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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20
Personal Mention.

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Isaas Wise is back again to spend
a while with his family.
MIR. and Mrs. Vernon L. Caldwell
and John Erwin left Thursday fol-
Galveston.
DR.. Fl. B. White came in from
Gueydan Tuesday night with the
campaign party.
DR.. Robert ]. Young left Wednes.
day evening for New Orleans. He
goes to see his wife who is Ill at Touro
Iafirmary.
A. Laeourwill leave for Marksville,
Avoyelles parish, next Monday with
8 drove of horses and will be gone
several days.
Misses Rosa and Lizzie White
have returned from Opelousas. Miss
Lizzie will teach one Of the public
schools in the country.
Dir. W. G. Young Of Crowley came
in on Saturday evenings train and
after spending Sunday with his rela-
tiyes returned that afternoon by
team.
Hon. Robt F. Broussard, District
a Attorney Anthony N. Muller of New
Iberia, have been here this week
campaigning through the parish with
very catering results.
Miss Lily Serenovitch a charming
young lady from Galveston, whose
father a sea captain was lost during
the awful storm Of Oct 9th, is here
on a short visit to the family of her
uncle Louis Leotaud.
The Vermilion jockey little Felene
continues to ride with much
success on the Eastern Circuit. A
dispatch from Buffalo, N Y, of
October Essays four fayorites and
two well-played second choices finish
ed at Ft. Erie to-day. Jockey
Landry was in good form and put
four winners across the plate.
Mrs. Toube Bernard, of the First
ward, gave a dining last Sunday to a
few friends at her home near Lee
store. Among those present
toWn were Charles Leblanc and
Idolie Guldry, Orela Leblanc,
e. E. Gaspard and Miss Augustine
Addison, Fernand Guidry and Miss
Ursule Broussard.
After an absence of several years
from the parish, we were pleased to
meet this week, our old friend Eugene
Deschamps who formerly lived at
Shell Beach, on Lake Arthur. Mr..
Deschamps is now residing in New
York city, and travels for a large
liquor house. He has recently been
to southern territory and
$ much pleased with the change.
Messrs. J.. D. Simms and Sons are
supplying the the planters with mules
large quantities. Two or three
carloads a week come to Franklin
consigned to them. Mr.. Simms has
5een doing business in this territory
Tor twenty years, and his dealings
With the planters have been so salts
factory that he virtually controls the
mule market.-Franklin Waterman.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

Or: Monday the. Cafferyss refinery
began receiving cane at the different
derricks along the line of the e Y.
railroad.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

The Southwest Louisiana Industrial
Institute building at Lafayette is well
along. The brick work is completed
and the roof issbeing put IN. 1t is
expected that the school will be
opened March IL 1901.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

Posters are out for a Republican
meeting at Abbeyille on next Sunday,
Oct. 28th. F. B. Williams, candi-
date for Congress and w. E. Howell
are to be the CRATES.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

The pear season is about over; the
Keiffers were very fine this year and
the crop quite large. Owing to the
wasps and hot weather they have rot
ten badly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

A cane train has beenputin service
on the railroad but the passenger
taain gets in one to two hours late
every day all the same.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

Pecan crop this year is small and
the, nuts are nearly all gathered al
ready.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

Stebbins and Mcpherson have
been awarded the contract to furnish
the parish with lumber the coming
year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20
Town and Parish.

Monday and Tuesday! town was
full, of teachers undergoing examina-
ton at the court house.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

John Erwin has the job of repair
mo the court house floor in the South
corridor where the joist rotted away.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

The fines. collected this month in
the mayor s3court, Of Crowley, have
u to over S175. It is the banner
month so..far in, Crowley's history.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

Rose Hill refinery will start up on
next Thursday the 25th, and has a
big crop to grind. The, plant has
been put in first class order.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

>IPure Whiskey. HARPER perfect
whiskey Harper every bottle guar
anteed Harper.
Sold by j. o'Nelll Lege, Abbeville,
La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

A cotton war existed here during
the week, and it went up to s34.25.
The farmers seem to be satisfied
over it, and we don't blame them at
all.-Teche Valley.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

Dust is again becoming trouble
. some. The business section Of town
should be provided with some mean
of abating this disagreable nuisance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

OCA DEPARl UhLs
q .. m. Arrives ais p. m.
Town and Parish.
Monday and Tuesday: town was
ful, of teachers undergoing examlna-
tion at the court house.
Or: Monday the. Gallery. refinery
began receiving cane at the different
derricks along the line of the I& v.
railroad.
Pecan7crop this year is small and
the nuts are nearly all gathered al
ready.
John Erwin has the job of repair
ing the court house floor in the South
corridor where the joist rotted away.
A cane train has been putin service
! on the railroad but the passenger
taain gets in one to two hours late
every day all the same.
The fines collected this month in
the mayor's3court, Of Crowley, have
run to over S175. 1t is the banner
month sosfar n,Crowley's history.
Rose Hill refinery will start up on
next. Thursday the 25th, and has a
big crop to grind. The plant has
been put in first class order.
Dust is again becoming trouble
some. The business section Of town
should be provided with some e
of abating this disagreable nuisance.
A cotton war existed here during
the week, and it went up to S34.25.
The farmers seem to be satisfied
over it, and we don't blame them at
all.-Teche Valley.
>,'Pure Whiskey. HARPER perfect
whiskey Harper every bottle guar
anteed Harper.
Sold by j. o'Nelll Lege, Abbeville,
La.
Posters are out for a Republican
meeting at Abbeyille on next Sunday,
Oct. 28th. F. B. Williams, candi-
date for Congress and w. E. Howell
are to be the CRATES.
The pear season is about over; the
Keiffers were very fine this year and
the crop quite large. Owing to the
Wasps and hot weather they have rot
ten badly.
The Teche and Vermilion telephone
exchange is now located in the rear
of E. p. Putnam's office building.
-, \
Miss Daisy Feray is in charge of the
office which is neatly fitted up.
The Southwest Louisiana Industrial
Institute building at Lafayette is well
along. The brick work is completed
and the roof issbeing put IN. 1t is
expected that the school will be
opened March IL 1901.
WANTED-Active man of good charac.
ter to deliver and collect in Louisiana
for old establishment manufacturing
wholesale house, $500 a year, sure pay.
Honesty more than experience required.
Qlur reference, any bank in the city. En-
CLOSE self-addressed stamped envelope
manufacturers, ThirdFloor, 334 Dearborn
ST, Chicago,
AbbeyiIae H urniture 90.
Another new business house will be
opened up about the first Of October in
fhn 7 a1J~n.o 8EI--Y- "a r.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

LOCAL DEPARTURE.
Leaves 9 a. m. Arrives SID y ia
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

saturday.Boetoaer 20. 1900
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20

II. ~ Ee HhUEAEta
Arrives. ABBEvILLE EXPRESS. Leaves
Ailavo $40
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01

the moose, it was now my right, as well n
considered duty, to preserve myself from the
disgrace of being hanged as a spy. 'Twould
he but short struggle. moments wild
agony, perhaps, and then the end. braced
rayself for the ordeal. Rising to my feet,
I gave a last glance around, my eye taking in
the vast sweep of the sea, on deck the ma
r,nes still wrestling with the murderous
royalist, and, hurrying aft, Belden, followed
by Lounsbury. Then turning my thoughts
aloft, l had revelation, without the
slightest mental effort, without the slightest
bending of the mind toward any refuge this
side of the great unknown, possible-ay,
probable-way of escape opened before me.
As the angel of the Lord at the last moment
called on Abraham to desist from the sacri-
fee of his son, so burst this light out OF
thick darkness and showed me my work was
rot yet finished. More than willing was to
grasp this more than chance. As though
stone had been rolled from my chest, took
a deep breath, and quickly unloosing my
telt, threw both cutlass and scabbard to the
deck, then turning, with stride / reached
the rail and cast myself headlong into the
sea.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01

3fHe lives, indeed" was the answer, efbut
whether or no he will bide long / cannot
cay. He was better on deck than he is be-
low. The cabin still stinks. hope twill
Lot be forever before the doctor gets here.
Was he drunk at mess? 1t is possible he can
hold the lads life long enough to allow him
to speak; he does little now but moan"
At this the two walked forward, aad /
heard nothing but the coarse voices of the
marines as they sang out to one another or
laughed uncouthly.
The knowledge that Anes still lived gave
ME quick sense of relief-a relief which
fled on the instant as thought of the prob
able future in store for him. My own posi-
ton was infinitely better than his, even were
he not suffering from wound, and, as for
his sister, after all was done, was she not
Ii not, what could have become of her? I
had heard that the vessel had been searched
without finding a trace of the third party
to whom Belden had referred. On seeing all
was lost, was it possible that she had thrown
herself overheard that she might not wit
Tess her brothers tragic end! 1t was like
her. 1t would have been an act showing
Der strength of character, as well as the
weakness of her sex; natural recoil from
physical and mental suffering without .
purpose; heroic self-sacrifce. It were as
well she had not suffered captivity and
Iong-drawn misery. With her brother at
deaths door, or perhaps saved to die by
military law; her property confscated, with
cut home or relatives and at the mercy of
CIinton's heartless mistress, life would have
held no more for her than the doubtful ben
eft of mere existence in confinement for an
indefinite period.
And yet was my reason against the idea of
her self-destruction. There was mystery in
her disappearance, but its solution lay not in
that. The attacking party had boarded us
fl ON either side, yet not an eye had seen her
cast herself into the sea. There was more
than this to make me doubtful. For her
brothers sake she had sacrificed herself be-
fore Clinton, yet my hand was placed
her last kiss. Had she left the world thus,
without word to him, without warning to
| me? It was unnatural, unholy; it was mon
s1rous to think of, and yet The possible
solution of the riddle as it drove into my
brain had scarce time to find lodgment be-
fore it was put to fight by the voice of Bel
Cen, which seemed to come from directly
| overhead, his words showing that the con.
| tinuance of my present safety was not as
| sured.
''Think you that dingy could be hauled
aboard and repaired? 'hvas neat shot
| and the ball seems to have cleft her like a
| FDife."
$50 it looks" came an answer, "but III
| warrant you'll find her full of assures. The
work will barely repay the trouble. Better
| cut her adrift. If wind comes, the wreck
| will drag like sea anchor. You might give
| attention to the quarter boat yonder, ano
| get the hatch aboard"
'The hatch, yes" Belden returned; ''bu
! the boat is stove badly. Curses on the rebel
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01

We'll. by the powers, I suppose must
obey orders. If the boy is moved, he dies
that's hat-an' by me soul, he may go, spite
o. me skill! / must bide here the night,
aust 1? Ay, well; send aboard couple o
bottles, Belden, or, by the piper, I'll mutiny-
Why should a dirty rebel be worth more
than our men? Is Scammell to bide with
me?"
NO. answered Belden; e@he's sent for by
the captain. I'll fix the liquor, McCary.
Now, Mr.. Lounsbury, you have heard your
Instructions. Follow soon the wind
rises; you will have it ere long-the glass
Las fallen. We will stande near you. Are
you ready, Scammell?"
There was suppressed conversation after
this, and then another boat put away. In
perhaps an hour it returned and was hoist
cd to the davits, and then again there was
silence-a deep, brooding silence, such as IS
only known in night calm on the sea.
AS 1 have said, had given no thought to
the future or what consequence my present
situation might entail should the schooner
follow her captor. But as the darkness
deepened and a chill due to ms protracted
submersion struck to my bones, realized
that, except for having pvt myself beyond
the sight of my enemies, had accomplished
nothing. True it was that might have laid
course ere this, for had hung pnmolested
for number of hours; but, instead of turn
ing to my own interests, had let my brain
play over the mystery of the disappearance
|, of Miss King. What this portended had
failed to dwell upon Knowing that for
myself there remained nothing to do but
stay where was until chance should open
way for me to gain the shore or mischance
deliver me a prisoner send me to the
bottom, ! had racked my fancy for a solu-
| ton of the one question regarding the lady.
| As reward for this constant effort, had
nit upon what thought to be the correct
answer to the puzzle, but to verify it had
! been thus far beyond possibility. Now the
| darkness, the warning chill, and my general
uncertainty brought me up with a round
! turn, and gave attention solely to my own
| affairs.
Further than that 1 must leave my shell
| ter and gain the schooner, could not pro-
coed in laying my line of action. To use
| the wreck as a support and push the I'm
manageable thing for an uncertain number
of miles to the Long Island coast would re-
| suit, in my present condition, in collapse
ard death. It did not take me long to de-
termine that my only hope lay in the nearby
| schooner; forlorn hope at best, for the at
tempt to board her would Immediately place
my life in jeopardy. Nor would have
| turned thought to her had I not over
| heard that she would be manned by Louns
bury and three hands only. This handful
| of men (the doctor counting as nothing in
my eyes), the calm, and the probable total
lack of discipline which would follow the
| transfer of the sailors from a vessel of wal
to half-dismantled prize under unofficial
command, might allow me to gain foothold
On deck. Ay, thought, by some possibility
may reclaim my loss and become master
of the situation, only let me fairly see the
| chance.
| ITO Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01

almost as big as modern whales
Those were the days of the titans OF
the deep. The largest lobster found in
recent years weighed IS pounds, and
it's skeleton has been preserved. It
is a very ugly looking beast, and
would have been able to clasp a.
mans body in one of its claws and
crash it in two. The claws of the
average sized crab of to-day are
sharp enough and strong enough to
bite off your fingers.
Along the Atlantic coast the bust
ness of catching crabs and Holsters
has increased during the past Is
years to such an extent that almost
all of the big ones have been taken
and eaten. But there are specimens
here from the Pacific coasts of Asia
which are of enormous size. There
is one preserved Japanese crab which
has spread of IL feet with his
claws. That fellow could have taken
two men, IN the water, and killed
them at once. So long as those fell
lows are in those waters, it is fair
to presume that the japanese ladies
and gentlemen will not disPort them
selves in the surf, as hundreds of thou
sands of our people do at the famous
coast resorts of this country.
In a four gallon jar, tightly slowed
away, there is what is called a cocoa
nut crab. This fellow, with his
companions, was in the habit of going
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01
YANKEE ADVERTISING DODGE.
An Instance in Which a Shrevd Hus-
tier Makes a Good C1ean-Cp
with Cheap Cigars.

An ex-collector of customs relates
this as among his experiences: Some
years ago and shortly prior to the holt
days a man came into the office and
said that he wanted to talk with me
personally. He looked like an unso-
phisticated fellow who had come in
from the country to try his hand at
business, though he had sharp fea-
lures and nasal twang.
Mister he began when we were
alone, I'm in a kind of a snarl and
I've come to you because want to do
the square thing. 1 had a nice lot of
Havaney cigars shipped to Windsor,
thinkin' I could do stroke sellin' 'em
here. in Detroit. had man there to
take care of 'em till come on, but he,
not KNOWN nothin' about the law,
packs them cigars in. boat an brings
'em over here without payin' no duty.
[ reckon it was smugglin', but he's
honest as the sun and I hurried right
here soon's I heerd of what he'd DONE
Here's sample of them CIGARS as
he held out box, and I want to say
right here that never had a more de-
Hcious smoke He took me to the lit
tie room he had rented and sh lowed me
hundreds of boxes on which he had
paid the duty, and I bet the matter
drop. It got. into the papers. even to
my verdict as to the quality of the
cigars.
Then my honest Yankee made a
special Christmas sale, patronized
chiefly by ladies who did not care so
much about price as they did about the
credit of having once selected good
goods. He was closed out in no time
and disappeared. There was a rank
odor in the local atmosphere that
Christmas The cigars were cheap
Connecticut filters and cheaper Penn
sylvania wrappers. The cigar he gave
me was a ringer Uncle Sam got
money that did not belong to him, but
1T was an advertising scheme out of
which the Yankee made fat thing"
Detroit Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01
BOYS.

Now. II anyone has an easy time
In this world OF push and pull,
It is not the boy OF the family.
For his hands are always full.
I'd like to oask. who fills the stove?
Where Is the girl that could?
Who brings in water. who lights the fire.
And splits the kindling wood?
And who is it that cleans the walks
After hours of showing?
In summer. who keeps down the weeds,
By diligently hoeing?
And who must harness the faithful horse
When the girls would ride about?
And who mus: clean the carriage on?
The boy, you'll own. no doubt.
And who does the many other things
Too numerous to mention?
The boy is the general utility man."
And really deserves a pension!
Friends! just praise the boy sometimes,
When he does his very best;
And don't always want the easy chair
When he's taking little rest.
Don't let him always be the last
To see the new magazine;
And sometimes let the boy be heard,
AS well as to be seen.
That boys are far from perfect
Is understood by all:
But they have hearts, remember.
For ''men are boys grown tall"
And when a boy has been working
His level best for days.
It does him good. tell you,
To have some hearty praise!
He is not merely a combination
OF muddy boots and noise,
And he likes to be looked upon
AS one Of the family joys.
The Gem.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01
COCOANUT CRAB AT DIHNER.

OF fact, it is not a fish, is not red. and
does not walk backward at all. Crabs
and Holsters are green or dark brown.
Their skeletons are outside of them,
and their meat is so delicate and like
jelly that, if their shell is broken ii
any part, it oozes out like thick mo-
lasses. They are not killed as other
animals or fishes are killed. They are
put into boiling hot water and killed
that way. When taken out of the wa
ter they are red on the outside, but
their meat becomes very firm and it
is white.
The ancestors of the crabs of the
present day are said to be the oldest
creatures in the world, particularly
the horseshoe crabs. They were
slightly modified trilobites. and the
specimens on exhibition here repre-
sent the most ancient family on earth.
They existed long before man was
created. thousands upon thousands of
years before the creatures from whom
some scientists have made bold to
say that mankind was evoluted. But
when they begin to talk of thousands
of centuries they are leaving the do
main of positive science, and are
trenching upon the domain of philos-
ophy and theology; and into those
domains we will not follow them.
To describe all of the specimens on
exhibition would be the work of a
lifetime; and to even make mention
of all of them, by their scientific
names. would fill several columns
without giving any description of
them whatever The ancient horse
shoe crabs were tremendous fellows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01

be has cost us ten men in all, and only to
give US the slip! IT'S small wonder Louns-
bury has the shakes at thought of him!
Think of the nerve"
Damn him!" was the retort. ''What
about the schooner? Lounsbury wants to
take her in. There's nothing gone but the
foretopmast, and with three men he could
work her if the captain consents. In the
face of our being short-handed, the idea is
not bad if the villain can be trusted"
Hell scarce run off with the schooner,
answered Belden, land lead is no tempta-
ton, though I'd be shy of Trusting him with
anything more valuable. I know him of
cd. He was scavenger to Clinton, and to
Howe before him. Here, lad, cut away that
painter"
The last words were an order probably
given to sailor, for presently heard the
splash of the severed line. At the same
moment a boat swept by, and from the few
words could gather guessed the Irish sur
geon had arrived and gone aboard.
After that more boats passed and re-
passed as time dragged on, and finally the
bulk of the vessels captors returned to their
own schooner, for, saving now and then
the sound of a single man tramping the
deck, the stiffness was unbroken.
It was with mighty satisfaction that had
heard the final order to cut the tie binding
my refuge to .the schooner. I gave no
thought to what might come of my being
sdrift on the broad ocean. Beyond each
moment as it came and went I seemed to
rave no interest. The future was blank,
nor need 1 consider it SO long as the wind
held off, for in the calm the dingy and
schooner would not part company, and UNI
til darkness fell would be compelled to
remain in my present pinched quarters.
Hooded as / was, up to the present my
hearing had been my only sense brought into
play, but with the departure of the last boat
load of men used my eyes for the first time.
The interior of the shelter under which ]
hung was lighted almost entirely from be-
low, and delicate greenish-blue tint played
over the planks and ribs of the wreck
Shielded from direct light overhead, the
shell gave all the effects of water telescope,
for, on turning my eyes downward, my
sight pierced the ocean for fathom after
fathom, the color of the depths growing
from the most tender blue to a clear and
then dark green, showing me that the bot
tom lay beyond vision and far below. 1t was
only by turning to the hole in the keel that
1 could guess the hour, nor was it long be-
fore the sun had set and darkness came on
apace. By the natural attraction of float
ing bodies, the boat had drawn near the
schooner, and, as they struck and crunehed
together, I heard the voice of the surgeon a
he left the cebin and came On deck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01
The Woman Of IT.

Postal Clerk-This Letter is over
weight, ma'am. You'll have to put an
other stamp on it.
Woman think the government is
just too mean for nything. know I've
mailed hundreds of letters that weren't
anywhere near full weight, so I think
the least you can do is to let this one
go through.-Judge.