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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
The Cold Wave.

January has come IN with q rush
of cold from the North Pole which
almost froze up the Western Hem's-
phere. A special from Chicago,
Jan. 4, says the storm which has
been raging for the last forty eight
hours In the Northeast has not in
creased in severity, save perhaps in
Iowa. The wind has been high
throughout the storm, and in sone
instances has shown remarkable per-
tipacity in clinging to high figures,
it having blown for thirty six hours
at a ffty-two mile rate at Huron,
5. d.
In Iowa the fall Of sleet and snow
has been very heavy, and the reports
tonight indicate lower temperature
and more snow.
In Western Kansas there has been
much trouble because Of the snow
packing on railroad tracks, end
trains have been held back al eating
stations until the track can be clear
ed.
A special from Yankton Gays the
blizzard which began Saturday night
ragged with undated fury to night,
Only one railroad is reported to
have moved a train in South Dako-
ia, and this was the local Oh the Cal.
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, be.
tween Yankton and Sioux City. All
other trains were abandoned last
night. The storm is the worst that
has ever been known for drifting
snow. No casualties have been re-
ported, although a great deal OF
stock is known to have persisted,
The State Legislature, which was to
convene at Pierre tomorrow, will
be delayed, as about so Of the l25
members are snow~bound, and some
Of them will not reach the capital
for several days.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09

THE close OF the year marks an
unusual' number of bank failures
Among those announced as we go to
press, December 90, is the Mccoy
Banking Company, independence,
Mo aud the Bank Of West Superior,
Wis; Scandal Bank, Minneapolis;
Security Mortgage and Trust Com
pauy, Dallas, Texas. The telegraph
reports, also, a number Of failures in
other lines Of business in Ohio, In
diana, at naconia, n. H., Rochester,
N. Y, and other places. We great.
~ regret that the daano of prosperity
is sill so beclouded Farm, Field
and Flreside.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
A Change inn Rice Manipulation.

Oour good old friend G. W.
Thomas, of Mermentan called to see
us on Tuesday and he gave US many
interesting points regarding the
handling of rice crops.
Mr. Thomas said that much Of the
loss of money in rice is due, not so
much to the price Of rice, but to the
manner in which it has hitherto been
handled.
In the first place he said, the
planter gets advances from a home
merchant. and one of the conditions
Of this advancing is that the planter
must Immediately after threshing his
crop send 1t to q New Orleans mer~
chant who reports that the markets.
dull and it must be stored. Stored
it is for months then sold for IS to
IS cents a sack, hardly paying
freights.
But Mr.. Thomas thinks this will
all be changed. The planters see
that the are simply working for the
commission merchants and are tired
of it. During the past season owing
to the number of mills and the
scarcity of rice, buyers went to the
plantations ana purchased the
rice at the thfesher. This is
as it should be and is the only
way for the planter to make money
on his crop. If it must be stored lei
him store it on his own place in his
own barn and not have to pay stor
age. Let the planters keep theil
rice until the buyers 60 10 them and
compete for their products.
Mr.. Thomas thinks the planter
will Profit by the past Lessons and
benefit by it in the future. We hope
SO, The middleman has for too many
years been sitting the profits Of thu
producer : lberian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
Saturday, January 9, 1897.

"No paper controlled by its pre-
iudices can be of any valne as o
promoter of the public welfare. The
paper must represent the needs and
hopes Of the people aud not the sell
fish ambition nor prejudices Of the
editor. The press is a power, but
to be effective, the minds that shape
it's course must be neither narrow
nor bigoted."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
Is There Too Much Money ?

For many years We have adyoca
ted the repeal of the tax on State
bank issues az one means of afford
ing relief to the people by furnishing
an elastic currency. We are glad
to reproduce the following from the
Lake Charles Press /:
New York complains Of a gInt Of
money, and in some quarters il is
argued that this is an evidence Of q
return of industrial and commercial
prosperity.
Far from it. 1t is an evidence of
business stagnation. which can only
be accomplished by the restoration
Of silver to its proper place IN the
coinage aud the inauguration of a
financial system which shall provide
for q more equal distribution Of the
currency of the country.
We imagine we hear the gold
standard advocates crying out =
Hear the fool |" He wants the
money Of the country divided up pro
rata" etc. By no means; but after
the restoration of silver, we would
have a banking law which would
permit the organization Of banks OF
issue under State laws. Now we
will be asked /: "Do yon want to
return to the wild cat system 2
Another wrong guess. We would
not have q dollar issued that wa:
not secured by such rigid laws thai
there could not be the remotest pos
sibiiity of loss or depreciation.
Instead Of charging The nationa
bank system, as proposed by MI
Cleveland in his last message, WI
would, under proper Federal re
strictions, have State banks, char
tered under the laws of the respec
tive States, with a circulation re
deemable in coin and secured by
deposit of State, municipal ant
national bonds to an extent tha
would render it safe beyond a per
adventure.
This would furnish a market 70
the State and municipal securities 0
every State in the union.
Under the present system, nearl.
all Of these are held in New Yorl
city and there the interest is paid
Until there is q mure equal distribr
ton of the currency of the country
and until we have a currency in vo'
ume sufficient to do the business, W
can have no real prosperity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
TAKEN UJAD

By undersigned while depredating
upon bis crop, a Hog. The owner
is hereby notified to come forward,
prove his property, pay costs and
damages otherwise said hog will be-
sold at public auction on Tuesday,
January ls, 1884, at the residence
of Emile Dahon in this parish TO pay
said COSTS and damages.
EMILE DUHoN.
January 9. 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
Succession Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

" &M&&
18th judicial District Court.
Parish Of Vefmilion NJ 3l4.
Succession of Cellma Thibodeaux.
By virtue Of an order of sale
granted ny the Hon. Coart afore-
said in the matters Of tile above
entitled and numbered estate. / will
proceed to sell at public auction, to
the laat aud highest bidder, at the
late residence Of deee. sed in this
parish, on
Tuesday, February 8, 1897,
petwee. tho legal hours prsscihed by
law, all OF the property Belonging
to the above entitled auds numbered
succession, to Wit
One certain tract Of land situated
in the parish of FerIuilion, contains
lug one handred arpenls, more or
less, superficial area aud taken for
The western portion OF the west half
OF the soutbwe.t quarter Of section
six, il township twelve, south OF
range fye. east.
One dwelling house, ono kitchen,
one corn crib, ole buggy house.
1863 picnx fencing, 1914 feet plank
fence, 1900 pounds Of fence wire,
one pair Of creole mules, three ploW
horses, two gentle mares, two colts,
three work oxen, two gentle COWS,
one COW aud calf, one two year old
beef, twelve hogs, 100 barrels OF
corn. % barrels of rice, N hack,
the undivided half interes. in an Ok
cart, three bedsteads and bedding,
one armoir, and many other articles
too numerous TO mention.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
All adjudicatioGs the aggregate
amount Of which shalt not exceed ten
dollars to be paid cash on the day Of
sale; and all adjudications the az.
gregate amount OF which will exceed
ten dollars, one-third thereof to be
raid cash on the day Of sale and the
remainder to be paid in one, two and
three years thereafter; purchasers to
furnish their notes with good and
solvent snreties 10 solido represent
ing the credit portion Of the pur-
chases 10 the satisfaction of the 40.
ministrator, payable to the order o.
the administrator, in one, two ana
; three years from the day Of sale, and
conditioned to bear eight per cens
! per annnm interest from maturity
] until paid, with the additional PEN
! atty Of ten per cent for attorneys
) fees on the amount due and exlglble
! in case Of non payment at maturity.
The land to be and remain spe-
ciaIly morfgaeed and h~ypothcated
: with vendors lien and privilege re-
e tanned thereon, and shall not oe
J a~Ijeuated, or in any way encumbered
i to the prejudice of the succession
and the notes to be furnished ~
above seiforlh 10 principal, interest,"
J. attorneys fees and all costs which
Z may accrue.
! DEMAs LEBLANC,
"a Jan. 9 81. Administrator
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
NOTICE.

Entering my pasture and stock
ranch on Chaniere au Tigre, without
nv consent Is forbidden. Any per-
son trespassiDg on said premises will
be prosecuted to the full extent Of
The law. AURORE DEFRANCE,
Widow Louis Laporte.
Ahbeyille, January 4, 1896.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
TO HUNTERS.

The Vermilion Developing Co.,
Lint. Hereby notifies hunters not to
hnnt within their closures. Anyone
caught in the act of violating this
uotice will be dealt with to the full
extent of the law.
J. P. GUEYDAN,
10-1-96-tf Presiden t.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09

All persons are hereby warned
not to hunt upon, tresspas upon or
ride or drive through my fields and
enclosures IN the 3rd ward Of this
parish, under penalty Of being pros
ecuted to tie fullest extent Of the
law.
1896. Mrs. ULYssE ABADIE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09

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haul others after it, so that II WON'T pc lone.
some when it gets there. me evidence q
lis WnW carer - as tJitpSo
bSS1N H-op ~ ~ . 20 81, sse
BUSINESS IN aoIcG Dee. !, It"
business wLlt55h as01 % e4o n toe7
ehulh8D sc. nI,lo9o
BUSINESS tesnl!natea , . 20 ,oe z4t
years ending Dec. 81, 1879 % iooo4s'
Vain OF BUSINESS II io1ee ICE a2s
hVe years -
p,so.f :, Eo-oa Dac Al
Buslnessln fofee Dec d. 40 sa5 7e
1872 - sor,a
GalI u !, y Srntttno s41
lof edch u wv -
As bad as this IS, II does nor sho" TUG
worst, The last three years have had a con
tinuOus record OIL progress Wafu, do she
following shows:
1888.
Business written AZ o49.
Business terminated ozt' 40o.
Net loss OF business 81 S5z Ill
1894.
Business written 5o3 aS6.
Business Terminated Q Sao ooo'
49, ~
Net loss of business sol AZ.
1850. -
Business written - VIZ 55s'
Business Terminated 9oz5 100.
-
xat loss ofbusiness 81 o82 s48.
IS93-IS94- 1895.
prsi1ess Written So 19 T23.
ppnstnes9 Terminated % LIS 800.
-
,,a;,ass 81 qes 1a3.
NetAosS f,asT GEwpE
CoSt of daff : tb I ! fba cost IF
Itis schatG S+siunss ~ fba hooks ~
taklns SnIs no ~ nat nTssed three dollars.
. C"lip9-y GTtba baIanre # exnenditurts.
per : a,d repawsl c.fa51issit.us ID
less taxes aaa asnsMal = ~ = naxg h7sineaa
hs = ! $50. . - ! Ia intar4stfr@ 10 ASK, what
Sa Vtll7 =" Soc i92 ~ bseineSs in force has
THIS gdlA " 9i"o - 10 = - tIa Wasbin0tnn
e9sb wy palieS 80 tie 1anaaa7s - doIiar
l4ile. ~ .rTrse Hare .Sra tl,a GeI1rsa
rs = 19laroas ffnr I've years. s. IA ga.
1otal i = ~
Deauct % y Pr S, ~ s7qs q48
pensss u 81 9TG.
aaAes Coa,nisaio,s
h9heWal sa5 ara 37s ta5
Pc ao;n
bala ! ,oo 'teoo - b1tafSass in force 81 4es s7s.
y go COST of esch one dollar gained in
hARSi $3.50 IN Tcrce q ~.
pusfi0'9 nrVTDRNDS
Fhe "Dl Wnshin sto Oh + e. + 3 "alpa am i o opo 7
- - ~ IL any9ssfng Iiteratnre. The rp-
p0ls 81 us nnn,nanE news now inn ncrtant
sore t6is oar tn e f Go rappiity. sno"s = .
Iected 81 4a4 aa2.
P PaTse9tas Of i dividends . '0'
to Premiums 16 50.
Dividends paid 1864
Percentage OF diyldeaos 10 oo
| pFcnituh4s 70
1894-Premiun1s collected s2,1o5, 7o1
Dividends paid 1lb,fo1
percentage OF alVl -,
dends to premiums . %
In this regard, at ieast, there must pc q
stop in the progress soon, or phere
Will pc q numbering pump at the ooetoIh ol
the NH.
COST OF $1,000 IN DEATH CLAIMS PAID.
policy. holder IN a Lie insurance COM
pany IS Interested n khoWlng gust "nat i
costs IN expenses TO get SIUoo IN oeath ciaifns
to the benenclarles o. . aead -nolGer.
me feeelpts OF cothpany arelioil us poiacs
holqef, OF Iie money oslonsihs " RoLs9
hOlueIs. ~ aouanaSSp
an iIelns NJ naae p ~ daa+b aIniinoy
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-09
Treapass Notice.

ALI persons are hereby warned not to
hunt upon, trespass upon or pass over.
ride or drive through my fields and
enclosures, in the Bird ward of this parish,
fullest extent of the law.
1-20-'94. ALEXANDRA BRoUssvRD.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
DUTCH WOMEN PROGRESSIVE.

More progress has been made by
women Of the little country ruled over
by the factious Queen Wilhelmina in
the last ten years than perhaps any
other nation in Europe. In Holland
women have learned the advantage of
cooperation and organization and in
stead OF being divided against them
selves, as in England they have
worked together. with a result that
they are winning all along the line
Ihey have formed a large number of
societies OF a philanthropic character
thus showing the useful and practical
SIDE OF the movement There is for
example, society for ASSISTING WORT
ing women to obtain homes of tboin
own, a society for aiding the children
or poor working people. a society for
making flower and vegetable gardens
among the poor. a society for the mid
or sick working women. a society for
the insurance OF sick working
We men and girls and q society for tho
education of servants. Practical worl,
OF this kind among women &c the hoe,
earnest OF the suffrage, which will
surely come. This year the govern
meht has passed law comforting al
most an equal suffrage upon women
ara making them eligible to nearly All
MUNICIPAL offices, Next year in token
u thls progress Dutch women will
hold worlds fair at The Hague
"illch is to be devoted solely to the ex.
hloition of women's activities and in.
dustries. Side by side with this prog
ress OF women's work there has beer
an advance in the political field
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
A New York barber is suspected 81
seven murders.
Tea, CoTce and Nerves,

Everybody In England drinks tea;
morning, noon and night, and nervous
diseases are consequently on the in
crease there. In this country we drink
more coffee than the English do with
plenty of tea besides; and nervous dis
eases are on the Increase here, too.
Both these universal beverages are bad.
They break down the health of habit
uating people to the effects of the poi
sonouS principles they contain. The
recent Introduction of Grain-O. the new
food-drnk, designed TO take the place
of coffee (and why not tca0 is the be-
ginning of a needed reform. Grain O
is made from pure grains, is harmless,
nutritious, palatnhle. good for young
and old. and onc-fourtli the cost Of cof-
foe. TRY 1t and you viii drink 40 more
coffee ana have better rest and sound
er health as rewards. Packages 15c.
and 25c of any grocer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
FED TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES

Though she has lain on a sick bed
I since 1855. Mrs Bella Cooke OF 492
/ Second avenue, New York, can feel for
4 the sufferings OF others. Thanksg.y-
! ing day 200 poor families were provid-
! ed with dinners suitable for the occa-
sion by Mrs. Cooke New York,
/ best missionary" some call her, be-
cause during her imprisonment she
has improved her unique opportunity
TO sympathize with, understand and
help intelligently numbeIless other
sufferers. On WelIe sday in a room
on the ground floor Of her home, Mrs.
Cookies helpers distributed the dinner
materials The beneficiaries were the
wives and children OF men temporarily
out Of work for no fault OF their own
and widows with large families
Only the respectable poor. Mrs.
Cooke has no sympathy with ire
sponsibility. Everyone who came had
u cord showing that the bearer prev
iousiy had visited her and been found
worthy. One hundred and twenty-five
turkeys, 175 chickens, five barrels OF
potatoes. three of turnips fifty pounds
of tea and fifty pounds of sugar were
divided among the 200 happy callers
She has had more than her cup full Of
sorrow Born Of religious parents in
Hull, England, she married the good
man she loved and came with him to
this country to make their fortune
On the Journey over her baby died anf.
was buried at sea. There were bitter
years before she became reconciIed 10
the loss More children came and
poverty. Her husband did not find |
" wealth so plentiful in this land. In |
lS49 he died Of cholera Left a widow |
with young children, she did sewing |
and whatever respectable work she /
could find, For years she did sewing |
Tor Mrs William f. Dodge. and their |
friendship was that Of woman for
woman, not rich patroness and en-
oloye In 1856 spinal trouble over
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
The Caretsker.

Caretaker is a word adopted into mod
ern use and mems one who takes care
If, and Is very generally applied to those
employed TO take care Of things COM
mitted to their keeping The way some
people have of taking care Of them.
selves is very suggestive of the need Of
a caretaker. The human body TO such
is n mansion filed with precious things
uncared for where thieves may break
in and rust doth corrupt Pains and
aches are thieves and the body left I'M.
cared for to their SpOiiagc VIII be- rob
bed Of ali It's comforts aud dcspe" u
It's peace Of mind and happiness. II is
a happy thought - look upon 81. Jacobs
Oil as 4 caretaker, 80 employ II as q
Waterman against such intWders.
There is hardly an ache, from both
ache 10 a tocachc, that Il can't take care
OF ana effect q cure. and pains the most
violent are conquered by lts use. TX
Office rs q caretakcr IS to prevent the
spIrad Of aches and pains into chronic
stage Keep bottle Of It in the handi.
est place and be assured Cf gou' -d.t
and comfort.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30

came Mrs. Cooke, and she was placed
has arisen. Not precisely the one she
now occupies. This is one with many
devices, which it has been necessary
TO add from year to year She is in
another bed, but in the Identical house.
Forty-two years ago this rear tene-
ment, 1872 Second avenue, was known
as the little white cottage. 1t had a
flower garden in front, white picket
fence, the cattle grazed near, and no
other houses shut out the view. To-day
the house is in the heart OF the east
side side tenement district. To reach
ii visitor must pass through another
house, embroidered Between the
front and rear dwellings is small
yard, cemented, shut in. Mrs. Cooke
hires the whole three-storied rear
tenement. She keeps one floor. five
wee rooms, in exquisite order. and
rents the other floors. Thus she is in
sured agreeable fellow tenants. She
is rich in friends. Many of them are
wealthy. Some of them are New
York's proudest danes and their
purses are open toward the sick
| woman's needy ones None who seek
her go unaided in whatever may be
their sorest necessity if their need is
genuine, their purpose honorable
My ladies' Mrs, Cooke calls her
| friends who cOmp I'm THAR pat.riooo,
TO her poor, tiny home Mrs Cookies
ladies' rely upon her estimates Of all
| applicants for charity
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results whe0
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tem offectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitu1
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
t. all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs Is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure 1T promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Donot aeceptany
substitute.
CSlkFORHiA fiG SKPg17 CO.
sin fGaaciSc0. ca
L0GSKiir. r. Ha2 Yo6s NJ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
500 Reward. SJoo.

The readers Of this paper will pleased to
iearn that there Is nj least one dreadpd disease
that science has boon able tocure in all It's stsgsS
ami that T. Eatarlh Halls Catar,h Cure ID
tlcohlr positive curo now known 10 tn, medical
fritornuy, CatRrrh being constitutional dis
81 So. requires q constitutional treatment Hall's
'Nlhyfh urC Is taken internally. acting directly
mon the blood aud mucous surfaces OF the syS-
Ie thercor DESTROYING the foundation 81 the
dt'ease,and giving the patient strength by huilH
lhl' mp the constitution and assisting nature in
dong ITS work, The propriotors have so much
i9US IN rs curative powers, that they oGrer One
Hundred Dollars for any case thai 1t fails =
cure, send for list Of testimonials
Address, T, j. CHENEY Il co, Toledo, O
500 by Druggists I5c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-30
MERRY SAYS NOT GUILTY.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Chris. Merry the
pedder charged with wife murder, and
his accomplice, James Smith, were ar
raigned in police court yesterday. They
stolidly pleaded not guilty. Neither
had lawyer and both objected To an
early trial. Judge Horton, however,
set the trial for next Monday.