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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02
ENGLAND.
STEAMERS WRECKED .

LONDON, June 25.-The British
steamship Leid, bound from New
Castle on Tyne 10 Naples, was wrecked
off the French coast The third engi-
neer and fireman were drowned. The
rest of the crew are at Havre.
LONDON, June 25. British ship New
York from Swansea to San Francisco
was wrecked at Station Island, Terre
Del Fuego, while rounding Cape Horn.
There was narrow escape OF the
crew,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02

record marriages has vanished: 1t Is be-
ieved thai the Ies.sterer hes been
b .ibed to hide himself and keep the
books concealed for the present.
DECLINED TO ADVANCE.
LONDON, June 25.-The Debenture
corporation has declined to advance
money to aid the reorganized firm OF
Murietta & Co.
THE EDUCATION BILL.
LONDON, June 25.-In the House
Commons the motion of Geo. @. Bart
ley Conservative to reject the govern
ment's education bill was defeated by
q vote of 3l8 to 100. The bill then
passed its second reading.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02
Station Robbed.

KYLE, Tex. June al hree negroes
robbed the railway station here this
afternoon of $500. They were subse-
quently arrested.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02
Ragland & Beall.

Attorneys at Lew and Land Agents. Prao.
tice In all the State and Federal courts. We
own the only plete abstract OF the land
titles OF Nolan and Fisher counties, Sweet
water, Nolan county, and Rohy Fisher
county.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02
Italian Laborers Struck .

SPOKANE FALLS, s. D., June "a
The Italian laborers on the Great
Northern railroad in Prospect county,
Idaho, struck for higher wages.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02

DR.. Biggers' Huckleberry Cordial is
a sure cure for all bowel troubles. For
sale by all dealers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02

"Despise not the day of small
things" as the tiny pill taken from
vial of DR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets said to the S"H pound man,
suffering from Indigestion. AS a gen
tie, thorough laxative, these Pellets
resemble nature more closely ia Their
action than anything before discoy-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
A Small Boys Victory.

He was such little fellow that, when
he wanted to see the basket of fine,
ripe pears which mamma had left on
the table, he had to bring his little stool
and climb upon it to reach high enough.
Oh, my how nice they did look And
what delicious SMELL They must
taste very good; how could he help just
taking one? Surely, it would not be
missed, the basket was so full. And
nobody was by to see if he did it, so
what was to hinder? For moment
Teddy almost put his hand upon the
incest one in the lot. But | am glad to
say the little hand was drawn away,
and the bright-eyed little man said
firmly: Ono, l WON'T Mamma told
me not to touch them, and | won't do
it. promised her | wouldn't; and, if
| do, it would be telling a story. No,
Mister Pear, you must stay right there
in the basket, and I'll run away, for
fear l might do it if looked too long"
Down hoped Teddy, and off he went.
Mamma smiled to find him busy with
his red horse-lines when she came back
and the fruit undisturbed. | think
Teddy was a very brave little boy, even
if he did run away from temptation 1t
is Drawer to run than to stay sometimes,
and Teddy was better boy for having
gained that small victory over his appe-
title. -iSunbedm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
A Parrot One Hundred Eighteen
YparS Old.

One of the Oldest parrots in the world
died in New London recently, aged one
hundred eighteen years. 1t is said
there is no doubt about the age of the
bird, for William Colfax of Colt street,
who owned it at the time of his death,
has positive evidence that it had been
in the Colfax family for more than a
century. Polly was known to every
body in the neighborhood in which her
life was spent, and was the pet of all
the Colt street school children, for she
chatted with them like trooper. She
talked almost necessarily up to the time
of her death, and spoke plainly. She
was buried with some honors.-NaO
York San.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
County Teachers
Institute.

An Institute for the benefit of the teachers of
Washington County will he held in Union School
Building, Montpelier January 3. q and TO- 1891. The
Institute will open Thursday the Sth at ten
A. NJ An excellent programme has been arranged,
and no pains will be spared to make this of the
most interesting and Instructive Institutes held
in the county. 1t Is desired and expected that all
teachers win be present at the first and all its
sions. Entertainment can be had at the Pavilion
for 81 so per day; at the Montpelier House, Union
House and the Fullerton Barre street. for 81 90
at the Hillside Hotel for seventy five cents. All the
railroads will extend the usual courtesy of half
|. L. BOOTH, Superintendent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
2 Jdcet SQUAW BETTY. 7
SHE WENT ABOUT
DOING GOOD.


"Squaw Betty was held in such uni
versal esteem that after her decease
the locality where she lived so long was
called in her honor, and in memory of
her many virtues-Squawbetty."
1t is but few years since that name
was changed to East Taunton. But
there are more people clinging to the
old name than there are those willing
to adopt the new one. A few weeks
since l was travelling in the cars on the
Old Colony line, when | overheard a
gentleman say his business called him
to Squawbetty. This remark brought
to mind the story related to me in my
childhood by one of the maiden sisters,
who lived in the old-fashioned mansion
at Raynham, and who was a lineal de-
scendant of James Leonard, who es-
tablished the first forge in America, and
was the father of the iron business in
this country.-Sdrah X. WaldrOn, in
The Housewife.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
advertisements.
Btt.nlNL

of confidence in 1.-THE manu-
facturers of DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. It's a faith
that means business, too-it's
backed up by money. This
is what they offer: $500 re-
ward for a case of Catarrh
which they cannot cure. They
mean it. They're willing to
take the risk-they know their
medicine. By its mild, sooth-
ing, cleansing and healing
properties, it produces per-
feet and permanent cures of
the worst cases Of chronic Ca
tarrh in the Head. It's doing
it every day, where everything
else has failed. No matter
how bad your case, or Of how
long standing, you can be
cured. You're sure of that
or Of $500. You can't have
both, but you'll have one or
the other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE.-Rev.
f. M. Shrout, pastor United Brethren
Church, Blue Mound, Kan, says:
81 feel it my duty to tell what won
ders DIR. Kings New Discovery has
done for me. NV lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought
l could live only few weeks. took
five bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and am sound and well, gaining
twenty-six pounds in weight" Arthur
Love, Manager Loves Funny Folks
Combination, writes: After thor
ough trial and convincing evidence !
am confident DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption beats 'em all and
cures when everything else fails. The
greatest kindness l can do my many
thousand friends is to urge them to try
it." Free trial bottles at G. Blakely's
drugstore. Regular sizes fifty cents
and S1.00
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

children. They are not to bame,'
she said, for tire misdeeds of their
parents She became the owner of
large tract of land, and accumulated
much wealth for those days. Her
judgment was sought on many occa-
sions, both by Indians and white peo-
pie, and her opinions were character
lied by wisdom and good sense. She
wore her scarlet cloak to the last. When
disease at last fastened upon her, and
she became aware that she could not
recover, she said: Wrap me in my
scarlet cloak, and when l go to the
Great Spirit let me still wear it, that
all the angels may know that | have
come Her request was carefully OBJ
served, and when her last breath had
gone her dusky form was enshrouded
in her much-prized fiery-hued garment,
and was tenderly laid away in the bosom
of Mother Earth, that awaits the com
ing of us all. Some friendly hand
carved on the rude maidstone that
marked her resting-place these words:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

Asa Belfast (Me.) lady was combing
her hair in room in the second story
a little bird flew in at the open window,
and, alighting on wash-bowl which
contained water, proceeded to take a
bath. When it had completed its alb
lutions in bird fashion, it shook off the
superhuous moisture and flew out of the
window, paying no attention to the &C.
cupant of the room.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

THE toad is more clearly than the
poodle which some ladies caress and
take in their laps. He is the abiding
friend of the farmer and the horticul-
turist. He feeds upon cut-worms. and
regards the curculo that infests the
orchard as great dainty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

MANY aches or pains relieved at
once by spending twenty-five cents for
a bottle of Salvation Oil.
STRENGTHEN your voice and remove
coughs, colds and hoarseness, by taking
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price twenty
five cents per bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

KEEP your blood pure and you will
not have rheumatism. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla purifies the blood and tones the
whole system.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
y. +. FERAY.
E'or sale.

QPLENDID opening for right man. Far
- sale the official journal of Lincoln
narish and of the Farmers Union. In q
very prosperous condition. Good reasons
for wishing to sell. Address. Progressive
Age, RustOn. La. june l3,-tf.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
NO. q. 1891.
Pecan Island.

/ 4 correspondent Of the Welsla
Crescent gives the following account,
OF trip TO this unfrequented part
OF our parish
Al Grand Cheniere landing We
were met by an old friend, Jacob 81.
Vaughan, Esq, of Pecan Island, who,
naa a conveyance at hand and we
were soon on our journey; travelling
about four miles along smooth she'll
ROAD We brought up" at the hospit.a
able residence Of Mrs Armand Rich<
ard, where we were safely enscond-s
ed for the night. About FIVE o'clock
Wednesday morning. having parta..
ken Of a cup Of delicious coffee pre-.
pared hy Mrs. Richard, we moanted
our horses and proceeded up the Is.
land. About eight o'clock we
reached the home of that popula.
gentleman, Mr.. P. v. Miller. where
a bountifui breakfast was prepared
to which, ! must confess, ample JUS
tice was done. This is the last.
house on the Grand Chenier. Rer
mounting, we resumed our journey
aclo oss the coast marsh; after splash
ing through mud and water for
about ten miles, we reached Pecan
Island, the Mecca Of our pilerimaec.
and about one o'clock found us at
the residence Of Mrs. Harriet Moore.
where wo had dinner, after which
we proceeded to Mr.. Faughan's resi-.
dence, where we were taken care Of
Tor the light. The tgo days follow
ing, We were engaged dividing IN.
the Island among the settlers. who
will now take the land as homesteads..
These two nights we spent at the.
home of Mr.. Oliver P. Randall. than
whom more hospitable gentleman
never lived. The Island is narrow
strip of high land, thirteen miles
long and varying in width from a
few rods 70 half a mile; on the noAh
side and near the eass end nagnbef
of long narrow points extend Into
the coast marsh bv which the Island ]
.is surrounded. The principal pro.
duets OF the island are cotton, corn.
grapes, peaches, 6gs, oranges. live.
stock. sugar cane, coon skins, alliga.
tor hides and moss. The people are
prosperous and happy, and a clever.
er set OF folks never conrrepafed in
a smaller place.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
W W. EDWARDS,
AhbeviI1o. Louisiana,
Real = state AGENT.

Buys and sells land and pays taxes for
non-residents.
Nov is the time to buy the fertile lands
!. of the Attakapas country cheap. The
railroads are coming and it win soon be
too late.
The following bodies of fine lands are
offered f5r sale very cheap:
1. A3O acres in Vermilion parish about
10 miles southwest of Abbeyiile. All in a
body and partly timber and partly sea
IuGrsir prairie. A fine winter range cattle,
very low for cash.
2. SO arpents near Abbevifle Aliunder
Il good fence and with good cabin, well,
etc. choice farm.
8. 500 arpents on Bayou Vermilien,
about - miles below Abbeville. Fine
bayou land part timber and part prairie.
Cheap for cash.
4. I3:S arpents of choice prairie Iand in
Mouton's cove.
5. 40 acres of fine timber land in the
rear of I. s. Winston's plantation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
A Magnificesat ORer. J.

We have entered into an agree
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known to need further recommends
ton, by which we can furnish to
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MERIDIoNAL, for year and either
OF the following memoirs for the
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All OF these bound in green and gold
Now is your opportunity 10 secure
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tfifing sum. just think, the Cos,
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for $3.50. Orders taken and filled
at once.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
BiR Sales.

]. P. Gneydan was fortuuase In
selling land last month, having made
six sales Of st. Bonnet land, as fol.
lows
B. r. Garland, Of Marshall, Ind,
$40 acres, Sec. IA, tp. l2. range |
west.
Calvin Garland, Waveland, Ind,
sec. l3, tp. u. range | west.
John B. Wright, Caynga, Ind.
sec. IL, tp. II, ranger ! west.
j. g. Walker. Of Rayne, 200
acres ia sec. 26, tp. IL, range
west.
q. W. Hair, Of Crowley, $40
acres, 81 Of sec. 20, tp. 10, range I
west.
Baker 6 Son, Crowley. 22O acrsa,.
NJ Of section. %, Up. 70, range J
west.
These parties all expect to faruis
rice next year, and it will be Q great
Improvement for the desirable SAINT,
Bonnet neighborhood Lake Arthur
Herald.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
FOOTPRINTS OF THE
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
PRONUNCIATION
OF THE
Proposed RTs,ensfment 10 the
Constitution OF the state of. i
E4euis5tsna.
ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF 1890
OF THE
. srATE Ga LOIAsIANA.
Office of the Secretary OF STATE

I sUInGe or tAe seScfSE3TY OF State.
5 "a pursuance of the provisions. oil the
sGo51stitutioa, pabIieasian Is here i,y made
and given TO the Qualified electors OF the
State Of Louisiana dfthe proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of this State,
which has been eoncurred IN by two-tbirds
Of all TIE members elected TO each House
OF the General Assembly of this State, az
the regular session thereof held at the City
of Baton Rouge, in theyear 1890 aud which
is. required to be published for the inforna-
ton Of the qualified electors OF this State
for three months preceding the general ell
estion for Representatives and which pro-
posed amendment more fully appears iu
Act No. I53, of the Regular Session of 1850,
which Is hereafter officially published for
the information OF the qualified electors of
this State, and which will be stiblaitted 10
them for heir approval or relecGion ct the
next general election. which will be held
on Tuesday, tbs 10TH day of Apra, 1892 (it
being the Tuesday next following the third
Monday of this month in such manner and
form that the qualified electors maytyote
lor or against said amendment, and ii q ma
jority OF the qualified electors voting at
said election, shall approve and ratify said
propo-ed amendment, then such proposed
amendment, so approved and ratified, shall
become part OF the Constitution OF this
State.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
NOTICE.
Machinery for Sale.

One steel Boiler 42 inches by rs
feet long, 4 flues. Que Engine, one
set of Rollers, Pump, one Grist mill.
Fire front, stack, and all connec,
10 rs. All fully guaranteed.
SOLOMON WISE.
Abbeville La, June s. 1891.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
Tulane University of oLuisaana

Tulane University embraces college,
high school, H. Sophie Newcomh Memorial
College, for Young Women, law andsmedi-
cal departments. The college has four
entifc and Engineering. There is also q
special course of Electrical Engineering.
Next annual session of the academical de-
p2rtmenta. including the ii. Sophie New.
comb College. begins October !. Law
department. opens November l6. Medical
department., October 10.
Fer special or general catalogues apply
TO the Secretary of the University. Tulane
Hall. WIN. PRESTON JOHNSTON.
President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19

Chas. Brown erected barn Oh
bis rice farm on Bayou Qatse FDftas
last week. He will ba.td several
residences at oncs.-Y.aSert1afth fthas
Herald,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19

About twenty persons partook Of
Thanksgiving dinner at ?. F n4'n-
laps, Lake Side last Thursday
Lake Arthur Herald.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19

On Saturday We helped eat 8 ws@
ter melon plucked that ~ rom
the garden Of e. G. Reeder oE Shell
Beach.-Lake Arthur Herald.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19

60 to A. j. GODDARD & Co. for your
holiday goods.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
BETTER THAN A

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-19
NO. 153. AN ACT

Providing for the submission to the
electors of the state, for adoption or re-
lection, an amendment to the constitu-
AN article On leyees, seheals. charities,
pensions, drainage, lotteries aud general
fund.-
The record-union., 1891-01-24
Mtareli
SMALL FEET.

They Are an Illustration of the Ten
deucy of the Times Toward Little
Waists and Weak Bodies.
Anyone who visits the art museums may be
struck with the fact that the feet of all the an
Client statues seem very large They do seem
so,but it will be found that for symmetrical per-
lection these feet could not be better, and yet
the feet OF the average man or woman to-
day are much smaller than in ancient times.
One might naturally ask, Why is this? The
answer is not difficult. Modern custom and
fashion have contracted feet to their present
small proportions; shoes have taken the place
of sandals. Indeed it is only one illustration
of many, of what advanced civilization and
fashion do The waists of women in ancient
days were not so small as in the present age of
corsets. The health of women in ancient times
was better than in our present day of social
Women are weaker than they once were. They
feel depressed, blue, weak and languid, where
they were once bright, strong and active.
Such modern troubles require the most adj
vanced treatment and the best physicians, and
most scientific authorities of the present day
declare that pure stimulants are a necessity in
most lives. 1t is significant fact, however,
in connection with this statement, that only
pure stimuants are ever of value. while i'm
pure are an actual harm.
The best and purest of all StimulantS now
known TO the public is Duffy's Pure Malt
Whisky. II is indeed the only medicinal
whisky known to the professions or the pub
far more popular to-day than ever before in
itsshistory. 1t has many iTnitators and the
usual jealousies which merit always brings,
and hence when unscrupulous dealers offer
any other article they should be given to un-
derstand that only Duffy's can be used. S
The record-union., 1891-01-24
No Wreck Ashore

Was ever more hopelessly stranded than
wrecked constitution, whether its dis
aster be the product of some formidable
malady, or that slow, premature decay
that seems to fasten upon some constitu-
tions without apparent adequate cause.
An excellent means of checking this grad
ual drain of the sources of vitality is the
beneficent tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which promotes digestion, enriches
the blood and gives substance as well as
stamina to an enfeebled frame. Consti-
patton, feebleness of the kidneys and
bladder, fever and ague and rheumatism,
are among the bodily ailments which it
remedies promptly and thoroughly. Per-
sistence in its use is well merited by it.
The record-union., 1891-01-24

We've heard Of a woman
who said she'd walk five
miles to get a bottle Of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton if she couldn't get it
without. That woman had
tried it. And it's a medi-
cine which makes itself felt
in toning up the system and
correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
it-try a second, a third if
necessary. Before the third
ones been taken you'll
know that there's a remedy
to help you. Then you'll
keep right on and a cure
II come.
But if you shouldn't feel
the help, should be disap-
pointed in the results
you'll find a guarantee
printed on the bottle-wrap-
per that'l get your money
back for you.
How many women are
there who'd rather have the
money than health? And
Favorite Prescription" pro-
duces health. Wonder is
that there's a woman will
ing to suffer when there's
a guaranteed remedy in the
nearest drug store.
The record-union., 1891-01-24
Coffee a Disfnfectant.

Coffee is a very powerful disinfectant.
The beans, when dried, roasted and
pounded to coarse powder, should be
placed on u plate in the room where its
disinfecting influence is desired, or spril-
where an Offensive efiluvium is perceived.
The coffee seems to gather to itselfthe i'm
purities of the air, for when subsequently
heated it will give forth much of the odor
which it has absorbed.
The record-union., 1891-01-24
Mis- Ilrtter lwho has hcen adnitted to

MISS iuAOcI wv no 4lets UCCII sttfTIttttEti 10
Miss Hititity's dressing-roo;n)-''Oh
Bess, / haven't seen YOU for SO long, and
Pve got so many things to talk about.
News of your engagement never reached
me, do YOU know, till got to Berlin,
and, oh--oh! what lovely switch that is,
Bess !-and-oh, by the way, when is it
going to come otf?" Miss Hititity (5e-
wildered)-''Which? the wedding or the
switch burlington Free Press.
The record-union., 1891-01-24

She-'And what have you ever done to
prove that you love ne?'' He-"Done!
Why have done without my lunch every
day for week in order to take you to the
opera last night. t.'-Sparks.