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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-04

A new industry has been started
in New Orleans with view of uti.
lizing the molasses from our plan
tations by converting it into alcohol.
A company has been formed for the
purpose, with a capital stock Of
seventy five thousand dollars. 1t is
expected that tho establishment will
manufacture three thousand barrels
Of alcohol per month, and the plant
can be SO enlarged. as to have q ca
pacity of six thousand barrels per
month. Most of the alcohol to be
manufactured will be exported to
Europe where it is used largely in
the manufacture Of perfumes an6 ir
the arts Lafourche Comet.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-04

Here, sonny, hold my horse,' said
a gentlemen as he aligh'ed from q
carriage on Warrington street the
other day. Has he had his oats
erday sir?' asked the boy, as bet
hesitated. Had his oats? What
has that to do with it?' inquired the
gentleman 10 surprise. well yer
see, sir, de last, time hung on to a
horse he eat de straw hat off my
head, an I only got nickle, and a
lickin' when | got home. Put up a
quarter and I'll take de risk" The
boy got the quarter.-Baltimore
Underwater.
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People's voice., 1893-10-13
CONDENSED NEWS.

Near Courtland, Ala, Tuesday
night three gin houses whose owners
refused to stop ginning cotton until
the price reached 10 cents, were
burned together with their contents.
twenty gin houses in Madison county
have been visited With similar threats
and in Ribb county, a dozen or more
gin houses.
A petition has been fled in the pro-
bate court at Redwood City, Cal. to
set aside the will of the late Creed
Raymond, for many years chief coun-
sci of the Southern Pacific Company,
who bequeathed most Of his property
to Mrs. Pauline Bullard, his type
writer and secretary, and in case Of
her death, to her daughter Bertha
Bullard.
Barret Scott, the defaulting treas
urer of Holt county, Neb., was taken
from the Santa Fe, \. NJ, Jail Thurs.
day and started east under charge of
Sheriff Cunningham, OF Santa lie, and
Frank Campbell. Scott got away
with over 100000, and other county
officers and prominent attorneys are
alleged to have shared the Doodle
with him. He was captured in Mex
leo by Cunningham, who gets re-
ward of $4,000 upon delivery of the
prisoner at 0'Neil, Neb.
At the regular monthly meeting Of
the Ohio commandery of the military
Order of the Loyal Legion, at Cincin-
natl Wednesday night, its newly elec-
ted commander, ex-President Harri-
son, was installed. He made brief
speech, taking occasion TO emphasize
the duty of such organizations as this
to teach patriotism to the rising gen.
Grafton. There never was an army,
said he, since God led his chosen peo-
pie 20 battle, that drew its inspiration
from loftier motives than did our
army,
People's voice., 1893-10-13

A spe k of gold weighing the mil
lioneth part of grain may be easily
seen by the naked eye.
1t is estimated that last year 1885,
0O0,009 bananas were consumed in the
United States alone.
Thinner than tissue paper are sheets
of iron that run 4.S00 to an inch, re-
Gently rolled in Wales.
Boston was the first American city to
produce an American made umbrella.
That was over so years ago.
Fully 60 per cent. of the rice crop
along the Atlantic coast has been de-
stroyed by the recent storms.
There is no place like home to the
man who has been pleasuring at the
seaside with his wife and her new
gowns.
A silence seems to have fallen upon
the neck of the woods into which DR..
McGlyn lately disappeared.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
If the fingers of the senator's could
go as fast as their tongues they might
knit stockings for an old woman's
home.-Steep Brook Bazoo.
Mrs. Sarah Kitchen, who recently
departed this life at the age of 90, had
been for "a years the sexton Of Leices-
tershire Eng church.
To make 1000 cubic feet of illumin-
ating gas, eight pounds of coal, costing
two cents. and four gallons of naphtha,
costing T. cents. are required.
Kasper says that of clergymen ~ per
cent. reach 20 years: farmers. 40; mer-
chants. 33; soldiers and clerks. 80; law
yers, 20; teachers, 2S; physicians, "a.
In field one mile square. on the es-
tateS of \. F. Larimore. Larimore, n.
d.. 4j harveSterS manned by $50 men.
set to work. ard before upon half of il
was harvested.
DR.. Lawhead has discovered some fine
specimens of gold quartz on his farm
near Crescent City. The specimens as
say very rich. and old-time miners say
there are indications of large deposits
of pre- cious metal in that vicinity.
: Perry has had two fires so far One
S was in the rear of Douglass Il Baughn''
e restaurant, on Sixth between G and |
/. streets. Following close upon the heel'
of the first came the second. which re
suited in the loss of small residenc'
on c street west of Eighth.
. 4 preacher at Lafayette. Ind. is re
= ported to have about broken up hi
;. church the other day by saying in
!, sermon that ''God made the earth il
!. six days and then he rested; then h
4 made man and rested again; then h
made woman. and since that tim
4 neither God nor man has had rest"
'e J. W. Clark. who robbed the Mulhal
| poStoAice on Monday night of last weel
d was captured at Santa Fe, in the Che
d okee Strip, while trying to sell or trad
the stamps for something to eat. II
E. went into the Strip for town lot, bI
sailed to get anything. He had speI
in all his money and was obliged to stel
d. or Starve.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
THE ALLIANCE.
Announcements like following

Announcements like following in
serted free. Send in your copy.
PERTH ALLIASCE meets every first and
third Saturday at sp. m. Visiting brother
Invited. S. G. BARTLETT. Pres.
&c. N. ERHARD. Sec'y.
Avon CENTER ALLIANCE meets on the last
Tuesday evening In each month.
MARX WARD, Secy. A. q. LAMBE. Pres.
Central Alliance No. 1874 meets every first
and third Wednesday eyeningof each month.
Oscar DeTurk, sec'y. Geo. A. Camp, pres.
Nelson Alliance. No. meets avery first
! and third Friday evenings In each month.
G. NJ. Cart, sec'y. John &. Camp. pres.
Harmon Alliance No l52l meets each Thurs
day evening at No. School House.
J. L. CURRY A. TESH,
Secretary. President
Star Alliance meets on Saturday, April lst
At 7:3n p. M. and every two weeks thereafter.
VIM. RUSSELL Sec. +. H. ScHAPPER. Pres.
Bluff Alliance, No. 936 meets the lst ma Ord.
Wednesday nights OF each month.
A. N. WILSON. Pres't J, f. WILSON, Sec'y
Bluff Alliance sSS, meets every first and
third Monday. at Hahn's school house, dis
trIct lls. Blum township.
@. L. BRYANT, Pres. A. HAHN, Sec.
MAYFKLD ALLIANCE. No 1854, meets the
Hrst Saturday In each month at 2p. M.
@. b. WEBER. Sec Z. A ROBINSON, Pres
People's voice., 1893-10-13
The Doctor.

A mixture of camphor and myrrh, a
few drops in a glass of water, is a
mouth rinse for unpleasant breath.
When delicate person is fatigued
and has no appetite, sponging the body
with bathing whisiey, diluted alcohol
or milk will nouriSh the system and
produce rest Or refreshing sleep.
A bug in the other ear may be
drowned out with little warm water.
Apply with sponge or syringe. and
after each injection incline the head
with a jerk SO as to dislodge the con-
tents of the cavity.
An excellent way to cure insomnia is
to bandage the eyes with handker,
chief before retiring. The compress
seems to drive away the blood from the
eyes and 50 to cure, or at least to tenn
poraly that feeling so often expert
enccd by insomniacs of trying to see in
the dark.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
Gastric,

Plates for every hot course should
be heated.
Cut all cold meats and old bread very
thin Trim the slices to make them
neat.
There is absolutely no mtriment in
the skins of fruit and meat. in gristle.
in rinds of melons. in the fibrous parts
of oranges, in gizzards or giblets.
If tea be ground like coffee or crush
ed immediately before hot water is
poured upon it. it will yield nearly
double amount of its exhilerating quail
tiles.
Only the breast of partridge and can
vaS-back duck is eaten. Small birds
like plOver, snipe, reed and squab are
served whole. With spring chicken
half is served to each person.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
q lunatic asylum" Laughter and ap.

q lunatic asylum" Laughter and ap.
plause.
The excursionists left for Alton and
the great Dalrymple farms at p. m,
where they witnessed threshing ma
chimes at work on a crop of wheat
that was cut from 77,OOO acres by 100
Deering binders-a make that is used
exclusively by the Dalrymples. From
Alton they journeyed to Fargo where
they were royalty received and shown
the marvellous result of the western
pluck, which in a season of hard times
had built solid city of brick and NOR
tar on the bed of ashes that had lain
smoking there only ninety days before.
From Fargo, the guests returned
to Chicago brimful of enthusiasm over
the wonders they had seen.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Facts OF Interest to the Reading Pub
Ireland has e,s3O,OOO acres Of bog
land
Great Britain makes 100000 pianos a
year.
Germany has railway dating from
1885;
The Atlantic Ocean employs 1000
ships.
Californians object to japanese i'm
migration.
Belgium has 100000 saloons and
5000 schools.
Germany sends US l,OoO, 900 canary
birds annually.
Our French Canadians are returning
to Canada.
The Chicago-New York telephone
covers $50 miles.
Liberia yearly exports 1000, 900
pounds of coffee.
Great Britain's capital in our rail-
ways amounts to $500, 100000.
The German rye crop is $4,000, 900
bushels short this season.
The unicycle is expected by an in.
ventor to go mile in 20 seconds.
A Scotch farmer has arranged to do
all his work BY an electric motor.
The army worm has cost this country
more than the Revolutionary war.
The apple crop in New England has
been hurt by the recent severe storms.
The apple crop in Europe is gener-
ally good. Great Britain reports an
enormous crop.
Give me neither poverty nor riches,
but if must have one of them give me
riches.
1t is better to give than TO receive.
But it is pretty good to be receiver
Chicogo Post.
The United States produces more
grain in proportion to population than
any other nation.
The corn crop will be harvested ear
lier this year than usual. Dry weather
is the cause of this.
Aluminium is TO be used on the ac-
couterments of the German army to de-
crease the weight.
Since 1910 the worlds production OF
meat has increased 81 per cent, that
of grain 420 per cent.
People's voice., 1893-10-13

Forty-fve Deering Twine binders,
forming procession half a mile in
length and steadily moving through a
waving sea of wheat-such was the
sight that greeted the foreign commits
sioners to the Worlds Fair during
their recent famous visit to the BONANZA
farms of North Dakota This impOs-
ing spectacle was witnessed on the
great Elk Valley farm at Larimore, n.
T., farm comprising $1,000 acres or
nearly nineteen square miles 10000
acres of which formed one unbroken.
fenceless field OF wheat To witness
this sight the distinguished spectators.
comprising fifty foreign diplomats,
Worlds Fair commissioners and repre-
sentatives of the foreign press, together
with an equal number of Americans
eminent in Worlds Fair, railroad and
commercial CIRCLES. had undertaken
the discc:.fOrts of a thousand mile Jour
ney from Chicago; and the exclama-
tions of delight and surprise, and the
cries Of "bravo" that rang out ON the
air showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized. From St.
Paul through Minnesota and North
Dakota they Travelled as guests of the
Great Northern railroad. and the
farther north they travelled the
warmer and more cordial was their re-
ception. Here at Iarim1re they
found the climax of interest and the
height of hospitality. They were met
at their train and escorted to carriages
by what seemed to be the whole pOpu-
lation Of the little city of Larimore,
headed by o. H. Phillips. the mayor,
Gov. ShOrtridge and \. e. Larimore,
tho proprietor of the great farm which
they were to see. Silently. and almost
breathlessly at first, they viewed the
mighty phalanx Of machines; then
quickly alighting from their convey
ances they followed the machines on
foot, eagerly peering into their mech
anisn, as if bent on finding the secret
of their perfect automatic, almost
noiseless action. For an hour or more
they followed the machines, asking in
Vulnerable questions of Mr.. Larinore
aud his sons. when their attention was
called to scientific tests of draft that
were being made under the supervision
Of Mayor D. H. Phillips and Mr.. c. II.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
\ short Sersm on.

On the feast of st. Stephen frair
was appointed to deliver a panegyric
on the saint. As it was getting late
the priests. fearing that the preacher
might be too long winded. asked him
to cut his sermon short. The frair as
cended the pulpit and thus addressed
the congregation;
Brethren. l. months ago preached
to you a sermon on the saint whOsC
feast we are celebrating to-day. As
have not heard ofhiS having performed
any other deeds have nothing to ado
to what | said ON the former occasion.
Whereupon he pronounced the bene
diction and departed. France.
People's voice., 1893-10-13

A desperate gang of nine outlaws
took possession of the town of 0sh.
ava, Ont, last Sunday, and robbed
several stores and the postofiice, Sc
curing several hundred dollars worth
of plunder; taking possession of q
freight train the gang rode to Vandru
il, entered a hotel there Tuesday and
robbed the proprietor of S4OO
The Montreal police ran down and
captured three of them, after a des
perate struggle. Officers are in pur
suit of the others.
People's voice., 1893-10-13

A large number of Arapahoe Indians
passed through Wstonga on Wednes-
day of last week on their way to Left
Hands camp, thirteen miles south o.
Watonga, where they are holding
their medicine dance.
People's voice., 1893-10-13

There is a fireproof covering for walls.
composed OF asbestos sheets. softened
by steaming embossed 5y rollers and
dried aud painted OF otherwise decor
~ ed
People's voice., 1893-10-13

0lmStead. The machines tested. the
Deering Pony binder and the Deering
ideal mower, were remarkable because
embodying the ball and roller bear
ings, such as are used in bicycles and
bicycle sulkies. Twelve tests We're
made on each machine with a registered
0sterheld & Eicluneyer dynamometer.
each representing the draft involved in
cutting a 6 foot swath. 100 feet in
length, in twenty to twenty-five sec
onds of time. The six cutting tests
with the binder showed an average of
only 29S pounds of draft. Six tests fol-
lowed in which the machine was run
in gear over the tops of the stubble
ju,t cut. This test, which is known as
rolling draft, Showed an average draft
of POI pounds. The Deering Ideal
mower, a new machine also fitted with
the bicycle bearings. showed cutting
draft in heavy grass averaging only l96
pounds. and rolling draft of only 9.
pounds. The remarkably low draft
about half the draft of ordinary ma
ch'ae> shown by these figures for both
machines was carefully noted by the
aoioniNl,cd visitors as demonstrating
the practicability of the bicycle bear
ings. The same Pony binder drawn by
two light mules cut an acre of wheat
in - - minutes.
People's voice., 1893-10-13

The little town of Yaleta, on the Rio
Grande in Texas. is said to be the old
est settlement in the United States.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
A FAMOUS TOUR.
FoSEleN COMMISSIONERS VISIT
THE GREAT FARMS AT
lARlMORE.

They See Forty-Five Deerilg Self
Binders. Manned by $50 Men,
Moving in the Same Direction at
The Same Time.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
We Want Workers.

We want an energetic Man or Woman a.
every county OF every state OF this Union to
help sell our subscription Books. Tosa such
we offer:
A ts ss FOR afP'@1 IL isadSiss y asf g aFS"1 Espa
our books. as any successful agent must. he
not only requires new and valuable truths.
but will constantly increase In mental YigOr
and strength and In his contact with men he
can but gain practical knowledge OF human
nature invaluable 10 any man or woman
Helpful TO Humanity, for II ''he who makes
two blades OF grass grow where one grew be-
fore" is rare benefactor, certainly he who
puts one good book into home Is such
benefactor.
A'isAsAyi OCCUPATION n'o ESG cs our 1nly ass5fs SP:
hands books that commend themselves 10 all
thoughtful right-minded people. Our agents
give full value for every dollar received.
They will not feel that they are imposing
worthless truck upon their patrons. " do
not ask or wish them 10 misrepre>ent or eX-
agerate In ans ease. We simply ask them To
put our books before the people - that they
can see their merits and appreciate their
value. We insist that our agents shall De
strictly upright and honorable, and 60 about
their work with conscience void OF onense.
This, we regret TO say. cannot be sald OF eV-
cry establishment which calls for agents and
offers financial inducements 10 those who
seek employment.
Assasss!s Occupation srs %s'is sss.o"HaSis, ss5 HaSs'
when the character and grade Of our books Is
considered, we are willing 10 divide genersns-
ly with our agents. Our outfit Is simple, and
practically no capital Is required ~ begin
the work Students with leisure hours, and
especially during the vacation seasons: min
Isiers who. from ill-heaith or some other
cause, are temporarily OF permanently rest
ing from pastoral work; young women. Who
desire to ind light and pleasing and pr0ita-
BILE employment. will do well ~ write Us for
our descriptive circulars and our terms 70
| agents. secure territory at once. Address,
TIE STANDARD PUBLISHING 90.
vb4E9tb g. Oinclanatt, Ohio.
People's voice., 1893-10-13
PAPER TWINE UsED.

A notable feature of the binder test
was the use on the Pony binder of the
Dcccing paper twine. made from 4
wool fiber. This twine. patented J
William Deering x Co., bids fair 40
prove a Waterloo to the twmc trust, as
It is said that it can he made and sold
at prices considerably below those
nog paid for the hemp and siSal fiberS.
At the close of these tests the COM
m.aaiaBcrS together with a party of
spectators. were tcndcred a good. sub
stan ial prairie chicken dinner by Mr..
I4acinorc 1oastS followed: Gov.
Shorttidge, Mayor Phillips and Rev.
j. H. Kelley delivered eloquent adj
dreascs of welcome. Appropriate re-
spon>es were made by d. VI. Dcperalta
OF Costa Rica, Mr. tirineySliy, the aSsis-
tant russian commissioner. Don Al
berto Gomez Ruano of Uruguay, Mr.
Harry Vincent of Costa Rica and Judge
Atwater. MIR. Iiarimore also spoke
He said that O. using the best method,
and machinery he had reduced the
cost OF raising cna marketing whear
20 between $3.50 aae 500 an acre.
~ AgrELBY sURPs.f1s THE CoNMis
sIONsls.
'Er. John F. Apple5y. the inventor
o, the Appelby Twine binder, who's,
p ,aeace was a surprise to the com
missioners. told the history of hi
early struggles and the final univerSa
adoption of his invention. He paid
glowing tribute to Mr.. William Deer
inc, to whose enterprise he said til
world was indebted for the iutroduC
ton aad general adoption of the ma
chine. said he: In 1879, when tn
Deering company made seventy-iv
of these binders, people smiled know
ingly and predicted failure. The mex
year when Mr.. Deering made 1000 q
the machines, the manufacturers q
the old reaper and the wire binde
said he was crazy. Ii he was Graz
all the manufacturers of haryestin
machinery who have been forced
follow his example have also becOm
violently insane, Laughter and th
iiiioas Of farmers who now use th
Invention are ft candidates fC
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-05-18

WASHINGTON, May l2.-Ihc president
has appointed the following named
pustmasters:
Andrew Borders TIlare, Cal, vice J. c.
Eckels commission expired; Seymour
Hurst Marshall, ILL.,. vice William Is.
Hodge, commission expired; G. ocsc W.
Van Horne Muscatine, Ia, vice John
NJ hin. removed; George W. kiliner,
Argentine. Kan vice ID. c. Bliss, deceased;
Ajolrhus r. Gordon, Warren, Miss, vice j. Il.
Eas:on, commission expired; Michael Il Brady,
winnobago City, MINI, vice John II Wclch,
commission expired; William H. Weigel
Creighton, Neb, vice George l. Jameson, de-
ceased; Avian w, Loomis, Fdirmont, Ncb, vice
Clark Robinson resigned; Jcro Donovan, Gene
va, Neb vice William II stewart resigned
Charles w. H. Hoffman, Genoa, Nco., vice
Hiram Lewis, resigned; Pierre Sanders, sid
nee. Eeb., vice o. ID, Lyon, resigned; william
II. Dolan, Wymora Neb, vice John W. Hass,
resigned, John Stratton, Auburndale o., vice
a. b, Mason, removed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-05-18
CHAPTER XII
artII AsOruHu wan

There had been nothing In the letters
received from time TO time by Mrs. Al.
laire TO give her any encouragement
that the expedition would be crowned
with success, and even the receipt OF
tho letter announcing the search about
10 be made among the Moluccas did not
serve TO raise her hopes.
The moment she learned that Capt
Willis had arrived. she proceeded on
board accompanied by Mr. Ilollister.
A glance at Willis face told her that
the concluding portion OF the search
among the Moluccas had not been pro
ductive OF any results. Having given
n cordial grasp Of the hand TO the cap.
tain, she advanced toward the crew
which stood respectfully awaiting her
appearance on deck.
81 thank you, Capt Willis" she said,
calmly and buoyantly, land thank
you, my friends Your devotion touches
me. You have done all that | could
expect You have not been successful
and perhaps you despair OF ever being
30; but do not. No, ! feel confident
that | shall yet see Capt. Allaire and
his companions. My trust Is In God,
lie will not let II come TO naught,"
There was a wonderful tone Of rs
surance In these words, They bespoke
an extraordinary energy; they expressed
so eloquently the firm conviction Of the
speaker that her husband would yet b,
found that their effect was startling
sad yet, while every person present
listened with respect bordering upoT
veneration TO this rare woman, he coulC
none the less bring himself TO thinl
that her souls yearning would ever b.
satisfied.
And yet perhaps her audience woulC
have done better TO throw itself with |
firm reliance upon THAT instructive
knowledge with which nature often en-
dows woman. While man is unable o.
at least unwilling to form deductions un
An ~ has hnaa AnhihniAA kAata " ARtuA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-05-18

Ripans Tabules cure scrofula.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-05-18

and logical examination, woman, THANKS
10 her powers OF intuition, Is often en-.
abled TO make astonishing forecasts Of
the future. IL Ia some kindly instinct
which acts as her guide and imparts I'M
10 her prophetic lore. Who could say
that the captains wife would not some
day be right and all the world wrongp
She and Andrew Hollister were now
conducted TO the cabin Of the Mollys
Hope, where Capt Willis gave them a
detailed account OF the expedition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-05-18

DENVER, Col, May i3.-Three men
were seriously and two slightly injured
last evening by II runaway down one of
the stecpest mountain roads in Colora-
do. Henry Garrett had been up to the
Seven Thirty mine at Silver Plume with
supplies and started down the road
with three miners in the wagon. A
singletree broke and the team ran
away. The five men were thrown
among the rocks, after which the team
plunged over the mountain side. Ono
horse was instantly killed and the
wagon completely wrecked. No one
was killed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-05-18

WAsuINGroS, May l3.-ihc burcIu
of statistics in Il report to the treasury
department gives comparative state
mcnt of tbs total values of the exports
of hrcudstufis rs follows; For the
month ended April 80, Sl2,G2l.li5, II de-
crease OF -. 300, 900 from the sp,nl-
ing period Of 1892! For the fuur months
ended April 30 last, s5},02S,l35, a tie
crease Of SI4.OO1,OO0 from the same
period of last year. For the ten months
ended April 30 last. sla5,653,0l3, de-
crease of Sg5,OJ0,OOO from the CORE
spending period of 1892