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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
Edward. 1 Greene, aftys.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
l7th judicial District Court-No
36i-Parish of Vsrmilion.

Succession Of Alex G. Bourque
Notice is hereby given TO III
whom it may concern, including the
heirs Of said succession, 10 make op-
position if they think lit. within ten
days from the day on which this
notice is published, showing the rea-
son II any they have My The tahleaa
Of debts and charges against eald
succession. Of settlement Of The CON-
munity with a distribution to III
heirs and widow. filed by Felicia Lee
blanc. natural turk. administering
The estate for the minors should nos
be approved and homologated.
Given nDder my hand and scat
tits 24ih day Of December. 1898.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk Of Court.
Broussard & kileLe!l, altgs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
Let's Keep Our Flag to Ourselves.

What a pity the old Confederates
did not stop the crank who at Atlanta
pinned a Confederate badge on the
breast Of President Mckinley against
the feeble protest Of the latter. To say
nothing Of the embarrassment caused
the President. who looks upon Con-
federate colors as a bull does upon a
red flag, and who for years has been
associated with those preaching THAT
treason must be made odious" and
that the Confederate soldiers were
rebels and traitors, the dissertation of
the colors themselves was little less
than a crime AGAINST the memory of
our dead. The Confederate flag is
sacred to the past, and while we adj
mire President Mckinley for his gen
erons mention of our dead and for his
amiability generally, we are unwilling
to have our badges placed upon the
coats of those who think it a crime to
even look upon one. Our flag and
badges have nothing to do with the
present.
The flag was furled by it's defend
ers long ago and now to drag it forth
to answer political purposes is both
unwise and we may say well-nigh
sacreIigious. Let US keep the flag
buried in our own hearts as a memen-
to Of a struggle for self-goyernment
such as was before or since
known in the history of the world and
not idly hout it or force our badges
upon those who abhor the cause for
which we fought.-B. r. Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

The authorized announcement that
Henry Austin Adams viii give his first
five lectures on Leo XII. Bismarck.
Gladstone, Darwin and Tennyson,
the five great men of the Nineteenth
century, that Bishop O'Gorman will
deliver a course on the just now very
live topic of .sChurch and State,''
aud that Rev. Talbot Smith of New
York will discourse on Literature is
an earnest of 1.-THE good time coming
al the Catholic Winter School Of
America" which opens its fourth an
nual session at Tulane Hall in New
Orleans, on February 10Th, next : just
sfter the Carnival pageants have been
retired. There are assuring prospects
taat the Winter School will be largely
attended, notabilities in Church and
education being expected in unusual
Number. The railroads will give the
customary reduced rate and extension
q ti,ket privileges.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
Il tie LOUI@IANA-parish OF
Vermilinn-.Tih Judicial District
Canrt-No 9SQ

>fAIE IOUI~lANA-Parish OF
Vermilinn-.Tih Judicial District
Court.-No 358.
Succession Of Tfezime Touchet.
Application Of Vietnriae E Gouner
10 tte discharged as Misunderstanding.
Notice II hereby given 10 all WHOM
it may concern. including the heirs
IT said succession. to make opposi-
ion, if the, think fit, within TIN
days from the day in which ibis
notice is published, showing lhe rea
-on if any they have why said arpllea.
ton for discharge fled by v letoriae
B. Conner administrators of said
succession and her bond Cancelled az
-uch to file the same in writing II
he office Of the clerk of court within
zen dags from The dale hereof.
Given under my hand aud seal Of
eonrt this 24;h day of DeeembI,
1898.
ALcTDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
Edward. Greene, aftya.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

Under the new laW notices mailed
to taxpayers must be registered and
the cost will be % instead o. 10 cents
as formerly. Hence all who wish to
avoid this additional cost will do well
to settle with The tax-collector on or
be ore the 1st of January.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

Start the New Year right by find
ing out just how you stand financially.
Find out how much you own, and
how much you are owing, then strike
q balance and see how much better or
worse off you are than last year. Try
it and see how much you are worth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

The Postmaster General recon-
mends that an appropriation of
$500, 600 be made for the purpose of
trying free delivery of mail in the
rural districts.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

A Missouri editor in response to the
question do hogs pay?'' said: "A
great many do not. They take the
paper for several years and then some
day it win be sent back refused"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
NOTICE.

All parties having claims against the
succession of Emile Moultrie, are re-
qnested to present them to the undef-
SIGNED or bis attorneys Broussard and
kachell. Persons indebted to the sue
cession will settle with either myself or
attorneys. L. o. BRoUsSARD,
Dec 10, 1883. Administrators.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

Senator McEnery introduced in the
senate a bill for the relief of j. Madi-
son Wells for stores seized by the
Federal forces during the a The
amount involved exceeds $500, 900.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
Captain Wimberly. collector of III

Captain Wimberly, collector of the
Port of New Orleans and Charles
Fontelieu, Marshal of sthe Eastern
District Of Louisiana, were confirmed
By the senate. There was no oppo-
sition to FonteIieu's confirmation,
but a strong move was made against
the confirmation of Wimberly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
An exchange made this homely bu

An exchange made this homely but
true comparison: s'Men are just
like hogs, however distasteful that
may sound to hogs. When a hog gets
an ear Of corn every other hog will
trot along behind him and squeal and
whine and beg all the day for a bite,
but just let the front hog get caught
with his head fast in a crack, and
every son of a SOW Of them will jump
onto him and tear him to pieces; just
SO with man. AS long as a man is
prosperous and has money he can't
keep friends off with a baseball bat.
The moment he is unfortunate and his
wealth is gone he is not only snubbed
by his former friends but they at once
begin to do him all the harm possible.
When a man starts down grade the
world steps aside and sreases the
track"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

Grip is now prevailing as an cpl
sdemic in New York and other large
northern cities. 1t is estimated that
there over a 100, 600 cases in New York
city.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

wv SONS iii this state To manage oiF bas
uess in their " and nearby counties
t is mainly office work conducted ut
nome. salary straight 500 Il year and
aud Representatives, lfonaiide. no more
~ less salary. Monthly SI5. References.
Enclose sell addressed envelope. Herbert
E.. Hess Prest., Dept. Il, Chicago.
@
Catherine Cole il dead. The
brief but sad sentence will send a
thrill Of sorrow through many a heart
in the South, to whose people she
was endeared by many tender ties.
Mrs. Martha r. Field died Monday
at midnight in Chicago. For many
years she had been an invalid. Edi-
torially the Times-Democrat remarks:
During this long and hopeless strug-
gle against a relentless malady there
has been one who never left her side
one who was her constant companion
and whose def aud constant minis
trations were never wanting and
which could never be replaced by
other hands; one who would cheer
and comfort her in her darkest and
most dreadful hours of suffering one
whose childish joys and girl pleasures
were sacrificed without a seeming
trace of regret aid one whose high
est aim in life seemed to be the
smoothing of a loving mother's path
way down in the valley. The readers
Of The Times-Democra need not be
told that it was brave, loving and
loyal little Flo Field whose t~ireless
hands have never wearied in this long
and losing struggle, and to her The
Times Democrat desires to extend the
most earnest sympathies in this hour
of Misunderstanding affection and loneli-
ness"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
e. |. ADDISON. Publisher.
Saturday. December 81, 1898.

Pay your Poll Tax-take no
chances-to-day is your last day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

President MeKinley's reception at
Atlanta and Savannah last week and
this week were enthusiastic.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31
maIariou is endorsed by best Physicians

and guaranteed to cure Chills, Fever and
Ague. All druggists n from Motfit-Wats
Drug Goa st. Louis. Mo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-12-31

10 Care Constipation Forev.r
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic ISL
or a5e. IfC. G. c. fail to cure. drugistgs
+ fund money
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21

now, though they might not be worth
that. | bought one OF them for S275. 90
last winter, which I could sell easily
for 81 600 or s., 900 today. also bought
one for $4,000 upon which can thrible
my money. Of course Frank and /
are partners in all this prospecting. We
start Sunday for quartz ledge which |
found over the mountains last fall, and
will stake a couple of claims if it looks
all right. l showed some quartz to
quartz" men and they were very anx-
Ious to find out where l found it, so l
have waited until the snow has melted.
that We can locate it properly, unless
someone else has already done so.
Cave Palcher started for the Tannana,
in March with party Of prospectors in
the interests of d company. The In
dians met them at Forty Mile and es-
corted them over They say they will
take them where there is plenty of
gold. They say: 'Klondyke Indian
get $3.50 for moose meat. We want
plenty white men to eat moose meat"
The Indians here say: ''White man
too good hunter, kill all moose, Iniun
no find any" Well, l must close.
Love to all, RUDE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
GO TO PORTO rice
The SECOND AND THIRD WISCONSIN.
Fighting Strength Of the Two Regiment
$500 Nen---AII was Ready 10 Leave the
Harbor Wednesday Night---The Exact
Landing Point Not known.

CHARLESTON, :. c., July 3l-The first
expedition 10 Porto Rico started on its
way at $50 Wednesday night The
steamer Grand Dutchcss and the trans
bort Fo. 80, bearing the Second and
Third Wisconsin volunteers, 300 strong
left this morning for Porto Rico. In
addition TO these, the transport No. p .
will leave to-day with the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania regiment and two COM
panies from the Sixth Illinois. The
whole expedition under the command
of Gen. Wilson of the First division,
First corps, numbers about $500 men
and one of the largest supplies of anu
milton and equipment that has left any
port in this war.
There were inspiring scenes attending
the embarkment Of the Wi cousin boys.
When orders came to assemble and pre-
pare to bsard the transportst mighty
shout Of JOY went up. Then company
after company was marched to the boats
While the boyg were waiting to be plac-
ed on board they could not suppress the
familiar college yell of U-Rah-Wis-c con-
sin.
A happier lot he yer left the American
shores to give battle to Spaniard. None
thought of hardships or danger into
which they are going. The moment had
arrived when at last real fighting was
promised. It was what they enlisted
for and they were happy.
The day was intensely hot all day and
while loading the troops a heavy rain
broke over them. That did not deter
the work i'll the least, or deter the JOLT
fcation that reigned about the trans
ports.
While it is known that Porto Rico is
the destination, the landing place is kept
secret. 1t is generally understood that
the transports will proceed to a point
somewhere near San Juan, but Just
where is not known here. Gen. Wilson
has sealed orders which will not be
opened until he is we'll under way.
Neither is it known if the transports
will first proceed to Santiago. The 30
and the Duchess are known to have
supplies for Gen. Shafter, but whether
both Will stop there is not known. 1t
is quite certain that the Duchess will
first proceed there, however. The dis
lance from here to Porto Rico is ,25O
miles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21

avail. Finally, having read articles &C.
saroing cures that had been effected by
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, /
decided to try them. That was in 1926.
bought box and took the pills accord
ing to Instructions.
Four days later l had the happiest
hourS had known for years. That night
went to sleep easily and slept soundly as
child and awoke refreshed.
After I had taken four boxes of the
pills, found that was cured and had also
increased u pounds in weight.
This greatly surprised my friends, who
thought my case was hopeless one. be-
gan my work again and have continued
ever since IN excellent health.
Another valuable gain to me was. that
while ! was taking these pills had bcca
Cared of the smoking habit, which had
formed when ! was a Soy and had clung
to me ell these years. The Craving for
tobacco left me and l have never expe-
fienced it since.
Il cannot say enough for these pills and
have recommended them to many"
i verify this statement Mr.. Harrington
made affidavit TO its truthfu1ness before
Lincoln II. Coy, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
strike at the root of disease by acting d.
reclY upon the impure blood. Their
power is marvellous and many wonderful
cores have been made. Druggists consider
them potent remedy, and al self them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
Crooked Drift Rod and Reel Club,

About twenty members of the above
club met at their club house on the
bank of the Wisconsin river eight miles
north of this city in annual session
Saturday night. A banquet was served
and social good time enjoyed. Bust
ness matters in connection with the
club were disposed of and the election
of officers resulted as follows:
President-Chas. F. kellogg.
Secretary-E. S. Renne.
Tre9surer-A. NJ. Muir.
Several improvements were ordered
which will add to the looks of the
grounds and comfort of the mem bers.
The membership is limited to thirty
and at present the quota is full.
Fishing in the Wisconsin river at this
point is not as good as 1t was last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
FROM ALASKA.
Rube Lyon Writes to His Brother of What
is Going on in the Gold Fields.

Dawson, n. W. T., May 20, 1898.
Bro. Russ:-As [ have a chance to
send out letter by a man who will
start in about an hour, for St. Michael
in a small boat and will take a small
steamer out, will drop q few lines.
Well, we have wintered finely with
out any mishaps. There is grub" to
throw away this spring, The ice passed
out on the Sth day of May. The Their
mometer registered 100 in the sun on
the I'd of May, and on that date, I pick
ed quite boquet of fine flowers. There
is no more darkness here now.
The first gold dust was brought in
yesterday from 30-Eldorado, Chapel &
McDonald's claim. Fourteen men came
in with seventy pounds to a man.
There will be tons of it coming in dur
ing the next month. The "Chil-Chocks"
are coming down the river quite fast
now. Laundry came down the other
day all o. K. ! also met Jos. Boucher.
He went out last summer from here
with a good stake, and has property
here yet worth sec, 900.
Lam confirmed musician now,
guess. | have played from the 18th of
December until the 1st of May, not
missing a night, at $l05 week, and
now l am PLAYING in new place l
now get 500 per week; work less hours
(six) and stop at y O'Clock on Saturday
night. No Sunday PLAYING. We have
nice orchestra, consisting of a violin,
clarionet, cornet and piano. The music
has been a great thing for hundreds of
men during the long nights Of the past
winter, who could spend few hours,
free, each day, listening to relieve the
monotOny.
Frank Houston intended to start
down to St. Michael in a small boat this
week, but thew prevailed upon him to
! be musical director III the new theater
just started up. He will 20 out later
| will stay through another winter and
perhaps longer, if ! can do well. I can
make q few thousands in this country !
am sure. ! would not advise people tc
come IN here, as have seen so many
who have sacrificed their all to get here
and have absolutely nothing with which
to get out. We have 81 800 in dust and
have seven claims, which we could sci
far at least 5000, but are going to holC
and prospect them for all they are
worth Two of them are on a creeE
where we know the prospects are good
Four of them we would not sell for les
than $500 each, knowing what we d
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
BEACON FIRES IN CHINA.
Such rs Spread the Alarm of the Span
ish Armada Through England
still in Use.

The May payment of the great war
indemnity from China to Japan has
again aroused the question why so
little patriotism was shown by the
Chinese during their late war. 1t is
not generally known that vast secret
society fourishes in that country to
oppose the presens emperor, and that
a majority of the Chinese army is said
to belong to this society. One reason
for this opposition is that the present
emperor is not strictly a Chinaman,
but belongs to a Tartar dynasty.
In China, such beacon fires as spread
the alarm of the Spanish armada
through England still call to war.
Some years ago, the story goes, the
emperor sat with a beautiful woman,
looking toward the beacon hills. She
would like to see those waiting piles
lighted, and upon her insistence the
thing was done. The greatest excite
ment prevailed throughout the prov
inces, and troops came hurrying in
from all sides.
When the leaders learned that no
danger menaced, that the fires were
lighted to satisfy the whim of wom-
an, their wrath fed on their lost conf
dence, and with the actual call to
arms the response was slow and unen-
thusiastic. 1t was a repetition of the
old story in Webster's spelling book,
Wolf had been cried too often.
You may roughly divide nations as
the living and the dying" Lord Sails
bury declared in a recent address be
fore the Primrose league. China be
! longs to the second class; but she viii
| not have existed in vain if her example
teaches living nations that faith in
their rulers and the patriotism Of the
people are the sure defense of nations
| Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21

No man IS better known and liked in
that rich tier Of Illinois counties, of which
Peoria is the centre, than genial Chester S.
Harrington, of Princeville, III.
Mr.. Harrington is a veteran of the late
war. Like many another brave soldier, he
suffered not only during that service, bot
tor years afterwards from diseases con-
tracted then.
For years his health was shattered; his
sutterings increased He was unable to
gain relief, bot now he tells story which
is Of profit to many:
served three years IN the I24tfl Hi
nois, enlisting at Kewanee, Ill., said he.
u was in Libby Prison and suffered Ike
many another Northern soldier.
" he strain of army life did its work IN
undermining my health, although the col
lapse did not come for sometime after.
For fifteen years / suffered from general
debility and nervousness so badly that
could not sleep. Indigestion resulted and
my misery increased.
My eyes began to fail, and as my body
lost vitality my mind seemed to give way.
| could scarcely rememSer events that hap-
pened bot few weeks before.
For two years was unified for bcsi-
ness. Twas Just able to creep around dur
ing part Of this time, and there were many
times when could not get op.
"Ny brother is a doctor, Bot ali his
efforts to help me failed to give any relief.
II tried nunber Of remedies without
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
BIGGEST VETERAN ALIVE,
He Is sc Years Old, Weighs 33'
Pounds, Belongs to a Family
of Fighters.

In the village of Penfeld, Pa, re.
sides probably the heaviest living vet.
eran of the late civil war. Rufus Her.
bert Lucore was born on March 25,
1882, in log cabin ~ miles from the
spot where he now lives and where he
expects to pass his remaining days
His father, Stephen Lucore, was pic.
neer in western Pennsylvania, and his
mother, Elizabeth Bliss, was the daugh-
ter of John Bliss, another pioneer, and
grandfather of the famous singer, P.
2. Bliss. When Rufus Lucore first en-
listed his height was exactly six feet
and his weight 175 pounds. He could
flip a handspring either way. When
55 years of age he weighed iu 200
pounds. Now, at 65, his avoirdupois
is $50 pounds. Soldering was a family
trait. John Bliss served in the war of
1912. The grandfather of Stephen Lll-
core and John Du Bots, the founder of
Dt Bots, Pa, came from France to-
gether and fought for the colonists
against England. Rufus had six broth
ers, and of the seven five we're in the
union army, two being unfit for serv-
ice. When Rufus was four years old
the family moved from Penfeld to
Emporium, Pa. When he attended
school in the log houses, shoes big
enough for him were scarce, and his
feet were wrapped in wooden rags, but
he coasted on cold days with the rest.
When old enough he worked in his IA
theirs sawmill in summer and in the
lumber woods in winter.
On September Is, 1861, Rufus Lucore
enlisted as a private in the Eighty
fourth regiment of Pennsylvania vol
unteers, Col. Murray commanding.
The regiment joined the army of the
Potomac, but it was not Comrade Lu-
cores fortune to get much service at
the front. He became sick, not being
able to speak aloud for year, and
coming home on q furlough was dis
charged in June, 1862. In September,
1864, he enlisted again, and being at
once detailed as a hospital nurse,
served in that capacity until the war
ended.
He has been three times married
His first wife, Mary Louisa Fields, mar
ried in 1853, died in 1865. His second
one, Aurelia Hewlett, married in 1866,
died in 1876. He married Sarah Neal,
his present wife, in 1882. Two sons,
Willis and Archer, by his second mar
riage, and two daughters, Eugenia and
Carnelia, by the first marriage, are liv-
ing.-PhiladelDhia Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
\ Liquid Air Explosive.

When liquid air containing from 40
to so per cent. of oxygen is mixed with
powdered charcoal it forms an explo-
sive which is said to be comparable to
dynamite and can be exploded by
means of a detonator. This new explo-
sive has been tested in a coal mine at
Penzburg, Germany. The liquid air
evaporates so rapidly that the explo-
sive cannot be stored. but must be used
within a few minutes after it is pre-
pared.-Youth's Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21

Many persons suffer from disorders
in the Kidneys and bladder without
knowing what is the matter with them.
They should know that disorders in
those organs if allowed to remain will
result fatally. Dir. j. H. McLean's
Liver and Kidney Balm will restore
healthy functional activity and thus
eradicates the disease. Price $l.00 a
bottle. For sale by +. L. Steib & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21
A Suffering
Soldier.

This aete'an fought for his country; suffered I'M.
told ha'd&FL6s, and returned aotLb heaLh shattered
Mary brace soldier has tie history To-day
tbs one 'gj0ines in nezOJ0ua strength and tells his
experience 10 benefit others.