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half has been similarly treated the twain are
welded into one unbroken surface Of softest,
finest fur.
Then there are no end Of fllets to be woven,
for the mems heads and their own, from the
unraveled threads OF cloth obtained at the set
Elements or from the Araucanians. In the
same way they weave belts or gsrters-the lat
Ter not for their own stockingless legs, but to
hold up the horse-hide boots Of their lords and
masters They must also sew skins together
Tor beds. the coverings Of the toldos and for
sale, scrape and dress horse hides for seats, sad
dies and partition walls, and do . thousand
other things which keep them constantly en-
pioyed, while their lazy '.men-folk' smoke,
gamble, race horses. play ball and hunt only
when the exigencies OF the larder require.
EXPERT WORKERS IN SILVER
Some OF the men are surprisingly expert
workers In silver, considering their rude i'm
plements They take the silver dollars OBJ
tanned In barter and temper them until they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-26

that they are kindly, good-tempered. impulsive
children Of nature, easily induced TO Become
firm friends or equally confirmed enemies, and
that they are not naturally treacherous but
always keep faith with those who keep faith
with them. The half has not been told Of in
terest concerning these neighbors Of ours, but
I have wearied you already and tomorrow We are
of for Terra del Fuego. FANNIE B. WARD.
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An AnBenious xsODDero' Den In Hok1A
From 0alignanis Messenger.
A most extraordinary discovery has Just been
made by the police on the boulevard Ornano.
Two policemen on night duty followed several
suspicious looking individuals who were carry
ing large parcels and were astonished TO ses
them disappear. - II by magic, into the glacis
OF the Notifications. They went mp to the spot
and saw . ray Of light coming through crack
and heard sounds Of laughter.
One OF them went on at once for reinforce
menta. and a. soon - other oficen had arrived
staircase cut into the earth into . isrrs cham
Der, thickly carpetsd, where Ave men and Tires
women were carousing. The gay company wers
captured and tAkea before the commiscary ol
police, Who soon learned that they we're pro
for six months in The cave which they had dus
In the fertilization. An Immense Quantity ii
stolsn property Wa found
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SOME HAPPY SAVAGES
Cultivating Still Closer Acquaintance
With the Patagonian Indians.
HOUSES OF PRICELESS FURS.

How Their Houses Are Built-Primitive Arts
and Utsnsiis-Theirweapo of war-some-
thing About Their Marriage Customs-Cos-
TUNES Of the Men and Dress Making BY the
Women.
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From the Chicago Tribune.
Il was stopping in the only hotel in q little
Texas town." said the traveller, 'and was in
my room when heard three shots in Quick
succession. I reached the Office Just q Q man
rushed in and exclaimed:
"'Bill Smith is shotr
"'Deadr asked the proprietor.
Three holes in him He's done for sursr
was the reply.
"A tall, lanky man who was standing by the
desk brought his fist down on the blurred and
blotted register and said:
"'Its q good thing. kin walk down the
street now without feelin' that may have 70
draw quick and dodge behind tree mos, any
minute
The proprietor Strengthened himself up and
said:
boys, let's have somethin'. feelas though
had more to say round this place now, aud
especially in the bar room
''Of course, 1 asked who Bill Smith was and
was informed by three or four at once that he
was q bad man from the border line, that he
could shoot quicker and with truer aim than
any man in that section of the state that he
was quarrelsome, brutal and Q general all
around crime-steeped villain. And in the
midst OF the description the man who had done
the shooting walked in Everybody tried to
shake hands with him and every one invited
him to drink.
Then another man came in and whispered
to the proprietor, and the proprietor said some
thing to the man who had done the shooting,
and there was q general whispered conference
At its conclusion the man who had done the
shooting slipped out Q back door and the pro-
prietor came over to me and said:
Say, stranger, what I said don'tgoi Under.
stand? IL don't gor
Then the lanfy man pulled me 10 one sida
and said:
% 4 was jokin'. See2 But Bill DONE understand
Jokes, and you'd better say nothin' about it,
Another told me had better get out or
town, a. there was general feeling that bad
heard too much.
But where ID the man Who shot this Smith,
asked.
Iryin' 10 get over the border line inso
Mexico was the reply. Then he sdded :
stranger, you don't seem 70 sort o. get onto
this business The Doc. has lest sent Gus quiet
tip TO the boys that Bill viii pretty sure est
we'll Wherefore, al remarks b callsA oR snA
we start Q new deal SeeT"
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First citizen Golden oulch)-'wan, -
caught mp with the Teller wot stole your nsv
overcast. an lynched him"
Second citisen-''Ha, hal That's somsShiu.
Ike. Teach these coyotes they've eottsr obey
the laws O. the land Hung him, shY'
"No. We shot him full o. holea"
coat on, did he?"
'fraid he did
-fs oughter Be arrested, every one Il ".
This ere lynch law h disxrsos ~ oiviliss-
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become maileable enough 70 be beaten into
shapes for buckles, garters. plstes. beads or
studs for embossing belts or srmor. Armor,
did You ssy2 Yes, the gentle Patagonians
actually don coats Of mail ON occasion-msde
Of horse hide, In shape like An exaggerated
night shirt. and IL the owner Il rich enough IL
may be thickly studded with silver plates. Be-
fore going into battle the warriors pad them
selves like cricketers or like school boys ex.
pecting thrasning. using old ponchos or sad-
die cloths, the thick folds Of which viii turn
lance thrust or even the cut Of . sword The
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The Philadelphia board Of charities and cor
rection, has reported that the charges Of mis-
management made BY the board Of women vis-
itors against the aims houss authorities are not
supported.
Eleven instead Of nine persons were killed In
the accident on the New York Central railroad
ct Misrepresentation Thursday night
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hustled about like so many big brown ants set
ting up the toldos, bringing water from the
distant spring and skinning game for the cook
ing spit The Patagonian toldo. or kau-wig-
VAN, tent. tepee or whatever you choose to call
f-difers somewhat from the homes of any
other Indians and therefore merits description.
row OF the tallest forked posts that can be
obtained In this comparatively treeless coun-
Ty-say eight or nine feet long-are driven
into the ground and a ridge pole is laid across
them About Cix feet back Of these another
roE OF forked poles is set. each q foot or two
shorter than those Of the first row. and across
tnese another ridge pole is laid. The same dis
TANGO back Of these a third row is driven of
poles not more than three feet long, topped by
third ridge pole. This completes the frame
WORK, ana an excellent one il is. and over il is
spread lot Of skins, Of the guanaco, deer.
morse or puma, sewn together in squares Of
varying sizes and all daubed inside with a mix
ture OF tallow and red ochrc which can be
smelled a mile away. More skins are tied with
thongs around the sides Of the toldo. and in
cold or rainy weather horse hides are fastened
IN rom, IKE curtains. and are sometimes
hung inside to partition or separate apart
ments, the number, quality and size of the
skins that are used denoting the wealth and
social standing Of the inmates. Think Of IL a
Iur hoase-and such fur, too-the tawny,
notified puma and the beautiful and almost
priceless pale yellow streaked with white OF
young guanaeos. One family-that is one In
dian with his especial wives and children-sel
dom monopolizs q whole toldo, but as civil
hzed people do in summer camping frolics.
relatives and intimate friends pool their issues
~ IL we're, under the same ridge poles. OF
course. the highest side of the fur house in il.
froat, and 10 Is invariably set facing the east
whether from superstition, habit or because
the prevailing winds blow from the west am
unable TO tell YOU
TIE NSKR YuRSIsHSos.
Later in the day . closer inspection revealed
70 us the inner furnishings. Just inside tie
entrance to each tent several small brushwood
fires were kept burning. evidently as much for
warmth and to dry OF the wet ground a. for
cooking purposes. Horse hides, spread on the
half-frozsn sod. served for beds and seats, and
noticed with astonishment that each bed
besides its pile Of furs and blankets, had one or
more bolsters-regular civilized holsters, at
least In shape-made Of half-worn blankets,
sewn together with sinevs and stuffed with
wool The blankets Of these people, which
ehey call lechus, are almost like Tho ponchos of
Bolivia and Chile. and am told that they
are haDd-voven by the Araucanian women.
ThS extra furs. saddles, bla,kets and all be-
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HoNsrHn sHAAKs OF LONG AGO THAT GREW TO
BE 100 FEET IN LESorH-rHE GREAT WHITE
SHARK AND It's SEVEN Rows OF rKxrH-BLux
SHARKS OF COLDER WATERS
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

On Thursday OF last week a sad
accident occurred at Jos W. Dooley's
mill at Crosse Isle Gap, whereby
his son Edmund, aged IA years was
terribly injured. He was trying to
run a griodstonc with the same en-
CINE that drove the gin, and in some
way his hand caught in the belt and
was wrapped around the shaft break.
lug his arm in two places while his
legs were hurled against the grind
stone, f%racturing one leg in two
places and dislocatfng the ankle, ard
%fraeturing both bones Of the other
leg just above the ankle, besides sus-
tanning severe internal Injuries. He
lived until 8 o'clock Saturday morn.
ing when death closed his earthly
career. The hand OF fate has been
laid very heavily upon Mr.. Dooley
this year, as this makes the third
member Of his household who has
died within the past six months,
First his wife, then a lovely daugh.
ter, and now 6 promising son have
been taken from him. Onr heart
felt sympathies, go out to him in
his sad bereavement.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

To Adelaide Broussard, Elisabeth Gui-
drey, Arena Guidrey, and her hus-
band Levy Foster, Azelie Guidrey,
/ and her husband William Choate,
all of the parish ofVernilfon, to Ana
ise Guidrey, and her husband Benja-
min Broussard, of the parish of Aca-
dat to Albert Guidrey, of Galveston
county Texas; to the minors Marcelle
Guidrey, and Eraste Guidrey, and to
their tutor Alpine Boudreau, Of Yer
million parish. to Aida Guidrey and
her husband Sam Choate, and to Oh
i've Hebert, said last three named
being residents OF Vermilion parish,
and to each and every one of you.
Take Notice. That Alexander Ira
han plaintiff in the above entitled suit
has made application, to the Hon the
10Th Judicial District Court for the
Parish of Vermilion La, to have revived
and reinstated on the reconds of said
parish the process verbal of sale of the
succession property of Noise Guidrey
died made by William Choate, the adj
ministrtor of said succession on the 25th
day of February, 1882, including the sale
Of the following described lands made
on said day to plaintiff Alexandra Ira
han, and which Process verbal and re-
cord thereof was destroyed by fire at the
burning of the Courthouse Of Vermilion
parish on the 7th day of April 1885,
said lands being described as Nj of the
sW4 of Sec Il, TIP IL S, RI 80 acres;
Fri section No. a. TpH s, R 2E, 100
acres more or less. You are hereby
further notified that said application
has been fixed for hearing in open
Court at the Courthouse of said parish
on Monday the 18th day of January
1892 a 10 o'clock at which time and
you are cited to appear and file your
answer to said demand, and make
opposition thereto if any you can, and
to show cause why said process verbal
of sale should not be reinstated as
prayed for.
Abbeville, La, November l4th, 1891.
w. W. Edwards,
Atty. for plaintiff.
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Succession Sale.
STATE OFLOUTSZANA,
Judicial District Court
Parish Of Vermilion.
Succession Of EalaJie Robertson.

No. 172.
DY virtue of an order of sale lssued by
ID the Honorable 25th Judicial District.
Court. in and for the State and parish,
aforesaid. / will proceed to sell at public,
auction, to the last and highest bidder.
for cash, at the late residence. of the de-
ceased in this parish, ON
Tuesday, December /. 1891,
between the hours fixed by law, the fol-
lowing described property belonging to-
said succession or so much thereof as NAV
be necessary to pay the debts of said.
estate, and in case it should not be necess--
airy to sell all of said property, that the
land be reserved from sale or such portion
thereof as as is not required to be sold.
the personal property being sold first,
to wit:
One dwelling house-one corn crib--100.
pannels of fencing 3 pieux-75 pannels 2:
pieux-two gentle horses-0ne cow and
two barren cows-two heifers, one year
old-0ne branding iron.
One certain tract of land situated in thet
parish of Vermilion, west of the bayou
containing forty A6-100 acres,
and designated as the Me- OF SCI section
"a, tip. ~, SIR 2 East.
Another tract of land situated in the
parish of VermilioH, containing 40 45-l00s
acres, and designated as the NW3 of Sec
ton "a, tp. ID, SR n east.
EUGENE FEVERGEON,
Administrator.
October 81. 1891.
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Railroad Meeting.

The members of Parish Executive
Rail Road COMMITTEES are requested
to attend meeting of said commit.
tee to be held at Court House in
Abbeville, on Tuesday, November
'l7h, 1891, fer purpose of considering
a propositions made to said commit
tee. All persons interested in rail
road communication betweenV ermil.
ion Parish and the outside world
arc earnestly requested to attend the
above meeting.
j. HENRY PUTNAM.
Chairman Railroad Executive Gem.
mittee.
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SPECIMEN GASES.

s. 81. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with Neuralgia and Rhue
matism, his Stomach was disordered,
his Liver was affected to an alarming
degree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Eleetrec Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a rnnnig screen his leg Of eight
years. standing. Used three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Of
Bucklen's Arniea Salve, aed his leg is
sound and well, John Speaker, Ca
tawba, O., had FIVE large Fever sores
on his leg. doctors said that he was in
durable. One bottle Of Electric. Bitters
and one box Bueklen's Arnica Salve
cared him entirely. Sold by A. j.
GODDARD and N. G. Young Drug Stores
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
NOW TRY THIS.

Il. will cost you nothing and will
surely do you coed, if you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed TO,
give relief, or money will BE- paid back,
Sufferers from La Gripped found it jus,
the thing and under its usehad a speedy
and perfect recovery. Try a sample
bottle at our expense and learn for
yourself just how good a thing it is.
Trial hottie free at N. G.. Young and
A. J.. GODDARD Drug Stores. Large
size soc. and 81. 90.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
CURED.

Am old physician, retired from practice
having had placed in his hands by and
East India missionary the formula Of 8
simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ALI
tive and radical cure for Nervous Debilit-
aud all Nervous Complaints, after having
tested ito wonderful curative powers in
thousands of cases, has felt it his duty tU
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and q desire to
relieve human suffering, | will send free
in German. French or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent
by mail by addessing with stamp, naming
this paper. w. A. MOVES, $50 Powers
Block. Rochester, N. N.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

The YOUNG IDEA ia the name of a
new applicant for support at the
hands of the young folks 1t is a
handsome s page paper 4 columns to
the page, filed with short stories,
poems, sketches aud other interest
ing information for the young, and
costs only so cents a year. Don't
fail to- send for a sample copy aud
subscribe. Whitney Publishing Co.,
BelVidere. Illinois.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Among the recent arrivals in town
this week we take pleasure in notie
ing that of o lovely little daughter
at the home of our good friends Mr..
aad Mrs A. j. GODDARD, last Monday.
We trust she may grow to be source
of great happiness to them. At last
accounts the little girl and her papa
were doing we'll
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
Stand by your town. Not o dolla

- zHErFh.E --as 49,
Stand by your town. Not o dollar
invested there out some good GENES
from it. There is no family, like
ones own family, there is No wife
like ones own wife, there should be
no town like ones own town where
we live, educate orr children, on
whose streets our babies play, and
where We may some day sleep. Let
the newspaper stand by tile town
and let the business men stand by
the newspaper, and let Is make our
home as famous as pessible.-[Ex-
change
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
HOwss This =

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any ease of catarrh that can not be
cared by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
Ed. CHENEY & Co., Props.
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West Il Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
.nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all druggists-lm.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Do you want to save from Is to so
cents on every dollar you spend? If so,
write for our illustrations and prices OF
everything manufactured in the United
States at manufacturers prices. 10,
900 illustrations. all lines represented
Catalogue mailed free on application
Address, Chicago General Supply Co.
1877 West Van Buren, ST, Chicago, III.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty-ffth Judicial District Court
Parish of Vermilion,
No. 421.
Cora VI. Defrance
vs..

The Heirs of Eugene Guegnon.
Tc Eugene Guegnon and her husband
Henry @. Read of the parish of St.
Landry, Frank F. Young, Robert j.
Young, Kate Young and her husband
Clarence j. Edwards, of the parish Of
Vermilion, Warren G.. Young and
Francis D. Young, Natural Tutor to-
the minors Marion, Eugene, Ada,
Ida and Lawrence r. Young, chill
dren of the late Marie Mathild0
Young, of the parish of Acadia.
You are hereby notified that the
plaintiff, in the suit entitled and num-
bered as above, has filed her applica-
ton in our above said court, praying,
for Judgment reviving and re-instating.
the title, to the hereinafter described
property, made to her, under and by
virtue of donation from Eugene Cue
gnon by act passed before Leo Perret,
then Recorder for the parish of Vermil-
fon, on the 18th day of June 1875, to-
wit
One lot of ground situated In Boete's
portion of the town of Abbeville and
designated as lot No. Ia of that portions
of said town, measuring ninety feet
front on State street and eighty-fve
feet and three inches front In the rear
or west, by the depth of n hundred
and twenty feet and two inches on the
southern line and---
feet deep on the northern line; bound
ed north by Vermilion street, south by
lot No. Is, east by State street and
west by lot No. IL, belonging to Caro-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
BUcKLBNS ARNICA sAEVE.

Tho Best Salve in world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheam,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilbiains. Corns. and all Skin Erup.
tions, and positively cures Piles, or DO
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price Is cents peg box for sale by N.
G. Young and A: J. GODDARD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Mrs Geo! Grevemberg left M,n-
day ON the steiner Barmore for Yer.
million whore she will remain for
some time on a visit TO relatives
Morgan City Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

lJOTECE.

The public are hereby notified that oil
passinr through or t~respassinq upon oul
premises, either field or pasture is posi-.
lively prohibited, and any person caught
upon the premises will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
LEON BROUssARD.
SosTHENE HERPIN,
JAMES NJ. HUFF.
AbbevilEe, Louisiana, june 8. 1891.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
The Worlds Fair.

The South may claim without preju-
dice, to have more than it it's share of
the worlds fair. The acknowledged
beauty of the ladies of the South is. due
in a great degree to the use of Creole
Female Tonic, the ladies' friend and
.favorite, and sure cure for all female
ailments.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Mrs W. D. White has placed US
under obligations to her for a nice
treat OF oranges. Four varieties.
the Brazilian, the Mandarin, the
seeding and the Creole orange,
were all from the Doctors flourish.
ing grove on Queue Tortue near
Lake Arthur, and are Of prime
quality.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
ter.s Wanted

Who will send us the names Of their.
hardware dealers who'd not sell our self.
setting planes. Those who do. 80 and
mention this paper will receive free a.
first-class carpenters pencil and circulars.
Gage Toe1 Co, Vineland, N. j.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Police Jury oe Tuesday passed an
ordnance exempting from taxation
for a term of ten years, the Iberia
and Vermilion Railroad provided
it bnilds from Abbeville to a CON
nection with the Southern Pacific.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Capt. Morse Of the Brazos and
Capt. Keifer of the Barmore, Wis
ted New Orleans, last week.-Mor-
gan City Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
The Rest Ever Used.

So says DR.. S. s. Herrick, former
secretary of the Louisiana State Board
of Health, speaking of Marsden's Pee
toral Balm, which he recommends as
the best remedy for coughs, Group,
colds, bronchitis and sore throat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
Tried ira the BaIance.

Marsden's Pectoral Balm is not an
experiment. For twenty-five years it
has been ''tried in the balance" and not
found wanting in its ability to speedily
and permanently cur coughs and colds.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14
NOTICE.

ABBEvILLE, La, July IS, 1891
By mutual consent and agreement the
law firm of White & Broussard is hereby
dissolved, and Lastie Broussard, Esq.,.
is appointed liquidation to collect claims
due the firm. w. A. WHITE.
LASTIE B~ROUsSARD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

Owing to the fact of our being
short handed this week the proceed.
iDgs Of the Police Jury are laid
over.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

il Putnam's Rose Hill Refinery
started grinding on Tuesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

N. g. Young made a business
trip to to New Iberia, last Saturday,
and came back sick with malarial
fever, followed by erysipelas.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

ANY young person desiring to attend
a first-class Business, Short hand or
Telegraph College can get valuable
information by seeing the Editor of
this paper in person.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-14

R. r. Hoggsett, and Mr.. Tolles of
New iberia, we're iu town a while
last Wednesday.