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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-05-06
The Homa Courier has neatly bot

The Homa Courier has neatly bot
tied away in alcohol quite a curious
production of the poultry.yard in the
shape of a four legged chicken.
This unnatural quadruped is contriv
ed very much after the fashion o
the Siamese twins. The feet how
ever point in instead of out and
there is but one head. The freak
was sent to US by the Crochet Bros,
having been found by them 10 hatch.
ing OF chickens courier.
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Succession Sale.
Sta E OF LOUISIANA,
SeveRteeHtE judicial District Court
Parish Of Termili0n.
Succession Of Rosalie L. Broussard.

Succession Of Rosalie L. Broussard.
No. 200.
QY vlrtae OF All order of sale In the mat
D ters.of the Dove numbered and en-
titled succession, by fiie. Honor BILE af0Te-
said cour6 and to me directed. / will pro-
coed to sell at the residence Of Syphroyen
Marceanx, on
Wednesday, Nay, 10, 1893,
at public auction, to the last and highest
bidder the following described property
to-wit:
One certain tract of land in Vermilion
Parish. containing ninety nine arpents
being q portion of lots one and five I'M
section i Yenty. Township, Eleven, South
of RanSe Two West, measuring v and
n half arpents from the North East cor
ner post of Leo Marceaux running East
and five and one half arpents from the
South East corner post. thence eighteen
arpents from North til South more or less.
One feather bed.
One bed stead.
Three creole mares.
One lot bedding, one lot clothing, two
trunks, one armOir and many other aTtl-k
cies to numerous to mention.
Said property is to be sold to effect 9
partition on the following terms aud
cohditionst to Wit: Ts
e All adjudications less ten dollars TO Do
aid cash on the day of sale; and oil ad-
Indications of ten dollars or more to be
paid third cash and the balance IN
one and two years from the day OF sale.
payable in two equal and annual Install
ments, purchasers to furnish their note
for the credit portion of their purchases
payable to the order of the Co-Adminis.-
traitors of said succession wife two good
and solvent sureties in 8OlidO thereon TO
the satisfaction of said administrators
said notes to bear eight per cent per an
pun interest upon each installment from
the maturity thereof until paid, and ten
percent additional thereon as attorneys
fees in case they are placed in the hands
of an attorney for collection after their
maturity said attorneys fees to be calc'l
lated upon the amount of such notes as
MAJ be due.
The land to be and remaln mortgaged
with vendors lien and privileges retained
hare0n to secure payment of the notes
given for the credit portion of the pnr-
chase price thereof in principal, interest:
attorneys fees and all costs that may &C.
cum1late thereon.
Sheriffs office, Abbeville, Ea., April sth
1898. A. l.. LEBLANC.
Sheriff.
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'Sheriff's Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
18th Judicial District Court,
Parish of Vermilion.
Alcyhier Sarver

AAN III AbdSA
sylvestre kbshire ct alsJ NO oSs'
DY virtue of an order of seizure and sala
- issued by the Hon. A. e. Allen. judge
of the court aforesaid, and 10 me directed
in the matters of the above numbered and
entitled suit. authorizing and empower.
ing me to seize and sell the hereinafter
described property of defendants to salts
fy Judgment of plaintiff, Twill sell at pub
lie auction, to the last and best bidder ali
the front door Of the courthouse Of said
parish, on
SATURDAY, MAY 9th, 1893.
between the hours of IL o'clock q. m. ana
4 O'Clock p. IN, the following described
property to-wit:
One certain tract Of land containing
two hundred and fifty acres, being BON.
ded on the north by jules Campbell and
Lastie Bertrand, on the west by Joseph
Schexnailder, ON the south by school, land
and OF the east by Paul Lapointe. And
another tract of land containing one hun
dred and fifty acres bounded ON the north
and west by lands of Mrs Nc Pherson, on
the south by Delmas Abshire on the east
by Joseph S~chexnallder and school land
which lands are situated in this parish, ii
Terms and conditions: For IL sufficient
amount in cash to satisfy the sun Of Five
Hundred and twenty Aye dollars with I'M.
terest at the rate OF eight per cent per an
mum from January list. 1892 until paid
afitt the attorneys fees together with all
costs of this suit and the balance if any
payable ON February Goth, 1894.
Sherif's Office Abbeville, La. April end
1893, A. L. LEBLANC
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Our public school closed a seven
months term last Tuesday evening.
Lack of funds was the cause Of this
short term. 1t is to be hoped that
when the school reopens this fall
that there will pc money enough to
run it the full nine months. Il. G.
Commercial.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-05-06

The State Board of Assessors
met in Lafayette Friday, and 10
creased the assessment of the Nor
gan railroad $500 a mile. This
makes it 81 500 o mile, on the main
line.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-05-06
MA Pure Vegetable Tonic

No minerals used whatever.
sas Mild and Wholesome effect on the
I'LL liver and kidneys.
! CIeanses the BaJOd Of all irnpas
r. rites.
Cures Rheumatism cancer, scrofs
ula, letter, and any poisoEo: 4~A
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-05-06

The pnblic schools of Avoyelles
will operate less than three months
this year.
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District Court i'm Lafayette


The April term of the district
Court in Lafayette Parish closed ON
Saturday aud was marked by the
brilliant succession of successes a
chised by District Attorney Gordy.
A special to the Picayule gives
the following account of the closing
day of the criminal term:
On Monday May lst, the trial
of Erwin Meaux for the killing Of
Augustus Morgan, near Duson, on
the llthi of March, was concluded to-
night and the jury brought in a ver-
dict of guilty without capital punish.
ment. Tire evidence upon which the
state secured this conviction was en-.
tirely circumstantial, hat so stonger-
ly linked and so ably presented BY
District Attorney NJ. T.>Gordy that
The jury arrived at the verdict after
being in their room hardly fifteen
minutes. s@
The facts elected went to prove
that Meaux, the accused, in conpa.
ny with Augustin Morgan and few
other young men. repaired to ar is.
olate farmhouse some few miles from
Ouson to spend the night in carous
ing; that on the way Meaux borrow.
ed Morgan's pistol, a large 48 cali
bre, saying that he would likely
need it at The party; that Meaux FIR.
ed the pistol into the crowded house
intending to kill Alcibiade Thlho.
deaux, but missed his intended VIC
tim and killed his friend Morgan
with his (Morgan's) own pistol. Mes
srs. @. C. and j. Mouton and j. "A.
Cbargois represented the defense.
The convictions for the present
criminal term, are as follows: Will
lie Foreman, manslangther; Erwin
Meaux, mur der; Jos. Haley, Eraste
Demand, larceny; Leopold Guidry.
Frank Robinson, assault and battery
besides ten cases of carrying conceal
ed weapons, pleaded guilty.
The Sunday Law Nm Lafayette.
Last week the case of the State
VS. Geo. NJ. heronen for violating
the Sunday law was made a test case
before a jury of Lafayette parish.
The accused it seems had acknowl.
edge his guilt and had decided to
plead guilty but on the advice of the
anti Sunday law gang he stood trial.
The evidence was sufficient for
conviction and the Jury was kept to
gether over night but they failed to
agree. The Judge censured the jury
for their failure and said in the
conrse of his address to them that
it had come to his knowledge that a
conspiracy had been formed to break
down the enforcement of the Sunday
Ia w, but hat it would fail; that the
Sunday law had been declared con-
stitntional by the Supreme Court
and must be observed. that if the
machinery of the law was strong
enough and he though it was, all
violators OF the Sunday law would
be punished.
In Iberia when this law was made
a test of the district attorney and
people upheld the law and the judge
who should have been the strongest
of :all proved weak. In Lafayette the
jury proves weak when the officers
are fearless and true. In Vermillion
the Sunday law is observed. The
officers enforce and protect the law
and her people respect and fear 1t.
A New Bridge
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on the tip OF the bowsprit On either bow OF
the vessel 10 this picture 10 head. when s hSS
origin. "Cote" means side" in the. lan-
guags OF the. Gsull and. 80 the :. cote cot,
became corrupted into eat" and ths pToise-
ton from the sides Of modern vessels 70 when
the anchor Is hung. or Gated. Is called the
Old type OF yes ssl was attended with much dan
ger. There were then no foot ropes Tor ths
californian 20 walk along. aud he was compelled
to sit asst ride OF the spar, haul up the sail ana
trust TO Providence for his safety. ,,,,
The flag adorned, mastless ship siding
dow9 the Mays In the picture ls heso!G,Rg 70
aet representation Of launching the Prince OF
Wales. n-of-war, before their MaIssties' at
be seen that large wooden figursheads were
Ia vogue when the Prince Of Wales, making
tremendous disDlacement Of fpaming water.
ssmbled nobility OF England. The Prince OF
Wales was different In many respects from the
nEst,raiie man oi,Sar Of half century before
ton shows were hlled with people when she
was launched. She had lofty bows. without
her bOWsDTit was set somewhat outhoArd and
not At the foot OF the toremast.
Other pictures IN the engineers collection
the Scraps aud Bon Homms Richard. for the
last 300 years. One OF the pictures. engraved
in l75S. shows what Is probably the first at
mechanical principles; Ihs Inscription under
this print runs thus, Ills Ialr-ty's ship. the
H,nndsr as she sailet ~ England with a ma
chime c0astTu ted Instead oI Lrr Tudirr viii h
sGe lost 10 the late storm on LOuisyoursh.
lraWp by an officer on Ioard"
Mr. Mckay is full - "reminiscences OF the
period OF terror aud tuTnol on the sea Just
iqlyyirg tho 9tJaiis & oi the CohiedeEats rlm
Roads. He has no pictures 10 III these romin-
iseenees- He relates an ansedote. hitherto IN
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meanings Mr.. Mckay 10 about the height OF
the great Observation-Disclosures that may
have been. He is slight entirely gray.
and has the eyes OF the dreamer: but they are
pretty sharp eyes for all that, and are Of good
service to him In the practical business OF rum
ming two big stationary engines In Green
point factory. He is about 90 years OF age,
and has passed half OF that time. perhaps. on
the water. He served as q lad on an old whaler.
was an apprentice in Uncle Sans wooden navy.
and has como around the Horn many times In
packets and clippers that were the record
breakers Of their day. He has been to Europe
frequently. mostly as auartermaster in the
big side wheelers Of Commodore Vanderbilts
old line.
Mr.. Mckay conceived the fancy for collect
ing old prints and engravinRs depicting things
afioat on his nrst trip on q merchant vessel to
Europe. He had seen the crumbling hulks Of
old war vessels in several British harbors. and
the desire took possession Of him to learn oil
that he could, particularly In q pictorial way.
OF the evolution OF the lighting ships and the
clipper OF that day. His study OF ancient and
modern craft has been so constant and thor
ough that he can give o reason for the origin
OF every name In the seamen's vocabulary.
The old prints and enRravings in Mr.. No
Rays possession date from the present day
back to 1885. There 10 not print that has not
for him story and a meaning. The oldest OF
the lot represents the siege OF Dusseldorf
showing two men-oi-war. somewhat resem-
bling the caravsls OF Columbus. bombarding
the town. Several rowboats. manned by Ger
man soldiers. whose chief object seems TO be
TO make tremendous noise by blowing bugles.
beating drums. and firing blunderbusses into
the air. have put out from the shore and are
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AT this time n friend recommended to me
DR.. Grceno's NoryurR blood and nerve remedy.
/ had very little faith in IL. for | had used so
many other medicines that did me no good.
but was willing to try anything. got bottle,
and had not taken moro than half Of 1t before
1 began to feel much better. and finding SO
much benefit kept on.
Il have taken in all six bottles and am now
completely cured. have not lost a day since.
My work is now easily done. | cat well. sleep
well, am rot nervous. digestion Ia good. and
all attribute 10 the blessing Of God and Dir.
Greene's remedy. have always recommended
II and shall continue to do So"
Mr.. smith saw that his health was failing.
and he ielt that he was losing his hold both
upon business and society. He had the good
judgment to know that he must find some
means to get back his health aud strength or
fall behind in the race for social and business
honorR.
And when he found himself in this weak and
sick condition he did not get discouraged and
give up as some weak cowardy natures do,
but mado up his mind to get well. and went
bravely to work to get back his health.
II for any reason your health is not Just what
It should he. II there is a Weakness somewhere.
and on account Of i'll health you are not doing
quite what you had hoped 70. or arc falling be-
hind In tho race Of |! fe take that wonderful
medicine Dr. Grcenc'S Nervura blood and
health and strength which you have lost. This
medicine will cure YOU. 1t is purely vegeta BILE
and harmless. and t. tho discovery of Dr.
Greene Of 30 West Fourteenth street New
York. \. v. the most successful specialist In
curing nervous and chronic diseases. He can
be consulted at his office Tree. personally. or by
letter.-Adr.
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the arrival Of steamers on the coast. camel
driver with small escort starts over the sand
wastes, and In fve days the malls are dis
tributed to the oflclala the Greek merchants,
the other white men, and the educated natives
There is nothing that more vIvidly illustrates
the wonderful progress now max Ing toward
the utilization OF the hitherto neglected parts
OF the world than tho growth OF postal facill-
ties This great convenience IL even outstrip-
ping other agencies OF civilization, for It Is
creeping into some particularly inaccessible
to-day risk HE life in Mecca unless he IL able
TO assume an I'm penetrable disguise. But the
Postal Union IL there through the Instrument
tally OF the Sultans Government Anybody
may send letters to Mecca at the regular Postal
Union rates and they will reach heir destina-
munlcation by mail with the western world. but
the mail bags are often plethoric with the let
ters from all parts OF tho Moham medan world.
Probably no agency will be more helpful In
tho long run in breaking down the barriers
that remain than the postal service.
A little over four months ago n letter was
sent from The sun office to Port Moresby, on
the south coast OF New Guinea The whole
OF that great Island being Postal Union ter-
ritory. the postage was the same as to Liver
pool, i've cents Last week an answer was re-
nsys6; btssn years ago not White man
the. northwest coast. To-day there are eight
little ports on the south coast alone, to which
q stramer line from Australia Ia under contract
to deliver the mails regularly
There arc only n few parts of the world that
cannot now be reached by mnil with n consid-
cradle degree OF regularity. China and Corea
are tho only dcnsely populated regions that
form an exception to this fact But there ara
some isolated communities that eagerly well
come every scrap Of Information from the out
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TIE MAILBAG IN NEW LANDS.
ENORMOUS EXPANSION OF TIE POS
TAB SERVICE IN RECENT TEARS.

The Postal Unioa stretches Clear Across
Africa, where Most OF the Explorers
Msds Their Fsme-It Costs No More 90
seud Letter TO Victoria Nysnss Thss 60
LIverpooi-Ths Tive OF Trsasit Decrease
inr-Meecs Has Cheap Rates.
tits an interesting fact that all those parts
OF equatorial Africa where half score Of great
explorers made their fame. regions from which
most OF the sensations OF African discovery
have come are now embraced In the Postal
Union. 1t costs no more to-day to send LETT
ter or n newspaper far toward the head waters
OF the Congo. or TO the great lakes OF the heart
OF Africa. than to natl them from New York city
to Liverpool or St Petersburg. II costs n more
to send mail matter to the nethermost parts OF
Siberia. or to scores OF Pacific islands that
did not contain single white resident a few
years ago. than II does to Paris OF course
this vast extension OF the worlds mail service
IL not now. and will not be for years to come.
upon self-supporttng basis. 1t Is merely one
OF the agencies which the civilized world has
adopted for facilitating progress In the great
regions which 1t is trying to develop.
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has no square yards or rigging. Her sails con-
sist Of mating and are hoisted to the mast by
single rope. The mainsail weighs nearly
pine tons. engaging the crew two hours to
iron and wood. The cables are formed Of rat
tans. The bow rises above the waters edge
about 80 feet. the stern about 40 feet. She was
purchased in lS45 by a few English m en-. who
ing her from the circumstance OF the Chinese
laws prohibiting. ander pain OF death. the sale
OF Chinese vessels to foreigners. She Is an ex-
cellent sea boat, and her powers in q storm
equal. II not surpass. those Of British build"
Another old print that Mr.. Mckay prizes
highly shows tho war ship Great Harry. the
fret two decked vessel Of the British navy. She
was con atructed In 1883 by Henry VII. She was
practically the first war ship Of her time. and
formed the foundation OF the navy that subse-
nations except the universal Yankee one. 1t
may be noted that the Great Hairy. like our
modern war ships has fighting tops. She
also has the elongated forecastle OF tho vessels
In its construction to II real castle. II Is from
this peculiar marine architecture. picturesque.
but clumsy, that the term "torecastle" Is de-
rived. The Great Harry. unlike the war ships
that succeeded her several hundred years later,
was without ibis Her head sails consisted OF
spirit When the sail was furled the long bow
spirit and the yard formed giant cross. The
forecastle, as 1t was on the Great Harry. dis
appeared somewhat over a hundred years
war ship OF that period were cut away. as In
the following illustration. which represents q
man of war OF the first rate in 1850.
IL may be seen that tho bowsprt, which
originally served as u foremast inclines now
more to the horizontal. Besides the spritsail.
1t has a sprittopsal the yard 81 which. with
the sail furled along it. Is attached TO a mast
which served as q Flagstaff for the union Jack
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AN ANTIQUE cENTREBoAnDEh


apparently making an effort to board the war
ships. which do not look more formidable than
q New York oyster sloop. This old print cost
Mr.. Mckay about fifteen cents. 1t was thrown
IN with collection OF q dozen that he bought
at Havre In 1852.
One of the most precious pictures In the coll
lection Is that OF a South American balsa- In
regard TO this print Mr. Mckay says; Lieu
tenant afterward Admiral. John Schenk drew
his centreboard inspiration from this source.
The drawings that he submitted TO the British
Admiralty not only depicted the contreboard
rising and falling perpendicularly. as In tho
balsa. which you may observe 10 spelt 'batse.'
on the old print: but also introduced the sheer
pole mast. between the legs OF which he hoists
the triangular sail OF the Malay proa. no doubt
with the intention OF making his vessel lay as
close TO the wind and co as fast as
the flying proa. which has been known TO
sail probably faster than our modern centre
boArders. almost right in the winds eye.
Lieut.. Sehenk's drawing shows a vessel with
three enormous sails set as In the picture.
with three perpendicular centreboards. have
myself seen catamarans built OF logs far out
OF sight OF land on the coast OF Brazil sailing
on the wind with fiat boards stuck down be-
tween the logs to keep them from drifting to
lssward. No doubt the same kind OF vessel
had been In use from the earliest times. All
this. however. does not detraet from the In
Vention OF the Yankee genius who conceived
the idea OF hanging the centreboard on pivot
or bolt through the forward end of the centre
board truck. thus making the board service
able for all classes OF vessels"
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be observed IN the picture that this craft
has almost precisely the same convex bow as
the Vigilant and Valkyrle. Mr.. Mckay SAYS
that II she had been photoqra phed in dry dock
she would have appeared below the water line
very much like the modern English racing
yacht Mr. Mckay Is an enthusiastic believer
in the aphorism that there is nothing new
under the sun, particularly as applied to boat
models. He says that he himself has seen
these lateen- sailed craft In the Mediterranean
sailing very close to the wind. Their under
body extends ak or eight feet below the
water and their rudders run almost the entire
depth of tho keel On some OF the boats
the rudder Ia 80 constructed that when the
vessel gets into shoal water the uplifting OF
the rudder will give warning to the navigator
20 keen on. The pintles OF this kind Of rudder
are very long. and the ruddor Itself extends
below the keelson OF the boat. Before the
keelson can touch bottom. the elongated .rud-
der will strike and rise on lite long pintles In
the gudgeons until IL top appears above the
taftrall OF the boat. The peculiar way Of steer
ing, without either wheel or tiler. may be seen
in the illustration. .
The most. cherished print in Mr.. McKay's
collection shows the Chinese Junk keying. the
first and only vessel Of her kind that ever came
TO America Mr. Mckay was a young man OF
nineteen and was paving court to the gray
haired lady who Ia now his wife when. in 1916.
the Junk came into this port. She was on ex-
hibition OF the Battery for several months.
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side world. and that receive tho malls only at r-
regular and infrequent Intervals. Such are the
Pitcairn Islanders and that other far-away
colony on Tristan da Cunha. In the Atlantic,
who do not know from one month to another
when they will be blessed with q fresh lot Of
letters and newspapers. though they. are Ger.
come along with mail bag for them.
Every year tho out-ot-t he-way parts Of the
world are reached little more eNDedtiously.
-Four new steamer lines have been put on Afri-
can routes within the past three years. Africa
now has over 5000 miles OF railroads. and the
steady extension OF those lines that are push
ing slowly toward the far interior will. in the
course OF time reduce by many weeks the
present length OF the journey. To-day. II q
letter for New Guinea promptly catches tho
outgoing malls at the various points OF trans
aeyen weeks. SO. as we look over the great
field and see the rapid advance Of postal COM
munications. telegraphs. and railroads. we
realize how wonderfully tho work OF bringing
all parts Of the world nearer to one another Is
progressing. G, &, ADAMS