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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Il. r. Mcbride is receiving a fine
lot of Christmas goods III his line
of trade. Persons wishing to make
useful as we'll as beautiful Christ
mas presents should give him a
call.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Those who may feel inclined to make dona-
lions Of cake. chickens. ETC., towards the en-
I ertainment to he given for the benefit of the
Sabine Pass sufferers and the deserving poor
OF this community. are requested to scud in
their donations to the undersigned. before
the date of the eutertainment-the 9Th and
9Th OF December. s@s6 .9ta 5H6
MRS. Id. MOORE,
Chairman of COMMITTEE on Refreshments.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

On next Tuesday evening at Z
o'clock, a meeting of the people
will be held in the Town Hall for
the purpose OF organizing au asso
ciatiOr for the public welfare.
IF no other benefit is derived save
that of bringing the people togeth
er and discussing pubic questions
it vii; result in great benefit to the
people. There should be a good at
tendance on that night.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04
NOTCE

Cut-Of, ] a.. Nov. 9th. 1856.
We, the undersigned, hereby warn the pub
lie that henceiorth they are forbidden to pass
on the canal Of the Cutoff for hunting or
any purpose whatsomever, without permis-
sion from the proprietors. otherwise they will
be prosecuted as trespassers.
TIL. DUCOS & BROS.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Mr.. Aurelien Braud, died on
Wednesday last aged 40 years.
Deceased was 2 native OF this
Parish, a son of the late Marceiin
Braud.
His remains were laid away to
rest in ST. Joseph's cemetery on
December ..
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

From The preparations going on
at Firemen's Hall, one can safely
predict that the entertainments 10
be given OH December 8 and 10
will be very fine.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

On last Sunday when Mr.. Moore
received a telegram stating that
the Harper Party could not come
to Thibodaux, everybody was sorry.
On Monday when the Picoymne
arrived with the picture of Charles
Dudley Warner on its font page,
every body waA glad-gfad-that
they didn't come!
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

A USEFUL ENTERPRISE.-Hec
tor F. Crosier has opened a Livery
Stable at Shriever which will be
very convenient for travellers, and
no doubt profitable to the owner.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

If.you want IA good, nice dance
90 to Firemen's Hall December 8
and 10.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Provide yourself with one of II.
Marx's ~overcoats and then you can
DEFY the frigid element.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Mr.. Willie Price who has been SO
riously i'll Tor five weeks, is some
what better, and il the wishes of
his many friends can be of any
avail. he will soon be convalescent.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

a Big YIELD !!-Mr. Nolan vii
liams OF the Ardoyne plantation re
ports having obtained 162 900
pounds of sugar from 81 acres Of
land, being 473S pounds to the acre.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

The L. A. and A.. Railroad is
booming around Napoleonville.
The other day the people met 10
that town and drove a post in the
ground as a beginning. SO the
railroad is started any how.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

If you like to see pretty scenery
On to Firemen's Hall next Thurs
day and Friday nights.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

y We have been requested to state
that Messrs. Bias Ontisano + Go
who have just recently arrived il
New Orleans, TOR the purpose Of
practicing their occupation as gal.
v~anizers, are at present in our
midst and will execute any work
that they may receive, with dis
patch. "They will gilt Silver over
and polish all kinds of Jewelry,
such as watches, chains, Church OF
naments, ETC., as we'll as solder OF
mend any Jewelry in Gold or Silver
at moderate prices"
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

IF tout of sorts with headache, stomach
disorder, torpid liver, painin back or side, con.
stlpatiOn, etc neglect may be fatal. One dose
OF Strong's SanAtive Pills will give relief
Anew doses restore to new health and viger.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Major Addison, who is preparing
and painting the scenery, at Fire
mems Hall, appears to understand
his business.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

we are indebted to Professor Do
lese of the st. Vincent Academy,
for a bucket of delicious cutie. Come
again John.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Do not forget next Thursday and
Friday nights and go to Firemen's
Hall.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Iyou wish to aid suffering and
distress so to Firemen's Hall next
Thursday and Friday nights.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Edward II. UIosier, son of Oscar
Crosier, aged IA years, was buried
in st. Josefh's cemetery on last
Tuesday.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04
NOTICE.
Office Thlbodanx Bridge Co.
Thlbodaux, La, Nov. Goth, 1886.

ThIbodaux, La, Nov. Goth, 1886. {
III accordance with q resolution passed by
the Board of Directors, 1, the undersigned,
will sell, at public auction. to the highest bid
der. on Monday, December 9th. 1886, at 10
o'clock A. NJ. ut the head of jackson street,
the FARM OF the Bridge for the year 1887.
The purchaser to comply with existing
regulations.
50 F. ZERNOTr,
President, Thibodaux Bridge Co.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04
LOCAL NEWS.

The Police Jury will meet on
Monday week in regular session.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

On next Thursday and Friday
nights will be the grand entertain
ment given in Firemen's Hall for
the benefit of the Sabine sufferers,
and also the deserving poor of Thib
Odaux. lo $50
Every dollar contributed will be
used to relieve DISTRESS
The hall should be crowded on
both evenings - ssaAah
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

Mr.. Leandre B~oudreaux, the ex
pert pattern maker at the ThibO
daux foundry, has made a new
valve by which water is automati
cally discharged from cylinders.
1t is said by engineers to be an
excellent piece of machinery, will
cost but little. can be attached TO
any cylinder or steam chest, and
will let out all condensed water
without any loss of steam. There
is Que at work in the Foundry thai
can be see any day.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04


ings next, ut Firemenfs Hall, will
be presented a Drama, in five acts,
entitled Dreams or Lady Clara.
The following is a synopsis:
The play opens in Mayence, an
old lady-Frau Harftai-assists a
young lady-Lina-to pack a trunk.
Rudolf, the old lady's sob, is leav-
ing for London, he hopes to intro
duce an opera that he has compos
ed and support himself teaching
music.
Ruholf's father - Reitmeister-a
bluff old veteran, enters, regrets
hal his boy is not a soldier.
Lima tells her mother that she is
going TO England and seek service
with lady Clara, and that she loves
Rudolf.
John Hibbs, Il drummer, accom-
panits her aud becomes smitten
with her.
Rudolf becomes Lady Clara's
teacher OF music; she shows a
liking for his company.
Rudolf mistakes her friendship
for love and avows his passion to
her, which is haughtily rejected.
Lima is taken into Lady CIara's
service aud learns that Rudolf loves
her mistress.
The Earl of Mount Forestcourt,
Lady Clara's sutton, oyerbears Ru
dolfs avowal AID addresses her,
who twits him with low habits as
compared with Rudolf.
The Earl and the musician have
an alteration ; Rudolf strikes him
with u whip.
Rudolf ia dismissed. Hibbs is
lost sight of. Rudolf has brain fe
yer, Lima is his devoted nurse. Al
Rudolf RECEIVERS, Hibbs enters, dan
cling witch joy. The opera has been
a success.
Hibbs finds that Lina loves RI
Jolf and his hopes are darkened.
Frau Harftal arrives, accuses
Lady Clara with causing her son's
illness, by encouraging and thel
rejecting his love.
Rudolf excuses her. The Ear
enters and offers his hand to r,
dOlf, who lefuses it.
A grand ball in the Dukes mar
sion.
}, Reitmeister and tue Earl meet il
a duel.
The old Duke imagines Hibbs t
be a member of the House of Com
! nous. In the midst of the gayet,
tour men bring in the Wounds
Earl. Lima desires to become
nun, but concludes to marry r,
dolt, aud u grand tableau col
, cludes the scene.
The following is the cast of cha
acters:
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

q Conrad Kellar, aged So years, was
buried in st. Joints Cemetery on
yesterday afternoon.
Deceased was Il native OF France,
but had passed his life in Thibo
daux, with the exception of "a few
years, in which he lived in South
America. He was u tailor by trade,
aud tor a long time pursued that
avocation in this town.
For the last Is or 20 years he
had remained quietly in his resi-
dence, Oil Church street, rarely com
ing into the busy marts of the town,
and had almost passed out OF the
memory, except with a few Of his
; former associates.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

The Discount Court will meet on
Monday for a Jury term.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

James and Johu Washington,
colored boys about IA or Is years
old we're brought to jail yesterday,
accused of killing Lucilius Kibby
at Lafourche Crossing on Thurs
day night.
A difficulty occurred about a
mule aud the killing was done with
a brick bat.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

For some days a rise has been re
ported in the Mississippi River. 1t
was heard of in Bayou LafOurche
on Tuesday, but did not show itself
here until yesterday morning.
The severe cold weather in the
North will check the rise in the up
per rivers tor the present. There
is about IL feet at Vicksburg that
will not be sufficient here to admit
steamboats,, unless small ones.
Flat boats will be able to trans
port large loads of produce howev
er, which will be i great relief to
the people.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-04

The editor had a pleasant call
the other day from Will S. Mavor
now employed iu Bocage Rice Mill
of the Kelly Bros, in Ascension
Parish.
Mr.. Mavor is the son of one OF
our earliest friends on Lafourche,
of 40 years ago, and is a nephew OF
Mrs. G. Stewart, one OF the teach
ors of the Guion Academy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-25
Increase of the Anglo.SaxO

The Latin races, that is, France, Italy,
and Spain, have ceased to be, whatever
any of them may be destined yet to be-
come again, the mighty factors in the
worlds progress which of old they wcre
They minister exquisitely to the comfort,
the luxury, the culture and the pictur-
esquencss of life; but the aptitude for
foreign commerce which they show is
comparatively slight, and in the coloniz-
ing business of humanity they only play
a subordinate part. Moreover, their pop
ulation, when compared with the popula-
ton of the Anglo Saxon and the Teutonic
races, is diminishing. Thus, in period
of a little less than one hundred years,
from 1888 to 1885 the aggregate popula-
tions of France, Spain and Italy have
only increased from $1,000, 900 to 81
500, 600 On the other hand, the popu-
lations of Germany and England during
this period have each trcbed. Germany
in 1888 had population of about 15,
900, 900; in 1885 it has increased to As
600, 900. Great Britain in the same way
had in 1888 population of 1000, 900,
in 1885 the figure is SO, 900, 600. Anoth-
er country largely, but not exclusively,
populated by the Anglo-Saxon race
America-has in less than a hundred
years increased nearly thirteen times
that is, from less than 1900, 900 in 1890
to nearly 60, 600, 900 in 1885. Finally il
must not be forgotten that Canada, Aus
tralia, South America, as well as other
British dependencies, collectively, con-
tain population of some 10, 900, 600,
chiefly of Anglo-Saxons, and there is
every reason to believe that the develop
ment and increase of this population will
be rapid.-Fortnightly Repier.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-25
A "Penshnn Immediately"

Some of the applications for pensions
are ludicrous enough. The following,
from the Washington Tribune, is Ben
Davis application, just as Ben sent it;
"In June 1868 was ordered, in the line
of duty to break in a muel to work at the
saddle in the waggcn and hawl wood fol
the army at Bowlinggrcen, KY, and on
undertaken the order given by the wag-
gen master, called on Ben Despair and
Sed Worth to assist me, which they did
in bridling the mewl and put me on the
mewl, and in attemptin to control sed
mewl, while ON the mewl, the mewl got
loose from sed Scaggs and Ward and
Despair and run off lords the stabil and
bean unabil to manage the mewl and to
save my life and lin, the mewl rapidly
approachin the open dore of the barn,
the dorc not bein big enough for both
me and the mewl, in the attemp to git off
the mewl was forcibly thrown on the
grownd and my he'd made a hole in it
and my rite shoulder first strikin saplin,
then and thar in the line of duty as order
ed as stated by sed Skaggs & Worth was
toted to the hospittle at that pint. Twas
so infurnelly dubbed up by the lick l
struck the saplin and glancing off the
grown whar made the big nucks hole
with my he'd, l haven't been abil to
straiten myself out fairly ever sence, and
I'm shore, Mr.. Pension Burow man, you
win send the penshun money immediate
", Seein' as how | was knocked out in
the line of duty.n
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-25
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A City Of Magnificent Ruins.

A correspondent of the London Time,
who accompanied the expedition to Bur-
mah, writes as follows: We sighted the
ruins of Pagan early on the esd. These
remarkable ruins extend for more than
eight miles along the eastern bank of the
Irrawaddy, and average two miles in
breadth. In this space there are the re-
mains of between 900 and 1 1000 temples
and pagodas, some of them in tolerable
preservation, and many of them of great
size and magnifcencc. The site of the
city is covered with jungle, and the vast
assemblage of buildings towering above
the surrounding trees and stretching as
far as the eye can reach, is singularly i'm.
prcssive. The Oldest of the Pagan TEN.
pies are supposed to date from about the
year $50, and the city reached the zenitl
of its power and prosperity about tn,
time of the Norman conquest of England
In 1924 the city was almost completeh
destroyed during the Chinese invasion
Burmah. Then the king of Pagan pullet
down an enormous number of temples
some chronicles state as many as 1000
and used the materials in strengthening
the ramparts of the city. When the in.
vaders captured it they completed the
destruction. Perhaps the most rcmarka.
BILE of the great temples in Pagan is the
Amanda, which is still used as place OF
worship. In plan it is square of 200
feet to the side, broken on each side by
the projection of large gable vestibulcs,
which convert the plan into an almost per.
feet Greek cross. The central pinnacle
reaches to the height of 1GS feet. Anoth,
er of the great temples of Pagan is the
Thapinyu, the spire of which rises to the
height of 201 feet above the ground and
overtops all the other monuments. The
Gauda Palen temple, dating from 116O,
rises to height of $50 feet. Being near.
er the river than either the Amanda OF
Thapanyu it is very CONSPICUOUS when ap-
preaching Pagan, as we did, from the
southward. Cleaning in its white plas-
ter, with numerous pinnacles and tall,
central spire, it seemed, when we first
sighted it, like distant glimpse of Milan
cathedral. Many of the ruins at Pagan
are so unlike all other Burmese buildings
that it has been suggested by some author,
tiles that these buildings are due to the
skill of western Christian or missionary.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-25
The Librarian Of Congress.

Ainsworth R. Spofford is the greatest
librarian of the United States, and l
doubt whether he has his equal in the
world. He knows to phamplet the
hundreds of thousands of publications
contained in the national library, and he
can tell you at moments notice every
thing published on any subject of which
you wish to know. lie is invaluable to
the Representative or Senator who wishes
to get up great speech embodying many
figures and profound reasoning, and ]
doubt not many of the brightest effusions
of the Congressional Record come from
his inspiration. He is also great friend
to the student and litterateur, and he has
helped many struggling brain to promi-
nence.
He is a curious-looking man. As dark
as a Spaniard, he has black hair and
whiskers, mixed with grey. His eyes
are like jet, and with his short, 1.-THE,
wiry frame, every atom of which is mus
Gle, he is the busiest man in the Capitol
building His work is thoroughly sys-
tematized, too, and he uses the shorthand
man and messenger to help him in his
many duties. He can dictate as we'll as
most men can write, and his ordinary
conversation which is usually slow and
measured, would not look bad in print.
He is now go years old, and is New
Hampshire man by birth.-American
Bo0km1ker.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-25

What meaning should we attach to
the words stimulant and narcotic2 A
stimulant may be defined as that which
ministers to healthy activities, support.
ing the processes of life in health and
restoring them in disease. A stimulant
acts chiefly in removing Or counteracting
depressing infiucnccs-it may be pain,
fatigue, Or morbid scnsibility. Thus
mustard, applied externally in inAamma.
ton, is at times a true stimulant, and
tends to restore healthy vital action by
ircriiirg the circulation and the nerves
from the depressing influences of pain.
A cup of tea, also, is in its place true
stimulant, restoring the natural tone of
the central nervous system. On the
other hand, narcotic is a substance
which by poisoning the nervous system
produces a gradual paralysis of vital
actions. Under narcotics, intelligence,
volition, reason, consciousness, even life
itself are lost; and these are the out,
ward and visible signs of process tax.
ing place within the nervous system,
where the powers of life are stubbornly
fighting against a poison, and yielding
as it were inch by inch to its invasion.
Stimulation, then, is healthy pro-
cess, while narcosis, the condition in,
duced by narcotics, is essentially an un-
healthy state, being paralysis of ma
tural activities, more or less.--NmeteenM
Cenju1U
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-02-25
A GLIMPSE Of Shanghai.

The conservatism of the Chinese char
acter and the EXTREMIST point of provin-
cialism is instanced in the story told OF
the residents within the walls of the ma.
tive city of Shanghai, writes the Shang.
hal correspondent of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The city has three gates
the north, south, and west ones-and
many of the people living at the south
gate have never been as far as the north
gate and could not understand the dialect
of the inhabitants there if they did go.
One nation could not differ more from
another than the Chinese from the Japan
Csc if they lived 10000 miles apart In
stead of only 200 miles, and one is all
wrong if he thinks that having seen Jap.
anese cities he can know what Chinese
one will be like. While the japanese are
the cleanest people on the face of the
earth and far ahead of the English foi
eternally bathing and scrubbing them
selves, the Chinese are the very dirtiest.
The trim, exquisite little toy houses OF
the Japanese along wide streets are the
greatest contrast to the filthy abodes of
the Chinese, with their dirt floors, mud
and bamboo-woven walls, and streets
often less than five feet wide from wall
to wall. Overhead is forest of gilt let.
ters, gorgeously colored signs and ban
ners that fairly hide the sky. The mar
row streets, with shop fronts all open
above a low counter, seem like passages
in some fantastic exhibition hall with
booths or 'spaces" close together. Mere
crevices in the walls correspond to alleys,
and looking up them or down the tunnel
of street before one it is easy to realize
what is meant by ''swarms of people" OF
''masses of human beings" All through
old Shanghai the people arc packed as if
at a mass-meeting, and one has to dodge
into shops or fatten himself against a
wall at the constant cries of the coolies
carrying loads by poles or yokes on theiI
shoulders. Buckets of water and gar
bage, bundles of dried fish, bodies OF
dressed hogs, coffins of the dead and Sc
dan chairs of the living crowded us into
the wall and rubbed against us during a
progress through the handsomest and
most important four-feet-wide street OF
the city. The people were all too busy
and too stolidly indifferent to gather and
stare at us, or follow us in a train, as is
the happy japanese fashion of treating a
strange foreigner, and we really felt
twinges of wounded vanity at this neg
lect.