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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

-Four Pretty americans to Entertain
Her MAJESTY With a Manuet.

-Four Pretty americans to Entertain
H@ Majesty With a Manaet.
New York, Oct. Questionable
circles in this city are much exercis-
ed as to the identity of four pretty
American girls who have arrived 10
London to dance a minnet before the
Queen.
Their chaperoD refuses to give
their names, but says they are we'll
known in the best New York society.
A picture, however, is printed in
the October number of The New
York and Paris Young Ladies' Fash
ion Bazaar. entitled Pretty girls
learning to dance the minuet," which
gives some clew to their indentity.
Society here also is interested 10 the
fact that each Of the four Americans
is to wear a dress similar to the one
illustrated and marked No. 8 10 the
colored plates Of the magazine, which
has partly revealed their personality
and set fashionable circles agog.
The young ladies have been prac-
ticing the minuet for eight months
before venturing to ask the privilege,
which has been granted, of dancing
before Her Majesty.
The New York and Paris Young
Ladies' Fashion Bazaar is for sale by
all newsdealers. 1t will also be sent,
postage prepaid, forz25 cents per
single copy. The subscription price
is 800 per year.
Address GEORGE MUNRO.
Mnnro's Publishing House,
(P. O. Box 375l.) II to q Vande-
water ST., NY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The pro-lotteryites have postpon
ed their Sabine parish barbecue
until--well we shouldn't wonder if
it wasn't indefinite. The subsidized
lottery press have written a grea t
deal on the affair, but not one Of
them has yet had the temerity and
bnll.headness TO advise annther at
at the barbecue IN der tho
same objectionable circumstances
The Gaze tie.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

On Friday of last week, Captain
r. N. Rea handed as a boil of lint
less cotton seed, that was grown in
company with many others on his
Alabama plantation. The boil had
all the appearance of the regular cot.
ton growth, full Of natural seed,
without the least particle of lint.
The seed were almost black. with a
tenacious and well polished hall seem
ed to be laden with oil. There were
eight we'll filled pods containing Elk
seed each, or forty-eight in the one
boil; the stock from which it was
culled had sixty uatured bolls or
two thousand, eight hundred and
eighty seed to the stalk.-Carroll
Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The Alexandria Town Talk sab
mits the issue in o Nutshell: IF the
lottery amendment is adopted By the
people, Morris will have the right
by law to operate as many different
gambling schemes as he may choose.
He could start keno games in every
town in the State, call them lottery
aud the authorities woald be pow"
erless, because in granting Morris
and his partners the amendment TO
the constitution that they ask, the
State surr renders It's police power
over whatever gambling schemes
they may originate"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The death OF MIR. Hamlin recalls
the curious fact that when be vas
vice president the name of the
second officer was bodily included
in that Of The first, thus:-Abrst Ham
Lin-coln.-Ex.
We are also reminded that Q
transportation Of the sylables in the
names of Lincoln and Hamlin givo
the name Of both thus:
5am-Lin,
Lin-Coln.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The Colfax Chronicle says: sMr.
Don. e. Sorrelle, editor Of the Sa-
bine Banner, was in calfax on legal
business a couple Of days this week.
He said the late episode in Sabine
the warning of lottery orators to
keep our of that parish-.was the re-
suit of the offensive manner in which
the managers went about getting up
their barbecue and boasting Of their
ability to corrupt the Masses"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

Calcasieu was one of the parishes
reported at the Alexandria Conven.
ton that would give strength to the
third or peoples party movement.
How laughablcl The thing in this
parish is utterly too weak TO crawl
and never will be able to stand alone.
W. undertake to say that they can't
nominate and elect an officer In this
parish from local school director to
district judge. They Can endorse a
democratic candidate aud help to
elect, and that is ell. As party the
would not be sin it."-Wels Cres-
cent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17
why 4 belong to the Building
and Loan Association.

Because | have secured q property
which has greatly increased in value.
Because | have found them prof
table. Because they have taught me
the habit Of saving.
Because they took care Of my sur.
plus earnings and doubled my mon
ey for me in . few years.
Because | have found them a con-
venient depository for my idle mon
ey.
Because my connection with the
association set a good exemple to my
children.
Because / know that the prospect
ty of many Of my neighbors is due to
their agency.
Because I believe they are Of
great value to the working classes.
Because they have kept the wolf
from my door in times Of enforced
idleness.
Because Of their tendency to cut
down class distinctions, and to bring
the lich and poor nearer together.
Because they benefit the trades;
and men of almost every calling are
indirectly assisted By them,
Because although recently found
ed they have proved to be the most
successful form Of popular finance.
Because their existence is necessa-
~ to the public veal. as is evidenc-
ed by the enormous business they
transact.
Because the advantages they offer
are peculiar to themselves, aud which
can not be found elsewhere.
Because they are thoroughly mu.
tai, and all profits realized are divid'
ed on an equitable basis.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17


The lottery revenue amendment"
says: "I'he shares of stock therein
and the business authorized by this
contract, and the revenues and the
receipts thereof shall be exempt from
taxes, dues, assessments, impositions
Of anv kind whatever. whether State,
municipal or otherwise" We are
not much versed in the Interpretation
Of law. but this looks to us very much
like class legislation. Why should
the capital stock and other assets of
this company be exempt from taxes,
while taxes and licenses are exacted
from all other BUSINESS enterprises.
The liquor dealer pays a license and
yet he pays a tax on everything of
money value. So it is with tie dry
goods and the grocery dealers.
Therefore, why discriminate 10 favor
Of the lottery? Why discriminate 10
favor of a concern whose patrons put
no the money which is sub-divided
into At cents for itself and So cents
for prizes to be given to ticket hold.
ers who are fortunate enough to
strike lucky numbers? This is a
question for taxpayers to consider.
Capital Item.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

Col. I. Jonathan Guice, of DeSoto,
did not show up at the Third Party
Convention, claiming that his family
were sick. We are inclined to be.
lieve that Guice was sick. His little
speeches of late in which he advocat.
ed social equality in order to catch
the negro vote will not do in Rapi.
des parish. and Gnice has sense
enough to know it.-Town Talk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

u .8,H
Roman history teaches that when
the very ricn wanted to amend or
make new laws that would take
away the liberties of the common
people, the latter were Toasted,
and splendid shows gotten up to
please them. The Louisiana people
are now going through the same
thing. The mar who hopes to make
himself dictator is John A. Morris,
while Marshall is adile and is hunt.
ing up new amusements to fool the
people into voting away their liber.
". We had one of these old-time
Roman vote catching feasts 10 Alex
andria this week.-Town Talk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17
The Democratic Review of Match

The Democratic Review of Match.
itoches, La, in its last Issue under
the caption, "a Famous Victory"
endeavored to write up the lottery
barbecue here on the 25th ult., and
for want of something better TO say
not only howIed about the meeting
not Undertaking. but iu the bitter
ness of its stomach said harsh things
of Sabine andstoldfsosne as black lies
as were ever hammered out upon the
anvil of the internal regions.-sa-
biDe Banner.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The boys of our Brass Band have
two new prices of music which they
cherish very highly. They were
composed and learned while the
Band was in Robeline on its way to
Many, Sabine parish, last week, they
are called, "Wby did we ever leave
home," and "We want to 60 home,
and that very quick" The boys say
they never before learned two new
pieces in so short a time.-N. Eater
prise.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

flour lottery contemporaries want
to know who started the rumor OF
armed men coming out here on the
18th ult., we will inform them that
it was s. G. Presley, Editor Of the
News. We have 1T from a reliable
gentlemen, and if presley wishes his
name be can be accommodated
Sabine Banner.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The St. Landry Democrat makes
The following quotation from the
German:
"Show me where your bread
comes from, and I'll tell whose song
you sing"
This quotation. strikes the ordina-
az mind as being quite applicable to
tie Morris organs throughout the
State.-The Banner.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

Samuel D. Nc Emery is the Moses
that will lead us from the desert
Natchitoches Dem-Reyiew.
Yes, Brothers, we long since per-
ceived the the similarity and dubbed
him the "Lottery Moses" He may
lead you, but like Moses of old he
will never enter the promised land
the governors chair.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

Sheriff Cardinal and deputies
Guilbeau and Halphen went in the
fifth ward of this parish, and arrest.
ed som 9 twenty regulators who are
accused Of having whipped two ne.
.groes on the plantation Of a Nj. Sin.
,gleton. The afidayits were made
by Mr.. Singleton Isl. Martin
Messenger.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

Congressman Boatner of Ouachita
isn't fooliug anybody down this way
by saying from the stump and in the
press that he is an anti.lottery man.
We hope the good people Of the
Fourth District will defeat him for
Congress next year, because no man
who claims to be an anti. and yet
denounces his anti friends, it fit to
represent anybody.--Town Talk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17
There are enough unselfsh Demo

There are enough unselfsh Demo
Gratis in Louisiana to stem the de,
structive tide. = photographic Bulletin
So there are, and when its desolat'
ing food shall have been stayed, and
the soul ce . from which it flowed ef-
fectively damned, not to Sam Nc.
Emery and the Lottery press but to
7. S. Adams and the Farmers ALI
ance will the credit be most largely
due.-Monroe Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17
Perry PencElings.

Lonisiana's stay At home was of
short duration. The cold winds
from the North drove her back 10
the far South again and it appears
as if she was go.ig to stay there.
The cold North winds have caus.
ed a good deal of sickness at the
Bridge; two children of Ernest Foray
quite sick; three of MI. .Gooch's
children have been sick but are get.
ting better. Old MIR. Stakes hss
been very unwell for some time bus
much worse for the part week.
W. Hamblet who moved here last
winter will return to Mississippi
next week. he has resigned his
position as agent and store keeper
for the alliance. and B. l.. O'BrYan
has been chosen in bic place. Len
ard Feray the bridge keeper and
saddler here has gone to Texas, and
his brother Theodore has taken bis
place at the bridge. s 1.
Charlie Alexander and Two lof bic,
brothers, Vernon and Fraul Alsxan.
der arrived at the Bridge yesterday
they report excellent crops In Kan
sas and times there are good. They
are staying ct ]. NJ. Ransoms for the
present; several more of the Illinois
and Kansas boys viii arrive the last
OF the week.
Thos. l.. Ransom will start to.
morrow on a trip to Illinois, Ohio and
Kansas to visit relatives aud friends.
The North winds Of the past week
has damaged the cane crop past all
redemption aud . good many Of the
farmers have not made enough Oh
their farms this year TO pay their
taxes. This viii be a hard winter,
for the poor Of Louisiana.
Capt. Geo. Root who moved to
Lake Charles 10 the Summer. two
or three months ago has returned 10
Perry. He arrived last Saturday
evening. Says be has come 70 stay
now.
The parish lecturer Of the parish
will be vt Perry at next regular
meeting Of the surveillance there:
which will be Saturday, Oct. 24th,
IN the afternoon. Full attendance ID
earnestly requested.
FLORIDA.
Perry, Oct. 18th 1891.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17
Two hundred dollars in prizes arr

Two hundred dollars in prizes are
offered by DR.. Miles Medical Co.,
sElkhart, Ind, for the best designs to
be used in advertising DR.. Miles
.Neryine and New Heart Cure. The
contest is open to all RULES and
Points" will be mailed free to any
who writee for same to the above
firm.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

John Fitzpatrick and jim Hous-
ton, of New Orleans, didn't send up
quite enough of the "boys." Thirty.
four wouldn't have cut much OF a
figure If the "wool hat boys" as
Guice calls them, had turned out to
the Convention as the lottery expect.
ed. Town Talk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17
Perry. Oct, 18th 1891.

The statement of N. G. Gibbs in
the Robelne Ness is not correct.
There Has not an anti who would
eat a piece of his barbecned meat.
Sam Presley wrote him a note or
dering him to dispose of the meal as
be saw proper. We guess Mr.. Nor.
ris will think some time before he
sends $500 more for barbecues 10
the Free State of Sabine. Sabine
Banner.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

money talks !" In the case OF
the loud-mouthed lottery campaign
orators this q notation will we'll ap.
ply. Talk for revenue" is what
actuates the majority of them in
max ing their speeches in behalf of
the Morris combine.--The Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

When you read of blizzard 10
the vicinity Of Bismark, Dakota
just pull your overcoat out of the
camphor barrel and get it ready for
use three days after the blizzard
strikes Bismark. II never fails to
gut In appearance here.-Review
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

A Plaquemiue planter made syrup
two weeks ago. For the irst ship
ment he received $3.50 per gallon.
The price gradually fell TO "a cents
O gAllon, when he ceased grinding.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The Mississippi river is twenty
eight feet deep at the jetties, its shall.
lowest point, and $50 feet deep at
ST. Gabriel, Iberville parish, its deep.
est loint.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

THE You've IDEA Is the name ofa
new applicant for support Of the
hands of the young folks. i isa
handsome SPACE paper 4 columns 70
the page. filed with short Stories
poems, sketches and other interest
ing information for the young, and
costs only SO cents q yea.. Donas
fail to send. for a sample copy and
subscribe. Whitney Publishing 90,
Belvidere. Illinois.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

From present indications the Lot
teryites on the State Central Com
mittee want TO split the party.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The editor of the Natchitoches
Enterprise, In a recent conversation
with Rev. Bishop Durier, says: In
the curse of the talk we asked the
Rev. Father if there was any truth
in, or foundation Tor. the assertion
which had been repeatedly made
from the stump lately, that the Lot
terry Company people had offered
him $4,000 for use in his diocese,
and he had accepted il; and $4,000
to the Archbishop Of New Orleans?
To which he answered: No my
friend, they did not offer me anything
for they knew | would not accept it.
They did, my friend, offer the Arch
bishop $25, 900, but he declined it.
The only thing they have asked me
to do was TO sign my name to o pa
per asking John A Morris to build
US a bridge, and / respectfully de-
cliued to put my name to snch q pa
per-" Here we have positive evi.
dence that the lottery has been guilty
of the heiBous act of Offering to bribe
the head Of .the Catholic Church III
Louisiana. Asa man must hold in
low estimation the being he iinagines
it would be safe TO approach with a
bride, this shows you how John A.
Morris regards the Catholics of Lou
isiana. As money is his God, he i'm.
AGNES it controls the universe. Not
content with prostituting a State to
his uses. he would debase religion
also And this lottery is the Greats
r you r urged to nurse 10 your
bosom and fatten for the next TWEEN,
ty-6ve yearsl--Iafayette Advertiser.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The fact that neither Mr.. Morris,
nor his friends, has offered to buy
the vote of a single farmer or labor
err or ether citizen is ample guaran.
tee that no such thing has been at
tempted, and those people will &C.
cordingly vote for the Amendment.
That bug-a-boo does not have the
desired observation-disclosures Dem.
Review.
Really your memories must be
very treacherous or you do not keep
posted. What about the jewelry
peddler in Bienville parish /; the
blanket sellers in Avoyelies, and the
cotton buyers in Rapides? Where
is your ample guarantee that these
things have not been attempted
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

The farmer who raises good hogs
and plenty of them does that Which
is meat and proper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-10-17

We know that men who have new.
er done any good for themselves or
family are not the men to lead, and
two Of the most notorious of these
leaders are of that kind to.wit: Guice
and Traylor. We believe Traylor
is working for the money and Guice
for j ce.-Farmers Vidette.
Several months afo as %eminently
responsible a gentleman as Walter
johnson, Esq. Of Desoto parish pub
licly asserted that Gaice had offered
to sell cut to the Lottery Company
and Guice has never denied the
charge that we have heard Of. :.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24
Where Happiness Is Found.

Joseph Jefferson, the actor. and man of
large social and worldly experience, says, 81
have scarcely ever seen true happiness ex-
cept in one who was comparatively obscure"
and Is this not true Yet the notion prevails
that to be known to the world, to be rich and
in the Swim" ofsociety, is to be happy. But
all this is not happiness, but the qualification
Of an ambition which, once gratiied, is Of
brief enjoyment and soon found to be attend
ed with infinite vexations unknown to the
Obscure" The woman who can keep
house comfortably and beautifully without
resident domestics is the one to be envied by
the be-servanted housewife who, to her sor-
row, knows with ]. J. that domestic melap-
choly sets in with the butler" In the good
time coming, our homes will come less and
less TO be boarding and lodging houses for
servants, for the work which cannot be sent
out will be done by specialists" who will
60 from house to house doing their round of
tasks with neatness and dispatch-trainec
women or men, who come and go without
'fuss," and who have neither to be fed nor
lodged, nor their comfort in any way looked
after
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24
LIGHT WEIGHT
SUMMER
SNOEE s.

Low Shoes are now in order
and we show a splendid line fol
Ladies, in Black Kid, tipped
and plain toes, dark tans and
chocolate colors, $3.50 and So.
All our own superior make
Light Kangaroo Calf Ties for
Men for warm weather.
All our departments are filled
with new, fresh goods, all made
on our premises out of the very
best feathers and warranted the
best goods to be found anywhere
for the money.
We keep every style of toe,
all sizes and widths, for Ladies,
Gentlemen, Boys, Misses and
Children, and you can always get
fitted at our establishment.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24
CamphOr In Place of Fly Screens.

1t amuses me to see the weary clerk or
assistant carrying home window screens on
warm evenings, or taking advantage of the
new patent and securing sections to adjust
and put together at his leisure, and at the ex-
pense of his fingers and thumbs. Window
screens are not really necessary at all, and in
many instances they keep flies in as well as
keep flies out In our houses we burned the
frame on our last screen door some years ago,
and have had the full benefit of the unob-
structed breeze every ensuing summer. A
little champion placed on every window sill
will keep out flies, except in the kitchen,
where the temptation is stronger, and the
remedy, of necessity, a little more stringent.
But little camphor sprinkled on the cook
stove now and again will drive out the pests
and keep them out, while it will also neutra-
lie the UNPLEASANT smell of cooking.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24
VOL. XXXVI-NO. 80.
VARIETIES.

The culture of oranges in California
dates back to the times of the old Mission
fathers, who, 1t is stated, brought the seed
from Spain.
-He-"Life with me has been failure"
She-"You must have had and wasted some
opportunity" He-"No; have spent half
my life raising whskers to conceal my youth,
and the other alfdyeing them to conceal my
age"
| Mrs. Blotter (of literary turn)-"And
John, send up gallon of midnight oil. All
our best writers, Pm told. burn It,"
| Mrs. Van MilliOn-''But, Mr.. Marigo old,
ifyou marry my daughter, how do you and
she propose to live without money!" Jack
Marigold-"Do you mean TO say that you
would allow your son-in-law to starve ?"
-Teacher-"Dicky ricketts,. can you spell
psalter2" Dicky (beaminge"Yes, sir
2 s-a-l-t-e-r." Good. What is the meaning of
the word, Dicky~ Dick hangs his head and
little club at the foot of the class holds up
his hand and shouts, More salt, sir Salter'n
twas first Off"
-Simkins-"Do you and your wife get
along well together ?" Hen Peck-"She gets
along we'll enough, but don't"
Says some one: "He who thinks better
OF bis neighbors than they deserve is seldom
bad man." That may be true, but he
generally pays few cents more pound for
his ice than any other man in the neighbor-
hood.
Visitor with gun)-"Is there any small
game about here?" Resident-"How would
25-cent limit strike you P"
Mrs. Sharpley lat hotel)E"That couple
Try to act as if they had been married for
years. but know they are on their wedding
tour" Mr.. Sharpley-"Guess not" Mrs.
Sharpley-"Yes they are. He gave her the
tenderloin of the steak"
Mrs. Brook-"My husband keeps account
OF every drink he takes" Mrs Banks-"Are
you sure?" Mrs. Brook-"Oh, yes; the
dear fellow says be never gets one that he
doesn't put it down."
IA mans cheeks naturally burn when he
Is made light Of"
The Satisfied Girl-"We are never going
to quarrel after we are married Jack and In
The Worldly Wise Matron-"W hich one has
agreed to let the other have his own way all
the timer"
Scientists say that the orange was origi.
nally berry, and its evolution has been go.
ing on for more than thousand years.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24
Bad Temper Mostly Involuntary.

Many people consider that "bad temper"
is entirely voluntary on the part of the per-
son who displays it. AS matter of fact, it
is often TO a very great extent involuntary,
and no one is more angry at il than the bad,
tempered person himself. Of course every
one, whether he is born with a bad temper
or has acquired one from habit. or has be n
visited with one as the result Of disease or
injury, should at least try to control it. But
his friends should also bear in mind that bad
temper may be, and often is, an affection to
be sympathized with-not an ofense to be
punished,