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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06
A Health Resort State.

We have received with the compli-
ments of the State Board of Health
a copy of a handsome book of 142
pages, profusely illustrated with
views OF attractive scenery. 1t is
entitled "Michigan, a summer and
health resort state" and sets forth
in persuasive and convincing langu-
age the many advantages possessed
by the various towns located along
the shores Of lakes Michigan and SUI
perior, to the seeker after health or
recreation,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06
A Doctor Suicides.

Last Wednesday morning, April
26, at Jennings, La, DIR. w. w.
Vanpelt committed suicide by shoot
inghimself in the head. He was
discovered lying dead soon after 8
o'clock. DR.. Vanpelt moved to Jen-
nings in July from Friendship, Tex,
where his wife and daughter resider
He left letters explaining that the act
was due to a hopeless struggle against
debt. He was a quiet, pleasant man
and was unusually cheerful yesterday.
He gave no intention of his intentions.
He expressed many articles to his
order, showing surprising GOODNESS.
Coroner Marian held an inquest this
afternoon. An examination showed
that the bullet entered the head at the
base Of the brain, completely severing
the spinal cord. Everything shows
that the suicide was carefully planned.
The unfortunate doctor will be
remembered as having resided in this
town in 1873 and 70 who afterwards
vas located for several years at Per
rvs Bridge. His acquaintance here
will learn with regret Of his unfortu-
nate ending.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Alcide
Benoit is making application to be
%pardoned, and released from the
State p~enitentiary, with full ~restora-
ton to all his rights OF suffrage as an
American citizen.
Broussard, Kitchell & Bailey,
Attys. for applicant
April Is, 1899.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Health, Strength and Nerve Force
follow the use of DR.. Al. A. Simmon s
Liver Medicine, which insures good
Digestion and Assimilation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Pimples, Boils and other Humors
appear when the blood gets impure.
The best remedy is DR.. M. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06
Flies are every where.


Flies are every where.
Beads and streets have been dusty
this week.
Police Jury met last Monday in
regular session and transacted a large
amount of business.
T The new council were sworn in
last week and organized by electingg
the same old officers.
Egypt ono suffered with a plague
Of flies, and this section has a taste
OF the nuisance right now.
Stubble cane is in very poor shape
and coming out very slowly, Plant
cane looks splendid and is growing
off nicely.
Dewberfies are ripe and the negroes
and boys are bringing them in to
town for sale daily. They are very
large and sweet.
At the Races at the Hallway
Park there will be a Bicycle race
between Percy Summers and BONN
for a purse of $1,000.
Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or
Tablets soften, relax and expand
muscles involved, Decreasing Labor
Pains and Shortening Labor.
Tuesday deputy sheriff Alexandra
Hebert arrested Pry Choate at his
home in the 9th ward and brought
him back to jail. Choate was armed
at the time with a Winchester rifle,
but the pluckey young deputy CRAP
pied with him and made him prisoner
You cannot accomplish any work
or business unless you feel well. If
you feel FUSED Up-Tired Out"
take DR.. NJ. a.. Simmons Liver
Medicine.
Last Wednesday, April 26th at 5
p. m. N. F. Fetterly IN esteemed
farmer of 9Th ward was struck by
lightning while sowing rice in his
field three miles northwest of the
town Of Gueydan and was killed in
stantly. One Of the mules that he
was driving fell dead at the same
time, while the other was untouched.
Suicide by poison is not more cen.
surable than by refusal to cure your
self Of Female Troubles with Simmons
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
The brickwork on Theodore Lapor-
te's new brick stores on State street
was finished this week, and the
carpenters are now in charge. 1t is
pleasing to note that the front is OF
such handsome appearance and the
building sets back far enough from
the street line to allow a wide roomy
sidewalk.
Mrs. J. E. Taylor, Montgomery,
La, writes: For 10 years DR.. M. A.
summons Liver Medicine is the only
remedy that relieves me of Palpita-
uon OF Heart, Poor Appetite, Female
troubles and Family Ailments. Be-
sieVe 1t far superior to Zeilin's and
BLACK Dranght
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Egypt once suffered with a plague
OF flies, and this section has a taste
of the nuisance right now.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

r The new council were sworn in
last week and organized by %electing
the same old officers.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Beads and streets have been dusty
this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Tuesday deputy sheriff Alexandra
Hebert arrested Pry Choate at his
home in the 9Th ward and brought
him back to jail. Choate was armed
at the time with a Winchester rifle,
but the pluckey young deputy CRAP
pied with him and made him prisoner
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

AT the Races at the Half Way
Park there will be a Bicycle race
between Percy Summers and BONN
for a purse of $1,000.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Dewberfies are ripe and the negroes
and boys are bringing them in to
town for sale daily. They are very
large and sweet.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

You cannot accomplish any work
or business unless you feel well. II
you feel used Up-Tired Out"
take DR.. M. a. Simmons Liver
Medicine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-05-06

Mrs. J. 3. Taylor, Montgomery,
La, writes: For 10 years DR.. M. A.
simmons Liver Medicine is the only
remedy that relieves me of Palpita-
ton OF Heart, Poor Appetite, Female
troubles and Family Ailments. Be-
'aleVe it far superior to Zeilin's and
Black Dranght-
The record-union., 1899-03-20
YESTERDAYS STORM.
It Was Short But Energetic-More
Snow ON the HILL

There were two rain showers yes
terday to add to the good effects of
the storm of last week That in the
forenoon amounted to 0.0S of an inch
in this city, but between and 6
o'clock in the afternoon the rain came
down heavily. Many thought the fall,
amounted to close on half inch
At the railroad office it was learned
that rain fell along the line Of the
Central Pacific as far up the noun
tains as Towle, beyond which point it
was showing
The Weather Bureau report shows
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 55 and 46 de-
grees, with gentle to fresh southerly
winds and cloudy weather prevailing
The barometrical readings at a. m.
and p. m. yesterday were 3O.O0 and
$3.50 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 and
30 degrees, and one year ago to-day
so and 81 degrees.
The average temperature was 80, and
the normal 53, showing yesterday to
have been degrees cooler than usual
for the 10Th day of March.
River steady at 16 feet inches.
The rainfall yesterday up to O'Clock
was 0S of an inch, making 1127 inches
for this season, as against $50 inches
to- a corresponding date last year, while
the entire season gave but 1851 inches.
The record-union., 1899-03-20
POPPY HUNTERS.
Four Boys Who Went for Flowers
and Got Lost.

Four little boys, Ross Perkins, Mich
olas Ross and Eddie and Arthur De-
lane, had an experience On Saturday
that they will not soon forget. They
started out on Saturday for the local
ity known as 'fthe overflow" some
miles north of the city, to gather wild
poppies and otherwise enjoy them
selves.
The day passed, night came on and
yet none of the boys showed up at their
homes. Yesterday morning NJ. L. Per-
kins, father of one of the boys, set out
in search of them, and after hunt of
several hours they were found at the
Johnston ranch, near Antelope.
1t seems the youngsters missed their
way when they set out for home, and
after wandering about for some time
and experiencing the uncomfortable
sensation of being thoroughly lost they
reached the Johnston ranch, where
they were made comfortable for the
night.
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HE STILL LIVES.
Bob Flint Laid Up From the Eff
fects Of a Fall.

Evidently Bob Flint is not to lose
his life by falling. Once he fell at
Third and K streets and it was thought
he was killed, and his body was taken
to the Morgue. But Bob revived and
returned to his task of trying to make
everybody else temperate by himself
consuming the visible supply of corn
and tobacco juice.
Then Robert took another tumble
somewhere and again escaped death.
Last night he fell down a flight of
stairs at Third and L street and re-
The record-union., 1899-03-20

themselves they informed ne that they
were ready to surrender. I went to the
Gloucester with them in one of our
boats, and felt burden drop from my
shoulders as soon as l saw them climb
over the Gloucester's side. AS soon as
I returned to the Wanda Captain Miller
pulled the Jingle beIF cord to the en-
gine-room six times, and the little yacht
started seventeen-kno clip on a south,
half east course to Port Antonio with
the news Of the destruction of the
Spanish fleet and the completion of
another cleaning page in American
history
The record-union., 1899-03-20
Married in Reno.

On the 10th inst Carl A. Leonard,
the popular railroad conductor whose
run is between Sacramento and Wads-
worth, was married at Reno, New. to
Mrs. Minnie La Bassee of this city. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. S. u.
Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard have
many friends in Sacramento who wish
them happiness in their new lives.
The record-union., 1899-03-20
Gilbert Dobbs Found.

Gilbert Dobbs, who wandered away
from his home at 11O5 o street on
Saturday, while i'll from typhoid fever,
and who it was feared had met with
disaster, was found yesterday.
1t seems that Mr.. Dobbs, though
somewhat delirious, had made his way
to the home of some friends, where he
was cared for.
The record-union., 1899-03-20
Welcome Visitor.
(From the Quincy Bulletin.)

(F'rom the Quincy Bulletin.)
The Record d-Union'' has entered up
ON new volume 1t is one of the best
islative session it has been a particu-
larly welcome visitor to the desks of
country papers, as it's reports of the
doings of the lawmakers are more
complete than appear in any other
journal
The record-union., 1899-03-20
RIVER CROPS.
Farmers Are Jubi1ant Over the
Fine Crop PROSPECTS,.

The Rio Vista News" which keeps
well informed on matters along the
lower Sacramento, says that large
crops are assured along the river The
fruit yield will especially be large, and
there is not a single indication that
crops in this immediate vicinity will be
a failure.
Residents of the river section are
jubilant over the recent downpour as
much expense will be saved. This
summer will witness some of the
liveiest times yet known along the
river
The record-union., 1899-03-20
woolen Mills Defeat Spring Shops.

The London Wooden Mills baseball
team defeated the Railroad Spring
Shops yesterday by a score of 80 to 3.
The. game was called in the sixth in
ming on account of rain. The features
of the game We're two home runs by
James of the Woolen Mills. The bat
teries for the victors We're W. Gibson
and D. Rice
The record-union., 1899-03-20
Convicts for Folsom.

Three San Francisco criminals spent
the night in the County Jail, and to-
day will be taken to Folsom Prison.
They are Frank Dunno, burglary sec
ond degree, one year; Albert Schoen,
passing fictitious check, seven years;
Thung Sim, attempt at burglary, three
years The tourists are chaperoned by
Deputy Sheriffs Haskins and Fay.
The record-union., 1899-03-20

ceived injuries that would have killed
some men. He was treated by City
Physician Nichols at the Receiving
Hospital, and though his head was
badly cut he will probably pull through.
The record-union., 1899-03-20
Granted a. Pension.

The Government has granted a PEN
sion to Rebecca A Poorman of Sacra-
mento
The record-union., 1899-03-20

A REMEDY for Nasal Catarrh which
is drying and exciting to the diseased
membrane should not be used What is
ing, protecting and healing. Such a ren,-
edy is Ely's Cream Balm. To test it q
trial size for 10 cents or the large for so
rem street, New York. Druggists keep it.
The Balm when placed into the nostrils,
sorbed. A cold in the head vanishes
quickly.
The record-union., 1899-03-20

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23
Grover CIereIand.. RihIe.


Ihere IS a great deal OF sentiment about
Grover Cleveland, which he inherited from
his ro-hsr NM q RELIGIOUS vein which
.,,r,., g.. ,.... $50 .-...- W. 80.
II 'Aii MS 4o'iieI' WINES w. T. - "a us
In the chicago Record. Upon his writing
table In the library at Princeton lies the
old-fasbiore5 Rfbla with covers Of HACK
enamel ,,.,., No.. 80, ~, b.. NE ,,,.,,
o - ~ '-'7
81 - WHeh ne nfst went away from nome
" me ne was pfesldeht the niue No.une
Vas Always kept IN the upper 'eI hann
~ d"tr OF the desh mat was presented 10
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

Thomas A Edson's handwriting bears
a close resemblance to that of Edgar Allen
Poe, fact which as the despair of those
who seek to read character" by ones
chirography.
David Rankin of Toakio, No, who is
now the richest farmer in the world,
made his beginning with no other capital
than horse This he sold for $50; in
vested the money in calves and bought
an eighty-acre farm. He IS now, at the
age of "A, tall, athletic and raw-boned,
with gray hair and beard and keen blue
eyes He owns $1,000 acres of land worth
from $50 to 800 per acre.
Edwin Markham, the author of the
poem, 1.-THE Man With the Hoe" SAYS
of himself: For the past ten years 1
have been head master of the TomrNxns
Observation School of Oakland This
school is connected with the California
State University, and is devoted to child
study. l have lived in California for forty
years, and was born April %, 1852. in
Oregon City, Ore When I was five years
old my mother removed to Salina county.
California, and engaged in the sheep and
cattle business, she being a widow at this
time. l was put to work herding sheep
and when only years old was practl-
cally head of the family. When u years
Old l felt myself a full-hedged vaquedo
and when II was working as a black
smiths apprentice"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23
Old Bill Jones

From the Denver Evening Post
He loafed around the diggn's on the head
o Roarin Fork,
Too shiftless fur to draw his breath, too
lazy fur to work
A slouchy, good-fur- nothin cuss, dressed
like a onery tramp;
A sort o. wart upon the face of a respected
camp
His worldly goods war jest an OF pros
pectin pan an pick,
With which he ust to of'n say he'd some
day turn a trick,
But all us miners laughed at him, an in
disdainful tones
Allowed thar want a bit O. nerve wrap-
ped up in Of Bill Jones.
KEEP trampin' up an down the creeks an
climbin' up the hls
An scratchin' round in lazy way ia give
a man the chills,
An talkin' bout the way hard luck hal
biffed him with club,
An bummin' Whisky Jack fur booze an
bummin' us fur grub.
If you should offer him job he'd sort o.
sheer an say
He calkilated he'd be hirin' men himself
some day,
But as fur him, hard labor war too irwin
on the bones,
An quite antagonistic to the tastes of OF
Bill Jones.
We stood it till the camels back war
broke, an toP the scamp
He'd better hit a easy trail an nose II out
o camp,
An jest as an incentive to accelerate his
gait
I slung my boot out with a kick that
want no featherweight
He only scowled In lazy way an said that
he war ust
To rough oil knocks, an he had heerd that
chicks come home to roost,
An then along the Ouray trail he dragged
his weary bones,
An Roarin Fork war purged at last of
shiftless OF Bill Jones.
We thought it war the richest joke a goln.
when we heard
That he had struck a assure vein that war
a golden bird,
But down in Denver tother day I saw a
clean-shaved face
That had burned familiar look some
how couldn't place.
He lolled back in a kerridge dressed as
nobby as a king,
The driver logged in uniform the bosses
jest the thing,
An when l asked a Teller who it was he
said He owns
Clus onto half this town, I guess; that's
Solonal William Jones"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23
THE sAFFOLD OUTRAGE.

What viii those Boston people who have
been so free in expressing sympathy with
coIored people. since the Sam Hose affair
say when they read the account of the
heinous crime committed by two negro
brutes at Samo,d? VIII they condemn the
crime and the criminals or will they let the
affair pass in silence? When Boston news
papers and Boston people were expressing
their Indignation at the Sam Hose affair
they were so fun of sympathy for Hose
that they forgot TO express their indigna-
ton at the horrible crimes he committed
or sympathy for the woman who was so
cruelty and brutafly wronged by him.
This SafGold crime ought to convince any
reasonable man or woman at the North
that Ethe OF nothing IS known in that
section about the class of negroes that are
lynched in the South, We feel certain thar
Il such a crime as that committed at SAT-
fold were committed in any small town in
Massachusetts, there would be a lynching
if the criminals were caught. While wa
have always been against lynching. and
have done our utmost in favor OF ALLOWING
the law TO take its course in all cases. we
understand fully the almost ungovernabla
desire for vengeance which such crimes az
that committed by the two negroes at SAT-
fold, and by sam Hose, arouse. And we
say withoui fear of successful eantradia-
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THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR.

1t is to be presumed that the President
has a Secretary of War now that is much
more to his liking that Gen. Alger was.
The promptness with which Mr.. Elihu
Root was appointed justifes the conclu-
sion that the President had decided upon
him as the successor of Gen. Alger a good
while before the latter resigned.
OF Mr.. Roots ability as a lawyer there
isn't any doubt. He stands in the front
rank at the New York bar But because
he is a first class lawyer it doesn't foLow
War. In fact, it is a question whether
he has the qualification necessary for man
aging the war department successfully at
a time when the country is carrying on a
war.
WIN Mr.. Root consult with, and be guild
ed by, the Commanding General Of the
army? If so he may get along all right,
because it is reasonable to suppose that
a military man is better fitted to direct
military matters than civilian who hasn't
had a military education, and who hasn't
had any experience in war.
The mistake that Gen. Alger made-at
least one Of the mistakes-was his refusal
to consult with the Commanding General
1t is true he had the benefit of the SER
vices of Adjt Gen. Corbin, but II we I'M
derstand the situation correctly Gen.
Corbin was too anxious to please
his superiors TO be safe adj
wiser The contradictory orders. and
the frequent countermanding of or
ders, during the war with Spain, and even
since the Philippine war began, indicated
that there was some thing lacking in the
war department With a man thoroughly
qualified for his duties at the head of the
war department the government, in the
last year and a half would have been
saved, IN all probability, millions of dol
lars There isn't any doubt that Gen. AL
ger d!d the best he could, and it may be
that he did as well as most any other
man wnnld havA dnna- hut "a is certain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

The announcement OF The appointment Of
Capt. James Lockett of the regular army
to be colonel Of one Of the new regiments
for the Philippines viii be received with
pleasure by Georgians, and particularly
those of the wiregrass section of the state
Capt. NOW Cold Lockett is a native Geor-
gian. He is the son of the late Benjamin
Lockett of Dougherty county, and was
born in that county. He is a graduate of
the state university. From reports, he IS
an ideal soldier. He will be in command Of
cavalry. The people of his state will watch
the career of his command, the Eleventh
United States Volunteer Cavalry, with
great interest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

The Chattanooga Times thinks the Morn
ing News does Boston an injustice when
it attributes to Boston" the "fussy per-
formances of a mere handful of nervous
and meddlesome Bostonese." Is not Bos-
ton guilty of an incomparably greater
more grievous. injustice when she blames
and berates an entire state, or the whole
South, for the performance of some ire
sponsible and non-representative mob?
Boston never takes into consideration that
it is small fraction of one per cent.
OF the citizens of Southern state that
engages in lynching; she calls the whole
state, the whole section, uncivilized and
brutal We haven't any apologies to
make to Boston for calling her NEEDLE
some and cranky.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

Gold, they say, Is a good thing for a
creditor nation and bad thing for a
debtor nation. 1t has been repeatedly. as
serted Of late that The United States is
becoming a creditor nation, with Great
Britain as our debtor. Shall we witness
the transfer of The free silver agitation
from the United states TO England? The
Bank of England bought $500 COO in gold
in New York the other day. and paid a
premium for it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

Emperor William ought now to have
the hearty good will of Americans He
has been gracious towards two of our
millionaires He has bowed and waved his
cap to one of the Gould boys, and held
an animated and interesting conversation
with John Wanamaker.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

Admiral Dewey, it appears, has anuboed
the Sultan of Turkey, and by the same act
has saved about 1900. soon after the
battle of Manila the Sultan conferred on
the admiral the tile OF pasha of the
highest rank. In order to secure the deco
ration 1t is necessary for the favored one
to appear in person before the Sultan and
receive license 10 have The jeweied in
sisnia made. He must then patronize the
court jeweler, and pay for his jewel out
OF his own pocket. The court jeweler in
variably charges all that his customer
Will pay, the fee generally amounting to
about $1,000. Dewey didn't want the Sui
tan's old decoration. not even if somebody
else paid for it, hence he sailed right on
past Constantinople and paid no attention
whatever to abdul the Damned" as Mr.
Gladstone called him.