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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-06-23

TUFTS PILLS A SUGAR PLUM
TUFTS Pills are now covered
with a vanilla sugar coating, max.
ing them as pleasant to swallow
as u little sugar plum, and render
ing them agreeable to the most
delicate stomach.
They cure sick headache and
bilious collie.
They give appetite and flesh to
the body.
They cure dyspepsia and nour
ish the system.
They cure fever and ayue, cos
tiveness, etc.
Sold everywhere. 25 cents a
box:
S. T. Grisamore still has few more Char
| ter Oak Stoves for sale.
He has also a good cheap stove that can
! be sold all completed for fifteen dollars
that excels anything of the kind ever
brought to this Market. Also fire CRATES
charcoal furnaces, and everything requisite
| for kitchen purposes, to make the cook
| h
A Cough, Cold or Sore
Throat should be stopped. Neg
lect frequently results in an In
durable Lung Disease or Consump
ton, BROWNS BRONCHIAL
TROCHES do not disorder the
stomach like cough syrups and
balsams, but act directly on the
infamed parts, allaylng irritation,
give relief in Asthma, Bronchitist
Coughs, Catarrh, and the Throat
Troubles which Singers and Public
Speakers are subject to. For thir.
ty years Browns Bronchial Tro
ches have been recommended by
physicians, and have always Civ
en- perfect satisfaction. Having
been tested by wide and constant
use for nearly an entire genera
tion, they have attained well-meri
ted rank among the few staple re
medies of the age. s Id at Is
cents a box everywhere.
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The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

Peter Cooper was rcputedto be Il very wealthy
man. but the extent of his fortune is knoWu
only TO his immediate family. He gave away
millions to his relatives, besides the millions
that he gave to the Cooper Mon. His benefac-
tjonS iu other directions have been enormous,
People never tired Of asking him for money
His daily mail brought him bushels Of begging
letters He was besought to engage in all sorts
Of wild schemes of henevocnce, and to cOntri-
butte to the most pressing individual needs. 1t
would have required more than the labor Of one
person to answer these letters, and many of
them went unanswered. But many of them
met with success. He was literally giving all
the time. He reserved something for himself
as a source of income for his running expenses
but ii Is said to bear no considerable proportion
to the vast fortune which he acquired.
Mr. Coopcr'S y>it> to his office in Burllng slip
of late wears Were somewhat irregular. The
burdens Of the details Of the business have long
been borne on other shoulders than his, although
when the time came for consultation his cOun-
sci was never dispensed with. But no matter
ut what time he visited his office, whether I'M
the morning or the afternoon; whether every
day in the week or at intervals of several days,
he was sure to be greeted ON his departure by q
swarm of hcg9arS. 1t was mystery how they
knew he was coming. 1t seemed a> though they
had man always on guard 10 spread the news
far and near, for he no sooner entered the office
than the mcndirantS began to collect. Not few
were trampS, who, even rrckin@ with alcohol
held out their hands for gifts, They sWarmcd
TO the front of the store and even invaded the
premises 1t was no use telling Mr. Cooper
that they were idle ami drunkcn He would
not relinQuish his habit of giving something to
every man every time. He did il in spite of hi,
partners and said 1t gaNe him pleasure.
Onc of Peter COOprr'~ latest addresses in puo-
lie was siuguIary characteristic u the man. II
was late one afternoon last fall, at the corner Of
Broadway and Houston street. Peter C0Oper'~
carriage had come to a sudden stop in front Of
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
Clouds at Sea.

One bright Sunday, when the surface
of the sea was like glass, a long chain of
cloud-mountains lay to the south of us all
day, while the rest of the sky was clear.
How they glowed in the strong sunlight,
their SUBMITS shining like bouquet OF
full moons, and making broad, white,
or golden path upon the water, They
came out of the south west, an endless
procession of them, and tapered away in
the east. They were the piled, convolut-
ed, ndolent clouds of midsummer
thunder clouds that had retired from
business; the captains of the storm in
easy undress. All day they filed along
there, keeping the ship company. How
the eye reveled in their firm, yet ever
changing forms Their under or base
line was as straight and continuous as
the rim of the ocean. The substratum
of air upon which they rested was like a
uniform layer Of granite rock, invisible,
but all resisting not one particle of these
vast cloud mountains, so broken and
irregular ii their SUBMITS. sank below
this aerial granite boundary. The equi
llbrlum OF the air is frequently such that
the under surface of the clouds is like a
ceiling. 1t is tairweather sign, whether
upon the sea or upon the land. One may
frequently see it in a mountainous dis
trct, when the fog clouds settle down,
and blot out all the tops Of the mountains,
without one tleck of vapor going below a
given line which runs above every valley,
as uniform as the sea level. 1t is probable
that IN tar weather the atmosphere
always lies in regular strata in this way,
and that it is the displacement and mixing
up of these by some unknown cause that
produces storms. John Burroughs, in
the April Century.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
The Garden

! ne time is HOW almost at hand when
active work in the garden will be in or
der It is never wise to begin while the
ground is wet and cold, or until it is dry
and warm, places sloping to the south
and protected against the cold northern
winds. where one can commence to work
some days earlier. In the vegetable line
the first crops to be thought OF are gene
rally lettuce and radshes These do not
take UP much space aud can soon he dis
posed ot. Nearly all vegetables require
q very rich soil. but it is especially SO
with the lettuce and radish The rhu-
Uarb-bed shoud be early cleared off, the
ground stirred, when it will, having been
top-dressed in the autumn. take care of
itself, and in few weeks furnish YOU
with your first green fruit pies. Then
We must think of some early cabbage and
the seed should be sown as early as the
ground is fit in some warm and we'll
sheltered spot. The tomato, if not in the
outdoor hot bed, should have been start
ed in the kitchen window.
After getting rid of these, the pea crop
must he started, then the early potatoes
InGlc are some other crops which, though
they are not particularly early, should be
attended to as soon as the ground is in
proper condition. The onion set is one
OF these. The onion is not partial to
heat, and does all its growing in early
spring. In the New England states and
the north they mature in single season.
but here the seedlings soon dry up and
have to he set out the following spring to
get their growth. The seed should not
be sown too early in this latitude, or the
sets will grow too large if the spring is
cool and run to seed when set out the
next year, instead of forming the desired
bulbs Then there is the satisfy and
parsnip, which also need early sowing to
mature full, the former especially. Some
parsely should also be early at hand, and
as 1t takes rather a loug time to sprout,
1t should not be delayed in getting into
the ground. The okra comes later and
should be sowed in a dry and rather a
warm place.
When the ground gets 10 be pretty
warm look after the bush bean, the beets,
The early sweet corn, the squash, cucum-
bers, the melon family, preserving citron
followed by the ever popular lima bean.
We give these hints as mere remind
ers, and they are intended for the benefit
Of people with small gardens and espe-
cially for young beginners.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
Origin of the Calendar

The word 'calenllar' is derived from co1euN
"m denoting the eomn2oncemnnts If months
which in the language of ancient Rome, We're
called deS calendo, or simply caioadp; i. e., DAYS
on which "calling OUT should occur, from
"calo" call. This ''calling out took place up
on the temperance of the small crescent after
new moon, and at the present day remains the
custom among those people who, as for instance
the Turks, reckon time wholly from the recllr-
ring phases of the moon. This was loudly
proclaimed from the roofs of public buildings
by appolntedpriests or seers, who Were required
to seek for the moons crescent in the evening
sky either two days after new moon. or four or
five days after the last appearance of its light
IN the morning sky this, then, was established
as the beginning of he month, the single days
being reckoned by counting backward or for
ward from the night. or from the intermediate
day of full moon. This method of reckoning
time from the revolutions and phases of light Of
the moon has been long practiced in those coun-
tries III which the constant clcarneSS of the
heavens enables people to determine with con-
siderable accuracy the first appearance of the
moonlight, the so-called "new light" and,
again among those whose limited intercourse
with other nations afforded no comparison of
hXed standards. In countries, however, where
continued cearness of the sky was not afforded
or where the necessity was urgently felt for Il
regular determination of future dates, the seers
at length desired that they be permitted to cal
culate, upon the basis of the past determination
of the duration Of the regular months, the re-
currcnce of the phases of the moon for Il GER
tain time in advance, and Herewith the rcgu-
lar succession of the months, and to publicly
record the number and the method of counting
the days of the single months. Thus. in place
of the public proclamation from the house-tops
of the observed appearances. the calendar now
came INTO use, containing calculations Of the
calling days. Prof VIM. FoeSter, in Popu-
lar Science Monthly for April.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

the bone, and he swallowed the teeth.
My cbum noticed it first, and he said we
had got to get in our work pretty quick
to save the plates, and think we were
in luck to save them. | held the dog,
and my chum, who was better acquainted
with him, united the strings and got the
gold plates out, but there were only two
teeth left, and the dog was happy He
waggled his tail for more teeth, but we
hadn't any more. am going to give
him mas teeth some day. My chum
says when dog gets an appetite for any
thing you have got to keep giving it to
him, or he goes back on you. But |
think my chum played dirt on me. We
sold the gold-plates to a jeWery man,
and my chum kept the money. think,
as long as furnished the goods he ought
to have given me something besides the
experience don't you After this don't
have no more partners, you bet" All this
time the boy was marking on a piece of
paper and soon after he went out the
grocery man noticed a crowd outside, and
on going out he found sign hanging up
which read, "W0rDy Figs for Partjes."
| Peck's Sun.
Between Two Poodles in a Horse Car.
Gimme two pounds Of t,eefsteak," said an
| excited individual rushing into a corner mark
| ct up on Thirty-trst street, ''and quart of
| solid meat oysters, too 1t won't do for me to
90 home without 'em, condemn the luck and
| I've got to pay for 'em twice. and the excited
man mopped his face with blue silk handler-
chief.
whats the matter? Hain't been sandbagyed
/ tba bntab
mussed up rabbit into the scrap box. and dump
| ing quarter of beef on the block.
"No, but had something else done to me the
sickest kind of a way. When | boarded the
street car it was full, but Il couple of cookbook
ing ladies hunched themselves slightly apart,
and | squeezed myself in between 'em, and put
ting my pail of oysters between my feet, took
! my beefsteak across my knees. Pretty soon |
| got into conversation with bright-looking girl
| on my left. and kept up the breeze clear to
IWenty-sccond street. And while was giving
her tatfy and finding out everything about her
except her name, I'm blamed if big fat poodle
IN the Woman's arms at my right wasn't gnaw-
in and chewing up my beefsteak, and when he
made vicious kind of yank and bit my fist
and tried to wipe his chops on the brown paper
| examined into matters and things. and I'll be
| hanged if he hadn't got aWa} with nearly the
| hull of them two pounds of siron. That's a
pretty how dye dOr says to the dogs lady
and she says. WHAT, SIR and says. Your in
fernaI pup has eaten my meatr and she says,
'Oh, gracious heaven. 1t will make poor Oscar
sick" and ! said, 4 hops to gracious it will
madam-sicker'n hoss, and if he dies you Just
telephone to me and I'll put on a tWo-tined coat
and take a good seat at the obseques.' Every
body in the ear laughed, and the beautiful
| young lady on my left. she said it was shame
that folks who owned poodles should lug them
around in their arms. and seen had made a
/ mash.
Now | have poodle, she said, and then
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
Basil Dukes Guerlllas.
"Oli. YOU SW EEL, DARLING CONFEDERATES
IHE NANkS ARE CNMINl.N y

"OIG. YOU WEET, DARLING CONFEDEEATEs
THE GANkS ARE COMING.'
Basil Duke, Il noted cavalry officer under
Morgan, has been at the Capital during til,
week. Duke is very handsome man, Hi,
eyes are dark brown his features are clcar-cut
and ruddy. \ flowing black mil>tache anC
beard hide the lower part of his face. Although
nearly fifty years of age, he does not look oven
thirty-fye He is a lawyer With a fine practice
III Louisville, where he is very popular. Hi
figure Is still the same as when he used to rl>l
down the country on a crazy thoroughbred at
the head of Il regiment of free anceS.
One day during the war, a detachment OF hi>
troops We're moving through the northern part
of Kentucky. Dick Wintcrsmitll's son was il
the band and its leader The gucrilas Were
worn out and hunted down. Their horses wer,
nearly foundered. The men We're dirty anC
ragged. They halted for rest near seminary
for young ladies. all sympathizers with th,
Confcdcracy. Out came the Young ladies when
they saw the gray coats. They brought out
food, drink, and armtnIs Of flowers. They hung
flowers around the nccks of the hunted m"H
and sang out in a musical chorus. NOh, Nol
darling Confedcratcs." A Struggling Confcler.
ate. fat. greasy and ragged, came pounding uI
at this, tlogging jaded hack along, swearing
because he could not keep up with his better
mounted associates. He was lust in time tC
hear the invocation of the ladies. He yelleC
out "Oh, you sweet, darling ConfedcratCS the
GankS are comng!'
There was bolt at this. The aggard pound
cd on behind, singing: "Oh, YOU sweet dar
lings, hope the lanks will get YOU"
The FedcraS We're right at his heels. The
flying Contcderates wheeled in their saddles
laughing at the certain capture of the SLOW
rider. Suddenly the tired horse stumbled. fell
and threw the fat rider over into the ditch
where he escaped notice, while detachment OF
Federal troops headed off the main band ano
captured every one but one man, who was say
ed. he having the poorest horse. The prison
ers never heard the last of "Oh, you sweet
darling Contederates.' Washington Sunday
Herald
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
Too Much Moderation

Bill Blount was selected by the Austin De
batting Society to deliver an address on the sub
ject Of Moderation" Bill has enjoyed classi-
cal education, and is a good-hearted fellow, but
hot-headed This is the way he began his ad-
dress
Ladies and gentlemen: Moderation in all
things Shut that door, will you? Moderation,
ladies and--the door, | say shut that door.
Moderation in all things is Will you or will
you not, you blank Anticipated fool, shut that
door? Moderation in all things is virtue"
Just then another late conner opened the door
and the narrator shot out
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
A New Ria for Steamers.

Captain K. B Forbes, whose lifelong interest
in the welfare Of the sailor shows no sign Of
abatement, has recently published pamphlet in
which he describes new rig for steamers. of
his own invention, that claims to be much SUI
perior to the Old STYLE It is designed for
steamers having four iron or steel mastS, and
the principal advantages claimed for the rig
are that there is no going aloft to furl any but
the square sails, and the longest side of these
is always bent to the yard below it, there being
no sheets and clewnes, and all can be easily
taken care of by few men, as this rig has fewer
ropes and the wards can be bruced nearly fore
and-aft. In going to Windward in strong
breezes all the fore-and-aft sails come to the
deck to furl. Considering the fact that ocean
steamers are often disabled in their machinery,
there appears to be Il necessity for carrying
more canvas in such an emergency, and this rig
is adapted to further that purpose. The invent
ion is we'll worthy the attention of every one
interested in nautical affairs. but to one who
has a romantic admiration for the od-fashoned
full-rigged ship the rather awkward outlines Of
the new rig will not excite the idea of beauty.
On this point Captain Forbes says; 1t is not
expected that the eye of the old Seamah will be
attracted by the beauty of the furl any more
than that the eye of the old naval officer will bc
attracted by the symmetry of the modern war
ship In these days of iron and steel for masts
and yards, we must t0rcgo any attempt at
beauty, and we must stick to what is the simp-
lest and best for modern sailors"
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

There is mystery surrounding the tomb of
President Lincoln. Several Years ago an attempt
was made by grave robbers to steal the body.
Elmer Washburn was chief Of the secret ser
vice at the time the attempt was made. He put
men on guard at the tomb for three weeks, and
one dark night by the aid of abulS-cye lantern
the thieves were caught in the very act of rob-
binS the grave. The attempt made a great SEN
sation. This attempt has never been repeated
The grave is not guarded, so far as any human
eye can see, and yet it is protected. Secretary
Lincoln said the other day that he was absolute
ly certain that the remains of his father could
never be stolen. After the first attempt secure
means of protection We're employed. The Sc
cret Of this security is only known to three per-
sons. When the friends of the late Gen. Gar
field think the guard over his tomb has been
maintained long enough, Col. Rockwell will be
intrusted with the secret Of the protection OF
the tomb of A. Lincoln.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

ludlcrous incident recently took place in
Liverpool. There are two brothers who parted
many years ago when bows, one Of them going
to America to seek his fortune and the other
remaining in Liverpool to make it. They
have both been emincutlv successful in this
respect. and not long AGO the brother in
America determined TO visit the brother in
England. The time of the visit was settled by
correspondence, and the American set sail.
The En@hShlnan is a notorious Wag. and ar
ranged that an acquaintance should meet the
American as hi, brother and conduct him to
the hotel. The American. who was also Il
great wag on the trip decided to play exactly
the same joke on his brother asking an ac-
quantance whom he had met on the ship TO
pcrsonac him for few hours The acquaint-
an2o entered into the spirit Of the joke, and
when the vessel arrived at Liverpool was
found by the perSonatrr Of the English brother
and driven to the hotel The real American
brother followed more lesurely. chuckiing over
his Joke. In the meanwhile the English brother
had also gone to the motel, bursting with mcrr-
mcnt over his Joke. 1t happened that the two
real brothers met in the lobby of the hotel, and.
though they had been parted 50 many Years, they
knew each other, At first with blank amaZement
they greeted each other; and then, as they eX-
planned their mutual Jokes, laughed long and
heartily. But the climax was vet to be reached.
An explanation i'll regard to the gentlemen who
had perSonated them. and who We're now. as they
imagined playing huge Joke ON each other.
showed that they also We're brothers who had
been separated from bONhOOd. but who did not
know each other when they met. The first pair
of brothers hurried up to their parlor and al
ter the situation had been explained all around
the comedy of errors was pleasantly ended bv
an old-fashoned English dinner.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

FEED THE TREES l find that lime,
wood ashes, and old iron, put around
the roots of declining trees have a very
beneficial effect These fertilizers restore
the trees to a healthy condition. and also
greatly improve the fruit in quality and
quantity | made the application early
last spring as an experiment about half
bushel Of mixed lime and ashes to each
tree and dug it in with a hoe some six
feet around the trunk, and put the old
IRON Immediately around the base OF each.
The trees put forth with renewed vigor,
bIoomed abnndantiy, and Yielded a good
crop Of fruit. ". A. London.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

The GREAT EASTERN A GREAT FAILURE
The Great Eastern is great elephant on the
hands of shareholders. AT a general meeting
of the directors and proprietors lately it was
stated that the efforts to sell or charter the ship
had been unceasing, and the directors regretted
that, although they were frequently receiving
applications in respect to the steamer nothing
had resulted. The income for the year was
made up as follows Transfer fees, Fl; inter-
est, f140; visitors fees to ship, fl3 The ex-
pendture for the year in connection with the
ship had been "a ,402 Is. Id. The financial ex-
hibit of the Leviathan would be ludcrous if
there were not to some of the confident specu-
latOrs ruin at the base.
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
erS, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor. journal Office, Belfast Maine. I
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

A wagon containing a calf in cage was on
the market yesterday morning with "A farmers
veal stepped up and inquired ''Madam, is that
calf for sale:" ''Yes, SIR" ''Is he a Durham:'
He may be-" Isn't an Ayrshire, is he:'
Like enough" 'Don't you know his breed:'
ne asked in a surprised voice. "No, | DON'T
Then how do you expect to sell him?" "Al
know about that calf is that his father hooked
justice of the peace to death and his mother
chased female lecturer two miles, and if that
amt breed enough to ask $4 on you needn't
take him." The butcher said the breed was all
right. Detroit Free Press.
Emperor Williams health is improyiu"
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19
Prices and Wages.

9 Percy" writes from Washington, under
date April Sth, to the Boston journal: Look
ing over some old memoranda to-day, | came
across list of the prices of the principal arti-
cleS for sale in the Washington Market in 1910.
and | will five n few of them, with yesterdays
ouOtatiOnS:
The Republican journal., 1883-04-19

Secretary Chandler it is asserted, will have
the steel cruisers built in private yards by con-
tract. This shows that the Secretary is a man
of sense. Under the eight hour law and the
how-not-to-do-it methods of the navy yards.
the proposed cruisers would be years in build
ing.