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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-15
TAKEN UP

A beef, (yellov) aged 10 or II
years, has been ranging in my neigh
borhood for the last ten or eleven
years.
80 # NAPOLEON HILBERT.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-15
POLICE JURY
SCHOOL BOARD

W. NJ. Conerly, President,
/. 0. Broussard, superintendent;
Geo Hays, J. A. Villien. E. W. Gas
pard, John Abshire, Jr., A. Theall
Octave Hebert, O. Bourque, A. Toups.
Town OF ABBEvILLE
j. O. Lege, Mayor
Geo. W. Summers, Sec. IL Treas.
ALDERMEN
G. j. Edwards, Eli Wise, Eraste Mouton,
E. j. Feray.
City Attorney-W. P. Edwards.
Observation-Disclosures Leblanc.
Justices Of ahe Peace.
First ward: Pierre Pelloat.
Constable: Camille Leblanc.
Second ward: Joseph Trahan.
Constable: Andrew Moss.
Third ward: j. Nelson Greene, Numa
Frederick.
Constables: Geo. E. Lyons, j. Hy. Mon
tagne.
Fourth ward: Remy Broussard.
Constable: Sevenie Landry.
Fifth ward: Levy Sarvery.
Constable: Columbus Spell.
Sixth ward: C. c. Blanchard, Eraste
Guidry.
Constables: Richard Greene, Alcide
Faulk.
Seventh ward: Felix O'Neil.,
Constable: j. a. Broussard.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-15
GOODFOREvERYBoD

GOODFOREVERYBuD
and everyone needs it at all times Of the
year. Malaria is always about, and the
only preventive and relief is to keep the
Liver active. Yoa must help the Liver a bit,
and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, the RED z.
Mr.. G. Himrod, Of Lancaster, Ohio,
says: "SIMMONS Liver REGULATOR
broke a case of Malarial Fever of three
years standing for me, and less than
one bottle did the business. | shall use
it when in need, and recommend it"
Be sure that you get it. Always look for
the RED z On the package. And don't
forget the word REGULATOR. 1t is SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there is
only one, and every one who takes it is
sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS
ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for
Biliousness and Sick Headache both are
caused by a sluggish Liver.
J.. Ell. Zeilin q Co, PhiIadelphia. 4
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
No Place Like Home.

He was writing an essay on the beauty
of home life, and with his pen held sus.
pended in the air, soliloquized thusly
"There is no place like home"
Papa" called boys voice at the
door. will you mend my rocking horse? ?''
go away, sir. Don't you know better
than to disturb mo when l am writing !?
Now that idea is gone, and must begin
all over again. There is no place e-''
1t was woman's voice this time:
"Reginald, the gas is leaking like every
thing, and you must see the company
and have it stopped
There is no place like home," began
the wretched man again, just as Hannah,
the girl, thrust her head in to ask: ''Did
you order the steak, sir P''
Then he seized his pen and wrote
fuently full five minutes before he gave
up his wild dream of fame: "There is
no place like home-for discomfort.
annoyances, cold, hunger, and every
kind of disturbance on the face of the
earth, at the most inopportune and trying
moment.'
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
GEMS.

II idlcness does not produce vice OF
malevolenoe, it commonly produces mel
| ancholy.
Men of earnest thought and quiet con.
over men Of action.
Every human being is intended to have
| character of his own, to be what no
other is, and to do what no other can.
1t is heaven npon earth to have a man IS
mind move in charity, rest in Providence
and turn upon the poles truth.
The reason why mankind makes so
many mistakes is because they go for
things as a ram does-with all their fury
and with both eyes shut.
1t is with narrow .souled people as it is
with narrow necked bottles-the less they
have in them the more noise they make
in pouring ont.
The world is like a mint; we are no
sooner cast into tho fire, taken ont again,
hammered, stamped and made. current,
than presently we are changed. j
Nothing more surely marks the moral
advancement of man than his increasing
power to identify himself and his own
interest with those of larger circles Of
humanity.
The same dark clouds which grew
thick and dark to prevent the sun from
shining clothe themselves in suppleness
and transpa renoy when thesun has forced
them to make way for him.
In our keen look at tho strong outward
probabilities of life, do not let ns forget
its inmost secret of power; that all noble
thoughts, all noble possibilities of life,
spring out of this love, or touch their
finest meaning in it; that there is no fac
tor like it in the makeup of the world.
There is laziness of the mind as we'll
| as of the body. One is to be despised quite
\ as much as the other. Tho mind should
be held as rigidly to discipline as the
body; for an aimless, wandering unappli.
able mind will destroy ones usefulness
quite as much as slothful, flabby, un-
skilled body.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
The Goat Ate Up HIS Address.

Some time ago the employees of local
express office were furnished considerable
amusement and all at the expense of an
innocent goat and an aged darkey.
Sampson, some time ago, promised a
Shepherdsville friend goat.
The animal, with a liberal use Of water
and soap, was converted into whiteness
exceeding that Of political conscience.
A neatly printed tag was attached to the
goats neck and the animal was started
for the express office in charge of COL
ored man.
He was led proudly into the express
office and up to the shipping clerk.
II want to ship this goat" began the
colored charge.
"Where to ?" inquired the clerk.
II don't know" replied the man OF
color and then, with smile of satisfac-
tion, he reached for the goat's neck.
But the smile was gone and in its place
was a look of dismay as the negro saw
only the string dangling from the goats
neck.
"Dat goat don't knew where he's goih'
hisself he's done eat up de town.
Louisville Post.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
No Dogs Allowed on the Cars.

1t happened the other day on the Lehigh
Valley railroad. The train had Just left
Esston and the conductor was making his
first round, when he observed small
white dog with a bushy tail and bright
black eyes, sitting costly on the seat
beside young lady 80 handsome that she
made his heart roll over. But duty was
duty, and he remarked in his mosi
deprecatory manner
"Pm very sorry but it's against the
rules to have dogs in the passenger cars. %
"Oh, my! is that SOP" and she turned
up two lovely brown eyes at him beseech.
ingly. "What in the world will do?"
"We'll put him in baggage car and
he'll be as happy as robin in spring"
"What put my nice white dog in a
dirty baggage CARP
"I'm awfully sorry, Miss, but the rules
of this company are inRexible."
II think it's awful mean, and L know
somebody will steal it," and she showed
half notion to cry that nearly broke the
conductors heart, but he was firm and
called out to the brakeman:
"Here, Andy; take this dog over into
the baggage car, and tell them to take
the best kind of care of him."
The young lady pouted, but the brake
man reached over and picked up the ca
nine as tenderly as though it was a two.
weeks old baby, but as he did so a
strange expression came over his face,
and he said hastily to the conductor:
"Here, you just hold him minute, y
and he trotted out at the car. door and
held on to the brakewheel.
The conductor no sooner had his hands
on the dog than be looked around for 0
hole to fall through.
"Wh-wh-why, this is worsted dogn
Eyes, SIR" said the young lady,
dsmurely. Didn't you know thatP'
He laid the dog down on the owners
lap and walked out on the platform
where he stood half an hour in the cold
trying to think of hymn tune to suit the
worst sold man on the Lehigh Valley
road Our Dumb Animals.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
VOL. XXVI NO. 23.-NEW SERIES.
Raw Bones

when properly treated wi thout
doubt the most des irable source known from
whi ch to derive AMMONIA and AVAILABLE
PHOSPHORIC ACID; and when scientifically
compounded wi tn high grade chemi Gals they
furni sh the most successful complete
obtainable.
Baugh s Raw Bone Manures contain the
very life and essence Of animal bones.
They are the OLDEST Of all brands of
Animal Bone Fertiliz zers manufa ctured in
the Uni ted States.
They were introduced by US in 1855,
over 40 years ago, and ever since then
they have been accorded cons stant1y
growing patronage.
The combined capacity of works at
present s about $4,000 tons per
compl etely appointed laboratory is
loca ted on the premi ses, and chem
lists analyze the crude materials received
into, and all manufactured fertilizers
shipped from Baugh Delaware River Chem
ical Works, ST tuated at the foot Of Norris
TO Moore streets, Phi1adelphia.
We do not think there exists the wide
world over any brand Of Animal Bone Fer
tilizers, enjoying such a long uninter-
rupted honorable record Baugh Raw
Bone Manures
BAUGH & SONS COMPANY,
20 South Delaware Avenue,
ofaai OF Ra~ Rene %aea'naaafsss nsnufss Philadelphia
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
SHARED.
BY LUCY LARCUM ,

l said 1T in the meadow path,
said 1t on the mountain STAIRS
The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares
The air We breathe, the sky, the breeze,
The light without us and within,
Life, with It's unlocked treasures,
Gods riches are all for to win.
The grass is softer to my tread
For rest it yields unnumbered feet;
Sweeter to me the wild rose rod
Because she makes the whole world sweet
Into your heavenly loneliness
Ye welcome me, o solemn peaks.
And me in every guest you bless
Who reverently your mystery seeks
And up the radiant peopled way
That opens into worlds unknown,
1t Will be life's delight to say,
"Heaven is not heaven for me alone.''
Rich by my brethren's poverty!
Such wealth were hideous. am blest
Only in what they share with me,
In what share with all the rest
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
Before Children.

One of the strangest things parents
ever do is to punish their children for
what they have not the strength of char
acter to overcome themselves.
Fathers have been known to punish
severely their little ones for profanity,
when at the same time they almost un-
ceasinGly indulge In it, saying, II have
become accustomed to using suoh express
sions, and cannot help it; but | intend
that my children shall form no such bad
habits as have"
o. CONSISTENCY, thou art a jewel ~
Do they not realize that the whole list of
the little ones doings is an imitation of
it's elders ?
Ii the elder, with his reasoning facul-
ties matured, and with the full force of
will power of their own, cannot overcome
a fault, how can child be expected to ?
Mothers often seat their little ones at
the table containing food injurious to
both parent and child, compelling the
child to abstain while they partake, after
wards remarking in the presence of the
child: II ate too much of that rich food,
but could not leave it alone, it was SO
good"
What kind of an influence does such
an example exert over q child? Does
not the child feel that it has been
wronged, and that as soon as it can have
its own will it will indulge in the same
food, or language, or other forbidden
thing that seems to be con nsidered so very
wrong for the child but all right for older
peopleP
Many times will the child say some
thing before caller for which it is re-
proved, and in extenuating its conduct
will say: "Why, mamma, l heard you
say 3d." 1t is important to be very care.
ful Of words and actions before these
little imitators, and do not punish fol
what we cannot overcome in ourselves -
ItiladelphSG Press.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Don't bolt your food, it irritates your
stomach. Choose digestible food and
chew it. Indigestion is a dangerous
sickness. Proper care prevents it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial cures it. That
is the long and short of indigestion
Now, the question is: Have you got
indigestion? Yes, if you have pain OIL
discomfort after eating, headache, dizzi-
ness, nausea, offensive breath, heartburn,
1angour, weakness, fever, jaundice, fiatu.
lence, loss of appetite, irritability, CON
stipation, etc. Yes, you have indigestion.
To cure it, take Shaker Digestive Cordial.
The medical herbs and plants of which
Shaker Digestive Cordial is composed
help to digest the food in your stomach;
help to strengthen your stomach. When
your stomach is strong, care will keep 1t so.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to 81
per bottle.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Mrs. Rhode Noah, of this place, was
taken in the night with oramping pains
and the next day diarrh@a set in. She
took half bottle of blackberry cordial
but got no relief. She then sent to me
to see if had anything that wonld help
her. / sent her bottle of Chamberlain Is
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and
she first dose relieved her. Another of
our neighbors had been sick for about a
week and had tried different remedies for
diarrh9a but kept getting worse. I sent
him this same remedy. Only four doses
of it were required to cure him. He says
he owes his recovery to this wonderful
remedy. = Mrs. Mary Sibley, Sidney,
Mich. For sale by Geo. NJ Andrews,
Druggist.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
We could not imagine how he baf

We could not imagine how he had
lured my father away from the terrace
and down a back lane, where we oon-
iectured the murder had been committed.
Not that We found evidence there of q
struggle, but it was the only place in the
imm ediate neighborhood where murder
could have been committed. We had no
moral doubt that the bandit had mur.
dered my father; that he had made him
insensible by means of ohloroform before
killing him, and that my poor father s
body was secreted somewhere near our
villa. Still, it was not possible to bring
the murder home to the man, and when
he disappeared shortly after, we were
certain that he had gone away to enjoy
the profits of the sale of the diamond
cut in two or three, perhaps, to avoid
Identification.
After eight months married and went
to India. Ny brother, who was a bach
elor, lot the house. Five years later
returned home with my two children,
whom the climate of India did not suit
AS the house was then unlet, l took it.
although associated with such painful
recolleotions. My great. aunt came to
pay me visit and make the acquaint
anoe of my boy and girl-the latter was
named for her. One night, after the
ohildren had gone to bod, we were sitting
in the dra wing room, when we began to
talk of my poor father
1T is rather odd, when you come to
think of it, that Jack may be said to have
disappeared before"
"How SO, auntP''
"He was intended for the church, but
didn't fancy it. The living of Willow
slop cum Studge was family living and
meant for him. We all wished it, but
he did poorly at college and then,
ashamed of himself, he dashed off to
South Africa and did we'll there"
AS we talked shadow passed and
repassed the windows. Our hearts stood
still. A minute later astep-my father's
step-in tho hall. Another minute he
was in the room and in his arms.
my dear Ethel" said he, II simply
ran away from civilization. I've been
attle-ranohing, I've been a cowboy
enjoyed myself famously. did not see
that had any ties to keep me at home,
with Tom getting on at the bar and you
about to be married and going to India.
had grown dead tired of social conven.
tionalities, of suburban villa life.
heard that society paper was going to
send an interviewer to draw me out as
the rich diamond man, and 30 the fit
came on me to hook it. hooked it once
before and told no one. l was ashamed
to tell the truth-that l was sick of
civilizstion-loathed it to the toes-but
was, so bolted. l sold my diamond in
New York. By the way, Two not made
money this time, but lost it. l had
chap put over me in the ranch who was
my butler here once. We called him the
bandit. He told me he'd been accused of
numbering me, and suspicion so clung to
him he felt forced to quit. He is not a
bad chap. He loaned me the money to
come home, sent his respects to you,
Ethel. and wished me to tell you that he
did not rob and murder me, and hide my
body"
"Ob, papa, are you now home for
good ?"
''Yes, think so-hut can't tell. l
shall have to hook 1t again some day,
but that will be into another world alto
gether."
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Coupid breaks his bow at the sight of
face full of pimples. Hollow cheeks.
sunken eyes, and sallow complexion
will defy his best Intentions. Beauty ia
more than skin deep. The skin is merely
the surface on which is written In plain
characters the condition of the body. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is good
for the complexion because 1t makes the
whole body yhealthy-because 1t clears and
purifies the blood, makes the digestion
strong and clears out impurities of All
kinds. BY increasing the ability 10
assimilate nutritious food, and by the
infusion of its own ingredients it enriches
the blood and SO makes solid, healthy
flesh. 1t cures diseases of the lungs.
liver, stomach, bowels, skin and scalp.
simply because all these diseases spring
from the same cause "a disordered
digestion and consequent impure blood.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
60 44oo PURE
A SONG OF THE TOILERS.
BY IDA wHIPPLE BENHAM

Early ana late we have borne
The burden, the heat of the day;
Visions and dreams OF the morn
Have vanished forever away,
Heartily, friend by friend,
Our willing hands we haye set
TO the weight of the world-and the END
Hath not come yeti
Once, in the dawnirg, we stood
BY the side of beautiful stream,
Slow issuing, strong, from wood,
with songs on its lips. and the gleam
OF light from the heavens above
Astir in its tranquil breast;
But the namo of that stream was love-
Was love-not rest.
We toiled on tho mountain nj morn,
We stood on the glorious height.
And saw the full valleys of corn
In rapture of plenty and light;
But the reaper camc forth from his cot.
His parted lips still wet
From hasty repast-and his lot
Finds no rest yet
We sat in the shade of the trees
A moment when noontide was won,
Uncovered our heads to the breeze.
And smiled in the face of the sun;
But the trees were budding apace
Staunch timbers the storms TO fret,
And tn sun wrought on in his place
There is no rest yet.
Steadfastly, gladly, till eye
We bore our full part with-the strong;
Why should we talter or grieye,
Thus doing our brothers wrong?
We said: "We shall rest tonight
When the flowery ways are wet"
But the moon in tho east shines bright
There is no rest yet.
o, strongly the world hath stood
On pillars of toll till now;
The taste of our bread Is good
Seasoned with sweat of the brow;
The streams are turning the mills,
Their hands TO the firm wheels set,
And the slow dark trees on the hills
Are building yet.
The vigilant stars in the sky.
Each on his crrand pressed,
Goes with his torch borne high.
Nor falters nor SKIS for rest
Patience be strong, @ soul,
In Gods high purpose set
Somewhere, ut some fair goal.
Thou'lt rest thee yet!
The Indepen dent
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
Not Gospel Men.

The wife of member of the Cabinet
brought with her to Washington last fall
an old-fashioned oolored nanny who is
famous for her piety and her cooking, and
the dinners she has prepared during the
last two seasons have been the delight of
the Cabinet Circle and the Diplomatic
Corps, because they have been SO different
from the conventional dinners furnished
by the fashionable caterers and French
chefs. There has been nothing like them
in Washington since the war. But the
other day Aunt Melinda came to her
mistress with very solemn air and
decided that she was going back to
Georgia; that she could not live in "dis
hyah wicked, God-forsaken town, no
moh."
A little questioning disclosed the cause
of dissatisfaction. Mammy's heart was
broken.
"I'se toled an rs 'spired in dat dark
ole basement kitchen, ober dat good for
nothin' range which amt no place for
decent coOkin' nohow, Especially fer seoh
as has he'd cook houses all ter themselves,
an Use got the best dinners in de town,
case you'se told me so yo'self, Miss
Susie, s'po1in' dat dose forren Ministers
what comes hyar 80 often was Gospel
men. But las week find deys nuthin'
but good.for-nothin' worthless, trifiin'
trash, dat amt no preachers tall, and
amt no better dan infiddles. Dey don't
preach nowhere, an dey don't go to nc
church, an dey amt got no religion, an
some or 'em Caynt speak the Christian
language. l cayn't cook for no such
folks, Miss Susie, no, oayn't. l b'long
to de Lords people an oayn't"
"But, Linda" demonstrated the mis-
tress, "they are ladies and gentlemen ant
have done no wrong. If you mistool
them for ministers of the Gospel it wa
not their fault. They never pretended t.
be. They are members of the DIPLOMAT
Corps; representatives of foreign govern
ments, who came here too see the Prssi
| dent, and they arc called Ministers fo
that reason. don't want you to &
away. can't get along without you
Now go back to the kitchen and think il
over"
"I'se done thunk it over, Miss Susie
and Use rastled an I'se prayed, but no
body has no right to call hisself minister
onless he prea ches de Gospel. Dey is
wolves in de shoep's olothin', and Jesus
hab no part with dem furriners and
sech."
"But Jesus was foreigner" responded
the mistress. "Jesus did not live in this
country. He lived in Turkey, and the
Turkish minister is one of those that
came here"
Aunt Melinda gazed at her mistress in
sstonishment "Is you shoah OBJ datP"
she exclaimed.
"Yes; get your Bible and l will read
you about it,
So began mammy's lessons In eoc lesias-
tioal geography and history, which result
ed in modifying her sentiments; but she
will never recover from her disappoint-
ment when she discovered that the foreign
ministers at Washington were not Gospel
men, Chicago Record.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24
% oaer a reward Of 100 Dollar,

To UHeF KeWHFU UI HUU WUff"Fs
for case of catarrh that cannot be cured,
creates the suspicion that the articles so
advertised is humbug. Do you know
of any such reward being paid2 Ely Bros.
do not promise rewards in order to sell
their wellknown "Cream Balm" They
offer the most effective medicants, pre-
pared in convenient form to use, and at
the lowest possible price, so cents per
bottle. An honest and effective remedy,
which is absolutely free merourials OF
other harmful drugs.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Only think of it, it 10 said that in 100
years the lion will be extinctl Then the
poor lamby probably will have to lie
down all by it's lonesome self. Isn't it
awful to think Of?
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

The old man shaded his eyes and looked
after the fleeing bicyelist disappearing up
the road. Il WONDER" he ruminated,
"whether that's my boy or my girl"
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

"Your wife seems anxious to be MP to
date, Tugby." "Up to dateP She's way
ahead; she's got lot of trouble borrowed
for year after next"
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Tone of the ironies of life. says phi
losopher, sis the fact that the man who
has money enough to pay as he goes can
get all the credit he wants"
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Watts-'I wonder if the water is fit to
drink yet ?"
Potts-"Guess it is. An eel came
through our hydrant this morning, and it
seemed to be In good health"
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures
colds, Group and whooping cough. 1t is
pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale by
Geo. M. Andrews, Druggist.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

Women who are weak and nerynns.
who have no appetite and caDno. >lrep.
find strength and vigor in Hoods Sarsa.
parilla.
The Monitor-register., 1896-07-24

HOOPS PILLS are easy to take, easy t.
operate. Cure indigestion, headache.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-19
An Ingenious Arrangement.

Open a book at random and select a
word within the first ten lines and within
the tenth word from the end of the line.
Now double the number of the page and
multiply the sum by 5; then add 30; then
add the number of the line you have Sc
lected; then add s.; multiply the sum by
10. Add the number of the word in the
line. From this subtract $50, and the re-
mainder will indicate in the unit column
the number of the word, in the ten col
umn the number of the line and the re-
naming figures the number of the page.