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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
Deep LaId sche1ne.

Chicago Tribune.
Pardon me, madam" eaid The
tramp, lifting the greasy wreck OF a
hat from shaggy head, "bnt may |
ask If you have any cold honiny to
spare hungry man Z? The lady
who live next door kindly told me
she thonght hominy was about all
you had for breakfast this morning,
and you would doubtless let me have
d portion Of what was left"
Certainly, my poor man." re.
piled The lady, feefngly, We have
plenty of cold hominy. You can
have a whole plateful. | will bring
it to ron. Excuse me moment.
The tramp walked slowly out to
the gate, marked a warning iiiero.
glYyhic on the gate post. Shouldered
his bundle and trudged on.
dag. gone her everlasting pic
turel' he said, bitterly, lit was q
put.up job"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
Oul. Reform Exc hanges.


! The cottage Home, Texarkana
AK, puts it in plain language and
correct when it says:
Congressman are every where
anxiousIy asking the farmer con
stituents "What they want" And
these seekers after reelection arc
getting right down ou their knees
and swearing to do anything fol
the dear people" " if they can only
fnd out what the dear people want
In our humble opinion a Congress.
man who has not been able to find
nat what constituents need By this
time had better stay at home and
try his hand at pounding sand into
q rat hole.
The National Economist Wash
ington D. 9. says!
The plan of ignoring the exist
ence Of the Alliance is abandoned
by The party henchmen, and side.
tracks will be laid most assiduously.
The farmers. however, will avoid
the switches and stand by their
demand for more money and less
taxes. Their money will be based
upon the wealth Of The nation, not
It's debts.
The Kansas Commoner deals
with three important question as
follows:
Slowly the people Of this conn
try are beginning TO see that the
general questions OF money, trans
portation, and land are those which,
are coming up for discussion and
decision. Government loans at o.
low rate Of interest in the answer
to the first. Government ownership
Of railways and telegraphs answer
theseeond, and the exemption of a
moderate homestead. from execution,
or other processes of lax settles the
LAird. Then thc producer of wealth
would be projected in the presses
sion Of the fruits Of lis toll, labor
would rejoice and peace aud con
tentlnent revisit. The homes Of our
anxious and cafeworn mothers and
fathers. Get right on these quest.
ions. Or are you 10 old to learn?"
The Weekly Union, Butler, Mo-,
in speaking of Government leans to
the people aud the opposeFs Of the
measure, very aptly says:
1T is the fact worthy Of notice.
tnat all the ridicule. criticism, and
so far shown to Stanford's
planof govern'nt loans 10 The people
come from bankers aud mortgage
trust companies. They say it is
impracticable, foolish, and impossi,,
ble' This is pretty substantial
evidence that The people arc on the
right track and that its adoption
would afford them relief"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
deGd Naasaaes aspH. EDaptsr.

Printers Ink.
Ripsaw il The only weekly III
Wyune, Ark.
The town Of Azusa, Cal, has 1
paper called Pomotropic.
Tombstone, in Arizoua, has 4
paper called The Epitaph.
Tom Joyee's Burlesque Gazette il
d weekly in Helena, Ark.
El Verano, Gal. has but one
paper. It is called Eitigraph.
Hackett City. Ark, has d weekly
paper called Horse Shoe.
The Thomas Comfy Cat il 4
paper published in Colby, Kan.
Person and Property Is i real
estate paper in Washington, d. G.
Frog is published in the interests
Of railroads at Denger. Colo.
Women's Exponent is the sugges.
tive name Of q paper III Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17

The Is in India little serpent
only a few inches long, called echys
carinata, which is so horribly veno-
nous that its bite is capable Of
causing death in two or three sec.
onds. Not single case in known
recovery from the bite of echys,
where the snake has struck its vic.
tim on the bare flesh, without any
fabric Intervening; but in most
instances the sufferer has leen
naralyzed with intense agony almost
instantaneousIy, the blood has coag.
ulated in tile veins ard a tspaam OF
the heart has terminated tie exis-
tence almost before any remedy
could he even attempted - Edgar
L. Wakcman. ID Plltburg Dispatch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
CottO.a seed Neal as a Fereillael

Monroe Telegraph Bulletin,
1t has become an established fact
that cotton seed meal ii the best
trtilizer that can be applied TO our
soil. At least THAT is the opinion
Of those of our planters who have
given thought to the matter and
made a practical test. We have
yet 10 hear of one who has d con
trary opinion. We publish hollow a
letter from Mr.. John 7. Cole, one
of our best and most successful
planters, which willno only prove
OF interest but profitable TO our
planters and we invite a careful
perusal. Mr.. Colesgives the results
of thorough test oil varioas fertili
zers aud it will be seen that cotton
seed meal ,eclipses them all:
Glendora, Feb'y 2, 1880.
Capt L. d. McLain, Monroe:
Dear Sir-Accortling to promise made
you last sprlng | give yoH the results of
my experimental test of different fert;-
nZefs Tor cotton. 4 appIleu the IeFFillZefB
in drill before planting. Land tested is
what | would term onr middle lands,
chocolate colored soil; breaking, planting
cultivation, etc, was the same; the kind
of cotton planted was Peterkin, but
wouldstate that my general crop was
fertiIized at time of .fruiting, Which i
think is better than fertilizing in drill:
Plat No loo pounds cotton seed meal
--1267 pounds seed cotton.
Plat No. 200 pounds cotton seed meal
100 phosphate. 100 kanit-962 ponnds seed
cotton.
Plat no. 300 pounds cotton seed meal
900 phosphate--92f pounds seed cotton.
Plat No. 400 pounds planters cotton
fertilizer-622 pounds seed cotton.
Plat No. 5-400 pounds crushed cotton
seed 200 phosphate pounds seed cot
ton.
Plat No. 600 pounds crushed cotton
seed-629 pounds seed cotton,
Plat No. 700 pounds cotton seed meal,
zoo kanit-S46 pounds seed cotton.
Plat No. 8No fertilizer equals 7o4
pounds seed cotton.
Plat No, 900 pounds ammonated raw
bone-847 pounds seed cotton
Yours truly. Jno. I. Cole.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17

General Won Caprivi, The new
German CbaDeeller, b ars striking
resemblance to Prince Bismarck,
like whom he towers a head and
shoulders above his fellow morfals-
and unlike whom he speechifes ID
calmly mechanicral voice, strength.
encd ijy much use in the open aiff
Tie is baldheaded bachelor y,
Italian extraction and saaye.
marnered, intelligent but colorless
tactician who offends none, and
edeavors to please all. His full
name ID Geoae Leo Won Caprivi di
Capr era del MontecnenIi, bnt he
contents himself with you Caprisl
Ias his signature, and he is as ireor-
/ rihls o asmoker as he il d heerdrinsor.
lie is also fifty nine Once q Week
$780,
! Il is reported that The negroes
are Starving in Oklahoma.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
New orleans Times.pemocrat.


Mr.. w. w. Garig, of Baton
Rouge. has kindly furnished The
Times Democrat with the following
preventive against that terrible pest,
the buffalo gnat, which he is very
sure is a specific, To one ounce
Of peunyroyal add -four ounces Of
lard. With a feather apply the
mixture ia the RS, face. flank and
belly Of the horse or mule. and the
gnats will at once take their depart
ure. One application will keep the
petts away for eeTeral hoHrs. Il
is Ju@t as cfectnal for horse flies.
when | was rarmer.n adds
Mr. Garig, "every negro plowman
carried his bottle of pennyroyal TO
the field along with his plow. 1t
is cruel to allow stock TO suffer
when so inexpensive remedy is
at hand. lfgnais attack your chick
ems aud turkeys just put a httle oil
around The door Of your coops in
the evening aud your fowls will
not be molested" "
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
The Heart Of she Home.
BY Margaret i. s.lnester.


Be the home where it may, on the hill. in
the valley,
HeInmed III by the walls of the populous
town,
Set fair where the corn lifts its pIunes
to.the rally,
0rperched on the slope, where the tor
rent rolls down,
Still ever the heart of the home is the
same,
Still ever the dearest rof names is the
name,
And ever the purest of flames is the
fame.
OF the home-queen,-tAe mother. whose
gentle command.
Unehallenged, bears rifle in our beauti-
ful land.
Be the home what it may. whether 10 fly
or lowly.
The mansion, the college. the plain
little room,
'Tis the heart beat Of true love shall make
the place holy,
IT'S the outlook to heaven shall keep ii
from gloom
For the heart of the home is the same, is
the same,
In hall Or in hut, there is ever one.
name,
Which kindles the torch ofa swift leap
ing flame,
As We bow to the mother, whose gentle
command,
Is the seeptre that sways in our bessltiful
land.
0 sweet with the drawn-fush Of morning
upon her.
She cradles her frst-born in tender
embrace;
And sweeter. when age brings her glory
aud homer.
She smiles with her glow of life eve on
her face
We are glad of her praise. we are sad at
her blame,
Her name was the-tirst for our ehild-hps
to frame,
Aud legally, proudly, all homage we
For the home7Gueen, the mother whose
gentle command,
Is potent and strong in our beautiful /
land.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
Information. Xv.nted.
Ark, Winston County, Ala
April 29lL 1899.

a@S1eAe N9y
Dear Editor:
Will you please help me find my
Grandmother !? Her name Is Gaw-
horn, when last heard from she
lived in the State Of Louisiana. It
was is years ago. NY mothers
maiden name was Nancy Cawhorn.
and she married Leandor Guy
Keenam.
Any information as to her where,
abonts will be thankfully received
BY her grandson. Please make
mention Of the above facts in your
valuable paper and greatly oblige.
Yonrs Very Truly.
John w KEEEUM.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
The New York world has printed

The New York World has printed
a census Of children in two repre-.
sentative quarters of that city, Fifth
avenue and Cherry street. In 800
families living on the former street
there we're fourd ninety-one children
ander ten years Of age. Of whom six
were born in the past twelve months.
In Cherry street. which appears to
be an abode Of the very poor, 800
families furnished $50 children un-
der ten years and III under one
year Of age.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17

When q young man embraces al
bis opportunities be IS quite apt
upon occasions to get an afnS;d ol
something nice. Dinghaasnn Lead.
er.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17

Advertise in MERIDIoNAL.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17
The Cattle Market.
Receipts for week ending Friday,
May 8, as follows:
Heads.

Heads.
Beeves !. 979
Calves. 1177
Hogs Hogs...........................s..........47e ARG
Sheep. .......... 575
The receipts for the past week
have been very light.
Prices Choice grass beeyes
3l4 10 8 2; second quality 2 3 4
to 3; good fat smooth cows 2 IA
TO 2 "a; good 2 years old $ll TO
Sl4; choice calves $50 to $40;
sheep scarce and III demand at $50
'o 81; hogs ia mediums supply and
prices good at 4 to 5 IL.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-17

Il is reported That The negroes
are starving in 0klahoula-
The evening world., 1890-07-18
WaShipErsa Nores.

". s. Lerty. nited States Marshal for tn.
Dis rict OF CklahC INA, has resigned
A. ID. NiREins, OF New HamT Shire, conductor
OF one OF the senate elevators, VAS Overcome
Dy heat while running the elevator. de NLl
IIubs bly, Te, over.
Yesterday's bond Offers aggregated $3.50, O5O,
atl2li coupon i5ss, s5O. and registered AIS,
Representative Martin. OF Indiana. argued
before lie enhte Conn lee On Indian Affairs
yesterday m SUN ort Of the Lll to pay the hiani
lIuiEnt, OF Indiana, Ssl, $50.
The Nlpsic, Low At HOnolulu, has teen ordered
20 san Franctsco, where she wll exchange her
present OiAvers Nhu have served on her since
the samoan disaster, Tor those Of tie Adauus.
whit b goes out OF commission.
The suueTin tendent OF the Census has ap-
pointed tie iOl4Owlng 81 ga. AGENTS to collect
statlstlcs OF manu- actuTers N New York. AIIel
q. Ul!eE hlddletoNn: John +, Mukin. Aout-
gosLery and " al4en, y ilIlAin q. Iaggart, New
burg; George W. sqGires, ort JerVis.
The Secretary Of The Treasury has made the
following arr Ointments N the interior heVeuue
Service Gi.bert NJ Lean, nited states store
kCeper and gauger, Hartford, Coma. Pratt s.
81 OeE: storekeeEer and gauger L4uIens, s. e. (;
hul. Ferns. Buffalo. n. y. nited States store
keeper.
Cadets have bssn appointed 70 the Military
Academy, as follows v L. Is. JOhnAtJne, New
YOrk klrhard c. Mayo, lrginia; Coleman
Brown, y Manla (AlteInateli John u. Aliep,
Teas n =. inA leLas laltsrpltejt Otto B.
The evening world., 1890-07-18
MORE MERCHANT APPRAISERS.
Tue Board Required but One Democrat
to Complete II.

WAsnISGToN, July 1T.-Assistnnt Secre-
tary Tichenor has called a meeting of tie
customs appraisers WHO have been con-
tirmed, to be held at the Treasury Depart
ment Monday morning. Appraisers liam
and Wilkinson will be i'll Washington to-
morrow. and Appraiser sharpe is expected
to arrive here Monday. Appraiser Jewell
has gone to New York to look after Office
quarters for the Board. but will retUru by
Monday. Assistant Secretary lichenor will
continue In his present position until his
succea sor shall have qualified.
OF the three appraisers nominated to-day,
Mr.. Stackpoie and Mr.. Shirtleii are Repub-
licans, and Mr.. Somerville is a Democrat.
Mr.. Stackpole is one OF the leading lawyers
OF DO ton and was strongly lnuorsed tor ap-
polntment as United states Attorney Tor
that district. He has All excellent war rec
ord and hah been prominent III Stuie pOu-
tics tor many yesrs. having been one oi the
leaders or his party during the Dlaine cam.
paIgn.
Mi. Shirtleff isa iawyer by profession
and was formerly Collector OF Customs At
Portland.
Judge Somerville was for many years a
anu Is said to lie one OF the best lawyers IN
the South. lie was strongly lndorsed By
Southern Democrats. including many Seua-
tors ANA Representatives..
IL IL said that the ninth member of the
EoaId. who under The law must be DEM
luent returns from Cape May: There IN Il
very strong hight waging between the
trends of the several candidates for tins
place. but II Is understood that the appoint
sylvAmiS, and air. Fe'er BonLeli, OF New
jersey,
The evening world., 1890-07-18

to come from Indiana. His name IL James
NJ. Shackcliurd and he resided at Evans
town. Ind. before his appointment. Shack
Chords son came along as clerk IN hle
fathers court, and has married u Cherokee
girl since coming to the West.
The next arpontnen eats for Oklahoma were
made when the land Offices were cstabli, he'd
III Guthrie aud Kmgii. her. IuGiann was
again kindly rem, mlried by the President.
and j. !. Ollie. who had been Secretary of
the Indiana Hepubican Committee during
tho Presidential clmi aigr. was made Res-
lister OF the Guthrie land office.
I he Cherokee Commission began work
abont yea, ago. he Commission Goa.
sisted OF three members aud 10 a day
clerk. One member Wnrran q. Sayrc and
the clerk. Horace Speed, came from Indiana.
Speed recently received another Oklahoma
appointment, and he has been succce led AZ
clerk OF the Commission by L. ;. hing from
Indianapolis.
lien came the appointment of seven Terri
torial officers. lwoor there plums fell to
HooSiers. Geo. ". Stee,e. of Marion. Ind
was sent out as Governor of the Territory.
and Horace Speed, from INDIANAPOLIS. wa
made the United States Attorney for tie
Indiana IN also represented on the Okla
homa Town Site loard. recently appointed
by Secretary Noble, IN the person OF John
Silvis. who comes from the southern part OF
that State.
1t looked a. though this was the end, but
recently j. NJ. Buriord. from Indiana. was
appointed Register OF the land office ut
Oklahoma City, aud his appointment has
been confirmed by the Senate. The Okla
huma CITY land Office has not yet been Cs-
iAbl!shed aud Ii not needed. and tins last
appointment was verItable surprise.
w Ell Oklahoma was made IeTr tory tue
President was authorized To establish two
additional lard Offices. The evident pur-
pose Of this provision was to prov idle land
ohlces Tor the Cherokee strip shon il bs
cedeu by the nj ans. President HarIi' Oh
seemed UNIV ling TO wait and 30 created this
new land office.
.Tuese appointments are made in direct
violat on of the Republican National plat
form, which declares that all Territorial
APPOINTMENTS shat be made from the esl-
dents Of the Territory. The local o,ti-
clans are very angry Al the large number of
Indiana citizens APPOINTED to rule III this
Territory, aud trerc j. a strong anti. HHIri.
son faction here which would welcome auS
deliverancc from the iioosler poteutates.
The evening world., 1890-07-18
PERSONALS AND POLITICS,
Gable News OF Interest frou the Capt.
tnts Of Europe.

LONDON. July IA despatch from Bue.
nos Ayres states that At the close OF the
market to-day the premium on gold was
quoted at 1877 per cent.
A jury Of Bores at Pretoria has acquitted
the Englishmen charged with rioting and
with insulting the Transvaal flag OIL the oc.
casion OF President Kruegers visit to
JohAnnes burg.
Cholera has spread from Mesopotamia ia
Lake Van. Nomads are spreading the in.
fection.
An extraordinary meeting OF the Turkish
Miniaterial Council to-day discussed Bulga-
ria's demand for the recognition OF Prince
Ferdinand as ruler of Bulgaria.
Heavy rains prevail in the Dnrjeeling 9
district, India, and part Of the country is
flooded. Bridges have been carried away in
many places and the only means OF COM
munication between the planters is by
boats.
The American riilemen arrived at Bingen
last night from Oberlohnstcin. They had
an enthusiastic reception and the city was
decorated and illuminated in honor OF the
Americans.
A tablet in memory Of the late Mr.. Daley.
an Australian stateGman, was unveiled in
st. Paul's Cathedral to-day bv Lord Rose
berry.
Count Conrad StolberR. heir Of one OF the
richest landed proprietors In Germany. was
accidentally shot and killed while duck
shooting.
A whole family. consisting OF father,
mother and six children, was suffocated by
charcoal fumes i'll room on the Rue Aveon,
Paris, to-day.
An old German soldier named Reich has
lately made his escape from Algeria, whittier
he was sent a prisoner Of war during the
Franco Prussian war Of 1870 and where he
has been detained ever since. He has been
summoned to testify before the War Office
The police OF Dusseldorf have sent notices
to Europe and America asking for the ar
rest Of Frantz Kohlbecker. who is accused
OF numbering Catherinine Lethen, q girl of
twelve yC-rs.
Lord N-ndoph Churchill has been elected
member OF the Jockey Club.
A number OF prominent residents of Fez
have been arrested for all attempt on the
life of the Sultan of Morocco.
The Mersey Dock Board will expend
$500. 600 in deepening and improving the
Liverpool docks.
Mr.. Wilson, n Liberal, has been returned
to Parliament for Mid Durham by 4 major
ity OF =. 900.
The evening world., 1890-07-18
what WIN rbe Tru.r Dor

No definite plan for the reorganization OF
the Sugar Trust has been formulated yet,
although the trustees are said to be working
upon one. PoGer A. Pryor, who has repre-
scented tile Attorney General here in the pro-
Gee iings against this lrEst, said yestt rday
would be no deposition Ia complicaIe mat
ters with laws uits, but that tie Attorney
General was determined that the law should
be ohryed and the Trust brought to all end.
There WAS no disposition, lie sad. to IN
jure vested interests ur 10 drive property
out of the state. lie admitted that the rep
TesentHtlyes OF the ] Tust La | had confer
ence with the AttOrI ey-G GeneIsl, but beyond
that he could not give any information.
The evening world., 1890-07-18
WICKED CITIZENS or PADULA.
They Pounded editor Luiai D'Auria vi,h
Soup Plates and Other Thinas.

Editor Luigi DAuris. with badly
ploughei.up scalp, will appear before Police
Justice Tiernan, in 1ompkinsville, s. l.. at
. o'clock to-day and ask for revenge. He
wants revenge because Giovanni Grossi.
Francesca Zucchi al 4 twenty other citizens
of Padula mot raduS punched him and
pounded him on the head with our.plates
and other hard things asst Fourth vt July.
Poor D'Auria was attacked lccause he was
the only repre- q ntative of LECO dEa,id on
whom the Padulats could lay hamds. They are
all friends Of n proorrSSI Notc- imrIyctnO
and encmes of i'ECU. Hefnie the latter
paper began publication Proprietor, Carlo
liatsotti had monoroiy of all the lta!ian
newspaper readers III this town and all
about this noighburhoud. Then lelicc
Iocci came along with anew printing o!pce
amt began tolprint ih,o dHdia. Lhat
been iigltinE for the affections and the pei-
II es ut tie Italian COLONY ever rncc.
Editor iogci was making doer inrnads on
when Editor laisOtti hit mn. II rlau to
head Eim oil. lie advertised that lac would
give goid-hsRded cane to the most rorulsr
Italian hcreahuats. The popularity vast
lie determined Ivy voting with ballots printed
in various numbers of Z Pr'9'SSo. by
way of revenge LiCD Il Hrid promised 10
present handsome ver-trimmcd skull to
tile mot popular unLertaker LECD'S read.
crs SHOULD vote toi. Many people thcreupoh
gibed aud iuutcd at Sig. Barsott and his
PrOyreSsD and gold-heRdcd cane. Barsntttr
friends meditatcd bitterly and waited for
their revenge.
somehow or other wori got around that
the originator OF the shul.and under tHker
scheme. The PrOgrpSSO eupe digEcd PIT
privily for his destruction. ,Ninc1n>o
eashs Grs Of FaGns FFaGs&ens lent ct @ s0G'y Warm
invitation to attend the cit.Itns' banquet at
Colomnoa Hotel, South Beach, $, l., on
The evening world., 1890-07-18

The management of the Seidl concerts
have done wise thing IN advertising their
programmes every day in the New York
papers. Now it is time Tor Mr.. Gilmore 10
follow suit. for az a matter OF fact II has
been far more diihCult 10 get hold OF a
musical bill of fare at the Manhattan than
at the Brighton. The programme
Of particular interest. There will be
Bach-beethoven-WGgneT matinee and a
symphonic evening. IL is the day for the
fair members OF the seidl society, who, be-
fore entering the music temple, are 10 II, ten
to lec.ure Oh 'lhe Emotional in Music -
by. Mr., Henderson, FROM Wagner Nj.
Sedl will give the l.ove Song" from
"Parsifal. the wedding March from
" Lonengr,u and the bacchanAle from
"Tannhduser.' Besides these the two pro-
grammes will include the Bach choral aud
fugue. Beetho, ems "Leouora" overture
aud the andGute from the Fifth SYM
phony, the eeIhoven g minor symphony
evening, BenUlts overture Charlotte
CoIdGy ana LiszTs symphonic poem
- HungarIA."
The evening world., 1890-07-18
Deprw WIN Mi he ,ho,ru.

CHICAGO. July li.-Mr. J. II. Winston.
who represents tie Pennsylvania inter, sts
in the delayed Caicago sIock-yarls deal,
had a lOng hCcrrt conference with \ ice-
President Mccullough, o. tl.s l'eun- ylNauIa
ComUaEy, to-day, at the close ut whIC'l / G
Ealti that the securities OF the new company
would probably lie ready To be put Oh the
market Tomorrow. AlT. Winston con-
tinurd: - here II no Truth in the state
ment that there IL clash beiweeu the NAI-
deTbilt and / enusyNaula interests in the
new company. Whatever Nj. McCulIOugh
does lie will be in perfect harmony with the
others. IL is not likely that Ar. McCnl.
Tough will be President of the new company
and Lt is certain that Mr.. nepeN will moi.