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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28

Mississippi" says Sam jones,
"has the best election laws in the
tOath. They tried the shotgun
regime, and the stuffed ballot box
for q good while; they found that
they were perjuring their young
meo and officials, and that would
not do. They saw that it was
cruel to use the shotgun, 50 they
called q constitutional convention
and made it q law that no man
could vote in Mississippi unless he
could read any paragraph in the
constitution of the state, or under.
stand if read to him. OF course
that simply if he is q democrat he
can vote, bat if not he can neither
read nor understand the constitution
of the state. Therefore, they do
not use shotguns nor stuff the ballot
box, but Mississippi goes Democratic
overwhelmingly, and they are saved
from perjury and murder by a con.
stitutional clause"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28

I ought not to prolong this letter. If
what I have written is u%nwelcome, !
wish you to believe in my good inten-
tions.
The Democracy of the land plead
most earnestly for the speedy compile
ton OF the tariff legislation which their
representatives have undertaken; but
they demand not less earnestly that no
stress of necessity shall tempt those
they trust to the abandonment OF
Democratic principle.
Yours, Very Truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28

Ex- District Attorney Jos. A.
Chargois and Mrs. Edgar Mouton
were married Thursday evening.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. T. s. Randel at Mrs. Mou.
toms residence near this town.
Lafayette Gazette.
The above will be pleasing news
to the numerous friends of Mr..
Chargois in this town and parish,
who will JOIN in wishing him and
his fair bride a smooth journey
through life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28

The first new rice OF the season
was exhibited at the Board of
Trade in New Orleans on Tuesday
of last week. 1t was a sample of
four hundred acres raised on Simon
LebIanc's plantation in 1borville
aud was consigned to Levert, Bur
.guieres IL Co.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28
FBuchEen,s Arnfca snlve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblaina.
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions. and posi.
lively cures Piles, OF no pay required. It
Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price Is centa per
box, For sale by Young d Edwards and
A. j, GODDARD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28
TAKEN UP

BY the undersigned, living in the Fourth
ward, u creole horse, roam bla2ed face
Said horse has ~been,roaming in my neigh.
borh0od for the past thrre or four months
The vie is hereby notifid come forward
prove property and pay costs, otherwis.
said horse viii he disposed of accordine
10 law, within thirty days from date.
H The brand can be seen at any time
by applying at this Office.
ALFRED BAUD0IN.
June SO. 1854.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28
VENIRE.

List Of persons drawn 10 se,..
Grand and Petit Jurors Of tina ~.
Jury term of the District Coa,t. !
be held in this Parish on MoDds,
the Sd day of September, 1894.
GRAND AND PETIT jury ron i.
FIRST WEEK.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
A Meeting Held by Their Repre-.
SentRtfyes I'm the LEGISLATURE.

the General Assembly was held IN
Secretary of State Adams Office to-
night, Representative A. I. Nelson,
Of Claiborne parish, presided. He
stated that the meeting had been
called for the purpose OF considering
plans for the future organization Of
the Alliance, and suggesting plans
for a concert Of action.
Can't. I. S. Adams FIRST addessed
the meeting. He expressed his
fealty TO the Alliance and gratitude
for its good work 10 the past. he
hoped to see the organization sue.
cesstul 10 the failure. He stated
that it was only by unity and o
cert of action that the feyerish tumult
nov agitating the country a be
allayed, and the Alliance can hope
to succeed in the future.
He thought that it was high time
q different theory was adopted in
the government. There are many
rontes to heaven, as fgurativeiy con-
sidered through the different
churches, and there are also many
rontes to the objective point to be
reached by the Alliance.
lie advised thorough organization
of the Alliance; that the represen
tative members 20 to their several
parishes aud reorgauize their parish
unions and go to the meeting of the
State unions at Natchitoches in
August. next thoroughly equipped
for the momentous fight that will
confront them in the next State
campaign. lie opposed the Alliance
going to separate factions, but
couussled that they remain in the
Democratic party and make the
fight for right, for justice, for purity
of the ballot and the government
inside that great party, believing
that more good could he accomplish,
ed in this manner than by any other
plan.
Senator Womaek concured 10 the
sentiments of Capt. Adams. He|
counseled unity and concert of &C
ton. lie did not think it wise for
Alliance members to branch off
into factions, but TO remain in The
Democratic party and make their
fight there, thereby becoming q
factor that will control or hold the
balance of power in the nomination
and election Of officers.
Representative /. D. Harp, Of
Morehouse, advised thas every man
carry home with him a copy of the
Benoit ,or Avery bill and mako a
fight for reform; that unless they
went home with something to work
fo:, the people will be completely
discouraged.
Messre. J. T. Hancock, G. W.
Ward, W. E. Wassom, G.. c..
Phillips and others made short
addresses, and it was the general
concensus of opinion that all mem
bers of the Alliance be advised to
remain in the Democratic party; to
thoroughly reorgaaize btfore next
and send delegates to the
State union at Natchitoches who
will advocate the adoption of plans
to concert of action in the
adoption Of ballot reform and con-
.centrating their forces SO as not
only to become a strong factor in
the Democratic party, but if they
succeed in elec,ing members to the
General Assembly, for these mem
bers TO be pledged to organize after
election and stick together on all
affecting their infarae,s and
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-07-28

The undersigned call the
attention Of Planters and fac
tors to the above mill which
is among the largest in the
United States. 1t is equipped
with the latest and best ma
chinery for the milling Of
RICE, and secures out-tur1s
eqdalled by few and excellea
by none.
Consignments and cores
pondence solicited.
4 TALMAGES SONS,
lis WALL SrRET,
New YoRK.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
~CHILDREN'S EYES.

Of all the bodily organs which need
watchful care in the period of their de-
velopment, the eye stands pre-eminent,
Yet no organ is so often neglected or
abused. It is no calumny upon the
modern school room, or upon the meth
DDS which are employed there, to say
that they are in a large measure re-
~sponsible for the many evidences
which we meet of an impaired and de-
fective eyesight among the young, and
a premature breaking down of that
function with adults. The close con
fnement of the student undermines his
general health, and so renders every
organ liable to succumb under any
special strain. Add to this the extra
labor required of all the organs of the
head, the close application of the eyes
to the page before them. and the fact
that it is often necessary to continue
the students with the aid of artificial
light, and it is plain that school life is
full of dangers to the eyesight of the
young child.
And if this is not enough to convince
us, we may be reminded of the unhy-
gienic surroundings of even the best
appointed schoolhouse, the prevalence
of contagious diseases of the eye, and
the great liability of infection through
the various pernicious habits of the
average school child.
No young child should be permitted
to pursue his studies to a p~rotracted
degree by Iamplight. We may turn
his eyes from the light, and even pro
vide shades for them, and still they
will be affected. 1t is never necessary,
before ones organs are well developed,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
ALLEGED FUN.
Voice.

1--WE are discovered !" exclaimed the
hairpin. Impossible" insisted the
collar button.-DstrOit Tribune.
George (seriously)-''Do you think
your father would object to my a
rying you9" Ada don't know; if
he's anything like me he would
TIT Bits.
Jimmie-"Papa. why is this called a
fountain pen9" Papa-"Probably be-
cause it produces a wonderful flow Of
language whenever it is used
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
81 must have some gloves" she said
o~mniously, "and a new paraso1, and
shoes and a lot of things, including a
check for fifty dollars" maria" he
said YEARLY, Its such a bad form to
talk shopr'-Washingtom Star.
Papa" said a little boy, fought
the teacher to whip me for what I did
not do4" Certainly not, my boy"
replied the father. "Well," replied
the little fellow, she did it to-day
when I didn't do my sum."-TEt Bits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
U E NOTES.

Breed eve lambs at two years old at
the earliest.
Two pints of oats, two of bran and
one of corn make a good ration for the
eve.
The practice of feeding sheep as
little as possible is runious to profits.
There is no economy in keeping the
grain bin locked in the management
of any kind of stock.
In commencing in the sheep bust
ness do not get too large a flock. You
May about kill the flock before you get
used to the work, and in that case it is
better to practice on a few.
Wire fence as an insufficient shelter
has been so much written about that
it should be well understood by this
time. If the writing has not convinced
anybody, experience should have done
so.
Never jump to the conclusion that
every sore foot in a flock indicates the
presence of contagious foot rot. There
may be a good many pretty sore feet
and yet not be contagious foot rot. It
is well enough, however, to be on the
safe side and seperate sore footed sheep
at once.
The Ohio Farmer tells us that in
handling a flock affected with virulent
foot-rot, an old canvas or sheet should
be provided to work upon, that all the
trimmings from the feet may be col
lected and burned. A strong sharp
jack knife and a pair of nippers are all
the tools necessary. The work of trim
ming must be done most carefully. All
loose and effected parts must be trim
med away so that the medicine will
touch every diseased point. -Farmers'
Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The greatest velocity attained by q
whale when struck by a harpoon ia
nine miles an hour.
Tusks of the mammoth have been
found of a length of nine feet, meas
ured along the curve.
The Pacific Ocean covers 81, 900, 600
Of the 1875, 0OO, 600 square miles which
compose the earth's surface, and the
Atlantic covers 81, 600, 900 more. Thus
these two ceans comprise more than
half the entire are of the globe.
When the common earth worm is
cut in two, to the tail there grows a
head and to the head there grows q
tail, and two animals are formed. As
the wound heals, a small white button
is formed, which afterwards develops
into rings and aperfect extremity.
The greater part of what we see
when we look at Jupiter is probably a
mass of more or less heated clouds,
suspended around the hot core Of the
planet within-a cloud bolt, sc, 500
miles in diameter. Above Jupiter's
equator the surface of those clouds is
whirling along at the rate of more
than q, 900 miles an hour, in onse-
quence of the planets rapid rotation
on its axis.
Substances liable to explosion are,
as it were, says Prof. @. A. Mitchell,
in a state of unstable equilibrium, and
often a slight cause is sufficient so to
disturb that equilibrium that a fresh
arrangement of the particles take
place-in other words, an explosion.
A somewhat analogous instance of ina
bility, he adds, is seen in the case of
water cooled slowly below its freezing
point without soliditying, as occasion
ally happens in bedroom pitchers.
When the pitcher is lifted the move
ment destroys the equilibrium, and
the water suddenly becomes ice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18

to prolong the 10 or IA hours of day
light.
instruction to the child as to the
manner in which he should hold his
book while reading or writing is also
essential. This includes not only the
proper distance of the page from the
face, but the attitude of the body as a
whole. It is easy to establish at an
early period a predisposition to near
s~ightedness, and even displacement Of
the eyeball itself.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
A PLEA FOR THE PROTECTION
OF chill DHOOD.

B, o. Flower, the editor of the Arena,
opens a series of papers in the Decem-
Der issue on Factors in immortality,
which discusses the age of consent laws
in the different States. In some of the
States the age at which a child can con
sent to her own ruin is as low as ten
years, a disgrace to a people protesting
Christianity and calling themselves
civilized. This is afording legal pro-
lection to the lowest kind of brutes that
usurp the human form, At this age a
girl is not legally permitted to sell her
doll, and yet she a sell her body for
destruction. The Arena is going to
ventilate this sort of legislation thor
oughly and put the facts as they are
before intelligent American manhood
and wCmanhooi. Other writer's in this
series will be Francis E. Willard, DR..
o. Edward Jenny, N. D Rev. Joseph
May, Rev. A. 81. Lewis, D. D., Helen
II, Gardener, the author of Pray You,
Sir9" DR.. Emily Blackwell, M. D., and
Aaron M. Powell, of the Social Purity
League.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
Poetry.
o

crov, T is on the burning deck,
He stands the e now alone;
O~amocracy's a total wreck,
IFS 4 Tory all has flown.
The cuckOos, even. flew away.
THE mugwumps hit the road,
And CIevelands humbug repO-dems
Are deeply under showed.
The flames of public wrath now glare
Round Stephen Growers head;
They scOrch his toes, they SINCE his hair,
They paint the scene quite Tedl
StoIid. ind fferent, Grover stands,
Where gold bugs told him t.;
Hesays the people may be bloWed,
To Wall street I'll be true.
Still hotter will the people make
The deCk where Grover g. ands,
He'll get it straight. right in b neck,
When the pops come In command.
THEY'LL rout b plutocrat1C crew,
They will turn the ship to lee;
When the humbug magazine eXplOdes,
Oh, where will Grover be2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Statistics in France show that dur
ing the last few years the population
has absolutely decreased.
"A carload of matches was ignited by
friction in transportation and burned
recently at Burgin, KY.
The consumption of wine in Mines,
France, averages a bottle a day for
every man, woman and child in the
city.
The leaf of the cocoanut tree is
nearly 80 feet long. A single leaf of
the parasol magnolia of Ceylon affords
shade for Is or 90 persons.
The tensile strength of wrought iron
rods varies as the square of the diane
ter. A one inch rod will support 2. ZOO
pounds and a twoinch rod $4,000
pounds.
Five thousand guests attended the
wedding at Pittsfeld, Mass, of Mary
P. Cutting and A. ]. Cumnock, ex-
captain of the Harvard football
eleven.
The alligator does not attain his full
length until he is 80 years of age.
When one year old his length is about
IL inches; at the age of Is he has grown
to two feet.
Tennyson's biography by his son
will not be ready for two or three
years. Part of the available matter is
$4,000 letters, many of them lent for
this purpose.
DR.. Holmes, his friend Edward Ev-
erett Hale says, seldom reads a book
regularly through. Hemerely got the
general idea, and that he cast in an
iron memory,
Tromsoe, in Norway, has just cele-
brated it's 1,OOOth anniversary. In
that time it has grown from 60 people
to 6 1000. The inhabitants are chiefly
devoted to fishing.
The cold is so intense in northern
Siberia that the earth never thaws to a
greater depth than five or six feet.
Bodies buried at a greater depth re-
main perpetually frozen.
The late Professor Won Helmholfz z, it
is said, left material among his papers
for a work on mathematical physics.
1t will be edited and published by Pro
lessor Arthur Koenig.
A railroad between Coalzacoalcos
and Salina Cruz, Mexico, which opens
a new means of transportation be-
tween the Gulf of Mexico and the Paci-
fl coast, has been completed recently.
Hon. W. w. Thomas, Jr., late Min
lister to Sweden and Norway, has ar
rived in New York. He expects to be
busy all winter delivering his lecture
in various placed on Sweden and the
Swedes."
The patents applied for in Washing
ton last year numbered 10000. The
total number of patents outstanding on
January 1 was $4,000. The receipts
of the patent Office were 81, 200, 900, and
the expenses $3.50, 900 less.
~ Rev. DR.. Charles F. E Minnigercde,
of Alexandria, Va, pastor to Jefferson
Davis, died the other day. He was of
an ancient German baronial family,
and the best theologian in the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in the South.
Nine Magnusson, in charge of the
Icelandic exhibit at the Worlds Fair,
is now in B oston. She wishes for
$40, 900 to sell her collection of jewels
to build a school for girls at Revkajvik,
Iceland. Her husband, a scholarly
man, is ~sublibrarian of the university
library at Cambridge, England.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18

Rev. DR.. William A. Bartlett, of
Washington's distinguished pastors,
retires from the pulpit. He presides
over the New York Avenue Presby-
terrain church, and has ministered, as
have his predecessors, such as DR..
Paxton, to leading Americans in Cabi-
net and Congress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18

The pin machines, of England, Hol-
'"nd and Germany turn out an aver
age Of Sc. 900, 600 pins for every work
day OF the year. At Birmingham one
"o5ory makes 80, 600, 600 pins per day.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-17

PEMBERToN, n. j., May 1.-THE entire
town Of Pemberton came near being de
stroyed by a fire yesterday afternoon
which consumed over $4,000 worth Of
property before it was eXtinguished. The
fire originated in a stable on one Of the
back streets, and spread with great rapid
ity The local fire department consists Of
but one hand engine, which was totally
inadequate TO cope with the rapidly
spreading flames. Tcleerams were sent to
Mt Holly Wo Burlington for assistance
and both responded promptly, rendering
good service. With their help the flames
were got uuuyr control. Twelve houses
were wholly or partially destroyed.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-17
A GREAT MILITARY EVENT.
The Preparations for the Liberty Jubllee
to be held IN beading on July 4.

The Preparations for the Liberty Jubilee
to be held IN beading on July 4.
This is an era of centennials and the
American people during the period cover
ing the past two decades have been cele-
brating any number of them. 1t is ex-
actly 100 years since George Washington
made trip through the Schuylkill valley
and, standing at the grave Of Conrad
Weiser, the Pennsylvania German pioneer
OF Berks county near WOmelsdort, used
this expression: "This good man deserves
well of posterity.' Reading was vi
laRe then, but number OF landmarks
are still pointed out as OF historic inter
est in connection with this visit to Wash :
inRton The Reading Press Club has had
under way for the past six months ar
rangements for the proper celebration
of this centennial anniversary, and
they have now reached such q
stage that that organization has decided
to let the public fully into its confidence.
1t is proposed to hold a grand Liberty
Jubilee on the fair grounds, in Reading,
on the 4th of July, next, and to make 1t OF
sufficient interest to attract visitors from
radius of 40 miles. The club will issue
monster newspaper to be called the LlD,
erty Jubilee Courier, which viii herald
the attractions of that day. The invita-
tions extended to the PhwniXvillr battery,
Reading Artillersts, and Hamburg mill
tary company, all connected with the
National guard, have been accepted, and
these organizations will participate in
dress parades, a sham battle and other
military movements, in which our people
are always interested, while acceptances
are awaited to invitations sent to Potts
VILE and pottstown companies There
will be outdoor sports without number,
| including base ball game between two
crack mines, horse and bicycle races, the
latter under the auspices of Penn Wheel
men: balloon ascension and parachute
! iump and a variety of 4th Of July enter
| iainment for the thousands who will
gather on that day The railroad com
| panies will give the public benefit of eX-
cursion rates to Reading. This hospit-
able city is always worth visit, but
never more so than on the coming 4th OF
July, when the natal day of American in
dependence will be celebrated in the old
! fashioned style of our fathers and grand
| fathers, to which have been added modern
attractions of more than ordinary interest,
| all combined to make it great day for all
visitors. As its name indicates, the Press
| Club is composed of the active newspaper
men of Reading, a chartered association
! six years old, and they promise lots OF
! noise, fun, frolic, amusement and patriotic
! enthusiasm on the coming 4th.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-17
BIG ERE IN PAWTuCKET.
Fifty Thousand Tons Of Coal on Firs-Th
Loss Half a Million.

Fifty Thousand Tons of Coal on Firs--The
Loss Half a Million.
PAwTUCKET, r. l., May l7.-This city
was illuminated last night by a blaze
from fully so, 600 tons of coal consumed in
disastrous fire on the river front yester-
aay afternoon. A conservative estimate
places the loss at $500, ,OOO The fire started
from a spark waited from a plumbers
kettle to the barn of the Newell Coal and
Lumber company, whose entire property
Is in ashes The flames communicated
with the coal and lumber yards of Olney-
and Payne Bros, and their stock and
structures were wholly consumed. The
flames next started across the river, en-
veloping in their fold the coal and lum-
ber yards of the J. T. Cottrell company
and the City Coal company, which were
heavily stocked, and are also heavy losers.
Three tenement houses were destroyed,
and the tenants barely saved their ef-
iects. A two story dwelling on Lumber
street was also destroyed, The schooner
A. NJ. Hopkins was burned to the water &
kdge.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-17

People would hardly think Of giving Il
canary bird whisky, but when a lard tall,
I'll and loses its voice the probability il
that it has taken cold, Canary birds take
cold very easily and have pneumonia and
pleurisy and consumption just like human
beings. When the bird droops, IA few drops
of whisky and rock candy given at inter
walls of an hour will often effect complete
cure, Onlya couple of drops can be giyeL
at a time, or the canary viii become tip
By and fall about the cage like a drunken
man, but the treatment is the best possi-
bic for a canary with a cold.-St. Louis
Globe-DemuCrat
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-17
w NJ. PENN.

A choir has been organized here to COM
pete at Allentown. Singers from Shenan.
andoah, Girardville and Lost Creek are
cordially invited to join it.
r. II. Dee, a popular young artist of Lost
Creek, called on friends here Wednesday
evening.
p. j. Barrett and sister, of Lost Creek
circulated among friends here last even.
ing.
NJ. j. McDonough spent Wednesday
evening at Girardville.
Joseph Kelly, of New York, is visiting
relatives at this place.
NJ. II. Carey, one of West Mahanoy'.
popular young school teachers, was
visitor here Wednesday evening,
n. j. Farrell, of Mt. Carmel, made a cal
upon Miss Kate Malloy.