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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

as health recruiting station and san
itarium where journalists run down by
overwork, late hours and nervous strain
may rest and recuperate In the libra
ries and writing rooms ConVaiesceats
may continue their work The ample
grounds will be fitted with stables for
horseback riding. running tracks, golf
links and all manner Of athletic appli-
anees. Newspaper men and women Will
also have the privilege of spending their
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

act opera, which in the gratitude Of his
heart he dedicated to his generous pa
iron. Count de Lardsrel Meanwhile
the latter had sent his protege 70 Pom
chielh, director OF the famous Milan
conseTvatoire. His letter or introduce
ton won the young man a hearing.
which resulted in his being accepted as
a pupil He was put under the especial
care Of Saladino and was doing quite
well when he suddenly abandoned his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

There IS very little rainfall IN any q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
ZEB WHITES TALE.
THE OLD HUNTERS STORY OF A
CRlTTER LOOKING FOR BLOOD.

He Tells How u CnntanLerous Nan
Was Suddenly Put to Flight After
Being Beaten Beyond Expectations
by Zeb's Good Wife.
copyright, 1902 by c. E. Lewis.l
80 NE October day Zeb White,
q the possum hunter of Ten
w. nessee. took me along with
him when he went the rounds
Of his wocdchuck traps, and as we
were coming home he told me this sto-
ry:
II worked 50 hard fur three or TO
Vars arter the wah that l got all run
down and couldn't skassly git about
Thar was days when l felt purity we'll
and days when l jest sot around ana
hadn't strength huff to move outdoahs.
That same var Il critter named Pike
moved into the nayburhood. He was
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02

yo' to be pulverized. Mebbe l won't
do no mo- than chaw yo'r ears off and
cripple yo' fur life, but I'll DO that
much fur shore. Cum outer yor hole
and stand up to me like 4 man.
Jest about the time he begun to
holler my ole woman begun to git outer
her clothes and inter mine.
"'What 20 gwine to do? sez l.
"'Gwiue out to wallop that critter
or die. seq she.
"'But yo' ar q woman, and he's
powerful fighter
"Zeb White, yo' snugglc down and
keep quiet. He's cum fur Il fight. He's
bin promised one and has to hev it.
AS yo' can't fight him, l shall and I'm
a-feelin' that tie Lord will put 4 jaw
bone inter my hand to slathcr him.
1T wasn't no use to talk to her.
When she got dressed up, she looked
like man, and as she stood III the
door that varmint cracked his heels
together and crowed like Il rooster. l
Jest had the strength to git to the win
der. and l saw all that took place.
When the feller had crowed and crack
ed, he yelled out:
"'Aly forty eighth victim ar now be-
fo' me to be chawed. Speak up, Zeh
White, and tell me which ear yo'd
rather Id begin on to git up my appe-
tite. Whoop, whoOp-ee!
"And about the fght?' I asked, as
Zeb was silent for several minutes.
1T was full Of surprises" he an
swcred. That varmint was only
blowhard arter ALL The ole woman
walked around bin two or three times
and then sailed in. He hollered at the
fust jump and tried to git away, but
she wouldn't let him. She scratched,
kicked and pulled ha'r, and when she
finally let up on him he wouldn't hev
looked wuss if half a dozen bars had
played with him. I've seen heap Of
men walloped, but he was the wallop-
eldest man of the hull lot.'
"And he didn't know it was q wo-
man" I asked.
"Ncyer knowed it till he got home
and his own wife examined the claw
marks and the bites. The story got
around, and purity soon he had to jest
pull up and move away. He had bin
licked by woman, and it was the
wuss lckin' he ever got"
"And how did Mrs. White come out
Of it,"
"She didn't git scratch. but I've
allus bin sorry about it."
For what reason?"
"Waal." said Zeb as he turned his
face away from me. ''befo' that fight
she was a mighty humble woman and
left all the bossin' to me. Sence then
e's-She's"-
"Shc's rot so humber
"Jest SC: jest got the idea that she
kin wai!oD me. same rs she did him.
and thar ar days when she's all ready
to male Il try at it. Spiles 4 woman to
git such noshuns in her head-of co'se
it does"
And an hour after we got home that
evening overheard her saying to him:
"Now, Zeb White, yo' git me up a
heap of firewood by the back doah to-
morrer or take the consequences. and
I'm tellin' yo' that them same conse-
quences will make yo'r back ache fur a
hull month to cum." NJ. QUAD.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
A wideawakc Boy.

When General Grant was a boy. his
mother one morning found herself
without butter for breakfast and sent
him to borrow some from Il neighbor.
Going. without knocking. into the
house Of a neighbor, whose son was
then at West Point, young Grant over
heard letter read from the son stat
inc that he had failed in examination
and was coming home. He got the
butter, took it home and, without wait
inc for breakfast, ran down to the Of
fee of the congressman from that dis
trict.
"N1r. Hamar," he said, "will you ap-
point me to West Point?"
"No. So-and-so is there and has
three years to serve"
But suppose he should fail, will you
send me?"
Mr.. Hamar laughed. "If he doesn't t
20 through, no use for you to try"
promise you'll give me cnance'
Mr.. Hamar, anyhow
Mr.. Hamar promised. The next day
the defeated lad came home, and the
congressman laughed at Uly's sharp
ness and gave him the appointment.
"Now," said Grant, lit was my
mothers being out of butter that MADE
me general and president"
But it was his own shrewdness to see
the chance and promptness to seize 1t
that urged him upward.--Christian AL
yOcate
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
FOR THE CHILDREN
The Story of q Squirrel.

Have YOU ever been fortunate enough
to watch the antics of q squirrel i'll =
cage?
Of course every boy knows the sQuir-
rel Of the woods and how induStriously
he provides against the coming Of
rainy day, which in his case means the
times of year when the gathering Of
nuts is impossible. He has been known
to store quantities of nuts away in tree
trunks, and sometimes naughty boys
have been known to steal from the
busy squirrel-actually steal his supply
of nuts-bccause it is too much trouble
to emulate the squirrels industry.
But started to tell you the story OF
q tame squirrel in 4 cage. y lady has
one, a lady who does not live very far
from New York, and she says the dear
little creature causes her a great deal
of amusement by his pranlls. She has
laughed uproariously to see him III his
good sized cage, racing about in it and
making a noise like the running OF
typewriter. This particular squirrel is
~ feet long tail included, and yet he
manages to squeeze himself through
the smallest holes. If you give him q
paper, he will take it in his forepaWs
like a boy and crumple it up and poke
it forward into the disk of his cage, so
that he may make more comfortable
bed. Then after it he will crawl. He
seems to prefer sleeping here because
the disk is on a rack inside the cage,
and he can get more air. The squirrel
hasn't been out Of the cage yet. His
owner expects to see him perform
great antics when he is allowed to ven
ture forth.
Already he eats hickory nuts a great
deal, as we should have to eat them II
we were in his place. His teeth are
very long, and he bites into the nut un-
til it cracks Then he spits out the
shell. Altogether he is very bright
little creature, and no one could help
loving him.-C. E. Sinner in Brooklyn
Ea@le
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02

All of the State candidates favor
the dispensary law.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02

disease. One false step, one mistake,
and the attack comes swift and sudden.
The mistake which commonly opens the
way for an attack by disease is neglect
Of the symptoms of stomach trouble.
When eating is followed by undue full
ness, belchings, sour or bitter risings,
ETC., disease is attacking the stomach.
The best way to Illustrate such an at
tack is to use DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. 1t cures diseases of the
stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition, and makes the body
strong and healthy.
rI was suffering very much with my head and
stomach writes Mrs w. c. Gill, of Weldon,
Shelby Co., Ala, Uhead was SO dizzy when I
would raise up i'll bed would fall right back.
Could eat but very little, in fact scarcely any
thing there seemed to be heavy weight i'll my
stomach so 1 could not rest; had to belcll very
often and would voIn;t up nearly everything
ate was i'll a bad condition. took four bot
ties of DR.. P:arce's Golden Medical Discovery
and five of his Favorite Prescription and am
now we'll and hearty. / feel like a new woman
and give Dr. Pierces medicines credit for It all.
had taken medicine from physicians without
any benefit as could see"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt OF stamps
to pay expense Of mailing only. Send
21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered
book, or 81 stamps for the cloth-bound.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02

cn the field Of Gettysburg July 2, 1897,
at the unveiling of the statue erected
by the state Of Minnesota to commem-
crate the charge made there by the
First regiment of Minnesota infantry
volunteers on July ., 1868. In one
sense it was a funeral grafton, from
which / quote the following excerpts:
How lovingly Peace. enrobed in her
imperial mantle Of golden harvests,
1eigns over this delicious landscapes!
The refulgent armor of war now rusts
beneath our feet. The cannon. that we
see here in position among the ranks
which sleep in the invincible array of
death are silent forever. Peace now
holds an unbroken sway over our dear
land. And yet 81 years ago today she
fed affrishted from this scene. The
fiery chariots of war were reaping here
her fields and were gathering harvest
Of men into that tabernacle Of never
ending rest wherein all grains and
fruits and flowers and men and all liv-
ing things must be garnered at last.
''Nearly 100000 men fronted each
other here. Neither WaCed 4 war Of
foreign invasion. They were brothers,
deeply augcred. But that brotherhood
was an assurance Of fraternal reunion
at some time when war should cease
and the resistlcss forces Of reconcilia-
ton should assert themselves, as they
have done, thanks be to him who has
guided and protected this nation"
CHAMP CLARK.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
# the Baby is Cutting Teeth.

Be sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
sllays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhea.
twenty-five cents bottle.
It is the best Of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
The Best Liniment for Strains.

Mr.. II. F. Wells, merchant at
Deer Park, Long Island. n. Y, says:
Il always recommend Chamberlain $
Pain Balm as the best liniment for
strains. fused it last winter for a
severe laneness in the side, result
ing from a strain, and was greatly
pleased with the quick relief and
cure it Effected" For sale by j. b.
Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
Poisoning the System.
worry!

1t is through the bowels that the
body is clesnsed of impurities. Con-
stipstion keeps these poisons IN the
system, causing headache, dulness
and melancholia at irst then un-
slightly eruptions and finally serious
illness unless a remedy is applied.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers pre-
vent this trouble by stimulating the
liver and promote easy, healthy action
of the bowels. These little pills do
not act violently but by strengthen
ing the bowels enable them to per-
form their own work. Never grippe
or distress. J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02

Demagogues govern some com
munities and demijohns rule others.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
Romance In Short.

Romance In Short.
Contemplation;
Alteration;
Gallant thinks her greaD.
Preparation;
Decoration;
Off to learn his fate.
Palpitation,
Trepidation
On the lovers side.
Desperation,
Osculation;
Now she Is his bride!
Canadian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

There are now 2l4 gushers in the
Beaumont Ill field. During the
year past 81, 7s9 cars of OIL. repre-
senting 3,492.274 barrels, have heen
shipped. If the cars carrying this oil
were made into one train, it would
have a length of 273 miles. Besides,
there are now stored in tanks in
Beaumont 5000, 900 barrels, and
the amount wasted added to this
would increase the amount 1000
900 baY-els. The oil field at Beaumont
is a big proposition, *ahd NEAR I'M
limited fuel for manufacturing pur-
poses. The south, especially Louisiana
and Texas have vast possibilities
industrialIy because of this discovery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

That western Louisiana is not
entirely without a friend in congress
is shown by the fact that Senator
Murphy j. Foster went before the
senate committee M day last week
and made a strong presentation of
the claims of Calcasieu Pass urging
that the appropriation be raised from
$4,000 to $207, 900. The people in
this part OF the state have long waited
for some Louisiana congressman to
show that be could take his eyes off
OF New Orleans and New Orleans
intrests long enough to bestow a
thought or two on the western portion
of Louisiana. The interest which
Senator Foster has manifested in this
goes to prove that he is
a man of large enough calibre to fit
represent the entire state. He
has made many friends by his course,
who trust he will continue to be the
senator not of New Orleans merely
but of the entire state of Louisiana
Lake Charles Weekly American.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
E., p. IURNE1
Saved Many IN Time.

Don't neglect coughs and colds even if
it is spring. Such cases often result seri-
ously at this Season just because people
are careless. A dose of One Minute Cough
Cure will remove all danger. Absolutely
safe. Acts t'once. Sure cure for coughs,
colds. Group, grip, bronchitis, and other
throat and lang troubles 'I have used
One Minute Cough Cure several years"
says Postmaster G. 0. Dawson, Barr, Ill.
'It is the very best cough medicine on
the market. 1t has saved me many a Sc
we're spell of sickness and ! warmly rec
ommend it," The children's fayorite. A
j GODDARD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

For the Annual Reunion United
Confederate Veterans to be held at
Dallas, Texas, Apr. 22nd to 25th,
inclusive, 1902. The Texas & Pacific
Railroad Company will sell round
trip tickets from stations on its line
in Louisiana at exceeding low rates
in fact at lower rates than have been
announced to Dallas for a long time.
Tickets will be sale from points in
Louisiana April 18th, both, and 21st,
1902, limited for return to leave
Dallas, April Both, 1902, with privilege
of extention to May 10Th, provided
tickets are deposited with Joint Agent
at Dallas on or before April both, and
a fee of fifty cents is paid at time Of
deposit. Tickets are limited for con-
tinuous passage in each direction, but
for the benefit Ct those desiring to
visit other points in Texas, special
rate of one and one-third will be sold
Apr. 25th and 26th, with final limit for
return May oath. These side trip
tickets will permit s%top-oVers at any
point both going from and returning
to Dallas. Any one of our Agents will
be glad to arrange for sleeping
car accommodations and explain to
you'any points connected with the
trip, or we will be glad to have you
write direct to us for further infor-
nation.
E. P. Turner,
General Passenger Agent,
H. p. HUGHEs, Dallas,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Fl. Worth Texas. ap22
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
A minister once called at the office

A minister once called at the office
of the New York Tribune and insisted
on seeing Horace Greeley. He was
getting subscriptions fora temperance
society. Failing to get into the busy
editors private office, he called out,
sEMr. Greely | want to get 8 subscrip-
ton from flor the society to prevent
people from going to hell!" "Clear
out" answ cred Greely. II Wal not
give you a cent. There is mot half
enough people going to hell now"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

Every garden should have a corner
devoted to flowers grown for the pnr-
pose of cutting. The best flowers for
this purpose are sweet peas, sweet
alyssum, scabiosa, aster, ten-weeks
stock, calliopsis, phlox, nasturtiums
and Marguerite carnations .-Eben
e. Rexford, in the April Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
Fine Stock Ranch for Sale.

Ore of the most desirable stock
farms in Louisiana all under fence,
well supplied with water and abund-
ance OF ~pasturage. Nearly 5000
acres all in one body, running from
Cheniere au Tigre to Fresh Water
Bayou. For particulars apply to
ROBERT HILLEBRANDT,
Abbeville, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

For a first of April dance, among
the real dainties at supper there should
be chocolate cream bonbons stuffed
with cotton. button-moulds, and little
cakes with colored icing which covers
round pill-boxes filled with -four.
April Ladies' Home Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
I'm His LeftE.As.

For alfkinds of sores, burns, bruises or
other wounds DeWitt's Witch HazleSalve
is Il sure cure. Skin diseases yield to it at
once Never failsin case OF piles. Cooling
and healing. None genuine but DeWitt's.
Beware OF connterfeits Il suffered for
many years from a sore caused lsy II gun
shot wound in my left leg" says A. s.
Fuller. English. Ind. 1T would not heal
and gave memuch trouble. / used all
kinds of remedies to no purpose until /
DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve. A few
boxes completely cured me-" Al GODDARD
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

The girl who thinks all the men
lawful NICE" that the other girls are
all looking ''too sweet for anything"
who '~'loves'' dancing, usually has a
good time-provided she is sincere.
April Ladies' Home Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

Hunger frequent cause ~restlessness
and wakefulness This often may be
avoided by taking a glass Of milk
preferable hot, bat not boiled, or a
cup of cocoa, or even a light sandwich
before going to bed.-April Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
Notice To Trespassers

/ hereby forbid any one to tresspass o.
my lands.fn Vermili0n parish, Loulsianss
in any way, shape, form or manner Welt;
soever, Any person or persons ealsns
trespassing on said premises w1iIDe piso
ecuted to the full extent of the lay.
Abbeyille, La, Deccmber22. 1900.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
A Raging, Roaring Flood

Washed down a telegraph line which
Chas. 9. Ellis, OF Lisbon Ia. had to repair,
standing waist deep in icy water" he
writes, gave me a terrible cold and
cough. 1t grew worse daily, Finally the
best doctors in Oakland. Neb., Sioux City
and Omaha said / had Consumption
Kings New Discovery and was wholly
cured by six bottles" Positive guaran-
teed. for Co gh, colds and all Throat and
Lung troubles by A. J. GODDARD. Price SOC
and S1.00.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
HIS Easy TO Feel Good.

Countless thousandshaye found a bless
Pills, which positively curedConstipation,
Sick Headache. Dizziness Jaundlce, Ma
laria, Fever and Ague and all Liver and
Stomach trouble. Purely vegetables; never
grippe or weaken. Only 25c at AL. GODDARD
drug store.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
A Peculiar Fault.

j V. Curtin, who for some years has
been III the drug business at Lufkin.
Texas. wrote to the manufacturers of a
certain well known laxative and stomach
remedy as follows: THE only tron Ole
with your medicine is that it did not last
long enoungh. Send me one-half gross
DR. CalawelPs Syrup Pepsin. quick" This
remedytis sold in two sizes, SOC and 81, by
A J GODDARD add is guaranteed to cure.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
Bob Couldn't Have stood, 1t

If he'd had itching Piles. They're ter
brible annoying; but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will cure the worst cass of piles on
earth. 1t has cured thousands. For In
best sa1ve in the world. Price 25c q box
Cure guaranteed. Sold by A. J.. GODDARD
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
NE An Immune.

AS by vaccination you may become i'm
mune or safe from smallpox, so by taking
DR. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin you will be-
come immune from constipation, bilious
ness, dyspepsia, and all stomach and
bowel troubles. SOC and S1.00 bottles.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The two men who carried my point
"er dog ''Spot' away in a buggy from
the corner opposite Colomb's baker
shop will please return him at once and
thereby avoid further trouble and ex-
,pense, as their names are known to
tme. RoBT. HILLEBRaNT.
Abbeville, La, March, l, 1902. If.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
State of louisiana, !
Parish of Vermiliou. (

State of Louisiana,
Parish Of Vermilion.
Hereby certify that the within alla
foregoing is a true and correct copy q
the original Act of Incorporation ollne
Abhsville Light, Power and WaseI
Works Company, Ltd, as passed ".
fore me and filed for registry 10 lle
Recorders Office of the Parish Of YER
million, LID.
A~~1 Attest:
SEAL. GEO. w. SUMMERS
(~~S Notary Public.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19
ARTICLE FIFTH.

All the corporate powers of this cor
-poration shall be vested in a Board of
Three Directors, each of whom shah
own at least five shares of stock in his
own name, to be elected annually on
the first Tuesday in May of each year.
the first election to be in 1908.
Notice OF each election shall be sent
by the Secretary by mail at least ten
days before said election.
Two Directors shall constitute q
quorum for the transaction of any bust
ness At any meeting Of Directors n
absent Director may be represented by
proxy TO any other Director.
The Bosrd of Directors shall have
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-19

The domicile of said corporation
shall be in the town of Abbeyille, Stare
of Louisiana, and all citations or other
legal process shall be served upon the
President of said corporation, OF in his
absence upon the Secretary OF the cor
pUration.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-10
who Am II

Who am I? is game which occa-
sions great fun and 1t entails very
little trouble on the part of the host
ess-only that of preparing a number
of slips of paper equal to that OF her
guests and writing on them the names
of various we'll known people.
When the game is to be played the
hostess pins one of these names to the
hack of each of the guests, so that
every one may be able to read VINO
every one else personifies, but each is
ignorant as to his or her supposed
identity. Each player asks who am
I? of the others, who in reply oe'
scribe the appearance of some other
characteristic of the person represent
ed. It adds to the fun OF those VINO
fail to discover their supposed lden-
tity have to pay forfeits, or, instead
of this. two prizes may be given, the
first to the one who first guesses his
character and "booby" prize for the
last. The difficulty in guessing usu
ally consists in the divergent opinions
expressed about even the best know
politicians, artists and actors OF tn
present day.