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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07
school hoard ProeeedIng..
AbheYille. May 81. l8l

AiASS Aa1 oA+ LOW
The board OF school directors of
Vermilion parish met this day, pur.
suant to call. Present Messrs.
j. n. Williams, Geo. Hays, also
Desire Meaux and Eloi Harrington,
who were recently appointed mem.
hers Of the said school board, pre-.
sented their credentials, and their
names were enrolled. Absent I:
N. G. Young an | A. Lacour.
The president of the board being
absent; on motion, duly seconded,
Mr. Geo. Hays was elected lem,
porary chairman.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and adopted.
The secretary presented a com
munication from the State Superin-
terdant, ealing q convention Of
parish superintendent at Baton
Rouge. for June 9Th, 1890. And;
whereas; the parish superintendent
being unable to attend said conven-
lion, and the board of school dir.
ectors, deeming it advisable that
this parish should be represented.
Therefore, Dir. L. @. Broassard,
is hereby appointed a delegate to
represent this parish at said con.
yention, and the sum of twenty
FIVE {$25. 0O) dollars is hereby ap-
propriated, to defray his travelling
expenses, TO and from said conYeu
ton.
Messrs, Feleicien Domangne and
others, having presented a petition
to have another school established
in the End ward. On motion the
same was laid on the table.
On motion, the treasurer is here,
by requested to refund the poll
taxes, enormously collected from
Messrs. Guillaume MonieIs, Albert
Neuberger, Jules B~oudreaux and
Alex Mire.
The following claims were al
lowed: Vermilion Star. TO print.
ing roll Of honor $3.50; R. IA. Mills,
corayons, glass, etc, IT 20; ]. A.
Petty, repairs made at Abbeyille
school house. $500.
MI. L. o. Broussard having.
presented a let of deductions
claimed by the tax collector on role
OF 1889, the same was referred to
the finance committee.
On motion, the board adjourn to
the next regular meeting, which
occurs on Saturday. July 5, 1890.
N. G. You've,
y n. WILLIAMS, President.
Seeretorv.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07
NouYelles Locales.

On va conotriure n dgIise a
RoyviIle.
Qael dfole de COCO one lie COCO
de RoYville. Care a vous, mangeurs
de COCO
Mile. Anastassie Bonnemaison. la
charmente belle de Royville, est lei
depuis dimanche. Ellie est lhdte de
la famille d. Leblanc, notre excel
lent ct zee constable.
Bascom Lyons d enin trouye le
Franks Alley; nous somqes en- me
sure de dire qu'elle va etre ouverle
au public sous pen, ct one ce qnartier
va recevoir IN n%oavelle inpolsion,
Lac Reverend Pere Chabrier est
venu a fond de train dimaacho der.
nlef, Vlsiter son excellent ami, lie
Rev. Pere MehauIt, mais malgre
sa dilligeance, Ia. c6remonie do
commencement 6tait terminee. LIE
mauvais temps avant empechd az
pioIement des orifammes ct de celles
qui devaient les porter,
On q danse beauconp ct long
temps sanedi dernier, chez ELIAS
Bfousaafd. On q voalu 50 regaIer
CO coco, mails le villain coco ma pas
yonln Sc laisser croquer. On dit
que les figures rouges d~evinrent
pales, les estomacs de mauraise
numeur, ct que les mignonnes
pouches %faisalent d'horribles grilna.
ees Ct s%ouyraient tout aa large pour
.s.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07
A Horse Aarert1senaent.

A man in Wisconsin advertises
his horse for sale and thus diseour.
SEES:
Thou canst trust thy labor 10
him. for his strength is great.
Thou caust bind hun with his
hand III tire furrow; lie will harrow
the valleys after thee.
he will gather Try seed into the
barn.
His strength is terrible, in which
he rejqiceth.
He paweth the valleys and waxeth
proud in lis speed.
He moeketh at fear, neither
turneth his lack from the hopgoblin.
Lo ! how lie moyeth bis tail like
a cedor. His sinews are as cables.
His bones are like strong pieces
of hrass-yes, like bars of iron.
BE ealetk grass like an OK.
Behold, he driukelh up 4 river; and
trosteth that liz can draw up Jor.
dan in his mouth.
Who can apen the door Of his
face ? Yet thon can'st approach
him with a dridie. His teeth are
terrible around abont.
/ will not conceal his parts, nor
his power, nor his comedy proper.
tons.
HE is a gentle, he is kind,
And his tail sticks out behind.p
Aud | want to sci! his for ZONE.
thing ! can pay my debts With.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

A writer in Southern CuItivator
says ! do love to see folks fix IN
their homes inside as well as thew
are able. 1t is a sign Of hope and
cleeriulness. The pprest happiness
q thls world is ut home, and 80 is
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

The mills on the lower 81 Mississippi
have all resumed operations, and
are crowded with %afsiers. The
supply Of cypress logs il perhaps
larger than ever known, for while
the overflow has been extremely
disastrous to the inhabitants along
the lower Mississippi in general. ii
has proved beneficial to the cypress
mills. Owing 10 the long suspension
of operations, orders have acculna-
lated to spch an extens that many
mills will be compelled to ran day
and night to catch up.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

There is a probability that there
will be a railroad built from Van
'couver TO Alaska at an carly dete.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Nous sonmes jalinsat
par Ia pluto mais hieo plus
le sont les ,pauVres hahilss6
voient leurs champs erivah
'flefbes. Nous ayo4is visiis
habllaGts ct pouvoas dire
tout on l'eil du naitre ! pa
a dlre L. on lo blanc traVa
reeolte est superieure
pAfricain, qai passe trop
a IL church on an elf2 D
meme aux poMailiers.
Yue. on peat voir par fas
recoltes, quelEes sont Ia
les ont trayaiIlees.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

AN ORGAN or
Lining ideas Ind LIZ ll
AN ENEMY on
Mohopolies, Oligarchism, sa
Spirit Of seetiogsI St
o.
The Courior Journal fHe
rnnsoS Editur-fne Chief. fe
knowledge Representative
of the South. is Democratic 4
and first. last. and Ill tue tiaas
reduction of the War Taxes
on the people by The tarifnoN n ~
TnE NGEKLY C0uRIER.
is the best weekly newspaper
d in the United S.atcs5 aIs
quantity and quality q
appears in earli issue oft
GHeApEsr. It's telegrapsie nses
lilies outclass any other pape
has the services Of The ablsa
AMI correspondents in the eaaas
presents Inc news of the
every section Of the world
70 its readers throughout
great number of Serial and
les BY prominent and popa
than ANU 1T The hiOllspriced Ha
1t S in every respect asAlods
aud Family Paper.
Tie Weekly Ceurier.JouIna 4
ar the Largest Circulation g
ocratic Newspaper il Amsf's
Bring in your jol
You will he astonislicd
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

will be a railroad built from Van
'coIver TO Alaska at an carly dale.
George Francis is the fastest
Train on record, having gone around
the word III sixty Eve days. Eight
days, 7 hours and Ill minutes quick.
er than Nellie BLY,.
-s- - :.
Miss Mary Andersen. will sbe mar.
mied in London 70 Mr.. Navarro
about the same date that Explorer
Stanley is.to marry Miss Dorothy
Davidson B. Penn, Of Tensas
formerly Of New Orleans. and T.. j.
Woodward, of New. Orleans, have
been appointed by the. Gogernor q
commissioners of Louisiana 10 the
Worlds Fair in Chicago i1 1892
$1,000, 900 viii be expended in
Dallas, Texas, by October, next, for
railway construction and improve
1heut. These Texas cities arc gl
ants in progress.
Young Paris mashers are now
eaid to wear colored shirts pink,
blue or red--in the evening. They
are displayed with the regular low
cut evening w~aistcoats, and to high
ten the contrast they are fastened
BY large jet studs. The demand for
such shirts is already SO great that
they cannot be made fast enough.
The young Prince Of Naples introd
ueed the fashion.-NeW York San.
Max O'Rell said farewell to this
country and carried away with him
$4,000 as the result of his visit.
The Kendalls said farewell to Ame-
RIGA and sailed away with 100000.
Patti said farewell to this country
and sailed for home with $500, 600.
This country will certainly continue
to fare well, but it looks as if would
fare better is these foreign artists
were to remain at home.-Norris-
town Herald.
A bright youth, undergoing ex-
amiRation "a few days since for
admissionato one Of the government
departments, found himself confront
ed with the question: What IS the
distance FROM the earth to the sum-
Notshaving the exact number Of
miles with him, he wrote 10 reply !.
i am unable to state accurately
but don't believe the. sun, il near
enough to interfere with q peoper
performance Of my degies If I get
the clerksnp.' =
a large. body of Cheyenne and
Arapahoa Indian are gathered near
Fort Reno, forty miles west Of Ok
lahoma, Ind. Ter, and grave appre.
leusions are felt concerning their
intentioas. They claim TO be
gathering there for tho purpoee Of
witnessing the second coming d
Christ: 4 company Of United
Statestroops from Oklahoma has
been detained at Fort Reno to
protect t4le1settlers in case an out
break should occur.
rGrNnd was Grst broken on the
franklin and Abbcyille railroad last
Monday mar H.. Jnlien's store, in
the upper Cypremort country, The
road will work into town from that
point, and will gradually work
towards Abbeville, and if any
inducements are offered BY the
Ahbeyillites. it will lie pushed
forward 10 that -point.-St. Mary
Banner.
Now, see here cofrere Saunders,
wheu-yougood people Of Franklin
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

The dynamite cruiser Vcsuvius
has been accepted by the secretary
Ufthe Navy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07
La pluie de din,aa4

dlnlaaIcha.
ren'lells . ioletrenpa
chooses. Dab0rd Is course
est insignificant, mas biea
onnement de celle que
,.qoes, "'as app Ions polss
De grands preparitifs
l'lt t. tout promelfait / s...,
fair bien des ,oileees nj
eness au fond des arnsir,s =.
bleo des ddeeptious. iii as
fat smals d%'anires.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

George Francis is the fastest
Train on record, having gone around
the word III sixty Eve days. Eight
days, Z hours and Ill minutes quick
er than Nellie BLY,.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07


Mons ayons Gu IL plaisir
Ia main a nlasIeurs de nos
sance ct ainis de Rogyi 4.
sieurs 6taient venus assIsle
galop de Nes.. o !
A bshire-nous voulons dire
lie resuIiat 4 /
mons Favions predit, Ii
Black CAT" Pauvre Jg
perons one les roqnets
fortunes nBe antre fais.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Mrs. Cook, % old aud esteemed
lady, died al her residence in Able.
Vile last Sunday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

lie dir cteur dos poats y
sees. l'fIon. Petty, monte
hidet blame snrveil . lps .faf
lie nouvelle corporation faiI
Les rues s'elargissent. les Ae
retrecisscnt. ct IL cassea
mons dit-on, disparaitfe l
vont etre en- ordrc: ma
banqnettes? Gems de pia
reforme, Sons tous qui nave sA
hien de vos constituents
decrettz gous pas ane loi aila
Fandre.t I'll ~tonjoars passeg
l'on dit enlightenment pa He
dc la rne, pour 6sitcr De
10 con sur les ipaughettes
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Robert Heard, Of Totness, Tenn,
was recently sentenced 10 prison at
hard labor for six weeks, for steal
ing a single kiss from a maiden
against her will Pretty dear kiss.
But the fellw said it was worth the
penalty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Bring in your jol'
You will be astonishcd
prices.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Lannon'S nous! Quoig
son de coari Depuis ID 1T
somme derenns sceptiqne m
chemins de fer ct pour erection
Ia courthouse, Nous % sa
Que dire ceci: Gees
lent, trop lent lie pea
Il est temps ono N sievar
vetu voir 81 es sacbes
mang6 les tuiquas Sc niette
Ct le plus vito possible.
ne manqtlent pas Ct les oasf
plus. Un pen de u laiie /
ferait pas Dc NAL 4 u
d'AbbevilIe.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Miss Mary Anderson. will sbe mar,
mied in London 70 Mr.. Navarro
about the same date that Explorer
Stanley is.to marry Miss Dorothy
Remnant.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

Davidson B. Penn, Of Tensas
formerly ofNev Orleans. and L.. J..
Woodward, of New Orleans, have
been appointed by the. Governor q
commissioners of Louisiana 10 tue
Worlds Fair IN Chicago il 1892.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07

On va conotriure une dglise a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-30
NOT A EINALITY.

One of the Republican time-kiilers at
the Newmarket Tuesday night pictured
the persistence of the tariff fefofmers
in discussing the MCKINLEY bill as a
gazing after the procession that has
just got round the corner. The highest
opponents of that system insist that it
must be accepted as a finality and eff
forts to disturb it cease. The view
sought to be impressed upon business
men who regard it as unjust and out
rageous, both in purpose and method,
is that the control of the senate has
been made certain by the friends of
high tariff for at least decade, and
that to continue the agitation will be
injurious to business. That is no new
trick of the perpetrators CT public acts
that do violence TO the intelligent pop
ular sense. Almost exactly the same
language was used by the supporters
of the compromise measures Of 1850.
Mr.. WEBSTER periled his stand
ing in Massachusetts to insure perma-
nent disposition of the dangerous slavery
issue. Mr.. CLAY believed the question
had been taken out of the popular arena,
and made feryent appeal to the senate
to stop the discussion. Mr.. CAss said,
81 think the question is settled in the
public mind. l do not think it worth
while to make speeches upon it," The
marvellous word painter, CHOATE, said
the compromise had ''calmed the mad
ness and anxiety of the hour" But
there were other statesmen in the SEN
ate whose Judgment was not blinded by
their personal wishes. CHASE, the later
chief justice; HALE. of New Hamp-
shire, and Others told them that they
had settled nothing. They had but
contributed to the development of a
contest that would GO Oh till the
question was settled Oh enduring
principles. There is vastly less
reason now for speaking of the tariff
bill as a permanent adjustment than
there was for believing that the paci-
ficatiOn of the tumut in 1850 would
make permanent concord with the rad
icaliy variant element. 1t is q COM
promise between the masses of the peo-
pie and the few in which all the assets
go to the few. The Republicans have
no soothing syrup that will quiet the
righteous Indignation of the people
while this measure is sapping their
| life blood for the enrichment of mo-
nopolies. A compromise that sacrifices
| the general Interests to build up an
aristocracy of wealth ought not to en-
dure. Every violation of equitable prin-
ciples such as the MCKINLEY bill but
| adds fuel to the flames that will in the
end consume that which is untitled for
place in fabric of popular rights.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-30

ed. he was Snubbed, and the suggestions
of the labor delegation were treated
with contempt. The importers and the
representatives of the commercial
classes. who imposed their views upon
the unwilling attention of Mr.. McKIN-
LEY'S committee, were treated in like
manner. But when the agent of the
Standard Oil company, the representa-
tive of CARNEGIE's steel works. and
the English attorney Of the tin plate
syndicate got into the committee room,
they were accorded respectful hear
ing, and their views were embodied IN
the new tariff law.
That is the truth, as all the American
people know.
Now, we want Mr.. REED and the Re-
publican gentlemen who applauded his
false statement to tell us wien farmer
was ever known to appear before Mr..
MCKINLEY committee, or when a
farmers or workingman's advice was
ever solicited with reference to the
framing of the new tariff law.
Who were the men who infested the
committee room when the MCKINLEY
bill was in process of preparation?
The capitalist and the monopolist, for
whom American legislation is now
enacted, were there. He had the time
and the means to look after his mighty
interests at the seat of government, and
his face can be seen at ali times in all
the corridors of the capitol. He is there
armed with the power of banks. bonds
and manufactures. and wherever he
treads monopoly lifts up It's ugly crest,
and Knocks the people with the special
fav0rs it is receiving at the hands of
Mr.. REEDS congress. lie listens with
Impotence to contradiction. and at
temptS to drown the authority of rea-
son by the force of WORKOUT epithets.
But where was the farmer or the me-
chanic?
His honest. sunburnt face was un-
known i'll the precincts of national
legislation when the MCKINLEY law
was under discussion. His plain clothes
were no. seen amid the throng which in
vaded Mr.. MCKINLEY'S committee room.
He is the power above all others which
upholds the entire political and social
with regard to the framing of That law.
From his hard hands flow those CON
slant rivulets which feed and swell the
lllimitable ocean of revenues.
Delegations crowded McKINLEY's
| committee room in behalf of every
human enterprise except that which is
| greatest of all--the cause of labor. The
farmer and the mechanic were toiling
| Mt home to meet the eXactions of the tax
| gatherer, while those whose hands are
| unstained with labor, and whose lives
are given to sumpIuous ease. were
shaping the legislation of the country
for the purposes of private gain ana in
diyidual monopoly.
These are the facts, and Mr.. REEF
knew it to be just as we have stated
aud yet he gave utterance to a deliber
ate falSehood when he said that the
MCKINLEY law represented the average
sense of the Am erican people. 1t rep
resehts nothing but the interests of the
tariff barens.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-30

action with market of One-third that
amount. The Mckinley tariff might
not disturb trade as much as some pro-
test it will. America must get paid for
exports to Englan and must take pay
ment either in British manufactures or
foreign colonial goods through English
markets. One effect of the bill would
be the direction of the English
manufacturer toward the production or
finer goods, because these bore the least
lntolerable protect. We rate. The result
would be to elevate and improve the
taste of British manufacturers and
stimulate their ingenuity. The ten
dency of the Americans would be to-
ward the manufacture of coarser
goods. In spite of protection the COM
merce between America and Great
britain had rapidly and greatly in
creased. The experience of the past
ought to dispel all fears that
the Mckinley tariff wsuld effect
material injury to England. The
harm would be fractional compared
with what would be done to the people
projected. Protection" he said, twas
a mlsnOmer; it ought to he oppression
America should be left to find out for
herself the evils the tariff will accom-
pllsh. Ii we have faith Ill the economic
ana moral truths of free trade, let us
nave faith In their vindication west OF
the Atlantic. A people so acute as the
Americans will find the way to results
pest Tor themselves more effectually il
Ieft to themselves, especially by the
English, who ought to show that as
much as they value Americas com
merce, the value her friendship and re-
gard mOre'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-30
Stanley Brutality Assails the
Memories Of Men of His
Expedition.
Indulging in Innuendo, He
Fails to Meet the Bart
telot Charges.
Gladstone Says Protection Is
a Misnomer; 1t Should Be
Oppression.
England Can Well Afford to
Be Driven From American
Markets.

LONDON. Oct. 30-In an interview
published in the Telegraph, Mr.. Stan
ley, still INDUCING in innuendo and
evading the charge that he left the
scum of his men with Mai. Barttelot,
declares that the bad state of the rear
column was due to occurrences too hor-
rlble to describe in all their bar
barity. If fully described. they
would make an Englishman's blood
boil and his cheek flush with shame.
Being asked what caused the wholesale
deaths there, Mr.. Stanley excitedly as
serted that he saw men with holes in
their bodies, alive with maggots. In
answer to Troup'S charges. Mr.. Stanley
asked whether, If they were true, his
own return would have caused enthus-
iasm and revived hopes i'll the rear
column as it did. He accuses Troup of
Jealousy and ambition, and says the
failure of the officers to protest against
BarttelOtS action, in order to justify
themselves, compelled him to include
all four in the same condemnation. Mr..
Stanley adds: ''They wanted all the
blame to fall on Barttelot.''
Mr.. Stanley says he possesses letters of
sixteen pages from Troup, containing
| matter which it is impossible to publish
and that Troup refuses to modify it. In
| reply to the charge that he sought fame
| and riches, Mr.. Stanley says that he
| spent $4,000 on the expedition before
| the start was made and distributed 5000
| pounds among the members of the ex,
| pedilion OH their return for the admira-
| BILE services they rendered during the
| African trip. After describing, in a
graphic manner, the death of Maj. Bart
telot, he concluded by emphaticaIly de-
| claring that he knew nothing of the
alleged immortality in the rear col
umn, and that the trouble was some
! thing entirely different. The Novem-
Der number of the Contemporary Re
| view contains an article written by DR..
| Peters upon the authority of Emin
Pasha, which asserts that Stanley more
| than once threatened to force Emln to
| accompany him to the coast. While
delivering King Leopold's offer to Emin,
Stanley: at the same time urged the
| pasha not to accept, alleging that
| the Congo state was in bad
way and to further influence Efnin Ia
decline. limited that King Leopold had
treated him Stanley badly. DR.. Peters
also accuses Stanley of having drunk
wine at dinner served ia European
| fashion, while others of his party at the
| same table were served with negro fare
and had no wine. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
| sailed on the Teutonic from Liverpool
! to-day for New York.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-30

on the Jury plan, which has stood the
test of centuries, is apt to result in its
complete overthrow.
The other amendment proposes to
change tn manner of taxing railroads.
Under existing laws the railway COM
panies are taxed on their gross carr
ings, while their property is exempt.
The amendment proposes to abolish the
tax on the gross earnings and to apply
the ad valorem system of taxation to
the property owned by the roads. On
the face of it this looks to. be fair
proposition, and yet it is pretty we'll I'M
derstood that the amendment was
suggested by the railroads themselves,
and was agreed to 10y the Legislature at
the instance of the railway managers.
The railroads have disposed of the bulk
of their lands in this state, and practi-
caily have nothing left to be taxed but
their roadbedS. The old law suited
them best as long as they had vast
landed possessions. Now that they are
disposed of, IL will be less expensive for
the railway companies to pay taxes on
their roadbeds than on their earnings.
That is all there is in this railway tax
amendment.
We have made what we believe to be
a fair statement of the proposed amend
ments and their probable effect. Yet
we are prepared to see both of them
adopted simply because the voters are
not busying themselves with an investi-
CATION of them. They will not even
stop to take into consideration that these
two amendments were submitted to the
people by the most corrupt legislature
in the history of the state, legislature
that was incapable of doing a righteous
act.
Mr.. LINCOLN was once asked why it
was that during his service in the Illi-
nois legislature and in the national con-
gress he had never made mistake in
votes. His reply was: 'Whenever |
had doubt as to the propriety Of a
measure l always voted no." This is a
good suggestion for the voters of this
state to act upon with reference to the
pending amendments. 1t is certain
there has been no popular clamor for
the proposed changes in the state con-
StitutiOn, and as they are just as liable
to operate harm as to effect good, it
will be safe thing to vote against
| them.