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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-28
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Board of Health are wasting
their 1lne and the ie0p'e's mon-
ty in pursuing the ignjS fatuuS of
yellow fever. ;le.Y aif paying too
little attention to SomctIting more
tangible and terrible already in
otlr mi.st. Instead of trying to
cage germs an,i 10 bo;.!o ghosts,
it Woui,l be well fNr them 20 take
some active measures regarding =
the increase OF leprosy in LouIs.a
! ia.
The TnihotlauX Sentinel was
Ii" first paper which spoke plain
! iy oi tile matter. About six
months ago it pahiiSnea several
articles upon this shocking sub
ject, requesting that proper
! mvanS Ia taken TO Isolate the dis
ease. There wcie at that time, nc
Gorsiia. to the Set.ti;lrI, some fl
ty or sixty ierers in Latoniche ;
and the ,.i>rast' WAS spreading.
! We art intorme,! that the com
munity afflicted in this mariner
have tor more than halt a cehtU-
~ Sn5SiSjvd UPON Il diet which
nighI in part account for the rap
Ill growth OF the evil. Fresh meat
is scarcely ever eaten there a;i;i
fish OF salt pork form the staple
of bodily uonrishment. 1t may be
remea bereti by our readers that
| the leplos> in certain Norwegian
fishing villages has been at.ribu-
ted to a similar tlies.
| An investigation opened by
the health authorities appears to
have been attended with little sue
cess. 1is the country there was no
effor, maae,-except on the ralt
OF the Thlbodanx SentineI-to
AID the Investigations and much
has been concealed which should
have been brought to light.
Under such circumstances, II
is true that great weight can not
be attached to rumOr> ; but these
rumors are SO alarming that it i
imperative IA careful and complete
report be made in regard to the
existence of the disease b>' duly
authorized physicians, and th'
whole result given to the publlc
Partial investigation and hasty
reports are highly reprehenslbl'
under present circumstances.
Persons in communication witt
Latonrcile have Informed rs tha
there are some two hundred ant
fifty eases Of leprosy in that par
of the country. This we believe II
be an eXaggpratioa Of the flUth
but the fact thar such statement
are made is of itself suspicious
We have also heard of several g
forts having been made to Secur
medical aid in New Orleans fl
the lepers and that the phys
clans appealed to, refused TO Ell
counter the terrible risks such {
duties.
The most unpleasant rumOr
all. however. a rumOr brought
us at intervals during the pa:
six months. is that there are SON
!, cases of leprosy i'll this cit.
among Chinese residents land on
yesterday an acquaintance intor
ed us that he had observed a Z.
naman passing through one
our most crowded thoroughfare
bearing all the outward marks
L the abominable malady.
We would suggest to the SaI
Z tarv Association that some cal
ble and energetic physlclan-L
Joseph Holt would be our chol
should be appointed to asc'
tain the truth in regard to su
reports.-N. D. Item.
Bay Halls Plow from s.
Cr;c.,nora CORNER ST PhjliD n
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-28

"Madam," sail a portrait pain
ter. "your daughter is b-autiful-
she is perfect little pearl!'. "And
pray. sir, what am ~ "O," re-
piled the painter, ''y"u are Of
course. the mother OF pearl"
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-28

And now the boys at the baseball match
In the red-het sun doth pitch and catch.
" nile the doctor sits in the coolin. shade
And patiently waits foI the coming trade;
For the bruised black eyes and fingers
bent,
The bandages and the ln-i-ment,
Are part Of the glory they will win
Who bat AMI bawl in this world of sin.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-28

Remember that Baum'S new
store is at the corner OF Market
ana St. Louis Streets, under the
Franklin HuaSe.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-28

Buy Halls Piow from s. I.
Grisamore corner st. Philip and
Market streets.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27

ARRIVED.
Golden Crow Il, Cincirnati; Belle Mem.
phis, Memphis; Champion, Paducah James
Fisk, Paducah; Guiding Star, New Or
leans.
DEPARTED.
Belle Memphis, 81. Louis: Champion,
Paducah James Fisk, PaducaE; Guiding
Star, Ci1cir9at.
RIVER-wEATHER-B
There was very lille activity about the
wharf yesterday.
The weather continues cloudy and hot,
with strong indications Of more rain.
1ae rivers are falling slowly, With II
feet 1 inches on the guage,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Captain Newman will have the gay
Champion out for Paducah at 3 o'clock
prompt this afternoon. The Champion is
fine sidewheel, swift running packet, and
offers better accommodations TO passengers
than any other boat in the trade. Messrs.
Andrew Bird and viii Hunter are her
clerks ...... The royal Anchor line steamer
John A. Scudder is announced to
leave this port to-day for New
Orleans. She is one Of the choicest
of this compa7ys elegant steamers, and is
commanded by that clever veteran, Cap
tain Elem Calvert ..... Inc Belle Mem
phis passed up from Memphis at ten o'clock
yesterday morning with q fine cargo of
freight and people, lone item Of her
freight was 1900 sacks Of new wheat, for
the 81. Louis market .... Captain Ed
Gray, formerly commander Of the Anchor
line steamer Ste. GenevieI e, is now stand
ing watch at the wheel Of the Belle
Memphis ..... The DeSmet, returning
from Paducah, passed for ST. Louis early
this morning The Ste. Geney ieve is
running in the St. Louis and Crystal City
trade, and is said to be doing good bus.
mess THE Golden Crown, Captain
Eugene Shinkle, arrived from the Ohio
river before daybreak yesterday, and is
sill here receiving. She came in with
very light cargo, having found very little
freight II the Ohio ..... Pilots report
three feet Of water in the Ohio. The
Champion had fair trip OF freight and
people from Paducah ..... The Gliding
Star 3 days p hours out from New Or.
leans, with her colors swung 10 the breeze
came into port at o'clock yesterday after
noon, with the appearance of fighting cock
from stem to stern. She left New Orleans
on Saturday evening with City of Alton,
and bea, the great race horse Of the
Anchor line to this port about
This may be considerable
in the fact however, that the Guild.
inc Starts comparatively flying light, hav.
ING but about 800 tons, while the Alton
has fraction less than 500 tons ..... The
steamer L. p, Schonck, leaving Cincinnati
Saturday, will be the last boat TO come out
under the auspices of the Southern Trans
portation company, as that organizations
lease upon the boats now in the line expires
on July l.u... Mr.. Smith, second clerk of
the famous New Orleans and Greenville
steamer j. NJ. White, is q passen-
ger TO Cincinnati on the Guiding Star
Mr.. Smith says that recent business trip
of the White, she came from New Orleans
to Natchez in ! !, minutes less timo than il
took the Robert Z. Lee to make the same
distance, when the latter boat was in her
race with the Natchez, in 1870. If the
White is this kind OF u boat, she is Ger.
lainly world beater, and we guess she is.
tpnN wnpnc
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27

Sales and Quotations.
SoTE-The prices here given are for sales from
fret hands in round lots An advance il
charged for broken lots IL Milling orders.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27
The Cairo Prices Current.
Office Washington Avenue,
Corner Twelfth Street,

IHE CAIRO PRlcEs'CURRESr Is published every
TUESDAY and Friday from the Office OF THE CAIRO
BULLETIN and is intended to give true report of
the condition Of the market on day of publication,
ana the publisher trusts that full and complete
quotations will be given by the business men Of the
city
TERMs.-onc cent per copy On all orders Of
IS or more, Of same date, the Subscribers name
Will be printed without extra charge. Orders for
extra copies must be received by 10 o'clock A. NJ.
on day Of publication.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27
MEDICAL.
'CATARH, THE CAUSE AND CURE.

A Pamphlet by DR. GLEASON PRATT, OF 243 State
4, Chicago. DR.. Pratt II the author 0. the Ozone
Treatment for Caiarrh, and In this new treatise i
revealed the secret Of bic snccess IN tAe treatment
u disease TO which he has given the stady Of
life time Price Of PampAlci25 cts Send !or It.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27
The Market.
THURSDAY EVENING, June Goth, 70.

THURSDAY EVENING, June Goth, 70.
The weather is close and sultry and
showers Of rain are of daily occurrence.
The market, in all its branches continues
very quiet without change in prices as
quoted in our last review, owing to light re-
ceipts and short stocks.
FLOUR-Old stocks are light in all
grades and dealers report an increase in the
demand. There is very little new -four In
the market as new wheat is not yet IN
manufacturing condition.
HAY-The demand and receipts are
both light. The market may be called
very dull. There is no demand at all for
Red top.
CORN-Prices are only sustained at
present figures by the light supply and
small receipts. The mills are Supplied and
demand only moderate to fill orders.
MEAL-Unchanged.
BUTTER-Stnctly choice is in fair de-
mand. Common is not wanted at any
price.
EGGS--Sell readily on arrival. There is
no surplus on the market and prices rule
firm.
CHICKENS-There is a fair demand
for both old and young and very light re-
ceip:s.
FRClT-Berries of all kinds sell readily
but apples are drug in the market.
POTATOES-Scarce and wanted.
TOBACCO-Receipts are moderate and
sales qdick at good figures.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27

$3.50 to Clubs of Ten and Upward!
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27
physicians speak in Terms OF Praise in favor OF the
HEALTH PAD.

CINCINNATI, June %, 1876.
Having had some considerable acquaintance with
the operation OF the Pad, | can concienciOusly
recommend II as an excellent remedy in oil the dis
eases for which DR., Forbes counses Its use.
DR.. j. HALL0WELL,
276 George Street, Cincinnati.
What Rev, Joseph Emery, the wellknown City
Missionary, says
CINCINNATI, June 30, 1876.
Having had long acquaintance with DR.. Forbes,
am satisfied that whatever he recommends he does
so conscienciously, ana will prove all they promise
REV. JOSEPH EMERY
Extracts from few OF the Many Letters frequently
received at the Office
one says FL feel that your Pads have saved my
life, " Another says your Pad has Just reached
my, case, 1t has entirely removed my costiveness
and consequent Sick Headache" Another writes:
Your Pad attended strictly to business, and In
iorty'eight hours felt Ne well as ever" Another:
"fonr Pad has cured me OF Biliiousness and a tor.
pid Liver. am better than have been In twenty
years" Still another s0ys-I ave endured all the
horrors growing out OF torpid Liver and Dyspepsia
After using your pad all thesr Ills left met One
more:-"l have used your Pads with perfectly salts
all" w
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27
RIVER NEWS.
Subs Description Rates:

ARRIVED.
Golden C.ovn, Cincirnati; Belle Mem.
phis, Memphis Champion, Paducah james
Fisk, Paducah; Guiding Star New Or
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-27
SUMMER TRAVEL,

" You journey for business. health or recreation
10 the Mountains, Lakes Shore over land or over
sea, don't fail TO secure the protection OF ACCI.
DENT INSURANCE IN THE TRAVELLERS, OF
hartford; ANY regular Agent will write yearly
Oimonth!y Policy In few minutes or a ticket from
one 10 thirty dAys. The cost il so small that any
one can AFFORD II who travels At sllCash paid for
Accidental Injuries over 100000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-03-20
The Use of Tools in India.

How English people would laugh if
they saw the native of this part of the
world at work on a road. One spade
can only be worked by two men, and
the labor is divided in the following
eomical manner: One man holds the
spade by the handle and scrapes and
shufnes the stones and sand to the side
Of the road, while the other, with rope
tied round the lower part of the handle,
next to the blade of the spade, stands in
front of him and assists him in his labors
by pulling the rope, which, of course,
drags the spade towards him. While
on this subject may also observe that
the Bombay coolies, when first presented
with wheel barrows, used to carry them
on their heads, and it was with the ut
most difficulty they were eventually in
duced to put them to their proper usage.
Cor. London Times.
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The AfghanS.

The Afghans are tall, of large and
well knit frames, muscular and hardy.
Their strong, heavy features and dark
skins give them fierce expression of
countenance; their black eyes-''their
lids tinged with anthony to add force,
beauty, and dazzling brilliancy to them"
are full of fire, so that their swift, bold,
and flaming glance is very impressive.
They wear their hair shaved from the
forehead to the top of the head, the rest
falling in black thick masses to the
shoulders. The dress of the people is
of cotton, or of cloth called baret, made
of cancels hair, and is worn in two long
and very full robes, the material used
by the wealthy classes being of silk or
cashmere; blue or white turbans anG
slippers complete the &C stume.
The garments of the young chiefs are
often quite gay with gold-lace and gold
thread embroidery. This ornamental
ton is done by the women in the ha-
rems, who are very skillful with the
needle.
Comte de Gobineau in his Romance of
the East thus describes a young Afghan
chief, whose name was Moshen, mean
ing beautiful: ellis complexion was
richly tawny, like the skin of fruit ripen-
ed by the sun. His black locks curled
in wealth of ringlets round the COM
pact folds of his blue turban striped
with red; sweeping and rather long
silken mustache caressed the delicate
outline of his upper lip, which was
clearly cut, mobile, proud, and breath
ing of life and passion. His eyes, ten
der and deep, flashed readily. He was
tall, strong, slender, broad shouldered,
and straightforward. No one would
ever dream of asking his race; it was
evident that the purest Afghan blood
flowed in his veins.''
The beauty of young Afghans is fire.
quently spoken of by Eastern writers,
but it would seem from the very nature
of things as though this glowing descrip-
ton must be overdrawn; just as the
handsome, pensive young Uncas of our
well beloved West Indian romancer,
James Fenimore Cooper, can hardly be
recognized in the modern Modoc. Still,
abundant testimony claims dark and
hardy beauty for the Afghan in his
prime.-Harper's Magaz inc for March,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-03-20
He Hadn't Surrendered,

The General Withers, of Kentucky,
who has been in this city for day or
two looking after some horses that a
man named johnson attempted to get
from him, tells the following good story !:
Withers was in the Confederate service
and was second in command under Penn
berton at Vicksburg. Onthat memorable
Sd of July, 1868 Pemberton called coun-
Gil of war and stated to them that Grant
was going to make general assault
along the whole line the next day and
asked them what had better be done.
Withers strongly objected to surrender
ing, representing that they could hold
out until the 10th. The rest of the
council agreed with him and it was
decided not to surrender. Withers went
off to command his division and antici-
pating the attack had his men under
arms, the men tending their guns and
every thing ready for action. In the
meantime Pemberton changed his mind
and surrendered the city. The first
Withers knew of it Grants troops were
behind him in the city, and a messenger
arrived post haste to summon the COM
uaHu1uS onlCol VI tudG uINlSlOu Vi Gn0
army before Grant. So Withers rode
down to the headquarters and there
found Grant in no very good humor.
He inquired what Withers meant by
keeping his men under arms after the
city had been surrendered. Withers
responded that this was the first intima.
ton he had that the city had surrender
ed. "HaveD't you been directed by
your superior officer to surrender your
commando" said Grant. sNo," said
Withers, 81 haven't" Then, Gen
eral," said Grant, "you did just right
to keep your men under arms" and
with guizzical look at Pemberton, who
was standing near, he set out refresh.
ments, and they all took sugar in theirs
with immense gusto.-Peoria W.)
| Journal,
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did not hear them too. On, God! l
hear them now"
So screaming, he tried to spring up
from the cask he sat astride of, but his
dizzied brain mystified his vision, and
he fell to the ground on the ruins of the
goblet he had fiourished so recklessly
awhile before. And we picked him up
dead-ay, dead as the victim of his
malice so long ago overwhelmed, who
had persisted because he knew so much
of the crimes of the wearer of the Red
Jacket.
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A PRAIRlE NEST.

When youth was in it May day prime,
LIES blossoming and singing time,
While heart and hope made cheerful chlme'
We dropped into our cottage nest
Upon praiIie's mighty breast,
Soft billowing towards the unknown west.
Green earth beneath blue sky above!
Through verdure vast the hidden ooVe
Sent plaintively her moan OF love.
South wind and sunshine hlled the ar
Thought flew in widening curves, to share
The large, sweet calmness everywhere.
In space two continent rivers made
Kaskaskia, that far southwark strayed,
And Mississippi, sunk in shade
OF level twilights-nestled we,
As in the cleft branch of a tree;
Green grass, blue sky, all we could see.
Torch like, our garden plot illumed
The sea like waste, when sunset gioomed,
Its homely scents the night perfumed;
And through the long bright noontide hours
It's tints outblaZed the prairie mowers;
Gay, gay and glad, that nest OF ours!
Our marigolds, our peoples red.
Struggling away from their trim BED,
With phlox and larkSpur rloted;
And we, fresh hearted. every day
Found fantasies wherewith to play,
As daring and as free as they.
The drumming grouse; the whistling quail;
Wild horses prancing down the gale;
A lonely tree, that seemed sail
Far cut at sea a cabin spark,
Winking at US across the dark;
The VOLTS cry, like a watch dogs bark;
And sometimes sudden jet and spire
Betting the horizon in with fire,
That writhed and died in serpent eyre
without a care we saw, we heard;
To dread or pleasure lightly stirred
As, in mid flight, the homeward bird.
The stars hung low above our roof;
Rainbow and cloud film wrought wool
OF glory round us, danger proof;
1t sometimes seemed as if our cot
Where the one safe, selected spot
Wherein Heaven conferred steadlest thought
Man was afar, but God close by;
And we might fold our wings, or fly
Beneath the sun, His open eye:
With bird and breeze in brotherhood,
We simply felt and understood
That earth was fair, that He was good.
Nature so full of secrets coy,
Wrote out the mystery of her joy
On those broad swells of Illinois;
Her virgin heart to Heaven was true,
We trusted Heaven and her, and knew
The grass was green, the skies were blue
And life was sweet What find we more
In wearying quest from shore to shore?
All, gracious memory! to restore
Our golden West its sun. its showers,
And that gay little nest of ours
Dropped down among the prairie flowers.
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of two. or more of four, s,.,.
bon, nitrogen, hydr6S sn. sSS
This being the case, the. sh;s,.
piled chemistry is to discors'a
OF obtaining costly produsss. = I
process OF synthesis. Il, a. ~
any product Of industry, suct ~
liable perfume, a dye-stuff. ~
drug, the. chemist linda Il -
posed of three or four elems~s,'u
stances in certain pronorss
thought naturally arises t6st NJ
combine those elementary ms =
would obtain by artificial me.,.
identical with the natural p,nS,.a
this branch of cheMisspvs ,~s
ed for many flourishina indns,;.'
many more are still awaitiur 4
coverer. Formerly we dens.s1as
tirely On the cultivation Of ths !.
for some of our most useful ~
lateiy the chemist has lpls,s |
problem, and produced tia \.
matter arti6cially. Salicylic M
liable drug obtained from ~ !.
(salix) lis now made without rssms
the plant; and it is not imprvSSs
before the cinchona plantation !
dis have begun to yield an ~.
supply Of quinine, that invahsbI b
cine will be produced synthe60ls
delicious tiavoring essence q v,sI
now obtained in QUANTITY frpm I n
ical treatment of fresh pire -
many other instances of the pmrJ
synthesis might be mentiona
latest discovery, thoughnot ystd.
mercial value, is the artificial prodss
of indigotine, the coioring msr,r \
indigo plant. That valued dyess
composed of eight equivalents 4
bon, five Of hydrogen, aud one !,
nitrogen and oxygen; therefon, /
could manage to combine these eln
in the proportions named, but pnc
from cheaper sources, we ought b
tain exactly the same subsssnx ,
get by treating the indigo plsnk /
many years of experimenting, ra
Baeyer, the successor of LieGg, h
length produced indigotine synihs
ly. Owing, however, to the cold
of the numerous reactions, The N
is commercially valueless, but III
more triumph for synthetical chsi
and another encouragement imih
dents. British and Foreign q
toner.