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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-10-02
ST. EDITOR.
SAVn4N. PrO'r.S Business 'anaSer'
AUTHORIZATIONS:
RATES OF

One gear lin advanced
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CHEAP CIGARS AND CIGARETTES.

Are They Made from Discarded Cigar
Endsc-A Dealer Talks.
The gathering of cigar stubs gives employ
ment to large number of italian women and
children As reporter wended his way
homeward early one morning recently, he
saw an Italian lad with bag strapped upon
his shoulders walking In the cutters of the
streets in the vicinity Of the city hall. The
boy was collecting burned cigar ends At
dawn the public thoronghfares are thronged
with industrious little laborers, who before
the sun rises clean the streets of all discarded
cigar stubs. Until an inquiry was made at a
local cigar store the reporter was at loss TO
know what becams Of the cigar stubs gath
cred The dealer in tobacco said:
"You would be surprised to know the
amount Of money Italians make by gathering
cigar stubs. l do not think put the figures
high when l state that no less than 5000
cigars are smoked in Brooklyn daily. The
number consumed may be moro or less,
but nevertheless the fact remains that
nine out Of ten men smoke. During the day
larger part Of the smoking is done out of
doors, and the stubs Of the clgars, when
wholly or partly consumed, are thrown into
the gutter. In the vicinity Of the city hall,
where large crowds Of men gather ut all times
during the day, the number Of cigar stubs
found is scarcely credible. -zz= ,.5..
"The cigar stubs are utilized in many ways.
After being gathered the butts, by which
name cigar ends are sometimes known, are
sorted and graded, and the dark and Hight
shades Of tobacco placed in separate heaps.
The tobacco in the stubs is then pulled out
and thoroughly washed. The washing pro-
cess is done to eradicate al ashes and burned
tobacco After the tobacco has been dried
and graded again it Is ready for SALE Cigar
stubs are sometimes made up into cheap
quality of five-cent cigars, or oftener sold to
cigarette manufacturers, who mix the stubs
with other tobacco. ."-Brooklyn Eagle.
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p,..ppo,ptm.nt Of secr,t.ry cha,..

Speaking Of Secretary Chase reminds me Of
q singular incident. One day, while clerk
IN his department, I was in his room on some
errand and found him laboring under strong
excitement. He was talking with his bosom
friend, Senator s. c. Pomeroy. of Kansas,
about the coming Republican convention (of
1864 aud tho certainty Of Lincoln's renomina-
ton "And it will be too latc!" he exclaimed,
bitterly, 'for the war will be over and somo
soldier will DO elected, surel The soldiers are
to have the llonors of the next ten years.
ought to have beon soldier, Pomeroy! I
felt it in my veins always, and I wanted to bo
soldicr-wantcd to go to West Point, but
they made me a lawyer, and here l am-un-
available." tried to back out when saw
that he was in an unusual mood, but the SEN
ator at once took his leave. asked Mr..
Pomeroy recently about this strange inter-
view. "Yes," he said, "Mr Chase was great
man. He overtopped his fellows, and he
knew it. saw him in that bitter frame of
mind more than nonoa"-Washington Post.
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PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE.
PORTRAIT AND SKETCH OF THE
CHIEF SOUTHERN POET.

His Four-Roomed Cottage Among the
Sweet Smelling Georgia Pines . His
P1cturesquely Adorned Study The
Poet aud His Books.
A feeling Of regret and sadness fllei The
hearts Of those who read recently that Eaul
H Hayne, the southern poet had been sud.
denly attacked with blood clot on the brain
and died next day. Mr.. Hayne has long
been almost an invalid he has had slight
hemorrhages from the lungs for years 1t is
only the watchful care Of a lovely and low
ing wife that has kept him abe to do any
literary work at all
The whole country viii share in the regret
at the announcement of Mr.. Haynes death.
Gradually he was becoming more and moro
favorably known as poet, and his literary
contributions were more and more frequent
IN the best periodicals of the country.
P.ul Haynes history Is rather romantic
He comes Of a South Carolina family OF
long descent His uncle it was Col Robert
Y. Hayne, who had the memorable contro-
versy with Daniel Webster in the United
States senate on the occasion when ''Black
Dan" passed his celebrated eacomium ON
Massachusetts and said: ''There she stands,
look at herl"
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Profitable Use Found for se.weed.

An English chemist has found q way for
turning to account the practically illimitable
quantity Of seaweed that the ocean supplies,
or at least as much Of it as may be desired
He boils the weed with carbonate Of soda and
treats the filtered solution with sulphuric
acid, obteiIing from it in this manner a sub
stance that nas more viscosity than starch, or
even gum arabic, and that can be profitable
employed In stiffening various textile fabrics
It is also said to be excellently adapted for
the making OF syrups and for certain culinary
uses. From the cellular and fibrous matter
left after the extraction Of the naterial-to
which he has given the name of "alguina"-
very good quality Of writing paper can be
cheaply made-New York Sun
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Senator E.Imunds, pcculiaritios.

Senator Edmunds is beginning to wear
the look of a man who no lon Ell doubts
During the early part of the winter he was
apparently worried, but the recent reports
from Vermont indicate that the opposition
to him there is diffusive and will amount tc
nothing when the legislature meets mex,
winter. 1t appears to be generally agreed
in that state that it would lie great mis-
take to retire this veteran and supply hi.
place with an inexperienced man Mr.. Ed
munds has many enemies. He is dogmatic,
cold and not given up 10 any remarkable ex.
tent to the pursuit Of ardent friendships He
has always refused to help any of his con.
stituents to get an Office, and has never useL
one of the methods emp,o Dyed by sma l,r s Ii.
ticians to make himself popular Washing.
ton letter.
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refused to confirm him. which makes his
portrait Of interest just now.
Goode is Virginisn, and the Al years Of
his lifetime have bsen given largely to the
affairs Of his native state. At the age OF q
he was both admitted TO the bar and elected
to the Virginia legislature. and af.erwart
reelected several times. He entered the
Confederate army as private. and subse.
ouently became attached to Gen. Jubal A
Earlys staff. From the army he was el. Ct
ed to the Confederate congress After the
war he resumed his law practice at Norfolk,
Va. In 1874 he was elected to the Forty.
fourth congress, and continuously reelected
until the Forty seventh congress, VIII n he
was defeated.
At home he is known as Col. Goole He
has several times been q delegate to ua
tional Democratic conventions. and eight
years member OF the national Democratic
committee. He was president OF the e'ec
tors who cast the Old Dominion vote for
Cleveland.
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A PUZZLE.

Old Nathan was out In the garden
One beautiful dower-sweet day,
When Dorothy, golden haired maiden,
Came pensvely wand'ring that way.
sand isn't this very line weather! g
never saw finer" ," said he.
But she made reply, sWhy, think It
As cherries morn as could be"
"As cheerlessr repeated old Nathan,
Half in doubt II he'd heard her Alright.
Then he muttered, ashes daft, for he knew
not s - aa os.s ,.R.ls-ast }stzss*5f
She had quarreled with Robert last night
The day was departing; its sunshine
Had vanished; the wind whistled shrill;
The birds hurried home to their nestlings,
And the air grew quite heavy and chill
The gardener hastened to shelter
His tender young plants, when again
Dolly passed him-this time with light foot
steps
And she called In the merriest strain,
aOh, isn't the weather just lovelyT
While her face fairly shone through the
mist
ashes daft" !" said old Nathan. He knew not
The lovers had met and had kissed.
Margaret Eytinge in darper's Bezar.
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THE POETS LIBRARY.


"Logends and Lyrics" which appeared in
1872 is considered tho best collection of his
works He is un lcubtedly tho chief living
southern poet. Hs style is characterized
both by strength and daintiness of expires
sion. He oughsato have lvel many years
yet, and done his best work still
The family at Copse Hill consists of ,hre,-
father, mother and SON William, the pretty
boy of few years ago, Is now grown man.
They have never been anythin. Tut poor.
yet they or, very happy. The way sweet
Mrs. Hayne decorated her husbands study
partakes OF the heroic "She patiently cut
picture after picture from magaz .nes from
illustrated papers, anywhere she could find
them, and pasted them upon the pine wood
wall till it was all covered There is infinite
variety in this pretty and pathetic mouu-
ment OF . wife's love A copy of an old
church painting of Christ hangs not fas
from picture of a horse raca
Mrs. Hayne also with her own hands, up.
holstered the chair in which the poet sits
among his books She even made the book
case, which was originally number Of piaD
boxes.
Mr Haynes poems are admired and ap-
preciated on 10th sides Of the Atlantic.
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CoPsR HILL, HAYNES HOME
Under the circumstances, he certainly did
the wis,st, wholesomest thing. He retired
to the lands known as the "Pine Barrens, +"
sixteen miles from Augusta. Ga In tho
midst Of the oak and pine trees he built a
cottage OF four rooms, and lived there and
wrote poetry. He Is q lover Of nature, and,
like Bryant, the poet Of nature But he had
printed verses long before this, in his youth.
His first volume was published in Boston,
when he was . years Old. Before the war
he had printed three volume& During the
years following 1850 he published his most
famous poems Stirred in all the depths Of
his soul, he wrote war lyrics "Beyond the
Potomac" was the one most widely crcu-
lated. He has is>ued two volumes since liv-
ing in the Lonely, sweet-smelling woods at
Cope Hill
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PAUL II. HAYNE.

PAUL H. HAYNE.
But he did not have SO bad life OF it al
drst He was born in Charleston In $780,
His family was well-to-do and he enjoyed
all the advantages of wealth and q choice
society.
At the time Hayne passed his young man
hood there, Charleston was also the center Of
literary life which has never since
been equaled. It was the homo OF John
c. Calhoun of Gilmore Sims and Of Legare.
From these Hayne drew indictments TO his
young ambition. A good-looking. gallant
youth he was, slight and graceful, With
piercing black eyes and a clear. dark COM
plexion, whose freshness be retained at the
age OF IS.
He studied law and was admitted to the
bar. Ho never prac iced his profession.
Probably in those days he was too busy in
di,ing "sonnets to his lady's eyebrow" to
look after clients. Hs was married at % tc
his devoted, sunny wife.
He was and is still an ultra~southerner.
When the war broke out he sntered the Coa.s
federats army rs q member OF n. Pickens'
staff. His health had never been robust,
and the exposures of a soldiers life did noi
help it any. After that, troubles came thick
and fast His mother had been wealthy
"befo' de wah" That swept away all.
Haynes future was not promising He was
too much of a Poet to enter on a business or
professional career and recoup himself from
his losses
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gins fot the band,

The rest of the lunch is slowed in the
pockets or inside the shirt, the paper bag r.
inflated and burst, then pressed into wad
and thrown into the yawn;ng openings OF
the musicians brass instruments. From
that time until the boat lands the air Is full
of flying buns, aoughnuts and even chunks
of pie. Before the boat touches the landing
100 boys are overheard to get ahead Of 1t by
swimming. How the boys spend their time
on shore must be imagined. For half
hour before the boat starts to return the
whistle is blown at intervals, but notwith-
standing that precaution it Is found by
actual count that some half dozen boys are
left to find their way hack to Nsw York al
best they can. Two policemen accompany
the expedition to preserve tho peac.. And
a strong man is towed in a rowboat aft.r
the barge, to pick up the boys as they fall
or are thrown overheard by their com.
raniona
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Tho Now Generation in virxin,..

A great deal of nonsense has been written
about these afrst families" They are usually
represented ~ thriftlass vain aud scornful.1o
all outside the magic circle OF their society.
They lack, it is true, much Of the goahead-
itiveness Of the northern man, but it must be
remembered that most of those yet living
were brought up under conditions that
paralyzes energy. With large estates and
hundreds of slaves they had no motive for
exertion, and now that the war has swept
away all their wealth they must change their
very natures before they can become the
pushing business men who build up communi-
ties. Tho new generation is growing up quite
different, and it is more than likely that when
they come to the fore the Virginia farmer
will no longer let his acres lie useless or half
cultivated. The fact Is that the landholders
in Stafford county are yet in dazed state
over the result of the war. They can hardly
realize the change, or If they have they think
it is too late in life to start out afresh.-Vr-
ginia Cor. Philadelphia Times.
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nEwseoYs LET LOOSE.

An Excursion In Which PandemonlaA
and Howling Rome Are Nowhere.
i The New York newsboy's los is not Q
happy ono at best. From rough usage at
the hands Of his parents, when he is burdened
with any, to the rougher treatment Of his
own set in the streets he acquires q warlike
spirit which fears only the "cop" and the
police tustica Night Is right with him, and
he Is docile only when dealing with Gus
toner or in the presence Of stronger an
tagonist There is one day In the year
though when all restraint Is removed and
he, or several hundred Of them, are allowed
to let themselves loose.
This red letter day in the newsboy's life II
on the occasion Of the excursion granted
him each year by John r. starin. It came
of the other day, and the programme varied
little from previous years. First the largest
double-deck barge IN the harbor Of New
York is made ready ct dock early In the
morning, but no earlier than the boys begin
to swarm toward 1t. Each gamin has se-
cured free ticket days before the event,
ON his proving that he was an all wool news
hoy and at least yard In length. A squad
OF police are on hand to prevent bloodshed.
and keep the boys from going In swimming
of the dock. There arc from 500 to 800 Of
them, and the pandemonium they keep up
could not be described. After An hour or
so Of waiting the order i given to 60 on
board, and then scramble comn,snoes to
get them IN line SO - to get them on board
Indian fla Those not possessing tickets are
weeded out, leaving $50 to 60 on board. In
the meantime Q band Of nine brave mu-
sicians have taken their lives in their hands
and intrusted themselves 70 the mercy Of
the boys later on. But they are green
band. they have never Furnished music to
newsboys' excursion BEFORE and 1t Il likely
that Starin has not money enough TO secure
their services again, at least he has never
yet been able to hire the same band twice.
Well, the boat starts, so does the band
and SO do the boys lungs, the latter 10 an
nounce to all New York and q portion of
the state Of New Jersey, that the tenth an
nual excursion Of the newsboys is In pro-
gresa The first subject to engage the boys
attention is the band, who are playing
"Mikado" airs. The $50 resolve themselves
into q musical committee to instruct the
band as to their wishes. @None Of your
'hifalutin music, givefss jigs and A. ward
times or we'll trow you overheard ID the
way their request is put The band find It
polite to obey and the boys dance In pairsL
Waltzing Is what they called II, though
wrestling would be the better mama
Then strong man rolls out on the deck
the first eleven barrels Of yellow paper
bagSs Each boy receives bag containing
bun, pieScake, two doughnuts, asandwich
and tNf1ections Of the destructive bakers
pie These are disposed of a. follows: The
pie is first gobbled, the sandwich follows
and then the doughnut& Then trouble be-
Gins for fl,a lend
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Some Novelties In Post.se stamus

Among the issues of postage stamps by
foreign countries there is none more curious
within recent years than the new issue of Mad
agascar = 81 inches by e1 inches = and
none that will be more eagerly sought after
by collectors. There are eight in all, rang
ing in value from Id to q. They are issued
in England, for letters mailed at the British
consulate in Antanaaarivo, and gunlmed only
in the corner. The letters are sent to Mau-
ritius, where the Malagassy stamp is re-
moved and kept for voucher and tho Mau-
ritius stamp substituted. Trans
criDt
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eNNAA 1AAS ~ III S&A Oy
act Of congress in
1870. Mr.. Bristow,
OF Kentucky, held
tho position from
1870 10 1872, and
Mr.. Phillips, OF
N orth Carolina,
from 1872 to 1885.
A year ago the
president appoint
ed John Goode tc
the position, but
tha senate has inst
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Alexander II. stephens Old Home.
Alexander H. Stephens old home, Liberty
Hall, !" has been purchased by the Stephens
Monument association, but debt of $1,000
still remains on it, which tho committee hopes
to pay by soliciting 81 subscriptions Chi
cago Herald
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JOHN eoooE, OF VIRGINIA.

Tho Solicitor Generals Appointment
Uncomfirmed After u Year. Service.
The office Of solicitor general ranks next
to that he'd by cabinet minister. II is oi
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HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
UNDERTAKERS, Etc.
MILLINERY.

MFRS. M. BLUM. Milliner. Mississippi street
M between Lessard and st. Patrick. --latest
styles of Bonnets. Hats. French Flowers. etc.
also, all kinds of Ladies Underware.
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NEwsDEALEl, AND srArrONER.

g 8. INGMAN. successor to w. G. Wilkinson.
0s corner Mississippi and Lessard streets, di-
axonally opposite the post office. News and il
Illustrated papers. Books, Stationery, Pens, Ink.
Rase BALL Supplies. Toys, Smoking Material
and Fancy Articles in great variety.
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BARBER SHOPS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

LNREDERICK DUFFEL, Attorney at law and
Il Notary Public, office on Chetimaches street
opposite the COurt-HOuss.
DAUL I4ECHE, Attorney at Law and Notary
l. Public, Donaldsonyille. Office: Oh block
below the Courthouse, on Attakapas street.
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DONALpsoNviLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Etc.

~ KLINE. corner Crescent Place and Hou-
W mas street, dealer in Dry Goods Notions,
Boots and Shoes. Groceries. Provisions Corn.
Oats and Bran
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BLACKsMITHs & wHEELwRIGnTs.

u Z. SCHUYLER, blacksmith. Wheelwright
T. . Horse-Shoer. Carriage. Wagon and Cart
maker and repairer, Railroad Avenue, between
Mississippi and lberville streets.
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CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

M w. DARTON. Civil Engineer and Sur.
NJ. veyor-parish Surveyor of Ascension
Will attend promptly to work in all branches
Of his profession, such as surveying. mapping
leveling for canals bridges. rice fumes. estima.
ting cost and supervising construction of same
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RIvERSIDE HOTEL AND RARROOM,
~ Mississippi street. First-rate accommo-
dation and reasonable prices. Finest Wines,
nriatnr.
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rITY HOTEL, p. Lefevre, Proprietor, Rail
~ road Avenue. corner Iberville street. Bar
supplied with best Liquors.
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Some I:lel. al e not ctlucatetl to lend last r
to any good thing, and there are '-,,,~ r.
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-l,ess.s r:..a ;i';:-i-,s t4.}s -a4y ..~.a -5r
- ,,st TO be {. :-uis,.!- = j ,.. L..
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Liquor AND BILLIARD SALOONS.
4TlHE PLACE. Gus. Israel, manager. Corner
Il Lessord and Mississippi streets. Billiards,
Lager Beer. Best Wines and Liquors. Fine
Cigars, etc.
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HOTELS AND lsoARDING-HOUsEs.

DOBERT E. LEE HOTEL. Crescent Place,
H opposite the steamboat landing. the most
convenient location in town. First-class &C.
commodations at reasonable rates Elegant
bar, billiard and pool room attached. j. j. La
fargue. Proprietor.
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w d. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fancy
w . Groceries. Provisions, Plantation and
Steamboat Supplies, Canned Goods. Wines,
Liquors, Bottled Beer, Ale, etc.. Dry Goods
AMI Notions, corner OF Mississippi and Chet-
maches streets, opposite River Ferry.
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DERNARD LEMANN l. BROTHER. dealers
ID in Western Produce fancy and staplela laIo-
ceries. Liquors. Hardware, Iron. Paints, Oils
Carts PlOws, 6addlery, Stoves and Iinware.
Furniture, Crockery. Wall Paper and House
Furnishing Goods. Missi sippi street. corner
Crescent Place.
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TlNsMlTH.

DAUL WUTKE, Tinsmith. Port Barrow, La.
Il Roo6n9. guttering, stovepiping, repairing
and all work pertaining to the timers trade.
Addreas p. u. Box Ii, DOnaldsOnville. In.
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CHEAP JOHNS BARGAIN HOU Sc. Dry
~ Goods, Boots and Shoes. Hats and Caps.
Hardware, Paints, Oils, Glassware, Tinware,
Groceries and General Merchandise. Railroad
Avenue, near the depot.
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SPACE.

Transient advertisements, 81 per square hrst
insertion; each subsequent insertion, Is cents
per square.
first insertion; each subsequent insertion, 50
cents per square.
Editorial notices, first insertion, Is cents per
Cards Of six lines or less in Business Direct
Ory. IS per annum.
Brief communications upon subjects Of public
Interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor 10 not responsible for the views of
correspondents.
Address: TIE CHIEF. Donaldsonville. La.