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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-24
The Dinner Ordeal.

When man invites friend on the
street to go home with him to dinner.
the nearer they get to the house the
more absentminded and timid he be.
comes until his attitude when they
meet his wife is positive apology
AtchiSnr Elf,ho
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-24
DELICIOUS MORSEL

Is enjoyed when you have our chops
for breakfast They tempt the appe
title and satisfy it as well. When you
eat meat bought OF US you are
strengthened for the day in body and
mind. We sell only the choicest
meats.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-24
Crowley & wilkinson,

sign Painting, Carriage Painting
house Painting, Decorating, etc
rlrst class work guaranteed, Shops
near South Main Street Bridge aud or
south Seminary Street. Telephone
JOHN c. CROWLEY
G. A. WILKINSON
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
Beware OF the Mad M0IIah.

Oh Tommy--Tommy Atkins-take our
quiet little tip:
Don't monkey with the mollah when
he's mad.
He's tough old proposition and a nasty
man to whip,
And he'll put you, Tommy Atkins, to
the bad
He has his lucid moments when you may
approach him. and
There are moments when he'd rather be
alone
When ne gets the crazy notion that his
state, Somaliland
Isn't hitched securely to the British
throne.
Oh, Tommy-Tommy Atkins-of your
prowess we're aware,
And we know you're always Tommy on
the spot
But, Atkins, Of this mollah you are chas-
ing have a care;
He's the maddest, maddest mollah of
the lot.
When he gets the crazy notion Of his
countrys ownership.
His case of crouch is very very bad.
SO Tonmy-To Atkins-take our quiet
little tip:
Don't monkey with the mollah when
he's mad.
Chicago Tribune
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Fire at Gueydan.

The large livery, feed and sals7
stable of L. S. 'Folkland at Gueydah
took fire shortly after 6 O'Clock Fri
day evening and was burned to the
ground in few moments. SeyeraI
fine horses as well as all the feed il
the stable were consumed. The orr
gin of the fire is unknown. Mr..
Folkland estimates his loss at some
thing between $500 and $4,000.
The citizens of Gueydan have
awakened to the fact that a volunteer
fire department is one of the essen
tials OF every town and it is under
stood that an effort to organize one
will be started neutrality-suspicious.
ley Signal,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Wanted.

We would like to ask, through the col
.umns of your paper. if there is any per-
sou who has used Green's August Flower
for cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and
Liver Troubles that has not been cured
and we also mean their results. such rs
sour stomach, fermentation of food, ha-
ibitual costi1eness, nervous dyspepsia,
headaches, despondent feelings, sleepless-
ness-in fact, any trouble connected with
the stomach OF liver? THIS medicine has
been sold for many years in all civilized
countries, and we wish to correspond
with you and send you one of our books
Flower, try one bottle first. We have
never known of it's failing. If so, some
thing more serious is the matter with
you. Ask yonr oldest druggist.
G. g. GREEN, Woodbury., Nj.
:: Sold by Al GODDARD; Kibbe & Williams,
Erath.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
A New Congressional District.

x-s +
The ideal congressional district for
soeth Western Louisiana, one for
which an able member of congress
could labor fearlessly with all the
zeal and intelligence he possesses,
without having to encounter the clash
of conflicting interests among his
constituents, should be composed of
the following progressive parishes:
Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Lafay-
ette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vernon
and Vermilion. These eight parishes
are all up-to-date and are far ahead
of any other section of the State in
far-reaching possibilities. They stand
in compact body, each one of them
ready to applaud what its representa-
tive in congress may do fer another
We hope our members Of the legisla-
ture will place US as one of this fine
congressional districts. Martin
vile Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Professional Cards.
suR. FRANK Z. YauNE'
asvysfcEav d SrRGEotu.

Special attention to alS7"S - OF ',..i ,',e 1.5'
~ and Throat. Women and Eleetrl-
a a;tv, Physician-in-chief Fcnwick SAM
tariun.
Hours-10 to Il; 2 tos5.
Cumberland Phone
Residence, No. 49,
Office. No. "a.
sanitarium. No. So
Office Opposite Mag eIene Square
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10

In his article on s'Man as a Ma
chine" in the May Everybody's
Magazine, DR.. H. W. Wiley, chief
OF the Bureau of Chemistry, U. s..
department of Agriculture tells us
that man is the most perfect furnace
ever devised, and every particle OF
heat generated by the oxidation OF
his food has been accounted for on
strictly mechanical principles. He
thinks that in the future the mechan-
les of thought and nerve action will
be subjected to measurement, and we
shall be able to compute the exact
calofics Of a polemic OF a poem.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Good Schools and Farmers.

Iowa is rural State, having forty
one persons to the square mile. Its
largest city contains about $4,000
people. OF the entire population of :
2, ,231, 1853, less then $50, 600 live in
the fourteen cities of more than 10,-
900 inhabitants. The public schools
are Kept open 16o days, or eight
months in the year; Of the 735 ,159
children of school age>(5 to2D, 562,-
1862, or 66.3 per cent, are enrolled in
the public schools, and the average
daily attendance is 373, ,159, or 77.5
per cent. There are 18, ,498 school
rooms In use and 1S, 1884 teachers are
engaged in teaching through the eight
months, teacher for every twenty
nine children enrolled.
During the last year the ninty-nine
teachers Institutes were attended by
1921 teachers. The average length
of these Institutes was two and a half
weeks. and over $4,000 was paid
for instruction and lectures The
value Of the public School property
in the State is SIS, ,223,7 the to-
tai cost of the schools in 1900 was
So, 321 ,ob2, an increase over 1899 of
nearly 81, 800, 900.
The public school libraries contain
453,45 volumes The average salary
Of country superintendent is 81 PAP.
The total expenditure for schools
amounts to about 81 80 on each 500
of taxable property and S4.17 per
capita of.population.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Every oil we'll in this parish

Every oil well in this parish has
gone dry, it seems. Let's sink the
pipes a little deeper, and let's sink
more of them. We are pantiently
waiting for the return Of D. w. By
rum, who went back 10 P axton lii
nois, several weeks ago, to apprise
the other members OF his corporation
of his discoveries and his individual
opinion of the likelihood of discover
ing Oil finally; but we have heard
nothing from him since. But even If
he dosen't try any further for oil, we
believe him TO be impressed with the
impossibiIity of reclaiming the land
from the sea, for the cultivation Of
rice. As to the T'Chetimaches
Company, they don't do anything
these days but hold meetings ;but we
must allow they hold good many OF
them.-Franklin News.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
The newspapers Of the United

The newspapers Of the United
States are now paying s12 more per
ton for their paper than they paid
prior to the organization Of the paper
trust. This $12 per ton amounts to
81, 800, 900 per annum for all The
newspapers in the country. Truly a
trust is a thing for the holder of trust
stock:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Shudders at alis Pnst.

Il recall now with horror says Mail
Carrier Burnett Mann, of Levanla, o.,
my three years of suffering from kidney
trouble was hardly ever free from dull
aches or acute pains i'll my back. To
stoop or lift mail sacks made me groan. 4
felt tired, worn out, about ready to give
up. when began to use Electric Bitfers.
but six BOTTLES completely cured me and
made me feel like new man." They're
unriyaled to regulate Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels. Perfect ssatisfae-
tion guaranteed by A j GODDARD. Only soc.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Hbon't Take CalOnaei.

MEpT0T The new liver medicine,
l! IL Il ~ Takes the place of calomeL
without the evil effects Pleasant %
take as lemonade. acts mildly and effec..
tuaEy, cures all liver diseases, bilious.
ness, constipation, Indigestion, sick
headache, clears the complexion and
prevents malarial poison. Price. IS cts,
per bottle. Sold and guaranteed by a..
j GODDARD, Abbeville, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10

To Be distributed TO such readers who engage in
ect and profitable study that will famiaze them Wi
population voting and of the State OF Ono
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
Profit Sharing!
The Cincinnati Enquirer
$4,000

TO Sc distributed such d engage intel
ec that will famarze them with the
population voting power government of the State of Ohio
The Problem is,
What Total Ohio Secretary of State at the general
State election held Tuesday, November a,
$4,000 presented making the nearest correct estimate
$4,000 correct estimate is made, making
of S24. 900 for correct estimate .:...
An additional will be given by the Daily Enquirer for
received before July provided
made by monthly subscriber to the Daily Enquirer at
making such estimate -.s !. .sa
There are cash prizes a which equal lifetime
competence -.
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sciber o estimate
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estimate.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10

President Roosevelt was so well
pleased with his recent Charleston
visit that he has decided to make a
Southern tour next fall. New Orleans
is one OF the places he expects to
visit.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
FSTERN
LOUISIANA INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
LAFAYETTE, IA.
LAFAYETTE, LA.


andn .z;..a,
REQUISITES FOR AIMIssON Age oet
families board $1,000 $3.50
wash o -,t - 81
Z. L..
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
stops the Cough
and Works OF the Cold.

Laxative Bromo-Q Quipine Tablets cure q
cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price !
55 cents.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-10
What the Franklin Vindicator saws

What the Franklin Vindicator saws
here applies equally to Vermilion:
We should have canning factory,
to be located in or near Franklin,
where variety of fruits can be OBJ
tanned, both wild and domestic.
Peaches and tomatoes can be pro-
duce here and home industry can
compete with the outside very sue
cessfully we believe. This parish is
rich in natural resources, and with
capital invested here St. Mary can be
made one of the greatest centers OF
production of the State. We may or
we may not have oil in this sections
OF the State, but of one thing we are
certain-we have untold millions of
dollars worth of produce which is
being practically wasted because of a
lack OF capital to build up industries.
The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph sCo. at this place has
recently received q large shipment Of
copper wire weighing several thous.
and pounds. 1t is for use in the con-
struction Of the new copper circuit
which are being strung from ttS
Crescent City westward, made nee
essary by the over-crowding Of the
existing lines during the business
portion Of the day. The -facilitiess
which these new lines will offer to ti,99
business world of this section sih e
appreciated by the battonf n S4S
company.-fbeSiaS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19
The ENH Il " 20 % 90
aphie's - .. .s STGRY

horse. Tie supply was aplenty If we
got through on time.
We had gone but short distance
when our guide was taken sick and
insisted on returning. One of the men
of the party declared that he knew the
way perfectly and would pilot us
through. I told him to go ahead. All
day we rode over desert plains on
which there was neither tree nor shrub,
not thing to break for moment the
heat Of the sun. In the afternoon !
noticed our volunteer guide looking
about him, evidently for landmarks,
and with a troubled expression.
'Shall we get water in time for sup.
PERI" l asked him.
"Oh, yes, in time for supper sure"
The sun hung, a great round ball OF
red fire, on the horizon, and there were
no signs of timber. The day faded
into dusk, and there was naught about
US or before US save desolate plain.
The black night came on. We were
lost.
The sun rose round and red, fore
we drank the last drop Of water we
possessed. When the fiery ball sank
again in the west, we had begun to
suffer the pangs Of thirst. Another
day, and our course was marked by
the bodies Of men and animals. We
left them. still pushing on, still strain
ing our eyes for distant view of tim.
Der.
That night lay apart from the rest
thinking OF the home that | did not
hope to see again. my wife, my chill
dren. The saddest. thought was What
would be their grief il they knew that
within a few hours l should die in the
agonies OF thirst
Then heard 4 low voice
doctor. am here"
I arose and through the gloom saw
man in sombrero and buekskin beck
oning me. could not distinguish his
features, but knew it WAS John Gran
ger. Weakening my companions. l di-
rected them to follow ME. | did not
either in the flesh or in the spirit. whe
had once said 10 ME, stranger. II you
ever need help to save your life. will
be there
For hours l kept my eyes on the tig,
ure before me. Now and again some
member Of the party must pause for
rest. Then | lost sight of our guide.
When we moved on. there he was. q
shadowy form, barely distinct enough
Tor me to distinguish him from the
surrounding gloom. At last l turned
my head to look for sign OF day.
When looked again before me. che
figure had vanished.
Lowering my eyes to my feet. there
was spring Of water!
have spent years trying to discover
II John Granger was at the time alive
or dead without avail. l submitted
the case TO a medical society Of which
i am member. and it was unanimous
~ decided that was delirious and FOL-
lowed an illusion. happening to come
upon the spring. 1 have never been
able TO bring myself to the: opinion.
KENEI.M Y. SPOTrISWODE.
A man seldom realizes how few of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19

Annual meeting National Eduea-
tional association, Minneapolis, MINI.
the st. l.. I. NJ. & S. Ry. viii sell
round trip tickets to Minneapolis At
the rate of sg7S5 return limit July II:
except that ticket may be extended
until September 1 by depositing same
and paying SO cents to the joint agent:
H. N. Atwood, Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19
Leading Jobbers and
Manufacturers of Pine Bluff


Dealers in wholesale Hardware Agricultural
Wagons, etc. Main street, Pine Bluff
w. S. FURNITURE COMPANY
Wholesale
Machnes 226
PINE BLUFF MILL AND ELEVATOR COMPANY.
iy Of elevator 75ooo bushels Capacity mill
&
Wholesale retail dealers Furniture Carpets Uphol<tsng Goods
Shades
to 225 Barraque street. Pine Bluff Ark
PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS.
Make Fittings
Fourth
Ms SMITH,
Bucks Stoves.
BENTON & CO., CIGAR MANUFACTURERS.
Factory make of the best Tobacco banabe
Pine
Bluff,
PUDDEPHATT FURNITURE
Wholesale furniture Mail orders will receive attention
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19

There is no beautifier of complexion
or form or behavior like the wish to
scatter Joy and not pain around you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19

A man seldom realizes how few of
his remarks are worth repeating until
he has conversed with deaf person.
Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19
II WILL BE THERE 3"
[Origina!.!

lotiSiHdti
lhad always been possessed as boy
with burning desire to visit the un-
inhabited regions Of the west and after
being graduated in medicine resolved
to spend summer in that way before
settling down to practice. | went to
Denver, where found party organic
Ing to visit the Colorado. l was invited
to join and was soon on the way, great
" exhiarated at the prospect before
me.
When we reached the extreme limit
Of what was then inhabited country,
Z man in Sombrero and buckSkin came
into camp one evening and asked if
we carried medicine chest. His lit
tie daughter, ten years of age, was i'll,
and he wanted something to give her,
though he didn't seem to know what.
When l told him that l was a physi
clan and offered to visit the child, the
man looked at me with an expression
Of relief and gratitude that shall new
er forget. He led me to his cabin,
short distance from the camp. and
there found a bad case of typhoid
fever.
What was needed most were weeks
of careful nursing. but there was no
one at hand With experience sufficient
to nurse intelligently. The nearest
neighbOr WAS twenty miles away and
if reached would not likely be avail
able. l knew that the only chance for
the ch;ld's life was for me to remain
with her until she had passed the
crisis. To do this | must abandon my
trip to the Colorado, for it was out OF
the question for me to think Of follow
ing the party through a wilderness. l
laid out some drugs, with directions
for their use, then told the father and
mother what was required. l was
young in the profession, and the ap-
pealing look they both gave me broke
down my intention to leave them. l
saw my party move on without me the
next morning. remained with the child
till she was on the way to recovery.
tuCu IcluIueu W tIlc cdSl. DSlolC 'SeA'
ing, the father-John Granger was his
name-took my hand and, looking at
me with strange dreamy eyes. said to
me:
"Stranger, If you ever need help to
save your life, l will be there
It was twelve years before l got an
opportunity to make another attempt
to visit the far west. This time
struck farther south and, having my
own attendants, began tour through
the southwestern territories.
1t was the middle Of August and
very hot We started one morning to
cross belt of country on which there
Is not drop of water. l attempted
to hire couple of mules in order to
carry an extra supply but failed, and
we were obliged to start with but two
kegs, one slurg on each side of pack
Sir Andrew Clark was accustomed to
define old age as the period OF life at
which man no longer adjusted him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19

Forests cover one-tenth of the sur
face OF TIE earth and one quarter OF
Enrnna
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-19

Sir Andrew Clark was accustomed to
define old age as the period of life at
which man no longer adjusted HIM
self to his environment.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
IN A NUTSHELL. 80. ...
The Present Epidemic Of Bubonie Plague

Yesterdays dispatches that all hope OF local
izing the cholera in Egypt has been abandoned that
it has become certain that that country
devastating epidemic Reports Manila say that the
Z epidemic there Is gaining sheadway
The disease referred to- which Is fatal about 80
cent OF the cases. Is cholera bubonic
plague European history called Plague
is estimated in all Its OF that continent in the
past, to have caused the death of25,
plague is endemic in parts Of Mesopoamia and In
tain Himalayan valleys and the thirty years the
Chinese province Of Yunnan The present epidemic
first in 500 Persia The outbreak
of this dread disease to the whole world began
n 1894 when appeared at Hongkong and Canton Thence
spread Bombay
caused the loss of hundreds Of thousands lives firm is
the hold of the disease India that the authorities
to the conclusion that 1t
be fought inch by nch after year. the
: of sanitation .
Several times since 1894 isolated of the plague have
appeared in Egypt and Europe, getting far
west Glasgow There have been
cisco in the United States, Rio Santos
small outbreaks at Honolulu and Kobe Japan no
epidemic has resulted in either North
date Last the disease entered the Philippines has
caused thousands Of deaths and beyond
control of the authorities who have just withdrawn
quarantine fresh fruits and vegetables, in which the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26

bacillus OF disease believed to- be transmitted
present outbreak In Egypt is menace to Europe. a
plague Is filth disease therefore little
danger for OF cleanly habits living In sanitary
roundngs The European colonies infected portions
suffered but little from the in
Philippines only ten Americans have
ease though there Is always some danger that it may
caught by persons whose duties bring
tion with the natives The baci may infect
scratch it be taken with food be inhaled Pigs
flies and insects suffer from the disease and assist to
transmit 1t from place to place and to men,
The disease has short period Incubation The patient
is suddenly prosrated four six days
after Infection and suffers from high bubo appears
grows to the size Of egg. This bubo teens
with the bac OF the disease and from 1t is derived the
name Of the bubonic plague, Death soon follows the
bubo in not there
chance for slow and painful The disease rarely
appears twice in the person.
Upon first in HongkoAg, Yersin French
DOCTOR Kitasato, Japanese, work to study
They the bacillus its trans
mission. Yersn devised which is eectiye
in treating the disease and Professor Hakne has pre-
pared anttoxin that is used preventive rather than
zE ~ r&E ><<. S2ssssEE+ -
Should disease spread from Egypt to Europe
ages appalling in the crowded dirty cities
southern and eastern Europe. The Of the disease
causes suffering the destruction. Upon
its in Bombay
and business was virtually suspended for some time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
TREATING CANADA ACCORDINGLY

Andrew Carnegie's new book, The
Empire of Business" was not all written
recently, some of the chapters having
appeared as magazine articles seven or
eight years ago. but it is to be assumed
that Mr.. Carnegie still stands for all he
has seen fit to put into his book. With
the increased interest in Canadian affairs
his reiteration of the Idea that is respon-
sible for our present tariff and, perhaps,
political relations with Canada. is at once
interesting and absurd. He says:
Although I am opposed to taxing the food
and the necessaries Of the people, should
make an exception in regard to products OF
Canada. and this without regard to the doc
trines of free trade or protection, but as a
matter of high politics. I think we betray
} lack Of statesmanship In allowing, COM
mercial advantages to a country, which owes
allegiance to a foreign power founded upon
monarchical Institutions, which may be
trusted at heart to detest the republican idea.
IL Canada were free and independent and
threw in her lot with this continent 1t would
be different matter. So long as she remains
upon our flank possible foe, not upon her
own account, but subject to the orders OF a
European power, and ready to be called by
that power to exert her forces against us,
~SoAASS@AA
Canada, I should let her distinctly under
stand that we view her as menace to the
peace and security Of our country, and
should treat her accordingly.
: There is no little truth In this, and 1t
cannot be denied that so long as Canada
remains appended to an oyer-sea power
She Is in some degree menace to the
United States. The policy OF treating
her accordingly sounds we'll and would
be we'll enough in practice If 1t really
had a tendency to force Canada to throw
in her lot with this continent and so
cease to be a menace. But in practice
it has worked the other way. 1t has
made Canada disinclined to annexation
and has not stimulated the desire for inz
dependence. 1t has made her more OF
q menace than formerly, because It.. has
trnbued her statesmen with some degree
of resentment and thrown her into the
arms of the empire. Viewed in the retro
spect it seems to us that the policy
Of Treating Canada accordingly" has de-
feated its own purpose at every point.