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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
Greatest Building i'm the World.

At meeting OF the Wesleyan
Missionary Society in London re-
Gently, the Rev. Dr.. Duff, an eminent
missionary, gave the following de-
scription ofa pagoda in India.
"ln Seringham you have the larg-
est heathern temple that can prob~
ably be found from the north to the
south pole. 1t is square, each side
being a mile in length. SO that it is
four miles round. Talk of your
crystal Palacel Why, as a man
would put a penny in his pocket, you
might put your Crystal Palace inte
the pocket Of this huge pagoda. The
walls are twenty-five feet high, and
four or five feet thick, and in the
centor of each wall rises lofty
tower. Entering the first square
you come to another with a wall as
high and with four more towers.
Within that square you come to an
other with wall as high and with
four more towers. Within that
square there is another, and within
that again another-aDd you find
seven squares. one within another,
and crowded BY thousands of Brah-
Minis. The great hall for pilgrims
is supported by 1000 pillars. each
out of a single block of stone"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08

The Richmond [ Va. Dispatch
says "The Republican leaders no
longer attempt to conceal the fact
that they have taken the third or
Peoples party under their protec-
ton and regard the Omaha move
ment simply in the light of q Repub.
lican sideshow. The third party is
to be furnished money from the
Republican campaign fund. in con-
sideration of services to be rendered
in the effort to split the solid South
and re establish negro supremacy in
this section. But what will be the
compensation Of the third partyites
should the Republicans succeed in
their desigus2 Will they share in
the spoils /? Hardly. They will be
laughed at as dupes and he compell-
ed to suffer in common with the rest
of the Southern whites the horrors
of what will practically PROVE an
other reconstruction period"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
ForBloOd, Bladder, Btlousnsss, W.W.c
DO Youa wish


To lay by some of your earnings?
Where it will be safe?
Where it will increase ?
Where you can getit in cash ON
thirty days notice with liberal inter-
est !?
Where it will be invested BY the
same class OF men that are directors
and officers in the banks, who will
use the same care and caution as in
their own business
Do you want to go into partner
ship with some of the best people in
the city, with the prudent, saving,
thrifty people Of the city where you
have jast as good a chance as they.
where you will get as large a share
OF the profits for each share as they.
where there are 40 preferred stock
holders?
Take some shares in the Abbevill0
homestead association.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
Weak, WornC Constitutions sr'ssy;'tW. 81 NC

The increased value of our lands
following the completion Of the rail
road to Abbeyille may be approx
mately reached by the actual prices
paid for land in the parish of Aca-
dia. La the last issue of the Crow
ley Signal we read that DR.. ], f.
Mattel, formerly of Macon, ILL.,, but
resident of Prairie Hayes, in this
parish, has purchased w. w. Du-
sons well located and improved
farm bordering on tho town Of
Crowley, containing 100 acres, for
which he paid $2s,0OO.. AS this
farm is all in high state Of cultiya-
ton, connected with the tide water
and is provided with ample reser-
yoirs, good levees and all the neces-
sary machinery to run it, we feel
confident that the Doctor will make
success of his purchase.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
I ad;oo for FairSkin and Complexion
LdulCo, take only w. w. z.
what Does The BfbIe say

About Politics, Prohibition Pro.
lection, Labor, Land, Monopoly,
Taxes, &c? Christian Patriot, Nor
ristown, Tenn. Monthly, so cents
a year.
The Bible and Land, Cloth, 253
pages, $l.O0 postpaid
The neat book and the paper tho
rest Of the year to new subscribers
for SO cents. Or the paper alone
for Is cents. Address,
Rev. JAMES B. CONVERSE.
Morristown. Tenn,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
w. W. EDWARDS,
Abbeyiile, Louisiana.
Real Z state Agent.

Buys and sells land and pays taxes for
non-residents.
Now is the time to buy the fertile lands
of the Attakapas country cheap. The
railroads are coming and it viii soon be
too late.
The following bodies of fine lands are
offered for sale very cheap:
/. 43O acres i'll Vermilion parish about
10 miles southwest of AbbeYille. All in q
body and partly timber and partly sea
marsh prairie. A fine winter range cattle,
very low for cash.
a good fence and with good cabin, WELL
etc. A choice farm.
3. 500 arpents on Bayou Vermilion,
about IL miles below Abbeyille. Fine
bayou land, part timber and part prairie.
Cheap for cash.
4. 1873 arpents of choice prairie land 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, 1892-10-08
DEFOR MITES

Crass Eyes. Hair Lip, Curvature of the
SpinS, Club Feet, Hip Joint Disease, and
all defoamities of the Hands. Arms, Legs,
and Feet, radically cured,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
1DHSFIGFJRE1TENTS.

Superfouous Hair, Wine Marks, Moles,
etc, painlessly and perfectly removed.
Send for valuable treatise on the above.
Address, G. w. PARKER, Nj. d.. $40 N.
Cherry, Nashville. Tenn
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
Louisiana state University

AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE, J.w. NICHOLSON, PRESIDENT.
Session 1S91-92 opens October S, 1891. A
large and able corps OF professors, assist
ant professors and instructors. Five
courses of study, viz:
/. Agricultural; 2. Mechanical and En-
gineering; 3. Literary; 4. Latin-Scientifc;
5. Book Keeping. All departments thor
onghly organized and equipped.
session of nine months, $144.50. For cata-
logue giving full information, address
W. III. MAGRUDER, Secretary,
Baton Rouge, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
Tnlane University of fLoulsiana

Tulane University embraces college,
high school. H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial
College for Young Women, law and medi-
cal departments. The college has four
parallel courses: Classical, Literary, Sci
entifc and Engineering There is also a
special course of Electrical Engineering
Next annual session of the academical de-
partments, including the II. Sophie New
comb College, begins October 3rd, Law
department opens November IA. Medical
department., OctoberI7.
For special or general catalogues apply
to the Secretary of the University. Tulane
Hall. WIN. PRESTON JOHNSTON.
President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
A Rotten Grand j slry.

The following account of the dis
graceful doings Of a St. Martin
grand jury, fully bears out the un-
savory reputation for unbiushing
wickedness and political degrada-
ton SO long enjoyed by that rotten
burrough:
The grand jury selected for this
term of court, or at least, a majority
OF that great, grand, august body OF
men in whose care was confded the
investigation of the violations of the
law, closed their show Saturday last.
The great body of inquest, who
should have represented The honesty,
integrity and intelligence, proved to
be an assemblage of what seemed to
be put up job, or else, body Of
blissful ignorance.
The last grand jury has cast a
blot of shame upon the name of the
parish, and has raised the indigna-
ton Of the honesty and intelligence
of the entire parish. Its mode Of
investigating the violations of law,
when they did investigate them at
all, was the most disgraceful, shame.
full and revolving affair that we be-
lieye, ever occurred in this or any
other parish in the State of Louis
lana.
Such body should have first
respected the oath they had taken
and proceeded to their investigation
in a lawful and dignifed manner
and should have known the serious
ness Of their duty. But, no, it was
simply a farce, mockery. job to
dispense favors to a certain class and
TO endeavor to establish charges
against others.
There were very serious charges
toebe investigated by that notorious
grand jury" that has dragged the
criminal justice of this parish in the
dust. Some of these cases were
passed upon while the others were
not. The way the testimonies were
heard and the attention given to
them was simply ridiculous and
showed conclusively the intention
Of that body. Their deliberation
was simply what could have been
expected from subjects fit for an in.
sane asylum. What an intelligent
body to investigate violations of
law? What willful disregard Of
law and justice. They dellberated,
voted and revoted on the cases in
vestigated by them: They found
true bills at one ballot, again recon
sidered their vote and then changed
their verdict, and kept on iu that
way. They balloted as many as
three times on the same case, and
changed their verdict every time.
One Of the members remarked that
he thought the gang was tampered
with, or 1t might have been orders
from the foreman-who was outside
of the deliberating room. st Mar
tin Messenger.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08

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Headache, Backache. Dreadful Dreams,
Weakness of Memory, Pimples upon the
face, and all the effects leading to early
decay, Consumption or Insanity, send for
Book of Life, sealed free with particulars
of home cure. No Cure No Pay. DIR
PARKER, $40 N. Cherry, Nashville, Tenn
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08

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will cure headache only, and is g0ara1a-
teed to do that. 1t won't cure anything
else. Il never fails. Don't suffer when
you can get relief in Is minutes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-08
Its PecsuIiarIfies.

Pleasant to the taste, agreeable
in its effects and an uDfailing cure
for female sickness. These are the
characteristics of Creole Female
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14

A NEAR MOUNT MGREGoR and Saratoga. at a
IA large farmhouse; high ground pure air. hne
ond year. For particulars and ample reference. ad.
dress Mrs JAZZ sfRO1T WIltonvle. N Y.
A CCOMHoDATIoNS FIRST GLASS At -modernto
n terms; q pleasantly located farmhouse near vii
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A THENsoN-THE. HuDsoS.-Good country board In
"A country house; pure mliS, fruit boating riding
driving; livery attached. Terms. So per week Ad.
dress r. s. RICHARDS. Athens. n. Y.
A T RHINEBECK.oN. III DsoN-Frst'ciass board and
n accommodation; hne location in suburbs OF viii
lave; plano. easy access to boat and train.
Box 22D.
sBURY RARK.-The Dresden.-Prvate family hAy-
n Ing handsome cottage desrel few boRrders: high
est ysfsIeAcss. DRESDEN. 800 "a AH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
S. 7. TAYLOR,

$50 BROADWAY.
Ladies'. after You have all the contrivanoss
which assertions to the contrary and
mis!sading names under which they arc offered. are
NOTHING BUT CHARTS, examine g. T. TAylors System
Of Dress Cutting the only system not chart Evening
Bsons Latest designs for Cornet and Seamless 6kirts
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
hurst NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES
T,HE NATIONAL BANK OF CALIFORNIA,
Corner of Spring and Second streets,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.

CAPITAL PAID UP,..............,....$25 .$25O.0o
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Dr. W. l.. Graves, e. F. G. Klokke o. T. John
son, W. Hsdley, Dan Mcfarland, NJ 81. Sher-
man. Fred Eaton, John Wolfskill, Thos. 3. Bard.
J. M. G. MARBLE, President,
o. H. CHURCHILL Vice President,
PERRY WILDMAN, Cashier.
l0-31 A. HADLEY. Asst. Cashier.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Matthew Cleghorn, of San Bernardino,
Shoots Himself.


This morning, shortly before $3.50
O'Clock, the residents of the vicinity of
the Hutchings residence on Base Line
avenue, west of the Messina postoffice,
were startled by the report of revolver
shot and the screams of number of
children who were on their way to
school, says the San Bernardino Times
Index of Monday. The report coming
from the direction of the roadway be-
tween the Stephens and Hutchings or
chards, 7. B. Hutchings, who was en-
gagged at the time in milking his COW,
dropped the pail and hastened to the
roadway and discovered his neighbor,
Matthew Cleghorn, lying in a pool of
blood in the gateway of his barnyard
with A caliber revolver grasped in his
right hand and bullet hole in the head
Just above and back of the temple. In
few seconds, assistance having in the
meantime arrived, the wounded man
was removed to his residence across the
road and rendered as comfortable as the
circumstances would permit.
From the character of the wound the
physicians gave very little hope of his
recovery.
No cause for the rash act can be ascer-
tanned, as his family are not aware of
any circumstances that could have in
duced him to commit suicide.
Mr.. Cleghorn when questioned, stated
that he did not know why or how he
committed the act.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
LOS ANGELES WINS.
This City Granted Franchise for the
Pacific League.

This City Granted Franchise for the
Pacific League.
Los Angeles is in the swim. The
HERALD made the prediction that Los
Angeles would be represented in the
Pacific coast baseball league. The fol-
lowing dispatch was received early last
evening:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.
Ben Benjamin, Sporting Editor Herald, Los
Victory for Los Angeles; franchise Sc
cured today. Beat the drum hard.
G. III. VANDERBECK.
This news will be hailed with delight
by every admirer of the national game
in Southern California. The Pacific
coast league will include the following
six cities: San. Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Jose, of California, and Port
land, Tacoma and Seattle. 1t is on the
tapis to open the season at Los Angeles
with the Tacomas.
Mr.. Vanderbeck is a young man who
has been identified with the national
game in the east. He is an experienced
manager and has plenty of capital at
his disposal to put crack team in
this city. He secured a triumph right
from the jumpt, as several of the north
ern papers opposed Los Angeles on the
ground that the jump was too far.
No time will now be lost in getting to-
gether team. The sporting editor has
been informed who will captain the Los
Angeles team, but the name cannot be
given at present. The player is we'll
known on this coast and just
at present is very much talked about.
He can be relied upon to secure gilt
edged combination. 1t is little early
to talk about winning the pennant, but
the southern citrus belt team will make
it extremely interesting. Mr.. Wander
beck is to be congratulated in getting
Los Angeles into the league.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
A PERTINENT REPLY.

State Analyst, Prof. Rising Restates
Some Baking Powder Facts.
A mean action generally recoils upon
its author. Recently baking powder
concern has been attempting by the
publication OF cooked-up interviews and
blackguard advertisements, to injure
the reputation of the baking powder
best known and most used in this COM
munity. This has brought out a letter
from Prof. Rising, of the California
State University and analyst to the
state board of health, in which he says:
81 wrote the report of the committee
of the Mechanics fair on baking pow
ders two years ago, awarding the medal
to the Royal Baking Powder company
for the purity and care in the prepara-
tion of their baking powder. The report
was made out after careful chemical
analysis on my part and expressed my
views at the time, and have had no occa-
sion to change my opinion of the merits
ofthe Royal baking powder since. Please
refer to that report"
The report to which Prof. Rising
refers is as follows: "Your committee
have made very careful examination
of the Royal baking powder, and are
satisfied that it fulfills all the require
ments which the public can make of a
baking powder. For purity and care in
preparation it equals any in the market,
and our test shows that it has greater
leavening power than any other of which
we have any knowledge.
w. B. RISING.
State Analyst, Prof. Chemistry Univer-
sity of CAL, etc.
W. 7. WENzELL,
Prof. Chemistry, University of Cal.
The manufacturers of these new and
low grade baking powders will probably
not again attempt to use the name of
Prof. Rising in their efforts to delude
the public.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
TO ORANGE SHIPPERS.

A Cold Wave in Kansas This
Morning.
Observer Franklin last evening re-
ceived the following dispatch of interest
to orange shippers, from the chief of the
weather bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1892.
Observer, Los Angeles, CAL:
Conditions are favorable for a cold
wave in Kansas. Temperature will fall
Is to 20 degrees by s a. m. Thursday.
HARRINGTON.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06

Canada. The two young hopefuls on
Monday evening went out in each others
company on spree worthy OF older and
more depraved individuals.
They first took in the Chinese theater,
then enjoyed little bender among the
tough Joints below the plaza, and ended
their baby debauch on Alameda street,
where they were picked up at O'Clock
yesterday morning. They are respect
lively IA and 10 years of age, and were
charged with being on the street after 9
O'Clock, under the morality law for
minors. They will be sentenced today.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
BABY ToUGHs.

Two Young High Rollers Come to
Grief.
Two precocious young men appeared
yesterday before Police Justice Owens,
and will make their appearance before
the same tribunal again today. One
sports the alliterative name of Harry
Harris, while the other was afflicted with
the international cognomen, Bismarck
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06

One and half miles-Rube, los /;
John Treat, III, and Idaho Chief, 125.
Thirteen-sixteenth mile-C -Capistrano,
10; Combat, 90, and Bridal Girl, 10Y.
Seven-eighths mile-King George,
ITO; Request, 100; Ben H., 100, and
Wildair, 100.
There should be several good races. A
thirty mile race has been arranged for
Thursday in addition to the regular pro-
gramme. Peppers and two other long
distance riders have entered.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-06
SUPERVISORS.
The Business They Transacted Yes
ferdau

The BUSINESS They Transacted Yes
terday.
At yesterdays session of the board of
supervisors the petition for opening the
Alameda street road came up, and it
was decided to take trip over the road
on the 18th inst, before passing on the
question.
The assessor was allowed an addi-
tional deputy from January 9th to July
7tb, at salary of $50 per month.
A resolution was passed assigning
room to R. f. House, who was author
lied some time ago to collect the tax on
property sold as delinquent.
The morning call., 1892-07-25
GEORGIA MOONSHINE.
How 1t Has Been Written Up by a Gush
ing Reporter.

ing Reporter.
Last Monday night was calm and lust cool
enough to bring that grateful degree of
comfort so refreshing to the tired brain and
muscle OF those who work. The stars hung
low in the ebon Skies twinkling away in
Their vain endeayor to cease beholding the
wicked deeds of men or steadily staring like
so many glaring cats eyes in wind owless
garret. Not leaf moved, not a breath of
night air stirred, not sound was heard not
heart thrUb OF the great. busy. restless.
moving, noisy world OF a few hours ago
gave sign or token OF animal life. All, all
was STILL
AT II o'clock the softened CLEAN of stray
lne moOnD Deans spanned with silvery PEN
ciilngs the eastern horizon and brighter
grew the reumed orient as up behind the
slowly drifting cloud mountains fair Selene
drove her royal train, till now the deeper
border OF every peak and crag gilded and
FURNISHED with aureate beauty lowered out
ln rosy outline against the boundless per-
spsctive OF occidental space.
VI, up moved the gorgeous procession
whlle the considerations grew dim aud the
stars turned pale, and vanishing To th cir
oislnai homes left no blushing rivalry 10
we Win The talr sweet face Of the beautiful
night queen. Now beaming with the full
anu radiant gaze of conscious purity the
ehaste, wandering princess OF the skies
serenely smiled down upon the dreaming
earth as through unclouded grandeur she
rolled her royal chariot higher M the
ethereal realms of night.
The morning call., 1892-07-25
The PICNIC GUIDE.
Rules TO BE observed by Those who
Want Enjoyment.
Boston TrauScrin+

Boston Transcript.
There are certain principles of conduct
with regard to pienics which It is well to OBJ
serve. For one thing, never 90 early to a
picnic. III You do go early you will have TO
carry tubs containing iee-cream freeZers
packed In Ice, pals of water, rugs and gar
den seats aud perform great many other
iab0riouS tasks. a picnic is a good deal
like eoSstlnE. except that IL is the other way
arnund-the hard work comes before tie
fun instead Of after IL Wien n picnic is
over and most OF the things are iten uu it
is not much work 10 sweep dishes together
and carry them away. But the getting of
thcm there is terrible. So it is point of
reasonable conduct to come a little late.
Another point is to decline nothing that
offers In the way of food. Don't Tefnse
rolls on the expectation Of getting sand
wlches, because You may not get the sand
wiches. Keep the rolls; you needn't eat
them II you get the sandwiches.
Another pOint-ayoid enntlicting cnufu-
sions upon your next neigbbor by grabbing
wildly at the olive dish. Ii YOU do thus
grab Tor 1t lie is likely to do the same thing
at the same momen. Cruel bodily injuries
have resulted from this course of action.
The danger arises from the fact that olives
arc the staff of life at picnics. Gentlemen
in waiting upon ladies should occasionally
furtiyely bolt "a sandwich as a matter of
provision, since the eatabes may all be con-
sumed or the inevitable rain-storm come UP
before the ladies are fully waited upon
Any one can get through picnic day safely
and comfortably without ice-cream, maea-
rooms, frosted cake aud other dellcaeies;
but sustensnce Of some sort he must have.
rot TINS reason, as one passes behind a tree
In the course of his admirable struggle to
see that the ladies have everything he
should rapidly swallow a sandwich. With
attention to few prudent details such as
these, picn;cs may be deprived OF one-haf
of their terrOrs