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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
Personal Mention.

Mr. and Mrs Patout, Of Baldwin were
in town Tuesday.
D L Mcpherson spent a day in New
Iberia last Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Lloyd, of New Iberia,
was visiting Miss Mamie Putnam.
Gus Godchaux transacted business
in New Orleans the first of the week.
DR. F F Young is on the sick lis this
week, suffering from a bilious attack.
Dr. n D Young, a leading physician
Of Royville, was in town last Wednes-
day.
Grad ] Young, of Patterson, came
over last Wednesday to consult DR. F T
Young.
j Aleide Leblanc, Deputy Sheriff and
Tailor. is now confined to bed With an
attack Of typhoid fever.
Mrs Eli Wise, Mrs L j Feray, Mrs E
NJ stebblns and several other ladies
gave a fish fry last Thursday.
DR. Derbanne has returned from
Washington and resumed practice at
his rooms over Bourque's store.
JTLabit and + Sokoloski went owe
to New Iberia Monday night 10 attend
a meeting Of the Masonic lodge.
Prof Pickard and viii Erwin left last
Sunday morning for New Orleans where
they we're to join Hoods regiment.
Mr. Giles, the lineman of the Hoegs-
etts telephone was in town this week
getting the lines around here in good
repair.
Misses George Labit and Leah Le-
blanc left for Crowley. Wednesday
morning to attend a ball and will visit
friends for a few days.
Miss Julia Decuir, Of New Iberia, an
ACCOMPLISHED stenographer, came in
last Wednesday evening to take some
evidence before court.
Hon Minos 7 Gordy came up from
New Orleans Sunday evening and re-
turned Monday evening. He is max
ing a hard fight to maintain the re-
port of the Judiciary committee cre-
ating a Judicial district Of Fermilion
parish.
EF Willard. general manager Of this
district for the Cumberland Telephone
Co. successors TO the Ct South, was in
town last Saturday to put in d new
SOUND proof cabinet for the Office at
this place. He says the line will 0
be completed from Morgan City to New
Orleans.
DR. a B White and W HooleY of Alb
beville, were visitors in Gueydan last
Saturday and Sunday. The former IS
thinking Of locating in Gueydan and
pFacticing his profession as a physician
while the latter will probably open up
a drug store. DR. White is right fresh
from Vanderbuilt University and is a
bright young physician. We hope that
he viii locate with us.-News.
-o-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Influenza has struck the town and
all the children are suffering from ''bad
colds"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
saturday. April 80. 1898.
HOW il This:

WILL GIVE $500 FOR ANY
WATCH WAICHICANNoT REPAIR.
NO. BoURRUE, JEwELER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Patriotic spiritshave raised the stars
and stripes owe a number Of the bust
ness houses and residences. The vol
unteers, are not very CONSPICUOUS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Come out tonight anu hear Gen Cor
don on "The Last Days of the Confed-
eracy.n 1t will be a treat of a life time
to hear the gallant old commander of
the Lost Cause.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

picnics have been the order Of the
day this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Don't forget the excursion to Thibo-
dauy tomorrow.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Cool mornings and nights this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Mrs Robt. +. Der uen and Mrs. Ar
thur Leblanc, last Sunday, e%haperoned
a jolly party Of pineickers to Yonng's
Coulee. Everybody had an enjoyable
time, and is anxious for another soon.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Dear sirs:-ship us rs soon as possl
BILE 2 gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Toni. Ny customers want Groves
Tast less Chill Tonic and will not have
any other. In Il experience OF over
20 years in the drug business, we have
neve sold any medicine which gaze
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
j. S. BROWNE & Co,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Fernand P. Beauxishas opened q sa-
loon on State street il the building just
above Corrodi's store, formerly occu
pied by J. N. Frazier as all oyster sa-
loon. This makes three saloons Oh that
side of the street i'll the same square,
but they are all doing well.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

L. J.. Feray, the courteous manager
of the Teche K Vermilion telephone
line at this place has put up a hand
some blackboard in front Of his store
and daily places thereon all the latest
war news. Thi is quite AZ aceom!no-
dation for the general public.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

The Teche & Vermilion telephone
line, better known as the Hoggsett line
has been tn thoroughly repaired this week
The line from Rose Hill, which has Teen
down for some time has been put in
order and the poles reset and placed AZ
closer distance $ than formerly, being
now about $50 feet apart.
-sa--
Only So for the round trip to Tnibo-
daux tomorrow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

The constitutionallty of a succession
tax is sustained in State. ex rel. Gels
thorpe VS.. Furnell (Mont.) 80 L. R. A.
ITO, although 1t exempts estates less
than $500 each.
The ability to read the constitution
Of the State, which is required OF a
voter Is held, in Rasmussen vs.. Baker
Wyo.) 3S L. r. A. 773, to be an ability
to read it in the English language, and
not merely In translation.
A rule of a partnership association
against the purchase of additional shares
by a member without reelection TO
membership in respect Of them is held.
In Carter vs.. Producers Oil Company
QPa.) 80 L. X. A. 100, to be valid under
q statute making such shares personal
estate transferable under such rules as
the association prescribes.
The power to require vaccination as
a condition precedent to school attend
ance ia denied in Potts vs.. Breen Qn.)
80 L. r. A. 152, where the statute has
not expressly conferred it-especially
when there II no emergency calling for
It's exercise.
The fact that railroad operated by a
receiver crossed the State boundary
and his employees incidentally perform
ed some services in another State is
held, In Guarantee Trust and 8. d. Co.
VS.. Philadelphia, R. & n. E. R. Com
pany (Conn) 80 L. r. A. SO4. INSULT
cient to defeat the jurisdiction of the
State court which aDDOinted him m III
rect payment Of wages. although the re-
ceivership Is ancillary to one In the
other State.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
Juvenile Jokes.

Bobby" said the mother of a pre-
cocious 5-year-old, Il see your little
sister has the small apple. Did you let
her have her choice as told you toy
"Yesm," replied Bobbie, Il told her she
could have the little one or none. and
She took the little one"
Laura, aged 4, was asked by visitor
what nationality she was. I'm En-
glish same as my papa is" was her re-
ply, but my mamma is a Fwench-
man And what is your baby broth
er?' asked the visitor. Don't know"
said Laura, ''he amt big enough to
talk yet"
The mother of a bright little 3-year-
old had been away from home over
night. and OH her return asked: "And
how did my little girl get to sleep last
night without mammaT "Oh," she
replied, papa rwied to sing to me like
'ou does, an / dis went to sleep veal
twick so l touldn't hear him"
Little 4-year-old Ethel lived on n
farm in Illinois, and her first visit to
Chicago was made on a very rainy
day Her father took her for ride on
the elevated road, and after reaching
their destination and descending to the
sidewalk she looked up at the struc-
ture and asked: Papa, does zay run
zat wailwoad on stills to keep ze wheels
dwyT
Little Harry. like other small boys,
wanted a bicycle, and having great
faith in the efficacy Of prayer, he had
prayed the Lord to send one for Christ
mas His parents, thinking him too
young for a bicycle. bought him n tri-
cycle, and then waited with expectancy
to see what he would say when he dis
covered that his prayer had been an
swered. ) his eyes lighted upon 1t be
threw up s. hands in disgust and
cried: "Oh, Lord, don't you know the
difference between a bicycle and a trj.
cycleT'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20

never knew their worth the Ftrst SeTged"''
until used them for the cure OF chronic
dyspepsia. For two years l suffered ana
doctored for that aggravating trouble but
could only be helped temporarily.
81 think dyspepsia is one of the most
stubb ,rn of ailments, and there Is scarcely
a clerk OF office man but what Is more or
less victim. Some days l could eat any
thing. while at other times l would be starv-
ing. Those distressed pains would force
me to quit work.
"I tried the hot-water treatment thor
oughly, but 1t did not affect my case. l
have tried many advertised remedies but
they would help only for u time. friend
Of mine recommended DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, but did not think
much Of them.
81 finally was induced to try the pills and
commenced using them. After taking
few doses 1 found much relief. do not
remember how many boxes OF the pills
used, but 1 used them until the old trouble
stopped. know they will cure dyspepsia
OF the worst form and am pleased to re-
commend them"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
OF price, so cents box or six boxes for
$3.50, by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
Monument to Potatoes.


The potato Is everybody's friend. So
universally is this vegetable cultivated
throughout the land that the potato
mag almost be said to divide with
bread the honor Of being the "staff Of
life" But indispensable as 1t has be-
come as an article Of food to all classes
Of our people, we do not celebrate its
virtues as they do in Germany. There
they erect statues to It. Gutenberg was
the first city to erect a statue of this
kind. which was-and is, for 1t is now
standing-certainly unique. The upper
part consists OF a statue Of Sir Fran
cisco Drake, who is revered for having
introduced the plant into Europe. This,
rs well as the pedestal, is draped with
:,arlands of the potato vine. with the
full grown trbcrs intact. On the ped
estal are inscriptions to the following
effect: The flrst side sets forth that the
above figure 10 that OF Sir Francis: the
second explains In words of highest
praise what blessing the potato has
been to mankind: the third records that
the statue is the gift of a certain Ar
drew Frederick Of Strasburg: the
fourth contains the names Of the erect
ors. A statue similar to this IL placed
In the town Of Murs.-Chicago Record.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20

ence. Itrelieves the condition that pro-
duces SO much discomfort and robs men
situation of its terrors. Here is proof:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-How can~1
thank you enough for what you have
do-- Cor me? When l wrote to you
was suffering untold pain at time OF
menstruation; was nervous, had head
ache all the time, no appetite, that tired
feeling, and did not care for anything.
/ have taken three bottles of Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one
of Blood Purifier, two boxes of Liver
Pills, and to-6ay 1 am well person. l
would like to have those who suffer
know that am one of the many who
have been cured of female complaints
by your wonderful medicine and advice.
Miss JENNIE r. MILES. Leon, Wis.
Ifyou are suffering in this way, write
as Miss Miles did to Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass, for the advice which she
offers free of charge to all women.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20

I already crowded. but the 9O00 doctor
finally succeeded in getting . seat well
up In front, and there, right before US.
was Amherst Jim, just as slim and
white as ever. He fingered his watch
chain and petted his mustache and
made his diamond gllsten and devour-
ed the platform with his eyes, Just as
lie used to In the old red schoolhouse
when Martha was going to speak her
piece Now he was a full-dedged ply
s,cian, and DR.. Millers partner. We
had long time to wait. The essays
we're lengthy and learned. and Martha's
was the very last. The other graduates
wore white, but she was all In black.
with a Grape collar. looked question
ingly into her fathers face. He put
his arm around me. and whispered:
She wears mourning for your mother
and for you
For my mother and for me-oh! the
pain Of 1t! oh, the Joy Of 1t! and wheth-
er it was the pain or the Joy, or the
crowded room, or the way Jim looked
at Martha, l cannot tell, but somehow
everything slipped away into nothing
ness.
when 1 came back to consciousness
the folks were all gone, all but Dr.
Miller and his daughter, and Martha
was holding me as handy as she is hold
ing that blessed baby now. and l was
just as quiet and submissive.
II don't know much of anything but
submission for a long time after that.
| didn't know l was helpless in bed in
the Miller mansion, with Jim for night
watch, mixing the medicine to suit him
SELF, aud always telling Martha l Was
slowly improving, and could not see
the nolseless hand that was stretching
Il pontoon bridge over the last river,
but when my hand was wet with the
cold surf l reached 1t feebly toward
Martha's, and she took 1t firmly, just
rs she did when l was going away to
the war. and she said: 'Bennie, oh Ben
ME, you are too young to die; II only
you will live, my mother shall be your
mother and then she laid her warm
cheek down on that cold hand and II
thrilled me back to life again, and the
coed old doctor whispered, While
there's life. there's hope and after
that ne was the night watch, and
Martha was the day watch, and Jim
dropped ont, and Martha's mother was
my mother.
"Martha's children are my children;
her grandchildren are all mine, too, and
poor Jim never had any. l have out
lived him by a quarter of a century,
AMI I'm good for twenty-five years
more, but l want you youngsters s.
tinctly to understand this is my last
war story-positively the last"
Two chubby arms were wound
around grandpa's neck, and a reproy
ing little kiss was dropped upon the
veterans forehead. Little Matte well
remembered that he had said those
very words. positively the last" on
his very last birthday, and so her CRATE
full caress must needs be a little re-
proving. for had he not often counseied
her. Tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the TRUTH" and did not
grandma sometimes say, Consistency
is a jewell
Possibly the tender rebuke was quite
lost upon grandpa, but the others all
appreciated 1t. and truly, little child
sbel lead them.-New York Ledger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
JOCKEYS
What Ag0nies They Suffer "Wastinc"
Themselves to Reduce Weight.

What Agonies They Suffer "Wasting"
Themselves to Reduce Weight.
A prominent physician, in discus
sion of the superiority of the new meth
cd Of reducing the weight OF jockeys
by means Of coverings electrically heat
ed, says that probably no one under
goes such labor on such low dict as the
Jockey who Is wasting" himself so as
to scale with another lucky fellow
whose nature runs less to fat. In the
hottest weather he piles on clothes and
takes sharp walks. He labors hard,
and the more he sweats the more he
feels he has done his duty. Then comes
the muzzle. After the labor there is
appetite; after the sweating there is
thirst-a raging thirst-but the food
must be strictly limited, and the drink
must be Of the smallest, or all the
labor would be for naught. The priva-
ton Is horrible. Training for condition
is bad enough, and hasemade many a
good fellow throw athleticism to the
dogs; but training for weight is a far
greater infection. SO many pounds
have got to be got off. and there are
only so many days or weeks in which to
do It 1t Is done by physic, by sweat
Ing. by hard labor, and by starvation.
A successful Jockey Is envied by thou
sands; but on the other hand It must
he remembered that there are few
occupations which demand so much of
self-denial, and entail such painful dis
cipline as that of the jockey. The or
deal comes when he is working himself
down to scale. A man in ordinary con-
dition hardly varies in weight from day
to day, and he may keep his weight
almost without change for months and
even years. 1t Is not so, however.
when training has brought down the
weight far below its natural level.
Then every cell in the body seems hum
cry and athirst, and a moisture is
sucked up as by blotting paper. Many
break down under the strain, the star
walton telling on their nervous system
before 1t affects their flesh, while 9TH
ers throw up the effort rather than con-
tinue the misery Of starvation which ia
involved in keeping the scales on the
right side.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
An Experiment with the Memory

Starting with the word washington,
write down one hundred words just IS
they occur to you. Let your second
word be the one which Washington
naturally suggests to you. Possibly 1t
will be capitol. 1t may be President.
Take the word which first comes into
your mind. In the same manner let
the third word be suggested by the Sec
ond, the fourth by the third, and so on.
Be careful that the third word is not
suggested by both the first and second.
Drop the first entirely, and let your
mind go from the second alone to the
third. Having written this list Of
words. you will have furnished your
self with a cheap but very useful mir
ror of your mind. II you are able to
use this mirror. you may discover some
very serious defects in your mental
processes You may discover that you
think along certain lines too frequent
ly. You may discover that you are
using superficial principles quite too
much to the neglect OF more important
laws of mind. You VIII be led to avoid
certain liukings and TO encourage 9TH
ers Of a more philosophical nature
Saturday Evening Post.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
SHE SELLS HORSES.

Brixht Western Girl Making Q Sue.
cess of a Masculine Vocation.
81 would rather sell horse than sit
down to a sumptuous banquet" said
Miss Kitty wilkins, the famous horse
woman. A well-formed, bright-eyed
woman, with a voice as soft as spun
silk, and that grace Of manner which
marks the convent bred girl-this Is the
personality that surprises those who
meet Miss wilkins for the first time,
expecting to see perhaps counterpart
Of that woman famed In two continents
as a Judge In horsefesh. the late Miliie
Morgan. MillIe Morgan wore a wide
brimmed straw hat, guiltless OF trim
ming. and crunched under broad
black ribbon down over her ears: her
feet were encased In mems coarse
leather boots, and as she stalked about
the barnyard her dress skirt lacked ~
Inches Of reaching the ground. But the
slender young woman of Idaho who
travels all over the country with her
car loads Of wild horses Is dressed en-
tirely in the conventional style. Her
blue serge dress is of finest weave. her
nccktie of the latest fashion, and her
hat one of those large affairs Of velvet
ard feathers which is the ideal of every
feminine woman.
The ranch on which Miss wilkins
lives is about 300 acres in extent, and
besides her father, mother and brother,
n regiment of cowboys make their home
on the place The family owns vast
tracts of other land. and has between
5000 and 5000 horses. There are cat
tie also In large numbers but Miss VIII
kins takes little account OF them. The
horses are her chosen spirits. The
horses are turned out to the four winds,
winter and summer. When the deep,
cold SHOWS fall and human beings are
killed In the storms, the horses have
wisdom enough to hnd some sheltered
gully and enough vegetation to live ON.
They are not given any food by their
owners, but In the spring they come to
the open land again. as fat and sleek as
the pampered carriage horse.
Miss Kitty is lover Of all athletic
sports and is so agile that she mounts
her pony from the ground, but she can
not bring herself to the thought of
wearing boomers or of riding astride.
She has an old fashioned idea that such
things are unwOmanly, and when she
rides she wears a long blue skirt and
blue jacket with bright brass buttons.
Her side-sadGle she finds entirely COM
Portable, and though she throws the
''riata" as well as any Mexican. her
skirts have never hindered her in the
eXercise.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
Good Work OF None.

Good Work OF None.
It h q rule that a workman must fol-
low his employers orders, but no one
has q right to make him do work dis
creditahle to himself. Judge n,
q well-known jurist living near Cincin-
natl. loved to tell this anecdste of q
young man who understood the risk
Of doing a shabby job even when d.
rected to.
de had once occasion to send to the
village after a carpenter, and sturdy
young fellow appeared with his tools.
Il want this fence mended to keep
out the cattle. There are some un-
planed boards-use them. 1t Is out OF
sight from the house, SO you need not
take time to make a neat Job. L will
only pay you a dollar and a half"
The judge went to dinner, and. COM
ing out, found the man carefully plan
ing each board. Supposing that he was
trying to make a costly Job Of 1t, he
ordered him to nail them on at once
just as they were, and continued his
walk. When he returned, the boards
were all planed and numbered ready
for mailing.
Il told you this fence was to be COW
cred with vines," he said, angrily: II
do not care how 1t looks"
81 do" said the carpenter. grufT J,
carefully measuring his work. When it
was finished there was no part of tn.
fence so thorough In finish.
How much do you charger ask u
the judge.
"A dollar and a half" said the man.
shouldering his tools.
The judge stared. "Why did you
spend all that labor on that job, II no.
for money"
For the job, SIR"
Nobody would have seen the poor
work on It,"
But l should have known 1t was
there. No; I'll take only a dollar and
a half" And he took 1t and went
away.
Ten years afterward the Judge had
the contract to give for the building Of
several magnificent public buildings.
There were many applicants among the
master-builders, but the face of one
caught his eye.
ut was my man of the fence" he
said. II knew we should have only
good, genuine work from him. i gave
him the contract, and it made a rich
man of him."
1t Is pity that boys were not taught
in their earliest years that the highest
success belongs only to the man. be he
carpenter, farmer, author or artist.
whose work is most sincerely and thor.
oughly done.-Living Age.
Its Head Is Upside Down.
How would you like to have your
head hung upside down? How would
you like your chin and mouth to be
where your eyes and forehead are?
That is what has happened to Twist"
a sheep belonging to T. X. Weldy. of
Philadelphia.
The sheep was born with its hend up
side down, but 1t throve and grew
stronger, Notwithstanding. 1t was
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20
Prohibition Law Fluceuates.

One Of the most amusing Incidents OF
the treatment accorded the Maine
liquor law in different sections of the
state is seen at Bar Harbor. where the
enforcement Of che law follows the sea
sons. In the summer, when the visitors
from other States who are accustomed
10 having liquors at home are at the
watering place. the bars are allowed to
remain open, but when the visitors de-
Yart and the population Is narrowed
down to its usual quota Of YANKEES the
law is applied by the municipal officers.
and the drought continues until the
birds of passage arrive again In the
sprsnE. Maine. Mall.