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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-10
LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Fine Weather. Big Trade and Strong
Prices Prevaflfng.

The cheerful sun and springlike weather yes
terday gave considerable snap TO trade and all
along the lire merchants were cheerful. Business
OF May thus far bias been much in excess Of last
May and the outlook for a big months trade is
unusually promising. In prices there were no i'm
portant changes. In all lines a frmer tone and
in several lines a hardening tendency is noticed.
This remark applies especially to dry goods. hard
ware and leather and hides. Eggs are In active
request and firm al the i4c advance Of Monday.
Young chickens are in active request. but few
coming in that are Of any size. In other lines
there are no new features
The local grain market is Disappointing, re-
ceipts being light and demand active. Track
bids. as reported by the secretary OF the Board
Wheat-No. 2 red. 71hc; No. 8 red. 6sizG7 ohc
May. 7I2c; wagon wheat, Tic.
Corn-No. 1 white, Csc; No. 3 white Zone COLOR.
SS2%c: No 2 yellow. &c: No. ) yellow. aic; No, /
ssse! No oiq I mixed ed o @ssSc: ear ear co MD, : s.i %n.e'
Oats-No. 2 ' white. 3O&c; No. 8 white, 3ol.c; No.
2 mixed. 2skc; No. 3 mixed. I%c.
Hay-No. l timothy. ss@s.5o: No. 2 timothy.
ssGS5O.
Inspections-wheat: No. ? red. / car; No. 3. 2;
No. 4. 1: No. 3 yellow. /: Nc. 5 mixed. 4; mixed
ear corn. 2; no grade, 1; total, 20 cars. Oats:
No. 3 mixed. 2 cars.
Poultry and Other Produce.
prices paid by shippers)
Poultry-Hens Sc: cocks, Sc: young chickens,
12al5c; hen turkeys. young and fat. Sc; young
toms. 6isc; old hens, SC; toms, &C: ducks. sc;
geese. &c for full feathered. &c for plucked;
capons, fat. lie: small. sG10c.
Cheese-New York full cream. 1Sdl4c: skins.
6@sc; domestic Swiss, lS414c: brick. l3c; lim-
burger. 12c.
-Bntter-Choice &C.: poor. 5a7c; Elgin cream
cry, PIC.
Eggs-112c.
Feathers-Prime geese. sc per ID: prime duck.
10@17c per 10.
Beeswax-3oc for yellow: Csc for dark.
unwashed, 17GlSc; tub-washed.
goa 25c; bury and understandable. sc less.
HIDES, TALLOw, ETC
Green-salted Hides-No. 1. SIC: No. 2, Nc: No.
] calf. loc; No. 2 calf. skc.
Grease-White. &c; yellow, 2kc: brown. 2Ac
Tallow-No. l. Sc; No. 2, 2iac.
Bones-Dry. $l2G13 per ton.
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locomotive sand-Take Device.

Master Mechanic Zerbee, OF the Big Four
shops at Wabash. and Walter Thomas. gen.
erai foreman. have invented a device for
supplying engines with sand that will save
much time and labor. Heretofore the sand
tanks on locomotives, holding about a half
barrel. have been filled by the slow and
laborious bucket process. Messrs. Zerbee
and Thomas have constructed what they
a sand dome. IL Is an elevator
fifteen feet high. and compressed air forces
the sand TO the top OF the elevator, after
the sand Is thoroughly dried. The dome
stands beside a switch. and engines are run
Under the dome and the san Is run into
the tank by gravity.
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Live stock shipper. win.

Shippers OF live stock to the Chicago mar
ket have won their case against the rail-
roads in the famous s. per car terminal
charges. Judge Kohlsaat. OF the United
States Circuit Court at Chicago. decided
yesterday that the levy Of s. on every car
OF live stock delivered at the yards by the
roads entering the city from the. West was
an unreasonable one and granted the gov
eminent prayer for an injunction to restrain
the transportation companies from collect
ing IL. The en1oining order was issued on
. ruins OF the Interstate-commerce Com
road companies will be given thirty days in
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BOSTON, May 9-There Is a decidedly frmer
tone in the wool market here this week, but
prices have not gone higher. The demand for
territory wool has been fair at 40c for fine me-
dunn and fine secured. Fleece woods are quiet.
but the market is quoted about the same. Fol-
lowing are the quotations for leading descriptions:
Ohio and Pennsylvania feeces-X and above. go
24c; Xxx and Xxx and above, 2662c: delaine. ga
2Sc; No. l combing, 2c; No. 2 combing. CSC. Mich
igan. Wisconsin. etc.-X Michigan. 20G21c; No.
! Michigan combing. &c: No. 2 Michigan comb
ing. &c; No. 1 Illinois combing. &c: No.. 2 Illinois
combing. &c. X New York. New Hampshire and
Vermont, 2Q2lc; No. ! New York. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont, 26c; delaine. Michigan, 240
25c. Unwashed medium, etc.-Kentucky and In
diana h-blood combing, 21Q22c; %-blood. 22923c;
&c; braid combing. 1sQ1sc. Lake and Georgia, Is
@2oc. Territory wools-Montana fine medium and
fine. 12el5c; secured, 40c: staple, 40G 42c. Utah.
Wyoming. etc.-Fine medium and fine, 12d15c:
secured. 3sQ40c: staple, 40642c. Australian
tscoured basis)-Combing. superfne. 70Q72c; good.
65Q6Sc; average, e2665c.
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Dry Goods,

NEW YORK, May e.-The demand for cotton
goods has been fully up to average proportions.
Some good-sized bids for brown cottons for export
turned down. owing to inability OF sellers to give
required shipments. Prices on all weights of
brown and gray cottons are very firm. Bleached
cottons firm. with steady demand. Prints in more
than average request. but light supplies check
volume Of business. Print cloths very firm, but
no more business reported. Mems wear woolens
quiet. Clay worsteds and serges firm in price.
Dress goods also quiet.
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| 81 27, ees. New York exchange. par. Sterling ex-
| change: Posted. s. s61k anc A.ssls: actual. s4.s5h
and A.sT%; sixty days. Asfi@ and N.ss1a.
At Boston-Clearings s29,e4s,os7 balances.
| 3.326, PAS.
At Baltimore-Cearings. s~s.4so.OS4; balances.
| 81 $50. OIL
/ ISIS 2e.
at New -orleans-Clearings. s.s7 .Oos.
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Metals.

NEW YORK, May 9.-At the close the Metal
Exchange called pig iron warrants quiet, but nrm
at $1 nominal. Lake copper dull at 19c. Tin
easier at 2.5c bid and Is. Coo asked. Lead easier
at 4-&0c bid and 445c asked. Spelter unchanged
at 6.75c bid and &c asked. The brokers' price for
lead was 425c and for copper l9c.
ST. LOUIS. May s-Lead higher at I.s5c.
Spelter strong and higher at 6.75c bid.
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A IN
QuOtatfOns at ST. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and Other Places.

ST. LOUIS. May s-F1our dull and lower: pat
$40. wheat-May. 76hc bid; July. 71&q7rsc
asked; No. 2 hard. esQ69c. Corn lower; No. 2.
s sasn' n SS1te S.I track. SS, 3D. MAY MAY CAS- 6ste , o1S; '% Ny
2. cash. 2sc; track. 2sc: May. 27Ac asked: July.
2s1se; September. 21%c: No. 2 white: soaSlHc;
lower; prime steam, AS; choice, $3.50. Prime
timothy seed. s25. Corn meal. 90. Bran
| Timothy firm at ssGl2. 30; prairie steady at $50
as. Whisky steady at sl.2s. Cotton ties. Sc:
Ssgsing' sas%e: pry.ssis meatsnBo.ed snSql-
S.12a. Ba~con-Boxed shoulders. s.; extra shorts.
s5s7i.: ribs, $50: shorts. s5.7s. Receipt-Flour.
s.. 0o0 bu. Shipments-F1our. 6.COo brls; wheat.
5000 blu; corn, 5000 bu; oats, 5000 bu.
LIVERPOOL. May 9-Lard-American refined.
in 2s-lb pals. dull at 26s Cd. Bacon-Cumberland
cut dull at 3ls: short-clear backs dull at Us cd.
= Western, 2ss Cd. wheat-spot
steady: futures dull; May. IS sgd: July. SIS I'D;
new. steady at Is sgd: old steady at IS SID:
futures quiet; May, Is sgd: July. IS SID; Septem-
Der. IS sgd. allow-Australian. in London, firm
at 24s. new. 49s. Receipts of
wheat during the past three days, 307.o 900 ~centals.
including 10000 American. Receipts of American
corn during the past three days. $500 centals.
BALTIMORE. May e.-F1our dull: receipts. 7.2s4
brls; exports, 1,004 brls. Wheat steady; spot, 747s
@751sc: month. 747sQ75isc; June. 75G75hc: July,
| ceipts. 4I.s4i blu: southern wheat by Sample, .oa
76c: Southern wheat on grade. 1ohd754c. Corn
dull and easier; spot. S7kG37%c: month, 371s@
s5ss@s57c: receipts. 10, o46 bu: exports. 1s7. 142 bu
stock. $3.50 bu; Southern white corn. 4ll5942c
Southern yellow. 3sk d3 Oats dull and lower
No. 2 white. 34hc; No. 2 mixed. &c; receipts.
| IS. 375 bu.
| TOLEDO. May 9.-Wheat higher and steady
No. 2. cash and May. 747sc; July. 74sc. Corn
dull. but steady: No. 2 mixed, 34c. Oats lower.
but steady: No. . mixed. 274c. Rye UNCHANGED;
No. 2, cash. Soc. Glover seed dull. but steady
prime. new. cash and May. So. 10; October. 81.
CINCINNATI, May s-F1our dull; fancy, 1910
@325: family. s2.s5Q2.0. Wheat nominal; No. 4.
red. 72c. Corn dull; No. 2 mixed, 36hc. Oats
quiet; No. 2 mixed. 2sc. Rye firm: No. 2, CSC.
Lard quiet at $3.50. Bulk meats easy at $4.75.
Bacon easy at $50. Whisky dull at sl.2S.
| MINNEAPOLIS, May s-Wheat-No. 1 North
ern. May. Olsc: July. 1%c: September. SEC: OF
track. No. l hard. 72hc; No. ! Northern. 1kc;
No. 2 Northern. 6sSsc. Flour--First patents. So. Is
QSs5: second patents. S.55@S. So; first clears. s.. Il
also. Bran unchanged.
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Cotton,

NEW ORLEANS. May s.-Cotton steady: sales.
1850 bales; ordinary. 8 15-16c: good ordinary,
4 7-l6c: low middling. 5 3-1ec; middllng. sac; good
middling. 67-l6c; middling fair. 6bc; receipts,
III bales: stock. 375. 46s bales.
NEW YORK, May a-Cotton quiet and steady;
midiling, 6Lc.
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Oils.

OIL CITY. May s-Credit balances, $1.13; GER
tifcates. no bids: shipments. 50. o94 brls: average.
&.07 brls; runs, 3e.ss1 brls; average, 74.947 brls.
ST. LOUIS. May s.-Petroleum dull. Rosin
steady. Spirits Of turpentine easy at 43Q44izc.
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Tuesday's Hank Clearing.

York exchange, loc premium. Clearings. s.. 22s. 40.
At ST. Louis-clearngs. S. as .o4s: balances.
s7so.ss2.
Al New york-ciearirss sa7s. 7ss. 5ss: balances.
SIS. rs. $50.
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NEW YORK. May 9.-California dried fruits
steady; evaporated apples. common, 7Gsizc: prime
wire tray, s+G9c; choice. 81 dsi1c; fancy. ~
Prunes. NG911c. Apricots-Royal, 3lzQ14c Moor
Park. 14d1sc. P-eaches-Unpeeled. 91z@1Il.c:
peeled, 25Q2Sc.
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scare and Quiet-Hogs Active
and LOwer-Sheep Strong.

INDIANAPOLIS. May e-Cattle-Receipts. 300;
shipments light. There was a light supply OF all
grades. The market was quiet at unchanged
prices. Everything changed hands at an early
hour. Stockers and feeders are in good demand
AZ strong nrices-
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK. May e-Butter-Receipts. TO- N
packages Market Arm: Western creamery, 14d
lie; factory. l2G1sc. C~heese-Receipts. 1857 pack,
ages. Market steady; large white, 12c; small
white. 12d12Ac; large colored. 12c; small colored
12G121<c. New cheese firm: large, 91k@9ssc small
9q9kc. ggs-Receipts. 19. sal packages. Market
firm; Western. 13Ql3%c: Southern, 126l3c.
PHILADELPHIA. May e.-Butter unchanged
fancy Western creamery. 171c: fancy Western
prints. Zoe. Eggs f-n: fresh nearby, 13c: fresh
Western, 13hc; fresh Southwestern. 1311c; fresh
Southern, 12iic. Cheese steady.
KANSAS CITY, May s--Butter steady; cream.
cry. l24l6c; dairy, lac. Eggs-Strong feeling; sup.
ply unequal to requirements; prices up nc: fresh
Missouri and Kansas stock, In new cases, cases
Included. lie; cases returned. 10lsc.
CHICAGO. May Son the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was steady: creamery,
12Ql6hc; dairy, 10G14c. Eggs steady; fresh, 1llsc
Cheese weak; creamery. 1oisd111zc.
CINCINNATI, May Butter steady: cream.
cry. 17q1sc; Ohio. l4G16c; dairy. 10c. Eggs quiet
at lie. Cheese lower; good to prime Ohio fat. 1Oc
ST. LOUIS. May a-Butter steady: creamery,
14ql7lac; dairy. l2Ql4c. Eggs weak at 10Ac.
BALTIMORE. May a-Butter steady. Eggs
steady. Cheese quiet.
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Cash quotations were as follows Flour quiet
and easy. No. 2 spring wheat. 1Ag72kc; No. 3
spring wheat. esk G71Ac; No. 2 red. 74ha7etc.
No. 2 corn, 32xc: No. 2 yellow. &c. No. 2 oats.
2sHa2s,sc; No. 2 white. 2sa$oc; No. 8 white.
2sl102skc. No. 2 rye. 5skc. No. 2 barley. $50
<1c. No. 1 naxseed. $114; Northwestern. H.l4,z9
brl. 8. 4oas4 Lard. per 100 lbs. $4.971zd5: short
rib sides noose), 81. 40G4. 20; dry-salted shoulders
(boxed). A.2564. 80; short-clear sides boxed), $3.50
@4.s0. Whisky, distillers' finished goods. per gal.
$l26- ~Sugars-Cut-loaf, soc; granulated. 5.52c.
R~eceipts-Flour, 5000 brls: wheat. 5000 bu;
corn. 26S. 600 bu: oats, ST., 900 bu: rye, $500 bu;
barley. 5000 bu. Shipments-F1our, 1900 brls:
wheat. SO. 900 bu; corn, 6s5, 900 bu; oats. 146. 600 bu;
rye, 5000 bu: barley, 1900 bu.
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which to answer the decision or appeal the
case to the next tribunal.
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Yearlings. good to choice. 475d5.5
Yearlings. common to medium ...-....... 375d4 8
Spring lambs, so lbs and up............. 6097.0
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p. NJ. time is In BLACK h~gures.-Trains married
thus: Daily, S-Sleeper. P-Parlor Car. o.
Chair Car. D-Dining Car. Except sunday
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mFYFVR5.0fn CHI, IND. q LOUIS. RI.
d4Yl5 Ticket ONCE. Is West wash ST.
3S Chi'go night ex. s-.s17U s4So
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Chicago last mail, 9. p d---..--..-ElW sL8
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Chicago vestibule, p d.-.....-.-.fS35 s4SI
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
The Companion for the Rest Of '9s.

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500 Reward sIoo.

The readers Of this paper will be pleasep
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able 10 cure
in al it. stages, and that is Catarri,. Halls
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OF the disease, and giving TIE patient
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The praprietors have 50 much faith In its
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cure. Send for list If tssiimnniaIs.
Address +. !. CHENEY Il co, Toledo. q
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Halls family fills arr tls ps,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
How Was It Done ?

Some of our school boys and girls
are pretty good at mathematics. Can
the tell US if there is anything wrong
with this puzzle and it's solution:
4 farmer died leaving al estate of
seventeen horses. He had three sons,
and provided in his will that the
horses be divided among the boys as
follows: 20 his eldest son he be-
queathed one-half the horses; to his
second son, one-third Of the horses,
and to his youngest son, one-ninth of
the horses. The boys, finding that
they could not divide the horses as
their father had provided, seventeen
being not equally diyisible by either
two, three or nine, took the case to a
neighboring Squire. The Squire
was a Solomon in his way, and after
much elaboration said:
"Boys, it is impossible for you to
divide the horses as your father has
provided without killing a horse.
This being the case, l will add an old
plug that / possess to your estate,
maxim eighteen horses that you have
to divide among you. This will give
the eldest who is to get one-half, nine
horses the second, who is to,get one
third, six horses; and the youngest,
who is to get one-ninth, two horses.
BY addition, / find that the three OF
you have thus only seventeen horses
out of the eighteen, so I will take my
old plug back to the stable, leaving
each of you With more than the pro-
visions Of your fathers will entitled
you. For, according to his will, the
eldest should have received eight and
a half horses, while he has received
nine; the second should have receiv-
ed five and IWo-thirds horses, while
he has received six, and the youngest
should have received n and eight
ninth horses, while he has received
two"
The question is, how did the old
Squire get his horse back? READER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
He Killed Red Rice.

To show what careful attention will
do in the way Of ~eradicating red rice
from foul fields, the Jennings Times
cites an instance. The Randall for
ty, just west Of town, was farmed
this year BY FL. E. Cary. 1t has pro-
duced very red rice for several years.
Mr.. Cary did not plow the ground
until June, at which time most OF the
red rice had terminated. The result
is a heavy crop of Honduras, with
very little red. The forty acres
yielded 400 sacks of rice, selling at
over $1,000. BY handling intelligent
ly, old, foul land can be made to
produce fairly pure grain, especially
with irrigation.
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WHITE Enameled Iron Beds

ofall sizes, and prices, anything and
everything you can need in furniture,
and at bottom prices. My prices must
be right, and l must buy and sell right
or | couldn't cary the stock | do.
Come over and see it.
My show rooms comprise two floors
48x107, and / use five other floors for
storage. I only keep house furnishings
and vehicles, and don't attempt to
carry green salt shoulders, and straw
hats. Only two lines we'll carried out,
and not twenty lines with no assort-
ment in any.
Only trying to do a few things well,
and devoting my entire time, floor space
and capital to only two lines enables
me to offer you a better selection and
lower prices than you will find in any
country store.
/ have the best vehicles in a long
way around, and offer better values in
Vehicles and Harness than you can OBJ
tain in the South.
You can come over and see tie stock
and / will pay freight on any quantity
of goods you buy over $1,000.
Sole Agent for Columbia, and Hartford
Bicycles for New Iberia Abbeville, and
st Martinsville.
R S. MCMAHON.
New Iberia. La. Foot Of French st.
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Notice TO

/ hereby forbid any one to trespass on
my lands in Vermllion parish, La, in any
way. shape. form or whatsoever.
and especially Oh the tract known as
Dog Island,n in the 9Th ward, l forbid
hunting. putting cattle on same or tres
passing in any manner, as | have cattle
and hogs on said land. Any person or
persons caught trespassing on said prem
Uses will be prosecuted to the full extent
Of the law. o. RICHARD.
Abbeyille, La. November II. 1859. "
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Norice To Trespassers.

thereby forbid any one to trespass on
nv lands ia Vefmilion parish, Louisiana,
IN any way. shape. form or manner what
soever. Any person or persons cailght
trespassing on said premises will be pros
ecuted to the full extent oil the law.
ALCIDE LEBLANC.
Abbeville, La. October IA, 1899. ".
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
The Condition of the Cane.

From all accounts the cane has
been seriously injured by the freezes
of last week. In a conversation thin
other day with MI. Gus. Godchaux,
he informed us that in company with
Mr.. Lacour of Rose Hill, he Rad Wis
tied a great faanv cane fields and
found that on the prairies. all the
stubble had been killed and the plaEt
cane badly damaged for planting.
Along the bayou the cane did not
appear to be injured but very little.
Much of the seed cane had already
been put up in mats, but a consider
able nhmber of our small farmers
were caught mapping and the chances
are that the cane put VI. for seed now
will be found damaged next spring.
Muchof the cane will be windrowed
at ono as the planters do not feel
like taking any chances on its spoil
ing. In Iberia and st. Mary we are
told the planters are going right
ahead Windrowing the cane. This is
more expensive, but it prevents loss
ifa warm spell follows.
The new cotton gin had quite an
accident last Saturday in the break
ing of the large cog wheel which opef-
ates the press. 1t was badly broken
and delayed the running Of the gin
for several days, until a new casting
could be procured.
A large schooner is lying at the
Dege warehouse loading with seed
cotton for the Velasco Oil Mills, of
Velasco, Texas, a seaport town at the
mouth If the Brazos river.
Hon. P. j. Chappuis OF Crowley,
spent a few hours in town Friday.
Mr.. Chappuis says that politics is
getting ''just a little warm in AGA
dia parish.
80
The schooner Casador, of Lake
Charles, with Capt. A. Halverson,
left here yesterday for V~elasco, Tex.
loaded with cotton in seed.
Ducks are not very plentiful this
season, owing to the extreme dryness
of the marshes.
Aug. l.. Chappuis, a prominen
citizen Of Rayne, vas a visitor TO GU.
town yesterday.
Read the new adj of the Red Sta
and then try them for real bargains.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
Red Rice Nuisance.

How to get rid of red rice is a pro-
blem that will put our farmers to
their trnnps. One thing is dead GER
tain and that is if they do not get rid
of the red rice they will not be able
to make a living raising rice. Vari-
GUS plans have been suggested. One
of these is early ploughing in the fall
and late ploughing in the spring be-
fore planting. The Jennings Times
reports that a farmer of that locality,
is having 100 acres of rice land fall
plowed for the purpose of getting the
shattered seed to sproat and thereby
cleanse the land. Farmers have a
rare opportunity to purify rice land
by blowing shallow now and thus get
ting the red rice to sprout and kill
out during the winter. Besides, the
extra tilhge is most excellent treat
ment for the soil.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
Town and Parish.
ME AM MARIA.


Y don,t keer how the wiz wins blows,
tnr ef it's frost, or eff it's snow,
Fer all the joys OF life we know
Beside the fire
he an Maria!
Don't keer eff c~otton's up. or down
~ Fortune gives her smile or frOwn;
0nr arms still clasp each other roun'
Beside the fire.
Me an Maria.
What eff the neighbors say I'm pore
m what they calls this worldly store2"
We only love each other more
Beside the fire.
Me an Maria.
An, when life's snowfakes, fallin' white
Have grayed the hair an dimmed tht
sight,
.SmillinT,. we'll kiss a last goodnight
Beside the fire
Me an Maliai