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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
The Bravest are 1Iae Tenderest

1T was the closing day at Fred
ericksburg," said General Kershaw
10 the Atlanta Constitution, when
q mar by the name of John Kirklan
came rushing into headquarters and
said: General, I can't stand it any
longer Referring to the wounded
Federals lying in front of our
breast. works, he said: Those poor
fellows yonder are crying for water
--nnd I came here to ask your
permission to go out there and carry
them some"
"Said /, 'Kirklan, you know il
would be almost certain DEATH
"Yes,' said he, but I will risk it
for humanity's sake
II don't think l ought to give
you permission to CO." said ], but
| was so strack with his heroism
that I let him go. He gathered
some canteens, filed them with
water, and went over the breast
works. Ho got q few steps, and
came running back. | thought his
courage had failed him, but he came
to me and asked ifhe might put up
a white handkerchief. Said /:
No, Kirklan; we don't propose TO
use any flag Of truce on this occas.
ion.'
"He got his canteen, and went
over TO the brcastwords again, and
went about from man to man giving
the wounded water. At first The
enemy fred at him, bnt as soon as
they saw his purpose, of course they
stopped and he remained out there
until he had given water 10 every
one of thosepoor fellows"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
Curious individual.

Hamilton, O., has a mysterious
visitor. He is q MAJ Of about As.
and during the several weeks he
has spent about the town no one has
been able 10 get q single word from
him. He carries a bundle to which
he clings all the time, using it At
night for a pillow. What it con
tains no one knows. He sleeps in
an open wheat field. lie has never
entered a door, never asks for f cd
or been given a mouthful or God
and puts in the day walking D and.
down the pike. he visits a spr,ns
where he drinks copiously;;. bu !
what he lives on outside of water
where ne came from. or what his.
name IS. no one has been able to
ascertain.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
F~riYateAiien was E,.

This is the way a..
John Allen the Congresdos.
i T. Mississippi against es
Tucker, who opened tbe osN
with a rhetorical allusioh
service in the was, dose.;l U
Matte IN which he had Conn
the confederates. sleeping il
on the mountain side % a. s.
Of the battle. When he III Il
ed Allen got up and ssid. 81.
and fellow citizens. It,s III
what General Tucker 81,
about his sleeping ia Ills Fay sa
night before The battle. .a
all about it, for | vas ,o.s s1eR
that tend all night long il M s'sl9s
end wet on picket. And nas
just want TO say to all Of MI
were generals in the war 4 81 ~
at nights in your guarded IS, "
General Tuck,r, yon vote IA n.
But all Of you fellows that gu.s ~
the generals tents in the 49,,
cold like me you vote for P,;,.s
Allen. Private Allen vas eleelsa
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19


A very singular coincident
occurred at the residence of Mr.. O.
Ditch last Saturday, which is truth.
full in every way. The little dangh.
ter Florabel had died, and was laid
out in the cold arms Of death il one
of the rooms, her loving parents
bending over the pretty corpse she'd
ding tears Of bitter grief-for Flora.
bel was the only daughter in a family
Of several children. The little girl
had a pet white pigeon that re
quented all parts Of the house at it's
pleasure, getting into the lap and
on the shoulders Of the little girl,
and seems to understand everything
said to it. This pigeon few into
the death chamber through the door
and perched itself on the mantle.
piece. Mrs. Ditch turned toward
it, and calling it by name said:
"Pedee. poor little FlorabeI is dead!
Look at herr at the same time
pointing to the dead companion.
The pigeon stretched itself, looked
at the little l%ifeless form, gave a
futter Of its wings. and fell off the
mantlc-piece-dad! 1t was "laid
out" very prettily, placed at the
feet Of the child in the coffin, and
Florabcl with her bird companion
in life were laid to rest together in
the cemetery at Berwick-Morgan
City Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

The lottery business must be ex-
ceedingly profitable when we take
into consideration the vast sums
Mr.. Morris has been able to invest
in race tracks, fast horses, etc.
These investments ore mostly in
New York. The patrons of the
lottery have paid for all these
things, and now MI. Morris proposes
to pay the State the enormous sum
Of $l250,000 annually for the pri-
vilege of continuing the institution.
Do the patrons Of the lottery realize
that they, and not Mr.. Morris, pay
this? Certainly the number and
value Of the prizes will have to be
vastly reduced in order to pay
this increased expense and still leave
a margin of profit to the stockhold.
ers. A man who would trade
silver dollars for twenty-five cent
pieces would be called a ~lnnatic:
and yet this would be a paying in,
vestment compared With bnying
lottery tickets as q source of profit.
especially afteI the expenses have
been increased to the amount Of the
proposed license.-Americau.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
CaEcnsieu Parish Farmers
Union Resolutions.

Whereas, We, the Farmers Par.
ish Union of Calcasieu parish, La,
did III open session April the gid OF
the present year, pass resolutions
condemning the Louisiana State
Lottery; and.
Whereas, We did forward a copy
of those re oIutions to the Hon. G.
p. Hampton and S. O. Shattuck
our Senator and Representative in
the Legislature, and nemorializPd
them to vote against any measure
looking toward toe recharterlng of
the LouisiaEa State Lottery; and.
Whereas, We asserted that we
would accept no explanation of any
vote from our representatives favor
ing a continuation of this Ubiquitous
scheme; ard.
Whereas, The Hon. s. 0. Shat.
tuck did not only vote for, but be.
came the champion Of the John A.
Morris scheme to saddle upon Us o
hideous monster that is to sit as
a nightmare upon the future prospe.
rity and liberties Of our people;
and.
Whereas, We, the Parish Union
Of Calcasieu parish, representing
a large majority Of the constituency
of the said s. O.. Shattuck, recognize
in his acts not only a failure to listen
to the voice Of those to whom he
owes his seat in the Legislature, but
we accept it as a contemptuous
course, a fling in the face which we
feel demands our prompt resentment
and hearty condemnation; therefore
be it.
Resolved, That we unqualifedly
condemn the course pursued by
Hon. S. o. Snattuck ia leading, as
well as the course of Hon. G. P.
Hampton in aiding that which they
knew to be contrary TO the wishes
Of d majority Of the best element Of
their constituents.
Resolved, second, That We reitte:
rate our former resolutions with
emphasis, and that we call upon
every member Of the Union to
show himself a man by standing by
the brotherhood and thus infict
summary punishment upon those
who set SO little store by the wishes
Of the people.
Resolved, third, That we heart
lily commend his Honor, Gov. Fran.
els T. Nichols, and the Hon. sena-
tor Murphy j. Foster, for the noble
stand they have taken for the people
against this m3ral and politica |
curse to our beloved Louisiana.
G. SIMMONS Sec.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
Savediby a Little Dog.

Exchange.
Henry Clay Tarner, city soI
Of Wilmington, Del owes Ella
to a dog. and a verE small dag Il
that. Turner is troubled WITH
feclive vision and insomnia, a
frequently walks tae streets las
night. At 4 o'clock in the m0sas
he fell off the wharf into ihs
tiana river, and only for the
SAINT barking Of a little dog b l
deck Of a schooner lie odd
would have drownsd. The b
of the dog aroused The captain
his pcering and whining agsf It'd
edge Of the boat enabled tic
and a sailor to locate the uaf 1 III
water, and 10 this way TurRe Ea
rescued just in time 10 saVe BIZ la
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
Frogs I'm Louisiana.
A GLIB T0SGUED NEW ORLEANS MAN
EDIFIhs MILWAUKEE,.

Talking making money out OF
beer, its nothing compared to The
possibilities offered by the cnltiva.
ton OF frogs" remarked ri. G.
Holmes, a merchant of New Orleans
as he sat in a hotel in Milwaukee
the other day 7 have been a sort Of
crank or the subject Of frogs all my
life. and the longer | live the more
finally am | convinced that there ie q
fortune in store for the man who
will start q big frog farm and
supply the market with the hind
legs Of these members of the rams
family. And there is no place in
the world so fitted by nature for The
establishment of frog furms as the
lowlands ard masIies adjacent to
New Orleans"
Arc there many of them in The
m~arshes?"
Il should say there were. They
swarm in myriads. The pools can't
hold them ali. / have seen them
sitting around the banks Two or
three tiers deep. 1t is a matter OF
no infrequent occurrence for the
small streams running through the
marshes to be crowded up over
their natural banks by the army Of
frogs in them. I retollect once
| was out with a hunting
party, and we came sudden.
y upon a bayou, the banks of which
fora distance Of several yards was
covered with agreat array of frogs
ont summing themselves. They took
fright at u approach, and with
one impulse dived down into the
water kachunk |
Immediately thereupon the
river rose up and covered the
adjoining banks, which q moment
before had been high and dry.
Another time o party Of friends Or
mine were hunting near the place.
and at night pitched their camp and
went to bed. The frogs, which are
naturally of an inquisitive turn of
mind, took q fancy to investigate
the campfire. and before morning
the whole frog community vas
assembled around the tents, and
had them completely walled in.
When the hunters awoke they could
not move three feet feet outside the
tent doors, and eventually bad to
get their guns and fire into the
ranks of the frogs for almost an
hour before they could clean q path
BY which to get out. Are there
any frogs down there 2"--Chicago
Tribune.
We SAID tnat after Sept
IS, 1884. One Dollar woulo
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
A Narrow Escape.
HOW A TRAMP ON COW CATCHER
MISSED HIS DEATH.

A group of grinning railroad met
stood in the Louisville and Nashville
yard Yesterday. They were from
several freight trains that were
standing by waiting for orders and
they were evidently improving the
chance meeting by sweetly spinning
yarns to each other.
Yes" one said as the reporter
drew near ia the vain hope Of
securing some relianle news, rail
reading is a curious life and a
railroader sees some curions things,
and many strange accidents and
escapes. | remember year before
last | was running a freight train
on the Alabama Great Southern
between Birmingham and Meridian
Well, one day We were bowling
along at the rate Of about thirty.
FIVE miles an hour. or may be more,
for we were Oh the cannon balls
time,and were pulling hard to make
a siding five miles on. Some old
bum or hoboe had taken advantage
OF our last stop at a water station
without being seer and fixed himself
there for a good, long ride pretty
comfortable. / could see his shad-
der sometimes as the train nd throw
it against the sides of little ents,
cause, being hid by the boiler, |
couldn't see him otherwise. Well,
there he set smoking his pipe as
cool as Vanderbilt in his palace car,
and the wind whizzing through his
whiskers as we went spinning down
the line only hoped to make him
more coy and comfortable. We
were making for and going like
lightning down a pretty stiff grade
when. to my horror, | saw standing
with his head lowered and waiting
for Us, a big bull 10 the middle Of
the track.
"My heart stood in my mouth.
| thought Of the poor fellow on che
pilot. 1t was impossible to stop
and | knew it was death for him
went. We struck the great brute
with a thump. ! shut my eyes as
/ closed the throttle, and only
opened them as We glided into the
switch, which we had reached by
this time. As soon as we stopped
nv fireman and | rushed around
to the front of The engine; and. geo.
tlemen, there stood that COW uniD-
jured on the COW catcher, with that
bloody bum q milking her in his;
hat, and having his bottle of Biz
minghum ready to make hisself "a
milk punch"
But, ] thought you said it was d
bull, Jim?" said The tall conductor.
Did, /? Well, that's just like me.
I never could tell a lie without
being caught"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
$ w onderfal ClociE.

st. Louis Republic.
4 new French clock coDeaIas
novel application Of the naga
The clock is shaped like ! a
BOURNE, with a circle oF III
printed on its head. Aronga ~
circle two bees crawl, the
one requiring twelve houis
complete its circuit, while tug sE ~
lerrone makes it every hour
ferent fewers represent sns aos IS
and the bees, which are Of nss "
moved by twO magnets 0salaa
head Of the tambourine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

We SAID lnar after Sept
IS. 1881. One Dollar would
do it. So it will Send One
Dollar and secure the best
newspaper in America FOR
one year, The New Orleans
Weekly Tfmes-D Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

ONE DOLLAR win secure s
Orleans weekly Picayune fof
It is o 16-page paper, WIN
market reports and interestfn
matter for all classes. 9
svery Thursday morning % Es
post offices Saturday. thus
sxealgent Sunday reading nsts
@E @wn4
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

Vidal, the blind sculptor, i.
of tho wonders of Paris. IL 4.
been totally blind since his tsss
third year; yet, withal, he recsj,s
more medals from 1856 Il lsss
than any other exhibitor ii tbs n
exhibitions at the French css.I
He models a human face, i hone,
dog, or anything alive or dead. sI1
as much grace. as any Of tic dos.s
OF French scalptors who still psa
their sight, by slowly passing II
hands over the object and naaIn
its external proportions, and %
reproducing them in clay. M
never complains, but Is alesn
genial and often festive wien M
rounded by bis frieads, who aIusn
speak to him as though he essa
see, for he is one Of the keeuesl
critics in France.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

There is nc apparent probability
that the decree excluding America
pork produoks from Germany will
be modified or ithdraWn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

The screw worm or Texas screw
worm, has been playing havoc with
some Of the stock III this section.
A very simple and it is said sure
and speedy remedy was mentioned
to us the other day. Apply the
trrpentine and then the calome! to
the parts infested, and in only a
few minutes the worms will begin
to drop of. No harm to try it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19
ABBEYLILE MEREDIONAL
SATURDAY July 19, 1890.

To keep green vegetables a day
or two. sprinkle with water and
place them on a cellar floor. Fruit
should not be keptin the cellar bnt
put out singly and stood in a dark
dry, cool place.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

The average American citizen
would turn his back on the greatest
man that this world ever produced
TO look at a pretty eighteen year.old
girl with a new spring suit Or and
with q dImple in her chin.--Somer
vile Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

In reply to the critics d AZ
"Kreulzer Sonata" Yolsioi
against love and marriag
declares that men should
''strict celibacy." That Of eop
would in a few years wind {
human race. But what il il
Logic is logic aud The c0AtiuaaHss
of the race even, should not sla
in its way. So thiuks crank Tels
over whose erratic moonsiline tnea
sands have pofed and sighed ga
thought it something mighty aae
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

A beet sugar mandatory. slA
o capacity of400 tons 4 DPS
said TO be almost completed
Grand Island, Neb. The beet as
sixteen per cent Of sugar, aaa ia
mers realize $50 per acre at
ton for the root. The di1
process Of extracting The sacc 1llAs
principle isused. In Q toaflae
battery circnit it is claimed taas II
remarkable result Of 998 peg esa'
of the sugar can be extracted
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

Monday was the warmest day
down here for years, the temper
allure being as high as l02 degrees
at one time. During this long,
warm day-as well as several days
previous to and after-Clinton
suffered from q real ice famine;
which was due to the factory at
Baton Rouge having broken down.
Clinton Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

The river at this point is no
more The fat lies upon the bank,
high and dry, and the Ferryman has
gone to Graphing" A silver
stream four or five inches deep
marks where was once a mighty
food. At Shreveport the drink"
is within 6.6 inches Of low water
mark, q fall from food line of 80
feet, while the bottom at Fulton
marks the place where once the riy.
er was. -Natchitoches Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19


Governor Nichols Of Louisiana
has done all that a Governor could
do to save the honor of his State,
but apparently it is to be Of no
avail. The bribe offered by the
Lottery company has proved too
much for the virtue of the Iegisla.
tors. and there seems at present
little reason to hope that the people
can be aroused to a sense of the
shame involved IN its acceptance
On the whole, the incident ia one OF
the most discouraging in our history
Moreover, when one recalls the fact
that the new State Of North Dakota
was all but captured by q similar
offer last winter. it is evident that
the Generalization of public senti.
ment on this question is not res.
tricted by sectional lines.--New
York Evening Post.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

W. G. Turnbull is a BaItimorean.
who has made a highly improved
telephone, which cannot however.
be set up in this country until the
Bell patent expires, and at that
time a general revolution in the
telephone system is imminent ia this
country. Some argue that the Bell
people are rich enough to buy out
Mi the improved systems and annex
them, and will do so. Others say
that the boxes and other conpIexi.
ties of the Bell system will not
admit Of alterations, and that the
concerns will be left with only its
good will, if it has any good will
after SO long a monopoly, with SO
little Improvement in its appa ratus.
Major Milborne says that expert
mcnts made in approved presence
shows that the TurnbulI telephone
q talk on ordinary iron wire from
New York to Chicago and back,
and that with copper wire, which
has seven tinres the inductive mower
Of iron, the machine ought to, talk
from New York to San Francisco
and the Sandwich Islands, or from
New York to ST. Petersburg.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-07-19

A DR.. Kirby living in Vernon
parish, and two other parties whose
names We conld not learn, were
%arrected by a United States Marsh.
al, charged with u!tering and pas,
sing counterfeit monies. They
used common babbitt metal dies,
and issued counterit dollars and
half dollar pieces. The coins we're
roughly executed and poor imita.
lions. A considerable amount was
put aaoat and the showing has been
going on far a long time.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-05
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
IS PUBL1SHED
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
One Dollar per Year, Gin Advance,
Single Comics cents

ONE USEFUL TOWN MEETING.
Yesterday morning the Palladium was
afraid that there wasn't going to be much
of town meeting, and it lamented, as
usual, that the town functions hadn't
been absorbed into the city. This morn
ing the Palladium may have a better
opinion of town meetings. Instead of a
''burlesque assembly" the meeting yester-
day was an assembly in which the best
citizens we have were numerous and con-
spicuous. Those who "pay the taxes and
have the brains were there. Instead of
the hall being packed" in order to vote
away money and power it was packed
with people who didn't intend to have
money and power improperly voted away.
The fact is, yesterdays town meeting
YVES great success and furnishes strong
argument against doing away with town
meetings in New Haven. At this meeting
the voters had an opportunity to deal
with an important question just as it
could have been dealt with in any place
where the simple and direct system of
town government prevails. The Palla-
dium, and all others who are crying with
1t for consolidation, will be obliged to
confess that town meetings are occasion
ally useful. Does the Palladium believe
that the very important question which
was settled at yesterdays town meeting
would have been more expeditiously and
rightly settled by a common council which
might perhaps be ''packed" to settle it
wrongly? -
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-05
Don't Carry Coins Between YouI
Lips,
From the Baltimore Americana

From the Baltimore Americana
''one day last week 1 managed to get q
standing load at the Lexington market 60
ing north," said horse-car conductor.
Naturally everybody wanted seat, and
space was Mt premium. In the corner
sat handsomely dressed lady, who
seemed somewhat excited and nervous, be-
cause of the jostle and her inability to OBJ
tain sufficient room to work her elbows
and put on her gloves, which she held in
her hand. However, as / forced to the
front of the car noticed she placed a
dime between her lips and began to pull
on her gloves. Beside the lady sat a
small consumptive-looking Chinaman,
clinging to a market basket almost the size
of himself, and his almond eyes gave
sheepish glances at the lady as she occa-
sionally jabbed him in the ribs. Well,
had collected all my fares up to this pair,
and the lady was still pulling on her
gloves.
"When 1 said, Fare, please, without
looking, she took the dime from her mouth
and placed in my right hand, while I rang
up the fare on the indicator with my left.
I then reached toward the Chinaman foI
his fare, before returning the change to
the lady. To my surprise, the Mongolian.
with his thumb and forefinger, picked 9
dirty-looking nickel from his right ear and
placed it in my hand. Without thinking,
/ gave this to the lady, and, womanlike,
she paid no attention to the nickels condi-
ton, but put it in her mouth. Now that
was mere habit. Several passengers had 6
good laugh at her expense, but she never
knew what they were laughing about
Had she done so am sure she would have
become deathly sick, for myself imagined
I smelled opium all day long"