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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
The Rice MiIl.

The following is taken from last
Saturdays Independent 0berver, Of
New Iberia: "Gus. Godchanx Of
AbbevilIe, was in our city on last
Thursday to take the train for the city
of New Orleans. He states that the
new rice mill at Abbeyille will be a
structure of one hundred by two hun
dred feet and parts of which will be
four stories high. The mill with its
appurtenances will cover n acre OF
ground, and viii be ready with the
warehouses by the first Of May, and
the milling and the milling machinery
end other apparatus by the first OF
August. The cost will be between
sixty-fye and seventy thousand dol
lars. We must congratulate our sis
ter town on her sagaeitY and enter
prise. Factories make towns and
distribute wages, which bring good
men to earn them and they in turn
help to make a good ccm nunity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
4 o Reward s1oO.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that scien ce has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrb
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional tie ltment. Halls Catarih
Cure is taken in ernally, acting directly
upon the blood and mncus surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. aud giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work
The proprietors nave so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, @
Sold by druggists Toe.
Halls family PILLS are the best.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
A Pleasure Party.

The fine sloop Gypsy Queen
sailed last Saturday evening after
having taken q good supply OF pro-
visions and some liquids, with Capt.
R. c. Harrington, master; E. z.
Beauxis, mate; f. Keller, steward
DIR. j. p. France, Of Carencro, and
j.. M. Beauxis, of here were passen-
gers. The party will go to Bayou
Chene and Schooner Bayou to hunt
and fish. They will return when the
"keg {not Of water) runs dry"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Act No. AZ S. B. No. 3-By Mr.. Cage
.gSe4NT ne RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton OF the State OF Louisiana relative
to ratifying and carrying into effect
n special tax levied in the City of New
Orleans for certain public improve
ments, and to establish therein public
systems of sewerage and water, the
issuance of bonds therefor and the
providing ways and means to pay the
principal and interest of said bonds.
SECTION /. Be it resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
Two.thirds of all the members elected to
each House eoneurring; That the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution of the
State be submitted to the electors of The
State ut the next general election for rep
resentatlves in the legislature: to be hold
EN- on the Tuesday next following the
third Monday il April A. ID. 1900. to-wit:
Article.1. THE special tax for public
improvements, voted by the property tax
payers of the City of New Orleans on
June 6. 1899. and levied by the City Coun-
ell. by Ordinance No. 1881 approved
June %, 1899, is hereby ratified, and its
validity shall never be questioned The
the special Session held onAugust 9, 1899,
constituting the Sewerage and Water
Board Of the CITY ofNew Orleans. author
ing the City of New. Orleans to issue
bonds. and providing the means to pay
the principal and interest thereof, and for
Il 0UlEI plI pUsCN S0Suhbp v AAiO piA pDSVs ~
| the special tax aforesaid, rs hereby rati.
fed and approved, specially including the
therein reserved legislative right to
amend the amt and all provisions Of the
present Constitution in conflict with the
provisions OF said act, and with this
amendment are to that extent and for
that purpose only repealed
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
That on the official ballots, to be used III
SAID election, snail he placed the words,
For the City Of New Orleans Public I'm.
provement Amendment and the words,
s.Against the City of New Orleans Public
Improvement Amendment and each
eleetor shall indicate. as provided In thu
general election laws OF the State which
OF the proposition, for OF against" LII
votes for.
p. HENRY.
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
r. III. SNYDER.
Lieutenant Governor and President ofsflf
Senate.
Approved August 18th, 1889.
MURPHY j.. FOSTER.
| Governor OF the State of Louisiana
/ JOHN I. MICHEL.
Feir. 10, 1900. SOD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
YOUNG LADIES.

Your efforts are valuable we want
a young lady in your section to do a
little observing for us. Nc work un-
less you want to work. Your lnfor-
nation is what we desire to have and
we will pay well for it. Address
Philip Werlein, Ltd, Wholesale and
Retail Piano and Organ Dealers,
644-616 Canal Street, New Orleans,
la.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Pass It Around.

An exchange gets off this note;
eff men are salt Of the earth, women
are undoubtedly sugar. Salt is a
necessity-sugar a luxury. Vicious
men are saltpeter, stern men are rock
salt, nice men are table salt. Old
maids are brown sugar, good ma
irons are loaf sugar and pretty girls
are fine p~ulverized sugar Where
upon the Boyce Enterprise remarks
"Pass the pulyerized sugar, please.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Personal Mention.
o. Bourque spent several days in
New Orleans this week.

O. Bourque spent several days in
New Orleans this week.
lack Broussard and j. T. Pucheu
made a trip to Gueydan Thursday.
Lawyer S. P. Watts was a business
visitor to the Crescent City Sunday.
Bert. Adler, with Moyse Bros,
Cincinnati, was in Abbeville this
week.
Mrs. Jos. S. Ewell, we are sorry
state, who has been i'll for several
weeks, is improving very slowly.
f. O. Leblanc, the hustling New
Orleans commission merchant spent
several days in Vaudeville this week.
Miss Rita Leblanc, who has been
visiting friends in New Orleans for
several weeks returned home Sunday.
Hon. Minos I. Gordy, Jr., and
Robt. E. Derouen, were registered at
the Commercial Hotel. New Orleans,
Tuesday.
Hon. Adrien Nunez, Of lower Yer
million, spent the first part of the
week in Abbeville among his numer-
GUS friends.
j. F. Allen, of New Orleans, has
bought 1000, 900 admission tickets
to the Paris, exposition at half price,
and expects to double his money with
the transaction.
Justilien Robichaux, Of Charenton,
with the firm Of Peternan, Fisher &
Robichaux, who furnishes cattle for
the markets of St. Mary parish, spent
several days in Abbeville and vicinity
this week and left Wednesday morn
ing with fifty head of corn fed stock.
E. L. Broussard, the energetic
manager of the Gueydan Lumber Co.,
told US a few days ago about a bust
ness trip to Beaumont, etc., etc., but
we would have none of it. He looked
too happy for a business trip. We
investigated, and this is what we
found: "E. E. Broussard was mar
ried to Miss Madeline Francez III
Carencro Wednesday and took his
bride to his mother home near Alb
beyille. Gueydan is ready to well
come the happy couple after the hon
ley moon is over and they have des-
cended once more to this mundane
sphere. "-Gueydan News.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
His Song Of Money.

don't keer how de cas- win blow
In cloudy time or sunny
How fast or slow de Oh boss go,
You got ter mex de money!
don't keer how de wild bees hum,
A-skeerin' up de honey, leome,
FINN O straight on ter Kingdom
You GOT ter mex de money.
I'm. straight or crooked be de row
III freezin' time or sunny,
Till Kunnel GabruTs trumpet bloW
You got ter mex de money.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Garden Hints For April.

Transplant more cabbage, toma-
toes and sweet potatoes. Plant wax
and butter beans in rich soil. Sow
turnips, string beans, parsnips and
okra. Plant sweet corn, Irish po-
tatoes, beets, English peas, carrots.
Dress lawns and use the mower. Re
plant beds that have failed. Keep
the weeds out Of every part Of the
garden or yard-"A dead enemy Is
worth ten soldiers.
Work has began on the brick
building adjoining Griffin & Cos
store on State street.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
The Game Law.

The game law goes into effect on
the first of April. It is q violation
Of the State law after that date until
September 1st to kill or have ia your
possession after it has been killed,
any will deer, fawn, duck, turkey,
pheasant, quail or dove. The penal
ty is a fine of not less than $50, Of
IMPRISONMENT for go days, or both.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
They Say.

EN7
That Abbeyille needs sidewalks.
That most weddings + choice
affairs.
That necessity often does the
work of courage.
That luck seldom ZONES to the
man who depends upon it.
That some mems idea Of solid
comfort is liquid comfort.
That the man with money to
burn usually has a hot time.
That the crazy man in jail should
be sent to the insane asylum.
That the only disadvantage OF
an honest heart is its c-edulity.
That women always find their
bitterest foes among their own sex,
That a man to command others
must first learn to command himself.
That hard luck rarely oyertakes q
man when he is not sitting down.
That the first time a girl falls il
\ IN#E
love she imagines that she invented it
That it isn't always heavy ane
pondrous sentences that carry weight
That 1attery is the yeast tina
causes man to rise in bis own estima
ton.
That the man who excuses hi
own faults is seldom lenient wit
others.
That it is the successful man tia
never begrudges the cost OF expei
: fence.
That it is an awful lucky ma
!, who can fall in love without hurtin
himself.
That persons who worry a goo
). deal about themselves often worr
D about nothing.
e That some men make a mountai
$ out Of a mole hill and some men on
make a bluff.
k That politicians, dentists an
{ BARRIERS are all alike. They give w
gas while they exercise their pull.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Gown and Parish.
DEVICES Weather Forecast.

This month will bring with it a
storm over the Missouri Valley, rain
over the Western and West Gulf
States and pleasant weather over the
East Gulf States. 1st to Sd, cloudy,
followed BY rain. 4th to 6ths pleasant.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31
Several weddings are On the ''tapis

Several weddings are On the s'tapls"
to take place after lent.
The small boy who smokes in this
world cannot know what will happen
to him in the next.
dead men tell no tales. "They
don't have to; they leave widows
who can do the talking.
After a woman passess 80 she
should quit talking about hearts, e1-
cept beef hearts for baking.
When sowing seed, SOW enough to
get a good stand. Use the same
sense when advertising your business.
What Abbeville needs is some good
sidewalks. Just take a sspeep' at
the i around the courthouse square.
-@e@-
Vegetation Il inc everywhere now
and we see the hoes Of Y friends
going up above there heads many
times.
Picnics and fsh-fries to Little
Bayou and other favorite resorts are
now in vogue. Anglers report fist
biting well for the season.
If a girl sees another girl with
dress on prettier than her own, sht
has a terribly hard time in giving bel
face a sweet expression.
A Plank walk was put down OF
the sidewalk leading from Richards
butcher shop to F. Duhon's resi-
sdence. Let the good work go on.
HIGH collars will continue to b
at work during the coming summer
and it will be impossible to get then
too high, If we are to believe oureyes
Gold Medals to HARPER whiske,,
at New Orleans and Worlds Fair a
Chicago. Try it, you will endors
the Judges verdict. Sold by !
O'Neil Lege, Abbeyille, La.
The total eclipse Of the sun on Ma.
2Sth is already attracting much at
t%ention, and preparations are bein'
made for this great phenomenon
which is to be seen at its best adyan
tage in New Orleans and vicinity.
The Second Annual Louisiana In
dustrial Exposition to be heldin Ne
Orleans from April 14th to May 9Th
promises to be a grand success. Lo'
rates will be put on all roads dnrin
this fair and the people are sparin
no trouble and expense to make
worth the trip.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Rainy weather during the first part
sof the week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

The train was behind time several
days this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

dead men tell no tales. "They
don't have to; they leave widows
who can do the talking.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

After a woman passess 80 she
should quit talking about hearts, e1-
cept beef hearts for baking.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

When sowing seed, sou enoughto
get a good stand. Use the same
sense when advertising your business.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

If a girl sees another girl with a
dress on prettier than her own, she
has a terribly hard time in giving her
face a sweet expression.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

What Abbeville needs is some good
sidewalks. just take a peep at
the one around the court house square.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Picnics and fsh-fries to Little
Bayou and other favorite resorts are
now in vogue. Anglers report fish
biting well for the season.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

DEV6IdI WOUUIH5o ulS0H
to take place after lent.
The small boy who smokes in this
world cannot know what will happen
to him in the next.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

The total eclipse Of the sun on May
28th is already attracting much at
tention, and preparations are being
made for this great phenomenon,
which is to be seen at its best advan-
tage in New Orleans and vicinity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-03-31

Vegetation Is fne everywhere now
and we see the hoes of our friends
going up above there heads many
times.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29

and do not care to know. The man
who allows his mind to dwell on such
a question, if he is not tempted to vio-
late the ethics of amateur sport, is, at
a rate, playing with temptation in a
dangerous and in a reprehensible way.
l am glad to believe that our colleges
and our nation as a whole are becOm-
ing better able to understand the love
of sport for it's own sake. The growth
of this spirit through three generations
has relieved English universities of some
of the problems which Oday confront us
In America. To the growth of thiss spirit
we must trust ourselves for it's solution
here.
I am heartily ready to cooperate in
any attempts that other colleges may
make to- lay down clear rules for the
practice of Intercollegiate athletics, be-
cause the absence of such cooperation
would be misunderstood and might give
cause for suspicion where lone should
exist. But I cannot conceal the fact
that the majority of such rules can only
touch the surface of the difficulty, and
that so far as they distract attention
from the moral element in the case,
which is beyond the reach of rules, they
may prove a positive hindrance to prog
the low of honor in the broadcast sense
of the word, unmiXed with the love of
gain in any sense, we may now and
then lose a few students, but we shall
grow better year after year in all that
makes for sound university life.
The development of college athletics
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
IN KIPLING'S FICTION.

y Those who assert that an Ia is
The only type of woman who could call
forth Rudyard Kipling's best efforts err
in the same direction as to the critics
who find traits of Mulyaney in all his
men. True, he has often sighted the eter-
nal womanly by writing wonderful
stories that treat only of men, of the
forces of nature, and of dumb creation;
but his conception of woman's character
ploves, like everything else that he has
written, that he looks into the vast
mirror of the world and sees humanity
with sympathetic eyes, that he pic
lures all he sees fearlessly, yet without
destroying our best ideals. He tells a
story and we surrender to the charm, as
children 10 when they listen to a fairy
tale. He is p~re-eminently un poete de
renergie. All strong vivid life appeals to
him.. The warm sympathy he feels for
his characters goes out more spontane-
ously to his pen; he deals leniently with
their faults and weaknesses If they show
element of strength, the strength that
will evenetually gain the mastery over
matter and lead the way to mans higher
development His gospel is work-the joy
of life in work. kipling is a strong,
fearless thinker, whose superb vitality
and indomitable human spirit seek their
counterpart in the strength that is mans.
For him love is not the only motive
power, even in the world of fiction.
In his american Notes. we find this
characteristic appreciation of the Ameri-
can girl: Sweet and comedy are the
maidens of Deyonshire; delicate and of
gracious seeming those who i've in the
pleasant places of London; fascinating
for all their occurrences the damsels OF
France, clinging closely to their mothers
With large eyes wondering at the wicked
I world; excellent in her own place and to
Whose who understand her is the Anglo
Indian girl in her second season; but the
girls of America are above and beyond
them all. They are clever, they can talk;
yea, it is said that they think. Certainly
they have an appearance of SO doing,
which is delightfully."- deceptive Fro
the Modern Culture Magazine for Sep
tember.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29

friend that the matter in question was
by no means exhausted. He was at once
asked to speak, and, after some hesita-
ton, rose to his feet. Finding himself
thus Unexpectedly confronted by an
audience, he was covered with confusion
and began, as he had frequently done in
imaginary appeals to he court: Gen
tlemen of the jury" The litter that ran
through the audience only served to
heighten his embarrassment, and the OBJ
noxious phrase fell from his lips again.
Then he gathered himself together and
launched into a peroration SO brilliantly
lucid and impassioned that it carried the
house by storm, and laid the corner
stone to his future greatness, his first
case coming to him as a result of this
speech, which some consider the finest
he ever made.-Collier's Weekly.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
LIFE STORY Or THE Beers GREAT GENERAL.

enced by this feeling that even in his
public life he would allow it to max
himself appear utterly ridiculous. On
n occasion ii was proposed to appoint
al Englishman as teacher of English at
the Grey college at BlOemfontein. De
Wet opposed the appointment in his
usual bitter fashion, and, French being
taught at the college by a Hollander,
considered that it would be more logical
to have English taught by a German
He had great influence both in the
Volksraad and in he country, and in
the critical election for the presidency OF
the Free State in 1896 he took a promi-
nent part in the agitation in support OF
the candidacy of Mr.. Steyn.
All through the troubled times which
followed the Jameson raid up to the
declaration of war De Vets voice was
raised time and again in favor of the
Free State casting it's lot with the
Transvaal, and when at last his coun-
sells bore fruit in the October of last
year he, as in 1880, was one of the first
to shoulder a rifle and take the field.
He was with the Free Skaters who in
vaded Natal, but until he got his sepa-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
HOW jim WATSON GOT VOTES.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
The Hon. Union Il. Hunt, secretary OF
state of Indiana, tells in Success for
September how James e. Watson per-
formed his great feat OF beating w. S.
Holman, the great objector,' in their
race for congress. The following incl
dent is a characteristic n
/ have been asked whether it is true
that Mr.. Watson actually wore wooden
shoes during the first campaign to zap
ture the German vote. This report has
been greatly exaggerated. The facts are
as follows: Watson made a vigorous
and energetic campaign. A part of the
time he had bad weather. One rainy
day he started with a medical friend to
see a number of voters. He had been up
the greater part of the night before, was
tired and sleepy and had a very bad
cold. He said to his friend, who was
with him: doc, l don't want to cam
paign today. l want to go back to your
house and lie down on the floor and
Sleep"
In the house of the physician was an
ol d-fashioned fireplace. They drove back.
Watson got a chair cushion, lay down
before the fire and slept for two or three
hours. When Dime time arrived he was
much refreshed. After Inner Watson
complained of cold feet, and his medical
friend said to him: why don't you
wear wooden shoes?' Watson replied:
II haven't any" II Will lend you a pair
of mine his friend replied; so he
brought out a pair of tleece-lined shoes
with wooden soles II leather uppers,
shoes that are worn quite generally by
the German of that congressional dis
trict. These shoes were put in the stove
oven and warmed; and Watson put them
on; and, in company with his friend, that
afternoon he went to a. sale.
He stood around on the damp ground,
but his feet were warm the remainder OF
tn I-., J MI N,- We, 1894. -@-1r ~, rp1
pleased With the fact that the candidate
had adopted their footwear, and he was
fIaesed With the footwear because 1t
kept his feet warm, and continued to
wear it. In making this explanation.
Watson ~laughinly says: 1T did prove
pretty popular, though"
When the votes We're counted it was
found hi the young man nae a plu-
lality of 400 votes over the supposedly
invineible Holman.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
TAKU IN 1858.

Il In his 'Hurrah for the Life of a
Sailor" Vice-Admiral Kennedy tells of a
-gunroom- officer who used to relate chow
-he had writtenito his old father, a parson
in the Midlapds, TELLING him Of his
terrible experiences; in the b%rig-.how
they had been running for three days
under close-reefed capstan. with the
poop triced up and now his father had
offered up thanks for his merciful de-
liverance and sent hin a IS note. ADJ
miraf Kennedy took part in the fighting
of the second Chinese. war 7st'tlCanton
and T9%ur Under Admiral Sir M Sey-
m9Ar he saw THE capture of the Taku
Forts in 1858, and himself was in the
storihihg party landed from the boats.
we were put ashore in a paddy field,
where I'VE, sank up to OR knees IN mud.
and having formed our men in as good
order as, we could we rushed for the
forts. Fortunately for us the Cinnamon
no sooner. saw us coming than they
bolted, the mandarin leading the way on
horseback. The head mandarin was
struck by a bullet n fell off his horse,
and before we could. come up to him to
take him prisoner he drew his sword and
cut his throat from ear to ear, and fell
back dead in the mud"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29

If the commanders in the South Afrf-
can war on the Boer side nave one
quality which equals in excellence their
unswerving determination, it is their
capability to carry on a work which
others hav started and left off, with
a success which almost equals that of
the leaders of that particular work.
No one would claim for IL moment
that the places of General Cronje and
the late 1amented General Joubert could
be easily filled-in truth it is doubtful
II the Transvaal will ever produce more
valiant men-yet 1t must be admitted
that handicapped as Dom Paul's people
have been by the loss of such great
leaders, they AVE held out in their
struggle against England with a tenacity
~unequaled in modern warfare. And to
whom is this success mainly due? The
living answer to this query is found.
many claim, in the person of the loyal
and fearless General De Wet.
HIS LIFE.
When first Christian De Wet leaped
Into prominence in the South African
campaign 1T was currently reported
that he had lived for some time in Eng