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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

For The benefit of the Lafayette
yindicator, we will say that an
engineer or a survey don't make a
railroad than a couple Of swallows
do spring. We have had surveys
and engineers enough; what we
want is, some rails and crossties.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Lake Charles has a farmers al
fiance union that is evidently TOO
queer a freak Of nature TO be left
lying around loose. II should be
put in q cage and placed on exhibit.
Some time ago this union endorsed
the lottery in the very teeth of The
Grund Unions condemnation. From
the Echo Of last week, we see the
union has put out q municipal ticket
for the city of Lake Charles. Now
what we would like to know, is how
a resident Of a town or city can
belong 70 the alliance. and what
sort of farmers those Lake Charles
alliance men are? Is raising saw
legs considered an agricultural pug
suit in Lake Charles? Tell Us.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

The Governor has ordered a
specialization in the 18th ward of
New Orleans, for a member of the
Legislature to succeed Alphonse
Phillips, whose seat has been de-
cIared vacant.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Out in a backwoods town in
last. week, the sheriff left
the conrt room for dinner, forget.
ting all about his prisoner. who af-
terwards leasurcly walked off, and
has not since been captured.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Dernierement notre assessor,
charge en- ce moment, du r9cense.
ment de Ia paroisse d6posait dams
notre sein lie recit de ses tribuIa.
tons. Les obstacles qu'il reneontre
dams accomplishment de So tache
sont vraiment incroyables.
Dernierement une femme 4 oui II
demandait poliment son nom, sa
Nuisance ct lie nombre de ses en-.
fants, pour satisfaire AJAX exigences
de Ia loi, Sc courrauca de la belle
ct lie NIT carrement a Ia porte
le traitant d'insolent.
Dams IN autre endroit lie mari ne
Sc rappelait pas lie nom de sa femme.
Pavait oublie en- sortant de r6.
lors de son marriage. etc. etc.
Nous en- passons ct des meilleures
que nous Vous dirons proehainement.
LA sentinelle de Thibodaux.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Miss Georgia Rattan is the sug
gestive name of a young Oregon
school teacher. The pupils will be
apt to keep their eyes on her.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

A private dinner given at Del
! moulco's New York, recently, cost
$4,000. The floral decorations
alone cost $4,000.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

How absurd for newspapers to
publish Rules for tHusbands." ANY
sort Of wife can prescribe better
rules for . husband than he can End
in o newspaper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Des hcmmes de science ct de
mathematique ont calcaIe quill pas
salt par la crevasse Mia 3.O145OO
gallons d'eau par secoude.
Mais aucun d'eox ma pens6 Que Ia
vote, 81 violement ct 81 puissamment
creee par le Mississippi. pouyait
devenir IN bayou natnrel et m
deVersoir regulier pour le trop-plein
dun Heuve a la folie des hommes.
1T qui done, en- voyant Que les
eaux de Ia ereyasse Mia, an lieu de
seconler tout naturellement i ID
mer, etalent retenucs ct TRANSFORMERS
lac par les talus ct les voics de
chemln de fer, sen est emu outre
mesure ct pendant plus de vipgt
9uatre heures?--Le Piounier de
Assumption.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

The only time when a woman
longs to keep her mouth shut is
when she is at the dentists.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Coarse remarks made BY one
person does not excuse indulgence
IN biIlingsgate and scurrilitY BY
another in condemning their utter
-ance; and the Critic remarks that
ahe editor of the States should make
a note Of this.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31
81
IS WEEKS.

M
The NEW YoRK IhEUsTRai
News will be mailed, securely
ped to any address In the uAls
State or Canada, for three moase
on the receipt of.
0NE DOLLAR
Liberal discounts allowed
agents, postmaster and club
agents can sell this paper
openly and above board ssa
copies mailed Zee. Address
Ieu York Illustrated l Sill
252 Broadway, NeS loFRs8s
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

That most excellent paper. the
Franklin Banner, has just entered
upon its second volume. Mr.. j. Y.
Sanders, its new editor, is keeping
the journal up to its high STANDARD
Of excellence, and If whoever is in
charge Of the mechanical depart
ment would get a new roller, distri-
butte the ink better and dc some
decent presswork, it would be the
irandsomest paper in the State. This
Office has not had a respectfully
printed copy Of the Banner in a long,
dong time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

A report lately before the Italian
chamber Of deputies shows that in
Italy there are I2,943 persons who
have received licenses 10 beg, and
who are nnchalIenged by the police.
A bill is now before the chamber,
providing for the abolition of those
licenses and for the erection Of a
Of q poor house in each commune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

The photographic, or talking doll
is one of Edison's latest electrical
devices, and they are being manu-.
featured at the rate Of 500 per day,
at Orange, n. J. By the simple
operation Of turning a crank any
child can make the doll repeat the
story it was taught TO say in the
phonograph factory.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Oar Senator Hampton. was one
of the absentees who sneaked ont Of
the Senate chamber last Friday.
before the businessof the day had
been transacted. All, there, sena-
tor, we had sadly fear you ranging
with some sorry cattle since you
parted company with your old. tried
and trusty yokefelIow, Sen. Foster.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

We have received the first mum
Der of the New Iberia Democrat,
a handsome SPACE. 4-column sheet
Democratic in politics, and anti
lottery in principle. It is edited
with more than ordinary legal vigor,
and has a knack Of driving its argu-
ments clear through a subject, and,
clinching them on the other eide.
1t declares that it has come to stay,
and it will make things lively in the
lottery camp il Iberia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-31

Tie New Orleans Critic, In its
Baton Rouge notes, says: "Hon.
Granville Shaw, of Abbeville, the
legislator and shootist, is always on
hand when lunches of little faded
flowers are given OUT Now,
just what is meant by this does not
appear very clearly, but as the
Critic is very humorous at times.
we conclude this is a little "goak."
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21

tN' Ledger.)
lll-conditioned dogs do not all 90
upon four legs. Most of us have
seen an&rling ours upon two. If there
IS hateful blped on the face of the
earth, 1t is your habitual snarler-
the man Who has reduced lin aturo
To system, and practices it method.
lcaiT at all times and seasons.
These professors OF the snsrkl,no
ART OF couEse snarl at everybody and
eFeryt hing, bat their especial targets
are their families, They preverse TIE
chemistry of the bee. Instead ofex-
tracing honey from the weeds of life
'Hey contrIVo to extract poison out
OF It's honey. 1t has been said that
man never IL, bat always to he,
hieSi; but thsp5 no* the case with
the snaTlcr. lie neither is nor can
L" blc2t. La fact, he won't be blest.
ou', on The contrary, is curse to
Ill nseif and to sill who come in con.
tact wlth him.
Oh! the wives that are snarled at
vain are their efforts to please. All
Their "innn! ways are met with
So"t0mely, all their fond words
e4oAe'< IN the utteranca with snsn.
p'7h yespa OF anger and contenur
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
Educating a Nation.
louisville Courier-Journall

louisville Courier ournal.)
Underlying all other public CUES
tons, pressing, persistent, com
manding, is the subject of education
Important in every civilized nation,
1t is in America of paramount inter
est. In America We have 12, 100000
children enrolled in the public
schools alone; how to increase this
attendance how 10 lower absentee
ism, how to waste no money. m
energy, no time, but TO make every
effort tell; what methods are best.
what studies are essential: what in
haences are to be stimulated; how to
reach the hearte, the minds. the con-
sciences of these children; what
Ideals 10 put before them-these are
matters of most profound concern.
Our public schools require 347.292
teachers, and cost annually $122,-
4'o'Z0z, o. ala TWO years ago. These
llgores simply show She magnitude
oil the system, and are staggering
even to the imagination, hut it is to
De remembered that the United
States pension list calls for more
money than the schools receive. The
future of the Republic is committed
to these 100000 children, and to
the hundreds of thousands in private
and sectarian schools, to these and
not to one or the other of the politics
al parties, to these and not 10 anv
church. nor to any organization
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
What Does he Take Us For?
(From National Republican,

(FTom National Republican,
When through the operation o
the Lodge national election bill six
or seven Southern States shall dis
card Democratic rule, we shall look
confidently TO see some measure OF
justice done the blacks who have
been so long defrauded of their
rights.
Heavy taxes should be laid upon
the property OF the whites to develop
and extend the public school system
in those States, separate schools for
the two races should be abolished,
and the plan of bringing the youth
of both colors into close and equal
relations in schools and churches
given fair trial as one of the most
potent elements to break down the
detestatle bourbonism of the South.
The right of the black to bear arms
should be guaranteed to him, as well
as the social rights intended to be
secured him by the passage Of the
18th and 18Th amendments to the
constitution. The State laws against
the inter-marrIage Of the races should
be repealed, and any Determinations
against the blacks in the matter OF
learning trades or obtaining employ
ment should be made a criminal
offence, while tie colored mans right
TO holu 0flite should be sacredly
protected and recognized. A few
years Of this policy Will solve the
race problem satisfactorily.
The talk Of Southern Democratic |
Congressman IN the House on
Lodges national election law bill
reminds one of the fiery diatyibes Of
Southern Representatives Just before
the war. But the plantation whip
was cracked in vain this time. 1t
has been long time since then, and
the world-all but the Southern sec
ton of the United States-has grown
wiser,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21


rams on Neck
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o"p; Arriving GInvIic n
>Ch w m: HALIFAX Wedon % '
& Rail Daily
p m, sunday 800
Plymouth 1907 500 pyuontb
Tarboc N O. $40 IN 1' m WILLIAMSON 710a m
on Branch
0W M arrive Smthfd Returning leaves NJ a.
N c. a
D. M spring ranob leaves Rocky Mount
Tram ON Ciin3on rocky Mount Ill daily except SUNDAY
oo p m and IL 10 Returning clinton at N p1 II
No 23
No So +Daiv rnt S3 Fayetteville Branch
Tam No ooqh Will stop only at Wilson, nd MagnoIa
'l1lno11 and ayvia3a
Al Trans run solid between Wilmington
''">Hi'o'of
r. KENLY. JOIN +. DIVINE,
Supt Trans. T. NJ EMERSON ceor paa. . General SUPP
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
Too Many Books.
Rockingham Rocket

Rockingham Rocket
The number Of books turned out
by the publishing houses Of the
country ia enormous. Such q guam
tity of literature as the land is being
undated with would be q compli-
mentary commentary upon the in
telligence and literary culture Of our
people, if the most of it were not so
inferior and worthless. Works of
fiction largely predominant, and the
tremendous ssle of books that are
passiyely empty and inane, as well
as those that are actively vicious,
sadly shows that there is great
lowering of the popular taste since
the days when Scott VAS read with
enjoyment and Dickens and Tack.
cry were loved and appreciated,
There are too many books. "Read-
ing makes full man." bat skimming
over the pages of society or a
"realistic" novel is not reading
The eyes only are employed in such
reading as. this; the mind has no
part in is. The kind of reading
which makes a full man is the kind
that digests and assimilates what is
read, 1t is not the number OF books
one reads that is Of value: q few
good books well considered and un-
derstood, are worth libraries merely
dipped into.
There Is no pleasure in this lie
greater than q taste for reading.-
Everything ought to be done that
can be done to make good books
cheaper anj more plentiful. But
The printing presses that are daily
sending out so much that is vile and
'ernicious ought to be either stop
led or put to better use.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
IS Consumption Encurah!co


Read the following: Mr.. G, y
i'oIr'a' Ne"ark, Ark. says: "Was
0t"n with Absccss of Lungs, and
IfleA"s and physicians pronounced
me an incarahle Constructive. Be
gan taking DR.. Kings New Discoy-
cry l"r Consumption am now on
my 'hlrd bottle. and able to oversee
Tie "or, on my farm. 1t il the fin.
eat medicine eve made" ~ ''H
|esSe nilddlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
E;3; l1ad It not been for Dr.
+ mug = New Discovery for Consume.
' ''on 1 you'd have died Of Lung
, ~ " as given up by doctors
S = III now IN best of health.' Try it
E2ampie bottles free at EFT, vista.
mead d Co.'s drugstore. -'''
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
Electric Esitfers.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need nc
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the SHINE song
OF praise.-A purer medicine does
not exist and it is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases Of the Liver
aud Kidneys, will remove Pimples.
Boile, Salt Rheum and other affec.
lions caused By impure Blood
Will drive Malaria from the system
and prevent as we'll as cure all MAJ
larial fevers.-For cure ofHeadache,
Constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bitters--E1tire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money Refunded
Price SOC. and $1,O0 per bottle at Z.
1. Whitehead & Co.'s drugstore.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
j. CHIN.
MlLLWRlGHT and MACHTNTST
Near cor. II and Main St
~C0TT. Nh N1z~r- NJ r.

ScoTLAND NECK, n. c.
Prepared to bore out engines or do anv
klnd OF repairing and fitting connected
WIN them. Pipe cut and fitted by mas
SGn nnn steam and water fittings on
lland. Sell the best mills and mil ma
cnlnefY' at manufacturers prices. cotton
seq oil mills, hydraulic presses, &c,
= a.so sci pianos, organs and sewing
Sponsible parties, or low for cash WI
trade Tor old ones, string, tune and renair
the same. A IL work unhandy to br,ne
TO my shop, will have promptly done At
your home. 90 4S d
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
THE WHISKY CAVE.
One Of the Popular Methods of
MOonshiners to Avoid Detec-


MOonshiners to Avoid Detec-
ton.
Philadelphia Press.
Perhaps the cleverest method of the
moOnshiner in avoiding detection is the
cave system. In this the house of the
moonshiner is placed OH hill not far
from precipitous and gloomy ravine or
gully. EHalf way down the side of the
ravine nearest the house, and if pos
sible, adjacent to several large rocks,
a cave ten by twelve is eXcavated,
provided natural underground
apartment does not exist. The dirt
from this excavation is carried to con-
siderable distance. and is either thrown
on plOwed field or otherwise carefully
disposed of. The path is obliterated by
sowing grass seed or scattering branches
of trees across it here and there. In
going to and from this Subterraneous
apartment, whose entrance is very small
and hidden by rocks or shrubbery, diff
ferent routes are chosen each day, so
that no worn path from the house to the
cave will be presented to the stranger
OF the curious.
There is no chimney or visible means
of escape for the smoke from this sub
terraneous apartment. This is the
most important part of the whole
matter. Running from the cave to the
house, distance, perhaps. of 200 yards,
is an underground chimney. made of
stone for twenty-five feet or so from
the cave, and composed of wood for the
remainder. This is buried in trench
that rises constantly to the house, where
the smoke finds exit through the regu-
lar chimney of the dwelling. 1t is
necessary to keep fire burning in the
house during the time that the fire is
alight in the underground distillery.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
He Was on His Vacation.
Boston journal.

0OStOn JUuIHai.
A story is told about a young man en-
ployed in big retail dry goods store
who was granted vacation. 1t was ex-
pected that ne would HE to the mount
aius OF go to the shore. The first morn
ing he was free he walked through the
store leisurely, Dodding to his comrades
behind the counters, but speaking to
no one. He then made his exit. The
second day he was an hour later, but he
passed in review his toiling associates
and then went out. This he repeated
for six days. When he returned Mon
day morning he was asked why this
strange behavior. He replied that he
had felt for a long time desire to be
able to do as be pleased in the store,
and he had now been able to do so; and
he added: PPM satisfied and ready to
go to work again better satisfied than
if I had climbed mountains or bathed in
the surf" 1t was positive gratifca-
len to be visitor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
81 use The
pure Baking
Powder in my
kitchen, it is
so sweet"
Mrs. Atty. Gen. Miller
All o h e r
| a N ps make
more or less
s m ell t h e
u" Pittsburgh "
none.

The reason is: the combus-
ton is perfect in the Pitts
burgh;" not quite in others.
AS might be expected the
pittsburgh" burns less Oil
and gives more light than
any OF er central-draft
lamp.
Thereason whyt the Pitts
burgh," new this year, is
taking the lead already is
its cleanness; it is the clean
est of lamps; it almost keeps
itself clean. 1t has no dirt
pocket; has no need OF a
dirt-pocket.
A common servant,or even
a child, can take care OF it.
Send for a primer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
Knights Of Labor Will Vote
Whether They Shall Enter
Into Politics.
A Local Firm Said to Have
Imported Labor in Vio-
lation Of Law.
The Coming Session of the
Federation Of Labor Will
Be Of Interest.
Indu Stpial Information Gath
cred From All Twin
City Sources.

During the past week considerable agia-
ton has been going OH in labor circles in st.
Paul, which did not create much interest OIL
the surface. 1t has been caused by circn-
lar issued by the executive board of the K
of J.. to the local assemblies. They are asked
to vote upon the question whether the order
shall form new political party. Each mem
Der of the order in ST. Paul has received
blank form VIII ich he is requested to fill out
The following are the most important ques-
tons asked:
First-Do you favor taking independent
political action9
Second-Do you favor the idea of turning
the order of the knights of Labor into a
political party?
The result Of the vote viii in all probability
change the future policy of the order; but it
isno intended 10 have any effect on the
present political campaign. The assemblies
Ill st. Paul, however expect no other result
than that this new move will in a great
measure tend TO revive the interest in the
order.
Rev. George N. Muller. who has been lee
turing for the X. of /. in Minnesota for sew
eral weeks past, has received an invitation to
deliver series of lectures on industrial
topics In Montana. He has accepted the in
vitation and viii leave for Butte City about
@NOts ~ NlcdUWuIlS lie Will aUureSS sew
eral meetings of working people i'll ST. Paul
ana adjoining cities.
The next session OF the American Fedora
ton of Labor will include among its mem
beers two delegates from Minnesota A. j. Null
len, of Minneapolis. will represent the typo
graphical union and james Morrow repre-
sents the Retail Clerks Union of ST. Paul.
His mission will also be to assist in building
up q national association of retail statesmen.
Already more than twenty clerks unions
have promised TO send delegates. 1t is quite
probable that a large national organizations
having branches in all the large cities, will
be established.
delegate to trade and labor assembly
makes startling report that a firm OF engine
manufacturers III one of The suburbs is svs
tematicaliy importing foreign labor under
contract. Already three machinists have
been imported and three more will arrive III
few days. The men employed in the iron
trades are naturally quite indignant, and ask
that the matter be brought TO the attention OF
the FEDERAL authorities. There is in ST. Paul
deputy agent of the United States treasury
depart ment. who is supposed 10 be on the
watch tor such violations of the laws Until
the present instance, however. his most ardu-
Gus duty seemed to be to draw his salary.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26

Total. ...-... ........ S34 45
That's most as much as the whete and
taters both come to. If l hadn't had
money with me we couldn't have bought
what we needed for the winter. Mike
drove one teme and | drove the other
teme all theway home, and we didn't
neither of us say word till we come to
the gate. Then Mike asst me if thought
he had sense enough to dress hisself. l
Sed yes thought he had
''Well," SEE Mike, Il thought l didn't
have no more clothes than / needed last
year, but this new law seq | had: so I'll
have to go necked six months this year
or quit loser"
And my wife sed, For heavens sake,
Mike, shut the gate and be STILL"
| wasn't afraid of his goin' necked
none. but it did look like tina was some
sense in what he Sed.
Philo come over while was putin
up the teme and wanted to buy some
sede whete. He got purity nigh enough
of me last week, but he wanted about
four bushels TO patch out. l told him
OWN to the McKindlin bill. would hev
to raise the price on him a little. He
just looked paralyzed and he sed:
why. the law wasn't never made for
that. It's made to raise the price Of fac
tory stuff-not farm produce. just fact
DRY stuff and labor lookin' at Mike
kinda quick. Philo's bin q tryin' to
reskew Mike from the error OF his waZe
for long time.
"Well.' seq |, sstake what You need
Philo, but leve us enough for bread,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
FUTURE EVENTS.

The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers will held an open meeting at the hall,
corner Third and Exchange streets, to-mor-
row (Monday) evening. Fl. B. Martin and
several other speakers have been secured to
discuss industrial subjects. An invitation is
extended 10 the public 10 attend.
The tin. sheet-iron and cornice workers
union will give its third annual bail at Tur-
ner hall Monday evening Their success
heretofore is an assurance of q pleasant time
in prospect.
The Brotherhood of Painters and .Decorat.
ors give its first annual ball at Turner hall
Friday evening. The proceeds will be de-
voted to the local benefit fund. Several COM
nlittees have been working for several weeks
past to make the affair u success.
The fifth annual ball Of Operative Plaster
ers' Union No. 20 will be given s. a. o. u.
hall Friday evening, Oct. 81.