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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-16

No. 25:
en- etat d'arrestatiou.


SOFT. dit le magistrat maia
comment expliquerez-vous lsbsen.
&c de N. de Mausejour ct remploi
de sou temps pendant plusieurs
heu1cs, Ia nnit derniere
| IL est rxste tout CO temps Ia.
soft lei, soft Ia Fresnaie. en- ma
compagnle ct celle de ma file. Je
vous Ell dome ma parole, ct un Ia
fresnalo ma jalnais meuti!
Comme on Ie volt, IL comte &tait
un rude defensenr.
-Jc demande a m'associer 4 In
Justice daus le supplement- den
quete auquei ellie VA SO livrer.
-C'est votre droit, monsieur, re.
pondit le magistrat.
49,. ...............
Plusieurs heules s'etaient econ.
lees depuis Fentretien quo nous vo-
mons de rapporter.
N. de Ia Frssnaie ttait retourn&
chez lni.
II await adouci de son mieux le
rude coup ports ! madame de Man
sejour ct Z Berthe par paccusation
qui pesait sur Hector.
II faut dire tout de suite oue
Pune ct Pautre avaient repouss6
cette accusation avec Indignation.
LIE fiere d'Hector, arrive dams Ia
solree q Mausejour, s'etait parellle.
ment lndigu6.
Grace AUX sages mesures prlses
par le jenne maglstrat, le bruit de
Farrestation dHectsr n'avait point
transpire.
Tout CO que l'on savait, c'est que
la Justice .s'6tait etablie 4 Aaus6.
jour ct qu'elle poursuivait ses IN
vestigations.
Daillcurs, parrestation de Mau-
bert a"ait detourne les soupcons.
LIE magistrat await poursuivi ses
rechelches.
Ii await entendu differents t6.
molns, notamnent les bdcheux oui
avalcnt rencOn.re Hector dams n
soliee prec6dente, ct les patres oui
avaiont et6 temolus du trouble MA.
nlfest6 par lui quaud il await an.
pris Ia mort de lord Helmuth.
Chacun de ces t6moiguages 6tait
one accusation de plus.
La journee s'ecoula. La mutt vint.
n. de la Fresnaie await fait dix
fols IL voyage de Ia Fresnaie 1
naus6jour.
Monsieur, lui dit enfin le ieuue
magistrat, je ne puis prolonger
longtemps cette situation; 81 de-
main, { pareille heure, un indice
quelconque Gu favour de rinnocen-
ce de N. de hausejour 10 nous est
je .serai contraiut dc 10
faire transf6rer 4 la prison dor
leans.
LIE comte etait abattu; il ne re.
pondit pas cepsndant; une chose
10 frappait'
C'etait Ia disparition de ce ieune
garcon que Maubert await maltrai-
te.
En- effet, depuis le matin, la Che.
vrette await disparu ct on No Pa.
wait point revue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25
Silver Senator Jome%, OF No.
vasiu.

Senator J, ?, Jones, of Nevada, w&s
lasei! in New York fsI thrsr or four
days. He 10 NJ nervous Az the tabled
witches and hss the volubility OF a
Wa1le community OF women The
Senator Pleads guilty to tho reported
iiscovery ci a valuable gold mine in
Alaska by himself and friends and
proudly declare that as zig gold pro-
Guce-, she honesty OF his position as a
silver coinage advocate will horssfter
be unique tati0Msd. He said that he in.
tended t. make g speech in the Sem
ate IN his fivorite theme of finance,
and added II shall 20 further in my
declarations than any economist or
writer has yet dared to 20. shall
hold and shall prove that Ill that 10
required in monay is limitation Of
quantity and cslenlablensss. 1t is al
nonsense TO talk about gold being the
only svailah'e STANDARD. Your dry
goods iuerchS nts would compel them
to uss eu ivory yard-stiek. They
would want &c knew what ivory had
10 de With lenshth. The gold hum.
bug is just 50 great"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

They had inst returned home from
prayer meeting, when the wife said to
her husband:
I've lost enc Of my ovetshees, some
where between here and the church.
Now you hurry right back and look
slong in the snow for it, end don't you
dare to return without bringing il
with you" a
After searching up and down the
hill for an hour or SO, the husband re.
turned with the information he could
not And IL.
"0f course YOU .eould not. stupid,
snapped the wife.
II searched diligently for it, as-
sure yOp," explained ths husband.
II suppose SO, but you might as vel
60 to bed"
"But how shout the rubber"
"Oh, ] found 't."a;it
Where vas in"
why, iut them both on one loot
and did net notice it until I was re
moving my shoes"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

Where lies the power that enables
this MAJ 10 preach twice day every
day in tb week and draw to every one
Of his meetings crowds too large for
over, Music Hall, and to hold thera
from the beginning to the end OF his
discOursSs? Furthsrmere, people not
only listen to Jones, but they read his
sSrmons. We found the NEST eminent
Statesmen in Washington reading his
sermons from day to day and talking
about them. They are discussed in
pArlOrs, atthe dinner table, and even
in bsr-rooms. We have printed one
Of Mr.. Jones sermons every day since
he has been in Cincinnati, and We
know that his productions are not
only read, but they are sought for.
People never tire OF reading them.
Hs does net repeat himself, and this
is extraordinary. He can preach q
new sermon from the same text sever
al timss. And he does not wear out
nor does he ever weary an audience,
Last Sunday afternoon he preached
in Music Hall TO men ouly There
were 1000 present, and the audience
would have been larger ii the house
had been larger. He spoke an hour
and a-half, and yet net one person
left the house until he took bis seat
To meat critical people Sam Jones is
puzzle but the fact remains that BIZ
is q great power. He is not rAnter
He is not humbug. He does not
preach Sam Jones, He keeps himself
in the background. He places in the
forefront the great truths that fill hil
mind and control hislifs. He believes
what he says and is full OF his subject
The heads Of most men would be turn
ed by the tremendous crowds tha
hang upon his utterances but instsat
Of being elatsd he scens to be humil
lated. He spends no time on tschni
calities or disputed doctrinsl question,
and evidently the Sermon on th,
Mount and the Ten Commandment MT
are his model. That he does good nj
one can successfully disputs. Ifpsepl,
would do as Sam Jones advises thsr,
sould be no need for criminal courts
and ssciety would be elevated ant
there would be happiness and content
uaeet in all grades Of life. OF techni
cal theology be probably knows little
but Of the troubles that sffiist mAnkin,
hs knows mach, and these he know
largely from experience, and when b
comes to ak about these be cali
ching, by their right names. He talk
to tha psopls in the language they III
dsrst'1nd.--Con,HsrCidl. Gdsette.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

The fact is that tho South does MOI
knew its Indebtedness to the Bahi-
more Ms'N.factursrs' Record in syste.
maticslly aud ably presenting South
eFa res0urees and progress 10 the
country. For several years that pa
per has done that work in the most
thorough and pains taking manHsr
and the result has been gradual and
general spread Of information about
our section. from which We are re.
eeiving constant benefit. The lead
ing papers all over the country ars
reproducing the Reeevd's facts and
figures, and are making them the
thsuns Of complimentary editoriaI
eOnsmspt-rARasts CQa.l COpStOl.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

Speaking of walters, says Bill Nye
in the Boston Globe, reminds me Of
tileniive, Mont. We had to telegraph
ahead in order 10 get place to slec".
md when we registered the landl0r
showed out an old double-entry journal
fur VA to record our names and postof-
fee W ress in. The Office was the
oar, and before we could get our rooms
assigned us we had to wait fOrty.fve
lninutat for the landlord TO collect pay
fo' thirteen drinks and lick personal
friend. Finally, when he got around
10 me, he told ME that | C. uld sleep Ia
lbt right bArtendcr's bed az he wonlT,
Ss mp all night and Ia :ht possibly L
killed and never need it again any bow
Il wou!d cost me "a cash in advares
10 sleep one night in the bartender
bed, he said, and the holse was &C
blamed full that he and his wife hae
tot to wait till things kind Of quietet
dawn and than they would have IL
p2s e matt o. ON the i5-b,ti pool n
Die and sleep there.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25


One day last fall, after talking until
his throat was sore, . Detroit stove
dealer succeeded in selling 8
widow = coal stove, but it was with
the provisc that il everything didn'.
work satisfactorily he was to make il,
do 90. Two days after delivering the
stove he get his Arst call A hey en-
tered the store, aud said:
Mrs. ---'- wants you'to come up
and fix that stove. The houss lie full
Of snaeke."
A man was sent pp, and he found
the trouble to he with the chimney.
Only three or four days had passed
whsu the boy came in again aud
said
"Thst stove is putting, and blowing,
and soaring the widow to death. She
wants the same man TO come up
again" "
He was sent, and it was discsvsrd
that she didn't know how to arrange
the dAfnpcrs and drafts.
Everything seemed to run well for .
week, and then the boy walked in to
announce:
"Ehe sent me down TO have you send
that man up sgain. The house is full
Of coal gas" f#H
The man went up and applied tn,
remedy, but inside Of three days tn,
steve got to putting; two days aftel
! that the FIRE wouldn't draw; then il
drew too much; then gas escaped
again. Atlsngth the dealer went tt
the house, and said:
Madam, you gave me $50 for tn,
stove how much will you take 70 IT,
II wouldn't sell i"
But | can't be sending my man W
here every two OK three dsys all win
ter"
"You won't have to. I've conclude,
to marry him in order to have som
one here in case Of accident"
/. And three dsys later they were qui
etly and happily married.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25
sudgn,ont Nay i. Commerce.

What, then, is commercial revelu-
ton? 1t is simply period OF rscrper-
ation irterposed between two success
fu periods of business, one just ex-
piring, the other has only Just been
horn. Here is q period of darkness.
1t is period of settling of debts
cleaning things up in order to begin
again. The same system Of credit will
run right straight through. 1t will
unfold wits happy sageruees-and cor
ry OH various enterprises and all
these evils and weaknesses by and by
viii accumulate to such an extent thai
it is necessary to shut up, to stop op
erations until you can settle up; and
this settling up period 10 the day o
( judgment III eOmmerce.--Henry Wart
Beecher.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25
WHOLE NO. 80


AS here are some plants that flour.
ish best in the Shade, 80 there are
some duties which are best per.
formed in the quiet Of silence, some
subjects win respect to which words
are Su inlpertinence, soma thoughts
and feelings which will not bear ut.
terance.
We often think we are of inports
ance to certain people; that they
must be thinking Of us and our affairs
that they watch our actions and shape
their course accordingly. In general
1t is not SO; we are quite mistaken,
Smile not at the legend az vain, that
once in holy hands worthless stone
becomes heap OF silver. Let thy
alchemist be contentment, and stone
or ore shall be equal to thee.
When . book raises your spirits
and inspires you with noble and cour-
ageous feelings, seek no other rule to
Judge the book by. 1t is good, and
made by good workman.
Were it leftto me to decide" says
q msdern thinker, whether we should
have government without newspa.
papers, or newspapers without gov
erDment, / should not hesitate to pre-
fer the latter"
There 10 a respect due to age, but
there is also respect due to youth
the lack of which accounts for many
a failure in the household and in sys.
TENS of education.
The best recipe for going through
life in a commendable way is to feel
that each one needs all the kindness
he can get from others in the world.
Eduation commences at the moth
er's knee, and every word spoken
within the hearing Of child tends to.
ward formation of character.
The fellow that kills himself be.
cause girl won't marry him, vim
dicates the girls refusal and rids the
world OF a simpletoA.
1t is easy enough to tell what you
know about everybody else, but hard
to tell what everybody else knows
about you.
We have lived to know that the Sc.
cret OF happiness is never to allow
your energies to stagnate.
To see the world is to Judge the
judges.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25
sEatch.-aakiaS p Mo1hers.

W. blame mamma II she wishes
Ter daughter to make q a"good r1&tchY"
Is it not as .ssv to love "a worthy
r!eh man az II ~ to worship worth =
ilocr man?
TO be sure it is. And madan know
sh;svery well. n her eye. n poverty
s,gicilen youth IL necessarily the ens-
my OF al lnaideus whose fs-shers live
st the rate Of soms thousands per an
nun.
She may have married man hNv'
ing prospects, but without position
hut that is no reason why her darling
child should have done so.
Love in q cottsgs may be I'll vs,s
we'll and perhaps at one time she cor
sider"d it the height of human bliss
But sEe brings knowledge and expsr
iance and what in the hsy.lay q
Jonth appears pure gold, lie, in middle
aga, very oit.r discovered to be tswdry
tpsel.
Besides, Though her husband ha:
turned out trumps, it By no means fol-
lows that il che copfidsd her daughter
+, ,nsn occupying a similar position
- that in which herpartner comnen"
ed life. re will ever rise sboee IT, Sc
sire prefers. like the l'rndent sOni'tns'
sne is, To he on the safe side.
Thue she fixes her attention upc,
men who have already made a nan,
'Ld position, "nd prepares her ira.
!.>r hHth BIN and hsr daughter to fal
'nto,
Wel it is for thu daughter il he
.uoti 3 plan succetd--;faugh sh
may -. think 50 at the lime. Blu
then s,s Is young
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

In 1876, Professor Alexander Bel
applied for spatent on a telephone,
On The aNme day, but pcrhA ps an hour
later Mr.. Elisha Gray s2phed for a
siniiar patSst. Professor Bell got the
patSat and Dir. Cray WAS thrown out.
A telephone hid hsen shown A. the
centennial, and visitors sRluSSd them
selves ty talking TO each ether across
the building. NOone thought then the
telephone would amount to s,ore than
an ingeIsiOvs toy
In 1874, COMPANY was organised
to introduce the telsphon !. In the
past four years that compsry has paid
four million dollars in dividends. ItG
net profits IN 1884 we're one million
seven hundred Thousand dollars
The original stock has beSn doubled
seven times aud is now worth $50 PEI
shars. The man whspsid $50 original
" now has 81 800 Of par stock worth
81 800. The enarnONs9 gain in slalu,
thasbsen made in less thanocsight
years during whieh tims his origins
Isinyestnent has been paid back 6v'
times over in dividends. The ineom,
last yesrsws two million dollars; th'
tag and salary list less than one hun
dred and atty thousand The profit
increase at tremendous rate. If'th'
patent is not forfeited, the company
will become the most gigantic monop
oily ever known. ...
PROFESSOR Bell Is worth $4,000,00
which he made out Of his invention
while Fulton, who invented steam
slips, stevenson who invented atean
engines, and Mose who invented tn,
telegraph died poor. W. Fl. Forbes
Of Boston, the president Of the telc
phone company, put in $4,000, an,
has made $7,ooO,O0O. G. g. Hubbar,
: on $Sl GOO has derived over $9,00O, ,o0C
The company his made dozen miilien
aires. Mr. Lamar, secretary Of tn
interior, has desidsd that there
enough evidence Of fraud in obtaining
the Bill patent to justify the govern
ment in bringing suit 70 vacate tn
patent, That suit has been brOugh
by Solicitor Gcode, and i now pend
ing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

To all tho yeuns that are coming
into this chuieh lazy, Be young b.
gay, be hopeful, bs nirthtul. II God
aas given you aiparklins, disposition
thank God and educate il. While il 10
nsS the end OF your life to have the
joy that comes from these qualities ii
~ the privilege Of your life to perform
su your duties under its influence, and
thsv can beperfo,1ped in no other way
90 well. The world nssdf just such a
development Of Chrissianity. Ths
world 10 full Of SORROW Il needs cheer
.ltistull of dsspCndsncy lit needs cour'
age. 1t travails in pAis; it wants 0
hsalthful atmosphers, swee. md balm >
and dradisnt. 1t wants > sin ging Chris
Itianity, 1t wants the messenger o.
Christ TO be light-besler and ne nar
has right to make himself q dArl
lantern to 60 HON" and open tie light
10 himsslf and family slons. The,
that carry burdsnscms, wOe-smitter
face dishenor God. 1t 10 contrary t.
His saying. Iii saying substantially
to the world that all hope, all ths
promise Of the divine presence, all th'
love which is poured like an atmos
phsre around about us every day iron
the bosSn Of Jesus Christ, 10 false anS
wrong. The man that carries
doubling, wearied, saddened face no il
intsrprets the religion Of Christ.
Harry Ward Bsscher.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25


"What are you reading. Mamie3"
said Mr.. C.smwhooper to bis daugh.
ter, aged thirteen.
"Only one of those French novels,
pa"
"You should not do that"
ooh. I'm not reading it for my own
amusement. It's my painful duty to
examine it. I'm just looking through
it to see If it is proper book to have
lying around where mamma might
pick it up and read it."-Texas
siftings.
AE Estelline man went down to visit
g friend in Iowa, recently, who was
one OF the leaders in the prohibition
movement They were walking along
the street from the train, when he said
to his friend:
why, ! had almost forgotten that
Iowa was prohibition state"
what made you think of it now"
asked the other.
Il noticed the procession OF men
coming out Of that drug store with
jugs"
"That reminds me just wait q mo-
ment, please, and I'll step in and get
mine-I guess they've got it filled by
this time"
ut is quite, fashionable to put an
aigrstts in the coiffure when it is ar
ranged high upon the head" read
Mrs. Pugmire from the fashion notes
Of her Vermont paper. "Well, well,
how they do pollyvoo everything about
cooking now-a-days," said she. l al
ways put an egg in the coffee to settle
it, except sometimes in the winter
when they're so everlasting high, and
then ] use piece of Goldfish skin.
don't understand what is meant
though, by arranging the coffee on
the head, unless it's the head of O
barrel.
4 The rather numerous Dakota dele
CATION, noT in Washington, was in
creased by another arrival one da,
thisweek. He registered at hotel ant
said to the clerk
IL may want to stay Fome time car
yeu give me good room?"
II think we can let you have OH,
that will suit"
"I suppose you try to make it pleas
ant for gues.sf"
Certainly we aim to-"
"0f course. What like in hete
is something home-like."
al think we can satisfy you on tha
score"
81 hope so. Now I'll tell you;
you will see thatI am made to fee
t perfectly at hsms during my stay yor
shan't lose anything by it."
20, veil make it home-like for you
! Let me see" he continued, glancin.
: over the register, you are from Dakc
F, tap
"I'm a member Of the Dakota lep
!. islOture, and"
! "HereI" exclaimed the clerk, turn
r ing to 3 bell-boy, "shoW this gentlemn
to the poker room.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

Edwin Booth has engaged for his
leading nan next season John T. Ma
lone, orig nally lawyer Of San Jose,
CAL, who some time ago made his
debut in Iago.
Rev. Robert q. Rowe, of Baltimore,
is having some trouble with his con-
grOgation because he referred to char
ity balls as Goddess hops in the sweet
name Of sweet charity"
Ex-Governor HoratiO Seymour, oI
New York, died at bis home in Deer
fisld Oneida county, on the 18th.
His wife is supposed to be on hel
dssth.bed at the residence Of Mrs
Roscoe COnkling, in Utica. Mrs
COnkling is a sister Of Ex-Goysrnol
Seymour.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25
VOL. Ii.
A x&sRs'@ G~tAPsl~aeHt.

a SMSRt's (~eaPtfRAent.
AZ Peter vat a. hRavaa's gate
A maiden ~ lght psrlaission,
And scS:Ad oi ai'n, II NJ too late,
To g.vo Aer fras sdu,lfeloD.
"waa; e,nra hast thnr: to snte- hersf'
Eei ed. IN honest H.!sn.
"Ylee IT." sht lG,d, twiXt lops and
i:S
~ ly jettsx.een."
'EAG, ;nr' tas htSry guardian ss.i,
Aud the sst' 'vido epea threw;
-"ThHtis the age when r'Sry maid
Is giIl and angel too"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25

AZ tht fupeysl OF the late King of
Spain III i'm poripg and curious scene
occurred, which. u seems, - u custoEi
peculiar TO .St country. When T. 2
pfocesgion rcschea tia monastery Ger
meet ID with The EscuriSl Palace tEs
Duke do S,xto, the Roysl Chamber
lain, knocked, and requ >stsd admit
,ante for Aiionsr When inside the
gates, the Duke unlocked the coffir
nni called three times in Alfonso,
ear. Then, Nceording to The ritual, hc
ssit "Theca is no reply. It is hn,
tha Kiug it desdi" He then relocAet
the coffin, and broke his wand o
office
/ A Chinese baby was born in Phila
delphia the other day and has beel
named Rose Cleveland James Ou
civilization seems TO be getting quit
grip enths Chinese after AL. Whe,
they give up such cherished names a
One Lung Come Long and "Kov
, I.inE" it looks as il our missionarie
/ hadn't been playing it low down o
them all these years for nothing.
! Sir William Armstrong has signe
!, contract with the italian Cover
ment by which he obtains the col
cessiou OHM extensive tract Of Ian
i on the coast Of the Bay Of Naples /
& Puzzueh, on which vast cannon fs'
d tory is To be erected aud extensiN
shipyards are also to be erected.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-10

K. p. Porter, Secretary of the
American Protective Tariff League,
speaking Of the appointment of Gov
ernor Cheney as Senator from New
Hampshire, says: The Protectionists
have reason to rejoice at the appoint.
ment, for Mr.. Cheney is not only a
thorough going Protectionist, but
we'll equipped by study, travel and
experience to advocate and debate
the question. He was one of the
founders, and is a member of the
Board of Managers of the American
Protective Tariff League, and the
organization of the League was not a
little due to the untiring interest
which he took in it.
TIE New York Sun graduates
the President on his recent change
Of policy, and says: "Cleveland's luck
seems to be as good as ever. A
Democrat in New York is worth two
Mugwumps in Massachusetts,"
Always safe and reliable, DIR. Bull S
Baby Syrup. 1t never disappoints.
Give it trial. Price IS cents.
Do not procrastinate-Save time
and trouble by taking DR.. Bulls Bal
timore Pills before costlveness be-
comes constipation. They are purely
vegetable.
The suggestion is thrown out that
if the Democrats in the Indiana
Legislature get into tight place they
will resign in order to break the
quorum of two thirds which is necess-
airy to the election of Uuited
States Senator. That would be a
characteristic Democratic expedient.
The natural tendency of swine to
take on flesh is increased by Days
Horse Powder. Get the best.
Always travel with Drexel's Bell
Cologne.
There have been $500 national
banks since the national banking act
was passed in 1868. Of these only
II2 have become insolvent and only
Sc failed to pay depositors in full.
No billholder ever lost dollar by
reason Of the failure of national
bank. And Jet there are those who
would let this excellent system fall
into decay.