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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15

ADVICE tt A BOY.-Get away from
the crowd q little while every day. my
dear boy. Stand one side and lot the
world run by while you get acquainted
with yourself and sec what kind of a
fellow you are. Ask yourself hard
questions about yourself. Ascertain
from original sources if you are really
the manner OF man people say you are !;
find out ifyou are always honest ; If
you always tell the square perfect truth
in business dealings, if your life ia as
good and upright at eleven o'clock at
night ~ it is at noon ; if you are as
sound a temperance man on a fishing
excursion as you are at a Sunday
School picnic if you are as good .
boy when you 60 to Chicago a. you are
at home ; if, in short. you really are
tho sort of young man your father
hopes you are. your mother says you
arc. and your sweetheart believes you
are. Get on intimate terms with your. |
sell, my boy, and believe me, every
time you come out from one Of these
private interviews you will be a strong
or, better, purer man. Don't forget
this, Telemachus, and it will do you
good Hawkeye.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15
Proceedings
POLICE JURY.

T~hibodaax. La. September 5ta. 1889.
The Police Jury met in special sessiua as 3
o'clock. r H., pursuant to call.
Present: Aessss Caulos, psssideat 70
tenn. Nafhevs. and Folse,
Ahsent: 4eAsss 0risameee. Seely, Moran.
KraesneF. Guidry, aud Delsune.
No qnosups-
Tn mOtion Of M. Mathews. seconded by NJ
foise. tho jury adjourned to Wednesday,. tho
18th instant.
ISixued] H. n. COCLON.
President PrU lem.
J. E. ALLAN. Secretary.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15

A. B0URON,
Matchmaker + G11
sMitk.
Cor. Nam and St. Philip
6treets,
THlBODAUx, La.
E conAtantly on
N hand . large and cO0
plete assortment Of
FINE JEwELRY
& CLOCKS
In connection With the
above . great variety Of
GUNS
PONder, Cartridges.
Hwnsiag Materials He.
The Celebrated
"ELGIN WATCHES"
constantly on hasd.
-AL1O-
The NEW AMERICAN
Sewing Machine.
AND
LOT OF
u Watches, Clocks,
Jeweiry, Sewing Machines
Fire arms, &C., carefully
repaired and guaranteed
A full stock Of attach
ments,O oil and needles for
all kind Of Sewing Ma
chimes can be had By up
plying to
A. BOURON.
Corner Main and St.
Philip street.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15


CHILDREN's QUESTIONS. - Chill
dren are often very troublesome in
asking questions, and they should
be taught not to interrupt CONVEX
sation in company !; but this being
understood, it is not desirable to
refuse to answer questions which
an active child must ask so often,
to be able to learn the why's aud
wherefores of daily life. By giving
due attention to these little trouble
some questions, a chiid's truest ed
ucsti0n may be in process. To be
sure, there are parents who, having
solved these little mysteries, be
como Indifferent to them, and can
not look upon the eager # stlessbess
of their children with due c0nside
ration, or sympatbize with their de
sire to penetrate causes and trace
effects. BY paying heed to these
troublesome questions, however. .
child may learn many facts, for bis
education commenceslwith his inter
est in what you may consider too
trifiDg for you to notice. Children
hunger after new things and new
ideas. They will learn with pleas
ure facts of history or of science
from the lips of parents or teachers,
which would seem drudgery if
learned by rote from books, and
they take great delight in listening
to the conversation OF intelligent
people therefore, they should be al
lowed to remain in the drawing
room or the library, if they will not
interrupt the conversation, and
have been taught to conduct them
selves properly. Many a man owes
his success in life to the conversa
tons he has listened to in his ia
TIERS home, when his parents had
not the least idea he was old enough
to take any interest in what inter
ested them ; but his young mind
was drinking in draughts of wis
dom which were of incalculable ben
eft to him. On the other hand,
there are men who have learned
the iniquities Of life while listening
to the conversation of their elders,
and have had cause to rue it ali
their lives. Children are not like
dogs /; they must learn to follow in
the footsteps either of the Just or
the unjust-learn to be- good or
learn to te evil.
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She arose. She seemed to shrink
from me, though in the dark could
not see her face.
al do not levc him." she said.
And we were still rs death. Then
suddenly Olive Hunter began to sob.
"You have been very kind to me. |
love you ALL" she said, "but | cannot
stay here now. Please let me go some
where else. must-l cannot live
here"
"Gofrom us, Olive ?" SAID. "Nay,
we are no tyrants and once assured
you do not love him, Ashton will"
"lIush |" she paused "hush please
let me go away! Please let me go
awayl"
The moon was rising. Her new.
born light fell upon Olives face. Per
haps its whiteness made her look so
pale.
She leaned against the wall with her
little hand upon her heart, her unfathom-
able eyes full OF pain. How had hurt
her SOP a new thought struck me.
perhaps you love some one else,
Oliver"
And at that she turned her face from
me and hid it in her hands.
"Too much-too much. You might
have spared me that" she said. "Let
me go away. | wish you had never
bro't me here"
And | arose and went to her. !
bent over the woman loved touched
her with my hand her soft hair brushed
my check.
"Olivc," said, "if coming here
has brought pain upon yon, wish |
had not. would have died TO make
you happy"
And my voice trcmbled and my hand
shook, and she turned her face toward
me again and looked into my eyes
What she saw in mine do not know
the truth, think. In hers read this.
was no, old to her-not too old TO be
loved.
stole my arm about her; she did
not untwinc il. uttered her name,
Olive" huskily. Afterwards | told
her of my struggles with myself, not
then. said
"Olivc, love you, but it cannot be
that you care for me, am old enough
to be your father"
And again saw in her eyes the
happy truth, and took her 10 my heart.
But we kept our secret for while,
for We both loved Ashton, and both
knew that his wound was not too deep
TO find balm and when within year
the boy brought home bride, pretty
creature whom he loved, and who loved
him, claimed Olive.
And she is mine now and the au-
tumn blossoms of. my heart will only
fade on earth to bloom again through
all eternity in Paradise.
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THE MAN WITH AN INCOME AND
NOTHING TO DO.

Bariiny'o" Harkeys.
A man who has nothing to do is a
pitiable object. He is simply kept
man. He is living on charity. Some
amiable sneozer, now dead, has left him
the money that he lives on, all he has
to do is to draw the money and eat,
drink and sleep. No eyes can brighten
with happiness when he comes home,
because he only comes home when the
other places are closed. He cannot
come home tired, and be petted and
rested by willing hands. because il
would be mockery to pet a tired man
who had got tired doing nothing. Such
4 man simply exists and is no good on
earth. II he would wheel barrow and
earn dollar, and get tired, and buy a
becisteak with the dollar, and have il
cooked, and eat IT while the appetite was
on that he got wheeling the barrow, he
would know more enjoyment than he
had ever known before. That man with
nothing to do on earth no doubt thinks,
as he lays around and smells frowy, that
he is enjoying life, but he knows no
more about enjoyment than a tom cat
that sleeps all day and goes out at night
to play short-stop to a lot Of boot jacks
and beer bottles. Such a man is ci-
pher, and does not know enough to 20
in when il rains. II there were less in
comes left TO lazy young fellows, and
more sets of carpenter tools, there would
be more real enjoyment.
psSr Some months ago a Boston cloth
ier started his son for Nashville with
stock to open a retail store, and the
other day friend who knew Of the
circumstance met the father and inquir-
ed:
"Well. how does Jake get alongl"
"Shake is home again." was the
reply.
"why.I thought he was in Nashville.
$50 he vhas."
"And heard that he was doing a
rushing business"
"Vhell. pecsness rusheda leedle uls<-
der start, but finally it dropped Off un-
Ill il don't pay expenses.
"And so Jake busted f'
"Vhell, il amounts to der same thing.
I suppose. Der fire didn't get half
start pefore der engines vhas on hand I
Poor Shake I, vhas crushing blow
When dey found a candle in a box of
shavings ! He vhas so young. you see I"
HAL Street Dai1 Mas.
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Fine Photographs.
BLESSING q KUHN, Artists,

- ~5 -" "Sss nHWF0s
Are making their elegant Paris hnlshedl Cabinet
Photographs al - per dor; Gard Size. - per doi.
The style and hnish ofour work ls unexssilsd.--
Portraits, crayens, Poreelains, Miniatures and
every description Of copying done ns reasonable
rates. ,l0ci7,'ss.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24
HOW TO SLEEP.


HaFs Journal If HeaiiA
Health and comfort depend very
much on attention TO matters that to
some seem very trivial. We have some-
times heard person complain that they
did not sleep well; that they were
troubled with horrible dreams, and
arose in the morning weary and nerv-
Gus. Inquiries as to diet, exercise
and other essentials of health have
often failed to reveal anything that
could account for these unfavorable
conditions.
II is not well in these cases to limit
our Investigations to the routine Of
day but we should inquire at what
hour the patient goes to bed, what he
thinks about usually, and most partic-
ularly what position he places himself
in to invite sleep? II he lies on the
back with his hands over his head,
there will be a half-conscious sense Of
compression OF the chest, with difficult
breathing, to relieve which he opens
his mouth. The air coming in direct
contact with the throat, causes dryness,
and then snoring will begin. In the
meantime the pressure of the viscera on
the large artery, whose course is along
the inner portion OF the back bope,
impedes the circulation Of the blood,
producing discomfort which manifests
itself in horrid dreams. Thus the
whole nigh, is passed in a disturbed
sleep, and perhaps many nights pass
without one of refreshing sleep. The
most unwisc course under such circum-
stances would be to resort to the use Of
opium or any other drug. The ranks
of the victims OF this unfortunate habit
are recruited mainly from such cases as
we have described. Ii is wonderful
what control an individual can get over
himself if he tries. There is no reason
why person cannot lie upon his side
instead Of the back, and keep his hands
and arms down; then he will not open
his mouth then his throat will not be-
come dry, neither will he snore or have
bad dreams. But often he can't help
thinking about his business, and his
thoughts will run on for hours. This is
also habit that may be broken up
Have the will to put aside your thoughts,
and in time you will have the power to
do so.
We do not say tha, there are not other
causes that habi,ually interfere with
sound sleep, but we helieve there is a
remedy for each difficulty which may
be found by seeking Ger it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24
HE SAW IcEBoArs FOR THE FIRST
TINE.

The icy reserve toward one another
that had marked the behavior Of those
who filled the seats of the northward
bound Wagner car Vcrgennes the other
day was broken at Hudson by the re-
maik OF stout man with very white
hair and very red cheeks:
"Who said they saw an iceboat? I
can't see any. I'd give sac to see
one."
There's one now," said passenger,
pointing toward S.i.. On the frozen
river.
Gee, whitaker So it is," said the
white haired man, getting upon the
chair on his knees and leaning over
the cushioned back, with his head
against the window pane.
"JuSt-look-at-that- t-leetle-deyil
fly. Cracky! There anotherl Two
more, three Look-will you look at
those things fy3 They don't touch the
ice at all, do they1 Golly, would
like to stay here month"
"l'm from Alabama, gentlemen" he
said, as he resumed his seat, "and all l
know about iceboats read in Eighty
Days Around the World. Do they
go 60 miles an hour?"
"They do so frequently"
"And you can stop and take drink
when you wish?"
"You can"
"Then | would like to stop here a
month. Now-just-look-at-that-
little-son-of-a-gun-go will youl"
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MARY.
ny EUGENE FIELD.


Can I forget the happy night,
In that December weather,
When she and I. with footsteps light,
Walked home from church togetheri
Ny heart was rent 'twixt joy aud fear
And she was coy and chary,
For tha; which maidens love 10 hear
I'd whispered In her tiny ear,
While wakin' home with Mary.
All. that was In the long ago,
But somehow Il seems nearer,
And those dear days We used 20 know
Seem always, somehow, dearer.
When Mary Fingers BY my side,
As coy aud sweetly chary,
A. when, In that December tide,
| wooed and won my little bride,
While walkin' home with Mary.
God bless thee, Mary. for the peace
That eometh with this seeming,
And grant ne'or shall know surcease
From this delightful dreaming,
For In mine age you are TO me-
Though all the world may vary
The same sweet girl you used 10 be
And 10 . land my faith can see,
I'm walkin' homo with Mary.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24
ON THE AVENUE.

UashiHg'oa Republican.
Several new lady lobbyists have made
their appearance abou, the capitol this
winter, and, although the old veterans
complain ofdull times and dry pickings,
the raw recruits appear to be doing a
thrifty o,fxness. dlise female adven-
turesses who haunt the galleries, lobbies,
and waiting rooms day after day are
queer lot. "Strangc as il may seem,"
said gray-haired observer of lorg ex-
perience. in discussing this phase Of
life in Washington, "a considerable
proportion of the female lobbyists are
homes; women. You know what |
mean, women who do not make vulgar
commerce OF their charms bu; By far
the largest portion are loose characters.
One of the most successful and noto-
rious lobbyists ever saw was beau,i-
full brunette from the south, who made
Washington her headquarters for several
winters. So far asanybody abou; Wash.
ington ever krew she was pure as an
icicle hanging from the temple of Dinna,
and nearly as cold. She had senators
and congressman and grave diplomats
by the dozen in her train, and she led
them pretty race. She was mistress
of her art. CHASTITY is golden; she
once told me, were to forget myself
once my usefulness would be gone.-
One false step means ruin. No woman,
however prudent, can afford to deviatc
from the straight path. The evil tongue
of gossip is certain to blast her good
namc-absolutely certain. Women may
imagine they are conducting their in
trigues with extraordinary prudence,
but where they are known a, all some
body will learn of their mistakes, and
then they might as well make public
advertisement Of their wrecked lives
Nobody can say i'll Of me except to
testify that they think take money TO
lobby for or against bills in congress-
That is not enough to bar me from
good society, and there lies the secre,
Of whatever power may have | do
not know what became Of this woman.
She disappeared as she came, suddenly,
and without warning, and without leav
ing trace, and have not heard Of
her or seen her for eight or ten years.
every few OF the women who call
themselves lobbyists amount to much
in that line. II is the women who are
seldom seen in or about the capitol who
have influence enough over votes to
make their purchase an object. Men
interested in lubricating or clogging
legislation are seldom foolish enough
to inves, money in brazen professionals.
II they are really in need of just few
more votes, they sometimes ascertain
who are the mistrcsSes Of certain states.
men Of influence and buy them up, a
trick that is by no means difficult Of
performance. These women generally
live quiet and retired lives, letting their
identity and commercial voting value
be known only to a limited few. There
are men and women who are mean
enough to trade on their knowledge OF
the liasons of congressman, and there
are congressman weak enough to be
governed by their fears Of exposure in
the disposition of their votes. There
are congressman, and not a few Of
them either, whose lives are perfect
hels on that account, and all for the
lack of nerve TO defy and scorn the
blackmailcrs into whose clutches they
have fallen"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24

8. PARKER B0sLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
cHANcBRY,
ROOMS Nos. Q AND MASONIC HALL,
T0wsoNT0wS, Nd,
Except Friday and Saturday Of each week ep
which days ofhee at
IS SARATOGA STREET, BALTIMORE.
NWM0NEY L0ANED.3a
Claims prosecuted In any Of the Departments In
Washington.
PENSIONS AND INCREASE or PENSIONS
OBTAINED.
Jan.ie, ,'so.-tf
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24

p@-when Adolphus placed his arms
around the neck Of Angelina he said it
was for a neck's press purpose.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24

b0-"why don't you come to Sunday
school 2" said a superintendent to a
boy. "Cause pa owes my teacher for
a pair Of boots, an the teacher got to
sending notes home by me, an pa
said needn't go any more till he paid
for the boots, an ! don't reckon I'll
go any more.-ArkaRsas ziageLSr.
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B9-A distinguished Englishman is
described as having a ''set Of uneven
and apparently neglected teeth, which
look like moist cloves stuck in unheal.
thy sealing wax"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-24

n~There is no older superstition
than that regarding the seating Of thir-
teen az table.
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EXTENSIVE STOCK
Fine Diamond, Pearl, Coral,
Amethyst and Cameo Sets,
Etruscan and Enamel Sets,
Opera, Leontine and Vest
Chains, Necklaces, Lockets,
Pendants, &c.
English and American Gold and Silver Watches.
Fine Silver Ware, my own manufacture.
Treble Siver-P Plated Ware,
Table Cutlery. Fine Bronxes, &c.
All description OF HAER JEwELRY made, and
REPAIRIrG done In the neatest manner A
call Is respectfully solicited. April s,'s3y.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-23
The Boats the Gnats Build.
our Little Ones.


Did you ever hear about the wonderful
boats that gnats build? They lay eggs
in the water, and the eggs float until it is
time for them to hatch. You can see
these little egg RATS on almost any pool
in summer.
The eggs are so heavy that one alone
would sink. The cunning mother fastens
them all together until they form q hol.
low boat. II will not upset even if it is
filled with water The upper end of
these eggs is pointed, and look very
much like powder flask
One egg is glued to another, pointed
end up until the boat is finished. And
how many eggs do You think it takes
From two hundred and fifty to three
hundred. When the young are hatched
they always come from the under side,
leaving the empty boat afioat.
These eggs are very small, First they
are white, then green, then a dark gray.
They swim Just like little fishes, and
hatch in two days. Then they change
again to a kind of sheath. In another
week this sheath bursts open and lets
out winged misquito. II is all ready
for work. There are so many of them
born in a summer, that were ii nor for
the birds and large insects, we should be
eat en- up alive"
The Osceola times., 1883-06-23

treasure is 90, or royal bird, species of
honey sucker, peculiar to certain noun
famous districts of these isles. II is of a
glossy black, and its tiny golden feathers
are underneath the wing, one on either
side.
"The birds are now very rare, though
the method of gathering the annual har-
vest does not involve their destruction
Ii was the great Kamehameha |, who
first thought of saving their lives, and
ordered the bird-catchers TO set the birds
free when they had plucked the two
coveted feathers.
THE feathers are only an inch long,
sharp-pointed and very delicate. Five
sell for dollar and half. Kamehame-
has war cloak is said to represent all
the feathers collected by eight or ten
successive chiefs.
zone of these feathered cloaks had
descended to the late king, Lunalila. 1t
was a square of six feet and when the
well-beloved died in his prime, and lay
in state at the Iolani palace, he was laid
on this priceless cloth of gold.
"At the bidding of his father, it was
wrapped round him as kingiy shroud.
He is the last of our race said the
weeping chief; it is hIs.' So the cloak.
which, according to Hawaiian estimate,
was valued at 100000, was buried with
him who alone was entitled to wear it,"
The Osceola times., 1883-06-23
FACTS ABOUT FOREIGNERS.

Mr.. Gladstone draws G4,920 a year
from land: Lord Harrington, e6,000 a
V ear; Mr.. Dodson, G3,l6S Lord Spencer,
e42, ,2l9 Lord Kimberley, GA, 1893 Lord
n orthbrook, eli 600, and Lord Derby,
e170,320.
Among the Berricors of France the
tradition form of obtaining a wife by
capture is still preserved. The brides
house is barricaded on the wedding day,
and the bridegroom is only admitted
after long parley.
Among the many curious and memor-
able clubs Of London, one of the oddest
is that of the Eccentrics, which has had
about 10000 members since its founda-
ton. Sheridan, Lord Melbourne, Brough-
am and Fox belonged to it.
Even some savages are polite. An
English officer dining with a cannibal
King was asked what religious donomi-
nation he affiliated with, as it might be
more agreeable to him to have the mis-
sionary about to be served of another
faith.
A Frenchman has recently gone deep
" down into statistics in regard to
matches His figures show that an Eng
lishman burns eight matches a day, a
Swede nine, German eleven, and a
Frenchman fifteen. The number of
matches consumed in Europe every year
amounts to 2,000,0O0,000. Nobody is like
ly to dispute these figures.
In the Chinese department ofthe Lon
don Fisheries Exhibition the Chinamen
are decorating their own particular court
A pagoda and bridge of a novel con-
structien have Just been built