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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30
How 10 Help Your 0ftx.

There are many ways in which
every man, woman and child can no
something to help bnild up and
develop our city. One of these
ways Is to aid ID local advertising.
In order to do this, let every man,
woman and child who knows any
item Of news that might be interest.
ing to themselves or anybody else,
give the same to the local reporter
of your town paper and let him
prepare it for the paper, items con,
cercerning churches, schools, social
gatherings, lectures, new buildings
and improvements Of any kind, new
enterprises projected, sales and
transfer of property, arrival and
departure Of sea-goiBg vessels,
marriages. sickness, deaths, amusing
incidents, serious things-in fact, all
kinds Of news-will be thankfully
received and carefully sifted and
prepared lcr the press By the local
reporter.-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

w - y ~ AZ uA p1g OutiSItu.
An Irishman seeing q Chinaman
reading Chinese book backward
as is their custom, exclaimed
Johnny, are ye left handed or only
cross.eyed?"
A man told her daughter that If
she learned to work be would give
her surprise. She learned the
art, and be surprised her by dis.
charging the servant girl.
A little more than two persons
are killed every day iu railroad
accidents in this country, and four
or five are injured.
A man discovers more virtues in
his wife before he is married and
after he is divorced, than he ever
did in the interim between these
two periods in his career.
How mankind defers from day TO
day the best it can do, and the
most beautiful things il can enjoy.
without thinking that some day
must be the last one, and that lost
time is lost eternity.
Whether marriage is a failure or
not, there can be 30 doubt that
courtshipis a grand success. 1t is
surprising how companionable two
persons can be when both are on
their good behavior.
The great question now il.
should clergyman use tobacco ?''
We think not. The clergy is over,
worked testing and lestimonialisine
patent medicines. We shouldn't
expect too much even Of the clergy.
The board Of education in Colum
bus, Ohio, has decided that here.
after there shall be no difference in
the salaries paid to men and women
who are teachers in the public
schools.
a woman who died at Tremons,
Pa, few days ago, weighed one
hundred and ten pounds. A year
ago she weighed four hundred and
sixty pounds, but sickness reduced
her weight.
The chief trait in the new cos.
tunes Of the season is the sleeve.
which is cut of different shapes, bat
always very fnll at the top, and is
generally made Of constrasting
material, not only for dresses but
also for mantles.
The latest device of.girltood ii d
fancy for stufipg pillows with their
old love letters. There is one
thing about the contents of these
pillows that can be depended npon
with marked degree of certainty
they are sure to be soft.
Mrs. Elizebeth Sands, who died
in Baltimore last Sunday age I0l. is
said never to have got out Of hnmor,
which will probably account for the
sands of life running 70 long with
her. Good huinor is spendid
recipe for loDgIevity
South Carolina is one Of the few
states that does not require the
fofmality Of a marriage licaDae bng
when you are once married there
is no voluntary escape except, by
suicide az this is the only state it
the Union that viii not grant d
divorce.
The ami Lottery BIZ has paasad
the lower house of Congress without
division; it will speedily be enacted
into a law. and well, hats tie
END of the lottery Cosgroyes
Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

Paint spots may be removed from
wood BY covering them with thick
coating Of lime and soda. Wash
off after twenty four hours.
Wo are accustomed to consider
Japan as a heather country, yet
Japan has 500 900 children 10 her
primary schools.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

The cultivation Of the Japanese
bamboo is to be introduced III Flo.
rida, not only for its attractiyeness,
but for It's utility.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

Silk from paper pulp - made
smooth and brilliant. has about the
same elasticity as ordinary silk and
is aboa. two.thirds as strong.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

AT the time of General Fremont's
death he was engaged upon the
manuscript Of a paper for The Cen
tury's forthcoming series on the
California Gold Hunters. It was
to be entitled Finding Paths, to
California" and was not only to
deal with the several exploring
expeditions, but to narrate the writ,
er's intimate connection with the
event which led to the conquest and
occupation of the territory. The
work will be promptly continued by
Mrs. Fremont. A 6rst draft Of the
article had been made, and the sub
iect had beeen SO recently and
closely discussed by General and
Mxs. Fremont that she will hare no
trouble in completing the manus'
cript, for which she had already
written an introduction, as we'll as a
supplement describing her life at
Monterey in l849. a fEe portaait
of General Fremont from a daguer.
reotype of 49 or SO will appear in
the September number of the Centn.
ry, along with portraits OF Commo
dores Sloat and Stockton, Duke"
Given, and Governor Bennett, in an
article giving account Of "How
California Came into the Union
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

Years ago, when Henry Grady
was struggling to bring the Rome
Commercial into front ranks, he
came one day and asked the Roun.
savilIe Brothers for an advertise
ment: "WhY, Grady, nobody reads
your paper, it is of no use to adver.
tise in 1t. A happy thought sug.
gested itself to Mr. Grady He
went to his Office and wrote the
following advertisement, which
appeared next morning in the Com,
mercial: Wanted, ffty cats; liberal
price for the same. Apply to Roun.
savilIe Brothers" Well, the pic
ture that presented itself at Roun
saville's corner next morning beg
gars description. Boys of all ages
aud sizes, boys of all tint, from the
fair haired youth to the sable
Ethiopian, bare foot boys and rag
ged boys, red headed boys, freckled
faced boys, town boys and country
boys, boys from ali parts Of Floyd
county, blocked up the side walk
doorways, and street with bags full
Of cats-cats of every description,
name and order-hoasa cats, yard
cats, barn cats, church cats, fat cats,
lean cats, honest cats and thievish
cats. Well, to make long story
short, the RonnsavilIes told Mr.
Grady to reserve column for their
advertisement as long as his paper
continued, and that was what Grady
wanted. Rome Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14

In Women S Summer Foot
wear Oxfords and low cuts
have the call-blacks or cOlors.
OF course we set the pace in
prices: but that's not the most
important part. Fit comes first.
In medium grades as well as
in the finest we fit you perfect
ly. In workmanship and style
we take it that all these goods
show the perfection of shoe
making.
Take two of the most popu-
lar prices-S3 and SIS: more
than forty styles for you to
pick from, and we think there's
at Ieasta dollar more of value
in every pair of them than
you'll find in like grades out
side, All the betwixt and be-
low styles just as plentiful.
Two High Shoes-button
and lace. Mahogany goat.
S. apair, true value 81. All
sizes and widths
Tennis Shoes. 81 to SIS.
Each dav now adds some
thing new and sAapely for
Men, Women and Children.
As good value as we ever
had in Cream Huck Towels.
Large size-22x44 inches
good finish, and the price I5c
(I.8O a dozen) lhey'd be
swapping quick value at ooc,
Handsome snow b e c h
Huck Towels, damask borders,
25c each.
Sorts and sorts at just as
winnings prices.
Do you keep an eye on the
New Book Table? It's a magic
mirror in which you can see at
a glance whatever the publish
ers are turning out Here are
two or three armsful of the
newest.
Novels and Tales;
When We Were Boys. william O'Brien. sl.l,
The Master Of the Magicians, Elizabeth
Stnart Ihelps and y. Ward ........... y
Sister saint Sulpiee Valdes From the i,
A FOREIGN Match. Rsot.....:...:.....:.... 4
Tales Of New England. sarah Orne
R9SSSeI iamartine. New edition
Little Saint Elizabeth. Mrs Burnett IL
: History and Biography:
sehOuler's History of the United States.
T6s NeW VIE 1e'Snt Of Inc SoFi First Consul
History ofMexico. Noll. .......... 80. I
Dlsraeli. +. Carroll Brewster. 20
, Religious:
, The Composition Of the Four: Gospels
The Lansu, &c q the New Testament
S,LCo@ nj N1c;ind or Revei.iinn Geo
God in his World. An I.terpretation.......
1 Miscellaneous.
u Old Friends. Andrew Lang ng................Sl.
RecOllectOns by George W. Childs .........
The Village Community. GOmme ........... /.
; Liberal Living Upon Narrow Means
Pericles and AspasIa. Landor. New
y edition. vOls...... ...................'..s.,'
New in the Camelot Series
Spence's Anecdotes. .......................
MOre's Utopia. ..-. ......'..''...''''.''...
Stories from Carleton. On........................
lust such a Bookstore as you
look for behind such a NeV
Book table-no proper boo
missing. . "
Large variety best Lowe
extra Super Ingram Carpet
Csc a yard-the lowest pri
we ever heard of tor the
goods.
The China Mating at
u the roll Of 40 yards is unusl
value. Full assortment
every grade from IS to 6oc
more than two hundred p
! terms. You won't find such
variety in any store in this to-
'ea 2 or any other town in Ameri
rnc
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
2O009T0 81
Extra InduCGm0nt Sale.

0UR season for selling winter
~ goods is getting short. We
must carry over stock or ''extra
induce" buyers. We therefore
decide by a timely sacrifice to con-
vert goods into cash, by giving
this unusual discount:
Toe,,ty per cent. off from regular
marked prices, arJ.ich gires tie buyer
goods at net cost.
During thirty-three years of
BUSINESS it is our proud record to
have won a reputation for avoid
ing all misrepresentation and
keeping all our promises, and this
is not one low bait-price to catch
average profits, but is a we'll
defined, broad gauge policy to
"extra induce" buyers, and turn
long winters stock in a short
season.
This 20 per cent discount in
cludes our entire stock of Ready
made Clothing with Blue and
Black goods, at ten per cent.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERs,
Market, Eighth & Filbert Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THE LARGEST STORE IN AMERICA
DEVOTED
EXCLUSIVELY TO DRY GOODS.

We make charge for samples of any kind of goods,
the expensive and for that request you when
writing them, be very explicit stating exactly what wanted
the width, price, quality color ETC., that send you just
wh you need instead of great lot of samples that of
you and considerable money,
Our stock changes rapidly that advisable order
the samples have left establishment longer than
Send for samples give US the privilege of selecting the goods
nearest the preferred samples.
We awayr willing exchange goods which do please
af being received provided they returned perfect
dion In returning them by mall they be wrapped that the
of the package may be examined the Post Office without
having the wrapper the cord with which may be tied If
tied with string spknot and hard knot, should be made
The package be pasted sealed An envelope nOhed
the proper wrapper. Writing of any kind
be enclosed in the package, but the and address of the sender
may be outside Any violation of these regulations
subjects the package letter postage which, many exceeds
the value of the goods When you goods always write
about them on the day.
When writing be have pOoCe, county,
and State plainly. Full and egibe addresses besides greatly
facilitating business. insure prompt attention Hegbe orders and
imperfect addresses necessarily attended last After making
your ORDER advisable look carefully whether
takes but and often prevent much after trouble
We strongly advice order all valuable parcels
be sent by express the method of postal insurance.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
adama1nakrr's
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May II, 1890.

IHlLAbELFHlAf MOlludyt may IL 1871.
Only the finest cotton care
fully worked gets into the lovely
Brandenburgs. LumPy, knot
ty thread might do in Oriental
limitations lit is apt to be the
Oriental way to have them)
but a smooth, perfect surface
is one Of the chiefest Branden-
burg graces. On such cot
ton the art printer can do his
daintiest work. Not even the
rarest Sateens outdo the Bran
denburgs in beauty Ofbrinting.
Hardly the stuff you expect to
get at 2oc a yard!
A large number of eXquis-
ite new patterns and cOlOrings
have been recently added;
among them black figures on
white grounds for the first
time.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
The Best Clothing
this Spring that
we ever made.

After nearly 80 years the manufacture of Clothing
we know how make it right
All that digent work and long experience and direct
communication wi h f Clothing do to make it
perfect it gets from
We never forget that we sand alone among stores in
the way guarantee the GOO sell.
We begin with good ~o,a put in good trimmings
everywhere, we put in good Workmanship besides.
No matter how low You pay you may depend on
getting what is dependable
Best $40 Spring Suits in the city
Our SIS to SIS you may expect fine and stylish as
anybody need wear.
We make for and sell direct to the consumer No
profits up by the atorekeeping. It's
manufacturers store
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
SALARY And EXPENSES

Paid 10 salesmen, soliciting orders for nursery
stock Commission given when preferred
large line of new and choice speeialties when
sell readily All stock guaranteed. Desiring
10 increase our force Of saiesmcu, We VIII Oher
for the next thirty days only. special induce-
meuts 70 new men. No previous experience
necessary We furnish fall instructions. u
YOU want position which viii pay you good
salary twelve months In the year, write Tor
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14

Do you keep an eye on the
New Book Table? It's magic
mirror in which you can see at
a glance whatever the publish
ers are turning out Here are
two or three armsful Of the
,,n,rncf
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
county and State Items

un the North, IlOO A. NJ, 900, 1.45P. N.
r. IT,, the South. Z 3j, 1l.SO A. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
Novels and Tales;

When We Were Boys, William O'Brien. .$l.lO
The Master Of the Magicians, Elizabeth
Stnart Ihelps and n j. Ward ............ 70
Spaptsbs'............. ......................... llO
A Foreign Match. BigOt. IS
Tales Of New England. Sarah Orne
I6WelL "
Raphael Iamartine, New edition .......... 75
Little saint Elizabeth Mrs. Burnett ..... ]. 10
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
lust such a Bookstore as you'd
look for behind such a New
Book table-no proper book
missing. o,T1

IoHN WANAMAKER.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14
Closing of Nails.
Opening OF Mails.

,.,,, North. $50, $50 A. NJ, $50, 7.2OP.N.
oOi,S COinS South, go A. NJ 7.2OPM.
Smyrna times., 1890-05-14

Good serviceable Robe pat
terms of the French Wool
Dress Goods at about half.
8-yard lengths $500
Io-yard lengths $3.50
They have a piece of the Rem
nant counter. Such a COM
pany of little priced, big-worth
stuffs as you rarely see.
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- TERED Is PER CENT BONDS
THE HYGIENIC ICE co.

Y.
In any sums. : 100 5000, $1,000. $4,000.
We have secured from tie Company tue privilege
Of selling SO, 5,Ot Of tn above bonus, and We now
offer them Tor SIU3 and interest from April to
date OF sale.
The capital stock Of the Hygienic Ice Company
amounts To 10000. Grd the Flaut, nov nearing
completion ami TO De III full operation by May >,
cannot lie duIlcatcdtO Ss5U,OUU.
1he deed Of trust given secure the bonds
covers the entire plant Of the Company. Ihs
bonds are payable twenty years from January /,
1880 aud Will lie ISSUED Only as the WORK Of con-
structIon progresses.
The Company owns by purchase the famous Fed
eral springs. IIile aud nalf east Of the CaI itO
being The largest .iIhID tl.c District of Columbia
from which there j. the enormous output Of over
500 gallons a minute. These springs have long
been famous fOr the purity and sweetness of the
water thcreirCIn. Because OF the uheiOincnal
co.dnoss oi the water C34 degrees - the task will
be greatly reduced and Tor Iuis reason tine daily
work of freezing can De carried more easily and
more economically tAan by any future competing
plant which Wll b.. cCnuClIed to use river or
other water OF EI.yncr tgllleratUrc.
1Ee buildings have been erected to accommodate
duplIrate plant OF machinery that output Of
24O tons day cac be secured Al a very low addi-
tInual cost. This duplicate plant may be put in
TINS season e meet the uEexpectedy large demand
are ady apparent for the Hygienc Ice thereby add
Ing To the security O: these bonds.
These bonds VIII be registered by the Washington
Loan ana Trust COHtTSIy. The interest at u per
uzry, April, July and October by check of the treas
urvr mailed 70 the holders u1 the bonds is done
with the interest checks OF the bonds ot the WASH
ingtOn Market Company. They Will be issued in
For these reasons the b uds will prove very de-
siraOle Investment and command u large premium
To those first applying the limited number Of
bonds AZ our disposal will be FIRST sold.
Very truly.
GURLEY BROS, Brokers.
LOUIS CUNNINGHAM; Broker. ~ IL We
ap5-Et 6O3 10th ST. NV.
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THE WORLDS FAIR BILL.
The Senate Committee Order 1t Re-
ported With the Daniel Proposition.

The Senate quadri-centennal committee
met this morning and ordered the worlds fair
ball reported with some amendments. one Of
which is the Daniel proposition in a some
what emasculated form. The committee. at
the suggestion of Senator Gray, modified the
provision with respect to the President being
Chicago subscriptions by making it
read that he shall be satisfied of the .'respon-
slble character" of the subscriptions before in
viting foreign nations to participate. The
Daniel amendment was modified so as to pro-
vide that some time i'll the spring not par
Observation-Disclosures the tine for opepinp the
exposition there shall be an international naval
display in New York hurbor and Hamptor
Roads ana civic celebration IN Washington at
the time of the dedication OF statue proposed
TO Columbus. There Is no appropriation made
III the bill for these celebrations this being left
for Congress to provide some time in the future
The Chicago men agreed TO those amendments
IL the hope that it would facilitate the bills
passage, bnt had tn enl so modified as no. to in
tcrfere with or detract from the opening al
Chicago 4 subcommittee, consisting of Sem
ators lliscock. Hawlev and Daniel. WAS appointed
to make the bin conform to the expression OF
the wishes of the committee and to draw I'D A
report
At the suggestion of Senator Farwe,l Sem
atOr Hawley was selected as the manager of
the bill on the floor.
All taat Is really saved out of the wreck of
Senator Daniels amendment is statue of
Columbus That is to be unveiled with much
pomp and ceremony. and then Washington's
interest In the quadrO-centcnnIal will cease.
1t was decided to leave the matter of 81 naval
review to the Secretary of the Navy. Senators
Hlscock, Hawiey and Daniel will talk further
about that statue this afternoon
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THE JOSEPH FRANCIS MEDAL.
The Testimonial to Be Presented BY the
President Tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning President Harrison will
present to Joseph Francis, the inventor OF the
life-ssving car, the gold medal which Congress
decided should be struck as mark
Of national esteem for the man whose
ingenuity has preserved thousands of human
lives. There will be but little ceremony. Sem
ator Evarts, chairman of the Senate half of the
joint committee on the library, and Represent
ative Charles O'Neill of Philadelphia, chair
man of the House end of the committee, will
be present in the library. So will Mr.. Francis
and the director of the mint. The medal will
be handed by the latter official to the president
and the presentation will be made.
THE MEDAL
is four inches in diameter The diverse con-
tains portrait OF Joseph Francis surrounded
by thirty-eicht stars and the following inscrip-
tion: "The United States of America by act OF
Congress, 21th August. 1885. To Joseph
Francis, inventor and framer OF the
means FOR the ife-saving service of the
country" The reverse has on it scene
representing ship in distress; heavy sea is
running and dashing over her deck; III the rig
ging figures are seen clinging; on the storm
beaten shore the lise-saving crew are in full
view; the light house is in the distance. The
crew has the life-saving boat on wheels ready
70 70 run ont as soon as needed.
10 the right oil the boat Is
seen three sturdy men with the mortar and
such other appliances used in the llfe-saving
service. They have already shot their line to
the ship and have made fast and are hauling
life-saviLg car of the kind invented by Joseph
Francis. This scene il encircled by row of
beads on the minor circle, then an oak-leaf
wreath and the outer circle is an ''egg-and-
tongue" border.
The design bears the name of Zeleima Bruff
Jackson. The model was made by ST. Gaudens
of New York. The dies were engraved at the
United States mint at Philadelphia. The en-
craving of the dies commenced December l.
1889, and have occupied seven.y-four
days in their preparation, during which
time the whole force of the engraving
department has been more or less engaged
upon them. The medal is of gold, 999 fine
weighs 36. 79 ounces and has IN intrinsic value
of 800. 1t required thirty-two blows of the
press (each blow estimated at 100
tons) to obtain perfect impression of
the dies. The total cost of the
medal was S3.00s, of which sum the engraving
cost 81, 500. 1t is the most valuable of all the
medals ever struck by the government. The
Capt. Ingraham medal, struck in 1853, weighed
26.SS ounces; the L. 5. Grant medal of 1863,
$3.50 ounces and the Cyrus W. Field medal of
1867 cost SJ62 So
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4 Brutal Crime.

DETROIT. April H.-Mrs. Sarah Sidmore,
aged 63, was the victim OF violent assault yes-
ter'lay at the hands OF George Freeman. the
colored coachman OF Mrs. Sidmore's sou-iu-
law. Freeman became enraged at Mrs. Sid
more for locking door. lie regarded il 20
6 SLUG upon his honesty. He took her by the
throat and checked her. then stabbed her an the
neck, iailictlng a wound which il is Thought
Will terminate fatally. Not satisfied with his
hcnalSh work the brute then attempted 20
crimlnally assault the aged lady. Freeman
lett his victim presumably for dead and non
chalanty resumed ms duties. Mrs Sidmore
returned to consciousness and gave the alarm
and Freeman was Immediately arrested. No
other members of the family were present az
the time OF the assault. Mrs SIdmore's re-
cOyery is doubtful.
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WHEAT GONE KITING.
New York Market Upset by the Gov
ernment Report.
STANLEY Is In ROME TODAY.
The Chicago Carpenters Still Out
on Strike.
THE DAYS BUDGET OF INTELLIGENCE.
MAD TO BUY WHEAT.
New fork's Wheat Market Greatly
Excited Today.

NEw YoRK, April 11.-There was great ox-
citement in the wheat market today and by l
o'clock there was the extraordinary business of
twenty million bushels in the options. The
traders were feverish all anxious TO cover con-
tracts, while outside spectators were attracted
by the possibilities OF big profits in
the rapid changes of prices. Wall street. the
west and foreign houses were taking up large
blocks of Nay. June and July options at radi-
cal advance III prices, while the December op-
ton jumped up z5s covering the new
crop. The whole position is simply af-
fected by the government crop report.
Its estimate wGs much under the
calculations of the most extreme bulls. Heavy
margins are being called for, but there l. no
sign of trouble in financial way. DISPATCHES
were cut off from the west for about an hour
this morning, bat this fact made no difference
with the operators. who were rushed with
buying orders. My option sold at 80 I-i6a
81 3-i6 back to 81 : june. at S0aSi i-i6 and
down to 81; June. at 90a9o's; August. So "a
20; September, S9Isa9O; December 9ljs back
to a2l