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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-16

Bishop Gilbert Haven't e polit
;icIl blatherskite, who is tolerated
in the sacred Office of Bishop By
the Methodist church when he
ought to be kicked out, for the
good of the church, is now divid-
ing his. time between two great un
dertakings: the first is keeping
up the Grant "boom" until the
Grant Meuagerie starts out from
the Pacific coast, and the second
in persuading all who will listen
to his follythat the United States
should have "a more definite
Characterization of the COnstitu>
tion."After he has changed the
constitution to suit himself he
wants the cross put on the flag
and christian preachers to crown
Grant king ofAmericna. So long
as any Church permits such crazy
political blatherskites as Bishop
Haven to represent it so long
will its influence fail to accom-
plish what it ought - and might
in it's grand mission.
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Character More THIN Heputa.
Hon.-Keep straight ahead. The
carve liuB may be the line OF
beauty, but it is better to be able
to walk a crack than describe a
circle. Tho man who can walk
in a straight line may be all right,
but he who can only walk in a
cycIoid curve is assuredly all
wrong. This injunction concern
ing your physical peregrination
4plAies as we'll to your
spiritual itineracy. Are you Sian
dered! Keep straight on in your
course and let backbitihg die the
death of neglect. What is the
use of lying awake nights brood
ing over the remarks Of some
false friend, that runs through
your BRAN like lightningi What
is the use of getting into a worry
and fret over gossip that has
been set afoat to your disadvant-
age by some meddlesome busy
body who has more sine than
character! The thing can not
possibly injure you, unless, in>
deed, you take notice of it.-Chris
Fan at Work.
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Banks Babies.
A Parents Difficulties IN Getting
His Children Baptized.

l was detained over Sunday in
RarIsbury, and on Sunday morn
ing 1 resolved to go to church.
The first church / came to, IA
small frame structure with a
wooden steeple, had the doors
aud windows tightly shut, but
there was Il man sitting on the
front steps whiting "a stick, and
l said to him
care you connected with this
church 2"
eyes," he said, "I'm the SEX
ton.'
"What is it closed for Z"
SWELL, mostly on account of
Banks habies."
"Babies 7"
"Sit down, and I'll tell you
about 1t. You know Banks; he
came to this town to live a few
weeks ago u perfect stranger, and
he rented Il pew in this church. 1t
seems that Banks had three little
bits Of babies, rriplets, not more'n
two months old, and then, beside
these, he had twins about "a year
old. So nobody knew about the
babies, but Banks wanted to have
the little darlings baptized, and
he allowed Mrs. Banks to rush
the whole five babies into church
on one Sunday might excite re-.
mark, you understand. So he
settled it that he'd have 'em chris
tened gradually, so to speak. A.,
cordingly, the next Sunday he
fetched little Jimmy, one of the
triplets, and all went off we'll
enough. On the followin' Sunday
he come a p%romenadin' up the
aisle with George Washington,
another triplet, and DR.. Binns,
our preacher, he fixed him up all
right. People thought it was
queer. but when on the next Suns
day mornin' Banks and his wife
came into church with another
baby, William Henry, crying like
a Pawnee war-whoop, some of the
folks couldn't help snickerin.'
"HowsOmdeyer nobody com
planned, and al; might have been
we'll if Banks hadn't come along
the Sunday after with Elijah Hun
skier Banks, one Of the twins.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-16
The Robbery.

On the French side of the two
preceding issues of the PIONEER
,tnll details have been given OF
the robbery perpetrated by one
August Gounaux,-but who, sub
sequently, to better evade pur-
suit, assumed the names OF john
Silly aud Euzelien Davilla-upOn
the well known grocer and hard>
ware merchant Mr.. A. s. Chap
puts, Of this town. Mr., Ehappuls
}eft this place Tor a brief visit to
the West some four or five weeks
since for recI cation, combined
with business. and reposing full
confidence in the honor and in
tegrity of IA sharp, shrewd young
man, entrusted his affairs to the
said young man, who utterly be-
trayed, not only his employers
interests, but.his friendship-a
friend, who had engaged August
when he came to Mr.. Chappuis
for work in entirely destitute cir>
cumstances. Taking advantage
of Mr.. CAappuis' confidence and
absence. this young villain alb
seconded with some $1,000, to
gether with the horse Of Mr.. 9.
and the buggy of Mr.. David
Levy.
On Thursday last Mr.. Chap,
pnis returned here, and he is now
busily occupied in Investigating
bis books, accounts, etc., in order
TO ascertain with precision the
damages he has suffered. He
takes bis misfortune very philO
soplicalIy, and has gone actively
to work TO repair his losses. His
manv friends rejoice to see him
looking so cheerful and well in
body anu mind.-Assumption Pho
Neer.
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E. B. BRIGGS, President.
JOHN HENDERSON. Vice President,
ANDREW PATTON, Secretary
The Policies of the above Company, are
registered and the reserve thereon deposit
ted to the credit of the policy with the Au
ditOr, and Treasurer of State in compliance
with an act, approved April I'd, 1877 enti
tied:
An act to better secure holders of life
Insurance policies in this State to provide
a reserve fund and for other purposes
A CERTIFICATE
Of the Auditor of State %issannexed to each
Policy.
The COMPANY complied with the pro-
visions of the above ACT and made it's
SECOND deposit of the REQUIRED RE-
SERVE January 23rd. 1879.
ALLEN JUMEL Auditor.
COURIER, & MCNAIR,
General Agents, Plaquemine.
A. II. HUGUEI,
Agent, Baton Rouge,
l.. A. COLOMB. Agent, DonaldsOnville La.
JOS. I. THIBODEAUX.
Agent, Thibodaux.
BOURG Il MONTEGUT,
Agents, Houma La.
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The ScOurse of n
Years.
Former Rarages of the Disease Its
Nature and Pecwliaritses Q fits
Progress

Now that yellow fever IS at
tracing much attention in the
city it may he interesting to trace
it's history in this country. The
record of it's outbreaks are i'm
perfect up to 1893. Atthat times
after spreading through nearly
every Southern town, it reached
Philadelphia, and extended as
far north as Quebec. The fever
continued to be epidemic until
1905. In I'LL it appeared again
in the Gulf towns; and then in
several following years attacked
every Southern town along the
Gulf and the Southern Atlantic,
reaching New York i'll the terrible
epidemic of 1922. An interval
then occurred in it's ravages until
1860. Starting in January OF
that year at Rio de Janeiro, it
moved gradually northward, un.
ill it coached Mobile in 1858, and
Philadelphia and New York in
1856. From April to October of
that year seventy-nlne vessels ill.,
fected with yellow fever were
auarantined at New York. The
fever, however. was successfully
confined to Governors Island and
the Long Island shore. 1870 was
the next year in which the fever
made itself severely felt on An
gust 18th of that year it Was dis
covered on Governors Island.
From that time until tho Goth OF
the following October 1t remained
in and around New York 159
cases we're reported, ffty-two of
WHICH proved fatal. Most OF
these occurred on Governors
Island. In the city there were
only eleven deaths. The next
and most severe visitation OF
this scourage was last year. This
is too recent to need mention
here,
1t is said to be a Curious fact
about yellow fever that it does
not appear to be a contagious
disease. DIR. Janeway and
many prominent physicians are
of this opinion. They say that it
is of this growth that yellow fe.
YER is itself living organism. 1t
thus forms Il boundary line be
tween contagious aud non>conta-
gious disease its poison is not
generated in the human system,
but externally. 1t not only at
taeks persons exposed to the i'll
tected place, but under unknown
circumstances may be transport
ed in vessels, trunks, railroad cars,
etc, from point to point: and
turned loose to propagate. Like
cholera, it occasionally assumes I
migratory character, travelling
over great extent OF country, and
not unfrequently breaking
through the most rigid qualan
tine. In these migrations il
seems to have a prescribed
course, along which it pays III
attention to any inpediments
placed in it's way. A singular
fact in the history of yellow tevel
IN this country is that it is OF OF
der date in northern seaports
than in New Orleans.-lNew Ior,
Iribune.)
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are compounded from substances that are;
free from any properties that can i1jufoI
the most delicate organizations. Thsy1
Search, Cleanse, Purify, and Invig0raso;
the entire system. By relieving the On.
gorged Liver, shey cleanse the blood
from poisonous husnOrs, and thus impart
health and vitality to the body, causing
the bowels to act naturally, without
which no ono can feel we'll.
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To DESTROY COCKROACHES.-
Take any aueensware bowl or YES
sci with vertical smooth sides, not
less than two inches in height, and
placing it ip such spots as tue
Peaches run; put i'll it about a
tablespoonful of molasses. Then
lean six or seven small pieces of
boards or sticks. eight or ten in>
cLes long, against the upper edge
of tho vessel, making a bridge
from the floor to the top of the
bowl. The reaches, attracted by
the smell Of m~olasses, run up
these sticks and tumble down in
TO the molasses, and being unable
to climb the smooth sides Of the
howl, are safely ensconced for q
dose OF hniling hot water next
morning. A nightly repetition
OF this trapping process for ten
days or two weeks will effect a
complete radiance of these abomi
nable nuisances, and what is
more, judging by former expert,
ences, years will elapse before the
house will again be stocked.
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Everybody laughed, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Banks they were furious
mad as anything, you know; and
when Elijah Hunsiker Banks
hauled off accidently with his
hand and hit DR.. Binns, who was
holding him during the ceremony,
a whack in the face, and the doc
tor dropped him in the water, the
congregation just fairly roared
with laughter. Mrs. Banks turn
ed red as fire and looked as if
she would like to murder some
body.
swell, you know, we all
thought this was the last, and
public feeling kinder simmered
down on toward the end of the
week, when who should come up
booming up the aisle on Sunday
morning but MI. and Mrs. Banks,
with Tecumseh Aristotle Banks,
the remainiD' twin! Well, you
ought just to we heard that con-
gregation laugh! l never seen
nothin' like it in all my experience
Even DR.. Binns had to smile.
And the Bankses, they were per-
fectly wild with rage. Anyhow,
they baptized Tecumseh !; and at
ter meetin' some of the elders got
to jokin' about it. One said the'd
have to apply to the town supervi
sors for an extension Of the water
works !; another allowed that ar
fragments ought to be made to
divert Huckleberry creek and run
it down the middle aisle of the
church i; another said that Banks
would need about twelve peWs
when his family grew up. Some
body must have told Banks about
it, for what does he do to revenge
himself? He sends down to Clar
ion county to his two sisters to
come and bring their children.
So they had a couple of babies
apiece. and as soon as they arriv-
ed Banks he begins to bring
them to church gradually, like
the others. You never seen such
meetings as them! The church
was jammed full, and people was
just roarin.' And when Banks
came in on Sunday with the
fourth and last of his sisters ba-
bies, the trustees thought it was
time to interfere. Gettins to be
a farce. you know. So Deacon
Smith stepped up and said some
thin or other to Banks, and
Banks, quicker m a wink, laid
down the baby and banged the
deacon with his fist. And so, |
dunno how it was, but in a min
ute there was Banks and Deacon
Smith and Deacon Hubbard and
Banks's sisters baby and me, all
a rollin' and a bumpin' over the
floor, hi.rin' and kickin' and whoO
PIN IN II manner that was ride
lOus to behold.
"And when we all come to and
got Strengthened ont, Banks pick
ed up the battered baby of his
sister and quit, and the trustees
held an informal meetin' and
agreed to close the chnIch for a
month SOS to kinder freeze Banks
ont, aud now we've shut up
but l reckon it is no use, for
near Banks has got his back up
and gone over and joined the
BaptistS.'
So said good-day to the sexton
and went in search of another
sanctuary.-Nev YORK. Weekly.
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Important Notice.

TINE Policy Holders of the LOUISIANA
l. EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. of
New Orleaps will please take notice that
L.. A. COLOMB of DonaldsoDville is now
acting as Solicitor and will make collec-
lions for this company in the Lafourche
district.
We call the attention of those desiring
LIFE INSURANCE and the SECURITY offered
under The STATE REGISTRATION LAW to
OCE YEARLY RENEWABLE PLAN. giving
low rates of premium and a guarantee of
full protection. For particulars apply to
AND. PATTON,
Or to Secretary.
l.. A. COLOMB, Agent, Donaldsonville. La
New Orleans, July 5. 1873. 6-m
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a Scene in a Tunnel.

The st. Louis tunnel should be
filled up. It is a haven for crimi-
nails. 1t is the place probably re
ferred to in in some ancient work
the Bible possibly-as where
"crime shall be committed at
MONDAY" 1t is DARKER than re.
nowned Egypt or the black hole
of Calcutta. Monday we went
through it. Immediately in front
of us sat a couple from this city
of opposite gerders. There was
nothing in their appearance Of a
cannibalistic nature, but as soon
as the car became envelOped in
impenetrable darkness they be>
gan to slobber and chew each
other. In a few minutes a ray o.
light was observed from the west
end of this underground living
sepulchre, and we saw a sight
that made our blood stand OH
end. In tine dim light could be
seen the forms OF these young
persons. He had his arms encir-
cled around her waist, and from
the manner in which her eyes
bulgeG out we became convinced
that he was a man of much mus.
Gle. That probably alone deter
red us from interfering. During
this time the lady was not idle,
for she had his head in chancery,
and was biting at his nose with
the persistency of a book agent.
We won't go through the tun
mel any more, especially if there
is a lady in the car.-ANon Demo-
cr0t.
Before the Cadi a Mohamme-
dan was brought up for burning
down u Christians house. "Where
is the complainant May our
souls be a sacrifice, but he is in
the other world! 'The Koran
said the magistrate, provides
that where the complainant is un
able to appear, it his abiding
place be known the culprit shall
be taken there and confronted
with him. In the present case the
plaintiff does not appear and is
known to be in the next world.
Let the law be executel-ditto
the prisoners Gone to meet his
victim.
Remember that Baum's new
store is at the corner of Market
and st. Louis Streets, under the
Franklin House. ~ ''
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Remember that Baum's new
store is at the corner of Market
and St. Louis Streets, under the
Franklin House.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01
Indian Depreciation.

The fair reader shudders when she
thinks OF The settlers wife watching,
from the door of her rude hut, the re-
treating form of her husband going out
TO his daily labor-going out perhaps
to return not again, for before nightfall
a savage hand may have laid him low
among the prairie grasses. Or il may
be a child, a bright-eyed daughter, is
snatched away in an unguarded mo-
meni, to grace the next war dance.
When we read the heartrending details
of these savage depredations, we are
apt TO blame the government for not
taking more strict precautions to insure
the settlers protection. But we daily
read of the depredations of that arch
fiend, consumption, with scarcely a
thought of the terrible nIoads 1t is
making in human life. Tens of thous-
aads of homes are annually desolated
by consumption to one by indian out
rage. Like the Indian, consumption
oftenest comes stealthily, and no dan
ger is apprehended until the victim
suddenly finds himself hopelessly en-
shared, and deaths fatal arrow ends
the scene. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, powerful alternative. or
blood-purifier, and tonic, has restored
thousands of cOnsumDtives who had
tried every other remedy recommended
to them, without obtaining any relief,
and are willing to testify to its remedial
powers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01
An ambu lance for Accidents in New York

Suddenly a loud-tOned bell, audible
throughout the building. strikes four, and
the gates are opened for white ambulance,
which a moment later is pulled up before
the main entrance. Surgical, voice
mutters half unconsciously behind us, and
looking around we see q patient. ''Four
strokes for surgical, three for medical,
he explains: and it is by the bell that the
ward attendants are forewarned cf the ma
ture of ambulance cases. The ambulance
is used IN nearly all cases Of street accidents.
some cases OF disease and many cases OF
violent inebrirty. II can be summoned
by telegraph from any police station, or
from any alarm box Of the fire department,
by tapping the Morse key twenty times
and sounding the box number. Il is IA
miliar in all localities and at all hOurs-a
covered wagon with a neatly uniformed
surgeon sitting behind. Over sixteen hun
dred cases are attended by the ambulances
Of Bellevue in year, and two surgeons are
constantly employed in the service, re-
spending to calls day and night The
alarm is received in the telegraph office on
the first floor of the hospital, and thence
transmitted simultaneously to the stables
and the room of the surgeons, where it is
annunciated by nine resonant strokes on =
small gong. No matter how active the
doctor is, the vehicle Is usually at the door
before he is at the bottom of the stairs, and
he has to spring for his seat behind as it
rolls out of the hospital yard. 1t is con-
structed on a plan to minimize pain in
carrying a sufferer to the hospital for per-
manent treatment, and the surgeon has
with him instruments and appliances for
giving temporary alleviatiOn, such Us splint-
ing and binding fracture, or sewing up a
wound. When we reach the yard a spring
mattress moving on castor wheels has been
withdrawn from the bottom of the ambu-
lance, and placed in slantIng position
between the tail-bOaId and the ground.
Under the patient, who is covered with
blankets, and over the mattress, is canvas
stretcher with tubes along the sides, into
which the attendants insert long poles, and
. the case is thus carried TO a cot or into
the surgery, without any necessary exertion
or moving on his part. The ambulance
surgeon is brisk, business-like young
man, and having transferred the case to
the house surgeon who is now responsible
for it, and given a few particulars to the
clerk, he bounds up stairs to wait for an
other call.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01
YOUTHS COLUMN.

Little .JOhnqle anecdotes. - Wool
pecsers work as carpenters, but they
wud make more money II they wud 60
in for cole miriu cos 4 man wich had
q cDie mine went down to were his men
was to work and said if they diddent
work fasser he was a g0in 10 get some
woodpeckers, wich wuj dig out more
cole in hour than they did all day.
Tnen the men held a meeting, and all
struck, for they thot, the IRen did, that
woodpeckers was some new fangle
mashine, and wen the men said they
was birds, an il was al joke, one ole
miner tie spoSe up aud said hede like
to kno wot birds was. bit a other feller
said he new Wut birds was well enun
but hele like 10 lie t0tc what jokes was
Mooipsckcrs hammers Il tree iulI OF
holes and gets werms cut. but spect
when one Is Sittea 'em out q other is Il
goin to the holes ahed of him anG
stickin 'em in, and LOW for the story
wich | said | Nud tel YOU Olce Il
al wich lived in the woods vas cutiin
down trees. aud he had 80 many chill
dren that hIs wife cudent mind 'em all
TO home, 50 ne luke the baby with him
and laid IL on a stump vile he workt
L lie BIul WAS ICA llcl8Stis anu NiC NAOI-
peckers there is red heded, too, and one
was settin on limb. Pretty soon
the baby begun 10 cri, and wen the
woodpecker see its mouth open and
herd it crime it thot TO itself poor
thing. were Is your ole birds, you must
be offla hungry, lie see if 1 can do any
thing Tor you; and wen the man come
up o lie baby TO say giTchy, gitchy,
l.,
long red wurm in the baby's mouth
and fly back to the limb. Then the
man pulled out the werm and looht at
the woodpt cAer and said my good fel-
Ter, if you keep a ooardin' house here
wot is your terms: But the wOodpeck
-r only sIuggeI its shoulders like
Fren,h man, as If il said you ugly
theef, 1 believe If il waseut hatcht our
yet you would suck the egg like 4
cuckoo.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01
Fungi in Man.

The human ear is sometimes attacked bv
a disease which shows itself in the form of
running sore; in nany cases the tympan-
um is destroyed and hearing lost before the
nature of the malady is discovered. The
disease is due to the growth of amicroscop-
ic pant or fungus. 1t especially thrives
when, from any cause, the secretion of wax
in the ear is stopped or hindered. The mi
croscope is a valuable assistant in the dis
covery of this fungus. Consumption, the
most disastrous malady that afflictsnumani-
ty, is now said to be caused by a yeast
plant that fourIshes in the blood. The
presence of this fungus in the blood is readi-
ly shown by a microscope, and now forms
The subject of careful study among physi-
Clans