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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

We learn that preparations are
beiug made to bore for oil on either
the Splanne or Burr places, three
miles from town. The Haywood
Company, prominent operators in the
Beaumont oil fields, are at the head
OF the project, and it is safe to say
that if there is any oil round these
sparts, a gusher is due in the near
future.-Opelousas Courier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

The city power plant has been
unable to get the necessary supply of
oil fuel, after adjusting its furnaces
for the use of same. Coal has been
returned to as the fuel. In conse-
quence a little iocandescent lamp has
replaced the arc lamps for street
lighting. Many of the streets are
now without lights at all.-Iberian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

The United States Export Associa.
ton, OF New York, is sending out
circular letters and literature 10 IA
Vor OF a reciprocity treaty with Gu
ga and asking the people to write
tnelr Senators and member of Con-
gress if they are favorable to the
measure. A big efforts is to be
made and money is being spent free
" advertising in order to have the
uuty removed from imports from
Cuba. This will let in the cbeap
sugar and rice from that country and
VIII orlng ruin to two of the indus
1les OF this section. It will not hurt
'ne sugar trust as it has already
sought up the Cuban plantations and
- rec sugar. The planters are
De the only ones that will suffer
'ne measure goes through. If we
~' 70 nave protection it is but fair
'A'' 'ne planter should be benefited
= well as the manufacturer. Don't
.iAAe war on the farmer, United
o'ates Export Association. Yeu tbus
ass'ioy the goose that laid the golden
81 4na paralyze the real producers
'"i'n on whom we all depend.
: you get one of these circulars and
sfle your Congressman tell him to
s,. sae farmer a show and vote
Sssaaast ae measure.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

Myrtle Grove Plaquemines parish
sugar factory completed operations
for this season last Monday at 4 an.
The remarkable result Of 9,999.162
pounds was reached at that time and
the 1000, 900 Id. limit will be easily
gotten from the juice on hand in the
tanks, etc.-PlaQuemines Protector.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

Weather is balmy and mild this
week. The farmers are putting in
Their best ticks at the pillow and other
preparations for the great rice crop
of 1902, which promises to be way
beyond all previous records.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25
Blown to Afoaus.

Tire old idea that the body sometimes
needs a powerful, drastic. ~pnrgative pill
has been exploded; for DR. Kings NewLife
Pills, which are perfectly harmless, gently
stimulate liver and bowels to expel pol
absolutely cure Constipation and Sick
Headache Only Csc ut A JtGodard's drug
store
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25
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without the evil effects. Pleasant 20
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ness. constipation, Indigestion. sick
headache, clears the complexion and
prevents malarial poison. Price. IS cts.
per bottle. Sold and guaranteed by A.
J GODDARD. Abbeyille. La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

Orange trees were badly injured by
the cold spell on December IA to 81.
Only the very hardy japanese varie-
ties withstood the severe freezes and
they have lost their foliage.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25
1t GfrdIes tR,e sssohe.

The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Saive. as
the best in the world. extends round the
earth It's the one perfect healer OF Cuts,
Corns, Burns. Bruises, Sores. Scalds. Boiis,
Felonf, Aches Pains and all Skin
Only infallible Pile cure &c
a box at A J Godard's
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25

The Police Jury has agreed to pay
one-half the cost Of a sidewalk to
be built around the Courthouse, the
town to pay the other half. Thus
the good work goes merrily on.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-01-25
MA,.o
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the remedy that cures a cold I'm ONE day

The main wires for the electric
are being strung and it is SAID
the lights will be turned on the first
of next month.
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Dust is becoming quite Il nuisance
nee more; something q litlleuaasuat
here in January.
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Pl BI.IC ATIO<S.

Continued on Eleventh Page.
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Mr.. Breakspeare's Mozart.

Eustace J. Breakspeare, author Of -Musi-
cal Tsthetics." has written a volume en-
titled Mozart" IL. r. Dutton h Coz. II
is not a very large book. which is encourag
ing. Il is handsomely made and excel
kently illustrated with reproductions Of
wel-known pictures OF Mozart and Salz-
burg, his birthplace. On the whole, it is
wel-meaning book and ought to be Of
some Use There is an exhaustive life Of
Mozart in three volumes by Otto Jain.
II In a monument to German patience and
industry and IL the standard work Of
reference in all matters pertaining TO the
life and works Of the marvellous musical
genius who burst upon astonished Europe
in the middle Of the eighteenth century
Mr. Breakspeare has been wise enough to
lean heavily on this work, and he CRATE
fully Acknowledges the assistance it has
given TO him.
Az to all matters Of fact. therefore. this
oompendious view Of the career Of Mozart
Ia Trustworthy. A well-made digest Of
the leading facts was needed Only am
bilious students OF musical history ever
take the time to read Jahn's work 4
small book 10 a good thing to have. tvon
more important. however. for the average
music lover Ii q well-considered and H.
Illuminating view Of Mozart's music. This
composer il especially hard for Young
devotees OF the tone art to appreciate be-
cause OF the sunny simplicity and emo
tional clarity OF his music. The case of a
young person whose acquaintance with
musical performances began ten or fifteen
Year, ago Ia peculiar. He was plunged
into the midst of sternly dramatic and
radically unlyric performances of German
opera. His conceptions Of high musical
art were formed on the turbulent emo
tional tone pictures Of Wagner. In the
concert room he heard the mood studies
Of Chopin, Schumann. Beethoven. Brahms,
Tschalkowsky. and little later the har-
monte riddles Of Richard Strauss.
To confront this young person suddenly
with the music Of Mozart, in which-out-
aide Of his operas-the note Of human
passion is almost silent, while the bird
like song Of frank and hearty musical
beauty Is continually sung for its own
sake, is to make him wonder why critics
describe this man as an immortal master
Mr.. Breakspeare has devoted a large por.
ton OF his book TO the exploitation OF Mo-
xart's music, and he has discharged his
duty commercially. This part Of his work
will serve music lovers well. The author
treats each class Of works with great care
and writes with much detail about each
Of the operas. His book would have had
Q distinctly higher value, however. had
he given some space to the construction OF
Q historical perspective. A bird-eys
view Of the growth and development Of
the forms in which Mozart worked and q
careful consideration Of the progress of
the romantic spirit in music would have
done much to aid the reader in under
standing why Mozart's instrumental work,
are deficient in emol ional expressiveness
and why his operas cling to old-fashioned
forms and methods. But "a whole the
book is good.
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much-he would have got the woman.
II must be very uncomfortable to be born
with such frightful will But l do not
love him. I have told him that do not
love him"
When they we're married in September.
that was all changed. She loved him
exuberantly--w had thought, from certain
symptoms in him. too much. II is not
in mans nature TO enjoy haing loved with a
solici'ous intensity that runs 10 melancholy
and TO disposition 10 supervise him over
much. We had looked for no further plot
when Herwin began 10 show signs Of un-
easiness. and when he marked in a book
a line which declared: "Only a saint can
endure a wearing woman" Marina dis
covered the marked line and took the hint
and We said 10 ourselves that she wa, act :
ing wisely when he had gone TO Uruguay
and she wrote in her diary: Il have written
many letters TO him, but have not sent one
yet" We thought that his irritation would
pass away under the solace Of silence and
neglect. We knew more about his case.
however, when We found the doctor pre-
scribing atropine for him,
They brought him back and nursed him
tenderly, and their help and his own ex-
cellent constitution enabled him to van
quish the morphine habit finally. After
that he was not irri'ated by Marina and
Marina was not hurt by him. She gave
him her diary 10 read-her diary contain
ing those same confessions and called
by her The Hook Of the Heart" There
we're some queer things in IT for hus-
bands reading, hut he stood the shock.
II was an offset for his marked line only
a saint can endure a wearing woman"
Marina was too beautiful and too clever
ever really to he wearing. With the NOR
phne clouds gone, he saw things justly.
He had the literary perception and it is
certain that he found The Book Of the
Heart" interesting reading. We are sure
that the reader will find II the same thing.
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NEW BOOKS.
Continued from Ninth Page.

that you are in a groove too-a groove so
narrow ard so deep that you'll never get
out. You have no JOY in nature; you have
no jov In yourself; you have no JOY in God.
You look AZ a flower or "A weed, and you
say it, beautiful or ugly. a. you think;
you look nv noble animal or great forest,
or a scarc, sunset and you see nothing bu,
the thing '.clf Yop do not see God in
anything; you have no religion. You be-
long To some Church. probably, because
your father does or your mother does, or
your sreat-grandmothe did before you
we're born, and If you were asked what
YOU believe or what your Church believes
you couldn't tell. You can't be alone
an hour without being bored. You have
TO be amused like child
But this was not really a. bad for the
young man a. il seemed. for they got lost
in the forest and had 20 STAY there all night.
and in the moonlight something OF par
ticular and eternal interest came 10 pass
"She turned quickly upon his breast. !
love you'll love you,' he breathed. His
lips were upon hers. 'Sidonie- i know.
Her arms wen, in sweet abandon about
his throat Her words were like the note
OF love bird when IL is alone with It's mate
And | love you oh, the deep silence
OF the midnight forest. In those deeTs
e.. 49,. suaro.s !, sound Eyervtbing
s.L. ,h.. go 20 ,h. ,io,o, be,vep that
- 90 ,h.r, ,ho ,r,sses IN tho wind
that LAYS it's cool length upon them. In
marsh places the tall green swords Of the
,vI.. l.sb sof,lv toge,b.r The broad
,.Ir,s ~ ,ho yin. manic clas, and cling
,oa.,h.r, ,ha yelyo, tons Of tba frs move
RI v.bm;callv IN and fro. the mines wbisper
.Sidonie Sidonie, cannot
ne,rv ro,' Tba words struggled from
rim Il kneu that said the girl. simplv
= have FOL, !, all the summer Bn, il does
not tale this hour from u.s. He
LEANED his mouth down upon hers, and
pyessed il there. motionless. and prayed
s,,en,lv a choke in his throa, that
mus, have shaken tho very angels. So
thev sat. until pres.,,,I y there came a white
Skinner along the tons 81 the trees 1t
Is tho dawn. brea,hed the girl. stirring
bapnilv. as a bird Docs in ,,- nes, Now
= 80 6,d III. v.av | Ln,u- vbere tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-01

II in the love affairs OF Joseph in Egypt
that the author has ina gned and narrated.
There are az much fiction and fun in Alex
andre Dumas's stores OF his travels as there
are in his romances. His travels are well
worth translating and Miss katherine
Prescott Wormeley has undertaken the
task. The first volume. THE Speronara-
little. Brown d Coz. deals with sou, hern
Italy and Sicily We regret that Miss
Wormeley in her preface takes Dumas's
magniloquent preface so seriously. There il
little Of travel and great deal Of anecdo,e
in his voyages and the translator might
have noticed how he makes fun OF him.
self and Of his readers. Excellent trans
lator that she is, Miss Worrneley seems TO
nod here, The name of the hook she trans
! lates is lie Speronare. which is the Italian
name, and in the preface she goes into an
elaborate and incorrect explanat ion of the
"Messa geries Maritimes, with which every
Mediterranean traveller is familiar All
he same. despite the abrdgment, it il
Dumas, and good Dumas that she offers.
spoiled child Of the utmost beauty
and little or no principles is racked 10 death
for the dedication Of the reader in Rich
ard Wyndham." by Frances Gordon Fame
&C. W. Dillingham; Company Her name,
Bebe, suggests Ouida az the authors guild
ing star and the morals and views Of life
do not dissipate the impression The
hero is sternly proper young man who
is made duly happy at the end.
Life in the slums. as elsewhere, has its
mean and sordid side. and that Eliza Arm
strong Bengough has chosen 20 exhibit
in The Talk Of the Town" applet ons,
There is no moral 10 he drawn from il .
no good 10 be derived from il. II simply
demonstrates that the mean side and the
pettiness of wel-to-do middle-c class life
can be found just as we'll in the tenemen's
il you look for it, We suppose this is
realism. but We have read equally dis
agreeable stories that AZ least tried TO point
some moral
young woman whose relatives and
acquaintances are an insuferably I'M
pleasant set Of people tries slum life in
London and becomes the heroine Of Life,
the Interpreter by Phyllis Bottome Gong-
mans, Green h Co.., The conversations
may he true tn life; If so, We are thankful
that we are not a. the British are. Alb
horrent as our woman's Fighters and women
with missions may he. they are angels
compared with the women portrayed here
Prof. James Mark Baldwin Of Prince, on
has practically completed his monumental
work. the Dictionary Of Philosophy and
Psychology" Macmillans,. The text ends
with the second volume, now before us
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Among FISHERS and wrecker

In A Daughter of the Sea" tThomas
Y. Crowrll 4 Coz Amy lie Feuvre has writ
ten a story which, while i, is no, prima-
rily intended for the Sunday-school library.
would no, b" greatly out Of place in one,
Una Car,cr,t is the heroine and she has
been reared in a fishing village, where
the inhabitants are all wreckers Of the
worst type. She is a headstrong. i'm
pulsive. indepen dent girl, and when her
guardian returns from foreign parts and
hands her over to be the wife Of man she
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-01
4 Trasicai Welsh story by an American.

In The Searchers,' by Margaretta
Byrde Funk 4 Wagnalls Company. We
have a story that begins with realistic
gent eness in the Daily Star newspaper
Office in Davidsport Wales, and runs to
tragic and melodramatic consequences.
On pag. ia we find the beautiful Eve Bray
ton trying to confess an early indscretion
to the Rev. Hope Goodwin 1t was not easy
to confess. We read: He waited then,
But the Secret lay. dead thing. vet hold
ing by fbrous hands 10 its dark. dense
lair II would not be expelled. Again and
again she strove 10 speak, but her breath
failed and the Thing slipped back Again
and again she drove II forward. but the
moment the day met IL il skunk back more
Mortified than before at its own being.
He waited patiently and pityingly. I
was seventeen she said at last Such a
child. said he. Such a child she re-
peated"
II had occurred seven years before.
The man in the case was Dick Benson,
now an artist on the Daily Star and en-.
gagged TO he married 10 Spring Lindsfarne.
.editress" Of the ladies Supplement
Of that newspaper These four are the
chief characters Of the story. Mr.. God
win and Eve came 10 he in love with each
other. and il seemed as though all the
searchers had found what they wanted
and were in the way to he happy, when
Eve and Benson met again and much trouble
resulted
Spring went 10 the village Of Beath 10
report hanging She treated Il edit orally.
BY dinner time every one had read in the
star passionate attack upon the anachron-
ism. the futility, and the inhumanity Of
capital punishment II was In a new column
much liked Ivy habitual readers. head
FROM the Woman's Point Of View, and was
entitled Thumbs Down There were
comments upon the article, Il wonder
she was allowed TO say this said DR. Heriot
to he Rev. Mr.. Goodwin But isn't it
womaniv'" very" responded Mr.. Good
win Well. what's wrong with III? Heriot
was always impatient with imperoeption.
We'll have capital punishment. or some
thing worse. until We have Christ. replied
Hope. with sorrowful conviction"
The story has many passages that this
one will we'll illustrate. Al the last Eve and
Benson persisted In fire. Eve was sleeping
under the influence Of an opiate admin list cred
by Mr.. Goodwin. Mr.. Godwin's father. a
drunkard, act the house aflre. A great ST
Bernard dog belonging to Eve discovered
him at this dreadful work What was COM
ing up the starr Fire? No. Oh,
it was worse than hre--the dog. the dog
Those fierce eyes. that huge form-the dog
The old inebriate was killed by the dog and
his body was consumed in the flames 81 the
burning house. Spring and Mr.. Goodwin
were left mourning for those they loved.
But the story contains more than these
two sombre passages II has pleasant
humor and interesting and effective descrip-
ton and characterization. The publishers
notice says that the author is an American
resident in Scotland.
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barely knows. the results are at first far
from encouraging But the new husband
loves his young wife, and so there is hope
for the future. Una joins certain fisher
folk. who have become Christians. in build
ing lfeboat This craft is kept in a secret
place and il snatches some lives from the
jaws of death.
OF course the wreckers are deeply dis
pleased by such respectable doings, and
when they cannot solve the mystery. they
promptly attribute il TO witchcraf'. Never
theless in course Of time the secret gets
out and the wreckers seek revenge. They
tamper with vessel in which Una's hus-
band goes to sea and he is among the miss
ing for months But Of course he comes
home again in time 10 find that his wife has
done two things in his absence become
a Christian and fallen in love with him.
That sets matters light and permits the
story 10 come TO an end TO the great com
fort OF the reader.
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Lucien's Soul In Caspar's Body.

We know from reading a number of tales
that there may be great temptation
to get ones own soul into some one else's
body. An old soul or an evil soul. or noble
soul unattractively incarnated. NAV wish
10 change its house. In Mrs Campbell
Praed's story, The Insane Root" Funk
4 Wagnalls Company. DR.. I.ucien Maril-
lier, knowing how to avail himself of the
magic that there is In mandrake. got his
own powerful and lofty soul into Caspar
Ruels beautiful body. and Rachael o Hara,
who had once loved Caspar for his beauty,
now loved with greater love the com
bination which was both Caspar and Lucien,
We should not like to say that these lovers
were not fortunate and happy. but We
may perhaps be permitted TO observe that
they were not obviously cheerful. When
Ihicien came TO die Rachael lifted her
warm lips 10 his cold ones, browning her
self-surrender.' In that act her "vow
was registered in records tina, are eternal
thunderclap shook the towers founda
tons. The lamp went out, A dreadful
thought troubled her Who was ,his'
.She took his head from her arm and laid
II upon the ground; and, drawing back
from him. remained crouched, her hands
between her knees, staring out into the
darkness that enveloped her. II he we're
dead-ths- thing before her Twas not
Lucien any longer; it was the body Of
Caspar,"
Panic seized her. She sprang 10 her
feet. The lightning cleaned In termit-
tently. She pressed her hand TO her fore
head She stepped out upon the parapet
A gray, vaporous shape in the air seemed
to be l.ucien. 1t beckoned her. A bolt of
lightning struck the white form. The
chapter is headed: Goods Javelin." The
story il in its second edition.
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Why Marnas Husband Vas Irritated.

The story called Confessions Of u Wife,
by Mary Adams (The Century Company.
is Possessed Of interest II is well written.
Marina Trent's account Of how Dana Herwin
made love TO her and # her indignant re-
cept ion Of his curious and disturbing mani-
fest atoms IL clever and amusing. She
wrote to him: Il told you that esteemed
YOU and would be your friend. You re-
fused my friendship. and now you wonder
that I decline your love. II seems to me
that a man ought 70 be satisfied With what
he can get and not make such largo de-
mands that nobody can possibly meet
them. II | were n man. and loved a woman
as much as all that. would-well, | would
do quite differently
In her diary on the 49, h Of June she wrote:
IF loved Mr. Herwin of course ] would
not, in fact. | perceive that ] could not
make him 80 miserable. think he is tho
handsomest man, when he il unhappy.
whom ever knew in my life. like TO be
quite Just 10 people. He has tho bewlder-
ing beauty Of pa gan god IL mean Of course,
one Of the good-looking Coda. but he has
the exasperating constituencies OF a modern
man. And then. he has the terrible pr
sistence Of a savage. think he would
have been capable Of dashing whole tribes
to war for a woman, and carrying her Of
on his shoulder, bound hand and foot, TO his
own country. and whether she loved him
or hated him wouldn't have mattered 80
The colored American., 1902-07-05

ing your paper for several years anu
am compelled to tell you 1t is one or
the grandest papers that has been pub
lish ed by a Negro journalist Your
paper has been sent to me for several
years by my cousin, Prof. w. H. Rich
ards, and / appreciate the favor very
highly. 1 would feel proud If the Ne
groes In the State of Tennessee could
publish journal on the same broad
lines l trust the Colored American
will never die n. j. L.