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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-11-24
The Growth Of the Quilt.

The lads's sewing society quilt i'll
eighteen hundred began To be built ):
and the, said they thought the quilt
would be done sometime in eighteen
hundred and one and then they said
it would surely be through in the
spring of eighteen hundred and two.
But the wears passed on and the
boys grew men, and the girls grew wo-
men in eighteen ten, but their imme-
mortal crazy quilt just had a part OF
one corner built. For the years grew
old and men decay. but IL crazy quilt
lives forever aud aye.
All. VICE. sad woe to the neekties OF
me that were stolen by night for the
crazy quilt then; for the guide wives
came down like il wolf on the fold and
stole all the ueckties their dear arms
: could hold. and the ribbons that tied
the little girls hair and the big boys
>,i>peudrrs his father couldn't wear.
and dear .Iandmother's dress that her
grandmother built and Aunt Nancy's
'kerclicf Went into the quilt: and in
eighteen hundred and ..%thirty-two the
quilt they said was 4 quarter through.
But men grew old and children gray
us the years crept on from day to day.
and aunts and grandmOthers passed
away, but the quilt lived IN forever
And husbands and fathers shook their
heads and sighed, calais! we shall soOn
be dead, our lives will be finished
soon,' they said, ''but the quilt will he
finished never!n And son and grand
son passed away, were born and grew
! and had their day then, dust to dust
and clay to clay were placed in their
tombs forever. But the quilt grew on
from year to year, Il little there anG a
little here, it grows but will never be
finished, l fear; it will never be finish
ed, never.
Now in eighteen hundred and eighty
seven, the souls who started it all are
in heaven: and there from the parapets
above they drop their tears of burning
love on their great granddaughters
here below, who worked as they did
long ago. who still toll on in this world
of guilt OH the work of the endless
crazy quilt = Yankee Blade.
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Krupp's Gun Works.

The steel casting works OF krupp
cover an area of about 1000 acres OF
land, in which 11,211 men are employ
ed in the production Of steel, and also
in the manufacture of countless differ
ent articles, such as axles, wheels, etc,
for locomotives and railroad carriages;
rails, switches and sleepers for rail
ways, tramways and mining railways;
springs-spiral and leaf-tor locomo-
tives and carriages; parts OF all kinds
of machinery used for any purpose;
bridge material and rolls, material for
large pumps as used in mines. all re-
quisite steel and iron materials for the
building of ships of all sizes, for war
and commercial purposes cannons OF
every calibre-the production of them
already having exceeded 2O,0OO-and
last, gun carriages, artillery wagons
and shots.
The gross production of iron and
steel averages $4,000 tons per annum.
For accommodation of traffic and
shipping in the establishment are used
twenty eight locomotives with 1913
freight carriages. About forty-five
miles of narrow and broad guage rail-
road line is laid through the establish
ment. One chemical laboratory, one
Photographic and photographic studio,
one printing Office and a bookbinaing
establishment are at work for the sole
use of the firm. Telegraph and tele-
phone communication goes all over the
factory, and an engine company with
sixty-eight tiremen and thirty-eight
fire alarms is also here for the benefit
of the establishment.
This is the gigantic workshop to
which You can see a regular stream OF
human beings rnn in the morning.
| The entire establishment is surrounded
by a high wall or fence. There are
only certain gates where the workmen
| are allowed to entcr.-Cor. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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SATURDAY, NOV. "a, 1855:
The Corn.

While Walter goes to plant his corn,
Says Nina to the fair May mora:
GLOW tall and strong and blitheis he.
O may the fertile grains of gold
Yield him twice Il hundredfe1d,
For he is all the world to rue"
The morning breeze is fresh and strong;
The corn bird sings bis planting song;
The robin answers from the hill;
But not Il note does Nina hear
OF all the music far and near,
Save Walters whistle, sweet and
shrill.
His prairie farm is new and wide,
But he has naught On earth beside,
And in a tiny hut he dwells
And so, except in smiles and signs,
And gentle deeds and wistful eyes,
His love for her he never tells.
But if the year should go Alright,
Nor drought nor hail the corn should
blight,
What happy wonders then might be!
So saith the maid: go grains of gold,
Yield him twice Il hundredfOld,
For he is all the world to me"
While Walter goes to husk his corn
He smiles upon the frosty morn,
For Nina, smiling, sits beside.
Since first the stalks in summer spread
Their rank green blades above her head
He claims Il precious promised bride.
The spot is chosen where shall stand
The cottage, oft and gravely planned
In summer moons and Sabbath ewes.
And trees are named to shade the day,
And charm the twilight hours away
With mystic murmurs OF their leaves.
"Dear girl" he says. ''hefOre we knew
What hail or drought or frost might do,
Our happy goal seemed far away;
But now. so best our fields have been
That when the last great load comes In.
Oh, then should be our wedding day"
And Nina answers soft and low:
She husks with him the first long row.
The sweet, >erc blades above her
head;
And if he stops her here and there.
The corn itself gives license fair,
For more than once the ear is red.
-Eudoru :. BHmSfedd. IN Hmper>
Weekly.
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l.. A. ID. E.

The attention of the public is called
to our advertising columns, where will
be found among Il new ads. "La-
garde's Anti Dyspeptic Elixir an ex-
%cellent remedy for dyspepsia and all
disorders of the stomach. Suffcre S
from such disorders will consult their
own good by giving it a trial.
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Wanted the Postmaster.

"Whcre's the postmaster! ? demand
ed q large, bony woman, with Il fr,ck-
led face, who presented herself at II
of the delivery windows in the post
Office the other day.
"What is it YOU wish. madam" in
quired the clerk.
care YOU the p"stmaster!"
mo, ma am, but"
Thought you didn't look old enough.
It's the postmaster ] want. young man.
VIII you 90 and tell linn I'll like t"
see him."
''He is busy now. hu, if You will
state your business perhaps ! can at
tend to it. You are keeping other
people wait
.'Younw man. I've walked eleven
blocks To get here. and !. pay as much
to support this po>t-oi1ice rs amy wo-
man Of my means in the city. I'm
going to get what | came for. or III
raise the biggest row you I'VE saw.
You're II listening to me, are YOU,
young man."
IL am, madam. Will you please
tell me what you wish ?"
~ want to get Il letter | mailed this
morning to Mrs. Edward Felix Win
terbottom, Newburyport, Essex coun-
ty. Mass. She's my cousin"
"What do you want it for I"
81 want to write iii haste Oh the
back of it. | forgot to write it when
/ dropped it in, and the letters impor-
tant."
II can't do such a thing as that for
you, ma'am. Besides. it isn't necessa-
ry."
at amt, hey! Perhaps you know
more about writing letters than l do.
Perhaps you're So years old and have
carried on a correspondence with
trieuds in the East for thirty-seven
years, young You long-legged,
tallow-haired dude, if you don't GO
and fetch the postmaster-"
But the post-office policeman gently
led her from the building.-Chicugo
Tribune.
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Failing Health.

Ten wears ago my health began to fail.
I was troubled with a distressing Cough,
Night Sweats, Weakness, and Nervous
ness. l tried various remedies prescribed
by different physicians, but became so
weak that l could not 20 up stairs with
out stopping to rest. My friends recon-
mended me to try Ayers Sarsaparilla.
which I did, and l Inn now as healthy and
strong as ever.-Mrs. L. l.. Williams,
Alexandria, MINI.
I have used Ayers Sarsaparilla, in my
family, for Scrofula, and know, il it is
taken faithfully, that it will thoroughly
eradicate this terrible disease. / have also
prescribed it as a tonic, as well as an alter
alive, and must say that l honestly believe
It to be the best blood medicine ever
compounded. w. F. Fowler, D. D. S.,
NJ. D., Greenyille, Tenn.
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job Work done neatly, scientifi-
cally, speedily and cheaply, by the
SENTINEL job printing Office, Main
street, between St. Philip and St.
Louis streets.
...a.nAe
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OF failing health, whether In the form OF
Night Sweats and Nervousness, or in .
sense Of General WEAKNESS and Loss Of
Appetite, should suggest the use Of Ayers
S~arsaparilla. This preparation is most
effective for giving tone and strength
to the enfecbled system, promoting the
digestion and assimilation of food, restor-
ing the nervous forces to their normal
condition, and for purifying, e%nriching,
and vitalizing the blood.
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An Evidence of Insanity: "Mr.
YOder, your daughter Irene has given
me her permission to ask of you her
hand in marriage but before | ask for
your formal consent you will pardon
me if l make the inquiry, as it is II
matter of lifelong consequence to me,
whether or not there have ever been
any indications of insanity, so far as
you know. i'll your family I"
"You say Irene has accepted you,
Mr.. Hankinsonv
81 am happy to say that she has,"
sssThen, SIR said the old man, shak-
ing his head dejectedly, sit is my duty
rs her father, to tell you that | think
Irene is showing decided indications of
insanityr-Chicago Tribune.
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Dyspepsia Cured.

It would be impossible for me to de-
scribe what 1 suffered from Indigestion
and Headache up to the time l began
taking Ayers ~Sarsaparilla. l was under
the care of various physicians md tried
a great many kinds Of medicines. but
never obtained more than temporary re-
lief. After taking Ayers S~ar>apariIla for
a short time, my headache disappeared,
and my stomach performed its duties more
perfectly. To-day my health is COM
pletely restored. Mary Harley, Spring.
feld, Mass.
I have been greatly benefited by the
prompt use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1t
tones and invigorates the system. regulates
the action of the digestive and assimilative
organs. and v~italizes the blood. 1t is.
without doubt. the most reliable blood
purifier vet discovered. III. d. johnson,
3S3 Atlantic ave., Brooklyn, n. y.
Ayers %Sarsaparila,
Prepared by DIR. j. c. Aver & Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles. S..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-03
$500 Reward!

We will pay the above reward for any case of
liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick headache, indiges-
ton, constipation or costiveness we cannot cure
lions are strictly complied with. They are purely
vegetable, and never fail to give satisfaction. Large
boxes containing 80 sugar coated pills, 25c. For
sale by all druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured only by
JOHN c.. WEST & CO., S62 W.. Madison Street,
Chicago, Ill.
worlds Best. Vests Liver Pills, a sure cure for
liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick headache, and indi-
gestion. 80 pills Csc. Sold by Jas. &
Co., Druggists, Raleigh, n. G.. ma11y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-03

DIR. E. c. Vests Nerve and Brain Treatment, a
guaranteed specific for Hvsteria, Dizziness, Convul-
siOns, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous
Prostitution caused by the use of alcohol or tobacco,
Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening of the
Brain resulting in insanity and leading to misery,
Loss of power in either sex, Involuntary Losses and
Spermattorrhea caused by over-exertion of the
brain, self-abuse or over-indulgence. Each box
contains one months treatment. 81 a box, or six
boxes for S., sent by mail prepaid on receipt of
price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by us
for six boxes, accompanied with S., we will send
the purchaser our written guarantee to refund the
money if the treatment does not effect a cure.
Guarantees issued only by James s.
Co., Druggists, Sole Agents, 1873 Fayetteville St.,
Raleigh, n. c. ma11y.
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British Naval Forces in the Pacific.

British Naval Forces i'm the Pacific
The completion of the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway has enabled a great saw
ing to be made in the administration of
the Pacific division of the Royal Navy,
and has rendered it possible to
strengthen the squadron without incur
ring large expense. The dockyard and
depot of Esquimault is situated on the
island of Vancouver, at the terminus
of the railway, and has hitherto been
maintained more as depot for stores
than for repairing ships, because of the
distance from England and the cost of
maintaining a large staff with the neces-
sary appliances. The railway company,
however, is willing and able to convey
stores, machinery, and whole ships
crews at very low rates from the Atlantic
to the Pacific seaboard, and therefore
the Admiralty has decided to commits
sion and repair ships at Esquimault on
even a larger scale than is already done
at Malta and Hongkong. At present
ship that has spent her three years on
the station must be brought to England
for repair, her place being taken by an
other vessel and crew. In order to
maintain the squadron there is there
fore for each ship the additional cost of
voyage to England and back every
three years. By the extension of EsQui-
mault dockyard and the use of the rail
way the saving in this matter alone will
amount to some 100000 per annum.
There is, however, further and greater
advantage in that, when vessels are
commissioned and paid off at Esqui-
mault, it will be possible to establish
reserve of vessels there which would be
capable of being made ready for service
on an emergency, and could be pro-
vided with crews from England. The
creation of this reserve would not be at
tended with large expense, and would
be an important factor in any future
calculation of British naval forces in the
Pacifc.-[LondonH Home News.
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site | u 1t, with a ram bow, and measures
100 feet in length, 81 feet 4 inches in
breadth, and Is feet inches in depth.
Her displacement is $40 tons. The
armament of the Egeria consists of four
breech-loading Armstrong guns and two
GARDENERS. The big guns are each 20
Founders. They are broadside mounted
and are kept in excellent order. The
ship carries the usual supply of small
arms, and her equipment in other re-
spects is on a most liberal scale. The
Egeria has a compliment of 12O officers
and men. The officers names are =:
Captain, Pelham Aldrich; Lieutenants,
C. ]. Baker, T. H. Heming, Gerald, G.
A. Maresceaux, Wyndham Richardson,
c. E. Munro; Staff Surgeon, F. Dunlop;
Paymaster, d. ]. Thomson; Engineer,
J. w. Bennington Boatswain, F. q.
Grant.
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The Safety of Chinese.

One of the Chinese Viceroys calls at
tention to the necessity of the home
Government providing for the safety of
Chinese subjects who seek homes in
foreign countries. He warns the Gov
eminent that if these coolies are driven
back home the seacoast will be crowded
with a surplus population of several
millions. At the present rate the anti
Chinese sentiment, which has spread
from this country to Australia, and to
most of the countries in the Straits set
Elements, will become general, as no
community can see without alarm the
rapid absorption of trade by the coolie
wherever he may settle. Even the
South Sea Islands, which have always
been regarded as free field for coloniz-
ing, are beginning to draw the line at
the Chinese.-[S. F. Chronicle.
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II II E
THE SMALL BOY AND THE MANGO.

Whilst we have no desire to diminish
the pleasure experienced by the aver
age mall boy of Honolulu in converting
to MS own use mangoes from trees
which as a rule do not belong to him,
We b we a right to demand that he shall
not Use means to procure them which
enGs hger the safety of passers by. The
denuding of the trees of their produce is
a matter which concerns the owners and
no one else, but this is generally done
by throwing stones up into the branches
with but a very slight regard as to
where they may fall. Fifty or a hun
dred of these stones may drop into the
road and the next on to some ones
head, but that is not taken into consid-
Grafton. Now that the mango season is
in it would be we'll if the police were to
exercise more vigilance, especially in
the central portions of the city.
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Central Union Church-Rev. E. G.
Beckwith, D. D., pastor. Services at II
a. IN. and 7 80 o'clock p. IN. Sunday
school at 9 As a. m.
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H. M. s. EGERIA.
The Proposed Pacific Cable Route
10 Vancouver.
Sydney Telegraph, April 18th. !

loyuH0y 1eIeSrapnJ april
H. M. S. Egeria, which has been COM
missioned by the Admiralty to make a
survey of the proposed Pacific cable
route, arrived in Port Jackson yesterday
from Hobart and moored in Woolloomoo-
loo Bay. The Egeria is one of the largest
surveying ships in the service, and her
selection for such an important work is
looked upon with great satisfaction, the
vessel being specially suited for the
heavy wear and tear which is likely to
result in the performance of the survey.
Her track, as far as is at present known,
is from Sydney to New Zealand, proba-
bly, Auckland, thence to Tonga and the
Sandwich Islands and on to Vancouver.
A belt OF two hundred miles wide will be
examined and the various reported dan
gers investigated, and those found to
have no existence erased from the Adj
miralty charts. The work will occupy
three years and will include complete
examination of the har6or of Tonga,
where the British Government propose
to establish a coaling station.
The Egeria will undergo a complete
overhaul and reft during her stay here.
and will most likely leave on her i'm
portant mission early next month.
The ship, it might be mentioned, is on
her first visit to these waters. She was
built at Pembroke in 1873, and since
then has Go lie good service. Her pres
ent commission dates as far back as 1886.
and the principal part of her time has
been ia Ken up with surveys and marine
sounding. She received orders to pro-
coed to Australia at Colombo, and left
there on September 9TH A call was
made at Singapore and Batavia, and
then the vessel proceeded to Christmas
Island, situated about 300 miles south of
the Straits of Sunda. At the island
collection of the fora and fauna was OBJ
tanned and sent to England, the vessel
spending ten days there. She after
wards made for Mauritius, calling at the
Keeling Islands en- route and obtaining
deep Sea sOundings at distances of 200
miles apart. The greatest depth recorded
was 5000 fathOms. From Mauritius the
Egeria made tor Albany and thence for
Hobart. Soundings were taken all the
way from Nautilus, the greatest being
1908 fathoms, obtained between Albany
and Tasmania. The Egeria made
lengthy stay at Hobart, and both officers
and men speak highly of the hospitality
shown them by the inhabitants start
was made for Sydney on the I'd instant,
and after fine weather passage she
reached the harbor at 3 rs p. m. yester-
day.
Externally the Egeria greatly resem-
bles the Miranda, which did excellent
service on this station. She is compo-
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES, ETC.

The services at st. Andrews Cathedral
tomorrow will be: Holy Communion,
$50 o'clock a. NJ. Mathis with
sermon, at $50 o'clock a. M
Hawaiian evensong at 3 80 p. m.
Evensong, with sermon, at p. m.
Seats are unappropriated.
Second Congregation: Rev. George
Wallace, pastor. Morning prayer
with sermon at IL 10 a. m. Even
ing prayer, with sermon, at 7:3O
p. m. Sunday-school meets at 10 a. IN.
Seats free at all services.
Chinese Congregation, Rev. H. H.
Gowen in charge. Morning prayer, with
sermon, at II is a. N. Sunday-schOol
at 10 a. m. Evening prayer, with ser
mon, at z 80 p. IN.
Central Union Church-Rev. E. G.
Beckwith, D. D., pastor. Services at II
a. IN. and 7 80 o'clock p. IN. Sunday
school at As q. m.
Roman Catholic Cathedral.-6 and 7
a. M, low mass with Holy Communion;
10 a. M, high mass, with sermon either
in Hawaiian, Portuguese or English,
alternating according to the three prin-
cipal different nationalities of the church;
2 p. M, rosary and catechism 4 80 p.
M, instruction and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
Kaumakapili Church.-Rev. J. Waia-
mau, pastor. Sunday-school at 80 a.
m. Preaching at 10 80 a. m
Kawaiahao Church-Rev. H. H.
Parker, pastor, Sunday -schooI at 10 a.
m. Preaching at II a. m.
Y. NJ. G. A.-Gospel Praise Service at
6 80 p. m.
Chinese Church. street, near cor
ner Beretania. Chinese Sunday-school,
9 80 a. IN. Chinese and English Sun
day-school, 2 80 p. m. Preaching at IL
a. M. and 7;3O p. m. Bible class in
Chinese Y. NJ. @. A. Hall, 6 80 %. m.
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KawaiahaO Church.-Rev H. H.
Parker, pastor. SundayschooI at 10 a.
m. Preaching at IL a. m.
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Y. NJ. G. A.-Gospel Praise Service al
80 p. m.
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Kaumakapili Church.-Rev. J. Waia-
mau, pastor. Sunday-school at 80 a.
m. Preaching at 10 80 a. m.