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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
A Dangerous Precedent.


One thing certain, Brigham Il. Ro-
berts, from Utah, who was refused a
seat in Congress, is no fool. He may
have three wives, but they haven't
been able to steal his reasoning power
from him, although one wife some
times runs a fellow crazy. His de-
tense, address to Congress and the
country, is a strong one. If Congress
can refuse to seat one Representative
from a sovereign State just from here
say reports, the majority could wipe
out the minority at the opening OF
every Congress. Mr.. Roberts should
have been sworn in, as his credentials
were in order and there was no one
~contesting his seat. After being
sworn in, and his case examined by
Congress, if found an improper per-
son, he should then have been voted
down, and the Governor OF Utah no
tilted of the action, with the request
that another and proper person be
sent in his stead to represent the State
of Utah in the lower house Of Con-
gress. Those Democrats who voted
that Roberts be sworn in and tried
afterward are right in their position
and follow the constitution. The &C.
ton of the majority in the Roberts
case is a dangerous precedent and one
that might lead to civil strife.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
PUBLIsHED EVERY SATURDAY.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2~a,aisse.
To my Friends.

Rumors have been recently circu-
lated of my candidacy for sheriff OF
this parish. Fl desire to thank my
friends most sincerely for the conf
dence they manifest in that respect,
and beg to assure them Of my high
appreciation n that regard; but my
private affairs forbid that L consent
to obey the request Of my friends to
enter q political contest at this time.
SEvERNSLEBLANc.
Abbeville, December, 16, 1899.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

After careful tabulating of all the
resolutions and speeches of the junior
Senator from Illinois, We are COM
PEELED to acknowledge that the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet are about the
only persons in the world who are left
to shift for themselves without the
protecting sympathy and counsel Of
the Hon. Billy Mason.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

That return of William NJ. Stewart
to the Republican fold should be
viewed with apprehension by the Re-
publicans of the Senate. 1t will be
remembered that Troy was captured
through the wooden horse which the
Greeks foisted upon the Trojans. Mr..
Stewart is considerable Of an old horse
himself.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Considerable natural gas has been
struck at Beaumont at a depth of
285 feet, but the supply was limited.
Geologist Lucas says the earth for
nation through which the drill is now
passing is decidedly encouraging,
and he expects to be in position to
announce tangible results from his
prospecting within a few days.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

The new biological station at Cam
eron will be located on the east side
one mile from the mouth of the CAL
'casieu river in Cameron parish. That
parish gave 100, 900 feet of lumber,
$1,000 in cash and ground for the
station. Plans for the building have
been selected and their erection will
begin at once.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

AS the struggle in South Africa
continues, and the Beers keep up
their annexing of territory, the fair
minded observer is compelled to admit
that the struggle is nothing Q or
less than q contest for South African
supremacy between Boer and Briton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

THOSE energetic Republicans, who
are expressing sympathy for Con-
gresham Sulzer because of his defeat
for minority leader, should save their
breath. They may need sympathy
themselves about the time MIR. Sulzer
becomes Governor of the Empire
State.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

The Bank of France and the Bank
of England have raised their rates OF
interest and Mr.. Mckinley advocates
greater money making privileges for
banks in the United States. Evident
ly this is not a bad year for the money
power, the world over.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

All that portion Of the message
which referred to the power of Con-
gress to regulate the Philippine mat
ter, is pure talking to the galleries.
The fact is that the blood-bought
possessions in the Orient are William
McKinley's and not the responsibility
of Congress. The Constitution and
none of its provisions can be distort-
ed SO that the blessings and privi-
leges of that instrument can be ex-
tended to what are McKinley's slaves.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

WASHINGTON will take on the hues
of the rainbow about the time the
Hon. Tim Woodruff, of New York,
and his gorgeous w~aiscoats arrive to
plead with Mckinley forSSthe second
place at The Republican funeral next
year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Sherifss Sale.
STATE OF LOCISIANA-Parish of
Vermilion-I7th Judicial District
Court-No. 1889.
Laura Bodin ct ais

Laura DOulu gu dis
VS..
j. A. Gibson.
DY virtue of a writ OF fieri faciasi issued
ID by the Hon. 18th Judicial District
Court in and for the parish of Vermilion,
in the matters OF the above entitled n
numbered suit, fully authorizing me to
seize and sell, / will proceed to sell at
public auction. to the last and highest
bidder, at the principal front door of the
courthouse in this parish, on
Saturday, January 20, 1900,
between the hours prescribed by law, the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit
One certain tract of land lying and
being situated in the parish of Vermil-
ion, containing one hundredand twenty
four arpents, more or less, measur-
ing four arpents front, more or less, by
t%hirty-one arpents deep, more or less,
together with all and singular the build
ings and improvements thereon situa-
ted and appertaining thereto being the
Schexnailder tract in the Marin Mou-
ton grant, and bounded north by Chas.
Baudoin tract hereinafter described
east by Cleophas Vincent, south by
Primeaux tract, west by Amilda Glib
son, wife of lack Griffin, being the
same property acquired by said j. A.
Gibson from John Lemaire and Joseph
Lemaire by act of sale executed before
Leo Perret, notary public.
An undivided one-eighth interest IN
| and to that certain tract of land lying
and being situated in said parish being
the Chas Baudoin tract il the Marin
Mouton grant measuring four arpents
front by forty arpents deep, being
bounded north by Mrs. Beloni Baudoin,
east by south by the tract de-
scribed above under item thereof, west
by public road
T~erms-Cash.
Abbeville, La, December 16. 1899.
J 20. HILBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

HAVING sgexpurgated Roberts in
their minds eye, the immaculate Re-
publican majority might now tackle
the projected Hanna-Payne ship sub
sidy steal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

LATEST intelligence tends to the
belief that there is no truth in the re-
port that Great Britain intends to
Danish Dom Paul to St. Helena. 1t
will be necessary to catch your uncle
Paul first, don't yer know.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

ALTHOUGH Mr.. Reed is practicing
law in New York, his rules are still
doing business at the old stand ON
CAPITOL Hill, Washington. 81
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Jos. j. Waltz, President Of the
Gulf, Louisiana and Great Northern
Railway Company, arrived here last
night after an absence of three months
in New York. He made US a pleasant
call to-day, and says that he now has
everything in frst-class shape for
building his road, but will have some
trouble in getting steel and may have
to buy itfrom England.-Town Talk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

SOME of that morality which the
members of the House are displaying
just now, appears to have been steril-
lied.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

WILLIAM / of the United States
throwing bouquets at William / OF
Germany, is one of the sights which
readers of that verbose document, the
Presidents message, are permitted to
enjoy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Nc doubt Aguinaldo is1flled with
O for those ardent ants who have
permitted the Roberts case to OBJ
scure his sprinting for the last few
days. y
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
C H RT r
The BANK OF VERMILI0N.
- OF
STATE OF LOUISIANA, ]
PARISH OF VERMILION. {

Be it known, that on this the 9th
day of November, Ammo Domini, One
thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety
nine, before me T.. l.. B%OUBGEs, a No
.tary Public, duly commissioned and
qualified as such, In and for the parish
and STAGE above written, and in pres
ence of the witnesses hereinafter nam
ed and undersigned,
Personally came and appeared, the
parties whose names are hereunto sub
scribed, who declared that availing
themselves of the provisions of the laws
of the State of Louisiana, relative to
the organization of corporations for the
purpose of Banking, they have coVen-
anted and contracted, and do by these
present covenant, agree and bind them
selves, as well as all persons who may
hereafter become associated with them
to form and constitute a body polite
in law, for the purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title of this corpora
ton shall be THE BANK OF YER
MILLION. It's domicile and place Of
dong a Banking business shall be in
the Town Of Abbeville, Vermilion Par
ish. La, and the objects and purposes
of said corporation shall be to carry on
a general Banking business 10 all It's
branches and departments as provided
by law.
ARTICLE II.
1t shall have power to discount bills,
notes and other evidences of debt, to
receive deposits, to buy and sell gold
and silver bullion, foreign coiIs and
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

1t shall have power to discount bills,
notes and other evidences of debt, to
receive deposits, to buy and sell gold
and silver bullion, foreign coins and
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
ARTICLE VI.

Whenever this corporation is dis
solved its affairs shah be liquidated I'M
der the supervision of three commits
sioners to be elected from among the
stockholders, at general meeting on
vened for that purpose, after thirty
days notice given by publication in one
Of the papers of Abbeville and written
notice directed to each stakeholder.
SAID commissioners to remain in office
till the affairs Of the corporation shall
have been fully liquidated and wound
up, and in case of death of any of said
commissioners the survivors shall act
alone. The compensation of said com
missioners shall be fixed by the board
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF VERMILIoN.
/ hereby certify that / have exaI1ln-
ed the foregoing charter of The banh
of Vermilion and find therein nothing
contrary to the laws of the Unitea
States or of the State of Louisiana, ana
| hereby approve the same.
MIHos T. G0RDY,
Dist. Atty. 18th Judicial District, Va.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF VERMILIoN.
I hereby certify the above and ioTel
going to be a true and correct copy Y
the original act of record in my once
Vol. of mortgages 10, Folio 20 ct seq.
Given under my hand and oln aaa
seal this second day Of December, losa
ALCIDE LEBLANC
Clerk and Recoraeks
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
Girls in SDafn,

Probably no people are any more
scrupulous in the care and surveillance
of children, and especially of girls than
the Spaniards. The idea extends to
maidens and women in many wise re-
spects. A little girl can not step out
side her home without a protector. A
maiden or young lady is never seen
upon the street alone. If the nina gets
to school, a father, brother or a
mother with female servant accom-
panfes the child each way. The air
ing is nearly always taken in a car
riage. In it must be a responsible
member of the family. No young I'm .
married woman may visit friend, at
tend the theater or be seen at a recep-
ton or ball, unless the parents are
with her. She is, in fact, not out of
sight of loving and guiding eyes from
the cradle to her wedding day.
The result is that the women Of
Spain hold a higher place for all the
virtues of the sex than is enioyed by
their less fortunate sisters in other
lands. Strange to relate the Spaniards
inherited this spirit Of surveillance
from the Moors, and not from the Ro-
mans. Whatever may be the short
comings Of the race in other resnects
this one trait IS worthy OF Imitation
all over the world American girls
have too many liberties The least re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
Care of tho ScalD.

The hair itself should be we'll washed
every few weeks in shampoo wash
made as follows: The yolk of fresh
egg we'll beaten into a pint of tepid
ralnwater, into which has been put
two ounces Of spirits of rosemary. A
little Of this can be rubbed into the
roots of the hair also before brushing
it. Where there is irritation of the
scalp it shows that the head needs
washing. Many people are not half
enough particular about this duty and
have an idea that frequent washing
will injure the hair. Il, This is a great
mistake, as unless the head is washed
every few weeks the skin gets into a
state of irritation and causes much
annoyance. If there is delicacy or Ill
ness, and you are afraid Of using water
to the head, rub a little of the sham
poo wash into the scalp, for which the
recipe has been given above, and have
the hair well and thoroughly brushed
for ten minutes alta time, both night
and morning, with moderate stiff
brush. ...f. III.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
FOR WOM \ AND j, K! D..
ITEMS OF irlTEREsTFoR N AIDS.
$5=5,, AND NATIONS.

tt.% W. "a Returning. { 58 .I Oh
NOW from her summers little space
I Ofsrest she comes; amid the press $##j.
: or hfe's unceasing strife and stress.
TO take again her daily place.
And with her, through the certain door
That shuts between that land so fair z
And free and this Of toll and care.
She brings a Eoodlys gathered store. ss
She brings with her the tender mood
OF twflight's hour; the dawn's swift
glow. "s% ,% "%&
The waters ripple soft and low, =
The scent of meadow. field and wood.
The songs Of birds at early morn. =
The shadows fleet, the clouds that pass.
The comfort of the dear green grass.
The rustic of the waving corn.
Stray wefts of fairy gossamer
That float upon the vagrant breeze.
The sweet, small tumults in the trees
She brings back to the town with her.
She brings by some rare guileless art
Simple is she and yet most wise
The summers sunshine in her ewes.
The summers sweetness in her heart
-Carlotta Perry, in Chicago Dispatch,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
How Snake Poison Kills.

The action of poisons upon the sys-
tenn is. and always has been one of the
most interesting of subjects. Just how
and why it kills has but yet been de-
termined through a series of expert
ments made by scientists. The follow
ing description is unquestionably the
best and most lucid of any that has
been given to the public: sFThe venom
may be roughly separated into two
parts-one acting upon the blood, and
the other upon the nerves. When in
jected it Immediately begins to create
terrible destruction in the blood YES
sells. the walls of the veins are eaten
away and an internal hemorrhage
takes place. While this is going on a
portion of the venom is attacking the
nerves. Particularly susceptible to it's
ravages is the 'vasomotor' system, a
nerve center which controls the mus
cles of respiration. Paralysis takes
place in these organs, and the victim
generally dies from an inability to
breathe" %@l. ~ ri 5 s$s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18

AT first only said, II might kill hin,
81 only would. s 5s At last said, Il
win tS8. 52.. .s=
Shall I ever forget the night when !
sat in tbs darkness OF my room watt
Ing FOR his coming? #a:
E Without the moon was at her full,
and the stars shone bright, as SO many
diamonds. I can see him still as he
advanced toward the low gate. can
hear that low, long-drawn prelude
which arose in few moments after.
How far from his heart were all
thoughts of calamity? How little he
dreamed Of impending death!
thought, this at the moment, but it did
not affect me. drew the pistol from
my bosom and took aim, steady, DELHI
crate aim, at his smooth, black head.
I made sure Of him and then fired.
The report filed the air. The smoke
rolled away. I leant from the window
and looked out. He lay in the dust
of the road motionless.
I looked no longer. I crept into the
room, and into bed. Do not ask me
whether slept after such deed. Like
Macbeth. had murdered sleep.
For scarcely was my light out when
that serenade began again, more plain
tive than before, but even louder.
Knowing what I knew, having seen
what I had seen, my horror can we'll
be imagined. I knew that murderers
were often haunted, but I did not ex-
pect to suffer from their fate so soon.
Starting from my bed. rushed wildly
to the window. He sat there on the
fence as black and slick as ever, and
went on with his horrible music, and
I knew then as know now that old
Captain Slocum, who lives next door,
had only told the truth when he said
that that cat had nine lives.
know I shot him through the head,
but he was up and at it again, and ]
shall try arsenic next time.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
THE SPANISH COLONIES.

Spain Could Learn No Lesson from the
). Loss OF Her Possessions.
s Theodore S. Woolsey, professor Of
international law at Yale University,
mas an article in the September Cen
Jury on Spain and Her American
colonies. Prof. +Woolsey says:
IL mas already been said that Eng
lano learned a lesson of the American
revolution, while Spain has never heed
ed 1t nor the loss of her own colonies.
Yet 1t really was not until fifty years
ago that their methods sharply .di-
Verged. AS early as 177S Spain had
begun to open her dependencies to
Foreign trade, and early in this CEN
Jury they were allowed to trade with
one another. So, likewise, although
great changes had been earlier made
IN the English colonies, the spirit of
monopoly and Of a restrictive policy
was In force until about 1915. So far
as relates to the evils of the colonial
system, then, the two were not very
unlike. But into the field of adminis-
trat1Ve reform and the grant of auton-
uous powers to her colonies, Spain
never had entered The abuses Of tie
early part of the century characterize
also It's later years. Discrimination
against the native-born, even of the
purest Spanish stock; officials who re-
saro the colony as a mine to be work.
co. not trust to be administered;
forced dependence upon the mother
country for manufactures, even for
produce, so far as duties can effect it:
self-government stifed; representation
IN the cortes denied or a nudity; a
CIVIL service unprogressive, ignorant,
sometimes corrupt-compare these
nand1caps with the growth, the pros
perity, the independence, above all, the
decent and orderly administration, of
the colonies of England. One of the
wonderful things in this half-century
IS That army of British youth, with but
little special training or genius, or
even, perhaps, conscious sympathy for .
the work, learning to administer the
great and growing Indian and colonial
empire honestly and wisely and we'll, :
With courage and judgment equal to
emergencies, animated by an every
Gay working sense of duty and honor,
but not very often making any fuss or
phrases about it. It is not that Span
lsh colonial government is worse than
formerly, which is costing it now so
dear, but that it is no better while
the worlds standard has advanced and
condemns it. Never yet has Spain
looked at her colonies with their own
welfare uppermost in her mind. She
has never outgrown the old mistaken
theories. Her fault is medievalism,
alias ignorance.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
QUEER WORK FOR AN ARMY.

Experiment in Prussia to Estimate the
Skill and Speed of Soldiers.
An interesting experiment has just
been made by the Prussian war de-
partment, with view to discover the
speed with which artisans can work
in given time in the ranks of the
German army, says the London Tele-
graph. Twelve hundred bootmakers,
selected from the eighteen army corps
scattered about the empire, were sum-
moned just over month ago to Ber-
lin, to go through a course of four
weeks work. Eighteen colonies, lieu
tenant-colonels and captains, with a
corresponding number of noncommis-
stoned officers, were ordered to come
to the capital to superintend the men.
The men were quartered in the bar
racks of the list field artillery regiment
OF the Prussian guards and performed
their daily work there. About forty
locksmiths were told off to repair
their machines when necessary. The
men worked in two divisions continu-
ously day and night, one division re-
lieving the other. One division worked
from 2 p. m. till a. m, whereupon
they were relieved by the other party,
which in it's turn worked from a. m.
till 2 p. m. Two pauses of half an
hour each were made in each twelve
hours work. The men got their din
ner in the barracks-the one section
before settling down to
work, the other section Immediately
after their work. The wages given
conceded with the wages given in time
of war-6s for ten days, including
bread money. The 1000 men made
$500 pairs of boots per day-that is to
say, infantry and cavalry boots and
lace shoes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
THEN I FIRED.

will, have strangled with these small
fingers Of mine both of them.
When 1t was over, when heard him
depart, I used to fling myself upon my
couch again utterly exhausted, and in
a little while my anger would subside
and Inconsistencies would steal over
me. slept, but what troubled sleep;
haunted by dreams, in which I saw
him and took vengeance upon him.
The morning found me exhausted,
feverish, without spirit or appetite;
and as the day wore on the thought of
what the night would bring rendered
me wretched.
But at last an awful thought crept
into my soul and grew and strength
ened there-a thought that curdled the
blood in my veins and made me faint
at first, but to which I finally became
accustomed.
In the drawer of my bureau lay some
thing which would rid me of him for
ever. She would never again steal
down the stairs to listen to him at the
grated window. It was pistol.
I had learned in my very earliest
youth to use the smaller firearms. I
had even practiced with my brother in
pistol gallery and could hit the BULLS
eye of target as well as many men.
It was dangerous knowledge. 50.
I thought of him standing in the
moonlight just below my window,
keeping me from rest or slumber by
the strains she loved. - @%
I wondered If my right hand had so
far lost its cunning that I should miss
my aim If it were that glossy, ebon-
haired head Of his, and I knew it had
not. It was not 50 long ago that my
own hand had saressed that head, but
that thought did not soften me-, Why
should / care for that now that he had
81 made me suffer so
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-18
A Rival to the Shirt Waist


A fashion which is gradually finding
favor in New York is the new jockey
shirt waists. These waists were orig
inally adopted by the horsey set in
England, and as in their transformed
cut and make they are very pretty and
fetching, they promise to be a. close
rival to the ever-popular shirt waist
The jockey waist follows the lines of
the real jockey, and some are displayed
in the different racing colors and made
OF striped silk. These will doubtless
be popular among the sets which make
horses their fads Again, others are
made of plain silk, opening to show a
white vest and collar, and still others
come in dainty French madras and
Scotch bingham. To the woman who
objects to the severity of high-stand-
ing collar and the masculinity of
starched shirt fronts and Ascots, and
four-in-hands and string ties, this new
style opens out endless possibilities for
those soft feminine touches so dear to
many women