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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
FALL n Il GOODS Fob
LADIES.

The Autumn and Winter exhibit
OF dress fabrics is novel, elegant,
most bewildering in variety and
suited to all parses and tastes. Plain
and fancy camel's.hair serges, a gor-
geous array Of changeable %velvets.
Y%elours 6cossais, yeloutine ombree,
Scotch plaids, new stGffs in gay
Persian, Turkish and Russian colors,
silk and wool iacquards, fancy
satines and bengalines that are
short, striped, plaided, basket.woyen
and ~irideseent, are some Of the
novelties fron over the sea. These
fabrics come in snch an artistic
diversity hat they require an abun-
dance of appropriate models. To
this end new designs, from the
picturesque, historic and classic
modes, to the plain and practical
tailor gowns, are constantly created.
The Mcdowell Fashion Journals,
published at 4 West 14th st., New
York, are the first to publish these
models and present them in an
infinite variety, intended to meet
all tastes and circumstances of life.
|"PARIs ALBUM OF FASHION" and
"LA MODE DE PARIS" are used by
the most stylish dress makers. The
price Of each is only So so a year.
LA CoUTURIERE' lie a great favor,
tie and has attained an immense
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MoDE.a is the best Fashion Journ-
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scription price Of 81 SO.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
Ed Meridianal

Ed Meridional -:
I thank you for comments in your
last issue of an article which ap-
peared in the Lake Side Review.
The article, / believe was headed
IAN Old Trick and | was accused
of misrepresenting Mrs. Lease. If
you will refer to my article in your
paper you will see that the charge I
made against her was given "as res
ported" and the report was given
out through the press and I am not
responsible. | regret, however, any
evil report against any one and
would he the last one to promulgate
anything derogatory to character.
IF | missed the mark il was not by
far, because if the report in your last
issue is true she not only would have
had her friends Fote for Harrison to
beat Cleveland but would impose
every curse upon the South to bring
them into ~sabjection. She is re-
ported to have appealed TO all the
elements of political parties to con.
~glomerate aud beat the terrible
Democracy" As an old negro said !.
I hope she will be terribly discom.
dominated. This ought to be a die
tionary word.
Mrs. Lease has shown herself to
be the bitterest enemy Of the white
South and would no doubt rejoice to
see Us dominated by the basest ele-
ment of our population. | feared
for my native N. c., bat oh ! thank
God a thousand times.
j. B. RAMSEY.
t Dec. 6, 1892.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
TOY PISTOLS.

The following article has of late
been going the round of the State
press at a rapid rate. If any of the
many lawyers who are in the
journalistic ranks had taken the trou-
BILE to examine their books, or even
think a moment they would know
we have no new code" and that
Section 1851 Of the only code we
have does not relate to toy pistols:--
Il may not be generally known
that the sale Of toy pistols for car
tridges or caps is prohibited. Sec
ton 1857, new code, provides that
"if any person shall cell, or expose
for sale, any toy pistol, or cartridges
or caps of any contrivance by which
such pistols are fred or made to
cause an explosion, he shall be gull
ty of misdemeanor, by a fine Of not
less than S., nor more than $25, OF
Imprisonment in the parish Jail no
less than three nor more than thirty
J days, or both"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

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precedented offer in order to in.
crease its already large circulation.
The publisher offer to send to any
of our readers Texas Farm and
Ranch weekly, and Farm Fun, a
humorous monthly farm journal,
until January lst, 1898, for SO cents
and we advise every one to accept
his wonderfully liberal offer at once
Send so cents to Texas Farm and
Ranch. Dallas. Texas.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

The following item taken from the
,Jeanerette Advocate, is q deserved
compliment paid Marks Newhauser,
the affable conductor on the South
>ern Pacific
Il just think Mr.. Newhanser too
nice and accommodating for any
thing" we overheard a lady say to a
lot Of friends last Monday, while
coming up ON the train. There is a
lot Of truth in that lady's remark.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
An Enenay's Praise:

No paper in the State during the
late gubernatorial campaign so per-
.sistently and maliciously abused,
reviled and yilifed Murphy j. Eos
fer, as dad the New Orleans States.
Recent events, however, have shown
the States its error of its way, and it
to-day, unlike a few obscure jour-
nails, heartily commends our able
young governor as a wise statesman
and a firm, patriotic executive.
Replying to a vicious assault of
the City Item, the States says
This insane outburst, laughahle in
its incoherence and spiteful imhecil-
ity. is not at all original with the
City Item. The wild,eyed Anar-
chists Of New York, a few weeks
ago, went for" Governor Flower
and howled at him in the identical
way the little New Orleans Anar-
chist newspaper now yelps at Cover
nor Foster.
In reproducing the City Items
diluted and plagiarised auarchical
farago, our purpose is not TO defend
the Governor, who is as invnlnera'
BILE as the moon against the baying
Of whipped ours, but TO show how
added anarchical minds run in the
same contemplate and narrow chan.
mel. The New York anarchists, in
order to coerce Governor Flower
into releasing from the Penitentiary
some OF their convicted brethren
threatened him with the same awful
chastisement with which the frantic
Item now threatens Governor Eos.
ter. because his Louisiana Excel
lency had prepared to put down BY
force its horde of brother anarchists
To the threats of the anarchists
directed against him Of killing hin
with their ballots, Governor Flower
answered in the most forcible verna
cular : damn your votes, | am herr
to enforce the law!"
Governor Foster does not say
damn but let the Item take on
word for it, his Louisiana Exeellenc.
thinks just like his Excellency Q
New York.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

j. P. Gueydan has sold to Al
phonse Levy, a resident Of Opelou-
sas St. Landry parish, a large tract
of land in this parish. containing
l96O6) acres, and was sold for $75,.
900, $4,000 cash, and one note for
$4,000 payable 10 one year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

Last Friday and Saturday eleven
white caps from Pointe Maigre we're
arrested and lodged in Jail charged
with conspiracy. Since their incar.
,ceration only two or three of them
gave bond. Judge Coco has in.
creased the bond to $500, $1,000
peace bond aud $4,000 appearance
Bulletin.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

Senator Gibson is still very criti
cally i'll at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
IL the prayers Of a grateful constitu.
ency are Of avail his life will yet be
spared to serve his people.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
Cleveland Coming.

as..I
The following appeared in the
Delta of Sunday
The indications are that President
Cleveland viii soon be a visitor to
this this city, not to interview the
innumerable host Of friends whom he
ACQUIRED since the election, but to
indulge his hunting pr~ociivlties
which have SO suddenly developed.
When be was down here last year
he was the guest Of Charles, the son
of Joe Jefferson, and spent a pleas
ant week or so on Jefferson island.
Charles Jefferson is evidently go
ing to entertain bis distinguished
guest again. He has written a let.
ter to J. Henry Putnam. the sugar
planter of Vermilion parish, asking
for the use Of his steam yacht for Mr.
Cleveland, who, he says, may come
here in a week or ten days. It is
the intention to take a trip from
Rose Hill plantation to Lafayette,
a distance by water Of twenty miles
70 the shooting grounds where game
is so plentiful that a mar need not
be a good marksman to hit a bird or
two.
Mr.. Putnam placed his yacht at
the disposal of Mr.. Cleveland.
Hon. J. Henry Putnam, Of Yer
million, a gentleman who would not
have made. announcement of such a
plan had it been formed. called upon
the Item this morning to request Q
denial in toto of the above pHhlica.
I ton.
J Mr.. Putnam has not received
!, letter from either Mr.. Cleveland OF
r Mr.. Jefferson. and don't know if i
be the purpose of the President cleo
to come hither. Certainly shoult
, intelligence reach him he will no
divnlge it and thus defeat the yer.
purpose of the gentleman's visit, viz
privacy.
The basis Of the report is yer,
/ probably the following facts: Whe'
y in the State last February, as MI
9 Jefferson's guest, a request was mad
by the latter for the use of Mr.. Put
MANS yacht, and of course granted
But circumstances prevented tn
vessel from reaching the party a
the appointed time.
In response to Mr.. Putnam's ez
pressions of regret, Mr.. CleVelan
!, promised to avail himself of the al
vantages of the yacht when next b
visited Louisiana.
Simply this, and nothing more
City Item.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

The Economist opposed the NOM
ination of Mr.. Cleveland, but it
bows gracefully to the verdict of the
people, and now that the democra-
tic party will probably come into
possession ofthe whole government
it shall have a fair chance and every
thing done or said by Mr.. Cleveland
or the democratic party which is
calculated to promote good govern
ment and benefit the people will be
duly reported and indorsed by the
Economist, and the decline and
death of the peoples movement will
be hailed with Joy if it dies because
its mission has been accomplished
by the democratic Econo
mist, Organ of the National Al
lance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10


Last Friday there was sold in the
city Of New York, 500 bales Of Eisi-
BILE cotton, and $685. 800 nales of
invisible cotton. The sale of that
invisible cotton effects the value of
all the real cotton in the bands of
genuine owners. Is it fair that
several hundred gamblers should, by
putting up a few dollars as margins
on a bale of cotton, be in q condi-
ton to dictate the price ut which
you, who own the entire bale, shall
sell the bale? Of purse it ism
fair nor just to the owner of tht
bale of cotton. nor to his creditors
therefore write to Senators White
and Gibson and ask them to vote fol
the Hatch anticipation bill at th'
next session of Congtess-Towi
Talk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1892.

The Lake Charles Patriot is Off
cred for sale by B. Harrison the
proprietor. The price asked is
$500.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

Congress met Monday with a slim
attendance. President Harrison's
message was rather an apologize
document.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

The Alexandria Town Talk looks
at the Hatch anti.option law in the
proper light. 1t very strikiugly
says
It is a well known fact that the
cotton crop this season will be at
least 1000, 600 bales less than the
annual consumption, and middling
cotton should be selling at from II
to Is cents in New York, but the
bears of the New York and New
Orleans Exchanges are controlling
the market TO a great extent and
holding down the price. Last week
this could be proven by examing The
market reports, which showed thaI
spot cotton was worth more money
than January futures.
Every owner of agricultural land
every farmer and n interested il
the farmers prosperity, should benz
his influence to secure the passag'
of the Hatch anti. option law at tn,
coming session of Congress. 1t ha
passed the Lower House, and vii
come before the Senate as soon a
Congress meets 10 December.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10

Judge Allen arrived here Wendes-
day night on the mail hack and
opened court next morning.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-12-10
Perry Pointers.
Dec. s. 1892.

Ed. Meridional:
Our village has been unusually
lively for the past week. The streets
are filled with vehicles ofall disctip.
tons and the merchants are doing .
driving business.
Still rice keeps pouring in and the
warehouses are full TO overflow. The
is is piling MP on the banks of the
bayou waiting for the Lovey TO Con-
vey it to the Rose Hill refinery. A
few ct the farmers will sell to tho
refinery near J~eaaerette' 70 De con
veyed there by rall, but most OF
them Will sell 70 Messrs. futnam and
BagIey.
Inc young OK are enjoying ut
peao'"u 'noa AsA'.' A'as'
@ y.,
,l .' 60. Do. 80
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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29
Got Aheai Of the Nobleman.

Lord Charles Hamilton used to 90
about Naples attended by large fero
cious bulldog. Having decided on going
to Rome, he proceeded to the station
aud took his place in a tirst-cIass car
riage, the "dawg' taking up u position
on seat opposite his master. The plat
form inspector, with many gesticulations,
declared that the bulldog should not
travel in "A passenger carriage.
Every we'll, then; take him out, was
Lord Charles rejoinder.
In vain the official expostulated. lie
merely reiterated his iormeF reply, q
piece of advice, il is needless 60 say,
which was not followed, aud Lord Charles
apparently master of the situation, threw
himself back in his seat aud calmly light.
ed cigar.
But the Italians were not to be out
done, aud quietly detaching the carriage
IN which the English "mllod' was seat
ed, they made up the tram with another
compartment, and started II oil.
Lord Charles sat quietly smoking for
about quarter Of an nour, aud then sur i.
prised at the delay, thrust his head out
OF the window, aud demanded when the
train was going 10 start, His feelings
may be imagined. London Tit Bits.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29
WISE WORDS.

Love is loaded.
Love is twin to sorrow.
Hate is love gone mad.
Love cannot be hidden.
1t is an art to lie successfully.
Hunger makes honey of molasses.
Three meals day is good for love.
To some hope is but century plant.
Flattery is not always without profit.
Justice without charity is a monster
Even the meauest lie has some bcliev-
ers.
Each one has his own definition fol
love.
The happiest men are not the most
useful.
Confirmed bachelors are confirmed
towards.
Sentiment is only feather in the hat
of action.
Compliments usually go out searching
for mates.
Men are fools because women are, aud
vice versa.
A million intentions are less than half
deed done.
A woman breads ridiculc as slave
breads the lash.
Accomplished purposes make the
ashes of the world.
We may trust those we love, while we
may not love those we trust.-Detroii
Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29

miles an hour. On September Ia, 1891,
the New York Central Company ran a
train from New York to East Buffalo,
1864 miles in 425a minutes, or within
fraction of 81 miles an hour.
The two cities having the largest num-
Der of trains in and out of their stations
daily are London and Manchester. No
fewer than 2210 trains ordinarily arrive
at and depart from the former city every
twenty-four hours, and nearly as many
at the latter.
The railways of the United States get
almost $22, 900, 900 year for carrying
the mails, while the amount paid by the
British Government for the same service
In England is $3.50, 900.
In the United States during 1891 nc
fewer than $50. .0S2, ,0S2 passengers were
carried on the railways, and 701 ,344, 437
tons of freight were also moved on the
same lines. To do this vast amount OF
business required 32,241 locomotives,
S2,95S passenger cars, 1888 baggage
and mail cars and 1, ,061, $40 freight cars.
If these locomotives were coupled to-
gether they would make train 300
miles long, and the passenger cars would
make 300 miles more and could carry
1900, 900 people at one time. With
the addition of all the freight cars the
train would be more than 1000 miles
long.
The number of men employed in the
railway industry in this country is ia,
75O, by which it would appear that over
5000, 900 persons, or nearly one-twen-
tieth of the entire population, are de-
pendent upon the railway operations ror
livelihood.
The New York Elevated carries every
year larger number of passengers than
any other railway in the world. The
London Underground comes next-the
former, in 1891, carrying an average of
512, 900, and the latter 4O5, 500 per
day.
The largest railway station in the
world is st. Pancras of the Midland
Railway in London.
Very few persons have any idea of
the weight of locomotives aud passenger
cars. The engines that haul the famous
Pennsylvania "limited' weigh $4,000
pounds, while the tender, loaded, weighs
$4,000 pounds more, making the outfit
at the head of the train weigh more than
142, 900 pounds. Other heavier engines
on the Pennsylvania weigh 1900
pounds, aud the giants 40, 900. An
ordinary passenger coach weighs about
$4,000 pounds, while the Pullman
sleepers are of nearly rs 900 pounds
weight. The parlor cars weigh from
IS, 900 to $4,000 pounds each. An or
dlnary passenger train of, say, six cars
and the engine weighs in the aggregate
nearly 5000 pounds. The "limitcds"
weigh nearly $50, 900 pounds.
The total railway mileage of the entire
world is 369,377 miles, divided up as
follows: Europe, 1876, 562 miles; Asia,
19, ,235 miles; America, 1877, Ia miles;
Africa, 1854 miles, and Australasia,
IL, liz miles.--New York Advertiser.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29
FEED THE GROWING CHICKS WELL.

In June and July your early spring
chickens are growing more rapidly than
at any other period of the year. They
love the warm weather, if they are of the
larger varieties, especially; and if they
have roaming room, they cannot we'll be
over-fed, because they find such a variety
of insect aud green food in the course of
their daily journeys around the farm or
country plat.
Their condition is quite different from
that of adult or maturely grown fowls.
These may be over-fed easily, and will
put ON fat internally, to their discom-
future and detriment. But the young
stock, in good thrift, convert what they
eat into flesh, bone and muscle, and con.
tinue to thrive during the heated season
upon all they will ordinarily pack away
in their craws, particularly if allowed a
variety of good provender.
Don't stint them, therefore, in feed
ing, but give them all they will eat up
clean. Thus they will grow in stature
and keep generally in good health. 1t
is mistake to under-feed the growing
chickens. They require more solid food
from the time they are three to six or
seven months OF age, in proportion,
than at any time before or afterward in
their lives. This fact is worth observ.
ing and remembering by all who aim to
have the "best birds" ia the succeeding
fall aud winter, annually. American
Poultry Yard.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29
HOG CHOLERA AND INCUBATION.

Farmers Bulletin No. s, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, pre-
pared by DR.. d. E. Salmon, Chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, consists of a
review of several attempts made in re-
cent years for the protection of swine
against hog cholera by incubation. 1t
presents large amount of evidence
gathered from those who have tried it,
giving the results of their experience, as
also full report of the incubation ex-
periments conducted in La Sale County,
Illinois, last year under the supervision
of committee of farmers. Dr. Sal
mons conclusions, based upon the evil
dence which he presents in this bulletin
upon the results of the Investigations
made by the bureau on the subject, is
that inoculation as n preventive against
hog cholera is failure from whatever
point of view it be regarded, and the
farmers are warned against the use of
that method, which he shows to have
been in many cases more fatal than the
disease it is intended to prevent. AS an
instance of this he cites the fact that
whereas the losses following inoculation
In Nebraska during the past year were
ten per cent, the losses among uninocu.
lated animals were but four per cent.
Copies of the bulletin may be had upon
application to the Secretary OF Agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. &.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29
lie First Flew the Stars aud Stripes.

The flags used by the Colonial troops
during the first two years of the Revolu-
tionary War were OF various designs.
The New York forces used the orange,
white and blue of their Dutch ancestors
the Connecticut regiments the three
grapevines; some of the other New Eng
land troops the rattlesnake flag, and yet
others, the pine tree flag, modification
OF which had been used at Bunker Hill.
The first flag used in naval warfare bore
black rattlcsnake on yellow ground,
and was thrown to the breeze by Commo-
dore Hopkins early In 1776. On june
IA, 1777, committee, of which John
Adams was the best known member, sub
mitted to the Congress of the country a
report for a National flag, which was
unanimously accepted without discussion
and our present flag was then adopted,
with the exception, of course, of the
number of stars. On September Sd ol
the same year formal announcement OF
its adoption was made to the country.
The first public display of this flag was
made by John Paul Jones, who ran it up
to the masthead of the Ranger at Ports
mouth just before putting to sea.-Pub-
lie Opinion.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29
HUMANE WATERING OF HORSES.

That horse should never be watered
oftener than three times a day, or in
twenty -four hours, is a mistaken idea
and brutal practice. A horses stomach
Is very sensitive and will suffer under the
least interference, causing ieverish con
dition. Feeding horse principally ou
grain and driving il live hours without
water is like giving a man salt mackerel
for dinner aud not allowing him to drink
before supper. If you know anything
about the care of horses aud have any
sympathy for them, water as often as
they want to dIink-onee an hour il pos.
sible. by doing this you will not ouly
be merciiul to your animals, bat benefit
yourself, us they will do u0ra work look
better, and live longer. II you are a
skeptic, aud know more about horses
than any one else, you are positive that
the foregoing is wrong, because you have
had horses die from watering too much,
and boldly say that the ag,,atoFs OF ire
quent watering are fools in your eslima
tion, aud you would no. do such thlne.
Just reason tor a moment, aud figure out
whether the animal would have over
drunk and oyerchllled his stomach if be
had not been allowed 10 become over.
thirsty. 4 hoFse Il great deal like
man. Let him get overaoFaed, over.
starved, % abused, and particularly fog
the sant OF sufficient dFinK ia warm
weather, and the consequences will always
be lalarlons Seasible hosllefs Ia large
cities aTe asaklgg to ths advantage II
lfcquent watering. Street clf hogses are
sateTed every hour, aad sometinss
olseaeF, while "a seTk. Il 10 pleaiy 81
water that supplies evaporation 90 pefs
plrasioa and Keeps dOen the lriupefa,
tufe. Nhat old foggy msihosla amusat
~ MAJ be seen ~ the change Is medical
praelIee q mau fWeat5 yeas aga
pelsaa having teFel II anY sini a.
pnenmanla sas ailaAei little eaief H.
'riaH aad then 4 had - be lapid -
. tlsctlllsasfs ffeseEbg "a tAs lssl