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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

We wish to inquire Of General Behar,
the leader of the republican party of
Iberville, and who was a gallant soldier
Of the Lost Cause, if he believes RooBe-
velt to have been the great hero he
wishes the American public to believe.
How General, does his record compare
with those of Lee, Grant, Johnston,
Sherman and many of lower rank who
served in your own glorious command
Is ne not a loud mouthed braggart
without deeds to back his words ?-B.
II. Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
by Way of ~PiaquemIne.

The early completion of the locks
in Bayou Plaquemine will be a great
thing for this section of the country.
The Iberian makes the following men,
ton Of a recent steamboat trip by
that route:
The steamer Daniel arrived here
from Plaquemine on last Thursday
morning, just after midnight, with
the well boring apparatus of the Hart
Well Co., on board. She left the
wharf at Plaquemine at 2 p. M, on
Wednesday, came down Bayou Pla-
quemine, through Grand Lake and
up the Teche, arriving here as above
stated after about ten hours run
Could the boat have come up through
the route of the proposed Clarendon
canal she would have had to travel
less than half the distance she did
cover-thereby a great saving in time.
The above is a great object lesson
to our people, showing the value of
the Plaquemine locks, when con
pleted, and the proposed Charenton
canal. We trust these things may
conc into use before this generation
will have passed away.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

We are informed that the Hunter
Canal company have under adyisement
the possibility of running a lateral east
as far as Duson. It would be advisa-
BILE for our business people to get to-
gether and induce the canal people to
run this lateral to Rayne instead of
Dnson which would be a great help to
our town as all the shipments would be
made from this point, and would great
ly increase the business done here. Now
il the time to get in our work and tho
sooner tho better.-Rayne Tribune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

For many years those of our swamp
srs who had to deal with the State land
office which was under the control of
the late J, $. Lanier, always claimed
that the management of that Office was
crooked, and the investigation made
recently established the fact Mr.. Lanler
was short for something like $50, 900.
At the time of the death of Mr.. Lanier,
many who had some idea of the manner
the Office was conducted, thought that
he had suicided, and we believe they
were correct.-st. Martinville Messen-
ger.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
Railroad Rates for Hauling

NGkDCo
The Railroad Commission held 8
meeting at Baton Rouge on August
8, and adopted the following scale Of
prices for the hauling of sugar cane
on railroads.
It was ordered by the commission
that the following tariff on sugar cane
is adopted for the use of all carriers
handling that commodity in the State
Of Louisiana: Sugar cane rates per
ton of 1000 pounds, l to IS miles,
SOC; 25 to 35 miles, Soc; so to 100
miles, 75c; 100 to 100 miles, S1.O0;
$50 to 200 miles, $1.25. Effective
August 10, 1900. This rate shall not
effect any rates now on file with the
commission which are less than the
rates above described.
In the matter of round bale cotton
the commission ordered thatcotton in
round bales shall take the same rate
as compressed cotton in square bales.
The commission established car SER
vice rules for the city of New Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
G. r. Guidry, Jr.


DY virtue Of a writ of fsri facias issued
ID by the Hon. nth Judicial District
CourS in and for the State and parish
above mentioned in the matters of the
above entitled and numbered suit, and to
me directed. fllly authorizing me TO seize
and sell, | will proceed to sell at public
auction, 10 The last and highest bidder. at
tae principal front door of the courthouse
in this parish,on
Saturday, August Is. 1900,
between the hours prescribed by law, the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit /:
All liquors, cigars and t~obaeco-all
fixtures belonging to the barroom in
Guiding n iron safe-one hall interest
in a pleasure boat.
Terms-Cash.
Sheriff7s Office, Abbeville, La, Augusta,
1900. j. O. HILBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
Registration Notice.

I will open the registration hooks at
my Office, in the courthouse, on August
s, 1900, to October 6, 1900, for the pur-
pose of registering all qualified voters
of the Parish of Vermilion, for the
Presidential and Congressional election
in November next.
E. FL. GUEYDAN,
Registrar of voters, for the Parish of
August 4, 1900. Vermilion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

Summer stayed here just three days,
and got away. We are reveling yet in
splendid cool weather, while oar folks
who went North are sweltering in heat.
No July or August weather was ever
more pleasant, and we sleep at night
under light covering. Talk about sum-
mer resorts. Why New Orleans is the
greatest on earth.-Daily Item.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
Bryan's Great Speech.

In indianapolis, Ind, on Wednes-
day, August 9Th before a magnificent
gathering of people, Hon. VIM. j.
Bryan delivered his speech Of accep-
lance of the Democratic presidential
nomination. 1t is too extensive a
document to reproduce in its entirety
in a small paper like ours, but in the
words of the Chicago Record, a Re-
publican paper it is a ssnotable
speech that should be read by all
Americans.
Speaking of the treatment of the
Filipinos he says:
n'There are degrees in the art of self
government, but it is reflection upon the
Creator to say that he denied to any
people the capacity Of self-government.
Once admit that some people are capa-
BILE of self-governmeut and that others
are not, and that the capable people
have a right to seize upon and govern
the incapable, and you make force
brute force-the only foundation of gov
eminent and invite the reign of a des-
pot. | am not willing to believe that
an ALLOWING God created the Filipinos
and then left them for thousands of
years helpless until the islands attract
ed tho attention of European nations"
The portion of Mr.. Bryan's speech in
which he announces what he will do in
respect to the Philippines, if elected,
will receive special attention. Mr..
Bryan makes this distinct pledge:
"lf elected, | shall convene congress
in extraordinary session as soon as I
am inaugurated and recommend ar i'm
mediate declaration of the nations pur-
pose, first, to establish a stable form OF
government in the Philippine islands,
just as we are now establishing a stable
form Of government in Cuba; second,
to give independence to the Filipinos,
just as we have promised to give indie
pendence to the Cubans; third. to pro-
tect the Filipinos from outside interior
ence while they work out their destiny,
just as we have protected the republics
of Central and South America and are,
by the Monroe doctrine pledged to pro-
tect Cuba. A European protectorate
often results in the exploitation of the
ward by the guardian. An American
protoctorate gives to the nation pro-
tected the advance of our strength
without making it tae victim of our
greed, For three-quarters of a cen
tury the Monroe doctrine has been a
shield to neighboring republics and yet
it has imposed no pecuniary burden
upon u.s."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
EhHzitf's Ealz.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
18th Judicial District Court-Parish Of
Vermilion-No. 1349.
Stauffer Bros. & Co.,
A. Ell. Herring ct ais.

A. ID. Herring ct ais.
By virtue of a writ of heri facias
issued in the matters of the above
entitled and numbered suit, and to me
directed, fully authorizing and empow-
erlng me in the premises, | will pro-
ceed to sell at public auction, to the
last highest bidder at the principal
front door of the courthouse in this par
ish on
Saturday, September l, 1900,
between the hours prescribed by law,
the following described property, seized
to satisfy SAID writ, to wit
One Deering Binder.
Terms-Cash on the day of sale.
Sheriffs Office, Abbeville, La, Aug.
Is, 1900. ]. 0. HEBERT,
Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

The New Orleans Boxers will not
60 to China. They feel they have
done their duty to the Powers in re-
taliating right at home. They killed
four innocent, unarmed negro men
and n negro woman while asleep.
They robbed others, looted a store
and burned a school house. They
may not be up to higher civilization,
but it shows a commendable zeal for
the cause Of Caucasianism.-Dail
Item.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
A Spirited Reply.

cratic gentleman from st. Landry,
who recently bid adieu for a third
time to the Democratic party, has
engaged in political argument with
the editor of the Lafayette Gazette.
We find the following extract SO
good, and SO forcible that we repro
duce it without further comment. 1t
speaks for itself
esMr. Dupre further says: "With
the passing away of the negro our
people can honestly differ" Here is
where Mr.. Dupre and his party do
not agree. The Democracy has earn
estly striven to take the negro out OF
politics so that white men might fight
it out on a higher plane. But the
Republican party-the party that Mr..
Dupre championships not want it
so. 1t IS the parent of negro suffrage.
1t had recourse to Federal bayonets
to protect its political offspring. 1t
forced upon the South the dark
period Of reconstruction for the sake
OF the African voter. The Republi-
can party knows the results of the
free and unhindered exercise of negro
suffrage, authorized and safeguarded
by the fifteenth amendment, but it
shuts its eyes to the truth of history
and coolly proposes to force the South
to return to the rule of ignorance and
venality. Judge Dupre is mistaken.
1t is the Republican party that is
waving 'tthe red flag OF the past. -
The Republican convention at Phila-
delphia adopted the following as a
part of its platform:
MM#&@ 4a&NlH+@
1t was the plain purpose of the if-
teenth amendment to the constitution
to prevent discrimination on account of
race or color in regulating the elective
franchise. Devices of State govern
ments, whether statutory or constitu-
tional amendment, to avoid the purpose
of this enactment are revolutionary and
bo oapdomnaA
So long as the Republican party
champions the cause of negro suffrage
and attempts to thwart the efforts of
the Democracy to solve this vexed
problem it is bound to be an issue in
the South-a live, burning issue that
will not down at any mans bidding.
In view of the fact that the highest
tribunal in the Republican party has
decided to stand by the negro in his
alleged right to vote, Judge Dupre
should not, as q good and consistent
Republican, chlde us because we re-
fuse to believe s'that Republican mis-
rule begotten by the negro votes is a
thing Of the past" When Judge
Dupre's party will make up its mind
to cease its unwise opposition to the
publication of the ballot box in the
South, the Democracy being a party
of progress, will meet its adversary
on more pleasant grounds. But as
long as Republicanism persists in
dragging Sambo into the battle the
ghosts of reconstruction will appear
in all their hideousness.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

Yellow fever has appeared at
Tampa, Fla, and in consequence the
States of Alabama, Louisiana and
Texas have declared a rigid quaran-
tine against that place. Later re-
ports are to the effect that it is not
yellow fever.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
SATURDAY ,IAUGUsT IS, 1900.
The Paramount Issue.

The burning issue of Imperialism,
growing out of the Spanish war, in
wolves the very existence of the Repub-
lie and the destruction of our free insti-
tutions. We regard it as the para
mount issue Of the campaign.-From
the Democratic Platform.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

Letters dropped into a box at Paris
are delivered in Berlin within an hour
and a half, and sometimes within
thirty-five minutes. They are whisked
through tube by pneumatic power.
What will our next step forward be.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
Trespass Notice.

Notice is hereby given that forbid any
one to cut, pass, hunt or in any way tres
pass on my wood land in the parish Of
VermilIon. aud hereby constitute Sos
theme Herpin my agent as guardian of
said land. EDMARD TRAHAN.
January q. 1900.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

WANTED-Honest man or woman to
w travel for large house; salary sos
monthly and expenses; position perma
nent; ~inelose self-addressed stamped en-
yelope. MANAGER, $50 Caxton building,
Chicago, Ill.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18
Sherifss Sale.

STATE OF Louisiana-17th Judicial
District Court-Parish OF Vernilion
1869.
The Ledoux Company Ltd,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

The names OF those drawn to serv
rs petit jurors for the first week .
said term, commencing Mondays Sep
TENDER 10, 1900, being as follows, /
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

Howard Perry
D Anthony Raooenr
3 HORACE Tavlop 4
4 Jean Mire
5 sErastns Faux {
& tFel,x Hall;er 81
II. g. Ewins 3
S Robert Simon s
8 Lenix Hoffpanir )
10 IL. X. Robinson 8
II /. A. Jettun
12 Newton Harkins
- D Yaa u
* VIM Graham
1e On -
- Gseaaapna,aa J
"a 30 1rassaa :
20 60. - Rra,ss.rd !
o. Si;Sa. :
81 = q
IS Gmaat Isat,.har /
30 PET )
a. - pa.aso.n
Ok . C1aaam 3
sc 1rasa 49, 5
81 SssL-h:4 N-oharason {
% s4ap;slas parnard
90 GaInmhsa T.oI,an 3
% 49, - .
Inc anne OF Inose drawn " sei
Ior tne secona .Week Oh sa.a -
commencing Monday' lfth oepes
Der, lSoV, peing as IoiioWs' " Wv
O,Neill Abshire B
3 Levy Derouen 8
2 Timothy Pomerov 8
4 Divide 4. Rronssard 8
S Henry Reiss
& Erasco MORGAN
Inles Rernard
s &. P. Putnam
8 Erwin Hoffpauir
10 Rodger Hartman
II Charles Clark
- Robert A. Morgan
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

In evidence whereof yitns
hand and official seal this 23rd
July i. d. 1900. SIMoNETs LEI
elk and ex-oficio Jury Commissl
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-18

The names OF those drawn to ser
for the second week of said ter
commencing Monday, 18th Septe
Der, 1900, being as follows, to wit;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
THE ORIGINAL
WORCESTERSHIRE.

have longed for an opportunity to speak
to you. Oh, Grace, can't you see now
dearly love you? Do not turn away
from me so colby. I know l am not
worthy of you, dear, but if you VIII only
give me a chance will teach you to
love me-"
He stood almost trembling beside her
his face white and drawn from the pain
of uncertainty.
Grace looked at him coolly and replied,
Can it be possible you have lost your
heart and to a fiirt?"
He had long ago forgotten the stories
he had once believed concerning her
flirtatfons, but now he remembered and
his blood ran cold for Il moment. Could
it be she had been flirting with him? No,
no; he could not accuse her of it. She
had been barely civil to him. What
could she mean? He could only ask
meekly, What do you mean, Miss Muir
ray?"
Il mean just this, DIR. Vernon, by ae-
cident I overheard a conversation you
had with Col. Macy the day you arriv-
ed at Oburn place"
He remembered distinctly and with
shame.
"oh, Miss Murray" he pleaded. 4 ac-
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sure sign am certain that sue IS
fish to Miss F'lypp. why, she never
mentions him" THAT is what con-
vinces me. She used to make all man
ner of fun of him."-Detroit Free Press.
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knowledge my sin and pray for your
forgiveness. It was mean and unmanly
in me to speak as I did, not knowing
you I confess made a great mistake
I love you, dear, for have learned that
you are all that is sweet, and noble and
Womanly."
p wait a moment" she said, until I
have told you all. That morning I re-
solved to win your love in spite Of your
prejudice and you confess I have sue
ceeded."
Then after all she had in some mys-
terious way won his love only for re-
veflge All, what fool he had been.
He bowed his face in his hands.
''Oh, how could you be SO crueI2s' he
cried. You who are so beautiful
What possible pleasure can you take in
SO doing2"
TT has brought ne the grearegz 10y
my life has ever known" she whispered.
laying her hand on his bowed head, for
I love you, Harold
He could not trust to the hearing Of
his ears. He raised a white and troubled
face to hers and read in the, depths of
her brown eyes the love that had been
so long and carefully hidden in her
breast
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of the burghers in the man who has
been their Mahomet for so many years
is unbounded. His DEGREES, next to those
of God, they will unSwervingly obey.
To get to the president I journeyed
to a long, low-lying house standing
back a little way from the road, nest
ling under the shade of huge, overflow
ering gum trees, the front covered by
the susual wide veranda- The best
time to call on President Kruger, 1 had
been told, was at six O'Clock in the
morning. compromised on six-thirty
and found him, at that curious recep-
ton hour, sleeping himself in nicotine
and coffee, the latter prepared by the
motherly hands of Mrs. Kruger the
former dug from the capacious pocket
of the presidents coat and crammed
into the big bowl of the presidential
pipe by the fistfu1. In the atmosphere,
redolent of tobacco smoke and cofee
steam, Kruger sat chatting with
group of burgherS, some of whom had
evidently been under canvas and in
trenches not very long previously.
AS an American I was cordially greet
ed and invited to lower the contents of
the coffee urn with the rest of the yisi-
tors To see the simple president in his
home is to make one marvel that he
has been able to hold his own against
all the trained diplomats of England
and the Continent. His achievement in
inducing the British government, in
1881, to Withdraw their forces and give
him back the country, was really far
more wonderful than the fact of his
burghers having CHANGED to win the
earlier battles of a campaign that every
one knew must have ended disastrously
to them had it been continued. The
president tells of the happenings since
those days in his own peculiar way. 1t
must be remembered that Kruger has
lost the little finger of his left hand. In
illustrating his experiences in beating
the various British high commissioners
in South Africa, Kruger holds up his
! left hand with the fingers extended and
/ SAYS:
First there was Sir Hercules Robin
son. got the better of him. With
1 that he turns down the forefnger. At
ter that he continues, came Loeb. I
| got the better of him, too" He ticks
| him off with the next finger. and says
| Then came Robinson again; no bet
| ter than before" Down goes the third
1 digit. Now we've got Sir Alfred Mil
ner'' With that he pretends to turn to
the missing finger. puff Daar is MET, -
| C-Poufi there is nOthing,'D chuckles the
! willy old man.
Then he discusses the war with a sub
| lime Indifference to the fact that, from
| the viewpoint of the unprecedented on
| locker, nothing but the complete wip-
| ing out CT Boer independence seems to
| be on the South African tapis. 1t is but
| a little thing in Kruger's estimation
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Pretoria, May 12.-What is he doing.
the heavy-faced, beady-eyed, large
nosed head of the Boer republic in these
days of peril to Dutch institutions?
Does he dread the coming of the re-
doubtable Roberts to thunder a de-
mand for admittance at the gates of
Pretoria? or. is he serenely Indifferent
to the course of events at Bloemfontein,
strong in the faith of his forefathers
that Providence will Illustrate the de-
signs of the burghers' enemies and
eventually turn the tide of war again in
the direction of Table Bay? The face
of the sphinx is more open and COM
municative than that of Kruger, and no
one hears him express a pesSimistic
opinion regarding the war, no matter
what news comes from the front
Outwardly, at least, Dom Paul keeps
up a brave show of confidence and his
dignity is something colossal. Not a
rule of his life has been broken by the
bursting of this war on the peaceful life
of the Transvaal farmland. The faith
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that the whole Boer. plan of campaign
has been shattered and the burghers
turned back at every pSint They will
come again and this time will not be
be driven again before the Boer rifles
when the grand attack on the impreg-
nable passes that guard the Transvaal
is attempted; nothing but victory can
crown this nineteenth rise of the Dutch
republic; the whole hosts of heaven
fight on the Beers side and of what
avail are the hosts of Victoria against
the legions of archangels? 1t sounds
very antique and wanting in practical
bility, but there is no suspicion of cant
in the presidents manner as he tells
you that his trust is in Providence"
and as the Boer has shown himself to
be a thorough believer in that addenda
to the recommendation to trust in Prov
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idence of keep your powder dry" a
little piety doesn't impair the strength
of the Boer resolve.
But Kruger is a man of deeds rather
than words and the coffee and the con-
versation come to an end together Not
so the pipe, however. That remains be-
tween the strong teeth of the president
as he rises to dismiss you. Then the old
man offers up his prayers and delivers
an address to his household, after
which he partakes of a substantial
breakfast and soon after drives off, to
show himself to the people or visit the
Radical, the building in which the
Boer parliament are still held. It is
likely that Kruger will keep this daily
routine right up to the day the British
enter Pretoria, if they ever do realize
that object of their martial ambition
Dom Paul is stolidly, dignifedly and
magnificently Indifferent to wars, rum
ors of wars, battles, murder and sudden
death.
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OOM PAUL
AS CALMLY CONFIDENT AS EVER.

The Doings of the Grand Old Man
of the Transvaal IN These Days
of Peril-Not a Habit of His
Life Has Changed-With Serene
Composure He Drinks Coffee,
Smokes His Huge Pipe and Pre-
diets Ultimate Victory for the
Burghers Regards British Suc-
cesses With Sublime Indifference
They Can Have No Effect on
the Ultimate Result, Says the
President, for the Legions of
Heaven Are Greater Than Those
of Queen Victoria.