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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
Nancy Easily REaese.

Wanted, local canvassers Of either
sex. with or without experience, to sell
orr handsome Alumium Card Cases and
Cards, with engraved name on owe
This beautiful and useful novelty sells
like hot cakes and agents make fine
profits. One young fellow made W IN
two DAYS, and Others do equally well.
samnle case and 100 cards free to q
Genuine worker, upon receipt of 6 cents
for hostages. Address at once,
SpoTWooD SPECIALITY Co.,
Harrodsburg, Ky.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
Deep Well Tested.

J. F. Ritter, of Jennings, was over
this week and put in a California
pump for in the eight-inch well OF
L. Dupont, three and one-half miles
sou theast of town. The well was then
tested a few hours, which gave entire
satisfaction. Mr.. Dupont is well sat-
isfed with his plant, and expects to
market some of the first rice the next
season.
This we'll was completed by j. +.
Ritter & Co., of Jennings, IN one
week and a day from the time the
contract was signed, which included
ordering pipe, making screen, paint,
etc., moving twenty miles and put
ting in an eight-ineh well complete,
200 feet deep. These parties are IN
shape to furnish on short notice pipe
and screen, pumps, engines and boil
ers; also can make you a well outfit;
will also help put in first well.-CroW-
ley Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
Haunts in the Wild Woods
AND
Jay PLACES FOE SUMNER OUTINGS.

Either or both, a be found along
the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee O.
Sc. Paul R'y in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Northern Michigan, Iowa and the
Dakotas. Among the many delightful
summer resorts are Delvan, Waukesha,
Oconomowoc, Elkhart. Lake Marquette,
Madison, Kilbourn, Minocqua, Star
Lake, Lakes Okoboji, Spirit Lake,
Clear Lake, Big Stone, Frontenae,
White Bear, and Lake Minnetonka. In
the north woods Of Wisconsin, III the
forests Of North Michigan, and IN the
far stretches ofthe Dadotastrue sports
men can fish and hunt to their hearts
content. For pamphlet Of Summer
Tours" and Fishing and Hunting"
apply to nearest ticket agent, or ad-
dr. IS with two cent stamp, George IL.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent,
300 Old Colony Building, Chicago, LII.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

The greatest prehistoric battle and
burying ground yet discovered in the
Uuited States has just been found
near the little town of Redland, /. I.
Tt lies on the northern border of the
ChoctaW Indian reservation, and near
the Arkansas river. Prof. Edwin
Walters, the .archaeologist who dis
covered it, states that from extensive
excavations that he has made he be-
.lieves that nearly loo, 900 met death
at that point, and that the battle oc-
Cured 10000 years ago.
The battle ground is 80 acres in
area and by a series Of excavations
Prof. Walters has satisfied himself
that there are nearly 5000 skeletons
to every acre. The bones have beer
dug out by the carload and almost
every skull has from one to five ar
row points sticking into it.
Sharp arrow.points and jayelins are
also imbeded in other bones of thu
body.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
MONEY ADVANCED ON CANE.

The Lafayette Sugar Refinery 90.
are now prepared to make liberal cash
advances on contracts for cane to De
delivered this fall. Cane planters de-
string to secure advances are request
ed to call upon Gus Godchaux, L.
O. Broussard or Eli Wise who repre-
sent the company here and will make
contracts. lou
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
TO THE PUBLIC.

l hereby forbid any one to trespass
On the following tract Of land in any
way, shape, form CT manner, to Wit:
The southwest quarter Of Section one,
township thirteen, south Of range four
east, Louisiana Meridian, containing
enc hundred and ffty-seven 96-lo0
acres. ALEX. GEoFFRoT.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
Marquette, on Lake SUPERIOR.

Is n Of the most charming summer
resorts reached 7ia the Chicago, Mil
walkee & st. Paul Railway.
It's healthful location, beautiful
scenery, good hotels and complete
immunity from hay fever, make a sum
mel outing at Marquette, Mich, very
attractive from the standpointofhealth
rest and comfort.
For particulars apply to the nearest
ticket agent or address Geo. Ell. Heat
ford, General Passenger Agent, Chi
eagO.Ill.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

A Pennsylvania doctor who hes a
decided vein of humor in his makeup
tells this story: II had an Irish
woman for a patient many years.
said the doctor. stGod rest her soul!
she is now dead. / once pulled her
through a lingering attack of typhoid,
taking her temperature from time to
time by having her hold a thermome-
ter under her tongue. When she had
nearly recovered l called one day
and, without further testing her tenn
.perature, left q simple prescription,
and started on my way homeward.
About three miles from her house |
was oyertaken by her son on horse
back. "Mother is worse" said he;
tscome right back" Back l went.
aDocther," said the old lady, re-
proachfully, 'why didn't ye give me
the jigger undther my tongue? That
did me more good than all the rest of
yer d. trash Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
SADDLE M%ANUFACT0FY
FELIX HOLLIER & CO., Props.

Have just opened their saddle manu-
factory, harness and general repair
shop or Main street opposite the Cath
Ollie church. The senior member of the
firm desires to thank the public for
their patronage during the past eight
cen years, and requests a continuance
of the same which the new firm hopes
to merit by furnishing the best of ma
terial and workmanship. Hollier's
saddle trees are used in all our saddles.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

A GENTS wANTED-FoR THE LIFE & AN
IN Achievements Of Admiral Dewey
the worlds greatest naval hero. By
Murat Halsted, the lifelong friend
and admirer Of the nations idol.
Biggest and best book; over 500
pages, 8x1O inches; nearly 100 pages
halftone illustrations. Only $3.50.
Enormous demand. Big commits
sions. Outfit free. Chance Of a life
time. Write quick. The Dominic d
Company, 3rd Floor Caxton Bldg,
Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
NOTICE.

Entering my pasture and stock
ranch on Cl1sni6re ~ T'igre, without
my consent is forbidden. Any per-
son t~respassing on said premises will
be prosecuted to the fall extent o.
the law. AuRoRE DEFIANCE,
Widow Lnnis Laporte.
Abbeville. January 4 1885.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
TO TIE PUEBLO.

From and after this date The pub
lie is hereby warned net toenter Tor
any pnrpose on the property kr.owu
as the Old Peter Lee traes, situated
in the 2nd ward Of Veru.5Iion parish
without consent Of the overs there
OF. Any one found t~respassing on
said premises will he prosecuted to
the fail extent of the law.
JustilIien Thibodeauz,
Ursin Primeaux,
October |, 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
Tn HrTgTFps

The Vermilion Developing Co..
Lint. herehr notifies hunters not ID
hunt within their closures. Anyone
caught in the act Of violating This
notice will he aealt with TO the iul!
extent Of the Law.
j. P. GUFYDAN,
l0-l-96-tf President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

Those who deplore the exhibition
of physical force in South Africa must
not forget that at this moment the
Beers outnumber the Britons in the
field of action.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

A Missouri jury in a lunacy case
returned the following verdict: eve,
the jury, impaneled, sworn and eharg-
ed to inquire into the insanity of
Hezekiah Jones, do incur in the aflir-
NATIVE"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

The modus yivendi arranged in re-
gard to the Alaska boundary follows
the literal terms of the treaty. It is
the safe course and one that wrongs
nobody.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

England never displeased the Beers
more than when she emancipated their
black slaves in 1884. The Outland-
ers claim that they have an almost
equal claim to emancipation at this
time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
To The Public !
I have opened a

have opened a
Blacksmith 81 General Repair
shop at Brookshier's old stand adjoin-
ing the Leblanc gin and hope by good
work and fair dealing to MERIT a share
of your patronage
HORSE sHOEING A SPECIALITY
A. F. Manifold & Sons.
Abbeville, La, Jany. 2, 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28

Mr.. G%ladstone's concessions and
compromises of 1881 and 1884 were
intended to prevent war, but merely
postponed it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
NOTICE
NOTICE.

NOTICE. NUIIgE. AVII0A
The present owner of the 4. c. Perry
place t~so-eailedj desires TO employ hands
to workup the seed cane now III %windr9U
and tho stubDl8 On sai1plsce and 70 take
care of ard manage the tieid during The
remainder Of The year 1899.
For further Information apply TO
Broussard, KitchelI u Bailey.
Abbeyiue, May Is, 1899.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-28
NOTICE.
NORGE.

The public is hereby warned not
to hunt, cut timber, or tfesfass on
any land owned by me, under pen
alty Of the law.
March 5-98. FOL )MaN WISE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
OF MORPHINE
MRS. SCHUYLER HAMILTON. JR., AC-
CIDENTALLY POIsONs HERSELF.
Well known in Baltimore Society De-
fore Her Mnrriage-Death OF Rev.
DIR. s. H. Kellogg in India.

NEW YORK. May 3-Mrs. Schuyler
Hamilton, ir.. thirty years old. wife of the
son of Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, died at her
home in this city this afternoon from NOR
phine poisoning. Ii is said that an over
dose of the poison was taken by mistake.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Hamilton went
TO a dressmaker and returned home feeling
BUSINESS at the dinner table, and retired with
her husband at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Hamilton
awoke this morning shortly before S o'clock
and found his wife unconscious. Physicians
were called at once, but they failed to re-
vive her.
Mrs. Hamilton was Miss Jane Byrd Mer-
Ger when Schuyler Hamilton, jr., married
her in Baltimore on Aug. IA, 1896. She was
a granddaughter of Ex-Governor Mercer, of
Maryland, and was well known in Baltimore
society before her marriage. Mrs. Hamil-
ton had no blood relatives in this city. Her
sister, Mrs. Edwin X. Farber, is a society
leader in Baltimore. Her mother. Mrs.
Mercer, and her sister, Miss Mercer, live
in Paris, and nave resided temporarily at
Munich and also at Dinand, where they
nave a villa. Mrs. Hamilton lived in Eu-
rope for a long time. with her family. and
it was the intention of Mr.. and Mrs. Ham,
ilton to go abroad this summer, as is their
custom. Schuyler Hamilton, jr., is an
architect, a member of several clubs. His
family is one of the most conspicuous in
New York society.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
PRECEDENT A VICIOUS ONE.
Pertinent Reflections IN the Verdict
ms tn Mrs. George.

Experience in numberless instances has
shown the difficulty in getting a jury 10
convict a woman of a capital offense. This
Is unjust, irrational and prolific I'm danger
Gus consequences. The sex of the accused
ought not TO enter into the merits OF the
case. and a woman who commits a willful
murder should be held TO account as strict
ly as a man under the same conditions. AT
present there Is Ear too much ground for
the belief, on the part OF angry and re-
vengeful women, that they are practically
sure of immunity from the laws ultimate
penalty when they take human life. This
amounts 10 putting a premium on
murder II the assassin happens to wear pet
ticoats.
There is one feature of the case that de-
serves special comment. The fact that the
man for whose murder Mrs. George was ON
trial was the brother OF the wife or the
President Of the United States was nowhere
made prominent I'm the proceedings, and
there was not the slightest attempt on the
part of the federal authority 10 influence
the action of the court or the procuring or
evidence. II the verdict had been adverse
&c the prisoner no one could have said that
the power OF the government mad been ex-
erted, even in the most indirect degree. In
securing her conviction. Her attorneys had
no odds TO contend with In this respect.
They were as completely ~unhampered as
they would have been II Saxton had been
en ignorant day laborer. without a single
influential friend or relative.
1t is doubtful II there is another nation
on the face OF the globe IN which this would
nave been the case under similar circum-
stances
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

is the safest and surest remedy for all the
persistent, aggravating, wasting diseases
of the throat, bronchial tubes and lungs
that come in advance OF consumption.
With il the sufferer can face about the other
way, and mount upward on the steps of
health. It is a tonic, and creates hunger.
1t is an aid to digestion, and helps the weak
stomach to do its work properly. II brings
about the proper assimilation OF food, and
thus makes the blood pure. As the pure
blood courses through the veins, all the
microbes and impurities disappear, and
with them the diseases which they cause.
Don't take substitutes when the dealer
offers them. Substitutes for DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery are not to be
depended upon. They may contain alcohol
or morphine. Golden Medical Discovery"
contains neither. II is a temperance rem
edy, and creates no desire for strong drink
or narcotics.
IT had long been a sufferer from chronic ca
tarrh of the head, !" says Chas. T. Stone, ESQ., OF
Whitford Chester Co., Pa. at finally developed
into a very disagreebie and hacking cough. with
soreness and fullness of the chest. Doctors here
pronounced it bronchitis. ] tried several doc
tors and took different remedies without receiv-
ing any benefit whatever. then wrote DIT. XIV.
Pierce in reference to my case The first bottle
of his Golden Medical Discovery stopped the
cough. i used several bottles. with DIR. Sagco
Catarrh Remedy, and have since had no symp-
toms of a return Of the cough"
Nearly everybody is more or less consti-
pated, and thus subject to the endless
chain of troubles that stubborn bowels
cause. DR.. Piercc's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation and biliousuess quickly,
without gripping.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
INVENTED "OUR n
John H. Rogers Tells How He Started
Talk About Mary Anderson.

New YORK Telegraph.
az see." said John r. Rogers yesterday,
1.-The Morning Telegraph is the only paper
in town that refers to Mary Anderson De
Navarro as Our Mary She used to be
thus endearingly spoken of almost every
or of having invented the term. 1 had just
returned from a tour around the world
with the late ]. K: Emmett, and had reached
then managing Miss Anderson, and having
a hard struggle, telegraphed that he would
give me my own terms to go ahead of his
attraction.
Il joined the ompany, overlooked the
situation and concluded that 1t would be
necessary to adopt sensational tactics. My
new classic star. So 1 thought out a
scheme. ] called upon the editor of a lead
ing Providence paper and asked him If he
knew that the late Major Anderson, who
fired the first gun in the civil war, was
killed and had left a widow and daughter
penniless in Providence.
He said he was aware of the fact, and
/ asked him not 10 allow any reference to
get into the paper, touching. the fact that
PEELED TO go upon the stage as a last resort
to earn her living. l told him 1 thought
an article to this effect had been sent to his
paper by some one who desired to humiiiate
the 'aristocratic but poor Anderson family.
Then l went away.
The editor. who hadn't received any such
article, probably figured that il might have
been sent to some other paper, so he came
out the next day with a big spread story
about Our Mary with columns of family
history. That day i went the rounds and
proved to all the other editors that the
Mary Anderson for whom 1 was working
ton. and thus started a mass, of contradic-
lions and statements pro and con that went
all over the country.
w played to nearly 5000 that week in
Providence. 1t was the first big week of
the tour, and gave us money to work with.
From that point clear through the season
there were big profits"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
UNEXPLAINED TRAGEDY.
Woman Fatally Wounds an Attorney
and Kills Herself.

CHICAGO, May 3.-David J. Vile, an at
torney, lies at the Post Graduate Hospital,
probably fatally wounds by three shots
fired by a young woman named Mabel Birk.
After %wounding Vile Miss Birk shot and
killed herself. The shooting occurred this
afternoon in a parlor of the Hotel Anthony.
According to the lawyers statement he had
met Miss Birk in a professional way only.
He claims that they met on the street to-
day accidentally and that the young woman
asked him to accompany her to the hotel.
where she would sing for him. Vile was
seated on the piano stool, running over the
keys when, without any warning, his COM
panion shot him three INES. One of the
bullets struck Vile just above the small of
the back, another lodged in his neck and
a third back of his right ear. TIL single
missile which ended the life of the young
woman penetrated the breast. Vile is well
known in Chicago legal circles and has cop-
Quoted a considerable practice. He is mar
ried. He says he cannot conceive Of any
reason for the young wOman's rash act.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
LESSONS FROM LUzoN.
Military Methods the Only Kind That
Will Succeed.

If recent events in the Philippines prove
one thing more than another. they prove
the superiority OF military over academic
agencies in the pacihcation OF baroarous
and savage races. If Aguinaldo had
been subjected TO no more potent induce
ments than the lamb-like proclamation or
white man or woman would be alive to-
day in the Island of Luzon, and no shred
of property remain in the hands OF its
legitimate owner. Stern war is a dreadful
thing at best, and specialized philosophers,
protected here by the civilization We are
about to establish In the Philippines, may
be counted on to see IL at its worst But
the realization of the widest nightmare
would seem a peaceful view of Already COM
pared with the iendish carnival OF massacre
and rapine that would be ushered in at Ma
Mia were our fighting men TO withdraw and
leave the situation to the estimable Colonel
DENLY and the learned pundit Schurman
and their f1ute-like warblings of millennium.
The simple truth of the matter is that, X
we really intend TO enter upon a career OF
territorial expansion, with colonial depend
encies and foreign complications, we may as
well acknowledge TO ourselves the necessity
of acting upon practical and common sense
lines. These "sullen, silent peoples are not
to be reformed by evangelical methods.
Look over the field of our missionary ac-
tivities and say where and when the cause
ness, love and ministration. Barbarous peo-
Piles do not understand these agencies. They
recognize just one infuence-the influence
of force. Centuries of experience have left
them with no other standard. The apostle
who goes among them following the Sa-
vior's injunctions is martyred without a
second thought. They do not want our re-
ligion, our ethics, our methods. We can ac-
complish but one end, and that is TO teach
them moderation and good behavior. C;vili-
Zation may come later. Ii cannot possibly
lead the procession of our enterprise. Those
Fflipinos who have followed Aguinaldo are
barbarians of the most turbulent and fero-
cious type. They are ~marauders, pirates,
spectators. Once they were the terror Of the
Eastern seas. Never have they been SUBJ
ipQf IN the coffeninU Influences Of C1rfQffan-
ity. To issue TO them a proclamation of
grace and light is to whistle in the teeth of
Boreas. We cannot wipe out the teachings
and traditions of a thousand years with
melliiuous appeals and pious epigrams. We
have 20 set up against their savage i'm
pulses and bloody i~nclinations the barrier
of a serene strength and a pitiless repres-
SION The men behind the guns are the true
evangelists in Luzon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
A Lost Souvenir.
New York Evening Sun.

In spite of the a~ssiduity of the souvenir
seeker while the Raleigh was here, the
cruiser managed to carry off a few OF IT'S
portable belongings. Indeed, some things
that the souvenir seeker would nave given
her eye teeth for went deliberately TO waste.
One officer, upon leaving the boat. decided
only to take with him what is known in
naval circles as his Sunday sword:' the
battered blade that he had worn during the
battle of Manila having no further useful
a fellow officer, You can lave this old
sword of mine: / don't want it," mo more
do t. returned the fellow officer in a tone
seeker. why don't you pitch it overboard?'
So through the portfolio went the sword into
the North river. But IL wouldn't be sur
prising to hear that the souvenir seekers,
so soon as they learn its fate, have formed
a dredging company for the purpose of re-
covering so priceless a treasure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
PROTEST TO M'KlNLEY.
Street-Car Employees Think the Sign
GU. S. Mafl' Ii WrOngfulIy Used.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3.-Phe Amalga-
mated Association Of Street Car Employees,
in session here to-day. telegraphed Presi-
dent Mckinley a protest against the too
free use Of the protection afforded by the
words "U. 8. Mail" The telegram was as
follows: 18th Amalgamated Association Of
Street Car Employees of America assembled
respectfully call your attention to the fact
that many street railway companies
throughout the country are using the words
L. s. Mail on street cars that do not carry
mail, and we are convinced that this is done
to intimidate and coerce their employees;
and =
whereas, The postal authorities have
made a ruling concerning Detroit and sub
urban lines entering that city, forbidding
the use of the words, u. s. Mall and re-
curing the company to have signs, which
must be removed when no mail is being car
ried,
I'VE respectfully petition your Excellency
to have the ruling made universal through
out the country, assuring you that we do
not wish to interfere with the rapid deliv-
cry of the United States mail nor deprive
our fellow-countrymen Of any benefits ac-
cruing from the same. All We are asking
is that we be given equal rights as citizens
by our government"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair Probably To-Day and To-Morrow
Cooler I'm Southern Indiana.

WASHINGTON. May 3, s p. m.-Forecast
Tor twenty-four hours:
For Ohio-Fair Thursday and probably
Grriday: fresh easterIy winds, becoming var
table.
For I~ndiana-Fair on Thursday and prob
ably Friday; cooler IN southern portion on
Friday; fresh southerly winds.
For ulinois-Fair on Thursday, with cool
er in eastern portion Friday fair; fresh
southwesterly winds.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
Castillo storm which occupied Kansas
Tuesday evening has moved northward over
Manitoba, attended by local rains and
thunderstorm in the upper Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and by snow In Montana
and North Dakota. Showers nave occurred
in the Southwest and middle Atlantic
States. An area Of high barometer has COW
cred the st. Lawrence valley and New Eng
land. causing brisk to high northeasterly
winds and much lower temperature in the
middle Atlantic and New England States.
From the Ohio river over the east gulf
States the temperature has continued very
high, with maximum readings 81 degrees at
Chattanooga, Charlotte and Raleigh. The
cold in the Rocky mountain region has mod
Indicated for the middle and North Atlantic
coast States Thursday. and the temperature
Will be somewhat lower from the Ohio val
ley over the east gulf States. Fair weather
will prevail generally throughout the CEN
trail valleys and the Western States. In the
viii diminish In force and become variable
In New England.