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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
Tine First Rice

Rayne we believe is entitled to the
credit Of raising the first sack Of. new
rice this year. 1t was grown by Ber-
nard & chappuis and sold for 500, be-
ing purchased by the Rice Millers and
Growers association of Crowley and the
proceeds were donated to the fund Tor
the families Of the murdered police OF
New Orleans. z...4. ,z..
The first shipment of rice from the
Mississippi river reached New Orleans
on August 31st, and sold for $3.50 a
sack, and there were forty-six sacks in
the lot.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
New Campaign Documents.

"American Tariffs from Plymouth
Rock to Mckinley and Dingley,' by
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire !;
"American Tariffs and American
Sheep by Congressman Glosvenor Of
Ohio; "The Tariff or extracts from
the speeches of President Mckinley and
Mr.. Bryan ; and "Policy of Protection, J"
a speech of Senator Gallinger. All.
embracing LA pages of reliable matter,
will be forwarded 10 any address for
Fourteen Cents. Ask for SO, 50, SO
ard rs. Address American Protective
Tariff League, 135 West sd ST., New
York City, N. Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
.
Look After What?

The Lake Charles American de-
clares: "Once more a Texas con-
gresham has made a trip to Wash
ington to look after Southwest Louis
lana. We are much obliged to Texas
and we hope that she will never be
without representation in congress as
we are and as we probably will be for
two years more. Meanwhile, when
ever Lake Charles wants anything 1T
would be well for us ask Mr.. Cooper
of Texas or Mr.. Ransdell of Lake
Providence to help us out. Il it were
not for them, congress would never
hear Of us.
This is a rap at Congressman Bob
of course. Now If there
is anything in the statement why in
the world don't the American put it
plainly. If Broussard has neglected
his duty or failed to look after the in
~terests of the people of his district say
SO specifically" No insinuations
like the above. And please tell us
when was the first esonce."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
secret of var. Bryan's Control.
isnoW.

The secret of Mr.. Bryan's control of
the Kansas City convention is the talk
of the whole country.
In discussing this question The New
York World, an unfriendly critic, sizes
the matter up in a light which is very
suggestive. Says the World
The personal triumph of Mr.. Bryan,
not merely in, his own unanimous and
fervent denomination, but in his dicta-
ton of the platform, is uneXampled in
our political history. Single-handed
and single minded he has dominated
the situation. The convention has not
deliberated. It has decided. 1t has
ascertained Mr.. Bryan's will and yield
ed to it. Such supreme individual con-
troll of a national convention was never
before seen,
Such power is not seized in this coun-
try; neither. is it accidental. 1t might
be profitable for those who decry Mr..
Bryan to examine thoughtfQlly into the
source of his extraordinary influence
and popularity. Is it not to be found
in the fact that he represents as no
other man does and voices as no other
speaker can the deep discomfort of a
great body Of the ''plain people" with
existing political, social and economical
wrongs and evilsY If this is the case,
the Nebraska leaders, remarkable vote
of four years ago and his absolute con-
troll OF three party organizations to-day
are explained.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
y szst Listen!

1t isn't the material that goes into
your repaired watch that results in a
perfect job-it is the know-how that
does the business. Any bungler can
buy the finest kinds of material that I
use in repairing but skill is the most
valuable material that can be used in
repairing, and the bungler can't buy iU.
| sell my skill for what it is worth,
and it will cost yon less than bungling
at a lower price. Also wedding rings
made to order.
]. AGENoR LEBLANC,
Matchmaker & Jeweler,
Abbeyille, La. Aug. 4, 1900.
II W.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
EhE-iff's Sale.
+. STATE OF LOUISIANA.
18th Judicial District Court-Parish OF
Vermilion-No. 1880.
State Bank of New Iberia
Abbeville, La.
q. Fl. O'Bryan. /:

D. IL. OBryan.
BY virtue of a writ of feri facias
issued in the matters of the above
entitled and numbered suit, and to me
directed, fully authorizing and empow-
ering me in the premises, | will pro-
coed to sell at public auction, to the
last highest bidder at the principal
front door of the courthouse in this par
ish on @a.
Saturday, September Is, 1900,
between the hours prescribed by law,
the following described property, seized
to satisfy said writ, to, wit /:
Seven -eighths interest in one hum
dred acres of land, more or less; bound
ed north by Archie Young, ST., and
public road, south by public road. Ovid
Broussard and Clairville Rlanchet, west
by Mrs. Pauline Johnson, together with
all improvements situated thereon, and
all rights, ways, servitudes, privileges
and advantages thereunto belonging or
in anyWise appertaining.
Terms-Cash on the day of sale.
Sheriff7s Office, Abbeville, Il, Aug
IL, 1900. j. O. HEBERT,
Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

Secretary Gage does justice to Mr.
Bryan when he says that the gold
standard law will surely be observed
by that gentleman, if elected presi-
dent, until it is repealed by Congress.
The idea that MIR. Bryan would dis
obey the law is worthy Of the hysteri-
cal shouters who did SO much to en-
bitter the last campaign.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The relations between Ireland and
England are pleasantly summed up
by O'Rourke in the Sidney (Austra-
lia) Bulletin" can look PLAT the
O,rish has done for the British" be
says. "D'ye know that more than
half the people that remain in Ore
land Pave it to go and earn their liv-
ing BY dying for the spalpeels."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The Republican Idea, Of yermilion,
suggests o small and select coterie to
organize the Republican party, name
its candidates and do the general fix
ing-up. Then the outside a come
in and whoop up the ticket. The Idea
begins to kick early.-City Item.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

Louisiana Confederate pensioners
are kicking about the reduction Of
their pensions. First class pensions
ers get $3.50 every three months.
Quite a. difference with this and
twelve dollars and thirty cents which
is the annual allowance of 1901 pen
sioners of the Sttate OF South Carolina.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
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. II. GUEYDAN,
Registrar of voters, for the Parish Of
August 4, 1900. Vermilion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

Caterpillars have made their appear
ance on Red river. The Natchitoches
Enterprise says: ''Caterpillars are
webbing and win soon make their ap-
pearance. In some places they have
destroyed the cotton plant. Unless the
rain ceases the crop will be so per cent
less than last year,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

III E-- To- -
Our valued contemporary the Thibo-
daux Sentinel has changed hands,
Judge L. z. Caillouet, who has SO
ably edited the paper in the past has
retired, having sold his interest to II.
P. Dupre its former publisher, and
Captain J. M. Taylor Of Crowley, a
veteran knight of the squiIl will sue
coed him as editor. In parting with
the Judge as a confrere we do so with
a regret that is only softened by re-
newinngg our relations with Captain
Taylor:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

Pekin was made the capital Of China
by the Emperor Yung Lob, in 1411.
Previous to that, under the Ming dy-
nasty, Nankin was the imperial seat of
government. The population of Pekin
now is estimated at 1000, 900 persons.
The northeast gate commands the city
and it was by this gate that the allied
troops entered Pekin in 1860.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The efforts Of the Republicans to
evade the Imperialism issue are pitiful.
The g.. o. p. has degenerated indeed
when it hasn't the courage Of its con-
victions on a vital subject like that.
However, money bags are tradition
ally coWardly and the Republican
party consists almost entirely OF these
nowadays.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The Goebel law is bad enough, but
don't forget brethren, that all its Vi
clous features are found in the plan
Of city government OF Philadelphia,
only these are Republican outrages
there and Democratic ones In Ken
lucky.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

A New York World correspondent
has gone to the trouble of discovering
that in his speech to the committee no.
tifying him of his nomination President
Mckinley devoted I. O74 words to money
and silver, 3l3 words to our foreign
policy in the Philippines, 242 words to
to the record of the. Republican party
and l26 words to protection.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

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 instl-
buttons. We regard it as the para
mount issue of the campa1gn.-From
the Democratic Platform.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
Sherifs Sale.
STATE of ,Louisiana-17tlf Judicial
District Court-Parish of Nermilion
No. 1869. ~
Tie Ledoux Company Ltd,
C, r. Guidry.. .Jr.

c. I. Guidry, Jr-
DY virtue of a writ OF e eri facias issued
D by the Hon. nth Judicial. District
Court in and for the State and parish
above mentioned in the matters of the
above entitled and Numbered suit. and to
me directed. fully authorizing ME to seize
and sell, | will proceed to sell at public
auction. 10 the last and highest bidder, at
the 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 tobacco-all
fixtures belonging to the barroom in
Guiding one iron safe-one half interest
in a pleasure boat.
Terms-Cash.
Sherif's Office, Abbeville. La, August,
1900. 10. HILBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

MI. Heath says that great pressure
was brought to bear upon him, but
does not explain whether it was di-
rected to inducing him 70 resign from
his old job or to accept his new one
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The Times Democrat says the Chi
nese war, according to the best poste d
authorities in New Orleans, promises to
have a serious effect on the southern
cotton mills. Already the price of cot
ton fabrics has gone down, and this in
connection with the fact that the price
of cotton has steadily advanced in ad-
dition to the closing of the great Chi
nese markets is giving the mill owners
some measures of concern. So far there
has been no curtailment in output, but
it is said that the cancellation OF all or
ders for goods for China has thrown
large quantities of cotton goods made
by the mills in New England as well as
in the southern States on the American
and European markets for which there
is no demand.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

If you want to keep cool, don't
> look at the thermometer this weather.
Or, if you must, be sure that you
have a chunk Of ice handy to keep on
the bulb.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

WANTED-Honest man or woman TO
wv travel for large house,; salary Sos
monthly and expenses; position perma-
nent: inclose self-addressed stamped en-
yelope. MANAGER, $50 Caxton building,
Chicago. Ill.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
TresKDass NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I forbid any
one to cut, pass. hunt or in any way tres
pass ON my wood land in the parish of
Vermilion, and hereby constitute Sos
theme Herpin my agent as guardian of
said land. E .s EDMARD TRAHAN.
january ~, 1900.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

North Carolina held her election
August End, and went Democratic by
o heavy majority. The success Of
the Constitutional amendment limit
ing negro suffrage is thus assured.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

Christ Murray is one of the noble
hoodlums who foated to the surface dur
ing the recent municipal election in
New Orleans, and landed in the chair
as recorder of the 3rd recorders court.
4 squad of citizen police commanded
by Allen Mehle, a prominent insurance
agent of New Orleans, and composed of
solid business men, arrested five young
hoodlums the night following the riot.
Next morning, when the prisoners were
arraigned before Murray, the squad of
officers were treated very discourteous-
ly and the hoodlums were accorded an
ovation. All of which strengthens our
belief that 8 years hence another z.
M. D. A. crowd will be necessary to
purify New Orleans politics.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
STATE of Louisiana-17th Judicial
District Court-Parish of Vermilion

i.
Succession of Augqstin Broussard.
Application of Lastie Broussard to be APP
pointed administrator for the prosecu-
ton of a claim against the United
States.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested, or having any opposition to
make to the application OF Lastie
Broussard to be appointed administra-
traitor for the prosecution of a claim
against the United States, to. file the
same in writing in the office of the
clerk of the. district court within ten
days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal this
4th day of August, 1900.
SIMONET LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

Roosevelt forgot to explain to the
notification committee just why he
had abandoned his intention OF not
accepting the nomination.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
ssATuRDAY, AUGUST II, 1900.

just before %adjourning the late
legislature named the Magnolia as the
flower emblematic of Louisiana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The names Of those drawn to aervp
as petit jurors for the first week II
said term, commenellnngg Monday, Sep
TENDER 10, 1900, being 81 follows, u
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

The names of those drawn to serve
for the second week Of said term
commencing Monday, 18th senten.
Der, 1900, being IS follows, TO wit;
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-08-11

In evidence whereof witness my
hand and official seal this 2srd day OF
July L. D. 1900. SIMosET LEBLANC
elk and ez-ofHiicciio Jury Commissioner.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
LeveIing n Chimney.

An engineer recently made an inter
esting report to the British Institution
of Mining Engineers on the telling of
a huge chimney, which was so higE
and constructed so strongly that the
prospect of demoliShing it by the slow
and expensive means of breaking it
down from the top was appalling to
the owners. The engineer who was
intrusted with the task of devising a
better way of taking it down decided
that he would try to fell it as one
would fell a tree, with the exception
that, of course, so simple an eXpedient
as chopping it down was out of the
question. He had the problem also of
making it fall to the SOUTH as it would
wreck buildings if it fell in another di-
rection.
The chimney was 900 feet high, with
base of p feet. The workmen were
set to work cutting away the brick
work on the south side. AS fast as
the bricks We're taken out they We're
replaced with wooden supports, which
had spaces left in them. After about
40 feet had been cut out the spaces
were filled with tar and paraffn, wood
was piled up high around it, and the
fire was set. Six minutes afterWard
the chimney fell exactly on the line
marked out for it. The cost of the
work was only a trife compared with
what it would have been had the old
fashioned method of throwing the ma
terial down bit by bit from the top
been employed. And, in addition,
many thousands of bricks were saved
for further use.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Alfalfa on Muck Land.

J. L., northwestern Indiana, asks
whether alfalfa will thrive Oh muck
land that overfows; also whether it
will grow in his climate. Alfalfa is
not a wet soil plant. 1t is indeed very
doubtful whether it will do any good
upon his overlooked muck land. If
the common red clover will not thrive
there, alfalfa will not. Alsike clover
will thrive upon such land. 1t costs a
little more per bushel of seed than
common red clover, but the seed being
smaller not quite so much is required
per acre. bushel will do for eight
acres if sown alone. Your muck land
would be a royal place for rape. Your
latitude is all right for alfalfa if you
give it a porous subsoil with the water
level three feet or more below the sur
face. 1t costs a little more per bushel
than common red and should be sown
in about the same amount on a well
prepared seed bed in the spring and
the seed slightly covered. Some of
the most successful growers SOW no
grain with it. J. T.. Wing sows
bushel or less of oats, then cuts oats
for hay before ripes-Ohio Farmer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Timber ShOrtaEe.

All through this section Of country
every. stick Of saw timber that can be
purchased is being cut and converted
into lumber. The sturdy oaks for
Quartered lumber seem to be especially
sought after. Small walnut trees that
20 years ago could not be sold to lum-
Der dealers are taken now at good
price. A lover of trees has a feeling
of sorrow when he sees the oak for
ests going so rapidly, yet many of the
oak trees have reached (and are pass
ing beyon0 their prime, and the soon
err they are utilized the better the quail
ity Of lumber secured. The rapid adj
vance in the price of lumber and all
building material will stop for the time
being many contemplated improve
lments on the farm The advance in
fencing wire will check the building of
great deal of fence. In many in
stances posts that are set will stand
without the wire. In one way and an
other the farmer will learn to do with
less fencing, doubtless an important
and profitable lesson, says an Ohio cor
respondent of Country Gentleman
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Movement of Glaciers,

The international glacier commission
Grimsel to continue it's Investigations
on the Aar glacier. From 1888 to 1915
Agassiz and his Neuchatel friends dis
covered in the moraine of the lower
Aar glacier an enormous block of
stone which afforded natural protec-
ton, and they erected there a stone
hut which they called the Hotel des
Neuchateiois. This ''hoteP' moved
downward 240 feet in the five years
from 1912 to 1916. From 1916 to 1884
the downward movement was ISL feet
per annum. and from 1884 to 1899 it
was 113 feet per annum. We thus pos
sess an exact record of the movement
of the lower Aar glacier duringa peri
cd extended over 60 years.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
News anG Notes.

Reports of Hessian fly in the wheat
come from various quarters of the
wheat belt, and as further damage
may be expected in the spring the out
look is for a considerable total Injury
to the crop.
The fig output of California for 1898
amounted to $25O,OOO.
The Michigan station, which has de-
voted much attention to the investiga
ton of the different varieties of straw
berries, reports the Marshall as one of
the best large fruiting sorts to grow
for market. The foliage is quite like
ly to rust unless grown on strong,
moist soils. William Belt is pronounc
ed ore of the large fruited sorts that
is making an excellent showing as a
market berry.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Endurance of Great Heat.

The Golden Penny says that in iron
foundries, blast furnaces and steam
ship boiler rooms the artificial heat is
SO great that it drives out the humidi-
ty, and the workInen suffer far less
than is usually supposed. In the melt
ing room of the mint the temperature
is JOG degrees f., in blast furnaces
about 115 degrees and in steamship
boiler rooms 40 degrees. 1t is said
that lis degrees of heat in a pure, dry
air is not felt so much as mixture
of 80 degrees Of heat and 80 per cent
of humidity. Although apparently
paradoXical, the statement is correct
that people would be cooler sitting be-
side a redhot stove than they would
be in the street on any hot day.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
NEGOTIATING LOCUSTS.
Farmers Can Now Produce Disease
Which, Kills Them by Thousands.

Farmers Can Now Produce n Disease
Which, Kills Them by Thousands.
The locust, or SrasShOpper, infiicts
enormous damage annually. Of late
years it has been most destructive in
Algeria and Morocco and in South and
East Africa, says the Chicago Record,
but the United States has not by any
means escaped its ravages- Four years
ago the locustS of Cape Colony were
almost destroyed by an epidemic. 1t
was proved that the disease was the
result of feeding on fungous growth
now known as 'locuS fungus" and that
q few insects affected with the malady
might communicate it to millions. EX-
periments on a large scale have shown
that immense swarms Of the insects
perish in 4 few days after number
of individuals in each group are in
fected.
The culture from the locust fungus
is now made on a large scale in bac-
THEOLOGICAL institutions and packed in
tubes, which can be transported for
thousands of miles. 1t is applied by
smearing several insects and letting
them rejOin their swarm or by drop
ping the contents of the tube upon
bits of humid earth where the insects
are feeding. Another plan is to bottle
up the locuSts with a little of their
favorite food covered with the culture
and after they have taken their fill to
set them at liberty. The new remedy
has been tried with great success in
South Africa. The tubes are to be
supplied gratuitously to planters, mis-
sionaries and merchants, and their dis
tribution undoubtedly will save many
farmers from ruin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
Dampness In Dwelling Houses.

The dampness of dwelling houses is
pronounced by a writer in The Scien-
tific American dangerous from a two
fold point of view-first and primarily
in itself and, second, because of the
long life which it gives to the elements
of contagion and infection. 1t is as
certained that the microbe of typhoid
fever remains alive for three days, that
of diphtheria a month and that of
pneumonia from Is days to three
weeks. Contrary to the traditions of
the elegance" of dwellings, which
causes the walls to be covered with
tapestry or paper in imitation of it,
scientific experience would now advise
the employment of stucco or good var
nish as being best from a bacteria
logical point of view, both because
they are easily washed and because
they possess the property of cleansing
themselves promptly and spontaneous
ly of pathogenic germs which become
lodged in them.