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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18
Sherifss Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty fifth Judicial District Goxr4,
Parishof Vsrmiliou.
Nc. 2l3.
Ernest Ruty ne
MRgie Il. Randneanr

va
Merle u. B~auGreavx-
by VIRTUE ot ansorder sf seiz,,re ana n.n.
- issrea by che dion. 2Sh Jnd. Iai.tr;a,
a'onrt III and for the parish Of Yann;Gaps
in the a.boNe entitled and auans,ensd s";4
andte ne directed, / will proceed Ia aalii
at public sahe, to the last ana hichast NJ
Aler, for cash. with heneftaf apprs;sarns.t
.at the eouNt~house.deor in tkfs nsrisl 90
Saturday hepteIn1ser III. 49,
between the hours of ID ,o'clsck m ssd
4 o'clock p. III. and continuing from dar -
day If necessary, all the TipAtA ~"
interests and demands of the HefandsSt
in and to the follewingdeseribeA prnne.t.-
seized to satisfy said writ, to wit:
A certain tract 81 parcel of land ,v;,-
aud being situated in Vermilion sari1 ~
the vest side sf bayou Feraaiiion- CON.
tanning two hundred acres; ho.,nded
north by Jules Guidry, south by AIad;e
Vincent. east by hHplessis TtaAsn ,an1
west by Mme Lazare Rronssard. 81. TO-
gether with the buildings and snnrovc-
mcnts thareuuto belonging or ttheRaun ,Sitr
uated.
Another tract of aand ,~oentainins rva
hundred acpes ia asms PARISH; bOunavS
north by Mrs. IAzaTe Breussard. sSr. xO,th
by Joseph Clark west by JosepA Duhon
east by jules Guldry and Jules &useller.
Given under nay official signature ;this
11th day 0 August 1883.
A. L. LEBLANC, Sheriff.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty fifth Judicial District Go,

Twenty-Five JUDICIAL DIstrlct Court.
Parish of NermiEoR.
Succession If Cehse Yineent.
No. 70.
Notice Is hereby given to all parties an
terestea II the said 8uccesslon, or having
any opposition TO make ITO the tableau Of
debts and charges and of provisional set
Element and Of the community formerly
venue Prineaux, filed by said Sevenne
primeaux, Natural Gator, and pending Tor
homologation, To lie the.same in writing
III h coffee Of the clerk Of court within
ten days from the date hereof.
Given under nv official signature and
seal Of court this Iith day of,August, 1895.
ALc1pE LEBLANC,
cleIk Of Court.
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Louisiana State Fair

4 ND SHREVEPORT Exposition.
"A third annual fair) takes placsao y
Shreveport. La, November 5th to loth !; ~
elusive. rs. 900 in premiums and Iv ~. m,
will be awarded. Liberal preminmns ' sss
4ai1 hr EXHIBITS !, s. III 1ae esai Only fully equipped ed
programmes each day. Some of tha SUNG
race horses in the United 6tates ~, uns Y
ready been entered. Fur presu;.n E A.
and general iRfo1rnatien address '"u
NJ l.. SCOgELL, Sec,et.,v
July II. 1888. Shrevaxn.s
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1t is gratifying to e that out
eenfrere Of the Essagxise, ana the
friends OF good reads III Iberia
parish, hold up the road system Of
Vermilien ss en- incentive 10 1iges-
Gus and determined eFor. an the
part of their rather indifferent and
iasolent feiiew-citizens. We ore
Justly yuoad Of our reads and would
delight in seeing iberia equally SIS
fortunate in this reaqect.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18
NOTICE.

Land Office at New Orleans, Ia.
July 30, 1855.
Notice is hereby given hefoliowlne
named settleT'has1iIet al notiee Of hlsintsn-
tion to make final proofln -snpportsof tnls
claim, and shat said spraof viii be made
CLERK. of the District Court, at Abhsville,
La, on Saturday, September q. 1855; w;
Paul %@.apeinte, who made Home Hzntly
Ne. 1885, for the Ell of NJ af.Sec. az, u'11,
SIR 2East.
He snames the following witnesses y
prove his continuous residence aipon, ana
cultivation Oh. said land, viz:
jules les' Campbell : Tics. /. Hoffpaui5. ~ ID
yermilion Parish, Louisiana,
THoMAs. J. BuILERs Register.
Augusta, 1883.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18

The Iberia Enterprise states ar-
thoratiyely that Senator John III.
Avery viii met stand for the coB.
gressioEs! nomination ~ ,appes:tioo
to Mr.. Gay, We knew ss ne nen
in this district, after Mir, Cay, wLo
would prove more acceptable to oEs
peepae than Senator Avery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18

The people of Iberia parish are
patient and long suffering, yet there
ia a limit to their endurance, and
when that has been passed they gen.
orally move, and with the vigor and
vim of al Alpine avalanche. A few
years ago they reached that point in
bad government, and lately they
have concluded they could not toler.
, ate the miserable beg and pitfalls,
denominated public reada- At it's
last meeting the pelics jury sedis.
tricted the parish into road districts,
appointed ,overseers, giving them
strict instructions that if they did
not faithfully and thoroughly dis
charge their duties, they would be
presented to the grand jury for in.
fictnert st the approaching term of
court. An appropriation Of FIVE
hundred dollars was made to repair
and put in order the roads approach
ing town, wAioh are in on abomin.
able condition. We are sorry to
sec that the jury omitted to iacI1de
-.JcGerson's lane and the other road
in the 7th ward in their appoint.
ments. When ahe good work mapped
,out has been accomplished it ia safe
TO say that the roads of Iberia will
De c%redltabIe to the intelligence and
s~ITilizaiion Of her people.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18

W. have received. a copy Of ahe
speech of Hon. E. j. Gay, On the
tariff question, delivered in the house
of representatives ,on Monday, July
9, 1888. We commspd it to all our
readers.
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la STATE ENiNEK8ITH
And Agricultural and MeDAanla
cal College, Ba1Gn RSMge, La,

Jhenext session opens October 8. 1885,
The Curriculum .s~Enh5rases.a tho1eAgh aud
pra etical course in Literature. Science,
Agriculture, Mechaniea andBoa ~keepiAg.
The Faculty isful and able. equipments
.H~nexeel;ed, locality healthy. and ydisci
9.line mil.tsry, No changes for tu1tion-
board, washing. aaes and lights. SIs4 per
NORTH. Applicants must he14 PEARS odd,
aud hnv. d far knowledge 81 the. JnGis
.meE1ary %gtulias. j. ". NICHOLSON,
gag. Il, lSss. FEssitsnt.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18

NQ0N IAOk "3I4AUAxNG
Some three months ago Governor
Francis 4. Nieholls was inducted
into office az governor OF Louisiana.
The canvass preceding his election
had been hitter and of course many
were ready to prophesy that tie bit.
terest at bitter p~srtisanship would
characterize his administration. It
is to be expected that some sore
heads will still growl, but Governor
Nichols has shown to all fair-uinded
persons that mis- administration is to
be marked by . perfect fairness to
all, and that in making his appoint
ments he will consult the fitness Of
the appointees for the position to be
filled. Louisianians may rest assured
that the afairs of the State could
not be placed 10 better hands, and
that be vii! do all that can be re-.
.auired to heal all differences exist.
ing in the great party BY which he
was elected.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18
DIED.

LABAUvE-At her residence, m Yer
million parish, La, Monday, August Is,
1888, Mrs. Josephine Ida Labauve, con-
sort of Judge Gilbert Lahauve, aged
3s years and 6 months. She leaves a
husband, seven children and a large
circle Of relatives and friends to mourn
their loss. Peaee.to her ashes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18

The New Orleans Picayune says
the mac vhe thinks it is his duty
to get drunk On Sunday can not be
kept sober b. law. No sir; not BY
q jugfall."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18

A telegram was received at Frank.
lin on the l4th, from Hon. Edward
J. Gay, stating that bis health would
prevent his becoming a candidate
for denomination for congress
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-08-18
NOTICE.
LauaJIioe at NeU @fleel.s, -

AaudUMce at New s0fleans,. L. IL.
JULY n. a66ses
Neticeis ersby given that the 4aAowlns
namsd settler has filed .natioeef 'hisinsan.
ten to make tina :proof in .~segRort q ~
claim. and that eaid :prom viii HE dnxs ss
before the Judge, or in Ills absence, a1e
Clerk of the District Court, st 1sDeNa ~.
ia, on Saturday, heptembsrs I, 1scd, NJ,
Dealas Leblanc, for Che Heirs OF tulas ~ y
l,lapc. 81, who made HONG i, Z nns1y sE..
s. w, Dist. of Louisiana.
He names the following Witnesses -
prove his continuous residence 'upon, ant
cultivation of, sad land. VIZ HFnses
Montague, Guy Deb!anc. q. j.. ManIaGn,,
Theophlle Abahire. all of VernIlpn 1"f
Ish Louisiana.
THos. j. BUTLER, Regls.ef.
July .e, 1oas.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Beautlfai woods Of ca1iforni,

Some of tho natural woods of California
and Oregon are coming into extensive use.
both at home and abroad, for interior finish.
the most valuable for this purpose being the
redwood, the white cedar, the laurel. and th,,
sycamore. The redwood takes the lead in this
line, taking a good polish, and, for general
use, wear and staying qualities, is ALLEGED to
have no superior in any forest in the world
Tho laurel is smooth, firm, beautifully fg-
ured, and altogether a desirable wood. The
value of the sycamore as an ornamental
wood has oI9y quite recently become ge,ier-
ally known, its grain being much like that of
the eastern birch, having waving lines close
together, and, as it quite tough and strong.
it possesses superior value for veneering.
The Oregon ash is Of beauty and utility for
decorative purposes, is figured with concen-
trio curves, and allows an attractive polish.
The maple Of that state is also of beautiful
appearance, light yellow in color, and sur
face covered with small, wavy lines, of es-
pecial beauty in the gaslight.- New York
SIM
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
ENGLISH sHoPwALKERs.
The Duties of These Persons and No
They Garry Themselves.

The Duties of These Persons and How
They Carry Themselves.
It would appear that the draper has al
ways been a convenient individual to
make joke, and the shopwalker especi-
ally has come in for a huge share of the
attention Of many writers. Whether it
is because the duties of this individual
make it necessary for him to be a model
OF cleanliness and politeness, or whether
it is because he occupies such a conspicu-
Gus position that he receives so much at
tention, it is hard to say: but certainly in
all concerns of any magnitude the shop
walker plays a very important part, and
to him is intrusted the carving ont of
the rules of the establishment. In some
houses, where the business is not larre
enough to keep shopwalkers and buvers.
1t Is usual for the latter to undertake the
duties of shopwallSer and buyer; but in
the largest houses the buyers have sufi-
cient buying and marking to do to en-
ploy their whole time, and then the shop
walkers duties are strictly confined TO
one routine.
As a rule he is the one to open the shop
and see that tho "squadders' are all in
their various departments at the proper
time and that the dusting of the various
departments Is properly attended to.
After an interval for breakfast the shop
walker is found ''on the boards, " where
he will remain all day, with the excep-
tion Of the interval for meals. In n large
concern it requires all the tact and sa-
gacity of the shopwall1er to see that each
customer is properly served, and there is
very little time for him TO stand at the |
door and bow to all the carriages as his
compeer did in Queen Anne's time. A
clever shopwalker is always on the alert
to take up scraps, and in vel-v many
instances he is successful in making |
sale where an assistant has failed to do /
so. And this is often not because Of the
ability of the assis~-ant, but for the reason
OF an additional a. gument in favor Of the
purchase. During the busy part of the
day it requires no little amount of energy
on the part Of the shopwalker to see that
the counters are kept clear. as he knows
that 1t Is utterly impossible for customers
to be satisfactorily served when the
are in a muddIe.
An important part of his duties, too. is
to see that the right assistants serve the
most important customers. By long ex-
perience the shopwalker soon finds ont
which are the ''tabs" among his Gus
tomers, and these are handed over to the
cleverest of his assistants, some of whom
ire capable of encountering the vilest
tabs that come into a shop. As a rule
customers know pretty well what they /
want, but in exceptional cases there are
'eople who enter drapery shops whose 1
minds have to be made up for them, and I
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
Eshlbltlon of St. Elmo,s Fire.

A remarkable exhibition Of st. Elmo's
fire was recently witnessed by the writer
on the summit of the Sonnblick noun
tain, in Austria, about 10000 feet above
the sea level.
The synoptic weather chart shows that
there was at the time a ridge of high
pressure over central Europe, with light
and variable winds at the lower level
stations. On the Sonnblick it had rained
all day, with a southwest to southerly
gale. The pressure, which was hig'
NEARLY 20.7 inches, the normal being
20.3 inches), was falling irregularly, and
the temperature was about 81 degs.
Fahrenheit. About p. M, with a sud
den shift of the wind to the north, the
pressure rose and the temperature fell to
80 degs. Fahrenheit, causing rain to
change to sleet and snow. About this
time brushes Of violet light were noticed
outside the observatory upon the points
of the lightning rod, the thermometer
cups, ETC., and even upon projecting
pieces Of rock. From the heads of the
observers and from their outstretched
hands similar brushes Of light streamed
q resembling the positive discharge from
an electric machine), accompanied by
cracking noise and pricllling sensation.
This continued until the wind which
meanwhile had fallen to a calm, changed
its direction to southwest, and the press
ure became stationary The temperature
soon rose above the freezing point, but
the snow continued to fall for some
hours. s.--Electrical Review.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
The ORIGIN of "Lenn Year. ..

The custom observed every fourth year of
permitting the fairer sex to assume the rights
and prerogatives appcrtaining to their
brothers during the remaining three is a
very ancient one. When it originated is not
definitely known, but law enacted by tho
parliament of Scotland in the year Of 12SS is
doubtless the first statutory recognition of
the custom. The law was as follows: SIT is
statut and ordaint that during the refine of
her maist blissit megestie, ilk fourth year,
known as leap year, ilk maiden ladye of
bath high and low estait shall hae liberty to
bespeal ye man she likes; albeit, gif he re-
fuses TO take hir to be his wy se, he shall be
mulcted in ye summe of ane undis or less, as
his estait mott be, except and avis gif he can
max it appear that he is betrothit to aine
ither woman, that he shall then be free. ~
Chicago News
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
ass.Ieo.. .craals d rIssr.r. >

After Cortez conquered the Aztecs and
established himself in the valley Of Mex
icO the Tarascans sent ambassadors to
him and asked for teachers who would
instruct them how to approach and make
terms with the all powerful Christian
gods. The Spaniard forwarded mission
aries, who turned the Tarascans by thou
sands from their idols and baptized them
into the Catholic faith. The Tarascans
became allies Of the Spaniafds, paid tri-
butte and were loyal. When Nino de
Guzman, the first president of the first
andeacia, as the Spanish form of gov
ernment was called, started out to con-
quer the country Of Jalisco, on the west
ern coast of Mexico, he called on the
calzontzin, the king of the Tarascans, to
furnish 10000 warriors and a vast
amount of gold and silver. The
calzontzin promptly supplied the men,
but told the president he could
not furnish all the gold. Guzman
affected to disbelieve him and burned
him, at the same time torturing many
subordinate officials of the Tarascan
dynasty to make them reveal the sup
posed hiding place of the treasure. The
Tarascan dynasty fell; the affrighted
Indians hid among the hills and noun
tains about Lake Patzcuero. They have
never forgotten that awful persecution.
The good Bishop Quiroga spent his life
trying to undo the mischief wrought by
Guzman. He won the Tarascans back
to the faith and to great personal love Of
himself, but the portion of the country
they inhabit has been the breeding place
Of so many revolutions that it has become
known in Mexican history as ''the cradle |
Of liberty. Cor. GlObe-Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
In q Freneh Insane Asrlnm.

The expressions Of insanity, however
varied their form, are not interesting to
the specialist unless they give indications
Of a mood differing from those character
izing a mental state already classed.
"Aubertin, the would-be murderer Of NJ.
Jules Ferry, belongs to the very common
class of which the larger half of his
family Of insane is composed-the gem
eral paralytics. The symptoms are cas-
lily distinguished. Come and see for
yourself" said the professor, who had
spied four women under the guidance of
a nurse passing before the window. We
met them as they entered the hall
"Well, where are you goingl" he asked
one of them. ITO fetch the soup, an
swered the woman addressed with a
slight hesitation of speech. "Now
watch her walk, " said the professor to
me as the little procession moved on. 1
noticed the same incertitude of motion as
of speech. These are the symptoms
whereby to distinguish the general para
lytic, whether his illness manifests itself
under the form of hypochondria, melan-
cholia, mania, monomania, furor, hallu-
or softening of the BRAIN
Paris Cor. New York Post.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09

the manufacture OF the principle Of
quinine viii soon Be a commercial sue
cess, and that cinchona planting will be-
come a thing Of the past. These chemi-
cal reproductions of the valuable princi-
Piles inherent in natural products are often
easier to handle and utilize than the prod.
ucts from which they have hitherto been
derived, and thus the tendency Of manu-
factures is to substitute artificial for
natural sources Of supply.
The problem of sugar making from in
organic materials has engaged some
chemists for a number of years. The
synthesis of glucose by Fischer and Tafel
is said to promise an ample supply of
this commodity without the aid Of grapes
or starch. Two years ago some German
chemists announced that they had pro
duced saccharose, the equivalent Of cane
sugar, by passing an electric current
through a mixture Of starch, sulphuric
acid and water. Nothing has yet been
heard of the commercial value of this
new product, and there is no reason to
think it viii prove dangerous rival to
the sweets we derive from the cane anu
the beet. Some sugar growers, however,
A+stf~ 1|~+- ItANlfAANsif AAAs3 III } EtlAo lllul
something would happen to ruin the
sugar industry, and their alarm receives
a fresh impetus at every new discovery
like that of Remsen's saccharine, an ex-
ceedingly sweet article produced from
coal tar. The day may come when pro-
cesses Of sugar making by the use Of in
organic materials will seriously affect the
sugar planter, but there is no reason as
yet to believe that his industry viii soon
be imperiled.
Legislation has intervened in some
places TO protect the dairy farmer against
even where this product is
honestly sold as artificial butter. It is
not to be expected that in many cases
where science supplies us with desirable |
substitute for any product, the law can |
be successfully invoked to keep the world |
from reaping the benefit of increasing
Future discoveries may
compel the farmer to cease raising some
produce by which he has thrived, or to
,hapge and improve his methods Of agri-
,ulture; but it is certain that the tillers
# soil will continue to supply the chief
of food and apparel.-New
York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
watching tho 1y.a,,hv ..sno,.,. >.

''Ihere goes another snorer, said the clerk
Of downtown hotel, nodding at a well
dressed, digniied gentleman who was walk
ing to the parlor. "Theyare a nuisance and
every hotel in the city is bothered with
them" The dignifed man entered the parlor.
selected a comfortable chair crossed his
knees, closed his eyes as if in deep medita-
tion and was soon sound asleep. In a little
while he whistled softly through his nose
but the noise gradually attained such high
pitch that guests passing through the corri-
dor were startled by the sound. The other
guests in the parlor ratified their newspapers.
looked angry, muttered Outrageous and
otherwise evinced their displeasure. "Ten
minutes, time up" exclaimed the clerk look
ing down the corridor and placing his finger
on his nose The quiet man who walks about
the hotel during the day, and is known as
the hotel detective. entered the parlor. shook
the snorer until he was awake, and made his
exit without saying a word. The dignihed
individual looked around calmly, crossed his
knees again and in ten minutes was hard at
work snoring again. OF course the detective
shook him up soon after
THAT gentleman pays the largest bill here
every week, and of course we cannot turn
him out. He viii enter the parlor and he
will snore. We simply shake him up every
ten or fifteen minutes New York Mail and
Express
Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
verifying an Old Lerenn.

Readers of the saga of the Burned
Mai, translated by Sir George Dasent,
cannot have forgotten the terrible con
clusion, the burning of old Malls house
with ali his family. This deed was almost
the last Of a series of man slayings the
result of an Icelandic vendetta or blood
feud. The date was about the time Of
the conversion Of Iceland to Christianity,
that conversion having been rather in
complete so far. Now people have often
asked whether this event, so renowned
IN history, ever took place. According
to Nature, a member of the Icelandic
Archaeological Society has excavated the
site assigned to Bergthorshol, Mai
house, by tradition. He found at a GER
tain depth the ashes of a burned house
and also some curious humps of a fatty
substance. Being analysed, these proved
% be skyr, kind Of buttermilk, appar-
entity, which had undergone the action Of
fire. Now the saga expressly says that
"ailfuls Of skyr were thrown by the
somen Of the house on the fire in the
tempt to extinguish it. This confrma-
on is very curious, if not, perhaps, very
cogent.-London Daily News.