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The record-union., 1894-07-11
COMPOSITION OF THE SEA.
It Must Contain all the Known Chem
icaI Elements.

A little consideration will show that
all the known chemical elements-an nd
even the unknown ones, too-must be
contained in solution i'll the waters of the
ocean. Rivers flowing over the land are
continually taking up mineral matters in
solution, and these substances are all
added to the mass of material dissolved
in the oceanic waters. The'Thames every
day carries to the North Sea some 1000
tons of dissolved material, and if all the
rivers of the globe work at something
like the same rate 10000, 900 tons of min
eral matter must day by day be added to
the store of materials held in solution by
the ocean.
Now, all the chemical elements are
capable of 'eutering into compounds
which are to greater or less extent solu-
BILE in water, and hence we cannot doubt
that in the enormous mass of materials
dissolved in the vast body of sea water in
our globe all the elementary bodies must
be represented.
1t is true that the chemist. by his most
refined methods of analysis. is unable to
detect the proportion, even if he is able to
determine the presence, OF the rare ele-
mentary substances which occur only as
minute traces" in sea water. When q
large quantity of sea water is evapor-
The record-union., 1894-07-11
Pedantic Hover Names.

The her balists, in preparing samples,
were responsible for as many flower
names as lovers were in making posies.
Eyebright, Feverfew, Fleabane, are well
enough. and so is Tutsan, that is toute-
saine the countryman's name for st.
Johns Wort, for, as Gerarde says: 1.-The
leves, fioures and seeds stamped and put
into glasse with ollie olive and set in the
sunne for certain weekes doth make an
ole of the colour of blood, which is a
most pretious remedy for deep wounds
and those that are thorow the body.n
ALL Heal. or Woundwort. however, is
another piant-Stachys palustris-u useful
for stanching bleeding.
But the doctrine OF signatures, whereby
the fancied resemblance of parts of plants
indicate their healing properties, pro-
duced some ugly names. We prefer to
call the pretty spring flower hepatica,
rather than Liver-wort. though both
mean the same thing, because the leaves
resemble the shape of the human liver;
the pulmonaria is a pleasanter name than
Lung wort.
Yet there is an aroma about the Old
World names which is wanting in the
pedantic precision of Latin classification.
Howbeit it is not everyone who thinks
so. Not long since an enthusiast was
showing a sympathetic but Inexpert
friend the glories of his rock garden, and
drew his attention to the trailing sprays
of a pretty creeper. 1T is very like
Creeping Jenny" remarked the visitor.
"It is Creeping Jenny" confessed the
proprietor, ''but we don't call it so on a
rockwork. It is Lysimachia nummu-
laria aurea. 1.-The Saturday Review.
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A NEWSBoY'S PRANK.
1t Comes Near Causing Serious Trouble
for Citizen.

1t Comes Near Causing serious trouble
for a Citizen.
Yesterday afternoon the pranks which
the newsboys have been indulging in
with regard TO the Bee came near produc-
ing serious consequences.
r. I. Plattnauer was reading his paper
when newsboy named Kagee snatched
it out Of his hand and ran away. Platt-
nauer pursued him and finally ran him
into 1.-The Play" saloon on X street. He
demanded that the barkeeper give him up
as thief which the barkeeper refused TO
do, and called upon Officers Douglas and
Bagley to eject Plattnauer, who was furi-
Gus.
The officers. finding Plattnauer behind
the bar, and not knowing the cause OF the
trouble, attempted to remove him, but he
resisted them. A large crowd gathered.
and Plattnauer finally yielded and left
the saloon.
He states that he did not know that
they were officers till after the scuffle was
over, and that his wish was to have the
boy arrested, but he had disappeared.
The record-union., 1894-07-11

CoRoNA ATER, McMorry sole agent
Groceries and provisions, 55l NJ st.
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THE CIVIL WAR.
Increasing Demand for the Serial-The
First Nine Ready.

First Nine Ready.
A few weeks ago the RECORD UNION
made arrangements with the publishers
of sHarper's Pictorial History of the
Civil War;" whereby its subscribers
might purchase each part of the series of
tweuty-six numbers at eight cents per
part. Many hundreds of the numbers
have been purchased by subscribers, and
the remarkably low price at which the
publication is sold has become matter
of general comment.
The history is an excellent one, very
accurate. and written by the foremost
historians of late years. 1t is very freely
illustrated, and detailed story of the
war is told in most interesting style.
The RECORD-U UNION might have sold
these parts at figure considerably in ad-
vance of eight CENTS and thereby reaped a
rich profit on the sales, but it entered
into the matter solely for the benefit of
its subscribers, and is offering each part
at exact cost-eight cents.
The first nine of these parts have ar
rived and can be seen or purchased at the
office,
The record-union., 1894-07-11

ated, we get mass of chlorides and sui
pilates that can be separated by analysis;
but even the very delicate tests OF spec
trail analysis fail to make manifest many
of the rarer metals and other elementary
bodies that must certainly be present in
the mass. In a well-known case, the
copper sheathing of vessel has been
proved to have taken up silver from the
sea water by eleetro-chemical action,
though it is probable that all our ordi-
nary analytical processes would have
failed to reveal the existence OF the metal
in "a xyafar itself
The record-union., 1894-07-11
Roman Coins Found in Mashonaland.

Africa semper aliquid novi affert. Ro-
man coins have been discovered in King
Solomon's mines! a Mashona native,
grubbing about near the famous Zim-
babwe ruins, came upon eight coins, all
in fair state of preservation, which are
undoubtedly Roman. One of the coins
bears the legend Constantivs Caes."
How on earth did they get there? There
are plenty of theories as to who those
ancients gold-seekers were who left the
massive circular walls and solid conical
towers. the tempted fortresses OF Masho-
naland. In fact, every man is at liberty to
make his own theory. But nobody has
made one yet which could comfortably
bring in Roman coins and Constantius
Caesar. Perhaps Theodore Brent dropped
them on his recent excursion. Roman
coins are the sort of thing an antiquarian
might carry about with him, and while
jolting about in Mashonaland man
might drop anything. ng.-Westminster Ga
Zette.
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At 81 95.

A lot of Ladies Red, also Tan,
Oxfords, with canvas tops.
Also, a lot of Lavender and
Corn 0ne-strap Suede Slippers.
They have pointed toes and
medium high heels. Never
been sold for less than So to
s. so a pair. Sale price, 81 95
At 81 IS.
Old Ladies Glove Kid Congress
(0ld Ladies Comforts). For
mer price, S.: Sale price, 81 As.
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A QUEER CONDITION.
fMarysville Democrat. I
GOD REIGNS.
Los Angeles Times.

It is well that this matter has been
brought to a crisis. Even those who
were hitherto advocates OF the work OF
labor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES those who are
with the men in their present tight against
the Pullman Conpany-are loud III their
denunciation of this tyrannical attempt
to whip an employer over the shoulders
of an entire nation. In this case vaulting
ambition has, indeed, o'erleaped ITSELF
The comb bat will be short. sharp and de-
cisive, and its result will be reaction of
sentiment on the part of the public,
which will bury these professional labor
agitators under a mountain of popular
execration.
God reigns, and the Republic of the
United States shall still exist as a SOW
ereign people, who will no more submit
to the dictation of handful of American
tyrants in 1894 than they did to the
tyranny of foreign despoti in ZIG.
Let the majesty OF the law assert it,
Selff
The record-union., 1894-07-11
Auction To-day.

At 10 A. NJ. to-day Bell & Co. will sell at
auction, at their salesrooms, 323 j street,
one fine bar mirror, fine bar glassware.
chairs, tables, etc. Also carpets. furni-
ture, pianos, organs, etc.
The record-union., 1894-07-11

What have said in the past again repeat That
pair of Shoes sale of STANDARD MAKE and NOT SHODDY
OR CHINESE MANUFACTURES that statement make ad
semens positive and one that carried out to the strict letter
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Progress to be solid must be nat

back. Progress to be solid must be nat
ural.o
There is truth in this which the impa-
tient laborer does not stop 10 consider.
and not less in the conclusions OF this
same writer's assertions. ut Is often
supposed he says, that employers
might pay whatever wages they please,
regardless of the market: but conpeti- :
tive relations in innumerable directions
do not admit it, and general competitive
laws are as Indispensable 10 wage-work-
ers as TO society at large"
QUEER CONDITION.
[Marysville Democrat
While thousands of unemployed men
are marching through the country in
search of employment, and while other
thousands are clanloriEg at the doors OF
Congress for relief, we tlnd leaders of or
ganized labor commanding laborers to
refuse TO work. 1t is queer state of al
fairs when we find one wing OF the army
of laborers petitioning Congress TO appro-
pirate millions from the public treasury
to construct wagon roads that work can
be furnished the unemployed, while those
of another branch are endeavoring TO
paraiyze the industries OF the country,
and preventing thousands OF laborers
from following their avocations. The
farm hands, the fruit pickers, the lumber
makers, the hod carriers, the clerks and
ali must be punished because Pullman
has done wrong.
The record-union., 1894-07-11

Ladies Extra Fine Imperial Kid
Shoes, kid or cloth tops, neat
square or pointed toes, patent
leather tips; all sizes and
widths. A bargain at 81 50.
Sale price, 81 o5.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21

Dr.. C. J. Edwards, of Vermilion
received the Democratic nomination
for the vacancy in the State Senate
from the 10Th Senatorial District
caused by the promotion to the !.
s. Senate Of Hon. Don Caffery, on
Wednesday, the 5th inst. and on last
Monday was elected over Lightner,
l'opulist, by a good majority. the
latter receiving one whole vote in
st. Mary parish. The selection Of
DR.. Edwards il indeed a credit to
that district, as well az an honor to
a gifted, upright and meritorions
Democrat. Wherever known DIR
Edwards IL ~deservedly popular, as
was shown by the easy manner in
which he got the nomination, de-
feating such men as Messfs. Sliafer
and Pecot, Of st. Mary.-St. Landry
Clarion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21

One promisSOry note against John a.
Faux, dated April 3, 1856, payable to
Zcnon Sicily, on demand with eight
per cent per annum. .s
One promissory note against Sevenne
Conner, dated Jan. LIST, 1891, payable
to Zcnon Sicily, "a demand with inter-
est 1T the rate of S per cent per annum.
One promissory note against Dupre-
| vile Miller, dated Feb. Is, 1892, pay
| able to Zenon Sicily, Dec. l., 1891, with
interest at the rate of S per cent per
anIlum.
One promisscry note against Divide
Adams, dated Abbeyille, April q, 1881,
payable to Zcnon Sicily, Dec. l, 1891,
with interest at rate Of eight per cent
per annum
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE.
All purchasers the sum of whose pur.
c!lases shall be less than Ten ($l0) dol
lars to pay cash on the day of sale, and
all purchasers the sum of whose pur-
chases and separate a~djudications shall
equal or exceed ten ($l0) dollars shall
furnish two prnmissory notes each
signed by two good and solvent srcur-
tiles to be acceptedby Augustavc Sicily
and the officer making the sale and
payable la SOtid0 to the order OF them
selves and by them endorsed in blank,
the one note being for one halfof the
sum due and made payable on January
1st 1895, and the other note for the
othcrhalfand made payable on January
LIST 1896, all of which notes shall bear
light per cent per annum interest from
maturity until paid and shall contain a
clause Obligating the makers to pay
the further sum of ten per cent adj
diti0nai on the amount culleetible as
attorneys fees in event ofthe note being
placed in the hands of an attorney for
collection. the land sold to be and re-
main specially mortgaged with vendors
lein and privilege specially reserved
thereon in favor of the heirs and sur
eiving spouse of Zenon Sicily, to secure
the payment Of said notes, III principle,
interests and attorneys fees, as we'll as
| all costs, which shall also inure to the
use and benefit of any future holder OF
holders of said notes.
Each and every II of the purchas-
ers to bind and ot.iigate himself not to
preiudicially ALLEVIATE, mortgage, ny
%pothecate or in any way cucumber the
property sold, until full and final pay
ment of tho notes given in payment OF
same. tog"ther with all interest, costs
and attorneys fees.
4. L. LEBLANC,
Sheriff.
sherilfs Office, Abbeville, La, April
81, 1894.
EDWARDS Il GREENE,
Attorneys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21

horses, n Creole mule, sixty-four
cows, Ii 2year old calves, q n year
old calves, three 3 year old beeyes, S
beeves. one bull, Is head of sheep, five
hogs, 5 bedsteads, one ward robe, one
safe, one stove, two tables. Ia chairs, 6
feather beds, one moss mattress, 9 large
feather pillows, 5 small feather pillows
one clock. lG blankets, 16 sheets, four
counter points, two bars, one shot gun,
five pots, three ovens, six jars. one lot
of table ware, two smoothing irons, two
fire dogs, one lot of fencing wire and
posts, one iron for branding, two reels
of wire, II corn mill.
One claim against Oncz Guidry.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21

That part Of the sixty million pco.
PIE id This country who are inter
ested In theatrical matters win wei.
COME a delightful article on Mary
Anderson dc Navarro by The United
States' Consul ut Geneva, the Hon.
Ben H. Ridgley, ~bich is to appear
in tie May number Of the Southern
Magazine, Thee appears in this
article the fret true narration OF
the private life and ambitions oil
this great woman. aad the true story
o the courtstip, retirement from
the stage aad marriage, and a
charmiag picture Of her present
home Iifc. 2'. .s "
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21
Let Ts.e Called .gaGe Vince!

The Lakeside Review, the chosen
organ Of the 26 populists Of Cam
eron parish is very much grieved
~iorsooth, because its candidate for
Senator. Ligltner, who received
somewhere in the neighborhood of
600 votes in the district was showed
under 10y about 1000 majority. II
manages to work its dear little self
into a-rtate OF holy indignation be-
cause the wicked Democrats, and
the unregenerate correspondent of
the Picayune had the hardihood to
assert that these would be 1sayiors OF
their country had combined with the
Republicans OF course all the Re-
publicans who workedand voted for
Lightner we're simply hypnotized?
The famous Harrison. Weaver com.
bine, and the chocolate colored
electors is another wicked Demo.
cratic lie, while the Reviews wilful
misrepresentation of the vote in
Calcasieu aud Vermilion il merely
an accident. Try a little s~eltzer,
Brother! -|.f
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21
SATURDAY. APRIL 21,ols94.

Were there any truth in the re-
ported combine between Hon. John
Fitzpatrick aud the State admins.
tration, the opposition mightas we'll
make up thsir minds that is lie q
combine to win, for after all the
Hon. John Is a power in State as
well az. city politics, and seldom
gets left.-Baton Rouee Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21
Police u WFy DOiMsss---COutimued
From H4slsG Week.

On motion duly seconded and
adopted the following road report
was accepted and the same be de
clared a public road 10 wit:
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Vermilion.
We, Thos p Spell, Garland Fore
man, Preston Spell, J E Perry, Neville
Faux and Scpreion Roy, do solemnly
swear that we will lay out the
road now directed to be laid out by
the Police Jury of the Parish of
vermilion, to the greatest ease and
advantage of the inhabitants, and with
as little prejudice to enclosures as may
be, without favor or affection, malice or
hatred and to tho best of my skill and
abilities. SO help us God. And fur
thermore, that we will truly assess all
damages to proprietOrs, caused by said
road, to the best Of my Judgment and
ability.
Subscribed and sworn to before nc,
this 9th day of July 1898.
L. SARvER, Justice of Peace.
Witnesses:-Thos Z Spell, Preston
Spell, Garland Foreman, j L Perry,
Neville Faulk and Scpreion Roy.
REsPOEeT.
We, the undersigned Jury of Free
holders, of the Parish of Yermilion,
duly appointed by the Police Jury Of
said Parish to trace and lay out a
public road leading from the public
road neal Zenon Landry's to Lafayette
parish line between the lands of the
following proprietors, to wit:
Preston Spell, Elias Spell RAINING
north Z acres then between Kimboll
Foreman and seprcion Roy running
north I acres thence between lands of
Onezip Trahan and Drozin Meaux run
ming ii acres north thence between
lands of Garland Foreman and Nancy
Faulk II acres running north between
Nancy Faulk and L Perry Nuncy
Faulk's land running Z acres north L
Perry Z acres north between lands of
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21
-.
A Skeleton isa tlae Closet.

How often do We hear of this in
domestic life al this day. But what
is more appalling than the living
body made rcpulsive with rkin and
scalp diseases, sAls-rheum, letter,
eczema aud scrofulous sores and
swcilings. Dr.. Pierce's Golden
Medical discovery is the positive
cure Tor all of these diseases. II
taken in time. it also cures Lung.
s~cro:ula, commonly known as Pull.
monary Consumption By drug
g;sts. "o
DR.: r. V. PIERCE: Dear Sir
When about three years old | was
taken with mumps, also had fever,
finally I had that dreaded disease
Scrolula. The most eminent ply
sicians in this scclion treated me to
no await. had running scrofulous
sores on left side of neck and face.
| was small and weakly when eight
or nine years old, and in fact was
nearly a skeleton. Six bottles OF
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medicul Dis.
covery wrought marvellous changes.
Although the sores were kealed in
eight months. l did not quit tax.
ing it until | was cure it had heen
entirely routed from my system. The
only signs left OF the dreaded dis
easc are the scars which ever re.
miud me Of how near deaths door /
was until rescued by the "Discov
cry" am nov eighteen years old
and weigh l4S pounds; aud have
NOT been sick in Eve years.
Yours respectfully.
HARVEY NJ. HoLLEMAN,
Agt. for Seaboard Air Line.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21
Partition Sale.
SASAsTAs1E BouDoIN, ct ais.
.Ea #%4 t# VS.. | St#Mf#y
SEyESNE CONNER, Natural Tutor. ]
State of Louisiana-Parish of Vermil-
ion-17th Judicial District Court.
M ri

&c., q TEZTT #a|#%EH
BY virtue of an order of sale granted
by the Hon.l7th judicial District Court
In and for the State of Louisiana and
parish of Veruilion, in the matters of
the above numbered and entitled suit,
and to me directed, / will offer for sale
to the last and highest bidder, to effect
a partition at the late residence OF
Zcnon Sicily, deceased, in this parish.
ON TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1894,
the following described property, to
wit:
First-One certain tract ofland lying
in Vcrmilion Parish, La, on the west
side of Bayou Vermilion, and dcsig-
mated as the Northwest quarter of sec
ton nine, in township 12,south Orange
three east, containing one hundred
and sixty-one 81 hundrcdths acres.
Sceond-One certain tract of land
lying in Vermilion Parish, La, on the
west side of Bayou Vermilion, and des-
ignated US the southeast quarter of tho
northwest quarter of section %, in
township l3, south of range l east con
tanning forty acres.
Third-One other certain tract of
land situated in said parish Oh the
west side of Coulee Ikinny, measuring
seven arpents front on said Coulee, by
the depth to be found in the distance
between said cOulce and the western
line of fractional southwest quarter of
section ten in township twelve south of
range three east, and bounded north
by lands of John Hargrave, south by
lands of Clemence Flory, widow of
Fernand f Montague, east by Coulce
kinny and west by the lands. of Ernest
Montague, containing forty one acres
more or less.
Fourth--One other certain tract of
land situated in laid Parish, on the
west side Of Coulee kinny, measuring
four arpents on said Coulee Kinny by
forty arpents deep, and II arpent
more front from the edge of the
woods by the depth Of thirty-nino
arpents more or less, bounded above
by the land claimed by +. L. Montague,
below by Mrs. Arthemiso Montague,
widow of Ellie Montague, ST., or Ernest
Montague, east by Coulce kinny and
west by Lloi Broussard.
642 pannels of fencing, 800 pannels
fencing three pieux and one wire, 300
new pieux, 100 new posts, 100 PANELS
fencing five pieux, n garden, one
dwelling house, n kitchen, one out
house, one corn crib, n cabin and hog
pen, one wagon, M buggy, the undi-
vided one half interest, in a cart with
August Sicily, Il pillow, one e%ultivator,
n lot of harness, one harrow, . chairs,
one cross cut saw one lot of tools,
three gentle mares, a wild mares, IL
t~wo-year old colts, ten one year old
colts, two gentle horses, sixteen gentle
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21

1t is the personnel Of successes
that interest as as we'll as the ma
terial facts Much has been said
about The man who las made The
Cosmopolitan. al-o about Edwin
Bnk's power behind the Ladies
Home Journal, hut aside from the
connection Of that gallant Confeder.
ate and finished scholar, General
Basil Duke, the public has not been
infora.ei a. to who ia supplying
the manifold requirements 10 get
ont 50 complete a literary success as
The Southern Magazine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-04-21
The senatorial election which oc.

The senatorial election which oc-
CURED yesterday was very quiet
one. The absolute certainty Of the
election Of DR.. Edwards did away
with any necessity for sharp cam.
paigning. The only signs OF excite
sDcnt were o few more people onythe
streets, and an occasional hack
decorated with bauhers.-Lake
Charles American. :. SEQ, -,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-28
WATER FRONT MOTIFS.

Steamer Faraiion Is erpected 70 arrlve
from San Francisco tonight
ship Iyanhoe sailed last night with q
cargo Of Black Diamond coal for San
Francisco
Steamer Utopia brought IN 200 barrel.
OF iisne from the PRgss Sound lime kin at
oreas island.
Bark Ge-snsnis arrived yesterday. and
sill take L. so tons Of Black Diamond coal
for SAa Francisco.
storm signal received q. City dock yes
trrdav was So follows. storm central
Vancouver island; gales along the coast"
Sunday will be steamer day st Ocean
dock. lac matilda viii depart for san
Francisco. and the City Of faseas Wall az
rive.
Steamer sehome wil carry an excursion
frosa Everett 10 T2cosus on RoSg~isTEfaf-
sKst BE day. and will be under command
OF Capt Csaaa Tronn.
Steamer Umatllls will arrive a: the
hankers today. and take OF SO ton. %
coal for tae ortEoa improvement Cen
rany ~ san FRANCHISES.
Superintendent Water Cakes and Agent
: q. 1erks.. Of the Paget sound and
Alaska steamer line. Ana r L Harrison.
traxe4lnx auditor 81 the Northern Pacsar
seat 70 PORT Iosnssna yesterday On q
ens!ness TIP
TAs steamer City CO PusbsA sailed FROM
SAP Francisco Yesterday sta tae lolsax-
ing gsss % pzsseaG~fs For Seattle. r.
Gruxleg. c. X. Harrison, Milfan Eana. "
II Me1enkin. Mr.- Selby. James Dawson
Miss Hsansf1n. Ch&Tses y eznx aaa xsse
Miss ATaG4 aud SISTER. Hear Eoyle ard
sea. Mrs II. Y. EogsF, Mra ". CounslL
p ~. Gvsger. jeAa sws3easAinaer. l.
ErEcAsn, G. SsSli, y NJ johnson and
sa.x, {. S-sdsza4. A. ksss.sa1s, J. Il.