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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-07-15
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
2Oth. judicial District Court, Parish of La
fOurche.
Succession Of A~lphonse T. Ledet, No. Il0e
PrUhatcs.

Succession Of Alphonse r. Ledet. No. 1loe
Prohatcs.
P'rsuant to an order and decree Of above
Court aud IN obedience to q commission tn
me directed IN the above ;entitied and NUN
Gefeu succession. l will offer for sale at pub
nc auction pursuant to law, t. the last and
n'gatest bidder, on the premises situated
IN sara Iarlsh, right AMI Of :.ayOu Latour
enc at about eight miles t%io~ The town Of
!hioodaux. Oh Saturday, the END. day OF
July 1881, between the hours If ~ o'cloc;,
a. NJ. and o'clock +. NJ. The ;vi!uwinv
described 'n"veabic property, belonging t..
the said succession to-wit:
20. Ihe whole stock Of GouiS, Mrrchau.
a.se ana everything containrd III the store,
% above described p, Premises.
20 A lot Of Household furniture.
10. 4 lot ct Kitchen uteusels.
DO. One Cow aud Calf.
%. One Double Barrel Shot Cum.
% Une Peddling Cart and Harness,
~. IN" Platform Fair'ank Scale.
1oo. one Small Flat Boat.
terms Of Sale Cash ON the Spot in Quilted
July s.h. isss. N0'es'
rHEoPH1LE 1HIBoDAux,
Sheriff.
T'iE STATE OALoUsiA A
Z re'erick Marie vs.. N, 49, Cra:les t.e:.
<nd. Ward JEii - C..-
i"n:. L.
BY vnt.u ..
directed. III ,t,. .,,
Gu sui l udVc sea-. tt,. -;
a. puoiic auction ursiiilul t., Ian II, H.,
iast anu highest bidder at the CONT Hon.
situated in the Town Of T~fibul.nx nm -, |
turday the 9TH clay Of August 1881 betw..s',
the hours Of II o'clock A. N. aud 4 o'cio.L !
wit pA'ptfty TO-
The upper portion or Northern half NJ
certain lot Of ground situated IN tho Par;.h |
o. Lafeurchs. in the immediate vicinitv Of
the Town Of ThibOdaux on the right s;,ia If |
tue bayou Lafeurcbe and known ~ lot M |
> on - plain ordered by Pierre Ios.r.i:
ara masto by j. X. 'Gonraain Survcvnr a..
the Soth' January 1859. and deposited in
TIE recorders office OF the Parish of Laf."r
enc being the same property ACQUIRED Nv
NlchOi at Public sale made in the ,na.,a, -
tina Succession vi Michel Uubs ami ~. ~ "
May 10th 1876. VIE Oh
Iorms aad Conditions Of Sale. t,.sh
July list 1882. No'cs
THEO. THTBODAUx. sh..;r
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-07-15

n AZ IA q week in your own town. e
Outfit free. No risk. Every
th'ng new. Capital not reou;r.
ell 60: we will furnish you every.
wv tnlng. Many are making for.
tunes. Ladies' make as much rs
men; and boys and girls make great na~
lscader, it you want II business at wf;:,,
You ca" make great pay all tho time rc,
work, write for particulars to II. HA1ysr
d Co., Portland, Maine. "A11H
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
Entertaining COMPANY.

pray you, 0 excellent wife, not to
cumber yourself and me to get rich din
ners for this man or this woman who
have alighted at our gate. nor a bed
chamber made ready at too great cost.
These things, if they are curious in, they
can get for dollar at the village. But
let this stranger see, if he viii, in your
looks, in your accent, and in your be-
havior, your heart and your earnestness,
Jour thought and will, what he cannot
buy at any price at any village or city,
and which he may travel fifty miles and
dine sparingly and sleep hard in order
to behold. Certainly let the board be
spread and bed be dressed for the trav-
eler, but let not the emphasis of hospi-
.ality be in these things. Honor to the
house where they are simple to the verge
of hardships, so that the intellect is
awake, and love, honor and courtesy
fow into all Emerson.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
Creation of Eleotrie Forces,

A water-wheel, by being employed to
generate electricity, may light our
rooms, cook our dinner and ripen our
peaches. We can have light from it by
which we can work as easily at night as
in the day-a light which will neither
consume our fresh air, nor vitiate it
with foul gases, nor smoke our ceilings
soo'nfe no ~noanniss,-- tr1tz,ssrvue-di Nv, .fen
can be hooked to an invalid's bed-cur-
tain without risk, or attached to flexible
wires and taken into the most confined
corners to give light to workman,
without danger of fire. 1t would fill a
volume to state at length all the practi-
cal advantages which this development
of electricity has opened up already and
more than volume to state all that
it may be expected yet to accomplish.
Let it also be understood that while
the foregoing illustrations have been
stated in relation to water-power, they
are equally true for any other power,
such as steam-engine, gas-engine, horse
power, or human labor. The fixed en-
gine on farm can do the plowing hun
dreds of yards off The gas engine that
pumps water by day, can light the
uOuSC ~ uC AOISCS
coal carts for many miles to work a
steam engine in some outlaying place,
can be used at home instead to work an
electric machine, with no loss of time,
and in many cases with less waste of la
Dor. The convicts on treadmill can
be doing work by it in any part of, or
outside, the prison.
In q word. the power for work can be
generated by any ordinary means, and
any place where the means exist. and
can then be economically conveyed to
the spot where it is to be usefully en-
ployed without loss of time and practi-
cally in full strength, The tide on the
shore can do work inland; the stream in
the mountain gorge can do work on the
hilltop; the windmill on the eminence
can do work in the valley; the horse in
the yard or the man in the clubhouse can
do work inside the dwelling. And with
all its power and its universally of ap-
plication, this new. servant which sci
ence has supplied us with is the the most
docile of menials. A touch of lady's
finger will bring into action power
which thousand men could not resist;
another touch will stop its action or re-
verse it in q moment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
Photopraphy From Trains.

Instantaneous photography, in its
more familiar aspect, supposes motion
of the objects photographed; but anoth-
er form of it is that in which it is the
camera. more especially, that has mo-
ton of translation, as in photographing
from balloons or trains. The practica-
baGfu afoleoe7nsre ef,bise r JnnAgs ~t,sc d fraro
of over forty miles an hour has been re-
Gently proved by DR.. Caudeze, who uses
what he calls a gyrograph for the pur-
pose. The apparatus comprises cop
per tube similar to that which, carries
the lenses in ordinary cameras, but the
lenses are placed on opposite sides par
allel to the axis. Within is shut er
similar to the box of a stopcock; it pre-
sents two quadrangular apertures which
according to the position of the shutter,
do or do not let pass the light-rays in
making quarter of turn. This ro-
tary movement is obtained by means of
a spring liberated from a catch. An
exposure of only 1-100th of a second
may be bad. With little practice
wonderfully distinct views, it is said,
can DE obtained with the apparatus.
London Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
The New Explosiye-V Write.

A consular report from Sweden is
sued by the Foreign Office gives de-
scription of a new explosive called sebas-
tine, which, it is said, has competed
most favorably with dynamite. Sebas-
tine appears to be an explosive based
upon nitro-glycerine, but safer to handle
than the ordinary dynamite, while more
powerful in effect and cheaper to pur-
chase. The greater safety OF sebastlne
depends on two circumstances--frst,
that the explosive oil is more complete
ly absorbed and bound by specially
prepared charcoal and other ingredients,
end. secondly, that in ordinary cases it
requires no percussion cap to explode.
AS to use in mining, it is reported that
the new sebastine is exploded simply by
the fuse, providing the bore hole is prop
erly secured by a stronger wacding, as
in an ordinary charge of blasting pow
der. According to official statements
there has not been one single instance
of accident happening when using the
new sebastine. The Swedish Govern
ment having ordered trials of sebastine
against dynamite, it is said to have been
proved that sebastine was far superior
in effect and about equal in force to
English gun-cotton when used in torpe-
does. The Consul at Gothenburg adds:
Gas an explosive of great power, and
offering superior security, particularly
for mining and similar purposes. would
recommend the new sebastine, or, more
properly, its improved form, Write. to
the notice of Her Magesty's Govern
ment. ."-MdrschesteT Guardian.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
Rude fashionable Women,

By incidents like the one related be-
low Oscar Wilde jnstifes his assertion
that American society is rude even to
boorishness: 'In Saratoga last week |
stopped at the States and Congress Hall
two of the best hotels, which one
would suppose would be patronized by
cultured people. While talking with
Judge Brady there a great crowd came
around us, mostly women, and, finding
it bore to be thus stared at, moved
on into the Office. There they came
iioc1ing in after US. l went to the bill
liard-room, but found no refuge there.
The women rushed there-ladies in silks
and grapes and laces, with diamonds in
their ears, bringing their daughters with
them. To balk the pursuit utterly, L
fed to the bar-room. Win you believe
me that they came therein ten min
utes fifty to one hundred of them-fill-
ing up the place almost? 1t seemed to
me most painful and dreadful thing
the bold-faced staring and half-audible
comment 1t seemed much worse than
the conduct OF abandoned women. Why
didn't say, 'What'll you have, ladies9"
On, it wouldn't have done any good,
and all the country would have said |
had insulted the ladies at Saratoga"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
Two Women.

grandma sits in her great armchair
Balmy sweet is the soft spring air.
Through the latticed. liIac-shadowed pane
She looks to the orchard beyond the lane;
And she catches the CLEAN of a woma1's dress;
As it fiutters about in the winds cares5.
THAT child is glad as the day is long
Her lovers coming, her hfes song!'
Up from the orchards fowery bloom
Floats fragrance faint to the darkening room
Where grandma dreams till a tender grace
And a softer light steal into her face.
For once again she is young and fair,
And twining roses in her hair.
Once again, blithe as the lark above,
She is only girl, and girl IN love!
The years dror from their weary pain;
She is elasrcd in her lovers arms againl
The last faint gimmers of the daylight die;
Stars tremble out of the purple sky,
Ere Dora fits up the garden path,
Sadly afraid of grandma's wrath.
With rose-red cheeks and flying hair
She nestles down by the old armchair.
"Grandma, Dick says, may we-my-I-"
The faltering voice grows strangely shy.
But grandma presses tne little nand.
"Yes, my dearie, understand!
''He may have you, darling" Not all in vain
Did grandma dream she was young again!
She gently twists shining curl:
"Ah, mel the philosophy of grill
''Take the world s treasures-its nobiest, best
And love will outweigh all the rest!
And through the easement the moonlight cold
Streams two hcads-one gray, one gold.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
TennYson at Home.

Tennyson's manner has brusque-
ness and bluntness about it which is at
firstrather startling to one who has only
known him through his books. He ut
tiers his opinions in a plain. straightfor-
ward way, choosing the homeliest Sax
on words and rarely rising to anything
like the heroic strain. His disregard
for ihe conventionaEties of life is, how
ever thoroughly natural and unaffected.
He S an inveterate smoker. A brother
poetwho spent week with him at his
country seat says that partagas. regalias,
and cabanas have no charm for him.
He prefers pipe, and of all pipes in
the world the common clay pipe is his
chore. His den is at the top of the
houe. When he sits down to work in
the morning huge tobacco jar, large
enogh for an ancestral urn, is at his
feet,together with box full of white
clay pipes. Filling one of these he
smoies until empty. breaks it in twain.
and throws the fragments into another
box prepared for their reception. Then
he pills out fresh pipe, fills it, smokes
it, aid destroys it as before. He will
not moke pipe the second time. His
chic delight is not in communion with
his fellows. Rather it is to lounge at
the Findow of his study surrounded by
fer choice books of favorite authors,
andin view of the magnificent island
scenry with the gray line of undulating
hillsand the streak of silver sea in the
distnce Hartford Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE.

''lrank p. Warner came into our
stor, to purchase sample bottle of
Zopsa for a friend, and stated that he
(Mr. Warner) was afflicted with kidney
and liver troubles for five years, and
hadpaid 5000 or $500 doctors bills,
andihas now been completely cured
by te use of two large bottles and one
samfe bottle of Zopesa. He was so
bad at one time that he lost 81 pounds
of FISH, but after using Zopesa claims
thatie is sound man, and now weighs
145 pounds. He was loud in its praise,
and eadily consented to allow us to use
his anne for reference.
AAin Mrs. Forbes, wife of Mr.. r. G..
Fores, Tilsonburg, Ont, through Mr..
G. 'omson, Druggist, says: ''She was
aliiR for years with Bilicusness and
Dynepsia, and was reduced to a mere
sketon, but through the use of Zopesa
eutniy recovered and has gained 36
pouIls."
W could present very many such,
but ave not the time nor space. Zopese
is nj a cure all, but acts directly upon
the yer, stomach, and kidneys, correct
ing he digestion, giving activity to the
livela and health to the urine. This
corrts the whole system and the blood
bec0es pure. tt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
st. Bernard Dogs.

A variety is given to the little streets
Immediately adjoining the college and
the abbey by the frequent appearance
of a couple of monks, accompanied by
q dozen or more splendid specimens OF
the st. Bernard mastiff. The race of
this fine dog is kept vigorous and pure,
though all throughout the canton / no.
tice number of these animals which
evidently have strains of other blood.
In fact, excepting from the monastery
itself, the Valaisians say you cannot
procure a thoroughbred dog, and not
always even there. The'- peculiar
training for the assistance of wayfarers
begins, of course, only on the noun
tains, and it was from the monastery on
the st. Bernard that the Prince of
Wales obtained, when passing there,
the fine canine specimens which are the
ornaments of his kingiy kennel at Sand
ringham.
These dogs are fed three times day
with vegetable and animal food. The
Christian dog here, contrary to some
''dogs of Christians" elsewhere, OBJ
serves the monastic regime, and is linn
tied, on fast days and on days of ab-
stinence, in his food. Next to London
joint stock companies, / never saw
canine creatures with SO much ''limited
liability" There are about 200 dogs
held here in training orders for the final
lessons in humanitarian seeking and
finding on st. Bernard's bleak top.
These dogs have most attractive
names, and respond to them as intelli-
gently as a corporars guard on roll
=
which, for its detail and accuracy,
would draw tears of envy from the rae
ing authorities at Newmarket, and
which l look over with an interest in
dog pedigree that would amaze and
amuse Darwin in Heralds College.
/ may mention, on the subject of
these dogs and their sense of smell,
that it is keener than in dogs of the
smaller and more domestic type. 1t is
by the smell that they are guided in
their chief works. A dog deprived of
smelling powers ceases to be dog.
Schiff, in his treatise on dogs and their
faculties, says the dog with loss of
smell loses its faculty of attachment and
faithfulness toward its master, whom it
recognizes and loves simply on ac-
count of his individual perfume" He
caused some young dogs to be deol-
factoriZed, and forever after they for
got their cunning, and knew no master,
be he ever so kind. The clfactory
nerve in the Mount ST. Bernard mastiff
is particularly large, literally contain
ing sinuses for increasing the olfactory
surface, and you do not discover it so
developed in small dogs.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
The Funny Things we Do.

Have you ever reflected upon the very
many funny things we do, for which
we can give no particular reason? How
is it that we do not give five cheers, two
cheers, one cheer? Why is it that we
give three cheers and no more?
Why is it that the majority of people
use the right hand instead of the left,
and cannot help smiling at those who
use the latter?
Why is it that man cannot see a
bundle of toothpicks without helping
himself to one when he does not need itp
Why is il that small boy cannot let
a thin, wasted wasp fly in peace, with
out furiously going for it with his new
straw hat; or why is it that the small
girl will always insist upon Juggling
home kitten that has not even learned
to open its eyes?
Why is it that when one asks us the
number of days there are in a certain
month, we always say to ourselves,
Thirty days hath September, April,
June and November"
Why is it that we turn to the right in
stead of the left, when the left is far
preferable, and if adopted would save
many an accident on railroads and
highways? The driver always sits up
on the right of his vehicle; in turning
to the right he is farthest away from the
wagon he passes, and, unless he is an
expert, cannot tell how close he comes
to the wheels of the man who goes by
him; whereas, if he turned to the left
side, he could look straight down, see
to the fraction of an inch how close he
was approaching an obstacle, and thus
avoid it. The engineer runs upon the
right-hand track, and sits upon the
right-hand side of his cab. The long,
narrow locomotive, with its sand-tower
belfry and smoke-stack, is in front of
him cutting off his observation. He can
see only his own track, while the oppo-
site, save at distance, is almost wholly
unseen by him. On some roads the re-
verse is the custom.
Custom, owing to causes we know not
of, has established these curious prece-
dents, and from observation and educa-
ton we unwittingly do thousands OF
things that are, to say the least, funny
and that we cannot explain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
The Lime-Kiln Club.

ssWhat / am 9wine to remark" OBJ
served the old man as Elder Toots quiet
ly dropped off to dream of the canefields
of the olden time, lam to de effecA dat
dis club doan' keer two cents whedder
q members gran fadder was hung for
wakin' up policeman asleep on his
beat, or sat in de halls of Congress wild
his hat on his ear an his fame tloatin'
ober every county in de land. 1t am
not de dead gran fadder, but de libin'
member dat we has to do wild. If Brud-
der Shin's great uncle was King of de
Cannibal Islands dat doan help Samuel
to pay his rent or buy his 'taters.-
Whalebone Howker may trace his blood
back to an emperor who owned 10000
mules. but Whalebone will pay fine OF
three dollars ebery time he spits on de
stove, same as de res of You. Boone
rang johnson could no doubt establish
de fact dat he am descended from a
household which could pay a milk-biu
.wis.out havin' to pawn de side-board,
bus it am nebertheless sartin dat Brud-
de- johnson won't have any pancakes
grow cold on his table dis winter.
Judge a man as you find him, an
dom forgit dat de son of a Senator kin
display all de meanness expected OF de
son of convict. If dar am any member
in dis club who wants his lineage traced
back six or seben thousan' Vars to see
wh.ther his relashuns took fust or sec
ona cabin passage in de ark, or wants
his blood strained to see if it am blue or
red let him 90 ahead; but at de same
time / feel it my dooty to warn all sich
pussons dat it am fur cheaper to buy a
teEscent gimlet an hire five-cent boy
to hore a hole in de top of yer head an
let the vanity blow itself off. De Sekre-
tary will now call de roll an make out a
list of sich members as want to trace
deir blood back to Ham,"
The roll was called, and not one
member of the 164 present responded
When the call had been finished Prof.
Kussforth Parker arose and asked if
there was any objection to his taking
stens to lind out whether his grandfath-
er vas poet or a blacksmith.
'sDar' amf' was the prompt reply,
''kss Sc it would be loss OF time.
knoyed de ole man myself, an | kin in
form you dat he was muffin but a VERY
common nigger, who wouldn't do an
nOur Work week OHleSS klcheu W III.
| also remember dat he was squint-eyed
an had heels SO long dat he could WA
his butes hind side afore."
The Professor weaved to and fro for a
moment and then fell back in dead
faint, and it took four members to carry
him to the ante-room and steal his pock-
et-knife and plug tobacco and restore
him to consciousness by shouting ''mad
dogr' down the back of his neck.-De-
troU Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-23
Tearing Down Mountains.
How the Northern Pacific r. r Is Driving the Ir
Horse Through Montana.

Eow the Northern Pacific r R. Is Driving the Iron
Horse Through Montana.
Mingling with the roar of the falls,
mile or so above this point, hear the
heavy boom or sharp, Parrot-gun-iike
crack of the blast fired by Hallett's army
of railway laborers, now within few
miles of this point, and approaching
with speed heretofore unknown in the
era of railroad building. Hundreds of
men are scattered in the woods on this
side of the river getting out timber for
false work of the bridge that is to span
Clark Fork here. The river banks and
barges forpile driving fairly swarm with
workmen getting these timbers into
position, and the ''bosses" are really
confident that they will have a tempo
rary crossing ready by the time Hallett's
doubt it, for the last heavy through
rock cut has been made, five miles east
of Rock Island, and when what is known
here as the 'big blast tore away q
mountain the chief difficulty was over
come and the force surged ahead like
released racer
Following with the eye the small dark
line on which the map represents the
route of the Northern Pacific around the
head waters of Pen d d'Oreille, and along
rugged Clark's Fork, one has no con-
ception of what the construction of such
a railway means. Going over the pro-
files in the chief of subordinate engineers
Office there comes q better idea and
realization, but one must ride over the
completed track, or watch the thous-
ands of men at work in these rock
ribbed hills, see the deep cuttings, the
immense filings. count the bridges and
miles of trestle-work that carry the trains
safely over streams and arms of lakes
and inlets, to fairly realize the expendi-
ture of muscle, directed by skill and
executive ability, necessary for such
a work as building great railway
route through this mountainous coun-
try.
AT places, for instance a point near
Cabinet Landing, to the men who do
the labor, and even the subordinate
leaders, the passage seems closed against
them. The mountain towers like prop
to the sky, and from the waters edge it
rises like wall, presenting no break or
crevice for foot-hold. Discouraged
the men make halt, and word goes
back to the chief that nature has raised
an insurmountable barrier-s'the work
cannot be done.' The reply is, ut
must be DONE" and Hallett comes to
see it done. BY and by cable ropes hold
ing a plank staging 60 down the precip-
itOus side of the mountain. Down
rope ladders to this staging Chamber
Cinnamon armed with drills, and soon
the rock sides are filed with giant pow
der. Then they Chamber up. the blast
is fired, and the foothold made by the
explosive soon swarms with Celestials;
the ''can't be done'' has been done, and
mans skill, energy and perseverance
have triumphed. And so this work has
progressed in spite of the rigors of last
winter, combined with the huge OBJ
structions nature threw in the way
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