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Encourage Home Industry.

Building, an architectural weekly,
published in New York, says:
"In criticism on the dispositions
shown by many people to spend their
money away from home, the Mobile
Register says: 1T is likely that many
people think that additional excellence
attaches to an article bought in a
large city, while others enjoy inform
ing their friends and acquaintance that
furniture ornaments, decorations, etc,
that they admire, have upon them the
stamp of metropolitan excellence.
They forget that the dealers in their
homes buy from large cities them
selves, and they are Indifferent to the
fact that they are depriving these
dealers of legitimate profit. They do
not get what they buy any cheaper
than if they had bought at home.
AS this is true in regard to people pur-
chasing outside their own nsighbor-
hoods, it is equally applicable to the
great numbers who spend large sums
out OF the United States. 1t has been
stated that tourists going abroad this
summer have opened credits to the
amount of 100000, 900, Il fact which
must cause a sympathy with the re-
mark Of the New Orleans Picayune,
that the sum Of the matter is that it
rests as an obligation on the people to
spend their money, as far rs it may be
properly and reasonably done, among
the people out OF whom or by whose
assistance it was made
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Life in Portugal.

In Portugal a man may look about
him and almost forget that the world
has grown older and sadder. Here he
will see the plowman and the carter
guiding oxen i'll size and shape such as
the ancient Romans bred, yoked to
such primitive plows and carts as we
still can see on Greek and Roman
coins. Their rules and methods of til
lage are the sa:..e simple and often
foolish ones as the ancients followed:
the old heather superstitions still min
gle with the new religion: the peoples
language is lil1er to the old one that
came from Rome than any still extant
the plowman and wagner and reaper,
the shepherd in his goat skin coat,
and the maiden with her distatf. might
all take their places in some such rural
procession us we see sculptured on q
Romail bas relief of the Augustan age.
The very aspects of nature, the genial
"ii. tiiI hi1tS dLu OliNC trees, the
rocks. valleys, running streams, the
songs Of birds and murmuring of bees
on thymy hills. are all such as the
sweetest of all pastoral poets used as
Accomplishments to his idyllic song of
happy rural life. From Just such
craggy mountain sides overlooking the
sea as Theocritus sang of, and beneath
just such tall stone pine as he de-
scribes, does the Portuguese shepherd
lad OF to-day rest to take his midday
meal Of bread and olives, and look
down on the creeping waves of the
blue ocean far beneath his feet; just
as in those ancient days does he bare
his sunburnt breast to the cool sea
breeze, and hears in the branches
overhead the very sweet, whisper
ing pine music that the poet heard in
Sicily twenty centuries ago.-Interior.
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Practical Suggestions.

If your husbands salary is small
don't try 20 live in the same style as
your neighbor who has twice your in
come. 1t will cost you dearly in the
end. Don't dress your children and
furnish your house the same as theirs.
They can have their sewing done and
you cannot. Don't wait until you can
get as costly books as they; a cheaper
edition will furnish just as much in
tellectual food. Be content in a cot
tage when you cannot afford man
sion. Don't send your daughter to
Vassar because they do, or that she
may associate with them as EQUALS.
while you spend the weary hours from
. a. III. to II p. m. devising the means.
DO try by all means to give her solid,
practical education first; then, if cir
cumstances permit, the ornamental af-
terward. Be systematic, but do not be
so systematic that you cannot drop
your work for a holiday OF al evening
out. Slight it if reed be, and let me
say You can slight it Systematically.
For instance, don't mind ironing those
sheets or dish towels, nor those woolen
hose. Don't scrub the kitchen floor
every day. There will be time enough
when it is soiled. Have a place for
everything, a certain day in the week
for certain work also certain por-
ton OF each day for recreation. 1t
may only be a few minutes, but it is
wonderful what you gain in that short
time.-Picnyune.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN
sfa'.e COUNCIL.
TOWN HALL

49, 1OVN ~ n ALL.
!. Thibodaux, La, July l8, 1888.
Tho Conrcil for the Town Of Thibo-
aAux met this day, in special session, At )
b'elock. 2. N. -
Present l. D. Moore, Mayor, and Trustees
q. z. Bergeron. P. +. Lorio, Z. N. Roth, aud
p.N. Wright. ,l,s r..
Absent E. G. Curtis and J. Cherault.
On motion Of Mr. Bergsron daily seconded,
ths reading of the minutes Of last session
Vas diapensei with.
iAh Hsssr the Mayer :hen explained the
Pnrpese Of the meeting and the Council pro-
beedea = business. .
,Hr,. Roth, chairman committee On Finance
P1srsd the following resolution which WAS
fesdAnd adopted: N+"' g. -
ksselsed, That the sum Of 1fty-threo a1d
y5-l00 dollars bs and the came 10 hereby ap-
bespriated to psy the fellswinx lHborers for
ms6k ending Jsly Is, viz:
| EhargesbIs ~ banqustte account:
jdwvasa Martin. un'0Ading l2.eO0 bricks 5 90
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sssa tst. 70 the banQuettos, S5I Is
Chargoabis to psiics und criminal expenses,
2. e. LOrio for boarding prisoners, 200
Yeas-Bergeron, LOrlo, Roth aud Wright.
lays--None.
The following resolution WAS offered by
Mr.. Wright aud on motion Made aAd second
ii, adopted: . j. 2z5a
Bs 1t resolved BY the Mayer and Trustees
Af tho town Of Thibedaux in special session
convened, That the additional purchase by
his Honor tho Mayor. on the Both june 1888,
of u, 900 paving bricks from y. JamisOn's
Son, Of the city Of New Orleans, at tho rate
o. >l6 per u delivared, be and the same s
hereby approved, confirmed and ratified and
made the action 0f the Council and that an
udebtedness ef one hundred and ninety-two
t4l92 o0) dollars is hereby acknowledged there
Tor in favor Of s. JsMisOn's s0n, dae and pay
ille January l. lSS9, with s per cent per AN
hum interest thereon from June 80, 1888
till paid, and for the prompt and faithful
naytuent Ot which the taith OF tho town 10
pledged, and that an attestsd copy thereof
bo delivered to 5. Jamisou's Son rs the evi-
1enos aud recognition of said debt.
/ Yeas-Ber2erOn, Lorio, Roth and Wright.
| Nays-NOue.
vi: Wright then offered the following Or
4ih,tnoe and after being read it was moved
AsA seconded that it be adopted:
~; Ordnance No. %.
Be it ordained BY the Mayor and Trustees el
! tho town Of TAibodaux, That for the o.
! u iendar year 1888 there are hereby leyied
annual taxes, amounting in the aggregate
" ton nills on the dollar Of the assessed
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Good Breeding.

After all, that sign Of superiority
which we call good breeding is inher-
ent rather than artificial. Wayward,
but sagacious Dick Steele said: II
take it for rule that the natural and
not the acquired man is the companion.
Learning, wit, gallantry and good
breeding are all but subordinate quail
ties in society, and are Of no value but
as they are snbservieut to benevolence
and tend to a certain manner of being
or appearing equal to the rest of the
company" t5
That apostle Of polite intercourse,
Lord Chesterfield, thought that mans,
own good breeding was the best secur-
ity against other peoples ill manners.
Addison, whom we call the reformer
OF English manners, declared that good
breeding always shows itself most
when to an ordinary eye it appears
the least. Quaint old Fuller's govern
ing social maxim was this: "Let thy
carriage be friendly, but not foolishly
free. An unwary -openness causeth
contempt, but little reservedness re-
spect." ......... -.s7,
'True politeness," says Goldsmith,
us everywhere the same. Ceremonies,
which take up so much of our atten.
ton, are only artificial helps which ig-
n0rance assumes in order to initiate
politeness, which is the result of GOOD
sense and good nature. A person pos
sessed Of those qualities, though he
had never seen court, is truly agreea-
BILE, and without them would continue
q clown, though he had been all his
life gentlemen usher"
''Hail, ye small courtesies of life,ne
exclaimed the author of the 'Senti-
mental Journey" for smooth do We
make the road of it, like Grace and
Beauty, which beget inclinations to
love at first sight; it's ye who open
the door to let the stranger in." .,.,s
Pride, i'll nature and want of sense,
says Swift, are the three great sources
| of ill manners. Without some of these
defects no man will behave himself ill
for want of experience, or what, in the
language Of fools, is called knowing
the world. -e,.,.. .lrs.- 4,
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valuation of all property situated within
the limits of the town Of Thibodaux, >x-
cept such as is expressly exempted frsm
taxation by the Constitution of the State.
SEQ. :. The said annual taxes are levied
for the following purposes and in the fol
lowing proportions, to.wit:
IlRsT. Seven and IA half Mills on the
dollar are levied for tho purpose Of carry
ing on and maintaining the governments
Of tho corporation and paying its current
expenses.
SECOND. I've and a half mills on the
dollar are levied for the establishment, ,
maintenance aud support OF free public
schools in town,
There beng no further business the Council
then adjourned.
l. D. MOORE. Mayor.
Ii. l.. BOVDREArY Clart
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Cardinal Lavigerie, Of Algeria, has
been preaching a crusade against the
slave trade in France and England.
He contends that the inhuman traffic
counts two millions Of victims year
and calls upon the people of Europe
to make every effort to suppress the
trade in human lives. The Cardinal
IS encouraged and sustained in this
course by the present ilIustrious, occu-
pant Of the chair of Peter.
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OUR JOB OFFICE

is unsurpassed by any newspaper
published outside of New Orleans,
and our outfit is as near complete as
that of any job Office in the State.
We propose to do job Work as
neatly, expeditiously and cheaply
~ can be done anywhere in the
South, Give us q trial.
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Mayor Hewitt, OF New York has the
prold distinction of having never suf-
fered defeat for any elective Office to
which he aspired as a candidate. He
has positively declined to be u candi
date for reelection to his present po-
sitiOn.
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1t is said that in France the beet
crop is i'll a miserable condition, at
least two thirds of the acreage being
very poor. The visible supply of the
world is $4,000 tons under that of last
year,
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3, 134 Prizes, amounting to Sl,oJ4,So0
NoTE.--lickets drawing capital prizes are
not entitled to terminal prizes f't
BFOR CLUB RATES or any further infOr-
nation desired. write legibly to the under
signed. clearly stating your residence, with
State, County. Street and Number. More
your enclosing an envelope bearing four
full address.
Send Postal Notes. Express None! Orders,
or New York Exchange in ordinary letter.
Currency by Express tat our expense) .ad-
dressed n A. D1AUPHlN,
Now Orleans. In.
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[ Louisiana STATE stssry Clmasa,

-
Incorpo,a ated by the Legislature in 1868, for
educational and charitable purposes. and its
franchise made a part Of the present State
Constitution. in 1879, by an OVERWHELMING
POPULAR VOTE. "
Its GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAW
INGS take place SemI-Annually, dune and
Deeember.l and its GRAND SINGLE NUM-
BER DRAWINGS take place ON each Of the
other ten months in the year, and are all
drawn in public, at the Academy of Music,
New Orleans, La.
"We do hereby certify that wa supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and Semi
Annual Drawings Of the Louisiana State Lot
terry Co., and in person manage and control
the Drawings themselves, and that the same
are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in
good faith toward all parties, and we author
ize the Company to use this certificate. with
facsimiles Of our signatures attached, in it,
advertisements"
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RE@<@<. e.

We. the undersigned Banks and Bankers
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
State Lotteries, which may be presented at
our counters.
B. N. WALMSLEY, Prest. La. Nat. Bank.
Z. LANAUX. Prest. State Nat. Bank.
4. BALDWIN, Prest. n. D. Nat. Bank.
CARL kOHN, Prest. Union Nat. Bank.
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ocasraaocn That the presence Of
nc w 6 Nv 0En Generals Beauroxard

KEMEMbEk + General. Beaurexard
and Early. who are in charge Of the draw
ings, is a guarantee OF absolute fairnesASnd
integrity. that the chances are oil equal, and
that no one can possibly divine what number
will draw q prize. = =
REMEMBER, also. that tla payment Of
prizes is GUARANTEED BY FOUR Ma
TIONAL BANKS "f New Orleans, snds-tho
Tickets are signed by the President Of aa:In-
stitution whose chartered rights arc rea0g-
Diz.d in the highest Courts; therefore, BE-
ware Of I'll limitations and synonymous
schemes. ..sf -
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Man. is largely "physicnal, and
would be more so if fdoctors had their
say. .. et---, tsr aaT
o.s.. osA.. 5r 4ts s,-...s.sI 3.t: ID es
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Address Registered Letters to
NeV Orleans National Bank,
NEW ORLEANS, La.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OFFICERS.

STATE OFFICERS.
covernor: F.. T. Nichols, of Orleans.
T;eut. Gov :. James Jeffries of Rapides. |
sac. of State, . l.. F. Mason, of Concordia.
And. Pub. Acct's...O. B. Steele Of Union.
State Treasurer, W. C. Pipes of E. Feliciana
Attorney General, w. H. Rogers of Orleans.
gupt. of Pub. Ed. ..J. A. Breaux of Iberia.
US. SENATORS.
Jas D. Eustis. ........ ..of Orleans.
r. l. Gibson, ,................Of orleans.
JUDGES SUPREME Court.
Chief Justice: Edw. Bermudez, of Orleans.
Associate - F.P. POche, of St. James.
C. E. Fenner, of Orleans.
1" S. ID. McEnery, of Ouachita
LIB. Watkins, Red River.
CIRCUIT Court OF APPEALS, Fifth Circuit.
z. T. Beauregard-.. ......of st. Bernard.
II. D. Smith .............-..-.o OF St. Mary.
CONGRESSMAN, 3rd. Congressional Dist
Ell. Cav of Iberville.
DIST. JUDGES, Goth. Jud. Dist.
Taylor Reattie. ..........Walter Gulon.
Dist. Attorney. P. Caillouet.
PAEI>H OFFICERS.
Representatives :...... .L6onidas Trosclair.
&" ~. Telemaque Badeaux.
Coroner. ...... DIR. John Gazzo.
Clerk of Court. W. Knobloch
Sheriff OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. P. f. LOriO
PRINTER aud Treasurer. F. Samoan
Returning Officer ..........W w. e. Ragan,
POLICE JURORS.
President, S. I. Grsamore :Jno. S. Seely,
L.F. Gaude, A. J: Claudet, j. B. BOur-
geols, Frank Christian, 0. Lepine, Hamil-
ton Ayo, Louis Lerille, Frank PARA.
Clerk Police Jury, H. N. Coulon,
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
Dist. No. 1.-E. Z. Morvant, j. E. Coulon
and j. B. S. Mire,
Dist. No. John McCullah, J. c. Braud
and o. Naquin-
Dist. No. 3.-S. Folse, J. Guedry and Wal
ace Lefort.
Dist. No. &C. A. Claudet. o. Toups and
F.P. PARA. -8
Dist. No. 81. A. Trosclair. D. Caucienne
and S. Morvant.
Dist. No, CT. Prestenbach, P. Toups and
o. Lepine.
Dist. No. &c. S. Mathews, R. Foret and
q. Ayo.
Dist. No. SIS. Bourg, j. Foret ami J. I.
Badeaux.
Dist. No. e.-Paul Lefort, VALERIE Guedry
and Est Savoic f.E
Dist. No. lo.-Lubin Bergeron, Leufroy
Daigle and o. Thibodaux. :,
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Maysr, I. D. Moore, Councilmen, P. E.
Lorio, T. P. Bergeron, Ed. Curtis, James
Wright, Z. n. Roth, James Cherault
Treasurer. ...............' ..'r' Oanoan'
Town Marshal. ...-...... ID. Auseiet'
Clerk Henry L. Boudreaux.
Post Master. er...........-..-.R. X. 4. McBrlde.
DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL Bo.RD.
8. T. Grisamore. president: Thos. A.
0edeau, superintendent; w. H. Ragan.
,JL. Aucoin, E. G. Curtis, J. NJ. Howell
Al, Braud, Henry Riviere, Ernest Roger.
D1REcroIs OF THIBoDAUx BRIDGE Co.
d. Moore, president; H. w. Tabor,
treasurer Z. G. Curtis, secretary; r. +.
Lorio Andrew Price. .-....--..-
Posr OFFICES IN THE PARISH.
Gheens,-; Guedry --Cetini; La
fourche Crossing,@; Lockport. Gus.
tave Abribat, Jr.: Malagay, G. 0. Nicolas
Orange City; Pugh, A. Angeles
<Raceland, Amadeo Lejeune; Thibodaux'
3. r Mcbride.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
THIBODAUX BRANCH.
Western mail leaves s..-.........-l2:!op. p. M.
arrives ...........-. oN p. III
New. Orleans mail leaves ....--..-. S:lo M
d" arrives l'3o p III
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Posr OFFICES IN THE PARISH.
Gheens,-; Guedry --Cetini; La
fourche Crossing,-; Lockport. Gus.
tave Abribat, Jr.; Malagay, G. 0. Nicolas
Orange City,; Pugh, A. Angeles; !;
I Raceland, Amadeo Lejeune; Thibodaux'
B. r Mcbride. =
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DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL Bo'RD.
8. T. Grisamore. president: Thos. A.
Badeau, superintendent; w. H. Raglan.
i'll. Aucoin, E. G. Curtis, J. NJ. Howell
A. ], Braud, Henry Riviere, Ernest Roger.
DIRECTIONS OF THIBoDAUx BRIDGE Co.
l. D. Moore, president; H. w. Tabor,
treasurer: T. G.. Curtis, secretary; +. +.
Lorio. Andrew Price. -.
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President, S. I. Grisamore :Jno. s. Seely,
L. F. Gaude, A. j: Claudet, j. B. BOur-
geols, Frank Christian. o. Lepine, Hamil-
ton Ayo, Louis Lerille, Frank PARA.
Clerk Police Jury, H. N. Coulon,
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Il. L. BoUDREAUx, Clerb.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-01-17
BEevitios.
the cheapest has house I'm the city
BrOs.' AOA mark es m6roe1

The cheapest has house I'm the city
RumfoFd BFOs.' AOA Market street.
Try Bush's coal you will like 1t.
Braxilian Balm cures . cold; 20 doses, loo.
Go to Murphey's for your bed springs.
Buy yonr furniture at Aurphey's.
Try Bush's coal you will surely like Il.
Aillard Y. Davis, Jeweler, 0 Il. Second st.
Fine IL X. Rings, At HAnrs, Is E. Fourth.
y. Roop Smith, druggist, bth and King.
American Laundry, eo2 West Frent street.
First class furniture At hurphey's, 3Os Ship
ley street.
t2sO cash viii buy . brick house. Apply
70 doald 10.
Tho best cough candy at No. 4 W. SeoOnd
street
go to Geo. Il. Murphey,s for your pArio OF
ley street.
90 to II. II. Hoore's stalls, n and "a ! econd
street market, for your your tchsice crsA merry
fresh butter also the best cream ehee Sc at
market price.
J.O. Bryant, No. Il East Seventh street,
IL taking orders for the revised and latest
edi sion OF samantha at Saratoga. Prloe re-
ducod 70 sl.Tb. Agents wanted.
II you want your Heaters and Range over
hauled and putin good order for the winter
els Etoye and Heater Company. BY tele.
dod TO
Save money and 20 10 the closing out sa 10
OF SO 600 worth Of boots and fhoes Of all d Q.
BeriptionA, that will be sol1 at Is per cent.
below usual low prices TO make room for
spring goods. ohalfAnt's Uhoap Shoe store,
ali King street.
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The Aosdsmy of Music was Grow ded
last night at the first performance of
tho Sal Francisco Minntrels. The ap.
piauss wAS liberal and hearty. Tue
company 10 an unususlly strong one,
and IL certainly better In every respect
than many that havs played here to
high prices. The number Of chestnuis
cracked Is small, while the musical
sbill'y displayed is particularly hne.
"OAl!sd Away" by j. + Davis, was
excel eaily rendered, and Bring Back
the Old Smile" BY j. NJ Wood, re-
ee!ved double encore. One OF the
most erjByable psrts OF the program
was ,ho song, "Roeked in the Cradle
Of ths Desp," by J. j Dougherty. The
ecoen:ricltits OF Dave, Foy, Harrington
and johnson aud Frank Motan's leo.
ture on truth" were loudly Applauded. .
The dancing OF Prickszt and Mayon,
and the JUGGLING act OF KInlg 0rdsy
we're muca admired The usual matt srs
will be given, and all lovers ot clean
minstrelsy should attend. Latter part
of We n 1.-The Magic Talisman."
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says He Kil,ed sharpless.

Yesterday the following mysterious
letter was received by the West Chester
LscAl News. The envelope bore the
postFnark Of West Chester:
To the Local News: Please pub, ish
this In your paper. 1t is only about three
weeks until Jonnson will be hung for
The murder of John Sharpless and i
want TO say that he did not kill him, 1
did 1t myself. am o wicked mau but
not bad enuff to have another man hung
for what did. haven't got the heart
to give myself mp, but am rite here in
confess everything, am sorry did it,
but wanted money and could not get
1t. Please send this to the Delaware
County Authorities 80 they will find out
IN time that johnson Is not the man
hoping you will tend 10 this am yours,
VERY SAD MAN, p.