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The memorial prepared by the
committee Of one hundred, in New
Orleans, aud presented to the Leg
islature last Thursday is an able
document, aud Que that should re
ceiye the serious consideration OF
the members Of the General Assem-
bly,.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

When the Democratic House Of
Representatives knocked into smith
Greens the subsidy the Republican
Senate had tackled to the Post Of
fee Appropriation Bill, by which
$500, 10000 was to he donated
to some steamship company, it
looks AS if there will be an end 10
such robbery of the United States
Treasury one of these days.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

The Louisiana Farmer goes tor
Gov. McEnery's message in French
and English, and no doubt imas'nes
that it has forever demolished the
Governor, and sent bin to kingdom
come without benefit of clergy.
1t quotes: "The people of LoniS
lana have cause to be thankful for
many blessings during the last
two years, etc." "'The health of the
State has been good, also the crops"
Aud then comments in this wise;
"Well i. is so but certainly the
first two facts of the above are due
to Providence, first; next, to the ene:
gy and unremitting care and toll
of the working classes
Well, does the Governor claim
that he has maintained the public
health in good condition and made
the crops gtOW
Cannot the Governor state a fact,
without claiming that he is the
cause Of that facte
The above is an average specl
men Of the anti.iins chronic fault
finder, which is passed off under
the pretence of an argument.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

Bills are introduced into the Leg
islatnre 10 establish a new parish,
out Of II portion Of st. Landry par
ish. to be called Arcadia.
st. Landry is too large for one
parish and will remain large, even
after Arcadia is taken out oil
her boundaries. If the effort sue
ceeds the ne y village of Rayne viii
very likely be the Parish seat.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

The House OF Representatives in
Baton Rouge, on last Wednesday.
passed Sunday law, by large ma
jority.
1t now goes to the Senate for the
action of that body.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29
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xdX6 En- P. howell & Cos Newspaper
Advertising Bureau no Spruce St ! where adv"rtlsins
0sesxacts NAY bs made fo< Is IN NEW AOAAs

The new Town Council OF Dona!d
sonville, if one a judge by the
proceedings of its first session,
means business and proposes 70
make an entire change in the con
duct of municipal affairs.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

1t is a we'll know tact that there
was in successful operation, for
many years, a Normal School in
New Orleans that was handsomely
aided by the Peabody Fund.
By some singular maneuvering
of the Legislature this school has
been done away with, and a cOnse
Quent loss OF several thousand dol
lars, donated annually by the Pea
body Fund, follows.
There should be a Normal Schoo
in New Orleans if there is one any
where.
The should undo it,
foolish action and re.e>tablish thi
school again. We r satist ie'
that with it's reorganization tn
Peabody fund would again be Of
tanned to assist it in its good woIl
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

VIZ have occasionally advocated
the propriety of adopting a system
of communication of time that con
victs have to serve in the Peniten
tiary, based upon the behavior of
the convict.
This would be an inducement for
them to conduct themselves better,
and remove the disposition to be
unruly and contrary, which OF
ten produces trouble in the camp.
AS it is, the full time must be SCI
we'd no matter whether the convict
works we'll and faithfully or whett
er he does nothing but cause dis
turbaDce. Under IL system sucf
as the above u convict in the III
nois Penitentiary sentenced for II
years, by faithful obedience to rule
and good conduct can get his r.
lease at the end Of 6 years and
months.
This would certainly be an il
ducement to IA convict to behav'
, himself, while undergoing punish
ment. Proportionate commutatiO
is given for any period.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

Gen. Frederick Nash Ogden, one
of the nObleSt sons of Louisiana
died last Wednesday, after a long
and painful illness. The name OF
F. n. Ogden became famous on the
18th of September 1874 when he
was the leader of that grand body
of heroes who perforated the bub
he that Kellogg held up as an EN-
blem of his power, and redeemed
his State 1rOm the domination OF a
band of Adventures.
No man will be more sincerely
mourned than F. n. Ogden.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29
Proposed Constitutional Amend.
mentS.

islatnre, having Tor their OoJect
amendments OF an organic law IN
to the judiciary.
The one is to abolish the Circuit
Court of appeals, and the other to
abolish the appointive power as re
CARDS the District Judges in New
Orleans aud to make these officers
elective with an abridgment OF
their tenure of office to four years.
We Gan conceive of no goo1 rea
sons for amending the Constitution
in either of these respects.
AS regards the Circuit Courts,
they perfectly subserve the purpose
of their creation, and, as far as we
know, have given general satisfac
ton.
The Constitutional right, has been
enhanced by a court brought at
the doors Of the litigants aud with
little or no expense attending the
expense of this right.
Parties of limited means are spa
red the enormous outlay which all
appeal to the Supreme Court ell
calls, and which, in many instances,
operates as a denial of justice.
Under this excellent Circuit
Court system cases involving from
one hundred to two Thousand dol
lars are entitled to be heard on ap
peal with IA trltling outlay, since all
costs attending transcripts, &c,
are saved owing to a provision that
the original record shall serve the
purpose of Il transcript before the
Supreme Court.
This is the reason why this court
has such ID stronghold OH tue aztec
ton of the people. 1t al be reach
ed by all, and the fact OF Its being
such a cheap court has acquired
tor it the popular appeliation of the
"poor mans COURT
We are satisfied that this DIT
manl for its abolition meets Will
but little favor, if any, iii this con
: munity.
The attempt to return to the ele'
G tive system as regards the judge
in New Orleans will prove an III
popular move as far as this comml
nifty is concerned.
g, 1t may be we'll to add, that afte
all We are not so welded 20 All eie
tive judiciary as many may suppose
y. Had the popular will been ca
:, ried out by the trainers of the Co
:, stitution of 1879, we would no.
have an appointive judiciar
throughout this State instead Of
). judiciary partly appointive an
partly elective.
Now, as then, we are willing
g renounce the high privilege of ele'
b, ing our Judges. We prefer th'
ar our Judges should not be direct
beholding to the masses
ne An appointive Judiciary, thoue
III it Involves the exercise of the /:
of thority Of one man, as cOntradist
NC guished from the elective, which
ill wolves the exercise of this same
thority by the masses, fixes Ii
wise the responsibility OH this
Ill pointive power, which we can safe
Nv claim will exercise the same wi
due caution and with a.view to t
We general welfare.
lie 1t will follow, that men called
on to preside ove u courts, "
nc do so with an innate feeling of in
oe pendenee and conscious of the :fs
I'LL that they have been chosen ratt
with reference to their merit til
'u' their personal popularity, viii
MS latter unfortunately too often swa
ie the masses and carries the day.
In our opinion amendments 10
me ing to a change from the elective
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

Hundreds of lives have heen saved by
the timely use of Creole Female Tonic.
which is the greatest remedy known for
all womb troubles and female diseases.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

The Governor has pardOned Ri
Gulf who killed Fackler, in New
Orleans, in II barroom some two
or three years ago. We have
always doubted whether the
sentence given him was correct.
That he did the murder no one
doubts, but that he was made to be
lieve that Fackler was going TO kill
him on sight is very probable and
caused him to commit crash deed.
We think the Board of PardOnS
did right in recommending his re
lease.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-29

Call ut Dansereau & Bourgeois Drug
Store for Creole Female Tonic woman 3
best friend.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09

From the Scientific American,
Ihe wonderful growth of American news
papers is shown by COMPARISON between the
directories published in 1915 and in the pres.
ent year. The one contains in its sixteen
small pages list of 81 newspapers which
were published in this country one hun
dred and ten years ago. The other is
almost as large as an unabridged dictionary,
and IN Its two thousand pages contains the
names OF Ia, l6O newspapers and periodicals
oi all classes. OF this large list only seven
were found In the directory of l776. The net
gain of the year has been 6G6. The daily
newspapers number l,2l6, a gain of 33, There
are about leo periodicals of all kinds, which
presumably enjoy circulation of more than
1000 copies. The increase in the rural week
~ press, comprising about twothirds OF the
whole list, has been most mark ed in states
ike Kansas and Nebraska. Kansas is also
accreulted with the greatest gain in daily
newspapers. In Massachusetts the weekly
press Is growing but magazines aud monthly
puoilcatlons are losing ground. The tend
tncy oi this latter class seems to be toward
ne" York city, as at least % monthly peri.
odicals have been established here Din ring
the year Among the many newspapers pub.
lisneu IN this country, almost every So
clal movement and industrial finds ex-
preston. A glance at the long list reveals
many curious Facts. There are about 700
IeNSlous ana UNCONVENTIONAL newspapers
nearly one-third OF which are published i'm
new YORK, Philadelphia, Boston and Chi
Caso, New York Is far ahead In this respect
whne II VIII be a surprise to many TO Know
That Boston is behind Chicago Three news
papers are devoted to the silkworm six TO
'ne money bee thirty-two to poultry
eighteen 10 dentistry, and nine TO phonopys
phy' Ihere are three publications issued i'm
the exclusive interest OF postage stamp col.
lectors, and one of dancers. The Prohib,,ion.
lsts nave ~ papers, and the liquor dealers
elght. Ihe organs OF womea's suffrage nun
Der OF candy makers 3, of gastronony and
gas vi the foreign newspapers, there ara
about 600 in German and AZ in French. New
York, New Orleans and Worcester, Mass.
each mas ionr French publications. Two dai.
lies are In Bohemian. BESIDES these. thara
are papers in the Swedish, Finnish, Pol
lsh and Welsh languages. There is one pnb-
lication in Gaelic one in Hebrew, one in Chi
hese and one in the Cherokee la nguage
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09
A False Prophet.

A caldron of boiling oil awaits the un.
fortunate prophet who has been prating of
a cool wave that took its rise in the neigh.
borhood of Manitoba, and which was To
bowl gently along eastward and make the
mercury in the thermometers cover in the
bottoms of their respective tubes before its
might. A mocking echo only answers the
query as to the whereabouts of this cool
wave, and he who had staked his all on the
truthfulness of the prediction, is now deep.
y meditating how true it is that hope de-
ierred maketh the heart sick.
but while every thing abroad is scorch-
Ing under the sun, it behooves the sensible
citizen TO keep cool. 1t NAV be easier 10
give this advice than to follow it. but that
Is not to the question. Let every one kasn
cool, even if warm work is required 70
bring about this happy consummation
Above all things, avoid thermometers, To
q man desirous of keeping cool, they are
deadly traps. Let them be avoided as mad
dogs are in August. For the heat in man
always makes an effort to keep even witt
the height In the thermometer.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09
PERSONAL.

Tue SULTAN OF TURKEY has given a
srahu banquet To Admiral Franklin,
THE LATE SENATOR KENNEpy. or Phua
delphla, left an estace of SO, 600 which ba he
queathed to relatives. 0 ''
EH-PREsIDENT ARTHUR has been eIectsd
PIesiuent Oh tbe board OF directors of the Ar
caue haliway company OF New York
DR.. HOLMES once compared the m ind of a
pIsot 10 the pupll OF the eye, because the
tracts. ~ 'oh-
PAPAL ABLEGATE O'BRYAN has salad
from Liverpool on the steamer Polypesisn
Tor Montreal. In addition to the hat inr
cardinal Iaschereau, he carries the paIliuTn
ior TWO Canadian archbshops.
THE LATE q. A. NICOLLs, of Readinv lef,
an estate OF over SlO0, 200. Though for thirty
years connected with the PhiladeIphIa 4
Reading railway, he held none OF its stock.
and had only slO0 worth of bonds.
EDITOR WATTERsoN having said i'm ons
oi MS letters that London looked no mora
IKE Parls than he (W. resembled the Venus
ue Meuici, prompts a Southern editor to saw
nose OF US who have never Travelled can
now iorm an idea OF how Loudon looks"
IA-1 p6E WILLIAM A. PoRTER's will
piueaths so,0OO each TO the i'resbyterisn
a,ipn anu me nion Benevolent associ-
s.ion, ana 1900 TO the PennsyIyania Socia,,
d. d. ,'9 tehtion OF Cruelty TO Animals in
sloo ooo inc estate Is worth about
Mr. 2. o. GRAVES, chief of the burs.n .,
engraving ana printing, recently nut i'm a d. "a
uano Tor s4oO In addition TO the 5000 aIrcady
sPpfoprisIed Tor engraving and printing a
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09
P4PEk TIES.
Railroad Sieepers Which Are Light. EIast
and ViIl Not Rot.

and WIN Not Rot.
From the New York Tribune.
THAT is a railroad tie" 1t was OF the
regular size and polished As smoothly as a
piece of Italian marble. The grain was so
fine aud the whole appearance was so artistic
that it might easily have been taken for
chip from pillar of Grecian temple in
stead OF such practical thing as a railroad
tie. The speaker was short, stout, sad
faced man with a large head and overhang-
ing brows. and was the inventor of this
aesthetic sleeper, and in his little office in
Fulton street there were many models of
cars and railroad tracks scattered about
"Thls," said he, as he patted the railroad
tie lovingly, sis the result of years OF labor
and | believe now that it is perfect 1t is
made OF paper, which believe is to enter to
large extent in all building operations at no
distant day. The great enemy to the use OF
paper for many things is moisture, and in
any invention, OF course, means had to be
discovered to prevent dam pness from having
the slightest effect, as a railroad tie, being in
the ground, il subjected constantly TO it, and
rotten tie might cause the loss of many
lives and much property. The process of
manufacture Is secret TO a certain extent, but
the tie Is absolutely fire and water proof
There ; | will throw piece of the prepared
paper into the fire. You see il will not burn
| have submerged il for weeks and months
IN both hot and cold water aud the moisture
has never been found inside the surface
consequently 1t cannot rot. Though ap-
parently as hard as iron, an ordinary spike
can he driven into it without difficulty, and
when the spike Is in position the material
is of such nature that 1t closes around the
iron and holds it so firmly that it can never
be shaken loose.
There - also certain amount of spring in
the tie, and when there is a load on IL il
operates as soft cushion and takes away a
certain amount of jar from running cars
Under conditions, by slightly altering the
combination OF materials the paper can be
made so hard that it will turn the edge OF the
hardest tool without being more than
scratched. The ordinary wooden tie will
last about i've years under the most favor
able conditions, while the paper tie will
stand any kind OF weather for at least thirty
years.
The paper used Is generally made of straw
though almost any kind OF fibre will do AZ
well. straw is preferred because it can be
easily obtained and the supply is unlimited.
There are mills in the West where the straw
Is made up into boards.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09

SOME idea of tho magnitude OF the opera.
tons at the Philadelphia mint and the ex-
treme accuracy needed may be obtained from
the statement that the total amount of funds
carried in all the vaults of the superintendent
and called for in the balance sheet of the
cashier was S34 56I ,6N.3l, distributed as fol.
lows: Gold coin, SG,523, $3.50; standard sill
yer dollars in posto1iice vaults Sl6, 45O, 900 I;
standard silver dollars in mint vaults, SILL
o!i'U2o fractional silver, Sl9,6i3 % currency;
90 $50, minor coins, $3.50 q total, s3i,-
56I 6I,6SI.3L This enormous sum, verified both
by count and weight, was found to be correct
to the one cent and in perfect accordance
with the accounts aud statements of the hook
keepers and cashier. Superintendent Fox
Is undoubtedly the right man ia the riuh,
place.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09
The Republicaps and Probibitiou-

Judge Rhone, of Wilkesbarre, is credited
with the sentiment that if the Democratic
party is wise it will follow in the wake of
the Republicans, and at the coming state
convention insert plank in the platform
submitting the temperance question to a
vote of the people.
1t will be sorry day for the Democratic
party when it is so barren of ideas that it
will need to borrow its policy from the
Republicans. 1t will be time for its obit-
uary then. But it is written in the stars
that the Democratic party will never die.
because it is founded on the true prin-
ciples OF government. If, therefore, it
is not doomed to death, it will live in
perennial vigor, and that vigor will ALWAYS
be sufficient to enable it to cut out a path
way of its own and not follow that dictated
by its natural political opponents.
The truth of the Republican stand ON
Prohibition at the recent convention, is
known OF all men with few grains of
common sense. The Republicans, in rec.
ommending the submission to the people of
constitutional amendment prohibiting
the liquor traffic, simply conceded to the
Prohibitionists right which they knew
they already possessed. 1t was thought to
be clever mode of carrying water ON both
shoulders; but il was so transparent as to
prove boomerang to its willy projectors.
The Republican party has fallen upon
evil days when it must go into an import
ant state campaign with most transpar-
ent but very heavy milestone tied around
its neck.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09
Gte fanfaster 1utclliaenter.
LANCASTER. JULY Q. 1856.
BatOum and Russia.


The famous treaty Of Berlin has been
violated many times, but never in such a
manner as to offend any of the great
powers. The frontier guaranteed to Greece
thereby was never actually secured for her
and in her dealings with the smaller
powers Turkey has totally disregarled it.
But now Russia makes a hole in that part
Of the document that relates more particu-
larly to the interests of the greater powers
by calmly announcing that the port of
Batoum, on the eastern coast of the Black
sea, shall no longer be free port, not
withstanding the express declaration of
the treaty that it should always be free.
This port is strongly fortified and is point
of considerable strategic Importance, being
connected by rail and water with all parts
of Russia and by railroad to the shores of
the Caspian, making it the back door to
India.
The ntraightest possible route from Eng,
land to Afghanistan would be .h-- the
Mediterranean, the Bosphorus.. the Black
sea to Batoum, thence ts the Caspian by
rail, across the Caspian to Astrabad and
thence to Herat, and an alliance of two of
the great covers with Turkey might ac.
@ riish this with an English ironclad
~1eet ruling the Black sea and Batoum as a
base of supplies.
1t looks as though the struggle, when it
doescOme, would be fought on that line with
Northern India as the prize of the victor,
and in placing her hand firmly on the key
to the situation Russia is only
acting with the prudence and fore
thought that the situation demands.
Although the powers will make
grand commotion over this con-
temptuous disregard of their treaty rights.
Russia will stick to her declared purpose.
and it is hardly probable that it will be
made cause for war. In choosing lust
this time for her move III the diplomatic
game, Russia has shown her old unerring
Judgment, as the English, who are the most
vitality affected by it,are so deeply engrossed
with their political struggle at home as to
care little for anything that may happen SO
far away; and Germany, the power that is
most widely feared by all belligerent ma
tions, is not directly menaced by the action
and is too deeply absorbed in watching
France, her natural enemy, to pay close at
tentiOn to the Eastern situation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-09

solid anti-home rule opposition. That op-
position will be made up of Liberal
Unionists and Tories, and their CO.
alition cannot be anything else than a rope
OF sand.
IL is not correct to say that the friends
of Ireland are exclusively those in alliance
with Gladstone and Parnel. The more
advanced of the Conservatives and the
Harrington Liberals are pretty well agreed
that Ireland has not been well treated,
but they differ as to the means whereby re-
dress may be effected.
1t is therefore most unlikely that the ex-
treme anti-1rish people will be allowed to
rule the anti-Gladstone coalition. If il is
permitted, the end of the coalition chapter
will have been reached. The present elec-
tion will clear the decks for the autumn
engagement, and through present chaos
justice for Ireland will emerge clothed
with perennial youth.