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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07

Resolved further, that this. dele.
CATION support a. their choice Us a
standard bearer the bon. Nj. j.
Foster as long .os his name is before
the convention.
The Judicial and Senatorial dele
gates were then elected. Arisiide
Touns, w, W. KEELING, L. D.
L6g6, A. Picard, ]: T. AbshiIe.. Gus
Hebert, Adam Boudreaux aud R. J..
Young, Judicial, and NJ. 4. Gordy,
Geo. Hayes, P. u. Leblanc, VIM
, Cade. NJ. r. Cushman, NJ. l.. Nor
ton, Homer Decuir aud G. J. Ed
wards, Senatorial.
DIR. r J. Young then ioformed
the convention that it was a duty
involved on it to select a democratic
executive committee to serve for the
ensuiug four years.
Moved 10y G. j. Edwards that the
parish democratic executive commit
tee consist Of l9 members, two from
each ward in tue parish aud 5 at
large.
That each delegation ehall name
one man from ea,h ward, the seven
so selected to retire in caucos and
submit to the convention the names
Of Two members from each ward
making Il, the convention TO select
the other five. The following
named gentlemen were chosen :
lst ward-P. u: Leblanc, J. The.
riot; ID ward-W. " Kaehling, G.
Pultin; I'd ward-F. d. L6ge, P.
Numa Bronssard; Alb ward-J. z.
Broussard, Aristide Picard; 5th
ward--Geo Hayes, ]. T. Ab@hire;
6th Barbilas Leblanc, Felix
| Bronssard; 7th ward-Adam Bou-
dreanx, JOS TheaIl, at large: Aris-
tide Toups, M. T. GordY, Adrien
Nuncz, j. n. Greene. Augustaye
Sicily.
J T. ABsHIRE Chairman.
L. J. BRoUssAeD, Secretary.
D. l.. MGPHERsoN, Asst. Secty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07
SELL OR HOLD.

To sell or not to sell-that is the
question that confronts the cotton
growers of the South. tits a ques-
ton each man must answer accord
ing to his own judgment and n
with respect to which we dare not
venture an opinion. We published
some days since the circular letter of
MI. Hector D.. Lane, president Of
the Cotton-G Growers Association, in
which he presents some very plau-
sible arguments in favor of holding
/, cotton for better prices. Mr.. Lane
believes that the shortness of the
present crop is bound to result in a
further increase of the price, provid-
ed the cotton-growers do not hurry
their crop too rapidly upon the mar
ket. The spinners. he contends,
have made contracts that will CON-
pei them to buy cotton almost on the
growers own terms, if he will but
take advantage of the situation
Messers. Latham, Alexander & Co..
of New York, however, take a diff
ferent view. They say that the hold
ing back policy will have the very
opposite effect; in fact will cause q
material decline in prices is due to
the universally accepted opinion that
the crop is very short and the light
ness Of the receipts is accepted as
indisputable evidence of that fact
but that if it should become general
ly known that the planters are hold
ing back the crop, the small receipts
would be attributed to this cause,
and the crop would be represented
as being larger than it really is. The
result, they think, would be some
thing like a game of freeze-out, buy
.ers and spinners holding off and
waiting until the farmers grow tired
and are forced to throw their cotton
IN the market in unusually large
quantities. The question is, which
will win at this game of holding
back. Mr.. Lane believes that the
spinners are not in condition to keep
out of the market long; that they
have made contracts on the supposi-
ton that the usual crop would be
grown, and that they must have the
cotton at any price. So far as the
planters are concerned, enforced
economy and the growing TO a great
extent OF their W supplies has to
a certain extent put them in condition
to hold their cotton for a reasonable
time. 1t is, however, a serious
question and n not lightly to be
answered one way or the other.
The impression is gaining ground
that the crop is even shorter than is
usually supposed, but it requires
o holiness than we possess to
hazard a very positive opinion as to
what the future will bring forth as to
the price of cotton.-ConamericaE
appeal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07

A. E Fitzpatrick, of Fillmore, Cal.
had the misfortune to have bis leg
caught between a cart and a stone
and badly bruised. Ordinarily he
would have been laid up for two or
three weeks, but says "After using
one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm | began to fell better, and in
three days was entirely well. The
peculiar soothing qualities which
Chamber,aiD's Pain Balm possesses
] have never noticed 10 any other
Eminent. | take pleasure in recom
mending it." This liniment is also
of great value for rheumatism and
lame back.
For sale by r. RI. Mills
Drug Co, Limited.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Vermilion.
l7th Judicial District Court No

IIth judicial l3tstflct court NO.
SO.
Succession Of Charles Cody.
Application Il Robert Cody. to be
appointed administrator
Notice is hereby given to all parties
Interested, o. having any opposition TO
make to the application Qf Robt. Cody
to be as administrator Of said success
sion to file the same in writing in the
Office of the clerk of the district court
within ten days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal Of
court this Both day Of November, 1885.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk OF Court.
Edwards & Greene, attys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07

Succession of Nathalie Meaux.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested, OF having any opposition to
make to the tableau of debts and
charges and distribution filed by Core
Vincent, administrative of said success
sion to file the am in writing in the
office of the clerk Of court within ten
days from the date hereof.
Given under my. hand and seal of
court this 30th day of November 1895.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07

Geo, W. jenkins. editor of the
Santa Maria "Times," Gal, in speak.
ing of the various ailments Of chill
drpn said "When my children
have Group there is only n patent
medicine hat I ever use. and that's
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
possesses some medical properties
that relieve the little sufferers i'm
~ned.atelg. Il is, in my opinion, the
best cough medicine in the market"
# this remedy is freely givep as soon
asthe croopy coagh appears il vii!
prevent the attack. l. is also so
ide4l remedy for whooping cough
There is no danger iu giving it to
children, as it contains nothing~injp-
rious.
For sale by R. Il. Mills Drug Co,
Limited.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
18th judicial District Court-Parish of
Vermilion-No. 1876.
j. g. TheaIl VS.. His Creditors.

VermiIion-No. 736.
j. e. TleaIl VS.. His Creditors. /.
Notice is hereby given to al. parties
interested in said account and tableau
of distribution Of the insolVent estate
of J. e. Yheall. filed by Anthony j.
Golden, Syndic, or having opposition
to make to said tableau to file the same
in writing in the office of the clerk Of
the district court within ten days from
the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal of
court this 30th day Of November, 1895.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07

between the hours prescribed By law, the
following described property, to wit
Lots Nos. q 5, 9, II. Is, IA, %, and q of
the A.. l.. Leblanc annex to the town of
iAhbeyille, Louisiana, according to plan
by W. p. Edwards, on file in the office of
the Recorder of YermiliOn Parish. and
which will be exhibited on the day of
sale, All improvements ON said lots will
also be sold on the same day.
One certain tract o fIand situated in the
parish OF NermIlion containing one hun
dred and thiTty-seyen 50-l00 acres u37 so
100 designated as fractional S. w. quar-
ter OF Sec. II, township u, south of range
four east, with all the fencing. buildings
and improvements thereon.
One certain tract of land lying and be-
ing in the parish of Nerlniiion. Louisiana.
Immediately south of the [. & v. rail
road containing about one hundred and
nineteen 50-l00 acres I119 50-100f and being
the fractional southern portion of Sec. 80,
4. ~, south of range 4 east and bounded
north by the /. q Y. rail road, south by
east by public road and west by another
public road, together with all fencing and
buildings thereon.
The undivided one-half interest in q
certain tract of land situated in the par
ish Of Ver1niliOn on the west side Of the
Nerln1llon river containing about one
hundred and torty-one E141 SLIGO acresl
and designated as the south half of the
south east quarter, the south east quarter
Of the southwest or and the west half Of
the north east quarter OF the south west
quarter of section IA, TIP. -, south Of
rhnge 2 east, with all the improvements,
taereon.
One certain tract of land situated in the
parish Of Verinilion on the west side Of
the Iernlilion river. containing forty E41I
acres. bounded north by J. @. Lege. east
by j. B. Ramsey and west by Mrs. Aris-
tide Menard, and designated as the south
west quarter of the north west quarter Of
section So, Tp II, south OF range 2 east.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07
C. DEBATLLON,
Attorney sat Raw,
LAFAYETTE. La.

VIII practice his profession in the
District Courts of Lafayette and YER
million parishes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07

STATE or LOUISIANA,
Parish of Vermilion, 18th Judicial Dis
= tr;nt 1n11rt No
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-12-07
Edwards & Greene, attys.
Succession Sale.
nth judicial District ~Court-Parish of
Verrnilion-Ne. 292.
Succession of A. L. Leblanc.

BY virtue of an order of sale issued out
of the Hon. 18th Judicial District Court,
in and for State and parish above men
toned in the matters of the above entitled
and numbered succession and to me di-
rected. | viii proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last highest bidder, at the
court house in the town OF Abbeyille, on
Tuesday, December 81, 1895,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-11-03

well, ten, let us say. But whereas woman may wear the plainest of gowns coaching or walking or golfng, let her shop--this year at least; the next it may be different-in gown of gayer style, befitting the joyfulness of the oc- caslon. For the theater, anywhere in the house, if abroad, or in a box if at home, evening dress by all means. If In the orchestra chairs in New York one may-in Boston should-wear d material as old as black satin, but en- llven it with white satin and creamy lace, and ruche of pink roses-like this"
 And at this point can imagine the Mentor diclosing such a gown as l saw shown the other night, after the wrap had been thrown aside. And the wrap was dainty trife of velvet with lace, and beads and jet and paste buck les so ocompoundedt thatitseemed toneed straightway another cloak for its own protection.
 The Mentor will descant upon the reign of velvets this year of grace, 1895. She will speak of blouses, and reeom- mend in their construction the use of
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continent, weighs rather less than 13 tons. It will take rank, therefore, very oreditably, among the largest bells of the world-the largest in England the Westminster bell weighing about tho same, while one in Vienna, the largest in actual use in Europe, weighs about 20 tons. It is true that the monster of Moscow, which lies broken and pros trate, weighed more than 200 tons; but it was simply a huge mistake, which having failed as bell is now used as chapel. It is stated, too, that there is a monstrosity somewhere in China that weighs about 60 tons; but it's shape is abominable, and it's tone eXcruciating to any but Celestial ear.
 But these figures of weight convey but very vague idea of size. The great Chinese cat-call is said to be IA feet in height, but it is shaped like barrel. The Cincinnati bell, which is cast in the true proportions for beauty and melody-being modelled after bell ill Erfurt, Prussia, which is accounted the sweetest in the worlds seven feet in height and nine in diameter at the base. That is to say, if it rested, mouth
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pendages of the church are counting their chickens before hatching, with more certainty than usually attends that delightful operation.
 A fashionable woman is nowadays so overwhelmed with invitations, re- sponses, begging letters and other cler- ical business that she is quite satisfied not to get into harness much be- fore snow flies. Society observances amount to a profession. Have we not all heard of late that daughter of Julia Ward Howe is to train the daugh- ter of western millionaire in these obseryanees, and that three years are reckoned none too long for the tuition
 "One first principle of society, my dear young lady"-so we may imagine the first lesson of this mentor to be- gin-"is the principle of extremes. In high society we breakfast like pigs and dine like Lucullus. Even this state ment which l have just made is ex- treme, hence modish.
 Thus ill fashions, again, we have the plainest of gowns for outdoor use, and, for no discoyerable reason, glitter like butterflies after the clock has struck
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Laudo Deum verum, plebum voco. congrego
 elernm;
 Funera prango, fulgura frango. Sabbata
 pango.
 This may be approximately, though not completely, rendered by the quaint old English lines:
 ",To calle ye folde atte meeting tyme.
 We chyme;
 When joye and myrth are on ye wynge
 We rynge;
 When we lamente g passyng soule.
 We tolle."
 It will be noticed that great sym metry has been attained by this arrange ment. The eagle is opposite the tiara, and the American flag to the papal en- sign; the seal of the United States cor responds to that of Rome; and the same artistic balance is maintained in all the parts.
 The general form of the church bell was perfected by medieval founders, and no radical change from this has ever been made with good results. It has been argued by some that bells of hemispherical shape, without the usual flare at the bottom, would give purer tone, but this theory is not in accord with the facts. The lines of the new
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-11-03

ment whose type used to be fairly fixed in white crepe de ehene, with a short zouave jacket of old rose velvet ber- dered with pearls. The sleeves are vel vet to the elbow and crepe thence to the wrists, and all the way roped with pearls. The collar is a combination of the velvet stock with stoles or Geneva bands in front and back.
 Green is so much the seasons color that even dull man covets touch of it in his necllwear, in the enamel of his cuff links, and in the very material of his suit. He wears it, in all these cases, in combination with red, thing less daring than it sounds, if there be a plenty of. .nonresisting buffer of brown or gray to reconcile the rival colors.
 The mystic relation between mems wear and women's has often been ob- served. In tints and colors the sterner sex are shameless imitators, as who would not be who had seen the pretty street dress which may have cost but a trife, so simple was it, that saw yes terday. The skirt material was mix ture of grayish green or greenish gray, cut perfectly plain. A zouaye of the
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emblem of patriotic feeling, and a con- seerated instrument of worship. En- eircling the body of the bell, just above the sounding bow, is the Latin text of the Lords Prayer in true Gothic char aeters about seven inches high. Above this, on the civic half, the AmericanI eagle hoyers over tho great seal of the United States-an impression of which was sent directly from the white house. Beneath this is the seal of the state of Ohio, pierced by the staff that supports the stars and stripes, which fall in graceful folds on either side; and be- heath this is the seal of the city of Cin-l cinnati. Medallions of the deceasedI donor and family complete the design. On the ecclesiastical half of the bell under the surmounting tiara, is n me- dallion of Pope Leo XIII., with his seal beneath it. Just below is the medallion of Rt Rev William Henry Elder, arch bishop of Cincinnati, through which arc crossed the stalls of the papal banners. Right and left of this medallion are two others-of Archbishop Purcell, and of Bishop Fenwiclk, the first bishop of Gin cinnati. Beneath the central medal- lion is one of Vicar General Albrink.
 Around the crown, or upper part, in Gothic relief are two verses of mediae- val Latin hexameters relating to bells, which read as follows:
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Dresden and Louis silks with their delicate China-like patterns. She will descant on the glories of stamped and embossed velvet She will speak of tea gowns, not so long ago things all of soft and elinging silks and satins, but now built of stuff as heavy and sub stantial as velveteen or even velvet, so much do the times change and we in them. An olive green tea gown of vel- veteen with old twine colored lace at neck and cuffs, and bishop sleeves to the wrist, she will commend if her heiress is dark and we'll colored.
 Let us drop the Mentor, who in real life might refuse to be disposed of so easily, and speak of tea gown suitable for particular type of warm blonde "a pale silver gray velvet or velveteen, made with a gathered and pointed yoke of amber chiffon in front, and decked with bands of silver embroidery The black is in Vatican folds with a stole of yellow chiffon and the sleeves are all of the chiffon, in big puffs to the wrists, interrupted at the elbow with si1- vered bands of embroidery. Ger tain types of quiet, little mouse colored women wear such a gown with disquiet- ing effect on the opposite sex. There is tea gown, too, and this shows the wide divergence now possible in gar
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same cloth was edged with gray sm- broidery with a dash of red There was gathered stole collar and plated vest front in pale-green silk with white dropped through it here and there like a plummet of light in sunny sea. With such gown a hat mainly of quite dark green velvet can be worn, with huge curling black ostrich feathers, if one wishes; or the lighter greens and grays can be very sparingly used in combina- ton with the darker and better shades.
 One is reminded of Vatican shep- herdesses and Greuze milkmaids this season by a number of things; by the sweet little jackets and by the denure fichus and kerchiefs of spotless lace, and most of all, perhaps, by the very latest Paris fad, demure little apron, so puffed and furbelowed and disguised as scarcely to be recognizable, ap- pended to gowns of the most delicate and costly material. Such an orna- r1ent is seen to advantage on Louis Seize gown in Pompadour brocade. with blue and pink flowers on white grou1d.
 ELLEN OSBORN.
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downward, on the ground, the tallest man could stand upright under it; and if it were set on edge, and schoolboy were to cling with his hands to the upper rim, his feet would dangle about where the clapper will hang when the bell is finally in position. This clapper will weigh no less than GAO pounds. Imagine the effect when it comes in collision with 15 tons of resonant bell metal! Nowhere else in the world is such mass actually swung. The di- ameter of the wheel is Is feet, and two ropes will be attached. tis stipulated, indeed, that the bell shall be so poised that one man can ring it; but unless the services of Sandow could be secured as sexton the task would be altogether too arduous-hence the double rope. Bells have been cast which required the combined effort of more than 20 men to swing them; but bell hanging, as well as bell founding, has made no small progress, and such cumbersome arrangements belong to the days of crealxing OK carts and wooden blows.
 The ornamentation of the Cincinnati bell is believed to be more elaborate than that of any other in existence. Civic and ecclesiastical decorations will both have place, making it at once an
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bell differ quite considerably from those which are usual. The exact proportions were determined by Mr. F. F. Lotz, su- perintendent of the Buckeye foundry, where the belliscast according to a rule of his own devising-but this rule is carefully regarded as a trade secret. too valuable for publication. The metal used is the usual alloy of copper and tin in the ratio of 7S to 22. No other metals or proportions give so satisfac- tory a result. The idea that an admix- ture of silver will sweeten the tone is a popular delusion.
 To produce such a casting requires, when all is ready, upwards of eighty hours, and the slightest mismanage- ment would result in failure. Even the cooling must be carefully regulated. There is perhaps but one other foundry in the United States-that at Troy, N. Y, where the Columbian liberty bell was cast--in which such a work could be successfully carried through.
 The pastor of the church of the bells is Rev. A. NJ. Quartman. A Aparishioner, Joseph c. BuGdeke, bequeathed $10,00o to defray the cost of this great work; but at least$5 GOO more will be expend- ed before Cincinnati's s noble bell sounds from it's lofty tower.
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ELLEN. .OSB0RN'S LETTER.
rho Season Begins with tho Marl-
 borough Wedding Festivities.
,ru,,anaire's Mentor Descants-How Mems Costume Is Affected by Women's Exam nle-Gr@en in Gowns and Neekties-
 Tea Gown Varieties.
COPYRIGHT 1895.
The season begins!

The season begins!
 Not so many years ago the middle of September marked, ill New York, the onening of the town gayeties. What difference in 1895! ltis now November. Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family have but just returned from theih eolos- sal new castle in Newport, ''The Break ers.'' to their Brobdingnagian new castle in New York. The Vanderbilt Marlborough wedding next Wednesday is the great social event of the month, and may really be said to open the sea- son. in the strictest sense. A dozen weddings are to follow it in quick sue cession, in St. Thomas church. The pressure of a real dukes knee at the al- tar rail is hint to fashionable bride grooms expectant to kneel there also, and the clergy, sextons and other ap-
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How Americans Eat.

Thursday.-Dined at the new hotel this evening. How shockingly we Americans sit at dinner-the men, mean. American women who have been well brought up sit exquisitely. You never see them with their shoul- ders against the back of the chair On the contrary, they incline forward from the waist, with the chair a little away from the table, and one hand now and then gracefully resting beside the plate. But how horribly we men sit at table! We lie in our seats like so many sacks of potatoes, with our heads sus- pended over the food. Then we chew, chew, like COWS. There is delicious sentence in Howell's "Silas Lapham" about bool1l1eeper at lunch who fed a sandwich into his mouth in an imper.. sonal sort of way, as if he were pouring salt into mess of pottage. We eat sayagely, and we eye our fellow crea- lures at table furtiyely. Do you re- member David Cepperfield in his moth- er's garden bottling furtive gooseber- ries and trying to look uneoncerned? :? Well, that is the great American public
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CINCINNATTS BIG BELL.
The Biggest and Probably tho
 Sweetest Ever Cast in America,
An Absolutely Unique Feature-This Bell and a Chime Of Twenty-Six others VIII Be Connected with the Organ and
 Used to Reinforce the Choir.
$ COPYRIGHT, 1895.

Liberty bell is at last to have rival. Liberty bell is at last to have rival. Not, indeed, in fame, nor in the hearts Of the people. In those respects it will ever stand unrivaled. But in size, at
 least, rival-or rather, a superior-is now being made ready for the massive belfry in the suburbs of Cincinnati where it is soon to swing, and ring out the loudest peal that has ever vibrated upon the free air of America. Doubt less by the time these words appear in print the molten metal will have flowed hissing down the channels into the curi- ously constructed mold, and the biggest bell ever cast on this side of the Atlantic will be cooling in the great pit con structed to receive it. For the new bell is to weigh nearly 15 tons; and the great bell in the cathedral at Montreal, hitherto the largest on the American