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, 1888-09-08
Poison of Exnired Air.

Recently two distinguished French
physicians, Brown-Sequard and D'Arson-
val, have been experimenting, and have
obtained results which are thought to
prove that expired air contains another
poison, additional to those of carbonic aciL
and ammonia, to which mainly the danger.
GUS nature of expired air must be re-
ferred. h exact nature of this poison
has not yet been ascertained, but the ex-
perlments canno be due either to carbonic
acid or to ammonia.
By passing expired air, whether of
m beings or of animals, through
water, a solution was obtained which, in
jected into the veins of animals, invari-
ably gave rise to the same symptoms-a
slower breath, a rapid lowering of the
temperature, a considerable paralytic
weakness, especially of the hinder limbs,
and, after three or four days, a morbid
activity of the heart.
Larger injections induced excessive con-
traction of the pupils, increased paralysis,
and a diarrhea, something like that of
cholera. The eminent surgeons who con-
Quoted these experiments are disposed to
regard pulmonary consumption as largely
due to this poison. If future experiments
should establish this view, it must greatly
emphasize the supreme Importance of
thorough ventilation in our homes and
churches and all places for public gather
1ngs.-Youth's Companion.
, 1888-09-08
How Chinese history Is written.

Chinese history is compiled by a per-
manent commission of ACCOMPLISHED
literary men, who are always at work
upon it. In 1877 ar imperial edict stated
that history ought not to be written for
the emperor's use only, and remain shut
up in golden caskets mt marble cham.
bersj it ought to be made accessible to all
officials, that they may know the mind of
the emperors and the laws of the land.
From the Chinese standpoint, history is
divided into two parts-one an exact mar
rattve of events, the other q record of
what the emperor has said and done.
b division originates two sets of pub
locations; n in which the officers speak,
the other in which the emperor is the
spokesman In the first, the industry of
the bureau of history is run in the collec-
ton of facts. but there is always a dan
ger that the recorder may be under q
strong court influence. Historical can
dor can scarcely find a place in reference
to nations or persons who have been in
conflict with the court. With this ex-
ception, the array of facts thus recorded
is most valuable.
The edicts published in the second series
express the mind of the emperor. He
is always a man who has the advantage
of good training, and if his style is toler-
able and he happens to be fond of writing
his edicts himself, they will all be trans
mitted to future times in full. The
scribes, who stand writing when he
speaks, translate his spoken words into
official phrases, and his opinions and de-
cisions will then pass into official history,
written partly by himself and partly by
the scribes of the cabinet. Besides these
there are various series of historical
works-the first having been prepared in
the Eleventh century-to popularize the
subject and place the chief facts of the
Chinese annals within the reach of com
mon readers, who have not the oppor-
tunity to study them in full. The last of
these has just been published. 1t deals
with the reign of K%ienlung, from 1916 to
to 1895, and is in sixty volumes. Every
important public matter is recorded under
the day on which it occurred. The en-
peror has, as usual, the lions share of the
talking, and there is room for him to say
a good deal in 100 chapters. = North
China Herald.
, 1888-09-08

Having never seen Miss Murfree, the
writer is unable to say anything about
her personal appearance, charm of man
ner and all the other things which make
up the budget of personalities in which
the public delights when an author is the
subject treated. Somebody described her
as ''the very pink of culture in person and
manners" The same chronicler disposed
of the question of looks in these words:
"While not positively beautiful, she has
a face that any man would like to look at
more than once" Then he goes on to say
that her features are not regular, her ears
and nose rather diversified; but taken alto
gether her face would attract attention.
When a lady is written about in this apol-
ogetic manner n may be tolerably GER
tain that her beauty is not of a striking
order. Miss Murfree does not need beauty.
Again the standard of beauty is chang
ing with the intellectual advance
ment of the race. There are those
who cay see beauty in the noble but
unhandSome countenance of George Eliot.
Miss Murfree's eyes are described as large,
laughing and given to rejecting every
emotion as accurately as speech. Surely
a woman with beautiful and expressive
eyes can never be written down as plain,
since true beauty, which resides in the
soul, is pictured in the expression, and
without expression there can be no
beauty.-New York Letter.
, 1888-09-08
THERE ARE SOME KICKERS.

The Republicans monopolized most of
the attention in the local political field for
the past few days. As near as can be
gathered some breezy times have been
had particularly over the question of
proxies. 1t is understood that Judge
Bergman and those who train with him
%strenuously favored proxies as mighty
handy documents in critical stages of the
political game. The majority OF the
members OF the central committee are en-
Enthusiastically opposed to proxies as fur
nishing a leverage which might be
used in undesirable directions. Dis
CUSHIONS of this burning question are
understood to have run up the tempera-
ture in the Ferguson street deadfall to
the neighborhood of 1913 in the shade.
As a solution of the question might in
Tolve some very important results to can
didates who now figure pretty conspicu-
-0usly for various nominations, it was only
natural that the opposing factions should
bless each other with pleasing directness.
The Republican county convention will
be held on Tuesday, Oct. ., close on the
heels of the territorial fair. Meanwhile
the chief consideration will probably be
as to whether the small and large fry
Republicans will continue to crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee to his honor
the probate iuGge, and go into the con-
v%ention to indorse as a matter OF formality
the nominations which are already made
Some of the brass collar brigade seem
inclined to kick the traces, but there is a
mathematical man up at the court house
who isn't disposed to stand much OF that
sort of ~foolishness.
, 1888-09-08

JoHNsoN's UNIVERSAL CYcLoPEDLA
is a whole library of universal knowledge
from the pens of the ablest scholars in
America and Europe. 1t is accepted as
bigh authority in our leading colleges.
It is not for the few, like Appleton's, the
Britannica. or the International, but for
all. 1t has just been thoroughly re used
at a cost of over 500. 900 and three years
labor by forty editors, and over 1000 re-
nowned contributors. 1t is in eight con-
venient sized volumes. No father can
give to his child at school or his son and
daughter Just entering the arena of lite,
anything that will be of more permanent
benefit. 1t is an education supplement
tary 20 that of the schools. JoEnson's is
now the latest by more than ten years.
Address for particulars and terms,
A. j.. JOHNSON & Co,
II Great Jones Street,
New York.
, 1888-09-08

The horse is thickly set in folklore. In
parts of Germany a horses head NAV still
be seen over the doors of cattle stalls or
about h house-a custom which sur.
wives among ourselves in the luck attach
ing to a horses hoof. This, perhaps, dates
from the custom Of our ancestors, men
toned by Tacitus, of keeping white
horses in sacred groves at the public ex.
pense and idle, and forecasting he
future from their neighings. A horses
neighing always presaged victory to a
warrior, as his silence presaged defeat,
and the French anticipated disaster at
Agincourt from the fact of their horses
not neighing on the eve of battle. A
horses hoof under a child's pillow is sup
posed to be a preventive of conv,il.
sions; a horses teeth are a safeguard
against toothache, and houses at which
they shy are threatened with calamitv.-
Popular Science Monthly.
, 1888-09-08
Notice--Timber Culture.
United States Land Office,

Cheyenne, WYo., Sept. 6, 1888.
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Isaac johnson against Frank R.
Lawrence for failure to comply with law
as to timber culture entry No. 905, dated
July 81, 1885, upon the Sc ! NV and lots
3, 4 and 5. sec 6, tip II n, r GO W, in Lar
annie county, Wyoming, with a view to
the cancellation of said entry; contestant
alleging that said entryman has failed to
pillow or cultivate. or cause to be plowed,
plant or planted or cultivated any portion
of said tract, the SAID parties are hereby
summoned to appear at this Office on the
9th day of October. 1888, at 10 o'clock
a. M, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning SAID alleged failure.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-08
ErROSPECTlON

There have been times when, out OF twilight
shades
That time when sprites from shadowy coverts
stir,
And frefies flicker In the sheltered glades-
Sweet ghosts have come to me from days that
were.
The ghosts Of voices I remember well;
The ghosts of forms, the ghosts of faces dear,
The ghosts of those that, ever fitting, tell
To mine own ear the tales of days that were
And what a glory now-the days that werei
Far less, TO me, the days that are to be.
Because they lead to where 1 may not see;
And from the dark unknown there comes a fear,
A nameless dread, a sense of mystery;
There is no dread in dreams OF days that were.
Hunter L. Harris in Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-09-08

SANDER attacks us from behind. The
bite is rarely felt unless it is malignant
and persistent. Disease too often steals
upon us through a vital channel. The
air we breathe affects the lungs-if it be
malarious it enters the blood, if it change
too quickly in the temperature it pro
duces disease of the throat. etc. Whether
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is taken to
prevent or to remedy the various forms
OF disease produced by miasma. such as
intermittent fever. dumb ague acue cake
or bilious remittent, it Is and has proved
to be ane Elective and thorough remedy
one which does not only ameliorate the
symptoms Of the maladies of this type, but
eradicates their cause. Dyspepsia. liver
complaint. rheumatism. bladder and kid
ney troubles are among the humanity
affecting troubles which it promptly re
lieves and ultimately removes.
, 1888-09-08
P%ENSI0NzNG.

A striking proof of the growth of the
pension list will be obtained by comparing
the figures in the current report of Com
missioner Black with those of ten years
ago. In the year 1878 the total number
of pensioners was 223, 99S. They had
then been slowly but steadily decreasing
for half a dozen years. To-day we find
on the rolls the enormous number OF 1872
557 pensioners, or more than double that
of ten years ago. Extraordinary as this
comparison is, the increase in the annual
cost of pensions is more so. In 1873 the
expenditures were $27. 1877, 0l9, to which
figure they had dropped by degrees from
$34, AS, S95, expended in 1871. But the
amount disbursed by pension agents for
the year ending June 30, 1888. was, ac-
cording to Commissioner Black, $79, 646,-
146. Adding the cost attending these
disbursements, we get a total expenditure
OF $S2,038, 1856, or about three times the
expenditure of ten years ago, and nearly
half as much as all the other outlays of
the government put together.
The amount actually paid out for pen
sions from 1861 to June 80, 1868. was
1868, 0S6, 444. Add the July disburse-
ments with those that have since occurred
and we may safely put to day the total
pension expenditures since the beginning
of the civil war, in round figures, at ST.
600, 600, 900.
, 1888-09-08

The London Foot guards are troubled
over the threatened Adjustment of their
snowy bearskin hats, which are worn at
present by three of their brigades.l The
supply of bearskin has diminished ex.
cGeedingiy of late, SO that now zach hat
Is worth about $3S. These bearskins are
practically useless, except for the pur-
poses OF display, and are even then only
suited for cold climates. But thew are
highly cherished by the soldiers on ac.
soGnt of their imposing appearance
Pt Philadelphia Times.
, 1888-09-08

THE Democrats have $500 speakers
secured to stump the whole state of In
diana, while the Republicans have already
listed l,5O0. The welkin of the Hoosier
state will ring with a vengeance, but
while the orators talk the modest and I'M
obtrusive 81 bill will be working its msid-
ious way into the heart Of the hesitating
voter. The 50 bill has always been a
conspieuously convincing argument in In-
diana about election time.
, 1888-09-08
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Cheyenne. Wyo.

Aug. 25, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
Ing-named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
Of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the register and receiver at
Cheyenne, Wyo., on Sept 81. 1888. viz:
John =. McGregOr,
ID. 5. 449S, for lots 2 and 3, sec 81, tip IA
n, 81 W.
He names the following witnesses to
cultivation of said land, viz: William
Farrell, Edward Francis, Alexander G.
McGregor, Thomas Castle, all of Chey-
enne, Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-08

We have Just received our fall styles of
s~uitings and they are neater than ever be-
fore. On account of adopting the cash
system in that department we can make
suits from So to $40 cheaper than before.
If you want a suit made see what we
have. B. Hellman.
, 1888-09-08
DYnamlters.

CHICAGO, Sept. IA special from
Cutler, Ind, says: For the fourth time
this place was the scene of a terrific ex-
plosion last night. Dynamite was placed
under the post office and that structure
was literally blown to atoms. A large
quantity Of dynamite was found Yesterday
morning under a hotel with matches half
burned. A strong gale undoubtedly ex-
tinguished the matches.
, 1888-09-08
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Aug. rs, 1888.

Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Aug. rs, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
John A. McGregOr,
of Cheyenne, Wyo., has filed notice OF
intention to make proof on his desert land
claim No. 3400, for the s J ne /. Sc / NV
/, W J Sc ! and e J sw /, sec 80, tip "a n.
ne / NV and NV ne /, sec 5, tip % n,
r 81 W. before the register and receiver at
Cheyenne, Wyo., on Saturday, the 29th
day Of Sept. 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and recla-
nation of said land:
William Atchison of Chugwater, Wyo.,
Cyrus n. Haskins of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Isaac N. Bard of Little Bear, WYo.. and
Robert E. Hollenbeck OF Cheyenne, Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-09-08
BRISK AND POINTED.
Gulleless Ben at Home Again


indianapolis Journal.l
The Lamb who was lost has been found
again.
A ~Brigadier Buckles on His sword.
kansas City Timesl
What all this we hear about trucking
to England2
One View OF the Senatorial Debates.
baltimore Americana
Talk is cheap in this world. because the
supply Is SO much larger than the de
mdnd.
"hiteiaw's Hint TO the Tattooed knight.
New York T%ribune.J
The first thing many families do on re
turning from the rural districts is to take
their turn In the family bath tub.
Trusts Really Angels IN Disguise.
louisville Courier-Journal.
What Mr.. Depew has observed in
Europe as to steel rails should be added
to what Mr.. Blame discovered IN Mr..
Carnegie's coach,
, 1888-09-08
When your skin is yellow.

When your skin is full of pimples you
need a good blood medicine that can be
relied upon. Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker is warranted as a positive
cure for all of the above, so you can not
possibly run any risk when you get a bot
tie of this wonderful medicine. W. N.
Hunt druggist.
, 1888-09-08

Gen. Louis E. f. Solomon, the fugitive
president of Hayti, is six feet four inches
tail, weighs 800 pounds and is perfectly
Proportioned. He is of pure African blood
ana his skin is almost jet black, while his
hair Is white with age. he is finely edu.
Gated, and is noted for his charm of man.
ner and brilliancy of conversation.
, 1888-09-08

The o%pening of the Deer creek mines
under the management of Henry r. Fry
gives color to the belief that Glenrock
has caught a fresh grip on prosperity.
, 1888-09-08
Ess NOTICES.

Ben Hellmau is in New York and Man
ager Gus Lehman is cutting prices to beat
the d.
, 1888-09-08

NoTE-The special articles on Mining
and Metallurgy, and alto on Cattle Rails
ing, are alone worth the price of the set.
, 1888-09-08
Ballot Boxes Stuffed TO the Brim.
rJa- vo-lr TKpaae

Ballot Boxes Stuffed to the Brim.
New York Timesl
One more of the five civilized tribes in
the Indian Territory is giving painful evil
dence of progress.
A case of Cause and Effect.
philadelphia Times.l
Rumors of Quay's failing health are
fttingly coupled with the statement that
Blaine and Ingersoll are to stay on the
stump till the Ides of November ide.
Harrison's Consolation.
[Chicago Herald.I
At any rate, MI. Harrison has had a
distinguished grandfather. We neve-
hear anything about Mr.. Blaine's grand
father.
, 1888-09-08

The Busy B. improved each shining
hour yesterday.
, 1888-09-08

job Printing at the Leader office.
, 1888-09-08

The Lamb who was lost has been found
again.
, 1888-09-08
A BrIgadier Buckles on HIS swo

What's all this we hear about trucking
to England?
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-12-08
49, - se
Coffee and its Effects.

Coffee owes it's stimulating and re-
freshing qualities to caffeine. 1t also
contains gum and sugar, fat, acids,
casein, and wood fiber. Like tea, it
powerfully increases the respiration /;
but, unlike it, does not affect its depth.
BY its use the rate OF pulse is increas-
ed and the action of the skin dinnin-
ished. 1t lessons the amount of blood
sent to the organs of the body, dlstends
the veins and contracts the caplllarlcs,
thus preventing waste OF tissue. 1t Is
d mental stimulus of Il high order, and
one that is liable to great abuse. Car
ried to excess, it produces abnormal
wakefulness, indigestion, cldity,
heartburn, tremols, debility, irritable
ity of temper, trembling, irregular
pulse, Il kind of intox!cation ending III
delirium and great injury to the spinal
functions. Unfortunately, there are
many coffee tipplers who depend upon
it as Il dlunkard upon his dram. On
the other hand, coffee is of sovereign
efficacy in tidiny over the nervous sys-
tenn in emergencies. Coffee is also. i'll
its place, an excellent medicine. liz
typhoid fever its action is frequently
prompt and decisive. 1t is indicated
III the early stages before local com
plications arise. Coffee dispels stupol
aud lethargy, is an antidote 10. many
kinds of poison, and is valuable i'll
spasmodic asthma, whooping cough
cholera infantum, and As!atic cholera
1t is also excellent us a preventive
against infectious and epidemic dis
eases. In districts rife with malari;
and fever, the drinking of hot coffee
before passing into the open air ha'
enabled persons living i'll such places
to escape contagion.-Joarhdf Of Com
mefte.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-12-08
The Town Council.

A -
The Town Council nletlast Tuesday,
pursuant to adjournment. and elected
the following municipal officers:
John B. Taylor, clerk and assessor.
Joachim Auslet, constable, collector
and whartinger.
+. Samoan, treasurer.
Arthur Marlborough, corporation
Thibodaux SENTINEL. F. Samoan,
proprietor, public printer.
The annual salaries Of the officers
were fixed as follows:
Clerk $40, assessor $50, constable,
whartinger, market master and SAM
tary Inspector, altogether, 800; treas
nrer 1925, public printer 800, coilec-
tor of taxes and licenses, one-quarter
per cent.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-12-08
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, DR.. Kings New Life Pills, Buck
lens Arnica Salve and Electric Bit
ters, and have never handled remedies
that sell as well, OF that have given
such universal satisfaction. We do
not hesitate to guarantee them every
time, and we stand ready to refund
the purchase price, if satisfactory re-
suits do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popu-
larity purely on their merits ThibdanS
Druggists.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-12-08
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Goth Judicial District Court-Par-
isl Of Lafoutche.
SUGGESTIONS Of Drau-in Tonps and
has wite, Ealalie S%terens, both
deceased. No. 1912.
Pr0bdtes.

Whereas. Mrs Betthilde Toups, wife OF DC
fave Berneron. has fled Il final account Of her
administration OF the aforesaid estates.
Now. therefore,. all persons are hereby
warned and notified to file their opposition to
the said account with the clerk OF said court
at his office in the town of Thibodaux, ten
DAYS after the first publication hereof. other
wise the said account will be approved
and homolngated.
(, In testimony whereof. witness my
us. : hand and the impress OF my seal OF
~ office. this the Sth day of December.
u. 1883. j.. w. KNuBLOCH.
Clerk OF Court.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-12-08
Congressman Alien
SEEMS 10 BE '~'>cMETHING OF \ LIAR
HIMSELF.

IL See said Congressman. Allen, OF
Mississippi, with Il NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in as eye, that senator Hampton mas
been telling about II CROW he owns that
can talk. and Senator Vest tells OF Il
dog that can black boots and initiate
Il Methodist exlorter. Now, have a
mule on my farm III Mississippi whose
~favorite amusement is to so III swim
ming with the boys: and would you
believe it, he Il swim on his back
and dive like IL nsh. Yes, sir, he has
dive,l at least thirty feet and come up
with his head all covered with mud.
This mule can counterfeit almost
any known wind instrument. There
is Il tcrrynan who has shot at him
several times. The terryman has Il
horn on the opposite side OF the river
for travellers to blow as Il signal Wien
ever they want to cross over. The
mule caught on to the racket and
whenever he gets Il chance he goes
down to the river and brays just like a
horn Il blowin'. On foggy days the
ferryman cannot see across the river
a-d he doesn't know whether it is the
mule or Il traveller. He told me the
other day that he had pulled the boat
over sixty times last year to answer
the call of that ''blessed long-eared
mule as he termed it.
.sOn NY farm have a large bell
with Il rope attached to ring up the
hands at daybreak. An old colored
man used 10 attend to this duty, but
one day about two years ago he died.
The next morning everybody was as
. tonisled to hear the bell ringing at
!: the usual hour. | went out to see
: who was ringing it, and | hope | may
/, never get back o Mississippi if it
{ was not that mule. Yes, sir; and
that mule has been ringing that bel
: ut day break ever since. Not only
this. but he canters between the negro
quarters just us tle old man used t
do to see :hat everybody gets out OF
time. The ed nam had Il way 0
e kicking on the door of II hand VIII,
j. did hot move cut brishly !; and on
If morning the mule followed his exam
=. nln. In Il certain cabin there was
t. very lazy cnlored family that neve
u stirred until eversbadv else was on
Il at work. just at daybleak the mul
backed up to tie front door and gay
k ii kick with both feet that sent tn
Il whole family through the back win
Z, dow. The mule CID not know it, how
% ever. and kept GA kicking. The neA
t day it took four carpenters to put tn;
Ill cabin together agall. On, 1t Is IL grea
u mule. that mule OF mine."-Waslins
ton Cor. y. \. Tribune.
=, The New Iork heraM says:
=, I'VE believe that there is il Yer
earnest desire throughout this count
-, for honest elections, and il very stron
: conviction, widely prevalent, that pol
~ ties is getting more and more to he
IN matter OF money, and IL feeling that i
or IL presidential Veal, for instance, tt
will Of the people invariably gives WA
to the will Ut the politicians