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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

The Bertha C. left here yesterday for
Morgan City in charge Of Capt. Andrew
Perron, who will be remembered as a
pilot on the Matte and Barmore in the
good old days, when our only commun-
ication with the world was by steam
boat to Morgan City.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06
Deaths.

PRovENzANo--On Monday, Novem-
Der /, at 5 a. M, G. Pr~ovenzano, aged
AZ years, l month, % days.
The deceased was a native Of ITALY
and resided here for several years,
keeping a small store at the corner Of
Vermilion and Hawthorne streets.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

BRoUssARD-0n Wednesday, Nov.
3, at the residence Of her husband, near
Perry's Bridge, Modest Emily Decuir,
wife of j. Cl6bert Broussard.
Mrs. B. was a member of one Of the
best families in the parish and leaves a
number of children, among whom are
Mrs. +. F. Feray Of this town and J. A.
Broussard, and Mrs. Felix 0'Neill of
Perry's Bridge.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06
CHOW is the
accepted tirne.o

Good crops, good prices for cotton, sug-
ar and rice go to make Louisiana the
most prosperous State in the Uunion.
Any one can buy a
piano or organ
Our low prices and easy terms puts them
within the reach of the most economical
Send for catalogue, terms and price lists
OF the largest and Oldest piano house in
the South.
PHILLIP WERLEIN. LIMITED,
NEW ORLEANS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Rose Hill central factory began OPP
erations Wednesday morning. Every
thing is in good order and cane is be-
ing delivered rapidly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

IOplNO % AOiOO1 SEtOA Vhb Il ah Ia
possession of the tax rolls Of the cor.
poration of Abbeville for the year 1885,
which are due and collectable. Per
sons owing taxes are notified to com
up and pay without delay.
i. DUTEL,
Const. Coll.
Oyercoats were comfortable Monday
and Tuesday and fires were in demand
Cane is very green and the juice just
now is very light weighing only 6
Baume.
Read the notice Of the Building and
Loan adjourned meeting. Money will
be offered to borrowers.
Races will take place at P. Ledanois
race track, on Chappuis plantation,
Vermilion Bayou, Nov. 1921, 1897
The mespilus or Japan plum is now
in bloom and the air is redolent with
the sweet perfume of its fragrant wax
like blossoms.
Dupre Myers, Of Prairie Greig had
the misfortune of%burning his crib with
several hundred barrels of corn and
two bales Of cotton.
Rose Hill central factory began OPP
erations Wednesday morning. Every
thing is in good order and cane is be-
ing delivered rapidly.
Mules are stubborn critters and that's
how Geo. Delano lost a fine pair last
week. They backed off the ferry at
Cades and were drowned.
0taihitle or white sugar cane, which
are very soft and spongy and unriYall
ed for eating are in market and sell
readily at 2 canes for aniekle.
Those of our citizens away from
home and u1able to get through the
quarantine lines are reported praying
faithfully for a killing freeze real Don
-e-
A good yield of Providence rice is re-
ported by E. M. Stebbins, who thresh-
ed out this week 46 sacks, grown IN Al
acres, south of town on the old Area
place.
The Southern Pacific train that pass
es daily has on board a United States
Marine Hospital Surgeon, who al be
Of service in an emergency.-Rayne
Tribune,
There is no sucl thing as business
in Franklin at present. Many Of Il
stores have closed their doors until af-
ter the fever shall have been eradicat-
ed.-Banner.
Wednesday evening the grand jury
made a partial report, handing in three
true bills in the case of the burglary
Old. O. Broussard's warehouse in the
18th ward last spring.
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Some people are already predicting
that We will have another and worse
epidemic of yellow fever next year than
we have had this year. Let Us not
borrow trouble, but wait till it comes
first.
Rose Hill made a trial run this week
and ground up about 800 tons Of in
about Is hours. This is good work
and shows what this big mill a do
when the cane comes along as it is
wanted.
Minors new buggy and bicycle re-
pository on State street, has been re-
celving the finishing touches this week
at the hands Of the painters and the
stock has been moved down from the
old stand on Port street.
-
Outside of the three cases of yellow
fever now under treatment, there is
nothing new to report. All Of the pa
TENTS are doing well. The record to
date have been seven cases and three
deaths.-Franklin Banner.
#@
Monday, Telesphore Thibeaux, Jr.,
better known as "Bee," made an at
tempt to bribe Dist. Atty. Gordy in a
certain cattle stealing case. Mr.. Gordy
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Dupre Myers, Of Prairie Greig had
the misfortune Q burning his crib with
several hundred barrels of corn and
two bales Of cotton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

0taihitle or white sugar cane, which
are very soft and spongy and u~nriyall
ed for eating are in market and sell
readily at 2 canes for anickle.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Mules are stubborn critters and that's
how Geo. Delano lost a fine pair last
week. They backed off the ferry at
Cades aud were drowned.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Those Of our citizens away from
home and u1able to get through the
quarantine lines are reported praying
faithfully for a killing freeze real soon.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

VIZ learn that the good people Of
Gueydan are very much in earnest
about securing telephone communica-
ton with Abbeville. j. T. Gillentine
Of Wright ?. O., is interesting himself
in the matter and with the help OF
Messrs. Gueydan, Pipes and Doss, the
thing should soon be an assured GER
tainty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

A good yield of Providence rice is re-
ported by E, M. Stebbins, who thresh-
ed out this week 46 sacks, grown on A
acres, south of town on the old Area
place.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

The Southern Pacific train that pass
es daily has on board a United States
Marine Hospital Surgeon, who can be
Of service in an emergency.-Rayne
Tribune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Let it be said to the credit Of all the
benevolent orders in New Orleans, not
one has called for outside help, and all
of them know that their brethren ev-
er,ywhere would respond quickly to a
call for help. Among the $500 mem
bers of the knights of Pythias only
four have been stricken with the dread
ed disease.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

There is no suc1 thing as business
in Franklin at present. Many Of our
stores have closed their doors until af-
ter the fever shall have been eradicat-
ed.-Banner.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Educate Your Bowels With casoarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation
forever. 10c. If e. C. e. fail, druggists
refund money.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Wednesday evening the grand jury
made a partial report, handing in three
true bills in the case of the burglary
OLD. O. Broussard's warehouse in the
9Th ward last spring.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-11-06

Monday, Telesphore Thibearlx, Jr.,
better known as ABee," made an at
tempt to bride Dist. Atty. Gordy in a
certain cattle stealing case. Mr.. Gordy
very promptly handed him over to the
sheriff and he is now confined in jail on
Q cha rye of bribery.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
TeutOnic France.

Tho northern third Of France and half
OF Belgium are today more Teutonic than
the south of Germany. This Is clearly at
tested by the maps which show the distri-
button of each of the physical characteris-
tics of race. 1t should not occasion sur
prise when we remember the incessant
downpour of Teutonic tribes during the
whole historic period. 1t was a constant
procession of Goths-from all points Of
the compass-of Franks, Burgundians,
and others. France was entirely overrun
by the Franks, with the exception of Brit
tany, by the middle of the sixth century.
All through the middle ages this part Of
Europe was not only ethnically Teutonic-
it was German in language and customs
as we'll The very name of the country is
Teutonic. 1t has the same origin as Fran
COMA in southern Germany. In S12 the
council of Tours, away down SOUTH or
dainCd that every bishop should preach
both in the Romance and the Teutonic
languages. The Franks preserved their
German speech 400 years after the con-
quest. Charlemagne was German. His
courtiers were all Germans He lived and
governed from outside the limits of mod
ern France The Able Sieyes uttered an
chronological truism when, in the course
of the French revolution, he cried out
against the French aristocracy, LET us
send them back to their German marshes
whence they camel"
The movement of population racially
has been strongly Influenced by the geog-
raphy of the country. Were it not for the
peculiar conformation of this part of Eu
rope there would be no geographical ex-
cuse for the existence of Belgium as sep
arate political entity, as we have said, and
northern France would be far moro thor
oughly Teutonized than it is today. PRO
fessor W. u. Ripley in Popular Science
Mnnthlx-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Causes of Corns and Bunions.

The feet arc surely plant mem bers when
they can endure the yariformcd shoes that
from time to time compel them into new
habits with each new pair put on, yet
they rarely rebel or give real trouble I'M
less barbarously neglected. Corns and
bunions are more often the result of wear
ing old shoes than in a wrong selection of
new ones. A constant change of footgear
inures the foot to variety, and even those
who confine themselves wholly to the ready
made article need suffer no i'll effects If
they will keep their shoe supply as care
fully replenished as Is the rest of the ward
robe.
1t is one of the most fallacious Of prac .
tices to attempt to economiZe by wearing
old shoes about the house unless they pos
sess all their buttons, have straight heels
and soles and are daily brushed and aired,
as are their newer fellows. Only in this
way may tho ankles be continually braced
into straightness and the toes allowed to
move gently in an almost straight direc-
ton. When the foot is thrown out of bal
ance by worn down heels, the toes, at
tempting TO retain level position, per
form prehensile feats which resemble the
action of the forebears some scientists have
ascribed to us. Moreover, the combined
heat and moisture of the normal foot hard
en- the leather of the continuously worn
shoe into permanent creases, which in
turn render the foot extremely sensitive,
and struggling against its hard environ
ment enlarges the joints and causes local
distress. -Harper's Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
THE RESURRECTION FLOWER.
A Strange Plant Made Famous by Song
and Story.

Several varieties of the so called resur-
rection plant have recently appeared
among the novelties offered by florists. but
the original is the rose of Jericho. Along
the shores of the Dead sea, far enough
away to be out of the reach of the death
dealing vapors and the salt spray, grows
this rose, little plant famed in many
legendary story, which, when ripened,
rolls up its sprays and branches into a
curious little brown ball.
The desert winds snap off its dry stem
and whirl the seemingly dead little ball
away over sandy plains like a feather
weight After it chances to reach some
damp place, in about ten days. the mois-
ture has wrought miracle, for the once
dead is alive again, green and growing.
The old time pilgrims who brought
back this plant with them from the Holy
Land, told wonderful tales of its power to
bloom out on Christmas day and gave it
the name of resurrection flower Another
old legend names it ct. Mary's rose, be-
cause it is said that when Joseph and
Mary were fleeing from Egypt one of
these flowers grew from every spot where
they halted to rest
The dry ball, when unfolding, drops
its seed, and from these it may be Guilt
waited as an annual. To resurrect these
dry balls it is simply necessary TO keep
them standing in glasses of water, inn
mersed about half way to the top of their
branches. The expansion is merely a
mechanical, spongelike process.
The botanical name of the rose of Jeri-
cho is anastatica, from anastasis, resurrec-
ton. There are other species of resurrec-
ton plants, but they are not so attractive
as their Dead sea relative, which, although
it has very little beauty, has an honored
place among flowers because of the many
fancies and associations it calls up and
its peculiar development. - Philadelphia
Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Having an Opinion.

"Philip," said Mr.. Gratebar, "don' {
hesitate To have an opinion about things
There are some things that are not mat
tiers of opinion-as, for instance, the break
ing strain of bridge. That is "a matter Of
computation. But as to the larger ques-
ton of whether the bridge under consider
alton should be built Mt all your opinion
may DO good as another's.
"You should not, of course, intrude
your opinion upon people, but you should
not fail to express it when called upon,
and there may be times when it will be
reasonable for you to project it, and l
should include among the things concern
ing which you may express yourself-al-
ways, Philip, with courtesy and with due
regard for the opinions of others-prac-
tically all the affairs of life. Neither indi-
viduals with whom you may come in con-
tact, Philip, nor communities or countries
in which you dwell will trust you unless
you first trust yourself Later they de-
mand something more-that your opin-
ions shall he shown to be well founded. "
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
CLIMBING MOUNT RAINIER.
A Thrilling Experience That Was just
Saved From Becoming Tragic.

So far as | have been able TO learn, no
one had assembled the east side of Mount
Rainier previous to our excursion. Much
Of the way the slope was so steep that we
could barely retain foothold I'm the hard
snow with our spiked shoes, aided by our
alpenstocks In only few places, how
ever, was it necessary 10 cut steps. The
snow was greatly crevassed, and numerous
snow bridges had 20 be crossed. Owing TO
the steepnoss of the general slope the up
per sides of the crevasses frequently stood
as walls, which rose in front Of us in
ascending and were the most troublesome
of all the Instructions 20 overcome. Sew
eral times after wearily threading our way
through IA maze Of interesting fractures
for an hour or more an impossible gulf or
"a vertical wall barred farther progress. A
retreat and another attempt were then the
only resources.
Our advance was slow even on unbroken
slopes as we were roped together, and it
was necessary for safety that some of the
party should always have a firm hold in
the snow with alpenstocks while others
were advancing. Once we were in danger
of disaster. While crossing steep snow
slope diagonally and having yawning
crevasse Immediately below us the man
next the rear end of the line slipped and
slid down the slope on his back to the very
brink of the yawning gulf. Unfortunate
ly the man behind him at that critical
moment removed his alpenstock from the
snow, was jerked from his feet and shoot
ing head first down the steep incline, dis
appeared over the edge of the creyasse. A
severe strain came on the rope, but the
three men in advance held fast with their
alpenstocks. Before assistance could be
extended to the man dangling in midair
In the crevasse he climbed the taut rope
and stood unframed among us once more.
The only unfortunate result of the acct
dent was the loss of an alpenstock.
pressions of Mount Rainier" by Israel G.
| Russell, in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A SAGAClOuS MULE.
He Was willing To Work Full Hours, but
No Overtime.

/ once spent some months on cotton
plantation down i'm Mississippi. Fastened
TO the top OF tine ginhouse was large
bell. IL had been the custom on this plan
tation, ever before tho war and up to the
present time, for all hands to 90 10 work
and quit by the sound of this bell. The
bell rang at a. m, IL m, l p. IN. and q
r. m. Ihre was on the plantation a mule
who had constituted himself self ordain-
ed and independent "labor organization.
This cuss of mule would not go TO work
until the bell rang. At IL o'clock he
would quit work at tho first stroke of the
bell, would not 80 10 work again until the
bell rang and would quit in the afternoon
the moment the bell sounded. This may
seem strange, but 1t is as true as gospel.
The mule would not tighten his traces
after the bell sounded at noon. No mat
ter If he was in the middle of a cotton
row in the field or pulling n wagon, he
struck the moment the bell sounded. All
the whipping and abuse you cold heap
upon him only made him moro deter
mined He would stand and bray and
kick at you as fast MS his hind feet could
fly and finally wind up by kicking himself
out of harness
One day his regular driver was sick, ana
the owner of the plantation put Uncle
SAM new hand, who had only gone to
work on this place the day before, to drive
this team and haul seed cotton out of the
field to the ginhouse. At noon the bell
rang, and Pete struck for grub as usual,
half way between the field and the GIN
house. Uncle Sam wanted to go on to
the ginhouse with the load before he
Embarrassed for dinner, but Pete differed
with him on this point. The old negro
and the mule took up the whole noon hour
trying to see which would have his way
and finally the mule came out victor
Uncle Sam had to give in and embarrassed
out in the field and went leading the mule
to the house. The owner of the place and
myself were watching the whole show
and were enjoying 1t hugely. Uncle Sam
led the mule up to where we stood in the
barnyard and said, MARS Bob, dis ere
rectified mule are dun struck fer higher
wages" The owner said, "Sam, that
mule has been striking for higher wages
for the last 20 years, but he has never got
any advance yet. Forest and Stream.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A RAINS TORN OF AIR.
The Phenomenon That Possibly Inccssant-
ly Obtains In InterstelIar Space.


A temperature very closely approximate
ing the absolute zero is believed TO obtain
In the ethereal ocean Of interplanetary and
lnterstellar space, which transmits, but Is
thought not TO absorb, radiant energy
We here on the earth's surface are protect
ed from exposure To It's cold, which would
deprive every organic thing of life almost
tnstantaneously, solely 10y the thin blanket.
Of atmosphere with which the globe is
coated 1t would seem as If this atmos-
phere, exposed To such temperature at
its surface, must there be necessarily lique-
fed, and thus fall back like rain to be dis
solved into gas again while it still is many
miles above the earth's surface This may
be the reason why its scurrying molecules
have not long ago wandered off into space
and left the world without protection.
But whether or not such liquefaction of
the air now occurs in our outer atmos-
phere, there can be no question as to what
must occur in its entire depth were we per-
manently shut off from the heating inlu-
ence of tho sun, as the astronomers threat
en- that we may be in u future age Each
molecule, not alone of the atmosphere, but
of the entire earth's substance, is kept
aquiver by the energy which it receives or
nos INNNlNNh, hlItCllg lDulftCbly, from
the sun. Left to itself, each molecule
would wear out its energy and fritter it off
into the space about it, ultimately running
completely down, as surely as any human
made machine whose power is not from
time to time restored. If then it shall
come to pass in some future age that the
suns rays fail us, the temperature of the
globe must gradually sink toward the alb
solute zero-that is to say, the molecules
Of gas which now fly about at such incon-
ceivable speed must drop helpless to the
earth; liquids must in turn become solids,
and solids themselves, their molecular
quivers utterly stilled, may perhaps take
on properties the nature of which we can
not surmise.
Yet even then, according to the current
hypothesis, the heatless molecule will still
be thing instinct with life It's vortex
whirl will still 60 on, unin1uenced by the
dying out of those subordinate quivers
that produced the transitory effect which
we call temperature. For those transitory
thrills, though determining the physical
state of matter as measured by our crude
organs OF sense, were no more than non
essential incidents, but the vortex whirl is
the essence of matter itself Henry Smith
Williams, Nj. d.. in Harper's Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Count ToIstoi and the Policeman.

The Russian papers are chuckling over
the following incident, which happened
during Count Tolsto's recent stay at Mos
COW Tolstoi, noticing n policeman TAX
ing n drunken man in somewhat forcible
manner to the police station, stopped the
police constable and asked him
"Can you ready"
Eyes" was the reply.
"And have you read the gospel?'
Eyes, sir. "
"Then you ought to know that we
should not offend our neighbor.
The constable looked the count up and
down, noticing his shabby appearance,
and asked
Can you read?'
yes, said 1olstoi.
And have you read the instructions to
the policeY'
"No
Very well, then, go and read them
first, and then come back and talk to me
again. .
We can quite imagine that the great
reformcr, with his sense for the blunt hui
NOR of the lower classes, enjoyed the en-
counter as much as anybody .-Westmin-
stcr Gazette
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Alphabet of Proverbs.

A grain of prudence is worth a pound
of craft
Boosters are cousins to liars
Denying IL fault doubles it,
Envy shoots at others and wounds her.
self.
Foolish fear doubles danger.
God teaches us good things by our own
hands.
He has hard work who has nothing to do.
1t costs more to revenge wrongs than to
suffer them.
knavery Is the worst trade.
Learning makes man fit company for
himself.
Modesty is "a guard to virtue.
Not to hear conscience is the way to ST.
lence it.
One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
Proud looks make foul work in fair
faces.
Quiet conscience is quiet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults INDUCED are little thieves
that let In greater ones.
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness are mother and
daughter.
Wise men make more opportunities than
they find.
You never lose by doing good act.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without
light. Philadelphia Record.