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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
Communicates.
EDITOR MER1DIoNAL:

REDIToR MER1DIoNAL:
/ write q few lines with reluctance,
as, judging by the past, they may+b
thrown aside.
We shoald often be thankful fer
this; many a scribler avoids Difficult.
ties by having Mis- writings sup.
pressed.
One thing the NOES back learns,
viz No man may differ from
another more than he may differ
from himself. WhenG told a few
persons | wanted better guarantees,
Il was ridiculed. When I said the
road would come without our
money, If at all, it was the same.
Now the tax election is postponed,
and this paper has given the FIRST
intimation I have had of the
cause, you now say we want better
guarantees. Good. You say it
will come without our tax if ut all.
Fl have forty gears experience in
railroad building and observations
Of the same. | gave $1,000 and
voted a tax Of $4,000 for a much
needed railroad when there were
none in the country, the Mobile and
Ohio. This | stated was a 1.-THE Of
all | possessed at the time. You
published it title. / asked you to
correct the ugly mistake, and you
did not.
A tax of three mills may cause
the road 70 deviate from her course
It would not change q through
route, and drive it off through
a poor country for the west aud
with more competition.
The outlet to New Iberia is much
more needed at present, more gasi
Bile and less expensive. This tax il
a small affair; only a little for eacl
of as. But again, when the grea
aggregate of the production Of poul
try and eggs is counted, it is called
a big thing. If the corn were solc
and other feed. the net profit woulc
be a mere trile to each family, tt
say nothing of the great trouble ami
time devoted to this industry ant
the great aggregate destruction t,
,gardens and ether crops.
!, ] am opposed to giving a wealth.
syndicate a large sum of money.
} am in favor of reimburslng Gee
Caldwell for his unavoidable loss Q
) brick, and Of giving Frank Lyons a
least one third morefor hauling.
J. B. R.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
The WoF9d's African COzhmis-
asoaler Mt Home AgaIn-

Thomas Stevens, an attaehe OF
the New York World, fthe great
metropolitan journal of Democracy,
always noted for ito daring and
unique Journalistic enterprise) ar.
rived in New York last week, on
board the steamship Teutonic, after
an uneVentful voyage of six days
and three hours from Liverpool.
Being unable to receive any authen.
tic intelligence from Henry NJ.
Stanley, the celebrated explorer, the
World conceived the novel idea
last summer Of sending Mr.. Stevens
to Africa for the purpose of hunting
up and communicating with the
distinguished explorer, who had
been for two years inextricably lost
to civilization in the babyrinthian
mazes of African jangles. Mr..
Stevens mol only accomplished this
auduoas mission successfully, being
the first to find and greet Stanley
but in doing so has demonstrated
the ability of the World to surpas.
all other journals in feats which
require prudence, skill and q lavish
outlay Of money. Mr.. Stevens wa
the recipient of the plaudits and
congratulations Of his fellow mem
bers of the press and a sumptuoRI
banquet at the Aston house at til,
expense Of the World.-CatahonlI
Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
Ases, OOO.ooe Cathedral.

The defeat Of New York for the
Worlds Fair, and the death of John
Jacob Astor, have each important
bearing on the prospects for the
erection Of st. John cathedral, for
the great $25, 000, 900 structure that
the Episcopalians Of New York
contemplate erecting Under Bishop
Potter's direction. TIE site for the
cathedral is part Of the ground thai
was included in the Worlds Fair
site. 1t has been given to the use
of the Fair committee, and the
commencement of work on The
cathedral was thought thereby to
have been postponed for several
years. Now the is that ground viii
be broken next year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
ALI Sorts.

She-"What makes you have such
a poor opinion ofthe medical frater-
niay?" He-"I'am a doctor myself"
Epoch.
do you believe, Mrs. Lockwood,
that The Office should Geek the man?'
Il most certainly do" replied Belya.
"but-er-it's different with wo-
men."-Life
He (cautiousIy)-"Wha would
you say, darling, if I sould ask you
plumply to be my wife?' Darling
(even more cautiously)-"Ask me
and find out -Washington Star.
Not well informed Papa" said
the little one, Twill there be news
papers in heaven?" Perhaps, my
child, but there will be a new set
of editors and reporters. Dixon
(4li.) Telegraph.
Quitc Unknown: what piece
are they going to sing next, sir?'
asked Rollo at the chuch. You
mean" replied Mr.. Holiday, ''what
selection. Peace, Rollo, is some
thing quite unknown among church
choirs. "-Bostea Transcript.
Jarrett-"Peterson is absolutely
the meanest mar | ever met. DC
you know what that fellow did
when he was married Z" Garrett
What? Declined to fee The
minister" Jarret-"Fee the minis
ter! Why, sir, the ushers took up !
collection at tie wedding a"-Life.
She was Deserving: Miss Minnie
Mr.. Figg, you really must buy {
ticket for our ball. 1t is for thu
benefit Of a poor, starving dress
maker" Figg-But is she really
deserving, do you think?" Mis-
Minaie--"I know she is. She hal
done lots Of work for the girls 0
our set. and always let's US set on
own price."-1'erre Haute Exdress.
No Mystery: She--"T have al
ways supposed the fashionable
endeayored te keep their numbers
down as low as possible, bat now !
see the 400 have been increased t
1900" He--"The Wall street MAJ
made 'em. As soon as they ge
control they proceeded to run socie
ty according to business principles
: and, Of course, the first move vas D
!. water the stock. Life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
Fifteen ThoRsaad Dolaam
hound - DE

Fifteen thousand dollan st
rather high price for q QgR
drinks, but it is the price BNe
policeman paid . few das
Ofcourse he did not do M
tionally, bnt he lost the money
the less.
It was like this: The
who is d day officer, was Y
night with the boys. After IS
rounds ut Goods saloon,
street, the officers turn y
treat came round. Leaning
the bartender, Joe Good te
prietros brother, the
spered: I am dead broke
nothing but q lottery ticket
You let it go for . doltafg
Eyes, Tgness 40, it's lse
"Oh, it is sure said the
man. It's 54,385. Sounds
winner"
"An right; III take Il
The officer and his Friends
up the ticket and wished l
luck. The bartender p
of his own 10 the drawer ana
the ticket on q shell.
bought q ticket every moaiA
year or two, buthad never
d cent from his ingestm
the morning when the dfa
held and before the bar
open ten minutes. ID came
4 pledged a lottery ticket
drinks the other night.
redeem it now"
He seemed SO excited INV
bartender grew suspicious
into the oaie lie ran his eys
morning paper. There
First prize 64SS5, n
almost had an attack cf
ease. Then he rallied an
officer that the ticket
nleaged and that be could sss ~
f. The policeman
wroth, but The bartender
rate. Finally be agreed
officer $1,000 Of the $l0
the number called foF
rhe bag Of gold arrived.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
tCommuRicated.l
Perry's Bridge Rarlroad.

If the projected railroad, from
some point on Bayou Teche to
Perry's Bridge, materializes, we do
not see how it could in any way
iHjure either the actual or future
prospects of Abbeville; the contrary
in our opinion viii be the case.
In the first place, we do not
think it has ever catered the mind
Of any reasonable man, that a raJ
road, If intended to secure to the
whole of Vermiiion parish, . COM
modious, cheap and rapid mode
Of transpOrtatsoa for the whole of
its products and travellers, would
possibly have its terminus here.
The idea, we believe, is to push the
line as far as possible to the mouth
Of the bayou, where, of course, the
terminus must of necessity be, hence
to feel any nneasness is altog ether
uDcalled for.
The maiH object of all lines OF
transportation being to get as much
freight and passengers as possible, il
necessarily follows that it must
reach to a convenient distance of all
Ipoint within its rudius.
BY all means, let it come; Yer.
million wants it bad, for atthe actual
rate, products Of all kinds are sell.
ing, a saving in time and cost o.
freight is an absolute necessity fol
,0ur farmers. The fear entertained
by some, that such a railroad would
tend to displace the parish seat, il
equally gronndless, for it stands
that no moqe Of the kind could sue
coed before the people, who, o
course, would have to fost up tht
cost utterly useless.
We are ourselves much in favor
!, of a railroad connecting US witt
bayou Teche, No matter where, a
thus we would command cheal
8 rates by the competition that woul'
naturally result betWecR the South
ern Pacific and independent line.
There is no denying the fact, tia
New Orleans is our market, is tn,
9 place where we can trade MOST ad
t vantageously, where we can ootai
more easily and at cheaper rate
! our supplies, hence to reach tina
market: effectively, promptly, an
cheaply, is to be much desired by Vi
II, as we hope, YerniIion is t
q have a larger increase in its suga
industry. Communication with th
Teche will more surely than by an
other direction, being about th
r much desired result.
g Let it come we say; the auicke
! the better, and if the wheel needs
push to set it a going, We advise al
8 our citizens to give it hard and a
e together. 1t will pay US hane
4 somely, aud without fail;
/ OBSERVER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Backward. turn backward @
time in your fight, give me the nose
that I breathed tarough last nigha
Bring back the smelIer that two
days ago knew not the torment OF
continual blow. Wipe from mig
mustache the moisture Of sneeze, pat
wooden spliRts on my weaken knees,
rub my red nose as you oft have
before, with tallow, dear mothers chit
it is so sore. Backward. flow back.
ward 0 tide of tho nose! / an SO
tired from nay head to my toes.
Tired out with mopping, and cough.
ing and ~sneezing; weary from hand
kerchiefs constantly Selling; I have
grown weary of snufling and snnff
of wiping my bugle until is rough.
Stick my poor head in a big pillow
slip and sew it up mother; | have q
grigpe.-Rusk County News.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
A rather singular coincidence j

A rather singular coincidence is
noted by Congressman Morgan, of
Mississippi, in reference to the ap.
pearaace Of the grippe" during
Harrison's term. II remember very
we'll" he said, Sin my boyhood that
after the election Of Harrison and
Tyler had become president and was
overturning things in o political way
that an epidemic Of inaue1za swept
over the country, just as it is doing
now. It had the same name, too,
the grippe and / remember that
everywhere it was spoken Of as the
Tyler grippe It was the same sort
of thing as we have now, and it is
a little odd that it should have come
back again during the term to which
another Harrison was elected in
it. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Before the last presid
ton the republican Ieacders assss
ced that if the party vas ela
power it woulds heathe T
sniokaree TO the hilt IN lha hN
of the fruits. Before tlAe EM
tons last fall tbs dire
repeated. The dealIo plaam
been made, but a large bal0 ii
was 6rst screwed on The
weapon. The senate commits I
&nssace report favorablg i hlI !
declare unlawful trusts
nations in restraint of
production" bnt the cIaa
the penalties for sach ois1
be stricken ont. Thus them
warfare upon trusts is 10 dHa
a mild and harmless remons
Post.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
a special to the Times Democrat


from Berlin, dated March IS, says :
1t is announced that Prince Bis
marks resignation of the ChanceI
Eorshlp was accepted by the Emperor
at noon to day. The differences
betweenxPrince Bismarck and the
Emperor arose from the Chancellor
refusal to accede to the request
made by DR.. Wipdthorst, the leader
Of the Clericical party in Germany,
to restore to the Duke OF Cumber-
land, the claimant Of throne oil
Hanover, the larger portioa Of the
Guelph fund. The report is repeat
ed to. day that the Emperor proposes
to appoint Gen. Won Caprivi, who
is now commander of the Tenth
Army Corps, to the chancellorship
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

A printers devil ii Ous
new States got in his WORK ,,s.
late elections. Il
Democratic paper telegraD
Democratic Walla Walla
for . 200 word special Ii
news. In the.absence ii t
the devil sent the following
aiat 200 words, everyt
to hell. "-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Ifyour heart is larger than your
head you injare yourself, and if your
head is larger than your heart you
!iniure your aeighbors.-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The Morgan City Free Prees, has
hallucinalious again. Just hear
him. "Mr. Price has his hands
eGectualty tied. No matter how
much he may try to work out bene-
Cts for the district, every Republi-
can member well knows that he
represents a constituency that
wrenchcd the district from a Re
publican majority by force, fraud
and intimidation, aad they give him
the cold shoalder. This district has
no right to expect anything until a
representative is returned that rep.
resents the majority" Now, Gray,
don't you know this is rank, sheer
nonsense If not, why in the name
Of the Holy Bloody Shirt and Saint
Ingalls, did not the nominee of this
badly wrenched majority gou pirate
Of make q contest. CRYING fraud
won't do. Cone eat and prove it
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The cheapest place il Missouri to
live is at the penitentiary. The
daily cost Of maintaining oorvicts at
that institution is only II cents per
capita.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The Times Democrat take the
Shreveport Baptist Chronicle to
task for being intolerant and faDat-
pical. Yet il commits the equally
grievous fault Of rchashing up the
chronicles big bigoted charges
against The Catholics. Consistency,
those art ajewel," a glass q when
"a city journalist is scratiaized
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The Richland Beacon and the
News. Of Rayville, have consolidated
under the name Of ,Beacon.Nc ws.
Mr.. ManghaAis still editor, with
HteRhen A. NuIk as associate.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Gray, Of the Morgan City Free
Press, seems 70 doubt John Brook
,shier's statement that Vermiiion
is a nice place, It's, tho Come over
and see for yourself.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Ne guess tho Tensas basin levee
6oardsAre catching il lively now for
delaying the building Of the EN-.
5ankment of the La. Ark. and Mo,
n. r. through Ghicot county, Ark.
which would protect the entire
Tensas basin from the Sappingtor
and Luna crevassea, give it to then
Bro. Mangham
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

All but two parishes have &C.
cepted the generous and timely assis-
stanceeof the Louisiana lottery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The Alexandra Town Tai
a surveying corps. reprs
the kansas City, LoulsIass
Gull Railroad Company.
Colfax last week and lie sdi I
the Coltaz Chronicle il \
Il preliminary surveys messs III
roads, Alexandra would SIS !.
many different lines thar il s.s \
be dangerous to travel III sh
ity TOR fear of being run opsr. y
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The Morgan Free Prs.
week says: 'John a..
dropped 10 to see Us yestsss
gave a pleasant descript;o~
growing Importance oi Tssa
parish its crop prospects,
peace and happiness Of 4. s.
According to Johns reno,.
million is a nice place.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

The condition Of the river il
alarming. Pecan Groveerevasse in
EAST Carroll is 5000 feet wide
Mia crevasse in st. James is SOC
feet wide, ana the railroad track
is 10 feet under water. Lura ere
vase in Chicot and Sappingten, il
Desha counties, Arkansas, are 400
feet wide, and all Of them are hop
less of being closed, much suffering
and loss will result in the inundated
districts.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

An eagle of immense slza
ana captured near Rolnos
last week. It is estimated
bird was ESQ years old.
RED seven feet four inches 81,
to tip and weighed lO1
dis talons we're seven inCba
and his claws one and haT
in length. Ii vas the largss,
eVershot.-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Three of the regulator cases on
appeal from st. Landry, known as
the Coulee Croche affair, were re-
manded BY the Supreme Court for a
new trial. The ,ria1judge was too
strict, it seems, in his rulings, and
did not allow all the evidence to GO
rte thefury.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

ACalifornia Judge who became
Intoxicated a few days ago and
created q scene in a saloon, after
wards 4ectared himself in court,
dmpesed on himself and paid a fine
of fifty dollars and pledge himself
to resign his Office if the offence
should be repeated.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

RilIy Myer and Andy Bowen
will Eight to a finish on May 7tll,
sbefere the Athletic Chab in New
Orleans for a purse Of $4,000, 4
ouncegloves. Myer meets Jack
Hopper at Fort Worth. Texas, May
llst.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-12-12

| If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-12-12

Judge J. p. Leonard, Of Orovil!e,
has given the following account OF tho
largest pan of gold ever taken Oh, OF Tho
old Cape claim: sin the first part OF
the month of October, 1887, II. B. La
throp, now dead, and myself took out O!
this very same Cape claim pan Of gold
containing 104 ounces and tour penny
weights of pure, clean metal that sold for
over $4,000. We found the shining stuff II
the middle of the river bed under large
bowlder. 1t was some distance above
bedrock, and we did very little strip
ping of the surface dirt before finding it.
The gold was in small pieces, the largest
of which was not worth more than twenty
five cents-it was all fine scale gold.
When we found it it had settled in a
crevice of the rock, where it had washed
by natural rifle. - Tuyt7i4 (NeU.)
ENTERPRISE
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-12-12
A Povsrty.stricken Millionaire !

This seems a paradox, but IL Is ex-
planned by one OF New York's richest
men. 81 don't count nv wealth In
dollars" he said. "What are al my
possessions to me, since l am q victim
of consumption ? Ny doctor tells me
that l have but a few months to live,
foC the disease is incurable. l am poor
er than that beggar yonder." But"
interrupted the friend to whom he spoke,
consumption can be cured. If ta.en
in time, DR.. Pierce's Golden Mcuaal
Discovery will eradicate every We: e
of the disease from your system" ri
try it." said the millionaire, and he d.;
and to-day there Is not 4 healthier,
happier man to ue found anywhere.
TIL discovery" strikes at the seat OF
the complaint. Consumption is a dis
ease o. the b4ood-is nothing more nor
less than lung scrofula ard il must
and does yield to this wonderful remedy.
Golden Medical Discovery" is not
only an acknowledged remedy for that
terribly fatal malady, when taken in
time and given fair trial, but also for
all forms of Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, as White Swellings, Fever
sores, Hip joint Disease, Salt rheum,
letter, Eczema, Boils, Carbuncles, ETy-
sipelas and kindred ailments.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-12-12
Savage Necklaces.

Uncle Sam has vast collection of the
jewels of savages, says the Pitts6urg Dis
patch. He has silverware made by the
Indians of Arizona, carved ornaments
from Alaska, and great bracelets and
anklets Of gold, silver and brass from
India. One of the most curious neck
laces in his collection is one of human
fingers which the medicine men of some
of the Indian tribes wear, and one is
made of sixty-seven human teeth with
holes pierced in their roots to string
them. This necklace is ten inches long
and a number of the teeth evidently need
filling. 1t came from the FIJI Islands
and was found there in 1910.
Another necklace is made of human
hair, into which the tusk of the walrus
was woven. It is about two inches
thick and twenty inches long. Another
savage necklace is one of human and
dog teeth combined, and there are neck
laces of stone, of gold, silver, copper
and brass, of all shapes and sizes,
gathered from all parts of the world.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-12-12

will come. Bring Vienna and Austria will
come. Bring Cairo and Egypt will come.
Bring the near three million people IN this
cluster OF cities on the Atlantic coast and all
America viii soon see the salvation of God.
Ministers Of religion! let US intensity our
evangelism. Editors and publishers, purify
your printing pressesl Asylums of mercy!
enlarge your plans OF endeavOri
And instead of this absurd and belittling
and wicked rivalry among our cities as to
which happens TO have the most men and
women and children, not realizing that the
more useless and bad people city has the
worse it is Off and a city which has ten thou
sand good people is more TO be admired than
a city with one hundred thousand bad peO-
pie, let US take moral census and see how
many good men and good women are lead
ing forth, how large a generation or good
children who will consecrate themselves and
consecrate the round world to holiness and
to God. On, thou blessed Christ, who dldst
come to the mighty cities enclrcllng Lake
Galiiee! come in mercy to all our great cities
of to-day.
Thou who didst put Thy hand on che white
name Of the foaming pillows of Gennesaret
and make them lie down at Thy feet, hush all
the raging passions of the world! Oh, Thou
blessed Christ, who on the night when the
disciples were trying to cross this lake and
1.-THE wind was contrary" after nine hours
of rowing had made only three miles didst
come stepping ON water that at the touch Of
Thy foot hardened into crystal, meet all our
shipping whether on placid or stormy seas,
and say to all Thy people now, by whatever
style of tempest tossed OF driven, as Thou
didst to the drenched disciples in the cyclone:
''Be of good cheer. It is l. Be not afraidr'
Thank God that | have seen this lake of
Christly memories, and l can say with
Robert McCheyne, the assembled ministsr OF
Scotland, who, seated On the banks of this
lake, wrote in his last sick days, and just be-
fore he crossed the Jordan, not the Jordan
that empties into Galilee, but the Jordan
that empties into the ''sea Of glass mingled
with fire these sweet words, fit to be PLAYED
by human fingers on strung strings of
earthly lutte, or by angelic fingers on seraphic
harps:
1t is not that the wild gazelle
Comes down to drink rhy tide.
But He that was pierced to save from hell
Oft wandered by thy side.
Graceful around thee the mountains meet
Thou calm, rcposng sea;
But alb! far more, the beautiful feet
OF Jesus walked DER thee.
Saviour! gone to Gods right hand,
Yet the same Saviour still,
Graved on Thy heart is this lovely strand
And every fragrant hill.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-12-12
ALL HANDS KILLED.
Four Dead Men Found at the Scene
of an Explosion.

Berwick, Penn, was the scene of a shock
ing boiler explosion the other day. -Four
men were killed, and a saw mill plant, in
Guiding the stable and surrounding build
ings was burned.
The accident occurred at four o'clock.
when great outburst Of steam at Adams's
saw mill was followed by terrific report.
Crowds of people at once hurried to the
scene Nothing remained of the little ham,
let that had been built for the numbering
men. and its four inhabitants were strewn
about the woods dead.
Ira Gruver, one of the employees, was found
about fifty feet from where the boiler
house stood, horribly mangled. His brother
was found in another direction also
mangled badly, while their companions
lay In the saw pit without mutilation, but
dead. Examination of their bodies showed
them to have sustained fractures of the skull
and internal injuries from which they must
have died almost Immediately.