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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-23
Les chemins de fer du Sud.

La convention des ~representants
des compagnies des chemins de fer
du Sud. ieunis depuis trois jours a
Atlanta pour n reorganization ga
tisfaisante du Southern Passenger
Association, a termin6 SEES travaux
samedi lie 9 de ce .mois; sa lace 6tant
accompli.
Les articles de l'accord intervenu
ont etc rediges, ct lie contrat signe
par la plupart des grandes lignes.
La compagnie Queen& Crescent
n'a pas voulu accepter lie contrat,
parce que la compagnie du Louis
Vile ct Nashville ne lie mettra pas en-
vigueur sur toutes les lignes. Lar
dente rivalite de ces deux lignes
pour lie traffic de pOuest, les oblige
a dcpendre l'une sur l'autre avant de
prendre une decision d6fnitive.
Ce sont les deux seules compa-
gnies qui semblent devoir refuser,
quoique lie Nashville, Chattanooga
ct St. Louis ne signera probablement
pas.
Avec ces dissidences, Ia nouvelle
association pourra Sc voir dams la
necessite de limiter son territoire ct
de ne ltetendre au nord, que jusqu'a
Chattanooga, mais l'espoir reste que
ces compagnies %entreront inalement
dams lassociation.
Tn comite compose de NM. Spen.
Ger, du Southern Railway, Thomas,
du Nashville, Chattanooga ct st.
Louis, PARROT, du East Coast Line,
Conner. du Georgia Central, Thomas,
de pAtlanta ct Florida, Duval du
Florida Central ct Peninsula, a etc
nomm6 pour faire IN rapport u les
candidats au Bureau des Commits
sionnaires, ct aux postes d'oficiers
de PAssociation, a la p~rochaine r6u'
Mon qui aura lieu lie q mars q At.
lanta.
Une ratification complete des ira
vaux de la convention sera demandt
"a cette reunion.
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I'm train d'excursion qui appro-
chat de Mexico lie % ievrier a cha
wire ct cent des passengers on etc
tues ct plus de cent autres blesses.
'Ces passengers eteieut des pelerins
,qui revenaient dune pieuse visite a
l'autel de Sacre Monte.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-23

LIE directeur.gen9ral de Ia poste
Wilson L. Bissell a remis ga dennis
sion au president, qui Ia acceptee ct
a nomm9 a 50 place lie repr6sentaLt
William L.. Wilson, pere du nou-
veau tariff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-23

LIE sieur Coleman, candidat plate
.ment battu aux elections de novem'
bre dernier, travaille achievement
pour contester a son concurrent elu,
NJ. Buck. lie siege qui revient.a celui
.ci au proclaim congress.
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Une depeche speciale envoyee de
Eutaw Gu Age Herald, dit que pen
dant les quarante derniers jours, 500
negres ont quite lie comt6 de Greene
pour aller au Mexique, ct que pIu
sieurs centaines attendent les trains
aui les emporteront vers ce pays
Ills vendent Ieurs mulets, leurs che
vaux, leurs bestiaux. tout ce qu'ils
possedent, pour pouvoir partir.
Par suite de Ia saison avanc4e,
d'autres locataires ne peuvent etre
trouves pour ensemencer les terres
qu'ils abandonment.
C'est n perte serieuse pour les
proprietaires. car lis D'auront nj
mails nj cotton a expedier. Tn grande
excitation regne parmi les preprie-
tuires au sujet de l'4migratIon des
%ooirs; ills esperent, toutefois, que
b~eaucoup de terres seront louees par
des immigrants de lIowa, du Ne
braska, du Minnesota, de pIllinois,
de lIndiana, etc.
Environ -soixante fermiers dn
comtS de Tippecanoe, dams riowa,
wont arriver bientot pour choisir ct
acbeter des plantations ct s'y install
Ter.
Parsuite de l'excitation des blancs,
il nest pas probable que les compa.
gnies de chemin de fer ct les agents
d'6migration feront de nouveaux eff
forts pour engager les noirs a emf.
grer az Mexique.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-23
,sAMEDI. 90 MARS 1896.

LIE petite verole regue a Monroe,
y~paroisse Ouachita, ct . Hot Springs,
Ark, ct de tous eotes on etablit
.une quarantine contre ces villes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-23

LIE Pape a mande, poar lie mois de
mai, lie cardinal Gibbons a Rome.
Son Emineuce sera accompague du
reverend G. F. Thomas, cure de la
.caIheirale.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-23

A cinq heures, lundi soir. lie gou-
verneur a signe lie decret accordaut
lie pardon au JUICE Ford.
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COMPLETE NOVELETTE,

Popular Authors Is q large and hanasuaA
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printed In clear, bold, readable type on e0od psnee.
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and finest collection OF complete popular nnFslsAaes
ever published in q single volume. Tie titlaa f ths
twenty complete NOVELTIES contained IN thls besk 30
4s follows
Under the Holly Berries. BY CAaaas Is
Brasme.
The Phantom wedding. BY Mrs.. Hnns d 4 u
gouthworsh.
The Gypsyss Warning. BY Mrs.. Hsnsy wssa
M0Onshfne and MaFgneriGeR. Nv G1ae D#t
chess"
me zHeadsHaan OF Antwerp. y aA ID y
The story or n Ltfe. BY Mrs. May Agaas Tsmas
Old RudderfOrd HALL. By Mas n = nfaddsa
Blanche or ReaUlieu. By Alexander DnnaA 9E
a Tale OF Three Lions. By .. Ridsr asssM&
A Drama An the Air. BY Jules Verna.
The Story or Helen, BY amanda u Dousla&
The Captain or the POfesSsaFs sy nRaa
Doyle.
The SAILORS secret. BY MIRA ysns Q. 1nsAAL
the DueI i'm Horne wood. BY WHaa CaaaA
The Heiress OF WhatsOm Grange
Cldor.
aNa0ss Farm. Bv Mary Kyle Dallas.
sTne Rlnc ksuithsa Daughter ~ sls u. Fash
Il ,The sculptor of MOdens. by syivanaso Co. y
Y The False Diamonds. by MIRA. Mary Al psnAs&
Ashcroft HAIL.. BY Emma Garrison JnsA
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POLICE JURY
SCHOOL BOARD

W. NJ. Conerly, President,
L. O. Broussard, superintendent;
Geo Hays, J. A. Villien. E. W. Gas
pard, John Abshire, Jr., A. Theall
Octave Hebert, o. Bourque, A. Toups.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
Knew What She Was About.

A man friend of mine who was snow
bound i'll Philadelphia one night re-
Gently says he saw the new woman over
there, though between you and me
Philadelphia is just about the last place
on earth one would expect to find her in.
ct was in shop in Chestnut street
where they sell mems belongings, " be
says, ''and the now woman came in.
She was tailor made and very well set
up. She, too, was snowbound, and the
trim linen collar she wore was anything
but immaculate. 1t was late, and all the
dry goods stores had closed. The new
woman walked up to the clerk and
asked for collar, size 10 p. The clerk
tried to tell her that they didn't keep
women's collars, but she looked right
through him. She bought collar and
large white handkerchief. Then she
walked to the mirror and unconoerned-
" took off her collar and tie. The hand
kerchief she folded about her neck, and
when she had anchored that 13 . collar
to it with pin you wouldn't have
known that.it wasn't a-what is it you
call it?-chemisette. She tied her tie
carefully, gave her hair a pat and her
sleeves a pull. Then, taking the arm of
a man who had fingered somewh ere in
the background, she sailed out toward
the nearest theater. She was a genuine
new woman, and she knew what she
was about. w ashington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06

Although Washington has become
somewhat accustomed to seeing Chinese
women, since two successive ministers
of China have brought their wives with
them to the legation here, Chinese wo-
men are still objects of great curiosity
in the city.
A few days ago there was a musical
reception at one of the most attractive
houses, and among the guests were two
Chinese ladies.
They were the daughters of the Chi
nese consul general at New York, and
they were accompanied by their father.
The ladies entered the house with
heavy wraps over their house clothing,
and having hobbled to the dressing
experimentation they both had cramped
feet-they reappeared in odd blouses of
figured silk and with flowing dark blue
skirts that just revealed ample trousers.
One of the ladies was decidedly Mon
golian in features, but the other was
small and decidedly pretty. Both wore
their hair in a way common to native
and inexplicable to Americans.
Having greeted the elegantly gowned
hostess with the fashionable high shake
OF the hand, they stopped long enough
to chat little, employing the inter-
prefer to convey their message of cere-
mony.
Then they found seats with the finely
dressed ladies in one of the parlors, lis
tened to the music with attention and
applauded when the others did SO.
When they left, they told the hostess
it is to be assumed-that they were
delighted to have had so pleasant an
evening They went away after repe-
tition of the high shake. And they were
not embarrassed for an instant New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
An Enterprising Woman.

An enterprising young woman who
has lately opened all Office announces
that she is ready to render practical help
to men and women of affairs to save
them time and annoyances. She pro-
poses, if people will give her the oppor-
tunity, to act as representative, private
secretary and intermediary where dis
erection, diplomacy and good judgment
are required; as purchasing agent for
the household. buying anything from
groceries to wedding outfits and bric-a-
brac; as a dispenser of charity where
investigation is required-in fact, pro-
fessionally to fill the Office of "capa-
bic person" in the community. AS in
every large city there is "a constant de-
mand for just the services that this
young woman proposes to render, there
seems to be no reason why she should
not succeed. New York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
TWO OLD CRONIES.
1T has Been Cut Down to Its Very Appar-
ant IniurY.

1t has Been Cut Down to Its Very Appar-
emit Injury.
There has been a great trimming off
of interest and players in the "Two Old
Cronies'' since it visited Topeka last.
Some of the best characters and best
business have been cut out This has
been done evidently with view to cut
ting down expenses rather than to i'm
prove the piece.
The sTwo Old Cronies" isn't worth
much 1t is travelling on its former
reputation. There was light house
last night
Wills himself as Kreitzmeyer is really
quite bad. He towns the show" though
and the audience has to stand ii.
Charles Grapewin, his partner, is much
better as O'Donovan Duff, and his bit OF
business with the imaginary pool table
was very clever. He tells story we'll,
but spoils it somewhat by trying a song
or two that are little off color.
The fact that Carlotta has just left a
sick bed affected her part of the pro-
gramme last night She cut her dances
short and did not do her best ones. Her
wing and buck dancing pleased as far as
it went She sings pretty we'll.
There was good solo in the last act
by Miss Hazel Wells.
The little black haired girl who played
AlbLl0 Vl&RIO dtbI6CtO0 gnu 0O0A III at
tention by her apparent youth and sweet
face. She seemed out of place in a the
alter company and looked as if she should
have been in school. She says, however,
she is 10. She has just joined the COM
panv, and though she makes mistakes
sometimes and gets corrected by the
stage manager, who is not so tender
about it as mother would be, she is
fully capable of holding her own.
Her name is Maude Hazlett
"Are you one of the sort of girls that
has to be told every timer" he said last
night
s'You bet I am" she answered saucily.
''You have to carry me on and car ry me
off and say my lines for me or | will do
it wrong every time"
The stage manager let her alone after
that.
.The Two Old Cronies'' company this
year is very inferior indeed to the one
that used to have Henshaw and Ten
brock at it's head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06

the way for G new anu most advanced
plane for wo1nan's ceaseless activity in
the study of law. Without stopping to
argue whether women can or cannot
sustain strictly severe course of study,
whether or not they are fitted by nature
with sufficient reasoning power to fol-
low logical argument, this society
founded a course of law lectures for
women.
The question has been often asked.
Why should women study anything
about law? The lawgivers of past ages
have given the best answer to the ques-
ton, when they act upon the maxim,
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. " II
in the course of daily affairs a woman
may legally be held responsible for what
she does unwittingly, or for what she
does not knoN at all, then the hour has
come when she should know.
The time has passed when, like the
tidy young woman, we may carefully
tearup receipted bills lying in our desk,
because that shows they are paid, or,
like the new lady depositor, feel ag-
grieved when the bank notifies us of an
overdrawn account, although our check
book is not yet used up. The time has
also passed when woman with prop
erty, either personal or real, need have
a legal luminary at her elbow to tell her
where to sign a paper, and especially to
read it through before she signs it,
Mrs. Edwar Greeley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
WAITING ON EUROPE.

No Use for the Monetary Commit ssiOn
Unless a Conference is Called.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The senators
and members chosen by congress as rep
resentatives on the proposed national
monetary commission have 80 far very
indefinite ideas as to what will be ex-
pected of them. Whether they will be
called upon to act at all, will depend
first upon the important contingency Of
whether such a conference will be Gale d
and whether the president will deci de
that the United States will be repre- sent
ed. The provision for the confer euce
explicitly leaves this matter to his dis
erection. but there is thought to be very
little doubt that if some European nation
takes the initiative, he will put into eff
feet the law provided for the representa-
ton of the United States.
1t is also believed that Germany will
issue the call and that the conference
will be held during the coming summer
or fall. Where it will be held will de-
pend upon the time of the call, as will
also the basis upon which the question
of ratio, or the extent to which silver
shall be used is discussed. On this latter
point it is understood that advocates Of
free coinage Oh the commission will de-
mand that the ratios shall be fixed at 10
to 1, and that they will not swerve from
thls IL now appears they VIII constitute
a majority of the commission from this
country as five of the six already chosen
hold views favorable to Independent
free coinage.
The delegation will not be complete
until the president shall select other
| members of it, whose appointment is left
to him. If these three should all be op-
posed to free coinage under existing con-
ditions in this country as is Mr. Hit, the
commission would still stand five to four
for free coinage. The law in the present
case is not materially different from that
under which the Brussels conference
was appointed in 1892, except in the
number of delegates and in providing
the manner of their selection, The
Brussels commission upon the part of the
| United States numbered five only and
they were all Appointed by the president
In 1892 an appropriation of $4,000 was
made to pay the expenses of the commits
sion, while 100000 is now provided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06

Marchioness Ii OF China is becoming
known, now that the dethronement of
her husband, Ii Hung Chang, is on ev-
erybody's tongue. She is described as a
very beautiful, and, for China. a learned
woman, who looks 80 and is 55. Her
husbands wealth is fabulous, and she
spends royalty, though she keeps accu-
rate account of every item. In her mag
nifcent home on the banks of the Pei
Ho she lives in great splendor. surround
ed by song birds, peacocks, aquaria.
pottery, gems, botanical collections ana
1000 attendants and servants. She has
2,OOO coats, 1900 pairs of ''trouser-
ettes'' and 500 fur robes. Her feet are
SO small that she is unable to walk more
than few steps, but twice a day she
bauhes in oil of orange and acacia
blooms and takes an airing in cody
sedan. Finally she dresses her hair in
so ways, her favorite couture being Ia
griffin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06

IL 3, ,yonen's feet
from the sharpened pencil denominations
they have been wearing for the past few
years every sensible person ought to give
them godspced. AS I understand it, to
have your feet in the vogue-that is,
Trilbyized-you must wear shoes very
square toed, broad soled and fat heeled
and two inches too long for your foot.
Your poor tortured toes may thus re-
sumo their natural relation to each oth-
er, it any vitality is left them, and you
need not spend ali your substance on the
chiropodist. All hail to the Trilby shoe.
which places women on q common sense
footing. -Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
RACE PROBLEM SOLVED.
a Minister Makes q Startling Argument in
Favor of Miscegenation.


Favor of NIiscegenation.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 6.-The
Terre Haute literary club has been
startled by paper from Rev. DR.. Hick-
man of the First Methodist church, which
presented long array of arguments in
favor of solving the negro problem in
the south by amalgamation of the two
races, the abrogation of laws prohibiting
miscegenation and the intermarriage of
the two races.
Mr. Hickman said that che presented
the argument for what it was worth.
Born a Virginian, and himself a slave
holder at the breaking out of the war,
the idea was naturally repugnant to him,
but he expressed the conviction that de-
spite our prejudices the problem is Ges-
tined to be solved in just this way, and
he contended that mixed races have in
the past produced the strongest people.
He laid down as fundamental princi-
pie this: A mixed race in competition
with a pure race other conditions being
equal, will be the intellectual and physi-
cal superiors There is no natural re-
pulsion between the races. White and
colored children play together with per-
| feet freedom. The reEulsion, he thinks,
comes later by education and surround
ings 1t is due, he contends. largely to
| the former condition of servitude of the
negro, and, he thinks is not found in Eu-
| rope. The black man has many traits
which in amalgamation improve the
/ white man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
The Advanced Woman.

Canon DIES Mulin of Toronto has
preached sermon against the sad
vanced woman. - in which he told her
that she must totter to her fall, for she
is un-Scriptural. has forsaken her house
hold duties and has become keen rival
of man. 1.-The time is not far distant,
cried the Toronto canon, ''when woman
will be deposed from the throne she has
usurped and be driven back to her own
domestic domain - We shall look on
quietly while this canon of the Episco-
pal faith drives her back. Toronto Cor
RESPONDENT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
DON'T WANT STATE AID.
Norris County Protests Against Being In
cluded in Seed Grain Bill

Norris County Protests Against Being In
cluded in Seed Grain Bill
COUNCIL GROVE, March 6.-The follow
ing resolutions rejecting state aid, were
adopted by the board of county commits
sioners of this county:
Whereas. The legislature of the state
of Kansas has passed an act for the pur-
pose of aiding the people of western
Kansas to supply themselves with seed
grain; and
Whereas, Morris county was included
In the section of the state known as .sthe
aid district" without the knowledge or
consent of a majority of the people of
the county; and
Whereas; Morris county is abundantlv
able and equally willing to supply all
necessary means for the purchase of all
seed grain required by its citizens, there
fore be it
Resolved, By the board of county com.
missioners of Morris county that all
assistance from the state for the purchas
ing of seed grain is declined with
thanks.
The above resolution was passed BY
the board Of county commissioners
March 8, 1895, by unanimous vote
B. F. EVANS, Chairman.
l. WILKIsON
S. ii. COREY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-06
WOMAN'S WORLD.
The First English Woman to Com
mand Her Own Yacht.
Law LECTURES FOR WOMEN.

Chinese Women in Socfety-Knew
what She Was About-HemDh1al
Quotes Lincoln i'm Atlanta.
Lady (Spenoer) Clifford, widow OF
Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer Clifford,
long yeoman usher of the Black Rod,
has opened the way to new profession
for women by being chartered as leap
tain'' under the board of trade, by
which she has absolute command of a
vessel of her own. Always fond of a
life under ''white WINGS and finding
in yachting the only solace to a severe
domestic affliction, Lady Clifford made
several cruises to Norway and Sicily in
her yacht, commanded by competent
captain; but, as many women have
found in other circumstances, she found