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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

l1uTEdu tOL thS S'SAtoAS :"
Remember next Wednesday, July 4
Show your patriotism if you have
any July 4.
Our brass band has moved into
new quarters.
VIM. Hooley of Milton, visited in
town this week.
Sol. Isaacs made o trip to New
Iberia Sunday last.
Get ready to entertain the visitors
from Houma, July 8.
Hon. N. L. Gordy is in New
Orleans on business.
Abbeville has 8 butcher shops.
Al least one too many,
The police jury meet as a board
of rev levers, Monday next.
Let next Wednesday be the best
4th of July you have yer witnessed.
4@&4
j. Il. Kitchell, Esq, left this week
for o visit with friends in Mississippi.
Call ON Lock Neveu when you
need groceries. His prices are the
lowest.
Ed, sou bt ID. V. hamprnan is
confined to his room on account Of
sickness.
Jean Boyanc6, has retired from
tile baker business on account of
failing health.
We regret TO announce that Rus.
sell aud Fannie Putnam, are sick
with typhoid fever.
At last our town will have a bank
with q capital Of $4,000. Full
particulars next week.
Teach your children the lessons
Of true loyalty, and show them what
the 4th Of July means.
4bbeville's base ball club are
prepared to mop the earth with any
club (baF New Orleans).
Walter Stakes, Of Perry, the
young tIan who was stabbed a few
weeks ago, is improving nicely.
Come to the MERIDIoNAL Office,
aud leave your order with Lovelace
Wall when you want job work.
Will Hearne will deliver the
opening GRAFTON July 4. His subject
will DO "The Day We Celebrate"
10 our business men: Decorate
your store, close up, and come and
get your patriotism aroused July 4.
Attend the excursion given by
the New Iberia excursion club, July
Il, from Lafayette to New Orleans.
Fresh groceries of all description
at Lock Neyeus. The people are
always pleased by trading at his
store.
Owing to the ~illuess of Miss Stella
Oven, she is unable to take part in
the 4ih of JULY program, but her
place has been flIed.
The closing exercises and dis
trlbution Of prizes of the Mt. Carmel
school will be held Sunday next i'm
mediateiy sfter high mass.
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A petition is being circulated re-
questing our business men TO close
their stores July 4. The CLERKS need
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

We hope ere long to see a fne
new Methodist parsonage here that
will take the place Of the present
autluuated one. Tho friends of the
movement have generously contribu-
ted thus far, considering that it was
only a few daye ago that the pastor
started a subscription paper. That's
right friends, keep a movin'.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

10 our business men: Decorate
your store, close up, and come and
get your patriotism aroused July A..
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30
HFow's This !

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case Of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY IL Co., Props.
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price Use. per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.-1m.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Attend the excursion given by
the New Iberia excursion club, July
-, from Lafayette to New Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Remember next Wednesday ,July4
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Hurrah for the glorious 4th.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Teach your children the lessons
Of true loyalty, and show them what
the 18th Of July means.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Show your patriotism if you have
any July 4.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Tho police jury meet as a board
of reviewers, Monday next.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30
RUDY's PILE ]sUPPOslToRY

is guaranteed to cure Piles and
Constipation, or money refunded. SO
cents per box. Send stamp for Gil.
calar and Free Sample to Martin
Rudy, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by
Young & Edwards, Druggists, Alb
beyille. La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Let next Wednesday be the best
4th Of July you have ever witnessed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30
Z Pluribas Unum.

Look oat for July 8.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Let Us all try and help each other,
We have only one life to live, and
let us put aside all greed and self,
and when our time comes to die, we
will realize that we have done some
good while here.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Fresh groceries Of all description
at Lock Neyeus. The people are
always pleased by trading at his
store.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30
no CONTRACTORS.

June 80, 1894.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

At last our town will have a bank
with q capital Of $4,000. Full
particulars next week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Our brass band has moved into
new quarters.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

The closing exercises and dis
tribution Of prizes Of the Mt. Carmel
school will be held Sunday next i'm
mediately sfter high mass.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

A petition is being circulated re-
questing u business men TO close
their stores July 4. The clerks need
a holiday, and let them have it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Owing TO the illness of Miss Stella
oven, she is unable to take part in
the Alb Of july program, but her
place has been flIed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Abbeville has 8 butcher shops.
least one too many,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

The coming event is q grand ex.
cursion to be given on Saturday,
July IA, from Lafayette TO New
Orleans by the New Iberia Excur.
sion club. The train leaves Iberia
at 500 a. m, and the return fare
IL only $500. The train leaves
New Orleans on the return trip
July Is, at 4:30 p. N.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

J.. Il. Kitchell, Esq. left this week
for o visit with friends in Mississippi.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Call on Lock Neveu when you
need groceries. His prices are the
lowest.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

VIM. Hooley of Milton, visited in
town this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

We regret 10 announce that Rus.
sell aud Fannie Putnam, are sick
with typhoid fever.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30

Sol. Isaacs made o trip to New
Iberia Sunday last.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
however. ne was rather the

penitentiary. however. ne was rather the
guest OF tho Superintendent than n pris-
oner held down to hard prison rules.
one OF the reasons which doubtless
determined the commissioners In selecting
the penitentiary site was that Il was
within easy reach OF bounteous springs.
In those days Richmond had no public
watersupply, and the inhabitants got
their water for household purposes from
wells or springs. The penitcntiary. when
established and until recent times, got
its supply from 'the penItentiary spring;
bold stresm which issued from the
ground on the square diagonally opposite
tbs southwestern corner OF the jefferson
Hotel-lot and whose waters were piped
thence to the institution. where they were
accumulated In vast cisterns built at suit
able points within the wall.
To this day the penitcntIary spring is
serviceable to the institution. though the
institution is no longer wholly dependent
upon Il. 1t has this water and the city
water both.
While we believe that this generation
viii not see the penitentIary removed
from Richmond. the next generation may.
and We doubt not that the officials whom
It is proposed 10 charge with the duty
OF acquiring this land viii keep IN mind
the possibility OF the State desiring IN
the distant future to remove thither the
whole institution. That was what Mr.
Berry had in mind, no doubt However
It was well that the Senate did not COM
plicate the farm bill by any expression
in 1t OF this purpose. 1t is thing which
stands upon its own merits. and We think
should become law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
The rimes,s Responsibility.

To the Times we would say that we
certainly do think that some sort OF
responsibility" rests upon It for making
charges which 1t has so far been unable
20 substantate.
II such charges as II has made against
the Democratic party Of Virginia mad
been made against an individual citizen
that citizen could bring the Times into
court and demand heavy damages OF IL
unless It could show that It was justified
IN It's publications by facts which II could
establish before judge and jury.
What evidence could the Times produce
10 show that the General Assembly OF
Virginia passed the Acknowledgements
bin in order TO allow the Democrats TO
cheat the negroes out OF their yotesE
What evidence could 1t produce TO show
that in many counties OF Tidewater and
Southside Virginia elections are farces,
the election officers perjurers therefore,
and their counts and returns mere shams?
What evidence could It produce to show
that in those counties these facts are
well known, but that the attorneys for
the Commonwealth and grand juries re-
fuse or neglect to prosecute the law
breakers whom the Times has described?
What excuse could the Times offer In
initiation Of its offense OF charging these
officers Of the Commonwealth with Will
ful disregard OF their oaths OF office?
What evidence could the Times produce
al & NJ
bly,, well knowing the atrocious purpose
for which the Acknowledgements bill
was passed according TO the Tines, VIII
refuse 10 Investigate the Times's daily
reiterated charges, and will, therefore,
shelter these alleged criminals from ex-
posure and continue in force the law
which (as the Times avers) was passed
so as to allow the Democrats TO cheat
the negroes out Of their votes?
without a doubt the making OF such
charges against an individual would I'M
pose upon the Times some sort Of re-
sponslbility." 1t has made them against
our party rather than against any par
ticular member Of our party, and cannot
bnt be held accountable at the bar Of
public opinion.
II the Times would but turn over the
pages Of its files since the day or the
last election 1t would doubtless be as
tonished at the gravity Of the charges 1t
has made and the persistency OF It's re-
petition OF them. So we dissent In toto
from its doctrine that ut has no sort OF
responsibilities in the way OF having the
laws enforced different from those OF
other citizens" In that way and In no
other that we are aware OF can 1t make
good its assertions that tho crimes
charged were pepetrated.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
Mr.. Springer's View.

Mr. Springer. OF Illinois. said wittlly N
the House Of Representatives on Thurs
day that the Democrats believed in a
tariff fer revenue with incidental protec-
ton. but the Republicans in a tariff for
protection with incidental revenue. This
Is terse enough for Il party cry.
Mr. Springer also said that IS soon ~
the Wilson bill becomes a law the fur
naces Of the country Will be lighted up.
and a new area Of prosperity will dawn
upon the people. This prosperity will
never come 70 US as long az the Wilson
bill IS under consideration. But the Re
rublicans VIII be ready with reply 10
Mr. Springers prediction. They will
claim that the same desirable results
would follow the defeat OF the Wilson
bill, seeing that It IS the condition OF
uncertainty in which all business now
finds itself that causes the hard times.
But whether Mr.. Springer or the Re
publlcans take the right view OF the ques-
ton, both will practically prove 10 be
the same answer. The remedy IA either
case IS the early disposition OF the Wilson
bill.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
Teaching the Children.

How would you educate children IN
tho homa regarding the outside worio'
was asked OF one of tho greatest OF IN
,,ruotors He hesitated as he answered, be-
cause, es he explained ''Thsre has yet been
devised no perfect method for that great
end: ths end fathers and mothers must
think upon. But" he added. what
think I would do would be this' would
get pictures OF the greatest historicai
events and OK the greatest HISTORICAL
places. I would have accompanying each
picture a short, simple description teiiihs
what Il all meant, and the bearing OF tho
thing on history. I would have the pic
lures good ones so that the child's arusuo
sense should be unconsciously developed
while facts were learned. and 1 wouid 80
make the youth OF either sex familiar WIN
what had happened and where 1t oc-
CURED. / would make the great bunonlss
OF tho world, and those famous because
Of what had happened In Them or OF
those who had lived In them. as familiar
70 the child as could be the nearest
neighbor's house. So 1 would make chill
dren developing into manhood or woman
hood-without hard study or CONSCIOUS e.
fort, but merely by interesting them WIN
something striking-better learned than
are many who now graduate from the
high-school or the college"
Just what the great educator said was
the best method Of teaching the growing
family the Dispatch Is now ahordlng
the means for doing. 1t Is, at mere
nominal price, supplying the pictures
which were recommended as the forces
10 accomplish a great result and supply
Ing not only tho pictures, but the accom-
panylng succinct history. Il IS putting
into the hands Of every father and
mother, practically without cost, the
means for making their children more
broadly educated men and women than
they would he otherwise. This Is but one
OF the bearings OF the feature the Dis
patch IS enabled now to offer, but 1t Is an
important one. Men and women live largely
for their children. In this offer OF
4 newspaper Is afforded the means OF
making those children better Informed
and wiser and more successful men and
women. 1t Is one OF the incidents Of the
progress Of the age. Should not the op-
>portunity be improved?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14

nor at the dictafisn OF q caucus.
10 abolish the customs-duties on coal,
iron, zinc, peanuts. sumac. etc. especially
when the deficiency thus created In inc
revenues of the government Is to be
made up by levying n tax on cigars. ci-
garettes. cheroots, smohin g-tobaceo. ana
other manufactures OF tobacco. TX ths
Democratic congressman are not surfer
ing from what General Cas- called Ju-
dicial blindness" they will perceive that
they must needs walk circumspecuy IN
the trying circumstances which no"
threaten the disruption Of their party and
a Republican majority in both branches
OF the next Congress.
Again, II In the House of Representa-
tives n Democratic plurality OF eignfy-six
over the Republicans find 1t go haru 10
steer their new bill clear OF shoals whae
will be the result In the Senate. where inc
Democratic majority is next TO nothing'
mr. say four-and where fillbustering Is
allowed by the rules and the custom
We confess that the outlook Is ono whieh
holds out little reason for hoping that
the new tariff bill will pass safely throusn
the upper House. 1t is not only not corsld-
cred wrong to hlibuster in the Senate, but
Il "a one of the traditions OF that body
that every member Is entitled TO define
hts position" II he desires TO do so. upon
any bill that comes up for consideration.
In view OF the facts we have thus limited
NJ. we cannot feel at all sangufne that any
new tariff bill or any other revenue bill
will or can become n law in time to en-
able the people to pass intell!gently upon
It ut the congressional elections OF next
Novernber-now less than eleven months
~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
Prison Ground and Prison Walls.

In the course OF the debate in the Sen
late on the penitentiary-far bill Mr..
I4ovenstein very properly remarked In
answer 10 an argument made by Mr..
Berry, that II the people OK Richmond
could have say in the matter they
would gladly approve Of the purchase
OF a farm with the view Of removing the
penitentiary thither at some time in the
future.
The penitentlaTy, occupying several
ncres OF land. has long stood in the way
Of the growth OF Richmond. The hill
which Il occupies Is one Of the most beau
tiful ia this city. and had It not been
selected as the site for this prison would
now no doubt be crowned with palatial
residences; but inasmuch as the State
has expended about half a million Of dol
lars there, Mr.. Lovenstein was OF the
psinion-and SO are we-that this genera
lion would not see the day when the
Institution would be removed.
No, the penitentiary Is going to stay
sust where II Is for a long time TO come.
But it Is overcrowded, and some OF It's
idle population should be sent to n farm.
Upon q farIn they can be made 10 do
some work; may perhaps support them
selves by their labor. while they give
more breathing-room TO those others left
within the prison walls.
Indeed. we regard the farm as Il neces-
Eity. Its purchase could b, successfully
advocated on the one ground OF pro-
tecting the health Of tho prisoners. but
Superintendent Lynn thinks he will surely
be able TO make it pay. Anyhow. Il Is
not proposed 10 call upon the public
treasury for money to purchase IT.: all
the expenses attending the purchase or
leasing OF the farm must be paid out OF
the net earnings OF the institution. SO
the Senate bill provides.
Next 10 the Virginia Capitol Ohe cor
ner-sione OF which was laid In 1850 the
penltentiary Is the oldest public building
here having been built about 1850. At
first the commissioners appointed to se-
lect q site had q mind 70 locate the
prfson-building where Linden row now
stands. on Franklin street between First
Aad Second. but they surrendered their
vurpess because Of the strenuous objee-
lions OF the neighborIng citizens and be-
cause the present cite was obtainable.
ard was thought to be equally desira.
bic.
sHs psnitentiary was IN full operation
when Aaron Burr was on trial IA Rich
mond for treason. and he consented 10
be removed there rather than endure the
disssmfmts Of tho public jail. AT the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14

The Richmond Dispatch In en- editorial
OF the 9th admits that Chairman Garter,
OF the Republican party, is right when
le says that a majority OF the people Of
this country are opposed 10 gold mono
metalism, and We commend the Dispatch
for having the courage 70 say that Il
prominent Republican Is right on any
point. But Mr.. Carter and the Dispatch
are both absolutely giglt-nOt only a ma
jority, but an overwhelming majority Of
the men who vote jn this country are
opposed g. monom-falilsm.- Fred ricks-
burg Free Lance.
We consider it absolutely Indispensable
90 have q bimetallic currency. Gold coins
smaller than a dollar would be nulsances.
Silver coins larger than a dollar would
be worse. irrossible.
For these and other reasons. we regard
an international blmetallic conference as
also Indispensable. the closing CT the
minis in India TO the free coinage OF
silver on private account has so changed
the situation" II we may uss that very
expressive word, as TO leave England free
to make new departure; but that she
will ever agree to try any ilat-money
experiments, we do not believe. Never
theess. both gold and silver must con-
tinue to be real money.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
Geographical Progress and Discovery.


Mr. O. l.. Markham contributes 20 the
last number OK the Geographical Journal
IN interesting article on the unexplorcd
REGIONS OF the earth. He begins with the
Polar areas as containing the most eX-
'ensive unknown tracts, incidentally say
Ing that in his opinion the argument on
which Nansen's proceedings are based IS
sound" In tho Old World the western
Soudan and Southern Arabia are the
largcst and most important countries
sphere he asserts that over onc-fourth OF
the Dominion OF Canada Is entirely IN
known" as well as an enormous tract in
Colombia. In referring to the condition
Of our own country, he remarks that the
United States Coast-Survey is a monum mt
Of rigorous accuracy"
Mr.. w. Astor Chanler. In describing his
visit 10 the Rendile. a tribe in Northeast
Africa, apparently Of Somali extraction,
says:
Although they had never even heard
OF Europeans, they were clothed IN heavy
American shcetng. They possess i'm
mense herbs Of camels and sheep and live
in villages. each ruled by a chief, who
ia elected. and holds Office for life. They
never elect rich or powerful man. but
some poor peasant fellow"
In the Annales de Geographic Mr. Chan
trO describes a recent partial ascent Of
Ararat. lie calls attention to the re-
markedly rapid absorption Of the water
from the melting snow. and suggests the
existence OF vast subtcrTanean rescr-
volr. only three springs are to be found
upon the mountain. and the neghboring
plain is uninhabitable In summer from
want OF water.
Jobnstons book on Africa discredits
most emphatically many Of Stanley
statements regarding the Dark Continent
Or. Johnston covered in his explorations
400 miles; never had occasion to Fl . a
shot in defending himself from n human
enemy. and says the truth about the
Dark Continent is sufficiently intereaing
without drawing upon ones Imagination
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-14
Voorhees, Law vs.. Carter Scheme.

Now that the Republican Executive
Committee and the entire crowd Of Re
publicans in Washington are trying to
devise a. new method Of circumvenung
the Democratic party on the silver ques-
tion, and Chairman Carter, OF tho Re
publican National Committee. has ex-
pressed a willingness TO indorse the Phlla-
delpha scheme, It IL time TO recall what
"a said IN the voorhees, law on the sub
1ect OF the use OF both gold and silver
as money. Here IS the language OF that
law:
And II IS hereby declared to be the
policy Of the United States 10 continue
the use OF both gold and silver as stan
dard money. and TO coin both gold and
silver into money OF equal intrinsic eX-
changeable value. such equality 70 be Sc
cured through international agreement or
by such safeguards Of legislation as Will
insure the maintenance OF the parity in
value OF the coins OF the two metals and
the eaual power OF every dollar at all
times IN the markets and in the payment
OF debts. And IL Is hereby further de-
clared that the efforts OF the government
should be steadily directed in the estab-
lishment OF such a safe system OF bimetal-
llsTn as win maintain at all times the equal
power OF every dollar coined or issued by
the United States IN the markets and In
the payments OF debts"
This is Just about as clear as the Phlla-
dolphia scheme. 1t promises everything
and nothing. However international
agreement" is the one thing Indispensable
and so the Democrats may take their
stand upon that.