davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-23

motion or filling any paper in a case shall
call the case both by title and number.
RULEXXTI
All cases in which the State of Louisiana
is a party shall have precedence over
other cases.
RULE XIII.
All motions to quash indictments or
iuformatIons filed on one day shall stand
Aged for the morning honr of the next
Cav except when filed on the day OF trial
wien they shall be tried before the case Is
called.
RULE XX1V.
Appearances and peace bonds shall he
executed before ske sheriff and the securl-
ties thereon accepted by him. and De
approved by the District Attorney when
RUIE XIV.
All applications for bail shall be ac-
companied BY o certificate Of the sheriff
or Tailor that the party is actually IN
custody,
Adopted this 4th day Of June, A. D.
1900.
Judge nth Judicial District.
File,I.n,ne A. 1900.
jos. G.. LEBLANC.
by. Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-23
Notice 10

hereby forbid any one to trespass on
nv lands in yermili0n parish, Louisiana,
in any way, shape, form or manner what
soever. ANY person or persons canght
trespassing On said premises will be pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
ALCIDE LEBLANC
.Abbeville, La. October Ia, 1899. ".
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-23
ILLUSTRATIONS

GOV. TAYLOR,s LOVE LETTERS,
Thirteen in number, are considered the
best work that has ever come from his
NOR. sentiment and pathos: instructive
and Amusing. They produce laughter and
tears. They are addressed tn: ~ ncle
SAM Politicians SrBOys.n Girls
'Bachelors,n ..Drulnmers, Y Z" Fislerinen .
'Fiddlers.s .Mother-in-L Law ..Candi-
dates. s~weethearts', '.Sportmen.s and
eral ssof Gov. aTaylor's noted speeches.
Post paid, Is cnnts.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-23
To The Public !
+ have opened a

] have opened 2
Blacksmith A General Repair
shop at Brookshier's old stand adloln,,
ing the Leblanc gin and hope BY gooa
work and fair dealing TO merritt a snarS
of your patronage.
HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALIS
a. r. MAxFILLD q SONS
Abbeville, La, Jany. z, 1897
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-23

are practically annihilated
by the ocean cables and
land telegraph systems,
which now belt the cir
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-23

All instructions to the clerk or sheriff.
and all agreements between counsel must
be in writing, and if required, produced
in open court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
an artists wife 2"

an artists wife.
The very grandeur of his boz dis
mayed the good natured lady
''If I did not know he was an artist
l should say he was an earl at least,
she said to herself. Il never saw such
a high way with any one before"
Give me self-made mani" contin-
ued the complacent contractor. "a
man who has made his money enjoys
spending it. What is more, he enjoys
touching it. l do. 1t is a pleasure to
m to take up handful of sover-
eigns."
If you heard a nobleman boast in
that fashion of his rank or title, what
would you think of him?" asked Lord
RIVERS.
Think Of him. replied Mr.. Car
stone, growing very red in the face.
1 should think he had very little to
boast Of
And L. said Lord RIVERS, quietly.
think that the self-made man has still
less
So it rOse-in the beautiful sunGt
evening-the cloud no bigger than a
mans hand. How dark it was to
grow, how widely spread, none Of the
five standing there together on the ter
race could foresee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
President Steyn's Romance.

1t was something OF a romance that
brought them together. The future
president OF the Free State was on his
first voyage to Europe, for the pur-
pose Of studying law and otherwise
eqdipping himself for the public career
which even then his father anticipated
for him. On board the steamer which
carried him from Cape Town to Eng
land was young girl of II, with blue
eyes and flaXen hair, the daughter of a
Scotch minister named Fraser. On
long voyages passenegs learn to know
one another as they rarely can on land,
and the young law student bad abund-
ant opportunity in the daily romps
during that long and monotonous voy-
age to note in the little blue-eyed
maiden the grace and courage a2d I'M
selfish qualities which have since shone
so conspicuously in her character Of
wife and mother.
Steyn on reaching Europe devoted
himself to the law, studying in Holland
as well as in London. The little fair
haired girl also went to school and re
ceiYed the education of young Eng
fish lady of good social position.
At the emu OF sisx years Young Steyn
returned to his native Free State"
and the first ore whom he met in
Bloemfontein was none other than the
one who had been his playmate on
board the Cape liner, but had since
developed into tall, graceful and
handsome woman Of IS.
What more natural than that the
young advocate should fall in love?
It was not possible to marry for his
means were not yet enough. So they
decided to wait, and meanwhile keep
their engagement secret. Young
Steyn was much away on circuit, and
the letters were forwarded by means
of Steyn's most intimate friend, who
has given me all these particulars. or
course busy neighbors who had moth.
ing to do save pry into other peoples
affairs soon took umbrage that the
Young advocates fancee had occasion
to send many letters to this go-between
and some went so far as to report this
to Steyn. The go-between for while
lived under heavy cloud, for he was
suspected Of playing false with the
man whom the whole country honored.
But he held his peace, and time, OF
course, INDICATED him. to the confu-
sion of the v-bodies.-Poultne
Bieelow in Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
CHAPTER XVII.

The Carstones were OF a type COM
mon enough in these days. The self
made man. as Mr.. Carstone so proud.
ly called himself, had started with the
usual sixpence in his pocket, and had
risen by degrees from the rank Of err
rand boy to the positions Of porter,
clerk, confidential manager, ana finally
partner, in one of the largest busl-
nesses in England He had worked
hard, honestly, and we'll; he was mar
VeIlously shreWd and wonderfully sure
in all his transactions; he was scrupu-
lously honest, and in business, honesty
is perhaps the best capital. After
many years of hard industry, he re-
tired, thinking that he should enjoy
he remainder Of his life in quite a new
capacity.
He was exceedingly rich. Looking
at his gains, he marvefled at them.
He had but one child, Oscar, and to
him the contractor had given the best
education possible. If he erred at all
in that direction, it was that he had
rather over-educated him. In his
heart Richard Carstone lopged for
daughters. He was one of those men
never so happy as when surrounded by
pretty and amiable women; but when
he realized what his life's work had
done for him, he was we'll pleased that
he had son and heir. He had re-
Gently purchased a fine estate, called
lngleshaw, although it was not pre-
cisely the abode one would have
thought suitable for a self-made man
1t was a magnificent old mansion,
standing in the midst Of extensive
grounds. 1t had none Of the newness
that is at times so dear to the soul of
shaw was due to the influence of Oscar.
There is nothing like antiquity,
father" he said; 'by the time my
children succeed, it will seem as
though our family had lived here for
hundreds of years The corn will be
forgotten"
And it was strangely inconsistent
with the theories of the self-made man
that this influenced him.
Ingleshaw was purchased. Oscar
declared there was a strange fitness in
the name-"the Carstones of Ingle-
shaw''-and, after a few weeks, Ingle-
shaw became the very pride of the old
mans life. He was fortunate enough
to meet with a house decorator and fin
isher who smoke his mind.
To be continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
The lndian-Rubber Tree

This yarn was told to pea-jacket boy
On q wide breakwater walk.
| By a short old salt with auburn hair,
And most engaging experienced air,
And q tendency to talk:
Now, a-sittin' right here on this empty
cask.
A-talkin' this way with you,
It d sound kind o queer, it seems to
me,
If you was to say, Your Majestee.''
An give me a bow or two.
Yet oncet was king (said the sailor
MANI;
don't look it now (said he);
But I oncet was a king of savage
race
In sort of exceedin' bewilderin' place
In the middle of Afrikee.
| had hundreds of servants a-standin'
around.
Withouten a thing to do
But just keep fandin' of me with fands.
An just continual obey the commands
l continual told EN- TO.
But I give 'em a too benif'cent rule.
Peace bein' my only port.
An enemy come when the night was
dark,
A-sailin' along in their boats of bark.
An a-cuttin' my kingdom short.
They walloped them peaceful soldiers
of mine
Like they didn't amount to a thing;
An when there weren't any more to be
found,
Why, then they started a-lool1in'
around,
A-seekin' the peaceful king.
An that peaceful king he was me, you
know.
An as scared as scared could be,
An a single soldier of dusky 'ue,
AS painted his features white an blue,
Was all that was left with me.
William B. MacHarg in ST. Nicholas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06

were is not for the invention of
aluminium, Tor the Bayarian stone,
which was used exclusively until few
years ago for lithographing purposes,
has lately shown that deterioration in
quality which is the surest indication
of an exhaustion of the supply.
Train robberies have become so fire.
quent in the west that one railroad,
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company, regards an investment in
bloodhounds advisable. A litter of the
puppies has been distributed among
the agents along the line, with instruc-
tons to rear them for the sole purpose
OF man-catching
sweden is suffering from the effects
OF boom in manufacturing which has
drawn thousands of the country people
to the larger towns and caused house
rents to advance 20 or so per cent.
Many of the manufacturers have in
vested beyond their capital and are
IN distress. Money is very scarce and
a crisis is threatened.
The cotton crop of this country
amounted to only 100000 pounds in
1898, last year it was about $780,
100000 pounds, representing three
fourths of the entire crop of the world
and valued at $3.50 100000. 1t filled
$4,000, 900 bales, and the loss by waste
incidental to the process of taking
samples was not less than 100000.
Probably at no time since the civil
war have there been so few regular
soldiers stationed in the United States
as there are today. OF the 100000 Off
GERS and men constituting our present
army all but about 1900 are serving
abroad, mostly in the Philippines.
Sunday laws are strictly enforced in
Honolulu. Not only are all saloons
and bars kept tightly closed and stores
forbidden to sell, but any one who at
tempts to play ball or indulge in any
other sport on Sunday is carried be-
fore a magistrate to pay fine or go
to jail.
1t costs S4S5, 627.50 a year to run the
naval academy at Annapolis, Md; $15,-
522.05 to run the naval war college at
Newport, R. l.; 95,4S4.20 to run the
naval training station at Newport, R.
l., and $10,511.92 to run the naval
training station at San Francisco
One OF the greatest difficulties found
by medical missionaries in China is
that patients, after receiving gratis a
bottle of medicine, are apt to sell it
to someone else for a trife.
The Filipino junta, in Hong-Kong,
has had a prominent firm of architects
in that city prepare plans for the pub
lie buildings of the Filipino republic,
to be erected at Manila
A mint is to be established in Can
ada for the coinage of gold. Hereto
fore the coming Of the metallic cur
rency of Canada has been done in
England.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
New Zealand Labor Laws.

New Zealand has labor laws, says
John Christie in the Atlantic, undef
which a systematic EFFORT is made tt
give the worker what is considered
fair pay for his work, and to avert an6
adjust descriptive differences between
workers and employers. These laws
have been so distinctively beneficial il
their practical operation that the!
have already been worked into the leg.
islation of several other colonies, anc
their principles are now in process OF
active termination in the political sol
of England. The change thus being
brought about is one of the very great
est Importance in the mutual spher,
Of capital and labor, employer and eli
ploye 1t rests on the principle of vi
tai partnership, and involves the ulti
mate expression of that principle in
practice. 1t may be that America her,
self will in the end gain by the WORK
ing of her own example in New Zea.
land, for the colo1y's geographical
limitations and social and racial homo
geneousness are probably more favor
oDiS W inc early anu SyiIl1SII lCdi uS
velopment of vital changes than the
contrary conditions which prevail IL
the United States; and these very
states may have to come for their full
vitalizing impulse of progress to tbs
country which in the first instance OBJ
tanned its corresponding impulse from
them. When that day comes, or when
America as whole, through whatever
channel, adequately assimil2tes the
democratic leaven at work in some Of
its parts, then the parable of the must
ard seed will be realized in the sphere
of economies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
TITAN OF IMMENSE VALUE,
Reported Offer of 100000 for Z
Great Painting.

Reported Offer OF 100000 for a
Great Painting.
The preposterous report that some
one had offered S1,O00,O0O for Titian's
celebrated paintings of Sacred and
Profane Love-" in the Borghese col
lection at Rome, is due in all probabili-
ty to the universal hunger for astonish-
ing people, although it may have some
color of possibility to the imagination
of Kindergarten 1nanciers. Insensate
prices havre been paid for Raphael's
that in the National Gallery especially,
which came from the Marlborough
collection, also for the works of other
masters, but never any such incredi-
BILE price as this, Yet it would be a
hard matter to set the exact limit of
value in the case of a sale of Titan,
more particularly such an example as
the absurdly misnamed Sacred and
world picture worth $1,000,000, who
would be bold enough to deny the right
Of Titan, the potentate of painters, 10
be the author of that work? AS to
the picture known by the title of ga
cred and Profane Love"-a title which
Titan did not give it, and which has
needlessly puzzled many commenta-
tors-it is not generally considered
simply as fanciful or romantic COM
position.
But Franz Wickoff, a German critic,
has evolved a theory, which has a good
deal to recommend it, that this picture
represents an incident in the seventh
book of the "Argonautica" of Valerius
Flaccus, the Latin poet, where it is re-
lated that Medea, the enchantress,
daughter of Aeetes, King of Colchis,
unwilling to yield to her love for the
Greek Jason, is visited by Venus, who
pleads for the lover and endeavors to
persuade Medea to follow her to the
wood where Jason is waiting. Titan
has represented this scene as taking
place in the open air; the dawn is just
breaking and rosy streaks appear on
the horizon. A young woman, richly
dressed, is seated on one side of the
sculptured stone basin Of fountain,
Oh the edge of which she has placed a
costly casket. Her right hand is in
her lap and holds a bunch of magic
herbs. Deeply moved, she gazes fixed
ly before her, lending ear the while to
the persuasive voice of another woman
seated near. The form of this woman,
around which futters red mantle, is
of a marvellous beauty. She rests her
right hand upon the fountains edge,
and with her left holds on high a
vase from which issues light smoke.
Between the two women the God of
Love is splashing in the water with his
Mr.. Wickoff maintains that in the
| beautiful nude figure Venus is easily
| recognizable, even were here son not
there TO indicate her presence. The
woman to whom she speaks, and who,
though unwilling to yield blindly, still
feels herself drawn by an irresistible
power, is Medea, who betrayed the
king, her father, and followed Jason,
| the stranger and enemy of her people.
Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
Princess Henry of PIesse,

Everyone who has read that most
enchanting book, Elizabeth and Her
German Garden, CLEANED from its
pages that "Elizabeth" was an Eng
lishwOman married to a German of
high rank. and that the Garden"
was not very far from the Baltic.
Now, 1 am credibly informed, it is ap-
that elizabeth" is Maria Theresa
Olivia, daughter Of Mr.. CORVALLIS
West of Ruthin castle, Derbyshire
In 1891 Miss CORVALLIS West married
Prince Henry of Plesse, and now lives
in Furenstein, Germany. Among
Prince Henry's estates is fine old
place in Pomerania, on the shores of
the Baltic sea. The garden is on this
estate. Princess Henry of Plesse is
only 81 years Of age now, so she was
not more than "a or 25 when she
wrote Elizabeth in Her German Gar
den and A Solitary Summer. She is
quite as beautiful a woman as her
mother, who was one Of the first of
the English professional beauties -
For a young woman without any
special training to master such a de-
lightful literary style is certainly re-
markable. Apparently the authorship
Of the Elizabeth books is to be con-
fessed in the fall. for the Macmillan
company will publish in time for the
holidays illustrated editions of both
If these books are illustrated with
bona fde views of the Garden it will
not be very difficult to locate the
scene; that once done, the author
stands revealed.-The Critic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
The Girl That Didn't Get,

Yes, that is her picture, standing there,
The one with the full round face
And the laughing mouth and the loose,
short hair,
And the brooch at her throat and the
lace
know it is foolish to keep it there so,
To nourish the Ole regret;
But should hate sadly to have her go,
The girl that didn't get.
| put it away ct first, I know,
In its leather frame and case:
And thought could cherish my anger.
and grow
To forget her name and her face.
But found it was something l couldn't
l could only fume and fret,
Till my anger cooled and I got blue,
For the girl that l couldn't get.
For I missed the laughing, good-na
tured face
As We miss an old friend that's
away:
So put it back in the same old place
1t had known for many a day.
The picture has faded, the leather
looks brown
Tonight meath the flame of the jet
But still l don't think l can take it
down..
The girl that I didn't get.
suppose there are things that we
must expect,
For the brightest of metal will rust,
And there's always fungus that feeds
on neglect,
And the clearest of glass gathers
dust,
And of course | knew, too, we've been
growing away
From those old summer days when
we met;
And there's many change in US since
the day
OF the girl that didn't get.
But whatever may come, or whatever
may go
Though the picture may fade year
by year,
There's very soft spot in my heart,
where | know
Her image will always be clear.
And so l can say-and | always will
Good luck, and God bless her yet.
With all my heart, for she has it still
The girl that l didn't get.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
Is GoIden-Rod a Menace.

The golden-rod has been a much
abused plant of late. Some very scien-
tific persons have suddenly discovered
that it is the cause of hay-feveT, and
I have been requested-in some in
stances ordered-to cease saying
friendly things about it. If l contin-
ued to speak Of it as a plant to be toll
Grated, to say nothing of its being en-
joyed, would be set down as a DELHI
crate conspirator against the health of
my fellowmen. Now there happens
to be unlimited quantities of the plant
growing all about the locality in which
| reside, acres and acres of it, all
along the lowlands near the river,
while the pastures and hill-sides are
brilliant with the bonfres which it
ktndles on every hand. 1t is certainly
reasonable to suppose that some of us
who live where it fiourishes ought to
have hay-fever if this disagreeable dis
ease is so produced. But the fact is,
we do not have it. The only cases of
hay-fever ever known in the eastern
part of Wisconsin are those which
come from the city. By coming into
the haunts of the plant, they at once
find relief, and, moreover, if the suffer
er comes early enough in the season
he may escape it altogether. Another
charge not long ago made against the
gOlden-rod was that horses were
killed by eating it. This claim is lutte
as absurd as the other, for horses and
cattle are pastured where it grows
year after year, and we have never
heard of one case of injury from il.
So far as l have been able to observe,
they never touch it.-Eben E. Rexford
in Lippincott.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
Words of the Wise.

Every man is ceptional.-Emer
son.
Infinite is the help man can yield II
man.-Carlyle.
No man is so great as mankind
Theodore Parker.
An able man shows his spirit by
gentle words and resolute actions; he
is neither hot nor timid.-Chesterfe
Despise not any man, and do moi
spurn anything; for there is no NAL
who hath not his hour, nor is there
anything that has not it's place-Rabbi
Ben AZai.
A man is known to his dog by his
smell, to his tailor by the coat, to his
friend by the smile; each of these
know him, but how little or how much
depends in the dignity of intelligence
That which is truly and indeed char
acteristic of man is known only to God
-Ruskin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06
The Philanthropist.
His Life.

His Life.
He lived the meanest kind of life;
He scrimped his children starved his
wife,
And by all kinds Of legal guile
Together scraped a mighty pile.
His Will.
He died His will endowed church
And left no charity in the lurch;
Forgotten were his sinful ways,
And all men straightway sang his
praise.
His Obituary.
And all the papers straightway said:
THAT great philanthropist is dead,
That noble, pious, honest man:
Replace him now no other can.
His Epitaph.
They DER him wrote an epitaph
That must have made old Satan
laugh:
Rest, servant, thy good work is done,
Thy great reward is now begun"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06

compelling them to do for him what
would otherwise require a good deal OF
labor at his hands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06

Richard Croker told London re-
porter he was disguised with politics
Nels G. Peterson seriously wounded
his wife and killed himself in Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06

100000 was started at Sugar City,
Colo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-06

John Virgin, well known horse
dealer, died In Chicago
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-04-09
Paw Your Taxes.

Sheriff Bickham tells us that out
of the 100000 due the county for
taxes, he has collected only $25, 600
and that tomorrow is the last day,
and the laws allows him to charge a
penalty. He will not put this
penalty on for few days, bat he
wants to see the tax payers come up
and settle right away or he will be
bound to advertise them as delin-
quent.