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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
STATE of Louisiana-17th Judicial
District Conrt-Parish of Yer

SLATE OF LoufsIana-1ltn judicial
District Court-Parish Of Yer
milion-No. 328.
Succession Of Euphemie Thibodeaux.
Notice is hereby given to Ill parties
interested III the above numbered and
entitled Succession to make opposition
if they think fit within ten days from
the day this notice is published and
show cause why the application Of the
administrator fnr the homologation of
his tableau Of debts with a distribution
and final settlement Of said succession
together with his application tor dis
charge should not be granted and his
bond cancelled and annulled.
Given under my hand and seal OF
court this 3lst day Of. March, 1900.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Notice TO

hereby forbid any one to trespass on
my lands in Yermalion parish, La, IN any
way, shape, form or manner whatsoever.
and especially OH the tract known as
Dog Island in the 9th ward. | forbid
hunting. putting cattle on same or tres
passing in any manner, as / have cattle
and hogs on said land. ANY person or
persons caught ~trespassing on said prem
Uses will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law. @. RICHARD.
Abbeyille, La, November II, 1853. ~
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
FOR SALE.

Sixty arpents Of nice light farm land
ten arpents from Erath, all surrounded
with three barb-wire fence; hog pas
ture, three bars and Two wires. One
good farm house, 20x28,-one dining
room and kitchen, 16x22, all well fin
ished. Ten arpents Of seed cane.
Terms-Half cash.
For further particulars apply at this
Office. January 20, 1900.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

1t now seems that the assassination
of Goebel vas really part Of a gigan-
tic plot in which Republican State
officials were involved. The chances
are, however, that it was not intend
ed to kill the late governor, but only
to create a disturbance which would
give al excuse for calling out the
troops. But the tool exceeded his
instructions, and the conspirators
must suffer for it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

NOTICE is hereby given to the
public that / have made application to
the Governor and Board of Pardon Of
the State of Louisiana to be pardoned
from a sentence Of six months imprison-
ment at hard labor in the State Peni-
tertiary on the charge Of petty larceny.
March 10, 1900. JOSEPH MONTAUX.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
SATURDAY, MARCH a1,.19oo.
NOTICE.

A meeting Of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans will be held at the court
house in this town on Saturday the
7th day of April, at 2 O'Clock p. M,
for the purpose of tr~ansacting press
ing business.
By order Of the Commander:
w. D.. GoOCH.
March 81, 1900.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

The United States is on a gold
basis. Will some good goldbug arise
and explain just how it differs from
the time when it was not on a gold
basis? Isit any more prosperous, or
is its credit any higher to-day than
it was a month ago?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
March 81, 1900.

The war in the Philippines is over,
of course. We know this because
the administration told US long ago
that it would be by this time. But
ambuscades, casualties, captures and
SO on, continue with distressing fire.
quency.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

John Bull has suddenly been struck
by the idea that the Irish are good
people to conciliate when there is
fighting to be done.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Attorney General Grigggs has open
ed bids for building a prison in At
lanta, submitted by ten favored firms.
The contract was not advertised and
no one was allowed to compete with
out a strong political pull. Evidently
there is money in it for some one.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
The Greatest War Known in History.

Of comments respecting what has beeh
termed the bloody war Of the Beers,
a war by the way which was not OF
their W making. The losses IN
cured by the Beers and the Bfltisn
in South Africa up to the present
time are ridiculously small compared
to the appalling number OF men VINO
were killed, OIL died OF wounds OF
disease in the American civil war, q
conflict that did truly s'stagger hu-
mainly" because in all history there
is no war comparable to it in bloody
results.
In the four years struggle between
the North and South there was an
enormous loss of human life. 1t Is
said there are no complete records OF
Confederates loses, but those OF the
Union side have been pronounced to
be officially complete. They snow
that of the Federal soldiers engaged
in the war there died on the field OF
battle orfrom fatal wounds 110,OO7;
from disease, 1879, 720, and from
other causes, 40, 708-a grand aggrer
cate Of $50, 1928. Estimating those
who went home and died, of whom no
account was taken, it is believed that
the total death list of the Union side
reached 400, 900.
During the two weeks of fighting
around Spottssylvania Court House
the Federals had 2725 killed and 13,-
406 wounded. After the seven days
fighting in the Wilderness the Con-
federSates reported 3478 killed, $40
missing and 1921 wounded. The
Joint losses of the 5 days battle at
Gettysburg were 1882 killed and 81,
749 wounded, the Confederate losses
being 2712 killed, 12,818 wounded
and 1865 missing, and the Union
losses 207o killed, 1896 wounded
(many mortality and 1884 missing.
) In the Atlanta campaign the Federal
i losses were 4,423 killed, 22,822
wounded and 4,442 missing. To show
e the gaps were filed, at least on one
: side, more than 1000, 900 active
Union soldiers were under arms Wher
the war ended.
. AS will be seen, the Union losses
alone during the Civil War were more
, than double the men engaged on boil
sides in Che British-Boer war. Tht
losses in that war, when compared
with those of the gigantic struggle O
G
'61-5, seem triAing and yet re wer'
assured by President Kruger that TIT
!, results of the British invasion would
be sueh as would sstagger humanity.
In its comments on the fatality
figures the Army and Navy Journa
, very truly says Of the civil strife il
this country that cit was not an in
ternational war, and it did not at
: tract that attention throughout tn
world which it would have excited
! had it not been a strictly home affair
4 Consequently, the people of other ma
Q tions, excepting the critical students
s have only an inadequate idea of tn
s magnitude of the struggle. No intel
ligent person can contemplate tn
fatality records of the four years
q conflict in this country without bein,
! Impressed with the belief that neithe
Q ancient nor modern annals furnish
parallel to it,"
-
n Why is the Hague conference
failure, if not because Of the acts G
Great Britain and the United States
The effete nations of Europe hav
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

In the opinion Of the Supreme
Court, Texas manages to manage the
trusts without any particular diff
Guilty. Yet the Republicans tell us
that the United States is powerless to
do so without an amendment to the
Constitution, which will postpone all
real consideration of the question un-
til after the election this fall.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

All persons having claims againss n 4
late Chas. EscudIer are requesssu ]
present same to A. G. EscUDIEk,
Abbevilie, As
March "a, 1000.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Well, after all, it might have been
worse. The Porto Ricans can COM
fort themselves with the old adage
"Wait, horse, till spring, and you'll
get grass"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

And now Senator Beveridge has
agreed to hold his free trade resolu-
ton in allegiance. Another cas- Of
''plain duty gone wrong.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

The platform Of the Nebraska
Democrats is generally accepted IN
Washington as the platform of the
national party, and is approved BY
nearly all the leaders. There is some
slight objection to the referendum
provisions, but nobody is particularly
interested in this anyhow. Trusts
and imperialism are the great features
this fall, and on these the platform
will commend itself to nearly all Dem
ocrats.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
STATE of Louisiana-17th Judicial
District Court-Parisn OF Vermlllon
M 2QTI

District Court-Parisn OF Yernaillon
No. 1919.
SUGGESTIONS of Celeste Mcaux.
Notice is,hefeby given to all parties
concerned or interested in said essaIo
or having any opposition 70 maze Y
the account of proceeds of sale Of prop.
ertysfor cash to pay debts, and taoleaa
of debts, charges and final settlement
of the succession Of Celeste Meaux nlea
by Orelie Broussard, adminIstfaaaa'
to file the same in writing in the QUIZ
of the clerk of court within ten aass
from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal ao y
office this 9th day of February, lsoo'
ALcIDF LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

A case of pure extortion was re-
Gently crushed by a combination Of
western consumers. The binding
Irvine trust put up the prices on its
commodity on the excuse that the
supply was short owing to the Philip
pine situation. But the consumers
refused to buy at the increased price,
and after awhile the trust came down,
reducing its rates 2 cents a pound,
thus proving that it had tried to prac-
itice e9tortion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Great Britain fears a Russian coup
in China. Consequently the United
States fleet has oeen ordered to Chi
nese waters in preparation for antag-
onizing it. No harm is to be allowed
to come to British interests there on
account of the anti-liberty war in
South Africa, if President Mckinley
can nelp il.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

The long and short of the matter is
that expansion in the Republican
sense is not possible without imperial
ism. No one wants free intercourse
with the Philippines, and unless Con-
gress has the power to regulate this,
we must get rid of these islands by
means of a pr%otectorate or something
of that sort.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Why is the Hague conference a
failure, if not because Of the acts Of
Great Britain and the United States?
The effete nations of Europe have
lived up to the principles of that con-
vention, but the two great Saxon ma
tons, supposed to be in the van of
progress, have been waging devast-
ating val almost ever since the meet
ing convened.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
FRIENDS UNIVERSITY NOTES.

Professor Jay has purchased property
on Hancock street, two blocks north of
B the university.
Josiah Binford Of Hairland, Kansas. a
member Of the Board Of Directors. ar
rived at the university yesterday.
Professor Pollard has lust purchased
some dictionaries and several other valu-
able reference books for the use of the
Greek and Latin departments.
Mrs. Ruth Spray OF SaIida Colorado. Is
visiting her brother, John G. Kirby. l2O
Charles avenue.
Examination are now over and the stu
dents have all breathed their sigh of re-
lief and gone home for two DAYS vacs-
ton. The first term Of Friends Univer-
sity's second year closed Thursday with
a satisfactory record both to students
and faculty. There has been an AVERAGE
attendance of one hundred and sixty-tiya
during the term. All day Friday The
faculty and assistants were kent b,,s,,
registering for the new term which bepins
Tuesday, January so. a number Of new,
courses viii be offered in all departments
The Pedagogy department is grov,in--
rapidly. as there are a large number who
wish to take this work that they may
obtain the state certificate upon gradua-
ton from the university. All connected
with the institution are looking forward
to a successful term and a prosperous
close for this second year Of Friends uni
versity.
Encours ging reports are received As n
the health Of Professor Binford. who has
been in Colorado during the winter He
viii probably be able 10 return TO the uni
Nersity next year
Friends university sends n large rem
resentation TO the Wichita T,vceun
Course. The one street car held after
lectures. when packed 10 its utmost. will
no1 accommodate all. and many are
obliged 10 walk The university peopIe
hope the new street car company viii
sec nj to give them two cars.
New books are being added 20 all de-
partments Of the library every week. The
magazine and exchange tables are wei
provided FOR.
The university has received from
Binford, of Caven, Pratt county. a very
fine specimen OF a live golden eagle. The
aquila ehryseatus. or golden eagle. IS
characterized by having the tarsus entire
" covered with feathers. a bufy color
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28

| on the base Of the tail, and in older
| specimens tawny colored head. The bird
is now on exhibition in the window OF
| Musselman Bros, 209 North Main street
but will be mounted and put in the uni
Versity museum.
Russell hall was flied last Wednesday
evening at the open meeting of the Davis
Lyceum- The exercises began with Her
mann Newman as president; Leila Seal,
secretary; o. w. Price, critic, and
Blanche Longstreth, vice president, at the
tables. After a short reading from the
Bible the following program was rem
dered:
Piano Duet-Misses Martindale.
Recitation-LeIa Seal.
Oration-Henry Cox
Music-Male QUartette.
Parody-Clara Updegrat.
Piano Solo-Bessie Smith
Original Story-Bessie Means.
Davis Chronicle-Arthur Jones.
SOng-DoubIe Quartette.
The entire program was characterized
by its thorough preparation and the So
ciety deserves much credit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
IN A PERSIAN GARDEN


This beautiful song cycle will be given
for the first time in Wichita next We'd
nesday evening at the First Presbyterian
church, under the auspices Of the Wichita
Musical club This work is for four solo
voices, and consists of solos, duets and
quartets. The soloists engaged are Miss
Elvie Walker Miss Mabel Larimer. Mr..
Casper Haynes and Mr.. Harry McCIung.
all of whom are known for doing thor
oughly artistic work. The words are
gems of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,
the astronomer poet of Persia; and the
music is by Miss Liza Lehman. a young
London composer, who has achieved much
fame through this beautiful bit of COM
position. The first part of the program
viii consist of piano numbers. among
them two for two pianos, choruses by the
Musical club, and solos by Miss Walker
and Miss Larimen, the whole evening be-
ing devoted to the works Of women COM
p0sers. This is an opportunity that
Wichita people canot afford to lose and
it is hoped that the musicians and music
lovers viii take advantage of this concert.
Remember the time and place-Wednes-
day evening, Jan. 81. at the First Presbv-
terrain church Tickets on sale at Romig
and Towards.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
LEWIS ACADEMY. NOTES.

Last Thursday being the day set apar
for observance of prayer in colleges anG
schools, appropriate services were held il
the academy chapel. Rev. Thomas NJ
Cornelison of the West Side Presbyterian
church made an address on the subject
of Christianity for Young Men" His
remarks were Of a very interesting char
acter and were greatly appreciated by the
school. Rev. Bradt. Of the First Presby-
teran church, Rev. Fazel of the Oak
street church, and Rev. Dubber of the
Central Christian church, assisted in the
services. At the close of the address
! Rev. Dubber sang hymn with much
feeling and expression. Many frieneds of
the school were present who manifested
their interest in the school and the &C.
casion in short addresses.
After the close of this service, the reg1l-
lar Thursday morning rhetorical program
was presented, every number of which
was of an unusually high order. The mu-
sic was especially pleasing, consisting of
a piano solo by Miss Emily Torrington,
piano Duet by Misses Chapman and
Barnes, and a vocal solo by Rev. Dub
Der, who again favored the school with
a selection rendered in a most artistic
manner.
The Senior orations for Thursday morn
ing were presented by Miss Maud Nc
Cracker, whose subject was, 1.-THE Law
of Use" and Mr.. Austin Tucker, who
took for his theme, Industry VS.. In
dolence." Both speakers showed a re-
markable degree of earnestness, and
drew forth the heartiest applause of their
hearers.
The visitors present Thursday morn
ing were Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Lawrence,
their mother. Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Shedd,
Mrs. Dodd, Mrs H. B. Scott, Dr. Fem-
ing and Mrs. Fleming, and Miss Ethel
Smith of Illinois.
The feculty were absent for short
time Tuesday morning to attend the fu-
neral services of Mrs Halsey mother Of
Miss Halssy, one of their number Miss
Halsey accompanied the remains of her
mother 70 Lafayette, Illinois, for burial,
and during her absence Miss Elizabeth
Kendrick has charge of the kindergarten.
The examination for the end of the
term passed off most successfully. Sew
eral classes finished their work for the
first half of the year and, at the begin
ming of the new term, new classes will
be formed, some of which are in the
following branches: Chemistry, phar-
macy, pharmaceutical chemistry, political
economy, zoology botany, geology, Am
erican literature and others.
Misses Alice and Lillian De Talente are
visiting during the short vacation between !
the terms at the home of Miss Estella |
Prewitt, in Valley Center
Miss Fannie Case and Miss Nell Hous- |
ton went to their home in Valley Cen |
ter Tuesday evening to remain until ne !
new term begins.
Miss Jeykell's studio will be open for
lass work hereafter on Thursdays and
Fridays. At the opening of the new
ERIN her class will be enlarged, the in
'reasing interest in art study having
spread among the pupils.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
FERRIS COMEDIANS.

There was not an unoccupied seat in the
house last evening at My Jim" and the
company proved themselves worthy of the
patronage in every respect The special
ties between the acts were unusually en-
pertaining. Kitte DeLome in her little
girl speciality was the best OF the kind her
this season at any price. and Sam Mylie
in his clog set the house wild
Grace Hayward as Hetty and Emily
Batlo as Kate. were well adapted TO their
roles and, OF course, the william was the
usual smooth society swell.-LaCrosse,
WIS, Republ!can, Nov. Il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28

10y theatre goers. Hoyt's comedies are
very popular with amusement seekers
and Miss Archer has established herself
here as prime favorite. The coming
engagement will be Miss Archer's fare
well appearance in this charming comedy,
for next season she will star in a new
piece now being written for her by Mr..
Forbes Hoermans. the dramatist who
wrote the introduction and edited tn story
OF tn celebrated novel, David Harum.' -
A good-sized audience witnessed the
productio of 1.-THE Old inventor at the
Baldwin theatre last night, and a better
pleased audience would be hard 10 find.
The Old Inventor is strang dramatic
bill, with a powerful leading character.
Pietro Sosso, in the leading role, played
the part exceptionally well and showed
himself to be clever and painstaking
actor. Jap Rentfrow and Helen Myrtle
sustained their reputation as fun-makers.
The people in the cast are clever and all
contributed to an evenings entertain
ment that has not heretofore been equal
ed by the popular-priced shows. The
Passion Play pictures were excellent and
pleased everybody Tonight's bill, Below
Zero" is the opposite Of last nights"
being farce comedy, and warranted to
make everybody laugh. AS good crowds
have been the rule so far this week, they
will no doubt continue, as everybody is
well pleased with the company's produc-
tions.-Springfield (NIo.) Record.
At the Crawford Grand three nights,
commencing Monday, January %. Matt
nee Wednesday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28
Ruskin 'sRomances
Continued from Thirteenth Page.

England in which Miais accompanied
the Ruskins. Before that tour was ended
the young wife and the young painteI
had fallen desperately in love with eact
| other
They did not reveal the truth even t
each other. But John Ruskin OWNED it
He was not the sort of man to fall into
a passion of jeaous wrath. He did not
make a scene. diligently and kindly TOLD
Mrs. Ruskin of his discovery. He Loyalty
| took her part and the part of her ad-
mirer. He assured her of his continued
! friendship and esteem, of his not to stand
in the wa of a perfectly natural love
He blamed his own dulness for imagining
that a purely platonic union could be
either natural or satisfactory. That
union was>void in the eyes of the law. 1t
could be annulled by law
The woman refused at first to allow
Ruskin to make a sacrifice of himself so
painful to his sensitiveness and so de-
structive to his domestic happiness. John
Millais, when consulted, was equally posi-
tive in his refusal. But the husband in
sisted, and finally carried his point.
Under the peculiar circumstances there
z.
The matter was arranged privately, with
out any scandal, and in 1854 Mrs. John
Ruskin became Mrs. John Milais.
But the blow was a terrible one to the
divorced husband For a long time he
retired to strict seclusion, scarcely seeing
his nearest friends. When he emerged it
was with a mind that showed symptoms,
even in his public utterances, of the
malady which darkened his later years.
Nevertheless, when Ruskin was fifty
three he seems to have so far recovered
as to feel a dep attachment for another
woman. This was Francesca. younger
sister of the Rosettis. He would gladly
have brought her to his home as COM
panion and comforter of his reclining
years. She on her part returned the
attachment. She would have accepted
his offer but for his religious views.
She was an evangelist of the straightest
and narrowest views. In her eyes he was
little better than an inidel. In his early
youth he had. indeed, contemplated enter
ing holy orders, but doubts had assailed
him, he had renowned the priesthood
and after many years OF great mental
suffering had come out Of the ordeal an
SSHoSIlS' o. dl ledSl' oleSl, pnous~l
always preserving a deeply reverent and
religious spirit
One of his most serious illnesses fol-
lowed the waking from this dream, and
from that time he became almost a re-
cluse from the world.
Meanwhile, what Of the ladyP The
sacrifice which she made. however,
wrongly, for conscience sake, cost her
her life. Three years later she lay on her
deathbed. Ruskin sent her a message i'm
plorfng to be allowed 10 see her once
more. In return she sent 10 ask whether
he could yet say that he loved God better
than he loved her. When he said No
her door was closed upon him forever.
SAN ANTONIO
THROUGH SLEEPER VIA SANTA FE