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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
"CONSIDER ME NMITH.n

A good story is told of old Dr.. Cald-
well, formerly Of the University Of
North Carolina
The doctor was = small man. and
lean, but ~ hard aud angular as the
most irregular Of pine knots.
He looked as though he might be
tough, but he did not seem strong.
Nevertheless, he was. among the know
ing ones. repa:ed to DO agile las . cat,''
and, in addition. was by no means de-
ficient in the knowledge Of the "manly
art" Well. in theIfreehman class Of acer
tain year was u burly nountaineer of
eighteen or nineteen. This genius con
ceived Il contempt for old Bolus' physi
cal dimensions, and his soul was h0rri
fed that one 50 deficient in muscle
should he 50 potential in his rule.
Poor JOnes@that 10 what we'll call
hlm-had no idea of moral force. At
any rate. he was not inclined to knock
under and be controlled de~sp0ticaily by
a man he imagined he could tie or whip.
At length he determined to give the
old gentleman q genteel, private thrash
ing, some night, in the College Campus,
pretending to mistake him for some fei
low student.
Shortly after, on a dark and rainy
night, Jones met the doctor crossing
the Campus. Walking up to him
abruptly.
"HelIo, Smith you rascal-is this
you"
And with that lie struck the old gen.
tleman u blow on the side of tho face
that nearly felled him.
Old BoIus said nothing, but squared
himself, and at it they went. Jones'
youth, weight aud muscle made him an
ugly customer, but after a round or
two the doctors science began to tell.
and in a short time he had knocked his
antagonist down and was straddle OF
his chest, with one hand on his throat
and the other dealing vigorous cuffs on
the side of the head.
'.Ah! stop ! l beg pardon. Doctor,
Doctor Caldwell-a mistake-for Heav
ems sake. Doctor" he groaned. Il real
~ thought it was Smith -
The doctor replied with word and blow
alternately :
ut makes no difference for all
present purposes consider me Smith,"
And it is said old BOlus gave Jones
such a pounding that he never made
another mistake % to personal identity
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15

It il a singular fact that fat men new
er commit crime. No fat man was ever
hung, and very few are to be found in
the jails and penitentiary and reforma
tories throughout the country. The
lean and hungry Cassius is the bad man
and the fact is recognized il fiction as
we'll al we'll as in history. Who ever
saw a fat villain on the stage, or read
Of ono in a novel I "The most desper-
ate criminals are lean men with light
compilations" says a famous detective;
"fat men are sometimes arrested for
swindling and kindred offenses, but
never for high-grade crimes"
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15

cut him in the play ground, and the
teacher whips him in the school room.
He bayeth northwestern At ITO. when
he hath cold short ct s., and hia asixh-
Dor unioadeth upon him Iron Aoantain
63 5t6 and it straightwsy breaketh
down t. 81 lii. He risetA early aud
sitteth up late that he may Oh his
barns and storehouses, and 10! his
children's lawyers divide the spOil
amony themselves and say "Ha. ha :"
He growleth aud 10 sore distressed be
cause it raineth, and he beateth upon
his breast and sayeth, "My crop is
lost " because it raineth not ! The late
rains blight his wheat and the frost hi
teth his peaches. If it lie 80 that the
sun shincth, even among the n,net,es.
he sayeth, "WOe is me, for I PERISH"
and If the northwest wind sigheth
down in forty two below. he crieth.
'.WOuld I were dead :" Ifhe wear sack
cloth ard blue jeans. men say, :'He is y
tramp" and if he g0eth forth shaven
aud clad 10 purple aud 6ne linen all
the people cry 'Sheot the dude T.
H. carrieth insurance for twenty-five
years. until be- hath paid thrice over
for all his goods. aud then he letteth
his policy lapse Due day and that same
night fire dsstroyeth his store. He
buiideth him a house in Jersey aud his
first born is devOuiei by mosquitoes :
he pitcheth his tents in New York aud
tramps devour his substance. He mo-
veth t" the West aud . cyclone carri~th
h;s l..,nson, r. rvDe into l9:,rnes -hi1n
y prairie fire and ten million acres If
grass hoppers fight for his crop. He set
tleth himself in Kentucky and 10 shot
the next day By a gentleman, colonel,
and statesman, ''because, sah, he resem
bles. rah, a man, sab. he did not like.
sab Verify. there j. no rest for the
sole of his f"ot. and If he had it to do
"ver again he would not be born at all,
for eth. day ut death Is better than the
day Of ones BIRTH"
THE CELEBRATION.
That I might the more properly ob
serve the Queens birthday I went, ON
the Oath, t" the growing English city
Of York. l said to u una
And this is the elimination Of 1919"
0uutA'W vi tIuS~ ~" NO O0bOs
.'She wasn't begun till 1865"
$50 young as that :" l said. 1.-THE
only offspring Of Edward Of Kent
edward nobody.'' said . tall police
man. civilian e. Kingsley was the
man, but Roeb!ing was the engineer"
"And to day l said. I'VE rejoice in
her grand+ ur. her majesty, her power,
her"
"She's a buster, for sure, $3.50 feet
long," said u man IL mechanics dress.
"An3,' I said thinking the mans me
taphor was a little strained, "'her world
.'Oh, p~haw !" said the mechanic.
THAT'S all CANNON. She won't sway
enough to feel it."
'Weli." said. "a woman whose
laws are "beyrd from John O'Groats TO
Australia"
'.What under the sun are you talking
about I" the man said.
"Victoria,' l told him, s'and what are
you crazy over I"
Bridge it," he said, '.another wo
man entirely. Victoria isn't down on
the programme to day"
And l realized that the great suspen
sion bridge had swallowed mp all the
birthdays on the continent. Robert J..
Burdette, in Philadelphia Times.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-15

Why do children ask such hard ones
tions! "Are you paid. dear father.
when your patients die just the same %
when they get well - ''God be thank
ed. my child" was the reply, not to 60
beyond the bosom Of his own family,
ri am ; i'll were not l am afraid you
would be q beggar."
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WHEREFORE. BELOVED.

But why should ".he day of death''
be bette: than the day of ones birth Z"
For a great deal, beloved.
Man. born Of woman, is of few days
and no teeth. And indeed it would be
money in his pocket, sometimes, if La
had less of either. AS for his days he
wasteth one-third Of them, and for his
teeth he has convnlsions when he cuts
them, aud a. the last q comes through
10. the dentist ID twisting the first one
out, and the last end of that mans Jaw
10 worse than the first, being full of por
celain, and q roof plate built to hold
blackberry seeds. Stone bruises line
his pathway to manhood ; his father
boxes his ears at home, the big boys
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24
Remarkable Duel.

One of the most remarkable duels
on record was recently fought in the
suburbs of East st. Louis, ILL.,, and,
though it did not result fatally, it was
by no means bloodless. Two negroes,
Bill Molack and Mike Vanderberg,
were out rabbit-hunting, and met with
poor success. They stopped in sa-
loon in the edge of the town, where
they met several Of their friends, who
twitted them about having no game,
and got up an argument as to which
of the two hunters was the better
marksman. The argument became
Il hot and angry one, and it was de-
cided that the only way to settle it
was to shoot, and each man was to be
the others target. They repaired
to field, and, taking position back to
back, started at agiven signal from the
third negro, the agreement being to
walk twenty steps, wheel and fire.
Vanderberg walked faster than Mo
lack, and, turning first, fired just as
Molack turned. Molack dropped his
gun and staggered Seeing this, Van
derotrg ran, but Molack braced up,
seized his gun, and gave chase, shout
ing, 81 must have my shot" Seeing
he was about to be overtaken, Wander
berg turned, and as he did so Molack
fired, and then sunk exhausted in the
snow. Vanderberg also fell. Both
negroes were bleeding profusely. and
the field where they fell looked like a
slaughter-house. Friends cared fos
them. Both had their faces and armr
filled with shot. and each lost an eye.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24
A Human Body Tarned to Chalk.

At the office of Leitch Brothers
steam printing works, in the city Of
Cincinnatti, o., are the remains OF the
mother-in-law of Mr.. A. L. Leitch,
one of the members of the firm, in a
thoroughly petrified condition. The
woman has been dead about twenty
five years. The body, according to the
statement of a prominent physician, is
in state of adipocere. Mr.. Leitch
has been keeping it in his office since
it : arrival in Cincinnati, undetermined
VIII t to do with it, but his brother
Informed a reporter that they were
contemplating placing it on public ex-
hibition for the benefit of science. Sew
eral physicians, he SAID, who have ex-
amined the body, consider it rare
specimen of adipocere, and they have
broken off little pieces, a toe or a
finger, and put them in their cabinets
of snails and crawfish and other in
teresting articles. The lady died of
apoplexy. and she was buried in the
graveyard of Dupont, Ind. She
was seventy-two years of age at the
time of her death. The ground in
which she has lain for the last two
dozen years is mainly Of limestone for
nation, and small streams of water
trickled through the limestone and
came in contact with the body. A sci
enlist stated that it is unknown just
what it is in the water that petrifies
flesh, but it is some kind of mineral.
Last November relatives of the de-
ceased decided to take up her bones
and rebury them at Cincinnati. When
the grave was opened their surprise
was great to find instead of only de-
cayed and crumbling bones, a well pre-
served box, an apparently new coffin,
and above all corpse which requires
no less than six men to lift. Its lit
orally chalk woman. The limbs and
body are preserved almost perfectly.
The limbs are there, but haveshrunken
and changed so much as to be barely
recognizable. The desh, or rather
what was once the flesh, is discolored,
is dark, and has an unnatural look.
Taking knife and cutting and scra-
ping this dark substance away the sub
stance is found to be almost exactly
like white chalk. The back of the
head is slightly decayed, but this is
the only part where decay is indicated.
Some parts of the body are not brittle
like the rest of it, but are waxy and
tough.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24

Will discovered the fact that he was
very glad that Edith Hovee was not
his relation by blood. When the
Barnstons did leave, they did so two
days after Mr.. and Mrs. William
Thorndike had taken the cars on their
wedding tour. Sandy gave Will one
half the ranch, stocking it for him,
and the last time l saw Win he told
me he was going to run for Congress.
He was full of the pleasure he expected
to have in getting his mother, his wife
and babies, and his father, as he al
ways called old Sandy, together once
more in his home at Washington
Alfred Bdlch.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24
THE PEOPLES SONG OF PEACE.
By JOAQUIN MILLER.

The grass is green on Bunker Hill,
The waters sweet in Brandywine;
The sword sleeps in the scabbard still,
The farmer keeps his flock and vine;
Then who would mar the scene to-day
With vaunt of battlefield or fray?
The brave corn lifts, in regiments
Ten thousand sabers in the sun;
The ricks replace the battle tents,
The hammered tassels toss aud run.
The heneighing steed, the bugle's blast
These be the stories of the past.
The earth has healed her wounded breast,
The cannons plow the fields no more;
The heroes rest: Oh let them rest
In peace along the peaceful shore.
They fought for peace, for peace they fell;
They sleep in peace, and all is well.
The fields forget the battles fought,
The trenches wave in golden grain;
Shall we neglect the lesson taught
And tear the wounds agape again?
Sweet Mother Nature, nurse the land,
And heal her wounds with gentle hand,
LO! peace on earthi Lo flock and fold,
Lo. rich abundance, far increase,
And valleys clad in sheen of gold,
Oh rise and sing the song of peacei
For Theseus roams the land no more,
And Janus rests with rusted door.
Southern Exposition Programme.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24
THE FRONTIER WAH.

"The bloody villains muttered
sandy McGOvern to himself, as he sat
On his horse surveying the scene of
iesOlatiOn and death; "the bloody,
murderin' scOundrelsp'
In front of little knoll on which
sandy had reined his horse in was a
confused heap of broken wagons. Here
md there a dead horse. already par
TALLY stripped by the cayOtes, and scat
tered up and down the line of wagons
the bodies of men who evidently died
sighting. 1t did not need the hideOuS
red patches on top of the skulls. where
the Scalps had been torn off, to tell the
nd frohtiersman that he saw before
him ali that was left of an emigrant
train that had been surprised by In
tians. To his experienced eyes, the
slight signs which would have escaped
man new to the plains, told him that
.he massacre had taken place, at the
most, but two days before.
As he rode slowly along he suddenly
heard faint sound. With his nerves
'trung by the scene which lay before
aim. the frOntiersman, whose senses
We're always alert. found his attention
ittracted at once. and stopping his
horse he listened intently. In about a
minute he heard it again. and noticed
hat it came from one of the wagons.
Dismounting and walking to the place
he listened once more. In another
minute he heard it again. 1t was some
thing like faint cry. and it seemed to
ne smOthered in some way. Sandy
TODD close by the wagon. his hands
resting upon the fOotbOard in front.
Again he heard it, and this time more
0lainly than before. Fairly leaping to
the foJt-board he opened the long box
front. the top of which forms in a
eralrie schooner the drivers seat, and
>lw lying in it little child.
The big frOntiersman lifted the baby
for it was scarcely mOre--Out of its
range resting-plaee as tenderly as a
EO.her He saw that the child was
very weak from its long fast, AMI,
olaclng it gently on his blankets, he
'egan t. search for something fit for
I 10 eat. Finding a bag Of -four, he
made, with little sugar, kind OF
hin cruel, heating it overa fire he had
hastily kindled. Taking the baby in
MS arms, he fed it slowly and eau
ilously. With infinite patience the
olg-bearded man went through this
'trange task, until, after some time,
ne had the satisfaction of seeing the
little one refuse to swallow any more.
Then sitting on the tongue Of the
wagon. with the dead lying all around
him, Sandy rocked the baby in his arms
until It went to sleep.
Placingit in his blankets and cover
ing it up carefully, he examined the
box in which he had fund it. In the
bottom was a rough horse blanket.
Thrown over the edge was piece OF
rope, placed there to prevent the lid
ihltting tight. Alongside Of the child
hefOund half of a bracelet. evidently a
heap i'm tatiOn one, which looked as
though it had been torn If from the
ther half. At the lower end OF the
BOX there was a confused heap OF
baby clothes, thrust in hastily. All OF
these things Sandy took. He found
even the water in the spring beside
which the train bad camped. to give
his newly-diseOvered treasure a bath,
which seemed To do the little one a
great deal Of good
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24

The building of several woolen mills
is in contemplation in Iowa, Missouri
and Illinois, the farm RS thinking it
will be more profitable to manufacture
their own goods then to send to East
ern markets.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24

1t is not necessary TO use water in
pouring over book E4a luo
Daily Republican., 1883-04-21
(haDtPr OF Outrage2.

Mrs. W. j. Stephens, wife Of the
Probate Judge Of Missouri county,
Montana on Thursday night shot and
killed u man named Smith, who was
trying IT, break into her room during her
husbands absence.
NJ. l.. Drsmukes and II. A Simmons
and his brother had u quarrel at
NatchtOchcs, Louisiana, yesterday over
il law suit. l'istO,s We're used Dcs-
mnkcs was fatally shot, and the Sim
mons brothers were wounded but not
seriously.
1t is stated that Lewis White, lime
burner at Utica, Indiana, while drunk
murdered his infant child with club,
and Stru X his wife with an axe inilict-
ing a fatal injury.
The Sheriff and police at Brainerd,
Minnesota, had skirmiSh with a crowd
of armed tramps yesterday afternoon.
The officers captured six Of the party
and lodged them in Jail. Police Show
tell and Deputy Sheriff Palmer were
slightly wounded. After this capture
The Shcriti's posse, armed with Win
chester rifles, started in pursuit Of the
remainder Of the party They came
upon two Of the tranpS, who were
lying in a thicket, revolvers in hanl
They were ordered to throw up their
hands, and upon their refusal to do SC
the officers fired, severely wounding
one Of them, who, with his companion,
was removed to Jail.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-21
lIanlan Leaves Warrington.

WASHINGTON, April 20.-Among the
passengers from this city tonight on
the north-bound train for New York
was Edward Hanlin, the champi on
oarsman of the world, who has received
from Wallace Ross ali acceptance of the
challenge for a race, to take place at
Ogdenoburg, New York, about the mid
die of July.
1t will be necessary for the oarsmen
to me and perfect their arrangements,
and after these are attended to Hanlan
will go to Lowell Mass, and resume
training for his race with Kennedy,
which will be rowed near Boston on
Decoration Day.
Although well pleased with the result
of his visit to Washington, he thought
it best to leave for the scene of his next
contest as early as possible, in order TO
become thoroughly acclimated. He will
in future be looked after by George W.
Lee. crack sculler, of Newark \. j.,
and who will pull with Hanlan in doub-
le-scull matches this season. Hanlan
says there is no ground for the charges
contained in New York sporting jour
nails as to his alleged bad treatment
here by the newspapers.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-21
The Moves Reading Mae Inc

Removes that embargo in reading - the
task Of holding up a heavy book by the hour
and makes reading and study 50 easy tina,
there is no excuse for ignorance II handles
heavy books as easily AS light ones.and holds
them open at any angle or in any position
II is II boon tOinvalIds, 4 Joy to well people
and Invaluable for children IN school. remOv.
ing The cause Of round shoulders and preserV
ing the eyes by placing the book Just where
1t l. wanted and lust as 1t Is wanted. Tho
labor Of reading il reduced simply to moving
the eyes from one line to another.
The Machine holds the books by the
covers, leaving the leaves free TO be turned. -
They are then held open with Lcaf-Holder
which ~ q touch can be removed to turn the
leaves AMI again replaced to hold them open
The book Tits to any angle and is pivoted &c
as to turn around 10 any position. a CLAMP
attaches it 10 a table or desk An Extension
Arm is also made to attach to chairs, Book.
eases Dictionary Holders or other convenient
objects However, the Table Clamp, which
always accompanies the Book Holder. will
usually be found ample. The whole ar
rangcm"nt is very compact. ornamental and
free from complication.
Prices: Book Holder with Leaf Holder
and Table Clamp. complete, in white finish,
Il Brass, ~: Gold Plated, -. The Exten.
sion Arm arranged to attach 10 chair arm,
etc. IN white finish. VI additional Brass, 81,
ana GulL Plated. 50.
seat by mail pos paid on receipt Of price
| nudc tie dictionary Holder business. "A nd
make all ..nda Of Dictionary Holders Cir
cu,nrs free. Address, La VERNE W
MOVES, yyaId lUl West Monroe street
CLtcngO.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-21
THIRD EDITION
The Ladies' Aid Assoc iatiOn.

We have upon on, table, while writing,
pretty luttcrtlv' pen wiper pur-
chased Of a gentle lady, who is endeav-
Oring tn transfo.,n into money the many
exquisite articles of fancy work and
the pretty and useful garments which
have been contributed to this Associa-
tion by the tender hearted and generous
ladies Of our city.
The cI lrltlblc object Of tn is society
i, to sncoor the poor sick, or tn" " sick
DOOR" 10 furnish the nlmbarless
comforts and tender nursing to those
otherwise unprovided for; to make
arrangements ultimately for sort OF
private hospital for sr:h aSit Shal
seem best not to send to the public
hospital, in the poorhouse.
This work, purely humanitarian in
its purposes, has not been taken up in
a s-ctarian spirit, though inaugurated
by the ladies of Trinity chapel and 1t
is To be hoped that every lady of leisure
in our city will unite in this labor of
love. Any interested can receive in
formation by addressing Mrs. DIR.
Henry b. Martin, of 900 Delaware
avenue, whose name is found upon the
first page of the book of orders carried
by Mrs Davis, their agent, for the sale
Of their collection of articles.
The ladies hold semi monthly sessions
Of their society, meeting to-day, 2lst, a
three p. IN. in Mrs. Townsend's parlo1
in the Clayton House. W.