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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-07-08

Homer Index: If silver is not re-
monetized, look out for commercial
earthquake. If silver was worth one
dollar per ounce, 100000 miners
would be employed within three
months.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-07-08
Eureka People Discouraged.

The Eureka Sentinel says We have
lived in this town for % years and
have seen great floods and fires here,
but at no time during all those calam-
tiles have we seen the people SO dis
pirited as at the present over the de-
probation of silver.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-07-08

Mr.. Mcintyre, the Justice of the
Peace at Soda Springs (Nevada) was
robbed of $500 one night last week
The money was taken from between
the mattresses of his bed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-07-08
Ely District school Census

From Census Marshal A. T. Stearns'
report we take the following figures /:
No. of boys between and IS years. :. l8
No of girls between and IS years. %
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
The State Eessus she Mar.

The State Of South Carolina be.
gins The saloon business at midnight.
Every private bar in tho State closed
at that hour. After tomorrow
every bottle OF whisky or glass Of
beor bought viii be sold by tho
State for ito own profit. Tho scheme
is Mr.. Tillman's, and is Tor profit.
He says i win reduce taxation one
half, and net tho State $500, 900 the
FIRST year. The State dispensary,
or Wholesale liquor shop. is the ia
mous old Agricultural Hall, and the
stock now on hand is six carloads of
bottles and TASKS, and Is 900 GAL
Ions of whisky, besides wines, etc.
Every aask bears the State seal
on one aide. Prices are about the
same as before. The State appro.
priated $4,000 to set itself up III
business, but the stock now laid 10
is worth $300,800. In other words
$3.50 900 worth was bought oncredit
from brewers and dissiliers outside
the State. Hundreds If not thou
sands Of tavern keepers throughout
South Carolina are thrown out Of
employment.
1t will be day memorable in the
annals of the country when a proud
state begins tomorrow ID dispense
liquors % Der thirsty people for the
msuey that there is ID it. This new
departure is mot hat she may pre-.
veit inebcieiy, but that she may
make money. If apyoue asks Why
do you engage III sEeh i 8uestiena-
Die Haasaction Z? Tie State replies
with truth: we ueed it in our
Basiuess.4
Il is > new aud untried expert
Heut, this ~dispensary law, and npoil
fts seesa BY failure great Interests
depend. Sa0ald it clear tie large
sen that Governor TiiIalan expect;
ii lie do The eclers Of tic Staft
Treasure will be e9t0f3PYabiv filled
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
A correspondent writing to a Gin

A correspondent writing to a Gin
|cinnasi paper from the Fair says
abont q Louisiana Creole and D
Louisiana connection :
Il lew Richmond came into the
field Of organge potati6ns. A little.
old Creole lady, pleasant faced, vol.
abie and looking as Though she might
have stepped ont If the pages Of ono
Of Geo. Cables romances, sets up O
humble stand on the veranda OF the
Louisiana State Building for tho
sale OF "orangine." Every bottle
bears d certificate of purity nf con-
tents from the Health Officer of
Louisiana. Creoles are not supposed
TO know much about business and
money getting and the driving Of
close bargains, and our little Creole
woman thought she could sell enough
orangine to pay her expenses and
perhaps make a little over, with tho
assistance Of a boy she engaged. She
shook o little In her prunelia ahoes
at the vast rick Of On investment in
four cases of the ornpgine, and with
many misgivings set ont her table.
arranged her bowl OF cracked ice
and glasses and was ready for busi-
ness. In the fact that her drink il
carbonated, a not oyerdry cham
payne In taste, is cold. clean and re-
frosliing. and served ID an attractive
combination of surroundings, and
with her pleasant aud odd chatter in
a patois new to the most of the peo.-
pie, lay Q success that lett her with
oas q drop OF orangine in two hours
and u goodly store Of dimes aid
nickels. She has been obliged to
order sent on at once enough oran=
CINE 10 "orown all The good people,
don't you see," she says as she laughs
lncrrliy aud engages additional help.
10 The sultry days people 20 a long
ways out OF their course to reach the
cool verahda OF the Louisiana State
Isniidiug aud drink u glass of oran-
gine. cool and sparkling. and listen
10 tine little woman's story of how rl,,
escaped being one of the victims es,E
the Cold Storage Building disaste.
which she tells with upllf,ed hands,
out turned palms, aud eyes made. i,ig.
when -lle snot 100 much occupied
with her landand ofics busiatss u
selling orangiae4
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Gabriel hontegnt il one ex.efice
holder who il kinder hard ID
shake off. The rule established By
President Cleveland OF the beg&A-
ming Of his present term that his Oil
office holders would not be consld.
cred ii making his appointments
this time. did not in the least dazzia
the pIneky Gabriel. He continued
70 knock apou the federal crib Bntit
the last bnshel of big Offices we're
measured cut to other parties, and
now the redoubtabIe Gabriel is still
after ofice. he has set longing eyes
upon me position of Deputy Naval
officer, which has a salary attached
OF $4,000 per annum. We trust TINT
he will land this lime, and get o rest
from the trying ordeal through which
10 has passed. Farmerville Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
Special yotEce,
TO OUR P

The condition Of orr parish
treasury is such that we can get no
pay for our parish printing until the
Fall tax collections. Hence we are
obliged to call upon our subscribers
and other debtors for money TO rnn
during the meantime. We need
money bad, and trust our call will
be heartily responded TO.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
DICKENS ARNIta satHE

The Best Saive III World for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt RAeunl.
Fever Sores. Tetter. 9hapasd Hands,
ghilblains, Germs, taa all Skin Erup
tons, and positively cures piies, or no
pay required. Il is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction, 5r fnoaay refunded.
Price IS cents pei box for sale by ~.
G. Young and Ii. i. a~iard.
When 2 man retgrns from tho
Worlds Faif he caast lscrlbeA lre
arg gallery, bur he can ted how
much he paid for Bis ale4ls All what
ae Hal 10 GU.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Rav. Father Jean Arthur Poyet,
who witl be remembered oy oar old
%etti2ens as The parish priest here
daring and until the close Of The War,
died % snnjaY evening the Esd
alt., at SIS clock at Ills residence,
.st ebrieEs' on the Mississippi, or
posfta PIaqnoniae. Father Poyef,
SOB Of an eg9inoat physician. was
born ia Lyons. France. on the 2i Of
aglarg, 1929. After be had iin-
ishad bis classical aSadies IN bis ma
tive cit5, he entered lie Society Of
the Holy Ghosl aud al sent for his
theological studies to one of the
houses of the order in the north of
France. He soon found that his
character and disposition were not
suited 10 the rules Of q community
lie. lie came to America, and the
diocese of New Orleans was y vast
field for bis talents and his zeal. he
worked in succession at Ahbeville,
in Pointe Coupee, at Houma and at
st. Gabriel. Iberyille parish. He
was o maj Of stern integrity and
iron viii, for it is related of him
that during the sqnally times which
marked this section after the var, he
carried his shotgun with him to.
church aad SCI it in . convenient
corner while no said mass and
preached. PAX i ces eenares.
E. II. Boagni, the efficient ans
jealous president Of our Police jury
for The last Eve years, was uneere-
mouiously bounced last Wednesday,
by u vote Of 4 to S. The Jury had
been sitting as 0 Board of Reviewers
all this week, and On Wednesday
morning Q motion was offered to
'eeorganige' by the election q new
President. 4 substitute was offered
making tho reorganization include
the Offices of Clerk and Treasurer,
ca The grounds that several hundred
dollars annually could be saved to
the parish by 50 doing, whicl, was
voted down, 6 10 4, and after some
d~!iaoatoring the vote was taken on
the original motion and J. g. Ber-
geron elected president Of the Jury;
tonr Of the members ahstained from
voting aad 6 votes being cast for
Mr.. Berseron.-Opslousas Courier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

The Macon Telegraph recently
printed the following letter, which
had been received by the proprietor
Of the Brown House /:
ROMEO, Mich, June 8, 1902.
Dear Sir-I.s stopped at your hotel
IN the Spring Of 1865 aud | paid
$l75 per lay for board. | wish I'd
inquire If your rates are still tho
same. as I then thought, and still
think, that the prizes was high, con.
sidesing quality. | stepped up 10
The clerk do not know if he is
still with you-and asked the price
Of meals. The clerk replied : Fifty
cents In silver, 81 10 greenbacks, $25
10 Confederate money" Whereupon
/ paid him $25 in Confederate money
and took breakfast. At noon I
stepped up to the desk and inquired
The rates. The clerk said : Fifty
cents in silver, 81 in greenbacks, $50
10 Confederate money" | planked
down $50 in Confederate money and
had dinner. At tea time | inquired
the price Of meals and the clerk
said : Fifty cents in silver. 81 il
greenbacks, 500 in Confederate
money | passed over the 500 in
Confederate money and went into
The dining room. The next morning
[ left the camp, headquarters Fourth.
Michigan Cavalry-and walke.i
down 10 the hotel and asked tho
same clerk the price for breakfast.
He answered : FIFTY in silver, 81
in greenbacks." / said "How
about Confederate money" The
clerk said : I'VE don't take Com
fedcratc money this morning. and
I rejoined ; VERY well; / don't
rake any breakfast with You this
morning. Yours truly, Il. w.
Bradley.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to d citizens
that for years we have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for son-
sumption, DR.. Kings New Life Pills,
BnokIen's Aruica salye and Electro
Bitters, and have never handled rerl-i
dies that sell as veil. or that have
givsn such universal satisfaction We
do not hesitate to guaantee them every
time, and we stand ready to refund tho
purchase price il satisfactory results Dc
not follow their use, These remedies
ave won their grryrrrt
Louis neofaad keeps e~nnssentsz
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
PosssEoms GnsawaateesE.

Money can be deposited in bank, Tor
tuition, until position is secured. Send
for r. page catalogue Of Draughon's
Consolidated Practical Business Col
iege, Nashville, Tam. Ne vacation.
Enter anytime. (Ke0tioD IDS paper
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Frank Walker has been in town a
couple Of days the past week preparing
to put in the grain eoyeyors and eleea-
tor machinery in the new warehouse of
the National Rico Milling CO., at this
point. We are informed that he also
has the contract for placing tho maehi-
merry in the warehouses at 0pelousas
and Satisfactorily Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Don't fail to attend tho Excursion
TO Lake Charles tomorrow, Ar
rangements have been made at that
place for Boat Excursion in the eve,
ming on its beautiful lake, and a ball
has been secured, With gooa music,
for dancing, 50 that an e~oiogable
trip is assured to all. Refrgsnnents
on train.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
Remember for ice go to Lou;'s
next to Paul MontagRe's market,
Des Raissa

DR.. Thos. r, Gayle, who needs no
introduction or recommendation 10
oar people, Il nov az tho Yaganda
Hotel, ready 10 do any thing in tho
line Of his profession. He viii re-
main here two weeks.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Sheriff Leblanc his had another
epell of illness and was confined TO
bed this week for several days.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

DR.. L. r. Leblanc vas in our
town this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Marion 4. Young spent Q couple
Of days ihia week. visiting frienk.
Ut Rayne and Crowley.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Protector Fire Co.. No. 2 will
hold their regular monthly meeting
on Tuesday next at 7;30 p. N.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Atty. Bourges has gone to Lau-
reauville for his family.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Judge Greene is on the sick list
this week, being laid up with .
bilious attack.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
Town sRnsa Parish.

u Town sEnda Parish.
Atty. Bourges has gone to Lau-
reauville for his family.
DR.. L. r. Leblanc vas in our
town this week.
Judge Greene is on the sick list
this week, being laid up with .
bilious attack.
SEVERN Leblanc returned home
Tuesday from 0 pleasant vacation
at Grande Islo.
If you want some money come
TO the Building & Loan meeting,
August is.
DIR. w. d.. White vss in New
Iberia last Monday on important
business.
Vic j.. jaeger, representing Edw,
Booths Hat House, was 10 GUN little
city Tuesday.
j. Fl. Wiae and family Of New
iberia, visited AbbeviIIe this week.
the guests Of +. Sokaloski.
The charming Hiss Louisa Brous-
card. of Lafayette. is in our city
visiting her many friends.
--ae--
Marion 4. Young spent 0 couple
Of days thia week visiting frienks
Ut Rayne and Crowley.
Sheriff Leblanc his had another
spell of illness and was confined TO
bed this week for several days.
Protector Fire Co.. No. 2 will
hold their regular monthly meeting
-
on Tuesday next at 7;30 p. N.
Building and loan shareholders
don't forget there will be money to
loan at the next meeting, Aug. 16.
Our popular and progressive
young merchant Moees Fischer. left
Monday on a trip to New Orleans
and Shreveport.
Miss Laura Bergman after q
fortnight visit to Jul city returned
homo this morning accompanied
with her brother Noise Bergman.
John B. Shaw has taken the place
Of the gay aud festive, Ned Bergman
at Sokoloski's lumber yard while
that young gent. is. away drinking
in the combined glories Of the
Worlds Fair and Waukesha water
Deputy tax collector, L. O. Brous.
sard returned ThuradaY evening
from an extended tour Of tho vest.
His route took in the Worlds Foir.
Niagare Falls, Memphis, ChatEa-
nooga, Lookout Mountain and many
minor points Of interest. lie hes
had a most enjoyable time and looks
fine as Q silk.
To-day Mr.. g. T. Pearson Of the
Fidelity Trust and Loan Co., organ.
izes a local board at Abbeville. The
following gentlemen constitute The
board ]. 7. Ahsliire, President;
Alcide Leblanc, Vice president; 4.
J. GODDARD, Secretary and Treasurer;
and J. R. KitcheN, Attorney, Loans
will be made q aoan b operations
begin
8G&&
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
a MILLIOG FRIENDS.

A friend in need is 3 friend indeed
aud not less than ore million people
have found tnst sueh q friend in Dr..
King new discovery for coma0mp
ton, conahs. and coEds.-If yoa
haga never used this great cough
medicine, IN, trial viii eonyinc Won
taat { has wonderful curative
powers In all diseases Of throat,
chest ana lungs. Each hottie is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed
or money will ha refunded. Trail hos,
ties free at Young & Edwards.
nrug Store Large botteis soc. and
$l0G.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Lovers of the watermelon will no
doubt be moved to tears on hearing
The sad misfortune which beIell a party
Of three young men, sons Of Bibe Lee
blanc in Lafayette parish last week.
Being fond Of the luscious fruit, they
concluded the easiest way TO crafty
their appetite would DO to appropriate
some from the patch Of q neighbor.
Under the friendly cover Of darkness,
5hoy proceeded to the locality msrititn-
%, aud ba7ing satisfied their appetites,
bgoksaa Tie melons piled tEem up IN d
heap and shsn pulling up the vines,
started to finish the job by breaking
down tho fence, when tie owner Of tile
field who had been watching them all
tho while, opened MP on taeni.with a
shotgun loaded with buokshot, and Sc
vereiy EoaHdedtwe of them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Building and loan shareholders
don't forget there will be money to
loan at the next meeting, Aug. Is.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

0dilon Hobert, barber who once re-
sided here, and worked at bis trade q
while, has gone deranged. The Laf-
ayo.te Gazette states that in a mo
ment OF mental alteration 0dillon He
bert inflicted some injury on himself by
striking his forehead and face with q
bottle, cutting 0 cash nnder tho eye,
being under the hailuoination that as
he was going to De hanged that after
noon he might just as well Kill himself.
He was detained Sunday ii q place
where no could not hurt himself, and
his brother was written to about his
condition. His brother came in We'd
nesday and took tho unfortunate man
to PatoutYille for care and treatment.
It issaid that there is a charm in
the number three, and ne trust it will
proc true in tbs matter of the national
building and loan associations. Two
have already been operating here, the
New South and tho Southwestern, and
last week a new concern, the Fidelity
Lean aud Trust Co., q Mobile Ala !,
organized q local board hefe. Neither
Of tho other companies nave made q
loan Sc far, and they have proven det-
rimental to the community in that they
carry of the money Of cur people and
send none Eero for Investment. 1t Is
to be hoped that the new company
will not follow the pernieious example
nf itR nradecessnTR.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

The charming Miss Louisa Brous-
card. of Lafayette. is in our city
visiting her many friends.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

SEVERN Leblanc returned home
Tuesday from o pleasant vacation
at Grande Islo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
Deafness Gn1,'s be Cared

by local Applicant oas, as they cannot reac
thodjsisease portion Of tho ear. There
one woy to cnra 6~eafnoss. md thatbyn
ecy constitutional remedies. Deafness IL
ausad by an infimed condition of the mu-
cous lining Of Bhe Tustdchien Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed you have a rambling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when ii is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation esn pc : ken out
and this tube restored 10 its norr1si eonai-
ton, hearing viii be destroyed forever,
nine cases utt Of ton are caused by catarrh;
which IS acthiRg hut az inflamed condition
of tae mucous surfaces.
We gi1l give ore hundred dollars fer any
case Of Daaf1ess (cansea by cataErb) that
We capHo5 enre BY taking Halls eatarrh
cure. Send Tor circulars free.
Sold by Dfuggist, seventy FIVE cents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

hr. and Mrs. ". B. White have
been absent for two weeks attending
The Worlds Fair, and are ee
hqule next week.
Eli Wisa has re.arue3 ;reK
to New Orleans, bat va aF5 eSra%t
be will be gone og1u Big The tiaa
our readers see this,
For pleasant drtqks go 10 houia
Leotaud's.
70 @. p. Moss Esq, we express
our thanks for The complimentary
ticket for The ezo0rsioD FROM Nor
gan City 10 Lake Charles to tpko
place Sunday Auaost 9th.
Prot. Minor aud hia fair bride
returned this week from Eaefr bridal
toar, *hich comprised 7i5its 10
New Orleans, st. Louis and the
Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Eugene Gueydan, of Shell Beach, re-
turned from a two weeks visit to Rock
port and Indianapolis last Friday and
spent a couple Of days in Crowley at
tending to business here en- route home.
Crowley Signal.
Miss Belle wilkins lect0rod to O
very respectable audience at the
Goorthoase last Tuesday evening
on the temperance question. It is
reported that she will organize here
a branch o. the W. g. 4. &.
Remember for ice go to Leu;'s,
next TO Paul MontagRe's market,
Last Saturday a seashore party
consisting Of Sheriff, Leblanc, SEQ.
Lyons, Richard Leblanc and several
Others, left here on The steamer,
Mary Rose for a fishing trip in tho
bag. From all accounts they lad q
nice time aud returned Wednesday
morning.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

]. II. Wiee and family Of New
iberia, visited AbbeviIle this week
the guests Of r. sokaloski.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Out popular and progressive
young merchant Moaes Fischer. left
Monday on a trip to New Orleans
and Shreveport.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Louis aeotaod keeps constant 1.
ON tao nice, cool beer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

If you want some money come
to the Building & Loan meeting,
August is.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

Vic j.. jaeger, representing Edw,
Booths Hat House, was 10 GUN little
city Tuesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05

DR.. W. D. White vas in New
Iberia last Mandag on important
business.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-01
Wanted so,nc Excitement.

Pcttcd Eoy-Marnrla, may go sled.
ding?
Fond Mamma (ncrvously) A bov
was killed on that hill last winter. ana
two boys were hurt only last week.
May 20 sliuting?''
Horrors. no! You might brcai.
through and get drowned"
May go play in the strcct?''
There was Il terrible runaway right
past the house only three days ago, and
there's no telling what moment another
may happen. Sit down and I'll read to
you
We'll. mamma, please read me some
nice little story about boy gcttin'
struck by meteor while his ma,nnla
was reading 10 him. Good News.