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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-28
MONDAY, JULY 18th, 1890.

IN the hours off a. IN. and4 o'clock
at the residence of the deceased, at
aucti0n, to the Last and highest
for cash, to pay debts. the fol-
described property, to-wit:
md. Of q certain tract of land in
Il; e 36G. IS S. r. 4 E.. measuring
60 arpents front by the depth of
tuarter of section between parallel
running east and west, bounded
Il lF lands formerly belonging to
u Dr0net. deceased. South by Cleo
Landry. East by Julcs Drouet, and
III Onezime Landry, and being lot /
gram annexed to act of partition
anatiOn from Marie DroRet to her
4n. One dwelling house. one other
~ pew fence. the growing crop, ete:
0ne armoir. q. One spinning wheel.
q feather bed and mattress. 4. Eight
=. 5. Two cows and calves; and
articles too numerous to mention.
= under my official signature, on
The BIRD day Of May. A. D., 1890,
Il. 0. BR0USENRn, Dy. Sheriff.
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nj. LEoUEU1.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08

may % safely guessed to be very dif-
lerent from the outward published
aspect Of affairs. ri. Netherthele in
This ample chronicle OF current even ts
and transactions, in ths notit,ca tions
g and orders, IN their stylo and their sub.
stance, We can recognize . leviathan
government In full play and power.
dealing in q masterful and apparently
successful fashion with at least one
problem that has long troubled the
world, and still occasionally perplexes
even European statesmen. Nineteenth
Century v@s#s %,&s5 #4f
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
roo MUCH PRIDE.

why Unols Ar viii Go After the vsnl.
ties of ths Flesh No More.
In some parts Of Tennessee there are.
. number OF people that make doubt.
ful living by hauling hoop-poles hfteen.
or twenty miles and then selling them
for. enough money to buy peck Of corn-#
meal and piece Of thin bacon about ..
foot square.
Several days ago IN old fellow who
had sold his load Of poles started home,
with his bag Of meal on the seat beside
him, and with his piece Of bacon Ito
protect 1t from the sun) swung under.
the wagon. Just as he had halted in
small stream to let his horse drink, an
acquain tance, going out to the railway.
station, came along.
'Hello, ALI, jest Rittin' home?"
''Yes, lowed I'd poke on back.
Whicher way you goin'?'
"'Lowed, did, that I'd 60 out to tho
station an see ef thar's any discussion
goin' on thar. Am 50 clost penned up,
at home, you know, that l like to git.
outen the way Of the wimin folks oncs.
In awhile. Dun sold yo' poles, / see.
Eyes, an am goin' to take my little.
mo odicum of meat an meal home SO muir
an the chillun kin have some Sunday
eaten. Durin' week days, you know.
they don't eat nuthin' but billed con
an sweet potatoes, an you better be-
lieve little meat do bring 'em out,
powerful do believe that youngest
boy of mine-that ar one we call 'Drap,
Shot-kin eat 9 string Of meat as long
as frum here to the station. Thar's
many z rich man that would give big
money fur that boys appetite. An
thar's mur. You better believe she
amt slow herself. l havo know'd that.
woman to eat whole billed pumpkin.
Wall, reckon better be shown"
"Say, is that yo' dog?"
"Whar's any dog?" the WAGNER asked,
and then looked round just in time to,
see the dog making OF with his meat.
The unfortunate man uttered yell Of
rage and jumped of the wagon. but the
dog-apd he had doubtless been follow
ing the wagon for some time seeking
for an opportunity to seize the meat
of sight. The disconsolate man re-
turned 10 the wagon 20 ma tne lntel~
ligence of another disaster awaiting
him, for, in his haste to reach the
ground, the sack of meal had been
knocked of into the stream and had
been borne away by the current Itwas
some time before he could say any thing,
and when Eat length his tongue came
back to him." he took off his old, white
cotton hat, wiped his perspiring brow
with it, and in a solemn voice said:
"Alf, this here is whut : man gifts fur
goin' off after the vanities of the flesh.
l want satisfied with billed con an
sweet potatoes, but must have midlin'
meat and sich. The Lawd won't put up
with pride in this here world, ALI; He
jest nachully won't do t"-Arkanssw
Traveller.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
WOMEN'S FALSE TEETH,

A Dentist Declares That FIvo Out OF
Twenty Ladies' Havo Them.
did you ever notice how many
American young women have false
teeth nowadays?" said well-known
New York dentist to Philadelphia In
quirer reporter. "Perhaps you never
have, but it is . fact all the same,
though the fair wearers use every
means to prevent detection, especially
by their gentlemen friends. 1t is quite
safe to calculate that out of every
twenty American young women-I mean
those moving in the fashionable society
Of our great cities-at least Ave have
entire sets, while the others will
exhibit partial sets, or it will
be demonstrated ON examination that
their natural teeth have been filled
and manipulated very extensively. II
you doubt my assertions, 60 into any
ballroom of the elite in the season or
attend any prominent society reception
and see for yourself. ?. a.s........ ......
."You, doubtless, think 1t is strange
that the teeth, being such prime fac
tor in woman's beauty, should be so
neglected, and it is strange, consider
ing the prevailing but pardonable vani-
ty of the fair sex on the subject of per-
sonal appearance. But nevertheless,
there Is way of accounting for It, and
that Is upon the basis of the gu preme
laziness OF the average fashionable
lady. Late hours in the winter season,
when the theaters, the opera and all
%ho toll vo R,,11
blast, are responsible, in fact, for this
laziness, which might, perhaps, rather
be styled chronic weariness, and
the dread work of completing
the Transformation of tho society
young lady into confirmed
idler is done during the summer by the
habits engendered at the watering
places and other heated-te resorts of
the creme de la creme. The teeth
should be thoroughly cleaned on aris-
ing in the morning and on retiring for
the night, but they are frequently given
the go-by altogether or brushed at ir-
regular periods and thus tartar and de-
cay get q lead which they steadily
maintain until the precious teeth,
though occasionally patched up by .
dentist, are ruined beyond repair. 4.j
,"Of course, all intelligent ladies are
aware Of the Importance of cleaning
their teeth and are sadly annoyed and
frightened when they are compelled to
have false ones put in, but all this does
not seem to teach them prudence, and.
every year It Is the same old story over
again, but with decidedly progressive
tendency" sas.f@sa s55 ..5sSzt 5s5.3 s,;3-,s
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
AN INDIANS TALK.

The Ute Theory OF the Sum and tho Mooh
and Their Progeny.
During the year the last comet was
streaming in the sky was camping one
night in q canyon near the foot of
Cooks peak, N. NJ. In the party was
an old and for an Indiana fairly in
telligent Ute named Sam. Sam had
been attached to some cavalry troop at
Fort Cummings as scout, but bis day
of leaving the service being reached he
attached himself to me-for considera-
tion. Pointing to the comet asked
Sam what he could say in its defense
from the standpoint of Ute. Sam
was, unlike most Indians, good SINGLE
handed talker and could speak English
worry we'll. He was ambitious to per-
feot himself in the language and readily
seized on every chance for talk"
Indeed, ! discovered him on one or two
occasions all alone and talking vigor-
ously at a mark like savage Demos
themes sans the pebbles9
'Tell about that?" said Sam pointing
toward the comet, ''Sam do it heap easy,
you bet The sun ia the man and he
have moon for squaw. The stars-big
stars and little stsrs-a]l are their chill
dren. The sun don't like ON and chases
'em. II he catch one he eats it This
makes the stars heap 'fraid and whom
the sun has his sleep over and comes
out the stars run and hide. When the
sun comes stars 60; creep into holes and
hide. But the M on is good. She loves
her children, the stars, and when the
sun sleeps she comes out in the sky and
the stars are glad and they come out Of
the places they hide in and forget to be
f'fraid, and play. But when the sun
wakes again they run. He Is always
after them and he catches them some
time. This one" continued Sam again
pointing ct the comet, ''the sun catch
one time. He got away though but the
sun bit him and hurt him. That's why
he bled so. Now he's heap scared and
80 he keeps his face always toward the
place where the sun is sleeping. =
Kansas City Star. d:
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
MOON suPERsTITIoNs.
PEOPLE In All Parts Of the Globe Believe
In tho Man-in- the. Moon.

The superstition Of tho man -in-the-
moon ia one OF the most ancient Us we'll
as the most popular and widespread of
any OF the legions OF folk and fairy
stories that have been handed down
to US from the early ages of the
world Like all other popular tradi-
tlons' there are many versions of the
story which is related to account for the
singular appearances which all have
noticed on the face of the moon. In
England, the United States and Italy,
tho full moon is supposed to present a
well-dedned picture OF man leaning on
fork, with his body inclining toward
the cast (that Is when the moon is
straight In ~he south).
Tho broad light spot to his right, as
he stands facing the observer, is sup
posed to be burning brush-pile, put
there with the wretch guilty OF
the awful deed to remind him of
the crime of burning brush ON the
Sabbath day. The Bible is supposed to
give key to this superstition. See
Numbers XIV. 80. In Wales, Scotland,
Ireland, Germany and some of the South
ern States of our own country the lines
an d spots on tho moons face are sup
posed to BE- pretty accurate picture Of
the face OF man, some ething like the
comic faces pictured in the calendars to
represent the new moon. The Jews, on
account of some story In the Talmud,
believe the face to be that of Jacob, the
old patriarch. The South Africans speak
of "the gorilla-in-the-moan, and always
declare that the picture represents
gorilla climbing q mountain, carrying q
large club in his hand. The natives OF
the Amazon river country take the pict-
ure to be that of tapir on q foraging
expedition; the long, straight line which
the English. the Italians and the people
OF the United States take to be rake,
and which the Africans say Is the goril-
las staff Is palm tree with the Anna
zonians, which the tapir is trying to
pull over in order to get at the fruit.
In most countries Of the Orient tho
picture Is supposed to be that of lion,
which Alburtus says has his heade to-
ward the West and his tayle toward the
East"
In Persia, Siam, Farther India and
China. the figure is supposed to be
good representation OF two lions engaged
in combat. Bishop Wilkins, in his book
called Tho Moon Habitable World"
says: las for the torme OF the spots on
the moon, somme thiDke they represent
man, and poets guess that it is the
boy, Endymoin. whose company Luna
loves so we'll she take him with her."
All these odd superstitions and fancies
seem to center on the Biblical passage
cited above. st. Louis Republic.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08

"A French scientist, Victor Mennier,
has calculated, after careful inquiries,
that American dentists insert about
$3.50, 600 worth Of gold annually into the
teeth Of their customers. The Scientific
American says that, making allowances
for the increase Of population, in less
than 8 hundred years American ceme-
terias will contain ! larger amount Of
gold than now exists Ia France.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER.

1t IL Published In Pekin and Edited by
Six Scholars OF Renown.
Tho Pekin Gazette, which was estab-
lished in the year oil Of the Christian
era, has been regularly published since
1851 A. d., and is at the present tim Q
edited by committee of six members
of the Academy of Han Lin. Not only
is it by far the oldest newspaper in the
world, but it also is infinitely more in
structive and interesting than all othor
existing official gazettes taken togeth.
or. 10 the student of Oriental state
craft in particular the yellow volumes
in which these gazettes, translated into
English, are bound up and issued annu.
ally, should be of remarkable val ue.
For hore, in the formal record of all
the important ordinances, ceremo-
MES, proceedings, sjudgments, opin-
ions, and transactions of the Chinese
Government, we can see partially un-
folded tho working constitution OF the
greatest native Asiastic empire and the
oldest empire in tho world; we can fol.
low the movement of the administra-
tive wheels and obtain a glimpse of the
system upon which the machinery is
constructed. :#..,
It becomes thus possible toform some
trustworthy conception Of the principles
that underlie this vast organization
unquestioned authority; lofty ostenta-
tion Of public morality; the affectation
of profound reverence for churches,
rituals, and al things pertaining to
divinity; deep respect for tradition and
ancestral usage coupled with steady en-
enlargement Of classic learning; entire
religious liberation conjoined with the
peremptory assertion of.civil supremacy;
provincial home rule controlled, st
least in form, BY a,.vigilant and
despotic central executive in
short, the continuous experience
Of many ages applied to the
management BY 9 foreign dynasty Of
miscellaneous tribes and races and an
immense mixed population. we are
shown, Of course, only the external
aspect Of things, we probably see no
more than an astute and carefully cal
culating Government thinks expedient
to disclose. And we may assume that
nowhere are the Grcat0 h,sperii more
striDtlJ withheld, 50 that the reality
& 81 III AF
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
A TRAGEDY.
Walking up tho village street
Came o maiden young and faip

Walking up the village street &E
Came maiden young and faiR
Tripping on with fairy feet. a.
Glad In gown Of texture rare.
Walking down the village street
Came gallant debonAir;
And he could not help but meet
With the lily maid SO fair.
And he whispered, as they passed.
Something In the maiden's ear;
She an instant stood aghast,
Then she screamed aloud with fe -
Seemed tho maid as one distraught,
Helpless In her sudden fright
Shame upon the wrctoh who brought
Her to such piteous plight
Ere you heap upon his head
Scorn unbounded, con you guess
What unluclSy words he said?
"7h<re's spider on your dress"
-R. H. Titherington, In West Shore.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
she Read Him At Once

''Is 4 trwue that you can--aw-wead
sharwacter in the hand, Miss Flitters2'
Y .Oh, indeed, yes, Mr.. smartie. I Am Am
quite an adept"
'.vV-well wead mine, w-wont you?
why, certainly. HIM! your hand is
very soft Mr.. Smartie. "-Harper's
BasAA
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
DRY-GOODS SALARIES.

Buyers Who Earn as Much ~ the Presi--
dent Of the United States
ut is not generally known" said Mr..
c. b. Worth. of Fl. b. Cladin & Co.
few days ago, that some of the highest
salaries are paid in our business We
are often accused Of paying starvation
wages to our clerks by people who nevor
look At the expense entailed in running
an establishment Take the buyers,
for instance. There are firms in this
city who paw men from $4,000 20 $780,
600 year for simply being able to tell
three-quarters Of year in advance
what the fashion is going to be. One
gentleman, who buys for wholesale
house on Broadway, is said to earn $780,
900 year.
DRY goods-houses are noted for pay
ing low wages to their clerks because
the supply Of clerks is so abundant In
some of the smaller stores the pay runs
as low as s. week. But the buyer on
whose judgment the sale of next years
fabrics depends gets half as much as
the President of the United States. The
smallest and some of the largest sala-
ries are paid in the dry-goods busi-
ness"
"How does the buyer for the house
distinguish in advance what the fashion
for next year Is to be?'
'Ah, that is where it requires wide-
awake man. He must watch the grow.
ing tendencies among the firms richest
and most fashionable customers at home
and abroad. Whatever has become
popular among them will make its way
among the masses, and this tide the
house must catch and swim along with it
I'm Europe textile manufacturers
make few goods except ON orders. The
buyer for a Arm must decide what his
house can sell next season, and order
his supplies of cloth made in advance.
A serious mistake might be sufficient to
bankrupt the Arm, by leaving them
with stock on hand Of unstable goods,
ths patterns not being to the liking of
the firms customers. So you can easily
see why skillful buyer can command
his own price.
"How do you select man for such =
position?'
Nothing less than a kind Of intuition
is demanded for such place. In addi-
tion, the buyer must estimate what
amount his employer can sell of = given
style Of goods It he overstocks the.
Arm, then they are left with old-fash-
ioned articles on hand which they must
resort TO- the 'bargain-counter devices
to get rid Of at severe loss. IN. Y.
Star. sss5xEzE
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
Following tho Precept

Peace-Maker-Why did you give that
boy such 2 thrashing7 " Z
Belligerent-He hit me wild 2 brick.
Peace-Maker-But don't you know
you should return good for evil?
Belligerent-Well, If that thrashin' |
give him warn't good, Idon'tknow what
is.-The Jury.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
Not 90 stupid g He Looks

Jane-Y ou seem to be unhappy, Emma,
Emma--YeA I have been deceived in
my husband. When I married him I
supposed that It was not my money but
myself that he loved. ...
And now you have found out that II
was not you at all but only your money
he was after.
Alasl That Is what I know now for .
certainty.
IA Well, there IS one consolation for you,
and that IS that your husband is not -
stupid ~ he looks. Texas SiftingA
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08

Young Wife Ito her, husband, who
IS starting for the autumnencam pment)
--'.But you will be careful, dear Carl,
won't you, and march very slowly. -
Fsie9ende Blatter, .. II
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08
4 bargain.

Oax Lady-pm looking for bargains
tAia morning. Have you any thing you
rsEt to show mep
i5 Drue Clerk Yes'm; we're closing
out that lot Of hy-paper oheap to.dsy.-
Judge.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Since we last reported on HATS we've added
ton new shapes for every one tina. was hero
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-03
FITTING THEY WILL DOWN REED.
sTEENsTRAND, THE COTTON KING.
His Failure Announced-His Large Line
of Near Options.
tByteleVraph TO the DIspa,ch.I

NEw YORK, September At IL stated in
Wall street that Steenstrand, the Liver
pool cotton merchant. who was also
known as the Cotton King, and whose
failure is announced to-day. is estimated
TO have been worth from $3.50. 900 to ) co.,
600. and carried a line of 100000 TO $4,000
bales of near options. IL Is considered
bad failure. and IL due TO the recent heavy
declines in spot and early delivery cotton.
by Anglo-American cable to the DIspaich.l
LUERPooL. ENG.. September 2.-The fail
IRE il reported of the large Steenstrend
cotton firm.
HE PAYS sIxTY-sIx CENTS on rHR DOLLAR.
LIVERPOOL. September 2.-The brokers
of Steenstrand, the noted cotton-dealer
whose failure IL announced. closed all his
transactions yesterday in accordance with
"a private arrangement which provided tor
his paying to them sixty-six cents on the
! dollar.
The posting of Steenstrand's failure was
| the cause of the heavy fall yesterday
morning in the cotton market, but prices
recovered after it became known that his
| transactions had been closed. Brokers
| dealing with him have been particularly
careful TO have everything hedged. so the
crash did very little harm in the cotton
market. A few young and inexperienced
| firms are the only sufferers.
| year ago Steenstrand possessed 5000
| 600 Half of this amount was obtained
from the new self union for his interest IN
the Cheshire salt-works. II Is asserted
| that he now has nothing but the furniture
! of his house. His failure is attributed &C
| the fall in prices and the collapse of the
| cotton corner. His losses during July and
| August are estimated at cZ00,0OO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-03
BARRUNDlA'S FATE.
His Family Ask PREPARATION Mt the Hands
of Our President.
by telegraph to tho Dispatch. !


WAsHINGrox. ID. c.. September 2.-The
President received last evening n cable
gram from the widow and children of the
late General Barrundia protesting against
his assassination by the Guatemalan Gu-
thorlties while a passenger on an American
steamship, and calling upon the President
10 exact reparatiOn for the outrage OF
which they are the inconsolable victims"
The telegram was referred TO the State
Department for Investigation and re-
port
Acting-Secretary Wharton said this af-
ternoon that no official information what
ever in regard to the reported attack upon
Minister Miner by the daughter of Gene
raj Barrundia has been received, aud he Is
inclined TO think the affair very much ex-
aggerated.
That the President is taking personal m,
terest in the case of Barrundia IS indicated
bv the fact that at to-day's meeting OF the
Cabinet he sent for the telegram he had re-
ceived from Barrundia's widow and chill
dren aud read il aloud to the Cabinet. lie
stated that the matter was now being IN,
vestigated by the State Department. ana
that be expected soon TO be in possession
of all the facts in the case.