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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

The lotteryites profess TO be great
ly interested IN the welfare of the
State and its people. The Doodle
of the keno game must be excepted
because, they argue. it will build
the levees and educate the children
that are growing up in ignorance.
This loudly proclaimed desire for the
public welfare is largely all hypoc-
risy and false ~pretense. It is the
Doodle that will 60 into the Golfers
of Morris and the other gamblers,
and not the small part which the
State will receive, that stirs up the
average lotteryite. The ~lotteryites
have deliberately sacrificed the in.
terest Of the State all the way
through this miserable business. The
amendments which were offered in
the Legislature that would have
secured and protected the interests
of the State, were voted down by
the representatives who we're work
ing for Morris instead of the people
whose ballots put them In Office.
The lotteryites may pirate as loud
and long as they please about the
public interest, but everybody knows
that it is the private interest of a
lot of public gamblers that they are
seeking to promote.-[Homer Guar
dian Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

We caa conceive of no worse fate
for a pure girl than this-to marry
while in . dream, says the New
York Herald: to exaggsrate a mans
good qualities until nothing else is
visible; to minimize his vices until
they disappear; to have a brief
honeymoon o fmeasurelrss bliss: then
to see tho nan as he is and as others
have always seen him-coarse, com
mon, vulgar, vicious, and even cruel:
to learn to loathe him because he is
a brute; loathe herself because she
was such a fool as to throw her
life away; to curse her parents be.
cause they did not take her by force
and throw her into a cell, a dun.
geon, any place Of confinement, until
she came to her senses: to be beaten
neglected. unprovided for, sneered
at BY the man whom she once
thought a god-weII to endure such
q fate as that is so awful that even
human sympathy avails nothing TO
assuage the sorrow.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

A remarkable surgical operation
has just been performed in the chair.
ty hospital, of New York, which is
no less than an attempt to graft the
bone Of a dogto the leg Of boy. The
boy, whose name is johnny Gethius,
has suffered since his birth with a
weak and maIformed leg which was
surely making him a cripple for life.
He consulted q large number of
surgeons at different times and had
seven operations performed. Finally
he called upon DR.. 4. NJ. Phelps,
of the New York University, who
conceived the idea of replacing the
diseased bone with a healthy bone
from a dog. Accordingly the opera.
ton was performed, but whether il
will prove successful or not is as
yet unknown. The dogs bone is
not yet entirely severed from bin, in
order to keep it alive mt .grafted
to the boy. The dog ls encased in
plaster Of Paris and can only move
his head and wag his tail.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20


President Polk. Of the Farmers
Alliance. says in an interview re-.
lating to the result Of the election
"You Democrat and Republicans
are claiming everything just now
but when you come to sift the mass
of wheat and chat yon will 1nd
that the alliance had something to
do with electing q fair proportion of
the good men.
up to the present time it is a
certainly that the Fifty-second con-
gress will contain thirty-eight
straightout alliance men, and from
twelve to fifteen others who are
pledged to as. These men are from
the South and northwest, the two
sections in which most of our work
was done. The alliance in Nebraska,
Minnesota and Iowa is not our
organization and has not amalgamat-
ed with US, but made the same fight
and will join US this winter. Oar
alliance c~o.operated with them and
we will co operate with any farmers
association, and in a little while
have a grip on the situation in
almost every corner of the land.
I'VE are here to stay. This
great reform movement will not
cease until it has impressed itself
indellibly ii the nations history.
Financial reform is the necessity Of
the hour and it must ceme."
Did the alliance use anything
but oratory in the campaign 2" asked
the reporter.
The press and the voice Of the
stump speaker were our only as,
sistants," replied Colonel Polk.
The alliance had no campaign fund.
no Doodle. If We had had money
we would not have nsed il. The
virtue and patriotism Of the people
are the thing to appeal to. Our
methods were fair aud square, aud
the whole world could see what
We were doing. The principles on
which the alliance is founded are
solid and correct; We must succeed.
"The fight was 90 small affair.
The extremists of both parties at
tackled US bitterly and gave no inch
of ground. In the South it was
the Democrats who opposed US. In
the north our most vigorous at
tagonists were Republicans. Yet
with all the farmers candidates
elected, and it is conceded they
will have so members at least. The
democrats will control BY a good
round majority. However, the ac-
ton of both parties will depend on
what the Alliance demands.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

The unseemly wrangIe going on
between the supporters Of Mr.. Par
nell and his enemies under Tim
Healey over the leadership of the
Irish party will 60 a long way TO-
wards confirming the English charge
that the Irish are not fitted for self
government.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

A ghast J find in Caldwell parish
may reveal a hidden crime. While
out hunting in the woods. Mr.. s.
&. Butler came upon a human skull
with evidences that the remaining
portions Of the body had been burn.
cd near by.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

-Four German families from Texas
arrived lately at Shreveport well
provided with teams and farming
implements, looking for lands to
cultivate Mayor Vioson offered
them as much lands as they wanted
for two years free Of rent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

A startling r~eportsthat there wasa
case Of leprosy on Bayou Bourbeux,
in Natchitoches parish, created great
excitement, but the patient was ex.
AIMED by the parish physician and
found TO be suffering from an entire
" different diseases.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

4 long train Of wagons loaded
with cotton. belonging to members
Of the farmers Union. came INFO
F%armerville last week, but the
merchants would not pay the price
demanded, and 50 the owners ship.
ped the cotton 70 New Oeleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

An orange tree IN Polk county,
Florida, ID seven feet in circumfer.
ence, and has yielded from twenty
Eve to City boxes Of fruit yearly
since 1856.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20

The public schools of Assumption
parish are to be opened on the hrst
Monday Of January for a term Of
not less than eight months. Teachers
OF the first grade r TO receive $40
per month and those of the second
grade $50.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-12-20
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
MORE ABOUT TWINE.

In an interview with the GLOBE this
morning Gov. MERRIAM states that he
was misunderstood when he was quoted
as expressing desire to have matters
pertaining to the Irvine investigation
kept secret. The GLOBE accepts the gov
ernor'S explanation in good faith, and
we cheerfully relieve him of the burthen
of criticism upon that point which fell so
weightily upon his shoulders in yester-
days issue. 1t is not with view of
making party capital out of the mis-
takes of the present state administra-
ton that we have discussed this twine
business, but have done so solely with
an unselfish purpose to protect the
public interests.
We are not yet prepared to say
whether the project to establish Irvine
factory in the Saltwater prison is fea-
sible. We prefer to withhold opinion
until the new commission investigates
and reports. There is twine factory
at Paterson, n. j., which claims to be
able to make good binding Irvine from
flax. 1t was singular omission on the
part of the last investigating commits
sion that this factory was overlooked
and that the inquiries of the commission
were confined exclusively to concerns
that are members of the Irvine
trust. But we have assurance
that the Patterson factory will be
visited this time, and a careful test
made of its ability to manufacture bind
ing Irvine from flax. AS the governor
says, it would be useless, and worse
than useless, to expend even $4,000 on
Irvine plant at Saltwater until it first
was satisfactorily demonstrated that
the concern would pan out success
fully. 1t would be false economy to
establish the plant and then have to
tear it out and throw it into the st.
CrOiX river. Yet it promises enough to
justify thorough investigation, for, if
1t can be made a success, it will make
great saving to the Minnesota farm.
ers in the purchase of Irvine, and will
also create a profitable home market
for Minnesota product that is now
comparatively valueless.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
SLDRS The BALD.

One of the bills introduced in the sem
ate by Senator PLUMB, of Kansas, pre-
poses to pay one of his constituents
$1,000 for the loss of his hair in 1861.
The narrative is that iii the summer of
that year the man was scalped by an
Indian while with a government train
camped in the western part of his state.
Assuming that the man remembers cor
rectly, and is sure that the Indian de-
signed to leave him to go through life
hairless, as he has got along pretty COM
fortably twenty-siX years without the
place where the hair ought to grow, no
urgency appears for paying him $1,000,
presumably now to buy wig with.
The new tariff is to admit human hair
free, and wigs should be cheap. A
man killed on railroad is valued at
only $1,000, and there is no computation
that would make barrenneSs On the
head approach the totality estimate. All
the hairless men who ever wore the
government uniform will be asking for
appropriations for this purpose. The
precedent will be dangerous to the pub
lie treasury and cast slur upon the
frequent people whom early piety or
other causes have made bald.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
NO TARIFF WII,L BELP 1T

One Of the strong points of the Re-
publican tariff bill is that it protects the
straw piles of the farmers. These he
has been in the habit of burning to get
out of the way, as there was no sale for
them. But it is proposed to tax alien
straw 81 ton, so that the market cam
not be glutted with the product of
pauper labor in the old world. Then
those who happen to have flax straw
are to be made happy by doubling Of
the duty upon fax. There are over a
million acres of flax grown for the seed
in this country. Now if the straw cut
from this vast area, which is now val
ueless, could be used for its fiber in
the manufacture of linen, it would
make the growers all rich. Fine dressed
fax is worth $500 to $500 a
ton. Possibly some have supposed
that only government aid was
needed to build up an industry
that would make this straw valuable
for its fiber. If it could be sold at So a
ton ii would be very profitable crop.
But no legislative = enactments will
change the soil, climate or essential
conditions. There is no fine linen made
in this country, and not such an amount
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
HE Is MISTAKEN.

In the estimation of Senator INGALLS,
purity in politics is an ''iridesce Mt
dream" That is something much less
substantial than the rainbow. Possibly
the more intimate associates of the SEN
ator may have operated on lines calcu-
lated to induce this impression with one
observant of their occult methods. If
there is no honesty or moral inspiration
in politics it is because of the preva-
lence of the impression, like that of the
Kansas senator, that they are incom-
patible with success. A person I'M
justly stigmatiZed with bad name is
apt to earn it. The habit of thought
that degrades politics is wrong, and con
tributive to the deprecated condition.
There has been of late years too much
room for low estimates of partisan aims,
but in all the earlier periods Of the re-
public there was quite as much honesty
among public men as with any Of the
business classes. The demand for purity
in the ballot shows popular determin-
alton to revive the better ways.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
A GOOD BILL.

Early in the session of connress bill
was introduced in the house designed
to prevent adulteration in articles of
food and drugs. 1t provides that the
agents of the national board Of health
in various parts OF the country shall col
lect samples of articles of food and
drugs offered for sale, analyze them,
and publish the result in weekly bulIe-
tins. In addition to the publication of
the names OF the makers of adulterated
articles. it is provided that any violation
of the act shall be reported to the United
States district attorney for prosecution.
But the publicity given the frauds
would be most effective in causing
them to cease. 1t is believed that pure
drugs are more difficult to obtain than
unaduiterated food articles. A local
chemist remarked recently that he
found it very difficult to get genuine
articles for his operations. and where
they are administered in sickness it is
much more important that they shall be
pure. Probably the fact that there is
no politics in the bill will prevent it's
receiving the attention the Importance
OF the subject warrants. 1t would not
Interfere with the state officials.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
THE STORY OF A DAY
; crop outlook is excellent.

The crop outlook is excellent.
The Chicago strike may soon be settled.
st. Paul tailors will go on strike this morn
ing.
Hundreds are homeless in the flood stricken
South.
A young girls neck is broken near Chat
field, MINI.
Neil eastman who was shot by police
man, is dead.
Foreign-born women must register before
they can vote.
The assassin of Clayton, in Arkansas, Is
soon to be arrested.
crazy Canadian browns his three chill
dren and attempts suicide.
Mrs. Nettie Fuller Snyderi is given benefit
at the Newmarket theater.
j. B. Coulter, a former MinnesotNn. is
found dead in bed at Butte.
Thousands of sheep are caught in prairie
fire at Gull Lake, Manitoba.
Minnesota Lutherans explain their position
on the public school question.
Two gangs of expert counterfeiters are
captured by treasury detectives.
The South Dakota Democrats will hold
their state convention at Aberdeen.
George Buchan. who shot Joseph Ander-
son in Minneapolis, is held in 1000 bail.
The Western association games resulted
st. Paul 5, Des Moines Il Kansas City 6,
Omaha l.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events of a Day in the Busy Bluf
CITY

Events of a Day in the Busy Blu0
City.
The habeas corpus case of the man
Wittick was disposed of yesterday by
Judge McCluer, who released the pris-
Oner on the ground that in the COM
plant upon which his conviction and
sentence were based, the county attor-
new failed to state any facts constituting
a public offense on the part of the prS
Oner. Wittick is now at liberty, but life
will be made a burden for him unless
he either remains away from home ell
tirely or stays and does his duty as q
prOvider of the necessarieS of life for
his family.
Several prominent officials of the Mil
waukee railway were in the city yester-
day to look over our report as to lm-
portant local improvements.
Almost Immediately following the
death of Mrs. A. B. Danagh comes the
demise of an equally well-knOwn old
resident, Mrs. Caroline Simonet, who
died Wednesday evening after long
illness, at the age of fifty-One years.
She was the widow of Sebastian Simon
ct, who died about three years ago, and
the mother of Ludwig SimOnet, of
Wing and Simonet, and OF Mrs. Louis
Wolf. Besides those two. five younger
children survive her; also two sisters OF
the deceased, of whom one is Mrs Philip
Potts, of st. Paul.
Durant 81 Wheeler'S raft boat, II. j.
Wheeler, arrived from below yesterday,
and left for Beef Slough, whence she
will take out a raft of logs to-day for
Dubuque.
The steamer Dispatch on White Bear
lake, and which is i'll part owned by
Saltwater parties, is temporarily dis
abled 10y muskrats, which during the
winter gnawed hole completely
through her hull and raised family
within.
Carlton county contributed two con-
victS to the state prison yesterday.
Frank Goodman, two years for assault
i'm the second degree. and james b.
Bell, grand larceny in the second de-
gree.
The Prison Mirror of yesterday places
the present number of conviets i'll the
institution at 500, of whom 157 are en-
ployed by the Thresher company, l46 by
the state and II are ill or too old to
work.
Edward Sutton and Miss Adella Lam
phear were married at the residence OF
the BRIDES parents last evening, Rev.
w. Ii. Albright, of the First PreSby-
terrain church, performing the cere-
mOnY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
BENJAMIN WORRIES.

The president is said to be consider
ably worried by the tendency toward
extravaganza manifested by this con-
gress. While he makes profession of
wanting something done for the vet
eraus, he is said to be very decided in
his opinion that pending pension legis-
lation is eXtravagant to a dangerous
point; not that he regards it particu-
larry dangerous to the country, but
dangerous to Republican success in
1892.
1t is gratifying to note that the presi-
dent has at last become mindful of tn e
popular revolution now in progress in
this country, and that he has awakened
to a consciousness that the people are
tired of unnecessary taxation. Still, it
is matter of regret that he doesn't
light upon other subjects than the old
soldier to illustrate his ideas of public
economy. There is the coal baron, for
instance, or the oil princes, or the sugar
kings, and the numerous dukes and
lords of American trust aristocracy, any
one of whom could get along without
his government bounty better than the
old soldier can do without his pen
sion. Both the men and corporations
who control the protected industries
are too sacred in the eyes of the
corporation president to entertain a
thought of disturbing them, Hence the
war veteran is selected as the proper
subject to illustrate the Republican id a
of retrenchment and reform.
We are glad the president is worried,
but we are sorry that he is not sui
ficiently iworried to recommend to con-
gress that the stuffing be knocked out
of the MCKINLEY bill. If he wants to
put check on congressional eXtrava-
gance let the influence Of the admistra-
ton be eyerted in behalf of a genuine
tariff reform measure. When tho
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-25
TOILERS IN A PANIC.
The Strike Fever Seems to Have
Seized Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 24.-The efforts of
the local labor leaders, it is stated this
evening, will be devoted during the
next week to an endeayor to restrain
the strike fever which seems to have
seized the workingmen of Chicago.
Chicago was chosen as the battle ground
on which the first general engagement
was to be fought, and the carpenters
were placed in the advance line. 1t
was intended that all other trades
should remain at work until the carpen-
tiers should have won. Trade after
trade has organized and declared that
it, too, must have the eight-hOur day,
according to current reports, the mon
ster demonstration which has been ar
ranged for May l as an expression of
sentiment only, may, it is now feared,
turn into the beginning of
strike which the leaders will be
powerless to direct. much less con-
troll. Certainly many thousand strikers
will be added to the carpenters. The
stockyards and packing house employees,
the stair builders, mill carpenters gas
filters, iron mOulderS and harness
makers have already announced their
intention of striking. Besides these the
taiIers, shoemakers, plasterers, fathers,
COMMENTATORS, metal workers and many
other lines of labor, seem determined to
join the ranks. 1t was rumored among
the men this morning that the building
bosses would anticipate the proposed
general strike by a total suspension of
business Saturday night next. By this
move the bosses would put the men on
the defensive to certain extent. The
idleness among the building trades con-
sequent ON the carpenters strike is in
creasing. The president of the brick
layers union called at the strikers
headquarters to-day, and said that less
than 300 of the $500 bricklayers in the
city were at work. The same state of
affairs prevails in most of the building
trades.