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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

In a quarrel over a walking stick
last Monday at Prairie Basse. a few
miles east Of Opeloueas, William
Jackson filed Ivory Guidry's aldo
men full OF bird shot, from the effects
of which be died ia q few minutes
Jackson is in Jail.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06
NOTICE.
Machinery for Sale.

One steel Boiler ~ inches by l8
feet long, 4 aues. One Engine, one
set of Rollers, Pump, one Grist mill.
Fire front, stack, and all connec.
tons. All fully guaranteed.
SOLOMON WISE.
Abbeville, La. June 6. 1891.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

The editor of the Welsh Crescent
must be q @honey." He says he didn't
como from the wilds Of Texas where
the panther screams and the coyote
yelps, to be bulldozed or scared by
any one, he is not built that way.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06
Notice.

Notice IS hereby given that my
wife Eve Lege, having abandoned
my domicil without any just cause,
/ will not be responsible for any
debts contracted BY her fom and
after this date.
Abbeville, La, May 90, 1891.
Michel a.. HARDY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

T~hirty-two children in fifteen
years il the proud record Mr.. and
Mrs. A. AZ. Thomas. of Decatur
county. Ga. have made. Put them
on tAe pension list.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

The emphatic statements Of ex.
Senator Reagan of Texas about the
unpopularity of Mr.. Cleveland
among the Western Democrats can
not Be ~consoling or gratifying to
that gentleman's friends. IF Cleve
land 10 nominated | suppose he will
get the electoral vote OF Texas and
Arkansas, but these are the only two
States west Of the Mississippi that
he can carry" says the veteran Dem
ocratic politician.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

Wednesday night FIRE, caused BY
q lamp explosion, destroyed the
store Of g. H. Shumaker in Vidalia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

Has the Stars correspondent
found out yet who got snake bit 60.
ing to the baila
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

The Princess Beatrice Of England
fguratiyely kicks the beam at 30
pounds.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

BROWNS IRON BITTERs
Cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion 4 Debility.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-06-06

The unwilling Of the Confederate
monument at jackson. Miss, June
8, was one Of the graadest events in
the history Of that State.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
Parting the Hair in the Middle.

There are literally dozens of men in
Washington, who part their hair in the
middle. The old-time opposition to
this form of arranging the hair has
entirely disappeared. There was a
time, and not very LONG ago either,
when n man who had a straight line
down the middle of his head where the
hair was divided was looked upon more
or less as a Miss Nancy, and he could
not hope for any sort of political pro-
ferment. To say of politician run
ming for local office that he parted
his hair in the middle was to prophesy
inevitable disaster. With most people
there was but one way to part the hsir,
and that was well down over the left
ear. Nobody knows exactly when the
reform started in, but nowadays, mans
method of dressing his hair has abso-
lutely nothing TO do with the case.
Whether he wears an artistic bang,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
SPARKS AND FLASHES.

The volume of trnde--A ledger.
A closing renarl-"You shut upp'
Is yet to BIO heard OLA light which has
been blown out to Sec
1t may be that revolutionary ideas are
the result of turning of matters over in
the mind.
OF course it is not because tho rabbit is
small and not likely TO retaliate that sports.
men are disposed to make game of it..
Those Indies who desire TO be assisted in
crossing q crowded city thoroughfare find
the gallant policeman every ready to lend
q hand.
Some Of the tramp's artful lodges there
would seem reason to suspect, are of a
pattern with himself At all events, they
do not work.
Feeblewitte deems 1t a exemplihcation
of the fitness of things that love which ia
without bounds should make life n never,
ending spring.
When a girl Is real mad with her young
man she gathers together n little heap oil
trinkets and, stamping her little foot just
wishes he would demand their immediate
return. She Is positive she would be only
too glad of the opportunity for Kidding her
self of his hateful presents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
Make Home Happy.

Don't shut up your house lest the sun
should fade your carpets, nor your
hearts lest merry laugh should shake
down some of the musty old cobwebs
there. If you want to ruin your sons
let them think that all mirth and social
enjoyment must be left on the TIRES.
hold without when they come home at
night.
When once home is regarded as
only place to eat, drink and sleep in,
the work is begun that ends in disap-
pointment. Young people must have
fun and relaxation somewhere. II
they don't find it at their own hearth
stone it will be sought at other and
less profitable places.
Therefore, let the fire burn brightly
at night, and make the homestead de-
lightful with all those little arts that
parents so perfectly understand.
Don't repress the buoyant spirit of
your children. Half an hour OF mer-
riment around the freight OF n homo
blots out many a care and annoyance
during the day, and the best safeguard
they can take with them into the world
is the unseen influence of a bright lit
tie domestic circle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
APHORISMS.

The noblest mind tho best contentmont
has.-Spenser.
Men of character are the conscience OF
the society to which they belong. -Emer-
son.
The certain way to be cheated is TO fancy
ones self more cunning than others.
Clarion.
If the power to do hard work is not a
talent, It is tho best possible substitute for
thames A. Garfield.
People generally are what they are
made by education and company between
the ages of 10 and 25.-Chesterfield.
No abilities, however sple1sdid, can com
mand success without intense labor and
perservering application. -A. I. Stewart.
In tho elevator, where there are ladies',
mer may keep on their hats with perfect
propriety. Nine out of every ten do,
with good and sufficient reason. Elevators
are draughty places and are public convey.
ances, though within doors To raise the
Rat when 4 lady enters is becoming court
esy, but this is very different from stand
ing with the hat OFF while an elevate,
mounts to the thirteenth floor. A hat
when not on the head IL In the way in an
elevator. IL is embarrassing to the occu.
pants to feel that they may unwittingly
spoil a-good hat by an unwary turn that
knocks 1t in or makes havoc with the nap.
The Correct Thing.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
BLAZING WITH JEWELS.
Gorgeous Reiment Worn by the Native
Princes of India.

gorgeous Ksimeut worn by the Native
Princes of India.
Rev. Dr. George 4. Pentecost, now
in India, writes: "After being hon.
orod with seat at the private dining
table of the viceroy everything else in
social way comes to man or wom-
an. So l have dined with the lieuten-
ant governor and been Ia various re-
ceptions and evening parties at both
the beautiful Belvidere and the govern
ment house, the last two receptions
Governing parties), one each at the
viceroy's and the lieutenant governors,
TO meet his imperial highness, tho
czarowitz. OF course | went to see
the future Car of all tho Russias-a
fairly good-looking young fellow of
about 81, with look about his eyes
and jaw that suggested that he might
be equal to any emergency which
might arise in the future. l stood by
his side for ten minutes in crush of
1000 people, and so had a good look
at him. l am glad that am not q
czarowitz. and that he is not my imper-
ial highncss.
"But what interested me more than
this young imperial highness was the
great assemblage of native princes,
raiahs, maharajahs, etc, with their
magnificent and gorgeous attire. /
don't think ever saw so many jewels
in all my life. These old and young
princes had evidently decked them
selves out for the occasion. One
young maharaiah had a necklace of
diamonds on completely surrounding
his neck, six strands deep, no one of
them smaller than n large pea, and
running up in size to large hazelnut.
Beside such masses of diamonds there
were pearls in strings (more beautiful
than diamonds). rubies, sapphires,
emeralds, opals (most beautifully. and
every glorious stone the earth yields.
1t would have sent half of the society
women of New York and Brooklyn
mad with envy just to have seen them.
And to think of them being wasted on
the men!"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
Intoxicating Water.

Vandals broke into the Big Four
saloon in Anderson, Ind, and turned
the faucets to number of whisky,
wine and brandy casks, allowing
about 800 gallons of the liquid to run
out. Near the saloon is well about
forty feet deep, and the contents of the
casks found their way into the well.
Water pumped from It is quite in
toxicating.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

THERE are no abuses at which we
shudder as we do at those that are
possible in connection with the man
agement and care of tho insane. The
misuse of hapless patient, whose con-
dition makes appeal for redress i'm
possible, or the consignment to an
asylum. for purposes of revenge or
gain, of a person of unsound mind, are
frightful possibilities. If it Is tho duty
Of the state to make provision for its
detectives, much more is it its duty to
see that this provision is properly
carried into effect.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
THREADS OF THOUSHT,

He must DO an obscure and common.
place person who has no enemy.
Some lend their hearts much as they do
their money, with pretty heavy interest.
True worth never seeks credit for more
than 1t is; that Is left for imirators and
counterfeiters.
Tho degree OF success obtained may
often be ascertained by the amount OF
jealousy which it arouses.
We may be certain of an axiom, but II
becomes to us doubly true when vouched
for by one whose opinion we value.
Many of us have two sta ndards, one for
ourselves that reaches the clouds, while
the one which we give to others trails low
In the duet
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

THIS world Of ours, among its many
millions OF inhabitants, contains not a
few who are never welcome anywhere
Among those who are thus unwelcome
are the class known as peculiar y
those who are overstocked with disa-
greeable idiosyncracies. and whose pc
culiarities always stick out in front like
the long horns Of Texas steer-ready
10 hook and hurt-the angular and
misshaped members Of the race, the
queer specimens who insist upon afflict-
ing their fellows by continually thrust
ing themselves into places where they
are not wanted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

An experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access TO newspapers
at home when compared with those
who have not are better readers, bet
ter spoilers, better grammarians better
punctuators, and read more under
standingly, and obtain a practical
knowledge of geography in almost half
the timetit requires the others. The
newspaper is decidedly an important
factor in modern life. This will not be
disputed by any one who has taken the
trouble 10 investigate the matter for
himself.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

FROM 1881 to 1890, inclusive, the
total number of Italian immigrants
who arrived in the United States was
3o7, 1910, ard of those over two-thirds
were without any trade or regular oc-
cupatio1. They are coming this year
at a larger rate than before, bringing
with them only ignorance, poverty and
criminal tendencies. The time has
certainly arrived when means should
be taken to check this inflow OF unde-
sirable and dangerous persons.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

WHENEVER you hear man glorify
ing the past and driveling of the good
old days, you may be sure that mans
physical and intellectual powers are
waning. and that he is struggling
further and further behind in the rush
Of the worlds progress. The best
thing about the good old days is that
they have not got return ticket. The
past can't come back if it wants to
ever 80 bad.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

Or whatever parentage he may be,
he is the truest American who is most
loyal to the American idea of equal
civil and political rights, who is most
Jealous to guard those rights intact
and who recognizes his duties as an
American citizen no less than his
privileges Such q one will lose sight
CT ancestry in his desire to transmit
70 posterity a government that in fact,
as well as in theory, is government
of people and by people harmo-
niously welded together into one
nation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
A Corner In Cats.

You may talk about your wheat
corners" said the old '49er but the
don't compare with tho corner in cats
man got up in California in the early
days. San Francisco at that period
was a tumble-down village of pine
boards built on a marsh. The place
was overrun with large, long-tailed,
voracious rats which made life bur-
den to the inhabitants. We who lived
there then wern't particularly delicate
in our personal tastes, but when il
came to losing toes and fingers while
we slept we got right up and objected
to tho limit of our vOcabularies. There
were IA few cats in tho town. OF course,
but they were kept too busy to
ancrease any, and their daily walks
were so full of excitement that they
didn't live long. Well, it finally got
to be a case of too bad, and cats were
quoted on the Bourse at $50 per ordi-
nary cat Experienced cats and cats
with records brought higher prices.
Down in the southern part of the state
they had moro cats than they knew
what to do with. A smart chap in
Los Angeles heard about the state OF
affairs in Frisco, and he goes and
borrows all the money he can and then
buys up every cat south of Tchachipi
at four for 81. Then he loads Cap
Haloy's Sea Bird with 'em, brings 'em
up to our town and auctions 'em off.
He gets as high rs $75 apiece and
clears several thousand dollars. The
cats did the business, too, and inside
of six weeks there wasn't solitary
rat in San Francisco. But we had a
d of q time afterwards getting rid
of the cats"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
His Own Assessor.

A Swiss law is said to constitute
every man his own assessor. After
his death, If on investigation fraud IL
proved, tho government swoops down
on his estate and confiscates sufficient
to liquidate the back taxes and inter-
est. Such go-as-you-please method
would hardly work in this country
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
nc Made Him Sick.

\ man in Vermont who neglected
his wife finds himself confronted by q
petition signed by over 100 of the best
known women in the town and adj.
dressed to the court, asking for his
dismissal from the office of county
clerk. This kind of female suffrage
made him sick, and the judges have
postponed action until he gets well.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

FoR it is a curious fact that mer
with a strong bent in o1e direction
nearly Arrays imagine that they were
born to distinguish themselves in some
other line of labor, and it is often only
stern necessity and an unsentimental
publisher that prevents an author
from altogether wasting his talents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

A MURDERER's last day in Maryland
was largely employed, saysa veracious
journal published in that glorious
commonwealth, in eating mince pies.
II anything could reconcile a man to
speedy and ignominious death, it ought
to be the sensations following overin-
diligence in that kind of pastry. Death
had doubtless lost its terrors long be-
fore his execution.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
PhIInnonhy Of Fishing.

Seth Green used to hold, and there
are plenty of others Of the same opin-
ion, that mans luck in fishing de-
ponds more upon a certain underlined
magnetism than upon skill or bait.
The chap who owns up that no hasn't
got it, and goes off huckleberrying
instead, will live longer and be hap
nier
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
Mnnnfains Settling.

Four different mountain peaks in
Idaho are from thirteen to twenty.
three feet lower, by actual measure
ment, than they were fifteen years ago,
and it is believed that this settling is
going on with many others. The idea
is that quicksands have undermined
them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22
He KILLED The Rear.

A Californian was out looking for
some lost sheep in a canyon near
Sespe, Ventura county, when he ran
against large brown bear. He had
no firearms, but he lassoed the bear
and dragged it to death. 1t weighed
900 Mounds
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

MISSOURI has the smallest percent
age of negro population of all the ex-
slave states except West Virginia The
ratio of the negroes is 5.75 per cent. OF
the inhabitants in Missouri and 4.S9
per cent. in West Virginia. In Mis-
souri,. however. the proportion of ne
groes is falling off, while in West Vir-
ginia it is growing.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

THERE are few greater humbugs in
this world than the specifics-"sure
cures" for certain diseases, which,
ever and anon, are thrust upon the
public by some eminent specialist, a."
whose reputation for medical skill puts
wings to the feet OF the universal
panacea and sends it forth over the
world on its mission of gullability.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

THIS Is one Of the years when Kan
sas appears to have struck it rich.
She has the biggest and best wheat
crop Of her history, and the general
Su:.ure OF the crop in the old world in
susss that the Rrice will be higher
than for years.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-22

6s;er the fashion OF William Walter
Phelps, or exhibits u wide and brilliant
part from ear TO ear.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-23
The Arizona Kicker.

The last issue of the Arizona Kick.
er contains the following interesting
item:
Notice--If the party who threw the
brick at us last Tuesday night as we
stood on the corner of Apache avenue
and Green street will call at our Office
he will hear something to his advant-
age. We can make him realize in
about five minutes that men of his
talent are wasting their time in this
country. He can have his choice of
165 eligable sites in our private bury
ing ground free of cost. Come early
and avoid the rush.
No Boom.-For two straight years
The Kicker has persistently opposed
the idea of boom to attract attention
to our town. We have watched this
boom business in scores of other places,
and in every instance it has reacted
disastrously. Our course has aroused
the ire of certain spectators, but we
shall continue it just the same. We'-
We got 200 acres Of cactus pasture
which we would like to dispose of to
some Ohio farmer who could be work.
ed up to part with $4,000 in cash. but
we haven't the cheek. We own half
a mile of side hill, which won't even
grow rattlesnakes, but we haven't the
gall to boom it for peach orchard.
A million years hence we may have six
railroads here, but we cant force our
selves to whoop-la! hurrah over the
prospect. We own about fourteen
billion dollars worth of wildcat min.
ing stock, every mine being in the
clouds, and but for our honesty we'd
proceed to boom and unload. We
are at the head of a company to turn
the Pacific Ocean into the deserts Of
the west-president of an artesian we'll
company-secretary of the Great
Strawberry Growers Association, ETC.,
etc, but we were born honest and we
can't look a tender-foot in the eye
and lie to him.
No, gentlemen, this town is what it
is and no more. 1t isn't going to be a
second Chicago. 1t has no Niagara
Falls. There isn't even good fishing
within thirty miles of US. We simply
have the great Arizona Kicker, 14S
saloons, sixteen gambling houses, FIVE
stores and a population of $500 souls,
most of which will take "the other
road" when the judgement days ar
rives. That's all, and those who don't
want to come can stay away.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-23

An amusing story is told by Mr..
Justice Wills of an audacious attempt
which was once made to bribe him at
the Manchester Assizes. A hawker
sent letter to his lordship's lodgings
stating that he was the defendant in
an action that was shortly to be tried.
After giving the details, the man
wrote, Now, sir, when you have
given judgment for the defendant,
with costs, if there be any small ar
ticle of value that you feel you could
comfortable wear, it shall be sent"
AS it happened, the case in ques ton
would not come before him, and in
the course of his fitting reply Mr..
Justice Wills mentioned the circum.
stance. The judicial rebuke brought
forth profuse apology, but, unabash.
ed, the man asked to be informed
who was the judge that would try the
case, presumably in order that he
might repeat his handsome offer.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-23
Don'ts for Husbands.

Don't think your wife is servant.
Don't forget that your wife was
once your sweetheart.
Don't try to run the household
your way.
Don't think your wife can't keep
your secrets.
Don't imap;-e that you are a su.
perior person.
Don't neglect to compliment your
wife whenever opportunity offers.
Don't withhold your confidence.
Don't dole out a dollar as if it were
q tax.
Don't stay out late at night.
Don't grumble at your wife and the
work she does.
Don't think love has come to stay
anyhow.
Don't forget that husbands should
be gentlemen at all times and under
all circumstances
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-23

horse which he regards as a second
Allerton, and in describing the merits
of the animal the other day he be-
came somewhat mixed. Said he,
"You take this horse, gif him one
quart of hay and one armful of oats.
and then if you can't drive him in
halfpast three, why, gif you to himl"
We have a good many French Cana
dians across the river from this city.
They are enthusiastic horsemen, of
course, and the "trotter" is their de-
light. A few days ago, track was
maintained near Amherstburg. At
the meeting it was a go-as-you.please.
Every few minutes a Frenchman
would run his pony on to the track,
send him around at the top of his
speed; yelling like an Indian all the
time, and come down the stretch amid
the cheers and yells of his friends.
What he was trotting against we
never could find out, but evidently,
from the cheers, the horse won. Then
white headed veteran, who was in
the judges stand, would stand up,
pull out an old-fashioned cylinder es.
capement watch about as big as q
soup plate from his pocket, and in the
worst mangled English possible, grave
ly announced: "Messiers, dat horse
Muskrat of Jean Antoine Duplessis
he 60 yer fas. He go round dat
track in two and a half inch on de
clock" More cheers and yells, and
then Jean wonld drive off his little
rat of pony. with an air Of supreme
happiness that Marvin or Doble could
not match in their happiest hour
Me. Ex.