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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-05-21

The Policies of the above Company. are
registered and the reserve thereon deposl-
tsd to the credit of the policy with the Au
ditor, and Treasurer Of State in compliance
tled
"An Act to better secure holders OF lie
insurance policies 10 this State; to PROVIDE
areserve fund and tor other purposes
A CERTIFICATE
u the Auditor of State is annexed to each
Policy.
IL COMPANY complied with tne pro
v!slons ot the above ACT and made ITS
SECOND deposit of the REQUIRED RE-
cEkVE January 23rd. 1879
ALLEN JUMEL. Auditor.
COURIER. &S McNAlk,
General Agents, Plaquemlne.
A. H. HUGUET.
Agent, Baton Rouge,
y 4. COLOMB. Agent, Donaldsonv'ile La
s 5OS. I. THIBODEAUA.
Agent. Thibodaux.
6OURG l. MONTEGUT.
Agents, Houma La
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-05-21

Cart felloes, spokes. plow
beams, plow handles, p'ow shares,
plows, wheelbarrows, aud trace
chains for sale by S, 7. Gr;samore.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-05-21

"n,u m Yourselves by max ing mon
cy when golden chance is
offered, Thereby always keep
ing poverty from your door.
III Those who always take ad-
IL - II vantage of the good chances
for making money that are offered. general
ly become wealthy. while those who do not
improve such chances remain in poverty.
We want men, women, boys and girls to
work for lis right in their own localities.
The. business will pay more than ten times
ordinary wages. I'VE furnish an expensive
outiie and all that you need, free. No one
who engagcs.fais to make money very rap
idly. You can devote your whole time to
the work. or only your spare moments
Full information and all that is needed
ent free Address STINSON y CO., Port
nd, Maine.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-05-21
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Goth, Judicial District Court, Parish of La
fourche.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
Your Eyes.

The most serious tronble with readers
and writer's is, as might be predicted
from their peculiar work, weak eyes.
We find that engravers, watchmakers,
and all others who use their eyes con-
stantly in their work, take extra care
TO preserve them by getting the best
possible light by day, and using the
best artificial light by night. The great
army of readers and writers are care
less. and most of them sooner or later
pay the penalty by being forced to give
up night work entirely some TO give
up reading except at short intervals,
under tho best conditions, and now and
then one loses the eye-sight entirely,
after il is too late TO take warning.
Greek, German, shorthand or any
other character differing from the plain
Roman type makes a double danger.
The custom is to laugh at all warnings
till pain or weakness makes attention
imperitive, and then i; is often too late
to avert the mischief. Few comprehend
the vast number we call million, but
it takes 4 million letters to make fair
sized volume of FIVE hundred pages,
forty lines 10 the page, fifty letters to
the line. 4 reader makes an easy day
of reading this, but his eye must go over
a million letters.
We can do no better service 10 read
ers and writer's than TO call attention to
this great danger OF failure to take the
best care. which is none too good for the
eyes. Every tyro knows that he should
have tho best light for reading, should
shun carefully early dawn or twilight,
should always stop a. the first sign Of
pain or wearincss, etc. Most know that
the glare from plain white surface is
very trying, and that the eye is relieved
by tint. Recent experiments in Ger
many are reported to indicate some vel
lowish tint as the easiest for the eyes.
Dark papers, inks that show light color
on frst writing, faint pencil marks that
can be read only by strsining the eyes,
are fruitful sources Of mischief. So is
bad writing. The bad paper, ink and
pencils most CT our readers will have
too good sense to use. se.--Liteydry Jour
nal.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

evening at ford's theater IN this city and died
at the hour of twenty-five minutes alier
o'clock this mor1ing
About tho same time at which the President
waa shot 81 asaazsin entered tlio nick chamber
Of the Hon. William II. Seward secretary Of
state. and stabbed him in several plares--in
the throat, neck and face severely ii not NOR
tally. wouuding hun Other mefnberA nf the
HeeFeiarys family wcro dAnaorouHly wounded
by the aHsassin while making his escape
By the death Of President Lincoln. the Office
Of President has dgYolyed, under the Constlin-
tion, upon son. The emergency Of ilie govern
ment demands that yOu Hhonld Immediately
qualify according 10 the requirements 0. tie
Constitution. aud entHr upon the dniics .
President Of the United Blates. II YOU will
please make known your pleasure such ErTange-
ments a. y0u deem proper will be made.
Your obedient aeryaBis,
HUGH McCrLLocH, SecfctaryOi the Trcasury
EDWfs NJ. sfANfos. Secretary Of War
GIDE0S WEIITs. Secretary Of the Navy.
". DgsSIg0S, PoHtInaEter-G General.
JoIfS l.. UsHEH. Secretary Of the Interior.
JsAfEa spEED, Ationey-Goneral.
70 the Hon. ANDREw JoHNs0S,
Niee-Prcsideni Of the United States.
Mr.. Johnson, in answer, app0.a;cs! ~ o'clock
:. H.. At his rooms In the KirkwoOd hotel. A.
the tiuc and place where he would take the
oath Of Office. It was dnly administered to him
by Chief Justice Chase, in presence Of the
Cabinet and scveral mcmberr Of Congress.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

Always tell the truth +; you will and
II easier than lying.
Always do kind act in kind way
to 10 Il otheruise destroys It's value.
DO mean act in mean way 30 Il
will have keener sting--for your own
breast. But better not do H.
Whatever you dislike in another cor
rect N yourself.
Better be upright with poverty than
wicked With plenty,
Time mover rests heavily upon us
when i : vel employed.
Do your duty in that station of life
IN which God II His providence has
placed you.
Mind your own business.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
Tho Way Of Serpent on a Rock. ''

lHt wa! VI otF ptut On ROCK
The movement of snake in climbing
perpendicular surface, as have OBJ
served il, is a vermicular, undulAting
motion, not spiral, bat straight up the
face Cf the surface. / have seen ablack
snake thus glide up beech tree with
that easy, careless grace of movement
which is Characteristic Of that snake
when moving over horizontal surfaces.
The bark of the beech affords no in
equalities into which the edges of the
gAstroslegal bands could be thrust claw
fashion, and I have no doubt that at
mospheric pressure is the force that
holds the snake against such surfaces in
climbing, sucker fashion, as the boy lifts
the brick with the piece of wet leather.
I once knew black snake TO ascend a
stucco-wall to the second-story window,
and another saw so mp 10 the caves Of
a carriage house to the swallows nest,
straigbt mp the up-and-down boards. /
have seen them glide from tree to tree
and leap down from near the top OF large
trees. but never saw one descend by
climbing down a smooth, perpendicular
surface. have no doubt Of their abil-
ity to do 80, however. / do not believe
that this power Is enjoyed by the cop
perhead or rattlesnake. or any venom
Gus sort with which I am familiar, they
being heavy and sluggish in their move
ments. ! have seen them go up on
leaning trees and crawl into the foliage
OF bushes, however. Forest and Stream.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
4 Soldiers Presence Of Mind.

II was during the siege of Wagner,
and the Union parallels were bat few
hundred yards away from the grim
black tubes that ever and anon zen
bowled with outrageous noise and air.
disgorging foul their horrid glut Of iron
globes" A line OF abattis was TO be
built across clear space in point-blank
range of the Confederate gunners and
sharpshooters in front.
Sergeant" says the officer in charge,
Ego pace that opening and give me the
distance as near as possible"
Says the sergeant tfor We will let him
tell the rest OF the storyl
81 started right of. When got to
the opening put 'er like q ship in
gale of wind. What With grape. canis-
ter. round shot, shell and 3 regular
bees nest Of rife balls. I just think there
must have been fearful drain OF am
munition on the Confederate army
about that time. don't know how il
was, but I didn't get 50 much as
scratch, but did get powerfully scared.
When got under cover I couldn't er
told for the life er me whether il was .
hundred or thousand PAGES. I should
sooner er guessed hundred thousand.
s' Says tho captain Well. sergeant.
what do you make il z
"Soon's I could get ny wind, says l.
Give . guess. captain
s'He looks across the opening second
or two and then says: A hundred
and saventy-five PAGES, say
Thunder, captain, says I, 'yon've
made : pretty olose guess. It's Just
hundred snd ssventy-one.'
e Aud" concluded he sergeant, after
the laugh had subsidized. "thAt's how I
got ny shoaldeF-straps..
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
4 Song.

"I want you to put me wheie | can sec
'cean." - Prcsidea Gdraeld to me surgeons
Afar from the deep bIuo sea,
Aiar from Thy choral Of waves.
A child who hath roamed by thee
For thy murTnuring mnsie eravea;
Fer the laugh of Thy hilloNs that bound
In play amid shells ON tho shore,
Or laahing o'er rocks that rosound
A troubled and stormy roar.
Lot him for the greenwood sigh
Whose home is it's lcafy bower
Whose hearth at the twilight hour
Offers emblems of peace 10 the sky.
His may be the brsoze
That rustles the forest flower,
Or s.irreth thousand trees
To an anthem of strength and rover.
Bot give me the sea-girt islc,
nv forefathers' homo and grave,
That hasks in the mutual Hmile
or sunlight and rippling wave.
Its pillows seem all my own.
And the skies moro dear to mo,
Whose arch rests fondly down
on the breast of the hcaving sea.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
TAYLoR's DEATH.


The record Of Zachary Taylor's death
and the succession Of Millard Fillmore
is as follows:
Zachary Taylor. President Of tho United
States. having deceased on Tuesday. The 9th Of
July 1850. and Congress being then 10 sossion:
IS THE SrxATE or THr USurp SrtTIS
WEDNESDAY,. July 10. 1850.
The following Communication received by
the secretary OF the Senate was rad.
| 10 ne SrBate of The Usassi Salos
IN consequence of the lamcntcd death Of
Zachary Taylor late President Of The United
States shall no longer occupy the chair Of the
Senate: and have thought that formal COM
nlunication 20 Tho Senate. 10 that effect through
your secretary. migit enable yon the moro
promptly 10 proceed to the choice o. presiding
officer. MIt.LtnD FftLHoHI-
wAamSoToy, July 10, 1850.
The following message was received from The
President OF the United States by Mr.. Fisher
Ftilote C,ig.sns Il he Scn1ts aud Ho,isc of
Representatives.
have TO perform thc melancholy duty OF an
nuuneing to yon that it has pleased Almighty
God to remove from this life Zachary Taylor,
late President Of The United States. He de-
ceased lat evening, at tho hour OF half past
-
rounded BY al hts faculties. Among his last
words we're these. which he uttered with em-
rhasic distinctnoss "I have alwav= done issy
siuiy--I am ready TO die-my only regret is for
the friends leave behind me-"
Having announced 10 you, fellow citizens.
this most affecting bereavement, and assuring
you that Il has penetrated no heart with deeper
grief than mtne, il remains for me 10 say that
propose this day, at ~ o'clock, in The ball Of
The House Of Representatives, in The presence
Of both houses Of Congress, 10 tako the oath
prescribed by tho Constitution 20 enable me to-
enter on the execution of the Office which this
event has devolved on me.
MILLARp FILLMORE
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850.
A similar message having been communicated
10 The House Of Representatives, and the nccos-
sary arrangements made between the two
houses:
AtI2 o'clock meridian.
The President Of the UIssteIi fsiissea. the heads
Of departments the chief Judge of the circuit
court Of the District Of Columbia and the
Senate Of the United States having catered tho
hall Of the House Of Representatives
The oath OF once was administered 10 The
President by tho Honorable William Cranch.
chief tadgo Of The circnis court Of the United
states for tba District 81 Columbia.
pnArn or PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
The death Of President Lincoln ard
The taking Of the oath by Andrew john
sen are thus recorded:
wAsntxurox, ID. G., April rs, ls8S.
sfn Abraham lincoln. President Of The
United slalos. vas shot by an assassin lAsi
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
"wi,h the burden OF an honor
Unto which she was not born"

eff was A. bald aa you," said Gus
De Smith TO one Of the most prominent
citizens Of Austin, "T would wear >
wig" ST don't see why you should
ever wear a wig" was the quiet response;
"an empty barn don't need any roof.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

Bradstreets publish summary OF
the cotton situation with regard &c
both the old and new crop down TO
the close of March. The port re-
ceipts and overland movement
for the year was 5,4sl ,345, against
4,959,l94 bales for the same time last
year, an excess of 522, ISL bales. Es-
timatiug the receipts for the rest OF
the season same as last year, gives a
total yield for the crop oil
1881 of 6,2S3, 4o3 bales. As yet
there are no indications Of any
sudden falling off in receipts. Stock al
interior towns is not less than year
ago. Port receipts, first twelve days
in April. IS, 900 more than the same
lime last year. Estimating the prob
able increase of receipts the remain
der of the year the total yield is
placed at 6,422, 900 bales. The opin-
ION is expressed the present enormous
consumption of cotton by mills will
still further increase.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

Is answer 10 the allegation that,
while pretending to practice total
abstinence at the Executive Mansion,
ok President Hayes was constant
imbiber at other peoples, the editor
ofihe Tribune. ofAIlnneapolis, Mimi,
has received letter from the ex-
President, in which be says:
81 was Rot total abstainer when
became President, but the discussion
which arose over the change of the
Executive Mansion soen satisfied me
that there was no halfway house in
the matter. During the greater part Of
my term, az least during the last three
wears, have been in practice. as in
theory. a consistent total abstinence
man and shall continne to be so. All
statements Inconsistent with the fore
going are untrue and without foun-
datiun."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

A WASHINGTON special 10 tbs
Courier-Journal says: The colored
peopIe Of Mississippi and Louisiana
have been swindlcd 10 quite an
amount recently by dusky brother
claiming TO be from this city. The
swiniler has travelled through the
towns and villages Of those States
pretending 10 be an attorney engaged
in the prosecution Of claims for boun.
ty for coiored soldiers, and their l,cirs.
Ills game Is to induce his victims to
file applications 10 me Second Audi
tor for bounty, which applications he
undertakes to see put through, char
ging for the service fee of from fifty
ccnls to IS in advance. He promises
that q Paymaster of tbs army will pay
the claim in a short time. The atten-
ton of Treasury officers was attracted
10 the swIBdle by the number of
claims presented in the same handEri-
ting from the different parts in the
States mentioned. Secret service
officers discovered the fraud and have
arrested the operator, whose name is
J. d. Whiting"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22
Fraudulent Packed Cotton.

The New York COTTON exchange
has recently made some change in lis
rules regarding traudently packed
cotton. The new rule ssys that the
loss oy reason of fraud shall be ''bas-
ell on the difference in the market
value at the date of dis
covery between each bale and
a bale of similar grade sound and
in good condition. Such difference
i'll value shall constitute the claim,
regardless of the original cost of cot
ton, or of any fluctuations in the mar
ket of the price of cotton" Accor-
ding to the new regulation. notice Of
the existence of fraudulent packing
must be forwarded within eight days
Of such discovery, and the date of
discovery must be mentioned in the
certificate.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22
Planning Mill.

J. w. Fry's planning mill is located
on Lafayette street, a short distance
east of the Chicago, ST. Louis and
New Orleans Railroad, jackson, Ten.
where he keeps constantly on baud
all kinds of Dressed Lumber, Floor.
ing, Ceiling, Siding, Finishing Lum-
Der, Brackets, Scroll Work, Doors
Sash and Blinds. He is al.o Contrac.
tor and Builder. All who contem-
plate Building or Repairing would
consult their interests by seeing Kim
before contracting elsewhere,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

The Memphis Avalanche invites
The Memphis merchants to o:Ter $1,000
in premiums for the heaviest yield 81
corn ia Shelby county. That paper
truly SAYS that too much cotton may
be raised. but not too mach corn. II
also urges that no state in the south
raiscs enough corn for home consump
ton, and that is one Of the obstacles
to immigration. We call attention
20 The extract below. and urge apon
our merchants and the directors OF
our fair association that they make
up similar purse to offer il TO our
farmers. We believe it would do
much good.
BY showing 10 the reading world
North that this is as fine corn conn
try as the West can show, let the
merchants of Memphis subscribe a
sum ofSl000. payable to the President
OF the Cotton Exchange on the LIST
day Of October next. 10 be expended
by the Agricultural Association Of
shelby county. rs follows: $500 to
The farmer who raises the largest
quantity Of corn on five acres of land
IN this county; $500 to him who raises
the next largest amount on five acres,
and $500 10 the third best man.
There would not be the least diff p
Guilty IN raising the $1,000 subscrip-
lions payable October LIST, for there is
not merchant in this city. doing any
respectable amount OF trade, but who
would promptly subscribe from 81
to 500 for such an object as this. If
Tie idea is acted upon at once, and
before corn planting is over, there
would not be less than one hundred
farmers in this county competing for
the prize Black. as we'll as white.
would enter the lists for it; and the
soil OF old Shelby would be stirred
and ploughed aud cultivated as never
before known in the memory of lis
oldest citizen. Agriculture would
receive new stimulus. Improved
agricultural implements would be
more generally used science aud skill
would combine with industry and en-
ergr, and the results would asionish
all. There can he no doubt that.
if the season is good. many farmers
would produce 100 bushels Of corn
per acre. Such yields would be pub
lished in the Memphis papers, and in
most of the papers in the North. and
would be the best immigration agen-
cy Memphis could start"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

4 CORRESPONDENT of the Southern
Planter and Farmer gives the follow.
ing rule to predics rain or snow:
For upwards of thirty years, a
gentleman of fine mule sense and OBJ
Servation has lived in my employ,
who, during the long period, has Of
ten cautioned me early in the morning
when about to start to the country, TO
prepare for falling weather before
night, giving as reason for the eau
ton, that the sun rose clear, and with
in from ten 10 thirty minutes went
under cloud. / have never known
the sign to fail 10 bring falling weather
within twenty-foar hours, since my
attention was called TO it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

The international Sanitary Confer
ence at Washington has adjourned
after a rather stormy session. Among
The poiRts agreed upon are the estab-
lishment OF international sanitary
agencies of notification at Havana,
Vienna, and some point 10 be deter
mined in Asia, and the establishment
of international sanitary ports for the
study of yellow fever, at New Or
leans, Galveston, Vera Cruz, Pana-
ma, Maracaibo; at points in the West
Indies, South America and Africa !;
two physicians to investigate the d.
sease at each place.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

a WTScnzsTER special to the Nash
vile Banner saYsa motion for a new
trial in the case Of John snd Cicero
Poe. convicted Of murder in the first
degree, was oycrriaed by Judge Will
hanson. who sentenced them to be
hanged on the I7th.of june. The de-
feudants have appealed TO the supreme
court. TIE sheriff started with them
for Nashville n soon as the sentence
was pronounced, for fear that they
would be Iynched by the people, or
rescued by their friends, as rumors of
both have been circulated.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22
There mo use in drugging yourself

There sno use in drugging yourself
to death, aud buying all the vile mod
iciDes for internal use when you can
be cured of fever and aguc. dumb
sgue, bilious disorders and ailments
Of the liver, blood and stomach, jaun-
dice and dyspepsia, by wearing one of
Prof. Guillmette's French Liver Pads,
which is a sure cure every time. II
your druggist does not keep the pad,
send $3.50 in letter to French Pad
Co., Toledo, Ohio, and it will be sent
you by return mail. 1t is the only
pad that is guaranteed 10 cure. Be-
ware of counterfeits.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22


TliEsAx lew :ar state purposes in
si'is state issocis on the 500, for 81 t,
md 10 centssfor school purposes. This
ssuuch lesr than many Of the states
4se payiH-. For instance. the state
INK in k.alana is IS cents: Arkansas,
SIS refs., Florida. 20 cents; Georgia.
80 1eris; Kentucky. 40 cents; LOUISE
ana, 50 cents; Mississippi, 55 cents;
Missouri, 60 cents: Nevada. 81; Ore
, sssH, 81; South Carolina. IS cents, and
Virginia, 50 cents. 1t seems from this
showing that we are not near so hea-
Willy taxed rs some of our neighbors,
and they seem 70 BE prospecting.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

a COLUMBIA special to the Nash
willie American saws the consolidation
of the Herald, Journal and Sentinel
has been effected. The paper viii be
called the Columbia Herald, owned
and controlled by stock company,
composed of the leading business
men of the town and owners of the
three papers. A. S. Horslcy, the for
mer proprietor of the Herald, will be
editor, and Albert StockelI, of the
Sentinel, the business manager.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

THE Cincinnati Enquirer's Wash
ingion special says Senator Malone
visited the Post-oflice department the
other day. and desired all the post
offices in Virginia rcadjusted-that is
10 say all Of the present incumbenis
GU: and Malone strikers put
in. Malone thinks. with the aid of
This patronage aud a free vote and a
fair count, the Readjusters can carry
the next Legislature and get a dupli-
cate Senator OF his own precious pat
farm
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22

BOLIVAR is soon TO have new ope-
IA house. 1t is stock company en-
terprise. A large force Of workmen
are employed on it, aud the founda-
tien has already been laid and the
work is progressing rapidly. The
first floor will be used for store rooms.
and the second for the hall. When
completed twill be n handsome edi-
fec and credit TO Bolivar.