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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
WAYS THAT ARE DARK.

The Times-D Democrat hits the fol-
lowing lick:
A good many years ago the Amer
lean people accepted Bret Har.e'a
political aphorism "that for ways
that are dark and for tricks that are
vain the heather Chinee is peculiar"
On the occasion which elected this
remark, the story was told that the
innocent Celestial had been enticed
into a game Of d~raw-puker by a
California miner with the idea that
the foreigner was ignorant OF our
national game, and could, therefore,
be easily swindIed out of his money.
The bets went on with varying for
tune to the two players, but finally
when all The money of both parties
had been staked on the issue of a
single "haud," and the American
felt sure Of winning it by methods
well known to such experts, the
heather Chinee, with a smile that
was childlike and bland, slipped the
winning cards from the folds Of his
flowing sleeves aud swept the board.
All Sin was his name. and his men,
ory is still fragrant in the annals of
American literature because be had
learned the ways that were dark
and tricks that were vain'' by con-
tact with the vices of our Western
civilization.
The unfortunate prisoner, Cong
Wah, the Chinaman who is now in
the Parish Prison awaiting trial for
the murder o his countryman, Hong
Wong, has the same conception Of
American ways as the poet ascribes
to All Sin. He IL accused of one of
the gravest crimes known to our
law; he says he 10 innocent because
his alleged victim accidentally fell
into a tub ofboiliDg water and thus
lost his life. and was not, therefore,
feloniously slain with malice afore-
thought and other technical access
cries which constitute the crime of
murder. But Cong Wah does not
depend on bis CLAIM of innocence for
escape from the law, for he has
learned by observation that there is
o more powerful agent for vindica-
ton than mere innocence of crime
when the law gets an alleged cul-
prit in its clutches. It is the Amer.
lean plan, whereof the mighty lever
is the almighty dollar. When Cong
Wah was interviewed on the subject
by a reporter, he took the view of
the situation, and said: ME money,
all wellee; me no money, me hang"
Simple. and sententious, the China
man expressed the same idea embed.
led in Shakespeare grand senti-
rnent: plate Gin with gold and the
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
Positions Guaranteed.

Money can be deposited in bank, for
tuition, until position is secured. Send
for Y page catalogue of Draughon's
Consolidated Practical Business Col
lege, Nashville, Tenn. No vacation.
Enter anytime. Mention this papeT.)
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
TREgPAss NOTICE.

The undersigned gives notice 70
the public hal hunting on her prem.
Uses is henceforth forbidden. Per-
sons cutting wood on her wood land
if discovered. will be ~proeecuted 70
the full extent of the law.
Madame URs1N B3oUssABD.
826 lS93-tf.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02

During the recent panic in New
Orleans, the banks to avoid q crash,
adopted the plan of issuing certified
checks, 10 lieu of cash, and as the
scheme worked very well they pro-
pose now to modify it By issuing
certificates OF deposit, in small
amounts, in order to enable the mer-
chants and business men to move
and handle the prospective cotton
crop.
The plan is briefly outlined by
the Picayune as follows
The method the banks will resort
to will be an amplifcaton of the
certified check system by the issu,
ance 10 payment Of checks pre-
sented of certificates Of deposit, OF
clearinghouse certificates In demon
nations Of five and ten dollars, and
even smaller, these certificates to b.
guaranteed by ell the clearing.
house banks. 1t is proposed, We be.
lieve, to have these certificates prop
erly engraved. 90 that they can NOT
DO counterfeite6 or altered.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
Beat it If you can Fifteen vel

Beat it If you can Fifteen we'll
developed red joints, with two pink
ones added on. Such is the record
of q sugar cane recently cut from a
patch belonging to J. Ed Mouton of
this parish. Mr.. Mouton has sold
his entire crop at $4.25 a ton, (. o. b.
Mout0u 5witch.-Lafayette Adver-
tiser.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
For Sale Cheap.

A Registered Jersy Bull Duke
of Ocean Springs-No. 1881, q
the American Jersy Cattle Club
Sire Octibbeha Chief-No. 2963-
Dan Starlight OF Mobils-No,
1923.
W. W. EDWARDS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
VENIRE.

List OF persons drawn to serve a.
Grand and Petit Jurors 1t the /,
jury term Of the District Court 10 i.
held in this parish on Monday ,ha
4th day of September, A. D 1898.
GRAND AND PETIT JURY FOR n
FIRST WEEK
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02

uoo pACpaaOu Oh 0otanS
on the sugar industry which can not
iail to be of great service to all ad.
vocates OF the development of this
important branch of agriculture. La
view of the approaching Congress
which will no doubt make some
radical changes in tariff legislation,
it is worth while to note the great
importance Of several points which
Mr.. Ham brings up. Foremost of
these is the fact that a general policy
for the protection of sugar has ex.
listed ever since the formation of the
government. The very first tariff
act passed under the Constitution,
dated Jaly 4, 1889, established the
principle of a bounty in its legisla-
ton on fisheries, and 80 this princi.
pie is as old as the principle, Of the
protective duties on imports in this
country. There has been a duty on
sugar for over q century, and the
form Of protection was changed to
that of q bounty by the Mckinley
act, for the purpose of increasing the
measure of protection, not for that
o: changing the general policy to-
ward sugar.
The permanent character of this
policy is recognized in the Mckinley
act, IS it had been recognized 10 all
tariff history before. That act de-
signed the sugar bounty policy to be
in force at least as far ahead az
1905, aud permanent appropriations
were authorized for the payment Of
the bounty until that time. That
this view of the permanence of the
sugar bounty is not q begging Of the
question is seen when it is considered
that such an understanding was neces.
sary to secure the desired develop
ment Of the industry. Under pro-
tective duties for more than a cen.
tur,, we had by 1890 built up only
enough Of a sugar. industry to pro.
duce aboHt one-ninth OF what we
consumed. A new impetus had to
be given TO the industry in order to
make it fulfill tho purpose Of pro-
tection-the supplying Of our own
demands by our own production, 10
the case Of sugar this result involved
the investment of large capital in
enormous and expensive plants,
which no capitalist could fairly be
expected to establish on such an un.
certain guarantee as that of an ordi.
nary provision in a revenue oct,
likely to be repealed 10 two or three
years.
1t 10 argued by the foes Of this
policy that the sugar bounty was
adopted as an experiment. Mr.. Ham
can afford to admit, as he does, that
this was true 90 far as the legisla.
ton of our country was concerned,
but the wind is taken out of this ar
gument by the fact that if it was an
experiment here in 1890 it was not
one abroad, but had proven very
successful in France, Germany and
Austria. But, even admitting the
objection, our sugar bounty has
made its own history and answered
the objection in the past three years.
We produced in 1889 only 2,4OO
tons Of beet sugar, but in 1892 we
produced 1885 tons. As for cane
sugar, Louisiaua's total sugar pro-
duction jumped from 128,343 tons in
1890 to 2l5,844 tons in 1891. But
the results already obtained are sim.
ply a foretaste of what il assuredly
nnnnn;nod &c Ala nni .n-e.a IL
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02

The Excursion from Thibodaux to
this place will take place tomorrow
week, the 10th instant.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-02
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER z, 1898

The Sherman Silver Bill has been
repealed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20
= on Penstens.

President Andrew jackson certainly
could not be accused Of want Of ryra-'
pathy for the old soldiers Of the coll-
try, but he placed himself on record N
the matter Of pensions in a way that;
cannot be misunderstood. IN bis mes
sage to Congress in 1884 he saidt u re-
commend that an actual inspection
should be made In each State into the
circumstances and claims Of every per
o now drawing a pension. The iion-
est veteran has nothing TO fear from
such scrutiny, while the fraudulent
claimant win be detected and the pub
lie Treasury relieved to an amount
have every reason to believe far greater
than has heretofore been suspected.
That is exactly what the advocates Of
pension reform are now suggesting.
They recommend m actual inspection
into the circumstances and claims Of
eyery person now drawing a pension.
That recommendation is urged BY sol.
diers who fought brayely throughout
the war and who are Indignant at the
way in which pensions have been given
to the unworthy, and to those who haze
no more claim on the public fundsth
the millions of others who get nothing
ous Of the Treasury which they have
beep taxed TO fill. They know that the
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

Direct Vete for u. s. SemaEef.
The adoption by the people Of Cali
fornia, by a large majority, Of aproposis
tion to elect United States Senator's ~
a popular vote does not, Of course, MAXI
any change in the mode Of election n
that State,
The constitution Of the United Statee
provides that Senator'S shall be chosen
by the State Legislatures and they viii
continue to be chosen until the constiS
tuition is amended. To bring about tho
change Congress- must by a. two thirds
vote, propose amendments, and these
are to be ratified by a vote Of three
fourtbs of the States.
The sentiment in favor Of . direct
vote Of the people fur United Statea
Senator is a growing one. There y
hardly a State Of the union in which
the people would not vote afimatiyely
on a proposition to adopt this mode 0f
election il they were given the oppor-
tunity. New Jersey would adopt It BY
as decisive a vote as that which was
polled in California.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

The first act Of Gov. Werts IA ~
pointing Job Lippincott rs Supreme
Court Judge is a happy contrast - ~
last act of Gov. Albeit in pardoAinx
the ballot box suffers, who brought
Judge Lippincott into prominence by
sentencing them to prison.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

Assemblyman Lane said In his laper
last week, the Summit Record that 10
could have been Speaker Il he had com
piled with The conditions Of the Gutten<
berg race track owner which were az
tasteful to him, and he 50 informed
those by whom they were proposed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

James Smith, Jr., has had passed 4
resolution in the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners. OF Newark, Of
which Board he is President, fsvorlng
the passage Of a Law making the Board
elective instead Of appointive. The
Jersey City Legislators favor the same
and many others also favor the return
to the home rule system as more demo
cratic, believing that all men know
more than one man.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

Gen. Ben Buttlsr's death VA csu61dl
by bursting Of q small blood weasel ~
the brain. His brain weighed four
ounces more than that Of Daniel Web
ster's, which was one Of the largest on
record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

Coy. Wsrts certainly fayors the cleo
tion of U. S. Senators by the direct
votes Of the people when he said,
"where the actual governing body il
designated by an agent, interpreting be'
tween the people and the governing
body, although that agent be chosen BY
the people, such government IL not
truly Democratic.n Then he must
favor the adjustment Of the, Cumber-
land County Excise Board also accord
ing to this, and also local option.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

Gov. Werts in his inaugural address
recommended one of the things the RH-
CORD said last week should be done
That is. use the money in the State!
Treasury to increase the state prison
facilities. That was good, but 1t would
have been a step far in advance Tor re
form If he had recommended q COM
mission to investigate the cause q.
crimes which are filling the prison and
the habits. education and antecedepts
Of the criminals so that action might
be taken to reduce the number Of Grim
inals by reducing the causes, directly
or indirectly, which are filling the rrlss
ons. Then he might have recommends
ed the legislature to appoint a commIts
tee to investigate the open violations
of the law now SC we'll known TO have
full sway. But he did very good Is a.
as he went and it is hoped he may reacl
those points later.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

At The organization Of the Legisla-
ture Salem county got these Offices.
John r. Flynn to be Engrossing Clerk
of the Senate, George Green sscured
his old place as Doorkeeper Of the
House, Harry Murphy, Of Elmer, was
made one Of the pages Of the Senate,
and James P. Dugan, Of Oldmans. ons
Of the pages Of The House. Jimmie
Dugan Is u years old and Inns been
treated quite a while in a PhIladelphia
hospital. The appointment is a desefys
ing one.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

The defeat Of Gov. Albeit for .. y.
Senate is q sore disappointment to :
host Of his friends all ove the Htats.
He has some warm admirers n Peun's
Grove.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20
The Man who needs
d Bank Book.

You've heard Of farmers selling their crops as
they stood. No harvesting to pay. No barntwork
to consider. You'd take a less price for the certain,
quick, easy sale, and the cash in hand, wouldn't you
That's what many a mill does with us. We buy
the cloth on the spot They cut the prices to US; we
snap up the advantage, and share with you.
A man who buys Overcoat and Suit from us for
this long winters service turns many a dollar back
into his pocket.
He'd better get a bank book and keep count Of
his savings-and keep on buying at Oak Hall.
Twelve Dollar Overcoat for ten-that's nothing.
Any and every time-we're that much under regular
price.
You'll find it a Five Dollar saving on a Twenty
lsolar one.
And YET, we pay for better trimmings. better
work. more style in our suits, in our Overcoats.
We make the best readymade Clothing there is
land still sell it for the lowest prices
We are manufacturers-thats the whole secret.
Most stores buy the clothes they sell. We don't
Wanamaker s Brown,
Sixth and Market. Philadelphia.
For example, xe pay railroad
Excursion Fare from Penns Grove
II you purcha SO worth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

Robbins mo. $" Is worth it, weight
In gold.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-01-20

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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29
A Portrait of NauOleOn.

When they examine the portrait of
Napoleon which The Century magazine
publishes this month, the admirers of
Major William Mckinley of Ohio will
conclude that they have not flattered
their hero much in ascribing to him a re-
semblance to the great conQueror. The
Century's picture is from a drawing
made by Captain Marryat, on board the
Bellerophon. Napoleon was taken i'm
mediately afterward from the Beller-
ophon and sent to Elba on the ship Nor
cumberland. An interesting fact in the
history OF the picture, a drawing in wa
ter colors, is that it was presented to the
officers mess at West Point by Henry
Irving. 1t is snow atthe military academy.
The honest British eye and hand of
Captain Marryat stripped the Napoleon
face and figureof all the idealizing trick
cry that are employed by the French
artists in delineating them. Consequent
ly we see here merely a little, sour look
ing, round shouldered, short legged man
with a big stomach. That is all. The
nose is sharp and skinny; even the chin,
while pointing far forward, is not square
and finely chiseled as one would expect
that OF a very great man to be. Of the
almost ideally beautiful profile, the ex-
preston of majesty and power we are
accustomed to associate with the face of
Napoleon, there is not a trace. It is
probably the most accurate portrait of
him in existence.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29
Christmas In Australia,

Anorth and south line extending down
from Montana, through Wyoming, Utah
and Arizona, would, if made to cut on
through the earth, come out the other
side on the western edge of Australia, a
continent three-fourths as large as the
United States.
1t is Christmas time now in Australia,
the same as it is with lis. But if you
want to know what Christmas is like in
Australia, think out exactly the oppo-
site of all that it is here, and you will hit
it. The southern part of Australia is
about as far south of the equator as Phil
adelphia is north of it, When we are
locked in ice and snow, therefore, Aus
tralia is basking in sunshine.
The farther north you go in Australia,
the hotter it gets, and everything else
runs in the same up side down way. The
English settlers that went to that CONT
nent took with them their English names
for months and seasons. But summer
in Australia comes in December, January
and February. At Christmas time we
in America are sleighing and skating.
At Christmas time the Australians are
holding ice cream picnics and strawberry
festivals. The very longest days in the
year come in the last 10 days of Deem
Der. A jolly long Christmas day the Aus
tralian young ones must have!
Roses arc in bloom there now in all
their righteousness, for June, the rose
month of the northern hemisphere, be-
ONE December, the rose month in the
southern. For their Christmas dinner,
therefore, the Australians revel in green
peas, roast lamb, young onions and but
ter, with the real December grass flavor
about it. When the men go calling on
New Years day, they carry fans to cool
their perspiring brows and wear suits of
pongee silk.
A little later comes the broiling hot
weather of January and February, when
it is just too uncomfortable for anything
except to lie in a hammock in the shade
and drink iced lemonade through a straw.
So the torrid winter wears on and the
people endure as best they may, looking
forward to the freezing cold summer
weather Of July and August.
The very vegetation of this strange
country is up sidedown and crossgrained.
The leaves grow with their edge instead
Of their underside toward the ground.
and many Of the trees shed their bark
annually. but keep their leaves on green
all the year round.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29

The G. P. Higgins Western bank Of
Missoula, will resume operations abou
the LIST Of January. The Missoulian
says that the Higgins Bros. have made
untiring efforts to bring. about this pos
sibility and the fact that they have since
May last, in the face of a great financial
depression, reduced their liabilities
down to about $4,000 as against $780,
600 owing when the bank closed, speaks
well for the integrity, business capacity
and good executive ability displayed by
the gentlemen in charge. No sacrifices.
either by debtor or creditor have been
made and the u Of the vas es-
tate remain u%ndisturbed and unimpaired
and it is safe to venture the assertion
that when the bank does reopen it will
BIZ stronger, miehtier and more formid.
able than ever before.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29

We have n invention in this country
which the slower nations of Europe have
not devised. That is the railway wreck
ing car. The reason it is not in use in
Europe is that there is no need of it.
They do not have railroad wrecks there
often enough to warrant its construc-
ton. 1t would simply rust out. But in
America it will wear out before it rusts.
Railway companies do not like to have
the passengers on the train next follow
ing a wreck see the ghastly remains of
it, SO they endeavor to hustle the old
iron and splintered wood out of sight as
quickly as possible. The wood is set fire
to; the iron is carried off. The wrecking
car is a powerful piece of machinery. BY
means of IL crane and derrick it can pick
up a load of 1900 pounds "a feet ahead
and swing it off the track. The truck at
the front end, on which the crane rests.
will sustain II load of 10000 pounds.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29

From the e%quivocal attitude the Ana.
conda Standard has assumed relative to
the democratic administration and the
Wilson tariff bill We are much inclined
to ask with the Independent, What are
the politics Of the Standard, anyhow?
just before the Inauguration Of Mr..
Cleveland We considered it's democracy
stalwart; it's utterances were bold and
free for Jeffersonian doctrine. Later
on, and until the recent election, which
about wiped out the populist eparty in
several states, We thought it going bag
and baggage into the Weaver crowd. II
we know aught about the tenets of re-
publicanism in general the present
classic editorials Of the STANDARD have
such tincture. Can it be that the Stand.
ard lie a disappointed officeseeker? Perish
he thought.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29
The Day.

Thanksgiving is q day for going Ia
church. eating turkey and playing foot
ball; Fourth of July is a day for young
and old to burn powder and send up fire.
works; New Years is not much a holi.
day anyhow. But Christmas-that is be-
You'd and above all the children's holt
day. We celebrate it because of the di
vine child that came upon the earth that
day. Let Christmas be consecrated for
ever to the children.
1t will be either a very poor person or
q very mean one who will not make
Christmas II happy day to as many chill
dren as he can. There are grown peo-
pie not a few, even Of those that will
read these lines, who remember to this
day the dull, cold disappointment and
despair that came over them in child
hood because their parents gave tb-,M
no gifts and thought it nonsense l,
spend any money in the observance of
Christmas. There are thousands of in
dividuals of the old hunks variety who
think it is a proof of strong m%indedness
not to pay any attention to Christmas,
the day to which children look forward
from one 25th of December till the next,
Instead of being strong minded, such
miserable old curmudgeons are idiots,
and blind idiots at that.
Give joy to the young ones on Christ
mas. Bestow Oh them such gifts as you
can afford, make sure they have a good
and in the afternoon and even-
ing the games children dote on. Then
they will love and bless you as long as
they live for making them happy at
least one day in the year. The older
they grow the more they will bless Won.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29

The rigid enforcement of ordinance
No. lOS, recently passed by the city
council will meet with the hearty ap-
proval Of every mother in this city. In
der this ordinance it is unlawful for any
person under legal age to visit, loiter, or
stay about drinking saloons, houses Of
bad repute, gambling houses, billiard or
pool rooms. And nc person under 1G
years shall be allowed to run, stay.
wander or loiter upon the streets of
Great Falls later than 10 o'clock at night
without consent of their parents or
guardians or a good and reasonable ex-
cuse therefor. Now let the city officers
do their duty and these would be smart
boys who frequent questionable places
will thank them for it before they are
many years older.