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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19

WANTED-A trustworthy gentlemen
or lady III each county to manage bnsi-
ress for an old established house of solid
financial standing A straight bona fde
weekly salary of $1,000 paid by check
each Monday with expenses direct from
headquarters. Money advanced for ex-
penses. Enclose addressed envelope.
Manager, $50 CaAton Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19
Partition Sale.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-17th Judi
cial District Court-V Vermili0n Par
&sh-No. 1864.
Gregoire Aucoin ct ais,
VS..
Zulma Aucoin ct ais.
BY virtue of n Judgment rendered in the
ABOVE numbered aud entitled snit, | will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder. in order to etfec t
apsrtitten at the place to be sold, i'll the
ist ward. Vermilion parish. La. on
Tuesday, the 29th day Of December,
1908,
between the hours of II a. M. and p. M.
t1e following described property. to-wlt !
kst-URe certain tract of land situated
IN the parish of VermiliOn, La. contain
ihg lorty -four ~ arpents. more or less ;
ipoand"d north by Clebert Aucoin. south
oy public road, east by Lake Simonet and
"nSt ey Dentas Aucoin.
.Su.-One lot of movable property con-
sslsting of household effects anu agricul-
earal implements.
Ihe real esta te to be sold for one-third
c"sh. balance in two equal installmentS.
payable III one and two years from date
" >Sie; vendors lien aud special mort
sage to be retained to secure the balance
OF The purchase price, and the act of sale
20 contain the pact de non aIiendndo aud q
confession ~, OF Judgment
ihe movable property to be sold Tor one
.nlrd cash. balance IN two equa! Install
ihehts. payable in one and two years from
xMate Of sale. for which notes are to he
FURNISHED and to be secured bv two sol
scat s1feties; all notes to bear s per cent
Il la ~
paid. and to contain the usual 10 per cent.
aaltnrney fee clause in case placed in the
nands of an attorney for collection after
MATURITY.
AbbevilIc, La, Nov IA. 1903
J. 0. HEBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19
EseSyaRe of O5naHmemts for a'nS
narrEa thnG dOMdaiM Mercury.

as mercury will surley destory the
sence of smell and completely deranee
the whole system when entering ii
through the mucous surfaces Surh
articles should never he used exceps
on prescriptions from reputable physici:
ans, as the damage they Will do is ten
fold to the good you canpossibly derive
from them. HALLS Catarrh Cure, mans
nfactured by + Cheney and Co, 10:
ledo, O, containes no mercury, and ii
taken internally, acting directly up"h
the blood ard mucous surfaces Of the
system. In huying Halls G Catarrh Cnr'
be sure you get the genuine 1t is takeI,
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by Cheney & Co Testimonials frees
Sold by Druggists, Price 75c per bottle.
Halls FauiIy Pills are the best.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19
PARTITION &AA4E.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Paris of
Vermiiion-l7th District Court
No. 1888.
Isaac Wise
F. A. GodchauX.

F. A. Godchaux.
By virtue of an order issued under
"A Judgment rendered in the above
numbered and entitled suit. will
proceed to sell, at public auction. to
the last and highest bidder Ia order to
effect PARTITION at the principal trout
door of the courthouse, parish OF Vermil-
ion, in the town OF Abbevilte, La, on
Saturday, January 16, 1904,
between the hours of II a. m and p. 11l.,
the following described property to-wit:
A certain eel of land held and own
ed in common by isaac Wise and Frank
A. Godchaux which is bounded on tho
north by certain lots belonging to Isaac
Wise. south by the property of the Iberia
Il Vermilion Railroad Company. east by
State street and west by Jefferson street.
and having IL length east and west Of 1862
feet, by width north and south of TWEEN
ty- four feet; and situated in the town ot
Abbeville. parish of Vermilion, La.
Terms-Cash.
AbbevIlle, La, Dec. 12, 1903
j. 0. HEBERT,
Sheriff, Vermlion Parish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19

NOT ouly will The election Of W A.
Strid!ey asa Democratic candidate
for STATE treasurer hr complimentary
10 The fast growing aonthwesin.n
purtion ni The state. which has hrvsA
yet been 80 hnnorcd, hu' it will l"i
renewed evidence to ciiizans Of tha
stnte who were not bora her" that
there is 10 petty local pr ju lice
ahOut Louisiana. \ large uum'nf
Of our ci' Ems c!aim other state Al
their raj We placr>; it will Iii IL
The" feel entirely at homo 10 sec one
of them taking high rank in lAa
states e vice
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19
FARM FOR SALE.

A fine Rice Farm aboat two miles
fron, Kaplan containing 1873 acres,
all under fence, and splendid deep
well furnishing an ampe supply of
water. Pump and En- ine, all new
and in good order. For terms and
conditions, apply to
OTHON RICHARD.
Abbaviile. La
Several other, properties near
A bbevii;e for sale. 4I-tf
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-19

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Evening journal., 1903-07-07
Record of Leo's Life.

Born at Carplneto March 2, 1910.
Entered college at Tome 1924.
Mltrlculated at Gregorian University
1850.
Entered College Of Noble Ecclesiasucs
1892.
Appointed Domestic Prelate by Gregory
XVI 1857
Referendary to Court of segnatura
March lG. 1887.
order Of priesthood conferred December
81, 1857.
Apostolic delegate at Benevento 1SS7-lSi1
Governor of spoleto lSil-iSi5
Papal Nuncio at Brussels lSi3-lSi5.
Made Archbishop of Perugia 1916.
Created Cardinal December -. 1858.
Made Cardinal Camarlengo July, 1871.
Elected Pope February 20, 1878.
Crowned Pope March g. 1875.
Revived Roman Catholic Hierarchy ir
Scotland March q. ISIS.
Encyclical condemning communism, so.
cialism and nihnism, December 2S, 1875.
Encyclical against hcrcsy, socialism No
vember g. 1852.
Recognized unity of italy October z, 1883
Encyclical condemning liberalism No
Vemhcr g, lto1.
Celebrated golden jubilee 1887.
Celebrated grand jubilee iSSs.
Encycncal on socialism and labor MAY
IS, 1891.
Celebrated episcopal jubilee February
1898.
ISSUED appeal TO England for reunion o.
Christendom April d, 1891.
Celebrated sixueth anniversary Of hi
first mass February 10, ls9S
Declared 1900 a year of universal JUBILEE
May il. 1899.
Held consistory and created eleven new
Cardinals June 10, 1899.
Celebrated ninetieth birthday March
igo.
Issues jubilee encyclcal to prelates con
dcmning evils OF the day-His so-calle'
''last testament March %, 1903.
Celebrated pontihcal jubilee March
1908
Last consistory-sevou Cardinals created
June p. 1905.
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

Rome, July 7.-Another morning has
broken on the pathetic scene within
the simple chamber of the Vatican,
where Pope Leo lies dying. As the
soft light of dawn penetrated into the
room the Pontif whispered to his de-
voted physician that he desired the
shutters Of the windows to be opened,
saying:
81 wish to see once more, perhaps
for the last time, the rays of the sun. "
1t is just a short while that the pope
came back to consciousness from O
sleep which Dr. Lapponi had induced
by a strong dose of choral. His sleep
was so deathlilSe that artificial respira-
tion was continued, and Dr. Lapponi
every few minutes leaned anxiously
over the couch to observe the illustri.
Gus patient and listen to his hardly
perceptible breathing. Pope Leo awoke
wet with perspiration, feeble to the
extreme, and his voice hardly audible
The fits of coughing had brought pains
in his chest and shoulders, and, think
ing his end was now near, he said tc
DR.. Lapponi:
Tell me when the time really
comes"
The doctor assured his holiness that
he believed the danger OF his immedi
ate passing away was averted for the
night and for today.
These seemingly last moments OF
Pope Leo are full of solemnity. Per
haps his last hours would be less mel
ancholy and sad if the august sufferer
were less conscious of the circum
stances and his mind less clear as tc
the duration of time remaining to him
| before he enters eternity
The condition of the pope this morn
/ ing was stationary. After twice TAX
ing raw egg and a little brandy, he
went to sleep. At 9 o'clock Dr. MAJ
zoni visied his holiness again.
Although his physical powers arc
at the lowest ebb and his breathing
becomes more labored the popes mind
is clear, as is manifest to all around
him by his bright expressive eyes anC
the few words he now and then sue
ceeds in uttering. The scene is 81
touching that those present can scarce
restrain their tears. The Count Ca
milo Pecci, the popes nephew, whom
the dying man kept by his bedside
! Sunday. was so exhausted by his con
tending emotions that he had to b,
taken from his uncle's room, com
pletely worn out A few moments be
fore, as he stood bowed beside tn,
bed, Pope Leo laid his hand on hi
head with paternal affection, saying
take courage"
Shortly after 10 o'clock at night thu
pontiff received the extreme JUNCTION
At 9 o'clock his condition seemed S,
hopeless that only short time appar
entity remained before he would glidl
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

into his last sleep. At DR.. Lapponis
Initiative a hasty consultation OF the
pope's relatives. Cardinal Rampolla
and other ecclesiasties was held, and
It was decided that extreme unction
should be given. The pontiff received
the announcement with his usual calm
ness, and though scarcely able to speak
Rudibly, he said he knew his time had
come and he was ready to appear be-
fore the sublime tribunal with full
trust in the Divine mercy.
Monsignor Pifferi. Pope Leo's con-
fessor, administered the extreme
JUNCTION. and when the ceremony was
over his holiness sank back on the pill
low with apparent great relief that all
was done and that he was entering in
to rest after his long pilgrimage.
After the administration of tho
yiaticum kilograms hoping for HIS re-
covery were shown to the pope and
he appeared to be much gratified. One
Of the strangest features in his condi-
ton is the interest the pope takes in
kilograms inquiring about his health.
Having heard that a French lady
whom he had received in audience a
few weeks ago had telegraphed a mes
sage Of sympathy. he asked to see the
dispatch, and when Monsignor Pifferi
brought it he was not satisfied with
/ looking at the message, but wished 10
read it,
1t is considered certain that the
! visit to France of the king and queen
of Italy, now arranged for July is. will
be postponed, as in the event of fatal
termination of the pope's illness, King
Victor Emmanuel will not be able to
leave the kingdom until the successor
to the pontifical throne has been elect
ed and installed.
Since the pope's illness assumed its
present serious character there ha.
been no very marked change in tn,
/ symptoms, and the alienation from
hope to fear in the minds of the popu
lation has given place to a certain
feeling of apathy For centuries thl
Romans had been accustomed 10 th'
rise and fall'of systems of government
and TO changes Of rulers. This, doubt
less, has affected the present gen
Grafton, causing them to regard with
out anxiety or even keen interes
event. of this nature. The pope's i'll
ness y a case in point During tn
whole Of Friday and Saturday,, in spit
Of the blazing July sunshine, cage
crowds thronged the colonades of tn
piazza of st. Peters questioning tn
Swiss guards on duty at the doors o
the Vatican, watching the ingress ant
egress of ecclesiastical and other dig
nitaries and obtaining from them, whei
possible, information regarding tn
health of the illustrious patient Thei
came Sunday The pope seemed to b
sinking fast. and hope died away oi
the announcement that the viaticun
would be administered in the evening
But as night wore on and the solemi
rite was accomplished, contrary to ex
Npectation a slight improvement in tn
pontims condition was observed, tn
anxiety diminished and the crowd
dwindled away. Some. persons believ
ed that the amelioration was only TEN
porary, the last effort of failing vital
ity, and that il would be followed i'm
mediately by corresponding prostra
ton. but this surmise proved incorrec
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
He Makes an Effort to
Speaks But Is Unable
to Make Himself I'm
derstOOd
1t Was Decided to Per
form an Operation, But
He Was Too Weak to
Permit It,
Pope's Last Prayer.
.SWISS OnARo

Leo, now sets thy sun, pale in its dy-
ing ray
Black night succeeds the day.
Black night for thee; wasted thy frame
life's flood sustalns
No more thy shrunken veins.
Death casts his fatal Dart; robed FOR
the grave thy bones
Lie under the cold stones.
But thy freed soul escapes her chains
and longs IN flight
To reach the realms Of light.
That is the goal she sees; thither her
journey fares.
Grant, Lord, my anxious prayers.
That with the citizens of heaven, God {
face and light
May ever thrill my sight;
That ! may see Thy face, heaven
queen, whose mother lo.e
Has brought me home above.
To Thee, saved through the tangles q
a perilous way
/ lift my grateful lay.
This was his last Loet;cal compost
ton.
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

All DAY yesterday the improvement
was maintained until last evening.
when the patient became very weak
and the end seemed near.
The pope himself seems persuaded
that this illness is his last. and he has
accordingly settled his affairs. Though
awaiting the end calmly, his mind is
clear. and he still gives attention TO
mundane matters despite the fact that
he has been warned by his doctors,
who fear his keen intellect may wear
away the frail sheath in which it ia
encased
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
Pravera Reoommended.

Washington. July THE apostolic
delegation has received the following
cable from Cardina Rapolla:
phenomenon of the illness of the
holy father more accetuated- Mind
very clear. Prayers recommended"
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
A Ria MoonIIaht ExeursIon

VIII be taken by the Methodist
Young Peoples Union on Thursday
evening. July .. on City Of Chester. up
the river TO Philadelphia. BE sure and
go with them. Boat leaves Fourth
street wharf at o'clock. Tickets SO
cents. zaE:i a a ~
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
D. W. lynch Co. Groceries.

Headquarters for Fruit Jars. jelly
Glasses. Tin Cans. Sealing Wax and
Jar Rubbers. Pure Spices Main
branch store, Eighth and King streets.
branch store, Eighth and iKng streets.
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

Rome. July THE correspondent learns
that the Pope is sinking gradually, and IS
now in state bordering on unconscious
ness. lie makes efforts to speak, but can
only with the greatest difficulty mutter
unintelligible words which are so feebly
spoken and so muffed that it is impossible
to even form an idea Of what he is en-
deav0ring TO say.
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

Everybody bring your friends and go
with the X. g. +. excursion TO Atlantic
City, Thursday, July 2S.
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
In Semi consoious state.

Rome. July Pope Leo's end seems
near. 1t was unofhciaiy stated in Vau-
can circles this afternoon that the Pope
was gradually sinking into a state bor-
dering on unconsciousness. He makes ef-
forts TO speak. but is unable to make him
self understood.
Rome. July Following is the text OF
The bulletin regarding the condition Of his
Holiness issued at $40 o'clock this morn
ing:
"The Pope passed a RESTLESS night, with
out sleep. Nourishment, however, has been
more freely taken and the general condi-
tion OF the patient is "a little more reassur.
ing. An objective examination shows a
change in the right of the thorax, and the
middle lobc of the lung, which up tC
yesterday did not permit the passage OF
air. now allows the air to penetrate. Or
the othc~ hand, the interior zone has be.
come more obtuse, and the transmission OF
vocal and dactile vibration is wanting
This leads to the belief that there is liquid
in the pleura. An experimental incisior
will be made. The action of the heart l.
depressed. so much 80 as TO render th'
renal function insufficient and to caus'
cyanosis in the last phalanges Of thu
hands.
(signed) "Lapponi,
sNfazzoni d"
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

Rome. July IAN operation Of pune
turing the Pope's pleura with a pravaz
syringe. In order 10 drain the water col
lected there. WIS TO have taken place at
noon today, but at was found that his
Holiness weakness was too great to stand
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
1nDrS

the operation. The cyanosis of his fingers
Is increasing, the fingers gradually stinen-
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lcontInued on FourLh Page.l
Evening journal., 1903-07-07
For Marked cIerk.

william Morrow and James Hurlock
each desire to become clerk Of the mar
kets and are making an active canvass for
the position. II the job Is given either the
chances are that IL will be Morrow.
Evening journal., 1903-07-07

Our CREED: To publish
the news that ought to be
published; to tell the truth
that ought to be told, and to
put it into readable form.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-02-12
P I.
CHAPTER 1.
81 IN I'D l not say he would eat
.e5SsssT1 Tile Is a brave oner"
b6gSx%WJ i like an ArohD

SCI IN 1ID | not say he would eat
so5zS5E3 "He Is a brave onew
xsz Rides like an Arab"
Smokes like a ~zouaye."
"Cuts off a head with that back cir
cular sweep. Ah-h-h! Magnificent!''
and dances like an ~aristocrat: not
like a tipsy spahis"
The last crown to the chorus of ap-
plause and insult to the circle of ap-
plauders was launched with all the
piquance of inimitable canteen slang
and camp assurance from q speaker
who had perched astride a broken
fragment Of wall. with her barrel of
wine set up on end on the stones in
front of her and her six soldiers, her
big babies. as she was given mater
nally to calling them, lounging at their
ease on the arid. dusty turf below. She
was very pretty. audaciously pretty.
though her skin was burned to a
bright sunny brown and her hair was
cut IS short as a boys. and her face
had not ore regular feature in it. But
then-regularity. who wanted 1t? Who
would have thought the most pure.
classic type a change for the better.
with those dark. dancing. challenging
eyes. with that arch. brilliant. kitten
like face and those scarlet lips like a
bud Of camellia that were never so
handsome as when q cigarette was be-
tween them. or. sooth to say. not sell
dom a pipe itself?
She was pretty, she was insolent. she
was lntolerably coquettish, she was
mischievous as a marmoset. she would
swear II need be like q zouaye. she
could fire galloping, she could toss off
her brandy or her vermuth like a
trooper, she would on occasion clinch
her little brown bend and deal n blow
that the recipient would not covet
twice. she was a child of Paris and
had all its wickedness at her fingers.
she would sing you odd songs till you
were suffocated with laughter, and she
would dance the cancan at the Sale de
Mars with the biggest giant of a cuiras
sier there. And yet. with all that. she
was not wholly unsexed. with all that
she had the delicious fragrance of
youth and bad not left a certain femi
nine grace behind her. though she wore
n WANDERERS uniform and had been
born In a barrack and meant to die In q
battle. 1t was the blending of the two
that made her piquant, made her a no
toriety In her own way. known at
pleasure and equally in the army of
Africa as Cigarette" and "L'Amie du
Drapeau" the Friend of the Flag.
"Not like a tipsy spahisl" 1t was a
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-02-12
PREFACE.

1REp <1CH-
ouida's world famous novel, Under
Two Flags" dramatized by Paul NJ.
Potter, has made a great hit on tho
stage. The dramatist has dealt mainly
with that part of the book in which
Cigarette IL so conspicuous q figure
and In which the Hon. BERTHE Cecil,
having fed from England under a
cloud, Is known only as Louis Victor
and "Bel.a-faire-peur," corporal in the
French army in Algiers. Cecil prior to
his flight Is a member of the First Life
guards In London and Is such a yerlta.
BILE Beau Bfummel that he Is called
Beauty of the B~rigades." lie Is an
athIe,e, : wonderful amateur steeple
cnase Jockey, n great nlrI ana the re
cipient of the smiles of numerous
young matrons, the principal one being
Lady Gueneyere. He is a second son,
q spendthrift, and his means are SO
limited that he calls himself "a pauper
and a guardsman." His father, Lord
Royallieu, hates him. but is very fond
Of his younger brother, Berkeley, o
weak youth, with little sense of honor.
While keeping a tryst with Lady Guen-
evere her reputation becomes imperil-
ed, and Cecil gives his word of honor
that he will not tell where he was the
10Th of the month. He has incurred
the enmity of a race track tout and
welcher named Ben Davis, whose
friend, Ezra Baroni. becomes possessed
of q note signed "Bertie Cecil" and in
dorsed with the forged signature
buckingham" the name of Cecils
bosom friend, Lord Rockingham, fu-
ture Duke Of Lyonnesse. better known
as "Seraph." colonel of the First Life
guards. When accused of the forgery
by Baroni, Cecil assures Seraph, who
implicitly believes In his honesty, that
he Is innocent, but when given an op-
poftinity to prove that he was not in
Baroni's Office on the 18th of the month
getting the forged note discounted he
refuses to do so because of his pledge
to Lady Guenevere and because n blur
red, scrawled. miserable letter, blotted
with tears, reveals to him the identity
Of the real forger. He submits to ar
rest, but later, when Baroni attempt.
to have him dragged h~ahdcuffed
through the streets, escapes with his
valet, Rake, to France. Prior to his ar
rest Seraph's little S-year-old sister.
Lady Venetia, tells him she hears he
has lost all his money owing to the de-
feat of his favorite horse, Forest King.
because the horse was drugged by the
welcher's paid tool In revenge and Of
fers to give him all her money. Cecil
Is greatly touched by the child's kind
hess, but refuses her aid. accepting in
lieu thereof a little enamel sweetmeat
box, which he says he will keep in
memory Of her. The scene then
changes to Algiers, where Cecil and
Rake are humble soldiers under anoth.
er flag, the flag of France.
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"He does uomnn's deeds. does herr
beat its own %rataplan, a dead man fire
a musket, but thou wilt never make an
Englishman speak when he Is bent to
be silent"
Cigarette launched a choice missile
of barrack slang at an array of meta
phors which their ~propounder thought
s%tupendous in their b%rilliancy.
"Englishmen are but men. Put the
wine in their head, make them whirl in
n waltz. promise them a kiss, and II
turns such brains as they have inside
out. When a woman is handsome, she
is never denied. He shall tell me where
he comes from. | doubt that 1t is from
England. See here-why notY And
she checked the noes off on her 1.-THE
brown fingers: HE doesn't eat his meat
raw; he speaks very soft; he waltzes so
light. SO light; he neye grumbles in his
throat like an angry bear; there is no
fog In him. How can he be English
with all thatY'
"There are English and English"
said the philosophic Tata. who piqued
himself on being serenely cosmopoli
tan.