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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-07-17

The danger of relying too strongly

The danger of relying too strongly on
circumstantItl evidence in murder trials
was forcjhy illustrated recently in the
case of Miss JoUrmeaux Of the island of
Jersey. This lady, il will be remem-
bored, Went out for short row Wit,
male communion named Farne, and after
they had loweh some distance he lost
his oars oye~b ard and leaped into the
water to re@li4 them. He could not get
back to .l., boat, rs the tide was running
rapidly, and Miss Journeauz soon lost
sight of HIN, though he managed to
reach the shore. This was on Sunday
night, aud the poor girl drifted hep
lcssly about IN the frali bark until Tues
day morning. when she was picked up
by % French fishing vessel of st. Aialo.
She was kindly treated by the captain
and crew, and landed, after q voyage
of twenty-six days, on the shore of
St. Georges Bay, Newfoundland, from
whence she WAS sent to st. Johns to
wait for vessel bound to France. In
the meanwhile Farne was arrested for
murder and imprisoned, and was not set
at liberty until telegram arrived an
nouncing the safety OF his former boat
ing companion.
How different matters might have
turned out if Miss Journeaux had been
lost at sea! He might have been hung for
crime which he never committed. and all
his protestations OF innocence would
have been regarded Us the wild pleadings
OF o man who desired to escape the just
penalty OF his misdeeds. No power on
earth could probably have saved him.
and he would have gone down to poster
ity With the brand OF Cain upon his
brow. Only the interposition Of Divine
Providence seems to have saved his neck
from the halter. The opponents Of cap
ital punishment will find strong argu'
ment in this case for the abolishme1t o.
the death penalty. - $1,000 :.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-07-17

A method of preventing the incrusta-
tion OF boilers quite common Ill Ger
many is rs follows: The feed water is
forced through one OF the usual feed
contrivanceS into tho steam dome, in
which it is mixed l'y a jet OF steam enter
ing concentricaliy, III order that it may,
during the miNIl-, be cast violently
against the cover OF the dome. The
effect Of the movement is that all the
water receives the fall temperature of
the surrounding steam. BY this sudden
heating, mir and carbouic acid are with
drawn from the water, and not only the
carbonate Of lime, but tho sulphate of
lime and magnesium, are extracted and
the precipitlte occasioned IS periodically
removed
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? An English firm has introduced new
chimney top which is said to ei1ectually
perfect down-draughts in chimneys
They are made from number OF
grooved rings placed one on the other,
but having intervening spaces between
each ring (the rings when made OF metal
are tied together by rods, but when
made from clay they can be burned
together.) When tho wind strikes the
grooves it will return. and in doing 50
will drnw air up the chimney, and up
through the spaces at the top. thus pre-
venting q iown-draucht nud compelling
an up dranshs No cowl OF cap il
needed; every action OF the wind is pro-
vided for; the appliance il stationary
and easily hxed by any brioklayer.
When hxed i'll clay it is certainly less
ugly than most similar ooutzivanoeA
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TEA AND COFFEE DISPEtTlCS.
IT has occurred also to tho writer t

IT has occurred also to tho writer to
make many observations as to the CIR
cumstances under which tea and cof-e
are found to agree or disagree with diff
ferent persons; in the first place. rs Sir
w. Roberts has pointed out, tea, II taken
at the same time rs farinaceous food, IS
much more likely to retara its digestion
aud cause dyspepsia than If taken Ittle
time after eating; AMI the custom
adopted by many persons at breakfast,
for instance, of eating first and drinking
their tea or coffee afterward is sensible
one; 80 also it is better to take ones
five o'clock tea without the customary
bread and butter or cake than with it.
Indeed, willie there is little that can
be said against o cup of hot tea as stim-
ulant and restorative, when taken about
midway between lunch aud dinner, and
without solid food, it may, on the other
hand, be fruitful cause of dyspepsia
when accompanied at that time with
solid food It is also curious fact that
many persons with whom tea, under
ordinary circumstances, will agree ex-
ceedinely we'll, will become the subjects
of tea dyspepsia if they drink this
beverage at time when they may be
suffering from mental worry or emotional
disturbance.
Moreover, it is well-recognized fact
that persons who are prone to nervous
excitement of the circulation and palpl-
tations OF the heart have these symptoms
greatly aggravated if they persist III the
use of tea or coffee as Il beverage. The
excessive consumption of tea among the
women of the poorer classes is the cause
of much of the so-ciilel "heart-conl-
plants" among them the food of those
poor women consists largely of starchy
substances (bread and butter chiefly,
together with tea, i. e., q food accessory
which is one of the greatest of all
retarders of the digestion Of starchy
food.
The effect of coffee rs a retarder of
stomach digestion would probably be
more felt than it is were it not so con-
stantly the practice to take it only in
small quantity after 4 very large meal +;
it is then mixed with al immense bulk
of food and its relative percentage pro-
portion rendered insignificant and to
the strong and vigorous the slightly
retardins effect on digestion it would
then have may be, as Sir ". Roberts
suggests, not altogether q disadvantage
but after Il spare meal and i'll persons OF
feeble digestive power the cup of black
coffee would probably exercise retard-
ing effect on digestion which might
prove harmful.
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The Best Save III the world for Cuts
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and positively cures Piles. or no pay
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Price 25 cents per box. For Sale at
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T To make fireproof composition fur.
mace, Stag is treatel with boiling acid
which produces q jelly-like substance.
OF this, sixteen parts are mixed with
eight parts OF silica, twenty-three Of
oxide of zinc, twentv-tlree of silica.e Of
soda and thirty of lime water. This is
mixed with colors and varnishes, to
render them incombustible and imper-
neable to moisture.
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Scienti6c.A \

? It has been found that compressed
teak may be made TO serve some of the
purposes for which boxwood, which is
rapidly becoming scarce, is now being
used A powerful hydraulic press COM
pressing teak for 10 N shuttles has Just
been made il Manchester. England.
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Who has not felt how he vorks-tho
dreadful oonQuering spirit-of ill1 Wuo
cannot see. in the circle Of his own society,
tns faded and foredoomed TO misexT2
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= Prot. Leslie predicts that the amazing
exhibition of natural oil and gas which
has characterized the past twenty years,
and will probably continue for ten or
twenty years more, is, nevertheless, not
only geoloGically but historically tenn
porary and vanishing phenomenon-one
which young men will live to see come
to its natural end. This opinion, he
says is the result of both an active and
o thoughtful acquaintance with the
subject
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Meteorolonists have found that there
lain. When thunder is heard beneath a
clear sky, tie re?or;S mast either come
from distant clouds or be the result Of
some other cause than q dischar cd. of
electricity. Harvest or heat lightning
is produced by Il distant storm. Thun-
der seldom acc 'nptnics heat lightning,
= sound reaching only about twelve
lilies, while lightning is often seen, by
reflection upon nearer clouds, at much
greater distance.
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A composition formed of very fine
iron filings and linseed oil varnish is
much used in Germany for painting
surfaces exposed to damrness. If the
object to be painted is to undergo fre-
quent changes of temperature, both
1inseed oil and amber varaish are used
in the first two coats. The paint may be
applied to wood, stone or iron, and if
used upon iron it is claimed that it is
not necessary to first free it from rust
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The mechanical protection Of plants
against insects is secured either by hairs
or by something ohu"xions TO them As a
bitter principle. When Lubbock was
studying ants he found the only barrier
which would contiuc tlleA WAS Il line of
fur. They couldn't Got through that.
Nature uses the same device. and you
may notice 1t especially u. this season on
the young SEED leaves OF plants. The
thickness of the epilermis protects the
plant when necessary against INJURY by
loss Of water. In older growths, rs trees,
we find corky layers, made up of dead
cells, containing only air and the ves-
tiges of what was once living matter.
But these cells are waterproof and make
life preservers for the plant on the same
principle on which we construct ours.
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LION DREXLER,

9O6 Autumn Street, st. Louis, No.,
INFORMS HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
i lie genrally that he will give, on demand,
all information about the
PRICE OF GOODS,
nd Country Produce Of st. Louis Market
nd attend promptly to all orders sent him.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07
TREASURER O'REILLY's
Reply 10 the Charges Of Mismanage-
ment Of the Irish League Funds.

DETROIT, MICH, October 5.-The
Rev. DR.. Charles O'Reilly, treasurer Of
the Irish National League OF America,
was asked yesterday afternoon what
he had to say abont the charges con-
tanned in New York press dispatch
OF yesterday, describing whst was
Characterized as a revolt against the
financial management Of the Psrlia-
mebtsry Fund contributed by the
Irish National Le.guu OF Amerlcs.
Suppofe, he faid, We have cole; ted
81 ,000. 000, how long will that keep a
single regiment in the f-ld? That is
what / ask them. So far as an account
ing is concerned, we are ready and
wiling TO account for every cent we
have rece we'd by showing toat it has
been paid to the duly accred ted and
spontibl, agents Of the National
League in Ireland. The particulars Of
its use by them they have never given
US, and we have never demanded
them. We sre content tn know that
the money is well used. How do we
X ow this? By res1lts. When the
Irish League was formed lreiaEd had
but three real representatives OF her
cause in Parliament. When the Ma
{ oOal League of America was formed
she had but eleven. Now she has one
II ore msnib n than one Of the old par
tie. At the last election Scotland
voted 3l4 to l; Irs,and Ala to !, and
Walas 5 TO / in favor OF homs rue.
TT at s whtra the money has gone.
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prspsred TO make a very hot battle
against his opponents, and will stir up
things in the liveliest manner If he is
allowed to retain his seat.
Mr.. Morrison is said to be prepared
with facts and figures to make tell
ing argument against the present man.
aqement of the order and the conduct
OF the executive officers Of No. 40. in
this city. II he is not admitted, the
mstter will be plsced in the hands OF
competent men and speeches will be
made thqt will shake the orders very
foundstions. The fight will be kept
up until the convention adjourns, and
thoss who are posted, be ieve il will
be very bitttr one. The Home Club
leaders are not willing to relax their
grip on the management OF affairs in
the order, but II II insists on carr ying
out the policy OF subordinating the
open unions to the order and the
breaking Of them up wherever prac-
ticable, Withdrawals will be numerous
and in time none OF the skilled
tradesmen will be left in the order.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07
THE FLOUR OUTPUT
al Minneapolis for the Past Week.
Receipts ana Shipments.

MINNEAPoIIs, MINI, Oct1bar g.
The NOrthwesttrn Miller says: Only q
few mills shut d Jwn for The Ex-
p 7sition FliGay, CO; ssqutntly The
weeks work was veYv helvy. Tne
total product was $3.50 barrels,
averaging "a, 3l4 barrels daily, es aintt
1879, 100 barrels tne preceding week
aud III ,060 barrels the corresponding
time in 1885. The number tf mills
running today was seventeen, with sn
output of "a 600 barrels OGe OF 1000
barrels capacity ia ii on account OF
breakdown and wi not do anything
this week. OGe Cf 5000 b.rrels
capacity will be rtsrted tomorrow,
making eighteen in operation: The
mills are using new wheat freely, TIE
proportion b-ing one-talf up 10 all Of
thsC grade. The water power remains
good, though there bas been a per-
cepti We fall during the past week
Tue -four market is quiet. Mi'lerf
complain of the situation being fAi
from satisfactory. The exports last
week fell off slightly, bling 62.S75
bnrel'.
R,ceiots for tina we9k-Whest, l
12S,O50 bushels. Shipments-Wheat
200, 200 bushels; fl ur, las 1893 barrels
millttuff, 4349 tons. Wheat in store
in public elevators minneapolis, q
746,s63 bushels; Duluth, 1851, O55
| st. Paul, $4,000.
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MARTIN, TENN.
Political s-PersOnals-A Heavy
Frost Injuries the TObat co Crop.
IooRREspovDESCE OF rHE APPEAL. |

lO0RREsPoNDENCE OF THR APPEAL
MARTIN, TENN, October An.
West Killebrew is very low with con-
gestoa OF the tomach ard bowels.
Mr.. James GsnaTay aud family
have moved to May field, KY.
Mr.. W. B. Bakemore's $l100 MOI
man stallion, which was exhibited on
the street Saturday, attracted a good
deal of attention,
:. j. Everett, Democrat, and b. p.
Bondurant, Republican, candidates for
the legislature, addI essed the citizens
Of Martin Saturday. Bondurant had
eight or nine copies OF the Union and
the Banner on the speakers stand and
frequently quoted articles from them,
in The vain endeavor to down his op.
ponent.
Mics Genie Ridgwfy, who has been
s ending several weeks with relatives
in Palmersville, has returned home.
Martin has just CAUSE to feel proud
OF Kennedy & Molock's mills, which
have capacity of l25 barrels roller
-four and lC0 barrels roller meal every
twenty -four hours. They'sell flour
throughout Arkansas, TenEest ee, Mis-.
sissippi and Louisiana.
We had heavy frost the night oil
the let, which has greatly damaged
tobacco all over the county.
Mr. Z,ke Killebrew, of Union City
is here attending his sick brother.
Messrs. Kennedy & Moock's stavt
factory gives employment to thi ty
Ave men. Such enterprises as that il
what makes a town.
John Sebastian has opened hi
oyster patlor for the season, and lover
OF the delicious bivalves can now ge
them served in any style.
Mr.. william Garrison, of Keptou
Tenn, and Mira. Miner, Of this place
were married on the night OF Septem
Der S0tb.
Steve Farmer has moved his salooI
into his handsome new two 8 or,
brick house
Geo. NJ. Hagel's Comedy Compan,
gave an entertainment Saturday nigh
at the City Hall for the benefit of tn
Martin Cornet Band. Two men wit
we're intoxicated tried to force thei
way toto the hall without paying IN
sdmittanCe fee. The doorkeepe
knocked one Of them down with hi
fist aud broke heavy railroad lanter
over the head of the other, which sen
him tumbling down the staisr.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07
A QUESTION OF COLOR
RAISED In THE KNIGHTS OF La
Dor CONVENTION.
Still Fighting Over the Admission OF
Delegates-NO Present Pros
pect OF Business.

RICHMOND, VA, October al
though Mr.. Pnwderly and the men,
hers Of the Executive Board OF the
Knights of Labor we're up until late
h, u last night completing necessary
work 10 connec ion with the PROPOSE
tons which they intend submitting to
the convention, they were all up early
this morning, aud majority OF them
on their way to Armory Hall before 8
o'c'ock, the hour fixed for the begin
ming of the session. Although it was
the third day OF the convention the
mem bers we're not yet ready TO begin
the actual work they had come to do.
There still remained 10 be settled the
Qufs ion OF seating eight or ten dele
gates whose cases the Committee on
Cred n;ials had referred to the con-
vention. Mr.. Powderly and all the
leading members refused 10 say
whether these eight or ten men are
delegates from the Brooklyn Montauk
Pro rctive Association or not, but it is
generally understood that they are.
The strong feeling excited by the
efforts of he Brooklyn men to obtain
Teco milton made the Committee on
Orede ltials hesitate il is believed, to
assume the respoi sibiliiy Of deciding
the matter, and throw the burden
upon the convention itself. They
were iuitGer prompted to such action,
it is said, by the assertions made by
come that the committee were preju-
diced against Brooklyn men.
Throughout the city today the prn-
cipa topic of discussion wss the ad-
miss on lest night of colored dele
gate. Farrell, to a seat in the orches
ira circle in the Academy of Music, a
section of the auditorium in Rich
mond hitherto sacrsdly guarded from
the intrusion of all persons OF his
race. The general feeling among Vir-
ginians here is one Of bitter resent
ment, and they regard the delegates
from District No. 40 with anything but
frie d Y feelings. II is said that ma
iority of the local Knights ave much
prov ked at the action Of their visit
ing brothers, and 1t was reported that
a few Knights living hee declared
their intention of abandoning the
order and joining the Law and Order
League, organized here in sworn oppo.
silion TO the Knights.
At noon recess was taken until
o'clock.
Mr.. Powderly announced to the rep
reese atives Of the press that he had
nothing to communicate to them.
Some secret business had been trans
acted, but of course he could not say
as 10 its nature. The morning session
was mainly devoted, he said, TO con-
side grafton of the reports Of the Com
mittee on Credentials, which has moi
been finally acted upon. Delegates
are unusually reticent, and such state
ments as can be ELECTED oy inquiry
are contradictory. 1t seems safe,
however, to say that whatever action
has been taken by the credential COM
mite 90 in the case OF District No, 40 and
the Brooklyn delegates is unfavorsble
to the latter The feeling of major
ity VI ths delegates outside of New
York ia in favor OF Brooklyn. 1t now
seems possible that third days ses-
aion may end with the convention still
lnorganiZed.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07
Afternoon Session.

Toe afternoon session, beginning at
o'clock, lasted nearly an hour beyond
The ocular time for adjournment. At
o'clock matters then stood about
whore they were this morning, Mr..
Powderly, through whom all official
news of the proceedings is given to
the press, told the reporters be bad
nothing in the way OF news to give
them.
4 The convention, he sad, was still
Conside irg the report of the Commit
tee on Credentials and had not yet
acted OH It. This means that the fight
over the admission of eight or ten de-
og tes whom t1e COMMITTEES referred
10 the convention is still in progress.
Who these delegates ara MIR. oHderly
and other leading Knights still refuse
to say. TIE burden Of rumor, how
ever, seems 10 favor the statement that
they ara three Brooklyn delegates
B!own, Dibb and Miller, OF the Brook
lyn MOntquk As ociati0n; Morrison
OF District Assembly No. 1875, OF New
York, and six st. Louis delegates
Gaining TO be elected instead Of sil
sad TO ne Turner men.
The delegates from District No. 40
according TO the same unofficial re
ports, aIe fighting Morrison and tn,
Brooklyn men tooth and nail, but th'
long continuance of the battle shows
thai he opposition is fully as deter
mined as they. There can be M
doubt OF the fact that the battle ia
bitter one. This afernt on The voice
OF opposing delegates could be hear,
on the stree, without Annoy Hall 8
they argued the questions at issue.
Uaul this discussion is ended tn
convention is at q stsndstill and n
work can bO done. Meanwhile man,
delegates here are growing impatien
at the pro OF CATION of the contes', anC
are anxious to get to the work the.
came here to accomplish. The con,es
VIII be resumed tomorrow morning
and no one seen even able to gues
how lougit will be before the conven
ton viii. organize and begin business
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07

WASHINGTON, October 6.--James L.
Williams, who was arrested at the
White House in March, 1885, while
insisting on the President paying him
$5O0,000 on claim against the gov
ernment and sent to the insane ssy'
lum, was today brought into the Dis
irjct Court on a writ Of habeas corpus
and released. The Cont decided that
no person can be restrained of his lib.
ertY as an intane person unless the
question has been passed upon by a
Jury.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07
MASTER WORKMAN POwDERLY
Severely Criticised for His AppOiBt-
meuts ON the Credentials a. M
mitlee.

Severely Criticized for His AppOiBt-
ntcuts ON the Credentials a. NM
mitIee.
Nav York, Oc'obar 6.--Au evening
payer says: The opponents of the
Home Guo in this CITY severely criti-
Cise tho action of General Master
Workman P0wderly in appointing
eucn a n n,orious.y partisan commit 70
"a the Committee on Credentials at
the Richmond General Assembly, and
the belief is quite general here among
leading Knigut3 tnat there will be n
split IN the order. L. is predicted that
many independent unions now at
taehe e. tbs Knights will withdraw.
Con eryat'ye union men cay they are
tired aod discyur ged n their attempts
~ create reforms in body whtre a
Ciq has sChemCd until it has or
tanned absolute control and seeks to
oiiva olt lt3 honest opponents for fear
that its schemes Will be thwarted.
Some wondered why M. Powderly
was 30 b ind Ia the movements Of the
Home Cub, but NV they declare
that he hes favored the Home CLUB
m IN right in the very face OF the tx-
pose made at Cleveland, and also in
the fsca of the blundeIs made by the
Home G ub 10 this city,
Mr.. PoGdsrly's HUT about the trades
unionis.s AMI ths subofdiuRtion OF the
Knights OF Labor to any other orgaui-
zri0n il looked upon as an indica ion
of his feeling regarding the trades
unioos, ard as a quasi Endorsement Of
thu break up OF the open unions policy
which No. 40 atte mpted TO inaugurate
by crushing out the ProgrJ ssive CigsT
Mak ers' Union and forcing lis mem
bels to recognize the Knights OF Labor
only. II the home club succeeds IN
keeping John Morrison out II will
have gated a great point, for he Ia
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07

VIENNA, October 6.-Two pers )ns
died from cholera in Trieste and seven
in Pesth yesterday. In the former
there We're nineteen new cases, and in
the latter ten.
ST.. PETERSBURG, October 6.-Reports
from Vladivostock show that cholers
continues TO make most frightiu
ravages in the Seoul district of Corea
Hundreds OF people are said to /,
dying daily.