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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-13
to be preserved in the local museum.

Everybody has experienced the pain
OF annoyance of something getting
into the eye What should be done
when this happens? IN the majority
OF cases, IT the sufferer has the patience
to close the eye gently, and keep it im-
mOvably closed for from tive minutes
to quarter Of an hour, the offending
particle will be safely and painlessly
washed away by the tears which the
eye will naturally shed at the time of
the occurrence.
Among the old papers in the County
Clerk s office in Freehold, y. J.. is the
death sentence of q negro named Cesar
1t reads: :" Therefore, the court doth
Judge that thou. the said Caesar, shall
return to the place from whence thou
camest, and from thence to the place
of execution when thy right hand
shall b. cut off and burned before
thine eyes. I ION shaft be hanged
up by the IT,. taon .,rt dead. dead,
dead: then ,ltN b0dr slls,.i be cut down
and burned to ashes III Il tire. and so
the Lord have mercy on thy soul,
Cesar
a Coatesville girl has steady company
in the person of young man who is
forever and forever a-kisslng her. She
likes share OF this sort of SWeetmeats.
but quite frequently it pals on her
taste. He i,vlted aer to ride the other
moonlight night and She accepted. fully
realizing that she would be made the
target OF no end of oscUiatory practice.
Out on the road. i'll the moonlight. the
young man handed her the reins.
placed his arm about her waist and
then drew nearer to her. She said
nothing, but asking him to hold the
relns a moment, from somewhere he
meath her wrap she drew out base
ball catcher's mask. strapped it to her
face and reached out for the lines.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-13
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"Welcome the coming, rob the part
ing guest is the motto OF the seaside
landlord
Young hopeful (on seeing negro
baby for the first time)-" Mamma, is
that a spoiled child?'
"Can you tell me what smile is ?"
asked gentleman of little girl
"Ies, sir; it is the whisper of a laugh"
"What a beautiful FORM exclaimed
Miss Titelace. the first time she saw an
eel; such q long, thin waist, you
know"
A writer says that "dress is
woman's great conundrum." But it is
hoped that she will never be compelled
ITO give it up.
An exchange says that ice two inches
thick will support a man. In mid
summer it generally supports the ice
man and his entire family.
The habit OF abl,reviating everything
one writes is i bad one The other day
a contemporary. spoke of lady appear
ing at the theatre - in eve. costume"
"Papa,' asked Johnny, "what does
embodiment of unmitigated asinlnitv
mean?" 1t means the other fellow"
replied the pa, who is a Harlem poll
tlclan.
Did you ever ask any one else to be
your wife, she queried in much doubt.
NO. darling" he answered tenderly:
Il assure you this is my maiden effort"
We understand that 4 young gentle
IN, Of hn
nPctlcut Is wearing badge won by his
fathers COW at cattle show. He
would make great man in politics.
We are glad that we didn't live in
ancient times and have to wear plate
armor. 1t must have been mighty hard
work for fellow to reach over and
scratch his back against a telegraph
pole when he was on full-dresS parade
\ Boston girl was thrown from her
carriage. and in reply as to whether she
was hurt. said" really believe | have
fractured the eXtenSOr oSSlS metacarpi
polics manus." She had broken her
thumb.
"You did not pay very close atten-
ton to the sermon, fear. this morning"
"Oh! yes. | did. mamma" "Well,
what did the minister say" "He said
the picnic would start at ten o'clock on
Thursday morning"
is it SIN" asked fashionable
lady of her spiritual director, . for me
to feel pleasure when gentleman saws
lam handsome?" 1T is, my daughter, y
he replied gravely: we should never
delight in falsehOOd."
"What about stockings9' demands a
fashionable paper If the bold, bad
editor who asked such question in
public print will excuse the burning
blushes of his daily contemporary, we
would timidly suggest g-rt-rs.
Overheard yesterday in street car
=" tried to kiss my wife at the front
door tonight as was leaving home
and do you know she wouldn't let me.
She said she didn't want the neighbors
to be taking her for the hired girl''
"Oh, DEAR" sighed Widow Jones, "if
John had only made a will there
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-13

wouldn't be all this trouble abou, the
property DO the LAWYERS bother
YOU" Bother me: they almost worry
me to death. | declare, sometimes
almost wish that John hadn't died
Fair Customer" And YOU can melt
up these spoons. you say. and make
new ones. Jeweler-" Oh. yes. easily.
suppose the same marking will do for
the new ones Fair Customer" Yes,
You needn't melt the marking. Mr..
Sprugs. just save that expense
\ scientist says the earth's surface
Is slowly changing. aud what is valley
to-day may be a mountain a million
years hence. \ man Who contempiates
erectlnga residence in theyallev should
remember this and be prepared to find
his house on the top of a high noun
tain i'll the year 1,OOl, $50.
onng man" said the village editor
severely to the aspiring poet who had
brought III one OF his latest efforts for
publication, this poem of .Lucy's
Charms Is not bad as a whole but
that second verse, beginning Her eyes.
my soul her eyes. is certainly the most
flagrant plagiarism. You'll find that
IN every Methodist hymn book"
A British soldier, on foreign service
recently wrote the following terse but
plthy epstie to his wife: Dear Mary
i haint hered from YOU fur so lonr
that hey forgot you and got married
TO Eguptaln woman Trustin' this
won't make no ditferents in our rela
shllnship when l comes back, l ham
your affekshunate husband, j W"
In one Of ollr Western exchanges the
following advertisement recently an
peared: My wife Jenny ran away. or
was taken away. from me Il week AGO
The first person who returns her | will
shoot on the spot" Now, there is a
man who probably knows when he is
in luck and is bound that no unforeseen
circumstance shall upset his apple
cart.
~ think l have stumbled into the
wrong office explained stranger
who opened the door of Cincinnati
lawyers den "Well. that depends
IL you are in business and desire to fail
and pay ten cents on the dollar, this is
the right Office "Oh, but I'm one of
the creditors of just such man, and
wanted Certainly; come in. I'll
elIlleT get your claim IN full or have the
scOundrel indicted for fraud"
At breakfast he began to play with
the cruet stand. His papa told him
not to do SO. He persisted, and at last
upset it and spilled the red pepper on
the table cloth. His papa said: Now.
Allen, you We're disobedient and upset
the pepper castor, and | should make
the punishment lit the crime bv putting
some of the red pepper on your tongue"
He looked up like flash and asked:
Would the punishment be the same,
papa, II upset the sugar-bowl ="
Cynic-aI hear you're going to be
married, old fellow" Lover" |
am, to charming girl, too" Cynic-
Can she cook?" Lover Um-well
al believe not" Cynic-" Can she
sweep out room?" Lover think
not" Cynic-" Just as | thought.
Like all the girls of to-day, I'd marry
myself ii ! could find the right kind of
girl" Lover -(sarcastically)-" NV
dear fellow. did you ever try an intel
ligence office? Id have gone there my
self Ii wanted a cook"
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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-13
Items Of interest.

The value Of the pig iron produced
III TINS country last year was S.3,O)D,oO0.
sum nearly as great as the combined
value of the gold and silver products.
In California snakes DESTROY rophers
and ground squirrels, and the local
papers express the opinion that some
varieties of snakes ought to be pro-
tected by law.
-Four weeks services at camp-meeting
in Clinton. Ia, have netted the Rev.
Thomas Harris 800 converts. This
is Justly regarded as extraordinary
work
An artesian well at Lemoore Oak,
sunk for railroad uses. is attracting
attention Oh account of its medicinal
qualities. II is said that its continual
use will put an end to a desire for al
cohOlic drinks
A good Cremona violin has fifty
eight divisions. The back, neck, sides
and circles are of sycamore: the belly,
base bar, sounding post and six blocks
Of deal: the iinger-boarl and tail-piece
of ebony.
y girl suffering from lockjaw was
left alone with q mouse by the shrewd
physician. and she contrivei to open
her mouth enough to give veil that
made the crockery in the china closet
rattle.
\ sprain is apt to be neglected. Rest
and soothing applications. or even cold
water. will be sufficient to bring mat
ters straight very soon: but remember,
many one has become a cripple for
life, from neglecting sprained foot or
ankle.
a gentleman started to climb a
mountain near Manitou, Cal. but was
taken sick when half mile from the
summit and was obliged to stop While
he was resting, enormous mountain
rats came out of the rocks and ran
over him, playing about without the
slightest fear. He could not drive
them away.
The book on which all the kings of
England, from Henry I. to Edward
VI, took TIE coronation oath is in
private library in England 1t is a
manuscript OF the four EvangeliStS,
written on ytllum. The original bind
IN ~ tAtt q OF Of =,
consists of two oaken boards an inch
thick. fastened together with thongs of
leather
HiGhlanderS must have at one time
populated the whole United Kingdom
Of Great Britain and Ireland. 1t is an
obvious and salient fact that tile names
of most natural features rivers. noun
tains and lakes have been given to
them by tie old and great and still!
surviving race of Celts There i:
hardly single river name in the whole
of Great Britain that is not Celtic.
Goethe's house in Frankfort is now
visited by lll tourists who pass through
that city. Among the recent curiosi-
ties stored in it is a Punch and Judy
box which used to amuse the poet as
child. Another addition is the manu-
script of an essay on art and a copy of
the first edition of "Hermann and
Dorothea." presented by Goethe to his
family.
The keeper of the archives for the
hungarian county of MarmaroS fesand
lately. slowed away with some ancient
registers. 4 packet bearing this inscrip-
ton: "Qualitas panis Marmat!ei in
Penuria y. d., 1856" EQUALITY of the
Marmaros bread in the year of want,
1861 The bread is partly composed of
oatmeal, but the greater proportion of
| it is the bark of trees. The county
authorities have directed the specimen
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-13
BuCklen's Arnica Saivc.

Tie Best Saive IL the wo,l, .nr C,t.,
irui-t>, Sorrs. Ulcers. Salt hhpum. Fe.
ver Sores. Tettcr. Chaprrd Hands. Chill
b aims Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Pics. or no pay
required. Iti- guaranteed to give per
'ect sa'i-faction. or money refunded.
r,ic. d cents per box. For Sale at
ThiLodaux Dug stone
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-11-13

y. Riggs 4 Bro, Clste,n M4ker>,
,41 De!or'' street ; n. o. Send toi
p:lrc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
THE TRUCKING DISTRICT ~
NORTH CAROLINA VI

Col. B. S. Pardee writing fro,.
New Berne to the Baltimore .Uonn
facturer's Record, says:
This section of the State owes 70.
merchant Of New Berne, Mr.. Co."
Allen, a debt of gratitude for oriH;
mating this important and profta6S,o
industry. Fifteen years ago the peo'
pie here bought their early yrro
tables and their Strawberries from,
cultivators elsewhere. Mr.. Alien
convinced that they could share in
this profitable trade, sought by pro
cept and example to induce his faI
low citizens to adopt his view. At
first it was up hill work, but the few
who took his advice were so amnlv
repaid that ere long the business
was established on a permanent
footing.
was taken to-day by Mr.. Green
of the banking firm OF Green. Fov
& Co., out into the heart of the truck,
ing district in this immediate vicin
ity. This was the first general pea
picking of the season. There were
fields of from fifty to II hundred
and fifty acres in extent green with
vines, and dotted over with bands
of Industrious pickers, while by the
side of the cart paths were piles Of
crates, and at intervals at the ends
Of the row were those that had been
filled, standing on end ready for the
stencil. Mule carts laden with full
crates were encountered on the high
ways, while others were in the fields
receiving their loads. Whenever
crate was filed the picker received
twenty-five cents from the superin-
tendent, and went back to the row
with an empty basket and a happy
face to resume her occupation. At
least two thousand women and child
rem were at work to-day, to whom
was paid-a quarter at a time-not
less than $1,000. The steamer Shen-
andoah took away 1000 crates this
evening; the railroad half as many
more, most of which will be deliver
ed in New York Monday morning,
and before this letter is published
from $4,000 to $4,000 will have
been received here for this days pea
shipments. Turnips, cabbages and
Irish potatoes will follow the pea
crop in rapid succession, and, as
during this week there were two
days of rain, all these vegetables are
looking we'll, and give promise Of
speedy and abundant crop. The
most forward potatoes are now about
the size Of puIlet eggs, and cabbages
+ beginning to head.-Nev Berm
Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
HOW TO GET GOOD cows.

A correspondent of one OF our
Eastern exchanges discusses this
question:: Shall the dairyman raise
his cows or buy them ready-made?
To answer this question intelligently
we must know something of his sur
roundings. If profitable COW can
be bought under $50 a head at three
years Of age, it is questionable if he
al raise them cheaper. The com
mon argument in favor of raising in
stead Of buying cows is that the
heifer at the age of two or three
years of age will cost as much as
the first price of the matured
cow. There is, however, another
very serious point to take into con-
sideration, and that is, how many
heifer calves must you raise to the
age of three years before you get
one that is profitable? This matter
is %variously estimated according to
the self-complacency Of the man ma
king the calculation. Some proud
mortals go so far as to claim their
ability to pick out calves that will
make profitable COWS every time.
My w experience, compared with
modest and generally truthful breed
ers, seems to point the requirement
of such a bunch of five calves, as a
rule, to make n good, frst-class,
profitable COW. To be sure, mems
minds differ as to what constitutes
a good COW; but let us call her a
-ofbutter-a-wee COW,
and is there any breeder that will
take the contract to furnish more
than five of such cows out of %
heifers raised to three years of age?
This looks as though it could easily
be done, but suppose you 60 through
the diaries in your neighborhood and
find what proportion of cows will
make over 800 pounds of butter, or
5000 pounds Of milk a year. Ger
tainly not one in five. Will the thor.
oughbreds of the country do it? If
they were weeded out as faithfully
as the native COWS are they would;
but as it is a fact that every female
is raised, no matter how inferior her
dam, these weeds keep the thor
oughereds in just about as bad a
condition as the natives, so far as
the per centage of extra performers
is concerned"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
BONE INDUSTRY.

The bone industry of the country
is an important one. The four feet
of an OK will make a. pint of heats
foot oil. Not a bone of any animal
is thrown away. Many cattle's shin
bones are shipped to England for the
making OF knife-handles, where they
bring $40 per ton. The thigh-bones
arc the most valuable, being worth
$50 per ton for cutting into tooth
brush handles. The foreleg bones are
worth $50 per ton, and are made in
to collar buttons, parasol handles
and jewelry, though sleeps legs are
the staple parasol handles. The wat
erin which the bones are boiled and
reduced to glue, and the dust which
comes from saving the bones is fed
to cattle and poultry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
RUSSIA'S COTTON FIELDS.

Consul-General Raine, writing from
Berlin under a late date, says: at
may be of interest to planters in the
United States to know that cotton
growing is making considerable pro-
gress in Russia. This is especially
true in the regions known as the
Haukasus, in the government of
Erwin. The industry began as far
back as 1850. In 1861 1000 tons
were produced; five years later,
5000 tons, and in 1884 the crop
yielded 10000 tons, worth about
300 600 rubles. Lately they have
introduced the best of American
"Florida" cotton, which, on account
of it's superior character, finds more
favor with the manufacturers and
purchasers, though Russian planters
have, Notwithstanding the advantage
of soil, thus far not succeeded in pro-
ducing an article fully equal to that
of America" ConsulIGeneral Raine
adds in conclusion: "No doubt ex-
lists that cotton growing is ~increas-
ing in the Haukasus, where large
tracts of so-called free land are
within reach of planters"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26

An official in the Indian bureau
gives figures to show that the future
millionaires will be Indians. They
are decreasing in number at the rate
OF five or six thousand a year; the
lands they occupy + increasing in
value, and whom only a few thou.
sand Indians remain, he says, it is
natural to suppose they will be very
rich.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
YES, IT is.

A full report of the proceedings
OF the Trinity College Farmers
Club was published in last week $
PROGRESSIVE FARMER. 1t is a pity
we do not have more clubs of the
same kind in the county.-Asheboro
Courier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26

Sugar cultivation has been mi
tlated In southern Florida. Over 200
acres have been prepared for the
planting eff the cane near Kissimme
City, where a sugar factory will be
erected. ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, MAY &c, 1886

good pasture. If fat, the early grass
will do no harm. In any event, there
should be no change from dry feed
to green without time for the digest
i've organs to become used to the
change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
TURNING COWS TO r A

Whether the cow should be allow
ed to pick up grass as soon as she
can find any, or wait until she gets
a good bite, must depend upon cir
cumstances. IF the COW is thin in
flesh, keep her up and feed literally
with grain or meal until she has
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
Table No, 2 Contains

$40 yards Beatrice Plad-this is very fine White
Dress Goods large checks and is all the style North East
South and West; New York retail merchants advertise
them are able dispose Of them and bssu
tifu and soft, real imported goods, cost to manufac-
u1e great deal expect sge sse On
Ne-used for yokes and sleeves at 25 S5 and Soc One
lot A-over Egyptian Lace very handsome article
the same at s3O0-we mark ours in plain figures $3.50
Here is what you wan-a bran new lot of oenta i Lace
wide listen to prices5 10, 49, 90 25 40 3d. 65 75
Our sales Swiss Embroidery was so VI ina. at
we made second order; notice how low-12!, 49, 90 25
and &c. We desire to call the attention Of our Lady
friends that we have beautiful line of A-over EN-
broidery used for whole skirt of Dress which we offer
at 75c, $780, s125 and s1.75 per yard The cheapest
Dress in the city-a beautiful White Robe consisting of
u yards Null yards of Embroidery in White and Car
dna sold in every large city for $500 we offer them in
cading one doz Pearl Buttons, at $3.50 Something new
under the sun"-a lot Of imported Cashmere Shawls-
cream, white light blue pink and cardinal beautiful for
evening wear-we offer them low to introduce them, $780,
lot Of beautiful Scrim for Window Curtains, in cream
and white we mark in plain 6ures, only 12ac
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
Effects Of no License.

A most thoughtful and careful observer,
q citizen of Oconee County says that
Pickens County certainly is the
best example in the United States OF
the. good effects of no license system.
He knew 80 many men in this County
that had quit the use of whiskey entire
". since its sale had been forbidden BY
Law, and however great may have been
the trial to them rs individuals they no
doubt rejoiced in the change.
We are not so we'll prepared to speak
in regard to the other towns in this COun.
ty, but under tho License Law, the streets
Of this town used to echo with profanity
from the lips Of men who called them
selves gentlemen; but now If there is
one such, it is said to his credit, that he
is heartily ashamed every time he makes
the mistake. 49,,
Those in the country who are still
obliged, from habit, to use little whis'
key, gracefully submit to the inconveni-
ence and trouble necessary to procure it,
for the sake of having snares and pitfalls
removed from The youthful aud the un-
wary. Viewed in q social, moral, politi.
cal or religious light, how infinitely pre-
ferable is this, to what we mere wont to
endure.-Ptekens Sentinel.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
Table No, / Contains

200 pairs Ladies' Hose which cost 30c to 75c per pair
we bought Drummers samples consequently have only
Check Nainsooks-san finish, good enough for Queen
wear assorted in size of checks-only &C. 200 dozen
pure White Pearl Buttons sold everywhere for 1Oc-we
have them in four different sizestake your choice st DC
Dozen 10 dozen Ladies' Silk Mitts-something every
Lady should wear during the MONTHS they are II
inches long; offer this monstrous bargain because we
have them only in Tan and Back95c. 5Odozen Ladies'
Hemstiched Bordered Handkerchefs warranted not to
fade, and to be half linen coud be sold for all linen but
we do not do that kind of busness less than three
sold each purchaser sold elsewhere at 5c to 2oc-our
price 3d. 5000 punches Rick Rack Braid, all sizes; we
purchased all a manufacturer had hand-tell your
neghbors about -welse bunches for Sc. 1000 bunch
es Turkey Red Working Cotton sold under guarantee
not to fade or money refundedoher merchants charge
25c-our price 1Oc dozen lunches so dozen pure Linen
Towels 81 inches long, good enough for Jay Gould. we
offer at Csc pair, and AZ inches at 35 pair Here is
monster pure 3-ply Linen Ladies Collar; we have
secured very large lot you pay old time merchants
quarter for them-you can have them from us at 1Oc
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
Politics in Oconee.

WESTMINSTER, June 13.-The Oconee
County Democratic Convention met yes.
terday at Walhalla Courthouse. A large
crowd of delegates wore present. A do.
cision of tho Convention was prccipitatcd
upon the report Of tue committee on
credentials to whom WAS referred the
matter of two contesting delegations from
Seneca Township, whereupon six large
clubs, numbering about one-half of the
votes of the county, withdrew from the
Convention. These clubs, through three
executive members, will issue an address
to the Democratic voters ofthe county and
call a convention. Many men are of the
opinion that the Convention held yester.
day was called prematurely. Considera-
BILE interest is awakened and anxiety felt
for the future unity of the party.-Dis.
patch 10 the News and Courier.