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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-01-10

The best donkeys come from Arabia.
They have clean, smooth coats, hold
their heads high and are used only for
riding purposes. Many are sent to
Persia, where they sell for high sums,
They are well looked after and their
harnessings are of the richest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19
The Citizens Of this Thriving Little City Dwell Together
In Union and Harmony.
NATURAL LOCATION FOR A TOWN.
The BUSINESS Men of this Place Receive Liberal Patronage
from the Surrounding Territory-Expect Soon to
Have two Railroads.

country. Guarded with jealous
care, unceasing labor and money
are all it's interests. No man
once located within the precincts
of Hickory ever cares to or
ever does remove therefrom.
The natural advantages of the
town and country can only be
learned by seeing, for no man
can truthfully picture the posi-
bilities of this country's future
or even it's present.
The st. Louis and San Fran
cisco railroad runs through the
eastern portion of the town,
along which by Christmas day
the shrek of the engines whis-
tie will be heard. Grading will
begin in earnest by January l.,
1901, on the Sulphur Springs
and Washita Valley railroad
from a junction with the st. l..
& S. in the town of Hickory to a
point on the G. G. & S. F. rail
road via Sulphur Springs, the
greatest health resort and water
ing place in the Southwest.
An occupant s title can be Sc
cured to all lots not occupied,
for a nominal sum, being the
only title obtainable at the pres
ent, yet perfectly secure to all
who improve the same.
| Hickory has a good school six
months out of the year, several
good churches and the A. F. &
A. NJ, w. o. W., M. A. Jr., o.
U. A. M lodges and all the good
things that go 10 make up q
lovely home for homeseekers.
R. H. Pruitt, farmer, was the
first settler at Hic kory and he is
authority for the statement that
he expects to live and die there.
J. L. Mentzer, mayor of Hick
ory, is one of the pioneer mer'
chants and very popular man.
J. J. Miller is another sub
stantial citizen. He is engaged
in farming and farm stock rails
Capt. W. H. H. Keltner
is one of the shining lights
of Hickory. His heart and soul
are with Hickory andits growth.
| J. F. Newcomb is the physi-
clan and enjoys the confidence
and respect of all.
This page gives an index to
the business firms of Hickory,
/ all of whom are reliable and re
sponsible, with whom it is
pleasure to do business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

HICKORY GROVE is one of the
most prominent landmarks in
the Indian Territory and the
best situated. Being located
three-quarters of a mile south
east from the city, it gave name
and birth to one of the many
towns in the country which IS
destined to be one of the few
cities of the Indian Territory.
Hickory dropping the Grove
situated on the headwaters of
Mill creek, founded in about the
year 1889, has had it's difficulties
like all other towns in new and
thinly populated country. In
the very lap of one of the few
sections of country where the
lavishness of the Creator seems
to have been withheld from
other sections to bless this par
ticular region.
A rich, rolling prairie produc-
ing in abundance any and every
thing that labor. sunshine, rain
and good dirt could even ask,
and an abundance of as pure
water as man ever drank, only
six to thirty feet from the top OF
the ground. Hickory is 1920
feet above the sea level and
therefore healthful. There is
an abundance of good timber
near by, and in fact everything
from the beautiful to the good
was not long kept hid from those
thrifty people who populate
and eagerly hunt the best in new
countries. Consequently in the
brief space of three years after
the way was opened to them,
this has become one of the
wealth producing countries OF
the Southwest. Of necessity q
village grew up, then town,
and lastly a little city of nc
small pretensions. Not a town
on the face of the earth has 1
population who love their town
more, and almost the first thing
discovered by the newcomer OF
the visitor on arrival is the in
tense love manifested by hel
citizens for town, home and
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
One Who Resigned.

1t is said that a crossroads post
master in a nearby State wrote the
following resignation recently:
"Havin' served the government
faithful for twelve years, ill health
.compels me to resign before death,
an liz resignin' | would like for you
to appoint my wilder, that is to be,
my successor in the office / have run
so well that all men rise up an call
me blessed. The government has not
lost a stamp by me, an I'm certain
that as long as my wife's a wilder she
will run things as well as 1 have. She
cant vote, of course, but she can
catch folks by the collar an make
'em vote, just as she has done all the
husban's that wei come under her
control. | hope you'll think of her
in the matter for if you don't, she
may git on the train an 60 to Wash
ington herself"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
Best Rice From the South.

"The statement is sometimes made
across the counter to a credulous GUS
toner that the fancy imported rice is
the best" said a local commission man
who had extensive rice fields of his
own in the South, according to the
New York Post. This is not true.
The finest rice in the world is grown
in Louisiana. The Southern States
in this country produce the best quail
ity Of rice with the exception of
Egypt, which grows as fine an arti-
Gle, just as they do the best quality
of cotton. France and England buy
their fancy rice in the United States,
but it is only a small quantity and for
epicureans. They import the great
bulk from India and Japan. They
pay 81 cents a pound to us on this
side of the Atlantic, paying all ex-
penses of shipment besides. The best
imported grades may be bought in
New York at AZ cents, wholesale
price, and this, after the cost of trans
.portation and 2 cents a pound duty
has been paid.
1.-THE United States produces an
nually about 10000, 900 pounds on
an average, and two-thirds of this is
grown in Louisiana; the remainder is
grown in Soth Carolina and Georgia.
An additional rs, 900, 900 pounds is
needed to meet the demands of the
home market and this amount is i'm
ported every year. This comes from
India, Calcutta and Japan. A fine
grade, not as fine as our domestic ar
ticle, however, comes from the island
of Java, but in very small quantities.
The japanese variety is the most
popular, after our own, in this
try.
"Louisiana alone could produce all
that is necessary for home consump-
ton and will probably do SO as soon
as a system of irrigation, now under
way, is completed and in operation.
This will clear away uncertainties,
the crop nov being totally dependant
upon the rainfall.
"Our rice growing possessions will
not cut any figure in the Market
Chicago Record.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
$1,000 CASH PRIZE CONTEST.
The Atlanta Constitutions Great Offer of f9oo-The Cotton IA
cepts at New Orleans from September. to Apri-Fuil Stats
tics Given for Your Guidance-An Unparalleled Offer for Our
Readers.

The Atlanta Constitution offers a 5000
cash nrize contest for Januarv. February
Nrarob 1ooo - fo1,ou,s.
~ . a 90
~ - $3.50 an esSato y
setneI - sne ~ o os " :
- - - IL 80
80 ep n'S 80 1ca,+auoham 1000 49,,
1oon1 go 49,
e. 5oo If estimo+e e raee;vo5 d,r;ns
$50
e. ooo r. as4uo+ :, roootrad a,.r;..
4,ebrmory
s5no - es+;na+a i -acoiyod d,-ina Nr.ro,
The above are for the exact estimates.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
The.....
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Twice-a-Week Picayune

Mailed every Monday and Thursday
morning, has beer substituted Tor the
WEEKLY PICAYUNE., Besides al
the excellent features which made the
WEEKLY SO popular during the sixty
years Of its existence, NEW DE-
PARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDohpi
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS UP TO !!
O'CLOCK THE NIGHT BEFORE
ISSUE WILL BE PUBLISHED, ana
In every respect
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WILL BE FOUND THE MOST
NEWSY. INTERPRETING AND ~,
STRUCTIVE PAPER IN THE
SOUTH. Although each issue OF
The Twice-a-Week Picayune
will contain 10 pages, making the
total every week 20 pages, whereas
the WEEKLY was only l6 pages, me
Irice of subscription remain at Lac
same figure,
One Dollar q Year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
To The Public

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IN Achievements of Admiral Dewey"
the worlds greatest naval hero. By
Murat Halsted, the lifelong friend
and admirer of the nations idol.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
To Hunters.

The Undersigned hereby notify
hunters not to hunt within their
enclosures from and after this date:
otherwise they will be prosecuted 10
the full extent of the law.
Felix Broussard,
Benz. G. Hebert,
Alex. r. Broussard.
Pierre R. Brousserd,
December 4, 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
NOTICE.

Entering my pasture and stock
ranch on Cheniere au 1'igre, without
my consent is forbidden. Any per-
son t%respassing or said premises will
be prosecuted to the full extent OF
the law. AURORE DEFRAhGE,
Widow Louis Laporte.
Abbeville, January 4, 1895.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20

Tho Constitutions market page will
ori,re each week the port receipts for the
cotton season from which you can always
see the New Orleans port receipts from
september I, 1899, up through the Friday
ir,n1ediately preceding the publication.
This will keep you posted to within W
or three lays of the time you send in
your estimate.
- is believed that some of the Texas
! crop. that as a rule is sent in bulk to
Nav Orleans. will be diverted this year
~ other points because of the quaran-
fine regulations against New Orleans
THE effort of Louisiana to have quaran-
tipe raised by injunction from United
states courts will not have very soothing
effect upon the direction Of cotton ship
rerts to New Orleans. This is mentioned
einonlv as a pointer in making I'D esti-
mates. how much to allow, If anything,
for this cause must be left to each man
judgment.
TIL So. COO contest is an express contract
to which The Constitution viii stand IN
every particular. Yet IT IS in Its nature
c,rnn,v an advertisement by which The
CONSTITUTION. combined with this paper
nav he made better known in this com
m1,ritv. Send us the subscription to The
CONSTITUTION and our paper at the adj
xarttsed price of the two and with it
vo,1r estimate on the New Orleans port
receipts. and we will forward all together
for YOU. On April list we trust a $3.50
check Will reach some of our subscribers
tn help make times even more easy
round about us.
The Weekly Constitution for 1900 will
he better than ever before. Its special
news features are unsurpassed. The Boer-
British war. the Philippine and Cuban
operations. the busy session Of the most
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
Manted-A An Idea e! : ::s Sc . sa'Rs

Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Leo
Keys Washington, d. c., for their 81 800 prise of1a1
Aad ust OF two hundred inventions wanted
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20

Some men are 20 busy telling what
they would do if they had an oppor-
tunity that the opportunity passes by
Anobserved.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
Democratic State Ticket.

For Governor:
WILLIAM w. HEARD,
OF Union.
For Lieut-G Governor:
A. EsToPINAL,
OF St. Bernard.
For Attorney General:
WALTER GUIoN,
Of Assumption.
For Secretary Of State:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
OF Orleans.
For Auditor:
w. 5. FRAzEE,
OF st. Landry.
For Treasurer:
l.. Z. SMITH,
OF Rapides.
For Sup't Education:
j. V. CALHOUN,
Oh Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
NOTICE.

The public is hereby warned no,
to hunt. cut timber, or trespass on
any land ow&sed by me, under pen
atty of the law.
March 5-'98. Sol ONION WISE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
The Best and Latest News
of the Whole World.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
NOTICE.
NOTICE.

The public is hereby notified not
to trespass on any Of my lands on
both sides Of Southwest Pass in Yer.
million and Iberia Parishes.
OzEME DITCH.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
The Twice-a-Week Picayune
The Picayufle

has made PERMANENT ARRANGE
MENTS with the NEW Y0Rk
HERALD, by which all the SPECIAL
TELEGRAPH SERVICE OF that
greatest OF all newspapers is placed
at our disposal for simultaneous pub
Hcatioa, thus experimenting and often
anticipating the Associated Press
news. and insuring TO the readers OF
both THE DAILY ana
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24
Farmers Institutes.

Much good Is being done through the
meeting of people interested IN agriculture
al what are known as farmers Institutes
A session was recently held at sunnyslde,
In Yakima county. and later another ses-
sion was held at Ri,rvilie. The meetings
are under the auspices OF the farmers OF
the community. and the leading part in
the discussions IL taken by members OF
the faculty Of the state agricultural coll
ieSs. who read valuable papers ON sE-
ricnltural topics and Join In the general
atter-discnssion In which the most Of
those present participate.
From the time the Institutes we're first
held the people Of the agricultural dis
trie;s have taken great interest in them,
ami with each succeeding year the at
tendance has been larger and the pro-
grammes more instructive and entertain.
ms The members Of the college faculty
handle their subjects In both a scientific
and practical way, and when their Ideas
are supplemented with those Of the
farmer who talks from experience. the
stock of information Of all those IN at
tendance is considerably added to. Much
is gained by an exchange OF ideas and It
an benefits the general agricultural In
terests Of the state
At the sunnysiie institute dairyins and
stock raising were the principal subjects
discussed. and there is no doubt much
valuable Information was gained by the
Yakima county people. who are so deeply
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24
BRYAN as A JOURNALIST.

Bryan ought to be the happiest man in
the United States with a newspaper all
his own to give expression to his views.
He may have larger audience than he
ever had before, but personal organ is
not likely TO improve his chances for
becoming president.-Whatcom Reveille.
Mr.. Bryans re-entrance into the field
of journalism and his announced deter
mination to continue the mental activity
that has characterized the distinguished
Democrat will be hailed with satisfaction
by his friends and jeered at by the men
who see no good in his ideas. Mr. Bryan
should be as successful in his second
newspaper venture as the average news
paper man. He Is resourceful, cour-
ageous and not dismnyed by temporary
defeat.-Spokane Spokesman Review.
He will doubtless have lots Of fun out
of the experiment and lots Of pleasure
at seeing his Headers" go out each week
to the thousands of appreciative subscribe
ers who will want to read them during
the first six months, but we predict that
his dream of making the paper a flnan-
cial success will fall as fiat as did the
dream OF the presidency. only that II will
fall much quicker. The day OF the ex-
ciusively political weekly as factor in
successful newspaper enterprise is long
past. and even Mr.. Bryan cannot resur-
rect it.-Salem Statesman.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24
Growing Balance OF Trade.

During the one hundred years immedi-
ately preceding the decade which is now
closing the United States. year by year.
was steadily adding to its Indebtedness In
Europe; for during nearly all OF that
time there was a yearly balance OF trade
against this country. The net excess Of
imports over exports for the 100 years
from 1850 to 1890 was six hundred milions
OF dollars During the present decade
that balance of trade against the United
states has been turned to a net balance
10000. And the greater part OF this in
crease has been made within the past four
years. The treasury bureau of statistics
reports that the exports OF the United
States for the first ten months OF the
calendar year are practically double what
they were for the corresponding months
OF the year 1884. The expectation OF man.
ufactured goods has increased nearly Is
per cent. over the corresponding period
OF last year. and has more than doubled
since 1886
II Is often stated that the United States
IS not singular in the prosperity which II
is enjoying at the present time: from
which the argument Is advanced that the
present prosperity in this country Is not
due in any measure to beneficial lsgisla-
tion. but is based upon precisely the same
conditions which have brought prosperity
10 other countries This does not seem to
be borne out by the facts disclosed in
this report. Our exports for the ten
months Increased sat .0o.0oo more than did
those Of Great Britain. From the figures
available it does not appear thar there
VAS any increase at all during the year
in the volume Of exports from Belgium,
France. Spain or Italy. In the case OF
Belgium. France. Spain. italy. Germany
and the United Kingdom. the imports for
the year are greater than the exports,
while in our case the exports vastly ex-
coed the imports. the excess for the ten
months ending with October being sass.-
eGs,sas, or a greater excess than in the
corresponding period Of any preceding
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24
WHERE THEY rEAnxED TO snoor.



We have remarkable natural practice
grounds here. and the government at
Washington now thoroughly understands
and appreciates their value 10 the United
States navy. and proposes 10 utilize them
TO the utmost. Here Is where the ON
GERS and men OF the Oregon learned To
handle the great guns OF that superb
fighting machine. preparatory to playing
the star role TN the destruction OF Ger
vera's fleet or Santiago: here Il where
the gunncrs OF the Iowa. Philadelphia,
Monterey. Monadnock. Remington. Con-
cord and many other vessels OF our navy
acquire that familiarity with their mighty
weapons Of warfare that makes them the
terror of the seas
This Is the summer rendezvous OF our
Pacific squadron. and here Is where IL
held the squadron drills, maneuyern.
sham battles. tactical ovolutions and
boat drills that give both officers and
men that perfect knowledge Of the ham
ding Of their ships that accounts for their
spieu1id proficiency In time % war
Yes. We are proud OF the fact that we
have every facility here to enable our
Uncle Samuel 70 give his warshIps the
training that win enable them to whip
the world
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24

year. and 4 greater excess than that of
any other country in the world. This ex-
cess for these ten months is substantially
one-quarter Of the net excess of exports
over imports during the past one hundred
and ten years.
From this it appears that the prosper
ity which the United States IS enjoying is
phenomenal and out of all proportion
greater than that of any other country.
1t is the one. country OF the civilized
world OF the first class which exports an
amount so enormously greater than its
imports: it is becoming the creditor ma
ton of the world. as wen as taking the
first rank in agriculture. in manufacture
ing, in mining and in fisheries. In every
respect save one. the showing of the
United States In material growth in the
closing days OF the century Is matter
of honest pride to every citizen of the
country: and it must be conceded that the
prosperity. which exceeds that OF every
other country. is based in great measure
upon the operation OF beneficial legisla-
tion.
The one respect in which the country
lags behind is in the ocean carrying
trade. The ssoo.ooo.o 900 which we pay annu-
ally into the pockets OF foreign ship
owners does not appear in any statement
OF imports and exports. The interest
charges paid abroad to foreign investors
in American securities, which also do not
appear in these tables. are being lowered
year by year. as those securities are be-
ing bought at home; but the payment to
foreign ship-owners will be an annual tax
upon the resources of the country until
measures are taken to restore American
shipping to the place which 1t occupied
when the century was young.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24

Thirteen dollars and half for q
pound of beefsteak looks high, hut this
is the necessary result Of paying S2.lfb
for steer. as was done Mt the fancy
cattle show in Chicago last week. That
Is the highest price in the worlds his
tory for a bullock, to go direct to
slaughter 1t would seem from this
transaction that II pays to raise fancy
cattle. and. incidentally. TO be good TO
them At this same sale fifteen beef
cattle were sold at $3.50 a hundred
pounds. and weighing. as they did. an
average of lisa pounds each. the total
price for the lot was. approximately,
$3.50. or $3.50 each. 1t has been the own
er's rule for several years not 20 employ
any man about his cattle who would
swear at them or use them roughly. He
maintains the cattle respond to civil
treatment, putting on more and better
beef. because of their freedom from
worry. The fact that this IL the top
notch price for lot of beef cattle and
more than twice the ruling market price
would seem to Justify this sentimental
conclusion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24
MORE TROUBLE FOR MR.. CLARK
MOntana's Moneyed Aspirant In Not
Yet I'm the Senate.
New York Times


IL Is pain that Mr.. Clark, OF Montana,
Is not to be allowed to get into the United
states senate without more trouble than
ne mad expected. The alert ana untiring
senator from New Hampshire has In ef-
rect given notice that any new application
VIII be considered In the light OF the facts
brought out In the Inquiry into the first
election.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Clark
when it became certain that he would not
be admitted, because OF the methods he
had adopted to secure his seat, resigned
from the senate, and that he then held
that this action took the whole matter en-
tirely out OF the jurisdiction OF the senate.
Mr.. Chandler thinks otherwise 1t Is
greatly to be hoped that Mr.. Chandler Is
correct as to theslaw. He undoubtedly Is
as to the need Of protecting the senate
from Mr.. clark's participation in its coun-
sells. The question IN which the people OF
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-24

The late Michael q. Mulhall. the cele-
brated statistician, during his life gained
more fame than any other man who ever
took up a work Of similar character. Null
hall professed that he was able to talk
about figures. and predicted in the North
American Review that the population Of
the United States in 1900 would be 7s,aoO,-
600. when the census bureau announced
that the population was 7s,296Ooo It was
demonstrated that the statistician knew
what he was talking about.