i, on hides. lt there are rot h,dcs enough in the co91jry to shoe tue people. let then gJ ba'cfoot until the hide indust.y is as much "fostcred" as the shoe-mahing indus,ty, or until they leaIn the logic of high tariff taxation.
 The Republican party fought the national campaign against free wool and free raw material. Now let us have p ao ical consistency by d solid Republican vote il both houses of Congress for a la if thst will tend 70 check Importation of wool al- together. A uniform specific duty of 15 cents pound on all 2 ades of wool. Withort classification or dis criminatjon, vii ,end to check i'm portation aad raise prices to the wool g owe.
 High taxes for the produces of New Epgland and Pen lsyIva ia and free trade in Western Jaw material will not do at al. If be Republicans hope 10 maintain their theoly of mutual rap;ne, they must stand by the.r platfo n and p.ohibit the in- po,tatiol Of foreign products. espec- ially of folei2a .aw matetal which compejes with the West. Let them pu, back the dc y on qui1ne and hides; raise the dpty on wall aud all otber raw material to the prohibit've polnt, and COZ espoudjlgls increase the taxes ol New Eug'and finished goods as much as they l'ke.
 We must haze p obib:tye ta'iff taxes all along the line or nowhere The Wes, demands i,, ald has pow CT to enforce it. Republic,
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Tel me, Cha ley" said young Ms. Tpcler 70 hcc husband, " is taq man cann'bal>' "Cett,iHly not What made you ak such a oaes. 'on? "Becaase hea q him say just now hat he was go'ns | ound ,ho co uer 10 swallow two lirge $. - Ey.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-09-04

Il thought you said your wife was d1assed an houc ago.; "No she was but l think she must have stop ned to put on her hat Elk.
Nevada County picayune., 1890-09-04
DiSPOSSESSED.

september comes with graceful micn, And takes from summers head the crown, And scts il on her tawny locks, And clalms the Fine ald gown So quickly the change iS mPdc, So fpir Septcmber's smiling face, We scarcely gric,c the Summcr's loss, Or miss her vanished grace.
 Lillian Grey.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08


An old Presbyterian miaister,
VIM. Laiia, of Kansas City. Kansas
was recently adjudged insane BY the
probate court OF Wyandotte because
1"he rnnshis hands through hishair; be.
cause he believes in old Methodist.
Holy Cost religion; because he want.
ed to use thing for drafting land;
because he saves the corn huaks Of
the corn he husks, and sells them for
$500 a tom because be breaches re.
ligioo and consistency; because he
prays in revival meetings; because
lie has spells and tantrums: because
on one occasion he said the devil
was wind; because he asked Mrs.
Green, how is Mr.. Mrs, Green and
all the little Greens; because he talks,
anently and interestedly and tells
witty stories, ETC., etc. Upon such
testimony the jury convicted him Of
Insanity. Il might be we'll to inquire
what would be considered proof of
sanity in Wyandotte county. The
inference to be drawn from the above
is that the sane people OF that county
areregarded as insane and the lun
atics sane. The jury in this case
and not the accused should have been.
sent to tie asylum.
aE - .s fF-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08
starving to Haeata.
rERRIpLR pEsrIrurIoN in pAKor,

TERRIBLE D~EsTTUTIoN I'm DAKOTA
Those Of our people who are
given to complaining of hard times
and bad crops, should read this DC.
count of suffering end distress, and
then thank God that they are IN
beautiful Louisiana. These poor
Dakota farmers should come to YER
million, and under ite halmy skies
and in its fertile soil, find plenty
prosperity :
An Associated Press reporter
Just returned from the Northwest,
brings with him a tale of terrible
suffering and restitution in nineteen
counties in South Dakota, gathered
from persons who have but recently
been eye witnesses Of what they SO
graphically describe.
G. e. Paxton, a wellsto.do husi.
ness man of Shobbona, DeKalb
county, this State, who has spent,
some days in the afflicted districts
However hard l~and.sharks and
other interested parties may try to
keep the true state OF things from
the people of this country, they can
not long be successful. The sue
cessive failure of years crops has
reduced those formerly well,to.do to
a condition of sorest distress. Many
thousands of families are entirely
without means Of any Kind. They
lack the wherewithal to purchase
the n~ecessaries of life for ready cash,
whilst tho ominous placard conEronts
them in every store where they ance
had credit No trust given. Goods
sold only for cash.
Mr.. Paxton described the condi
ton Of the people in Kihgsbury and
eoaaties as simply heart.rend,
ing. To the latter county they have
no -Four, the staple of life being a
background cornameal, aRd there
IS a deploFable insnRcieney of that. /
farm is mortgaged; in many
Eases for more than a sale under
present prices would realize. Most
If the stock has been levied on aud
odd by the sheriff at public auction,
lie ridiculously low prices obtained
,eing eloquent not only of the starry :
ng condition Of the cattle, but the ,
careity of means in the eOmmanity !
Lows fetching IS q piece, herse
s and $40, while sheep and hogs
re simply unstable. there being
othing to feed them with. One
IAN has o few miserable chickens 4
1T Of what two years ago was a |,
relt stocked farm The woRsen b
nd children bear evidences of the @
ardships they have undergone 10 &
leir pinched and meagre faces. In
lang instances they are quite nm.
With clothing with which
, withstand the rigors Of winter. E
hat they have now being ia a
aged and WORKOUT condition.
AT one place" said Mr.. Paxton,
| saw two children walking with 2
leir feet wrapped ID pieces Of old Il
through snow. They told 9
they had no shoes for many
enths. Fitted youngest-a girl
seven or eight years-and she
as little better than a skeleton Il
%w--@- In,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

DlVISE , .Bss Memorial enc .s ysl.
prepared by Rev J.. VIM. Jones,
with the approval of MRS. Davis
will be authentic, charmingly writ.
Ten, beautifully illustrated and
bound-ln every way worthy Of the
subject. Agents wanted. Complete
ST. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Order now.
First come, FIRST served. Address
B. n. JOHNSON q CO..
1908 Main street. Richmond. Va.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

Il has been discovered that kiss
es--love kisses. we mean-are fall
Of electricity. Now We know Why
old maids have always called kiss.
ing shocking.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08
NOTICE.

ABBEvnLE, Jan. Ia, 1904.
The undersigned give notice 10
the public that huntirg on their
lands and premises is, l~epceforth
prohibited. Amy one tresspassing
on their properties will be prese
cuted 70 the full extent Of the Law
ADRIEN YUEEz,
w. w. KuEnLINc,
nj. LEQuEUx.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

death from lead poisoning II
the polite expression used By Colo
RADIO juries to specify 4 gamblers
fate in a shooting ARRAY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

A good conscience. a good table,
o good digestion and a good wife
what better hast thou in thy store,
@ Heaven!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

When q man tells a woman sle
loves her she thinks it gives her 1
right to know everything ne does.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

The greatest Of all poetry il .
girls frst love letter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08
The recent discovery ofbarmeni,a

The recent discovery ofbarmenite
a new conservative agent for meat
and other organic substances, bv
Or Ruger, Of Barmen, Germany, Is
destined 10 royolutionize the present
modes Of preserving such things.
A liver and tongue treated with
barmenlte were kept fresh and en-.
changed two weeks during a hot
Temperature. Recently for trial
q whole battalion Of thc65 regiment
in Cologne, Germany was fed with
inca 7 which eight days previously
had beer tre0ted with barmenite.
Tie meat was found 20 be excellent
In taste and appearance.
The bill admitting Wyoming has
|4feen f%avorably repo-ted by the Sen.
ate committee on Territories. and
the saae committee has decided to
lay aside tie biii for the admission
.ot Idaho until the Supreme Court
decides a case aow before ii. afect.
ing the eonstitutisHality of the on.
stitntion recently adopted BIZ the
people Of that Territory.
The direct tax bill has passed the
Senate by a yote of IA 10 Z
This Is a bill to refund to the
The amount of direct tax col.
lected By the Us. government at
close Of the war. Should this
bill pass The Honae of Represents.
as il doubtless will, Louisiana
receive $268.5l5.O0.
Congressman Robertson, Of the
Louisiana district, has intoaaced
! bill into the House, apprepriating
to reimburse honisiaaa for
he destruction of tie State capitol
,uilding at Baton Rouge Nv Gre.
Etiile IL the possession offhe United
military troops in 1863.
The greatest Of oil poetry IL .
ptP5s II pak lrwn HAko
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-08

Q. Bourque's store is the place to
buy your dry goods, notions, shirts
collars and underwear.
Kenneth Raillo, ESQ.,, Of Opelou.
sas sat as judge0d hoe in the case
Of the succession OF Emira Marceaux
this week. He 10 also leading coun.
sci in the Martha Gee land suit.
Mrs Fl. Blanc, moved into the
hibbe property, on Jefferson street,
last Monday. Miss LoranKa will
also move her millinery shop from
Washington street into that building
Tie people and press Of shreve-
port and Vernon are very much
elated ovcr the prospects Of the
speedy building of the Gulf, Sabine
Pass and Kansas railroad, a new
enterprise hunting deep water on the
Gulf.
The Barmore came up Monpay
night, and went down early Tues
day, and a large lot of freiohf ZOOS
chickens, ETC., vas left as a result Of
such irregular time. Wait until we
get . railsoad, and The rights oil
shippers will be respected.
Our good farmers have gone into
blowing all along the line this week.
Many thousaad acres Of land in our
parish, viii be turned over ready to
receive the precious grain. It is
Ieally encouraging to The planter to
to see so good . prospect ahead
The Abshire mare vas again
successful 10 the races at St. Martins
vile last Sunday. Vermilion is hard
to beat. Tomorrow the same horses
will try it over again on the Rons
seau Broussard tract about s miles
from Abbeville, in the Abshire
Settlement.
The citizens Of our town, as WE'LL j
the people of che adjoining com q
nunity, have been treated every q
every evening, during the past two {
Veeke, with medical lectures by Dr. .
as well az with mirtlful q
spicy entertainments by Sir. {
ind Mrs. Wallace, on the Medicine +
The doctor 10 Introducing 1
he alfalfa remedies. 3
b
Mrs. w. G. Morrell, who has been E
or several months past suffering
rom an ovarian tnmor of a malig-
lant type, and who. in the mean
lme, tried medical skill as far as
.vailable, went TO New Orleans last
E&H H& HI ~
10 take lodging .at Hotel !.
lieu, and put herself under DIR.
,ewis' treatment. We hope that
he may be much benefited, if not
cnred.
Yesterday morning. Judge Ed. :
passed sentence upon the fol-
wing prisoners P
Polly Richmond, To- infantioide i
years State penitentiarg: e
VIM. Jasper, (c) assault with intent Il
kill, IS months ~penilentiary. g.
Edward Badon, stealing 4 beef
year %penitentiary. +,
Peter Watson, (c) shooting with n
tent to kin, | year penitehtiary. Z
Jean oiier, lcl stealing a cord Of N
God, 8 months penitentiary. d
M
Mr. David Beer, a Fesidunt Of this q
ace for several years past, diedsa at 81
8 residence Wednsgdav ayenine8at; "a