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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
The Magic Of Words.

He was handsome man, as men 90
"a giant in frame and as straight as
an Indian, but slightly disfgured by a
prominent-f0reground that suggested
high living: His hat was of the shini-
est silk, his clothing fashionable and
elegant, and his umbrella gold han
died, while a. blazing brilliant nestled
in the knot Of his, four r-ih+hand' tie.
With firm tread and naughty car,
rage he issued from the Twenty fourth,
street entrance to the Hoffman House
the other, evening and halted for a,
moment on the granite steps,. As he.
was about to move away a,small with
cred hand and bony wrist were thrust
before him in mute appeal for assis-
tance. Tho. hand belbnged to. a. ,wo-
man, or-ratfer the wreck of what had
once been a woman. She was, bent
and aged; .haggard and' thin,. and her.
nakedness was barely hidden beneath
her tattered garments. Her gray,
struggling hair hung loosely abouther
scrawny neck, for she had not even a
raggedi hat. The bones of hen. face
showed: painfully through. the. tightly
drawn, skin, and her eyes, faded and
lustreless, were sunken deeply in their
sockets. The pictnra of misery touch
cd not the heart OF sympathies of the
man. Of wealth.. Raising, his umbrella.
with a threatening, gesture,, he. ex-
clajmed:::
"Be. of, beggar;, I've nothing for
you.. You ought to be at work. earn
ing an: honest living, instead. of hang.
ing around. here. importuning. every-
body you meet for money. Be off, or.
I'll turn you over to an officer"
|, These words>were magical in their.
leftect. The poor. shattered. form. Of
the suppliant woman Strengthened up,
to its full height, the lustreless eyes
|sgleamed. brightly once. more with the.
light Of an unutterable. scorn, but the.
thin lips qpivered with. the pain that
the cruel words had inflicted. There
was no need'for more.. Her. very atti-
tude, the expression upon her. face
should have been rebnke enough, but
she finally; broke forth into. burning,
passionate speech, and. this, is what
she said.::
"Git out, yez dirty blaygard. Spake
anither word to me an Oil kick the.
red nose of. yez face !n-N. Y. Times.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
The. Worlds. Oldest Reee. Bnsh,

The Oldest rose bush in. the world
L. at Hildersheim. It WAS planted
moro than 1000 years ago. by CHARLIE
'magne in commemoration of a visit
made him. by the ambassador. Of the
'Caliph Heroun-al- -Raschid,. of"Arab->
ian Nights" fame. A few years AFTER
ward when, Louis the Pious,. the. son
of Charlemsgne, was hunting in the
ineighhOrhDOd, mass, was said in the
open air. On returning to his home,
the officiating priest found that the
holy image was missing Returning
to the spot where mass had been said,
he discovered the missing image in the
branches Of q wild rose tree. As it
miraculously evaded his gasp he went
back to Louis and his ssite and told
them of tbs. wonder. They all rushed
to- the. spot and fell On their knees be-
fore the miraculous hash. A cathedral
was hsailt above it, itA roots being in
closed in sort Of coffin shaped vault,
under the middle altar of the crypt.
This crypt was built in the year S1S,
and with the rose tree it survived a
fire which destroyed all the rest of the
cathedral in LAG. The roots are over
1000 years old. The rose plant was,
when described few years ago. still
living and blooming profusely, and
was twenty-six feet high, covering
thirty-two feet of wall, though the
stem was only two inches in diameter.
Sophie B. Herrick IN The Cosmopoli-
tan.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
Ordinance Ne. ~.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and Trustees of
the town Of Thbodaax, That for the Ca
iendar year 1888 thsre are hereby leved
annual taxes. anOa.ting in the aggregate
to ten mills on the dollar Of the assessed
valuation of all praperty situated within
the limits of the town Of Thibo.&sux. ex.
cept such rs is expressly exempted from
taxation by the constitution Of the State.
Sec. 2. The said annual taxes are levied
for the following purposes and in the fol-
/. lowing proportions, to wit:
FIRST. Seven and a half mills on the
dollar arc levied for the purpose Of carry
ing on ana maintaining he government
of the corporation and paying its current
expenses.
SECOND. Two and bali mills on the
dollar are levied for the establishment t,
maintenance and Support ot free public
schools in town.
Approved July lS, 1888.
I: D. MOORE, Mayor.
Fl. L. BOUDREAUx, ClerF.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
The Political Prospect.

There are certain influences likely
to have such an effect upon the coming
election as to somewhat puzzle the
quid nuncs. There is the prohibition
vote, the labor vote, ETC., to say moth
ing Of the detection in the Irish vote
in New York, upon which the Repub-
licans profess to place great faith and
base sanguine hopes of success.
But despite these causes there is a
very bright outlook for the Democratic
party. 1t carried these United States
In the presidential election of 1884, and
it may interest those who care about
such things to reflect for a moment
that many elements of strength have
been added to the party since and
many elements ofweakness taken from
it. Then there was wild shrek of
''free trade" uplifted against them all
over the land. Now there ia the same
shrek from the. Republican orators,
but it avails nothing, for the Mills bill
has shown the legitimacy of the re-
venue reform which they seek, and
the leaven of tariff education hes
worked among, the people until tho
popular mind has risen to . full appre-
citation of the merits of the great issue.
Then the frantic cries of commercial
ruin, " financial disaster" were heard
from Dan unto Beersheba, meaning
chat these would inevitably befall the
land should the Democrats come into
power. Now we have record of
nearly four years of clean, sound, safe,
conservative government, with the
most intelligent treasury management
that the country has known. since the
war. Then exhaustless epithets of
Confederate brigadiers," and "Sold
South were dung at the Democratic
cause, and the air was full. Of accusa
tions that Democratic administra-
ton would pay the rebel. debt, pension
the rebel soldiers, pack the Supreme
Court, overthrow the constitutional
amendments and re-enslaye tho color
ed people. Now the bloody shirt ia
seldom waved and serves to. increase
the Democratic vote wore foolishly re-
surrscted. Then the. Democratic party
WAS out in the cold, undisciplined, up-
uniformed aud unfnrnished with. the
sinsws of war, marching. against in
trenchments oHacered. by 100, ,00O,well
equipped ofiice-holders. Now the
democratic party holds the fort itself
and proposes to continue holding it,
EShreveport 1smes.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08

The President's message is striking
illustration ofhis happy faculty of dor>
ing the right thing at the right time
and in the right way.-New. Fork TSn,ea,
Ind.
Patriotic Americans willlexpect Con-
gross to forget party lines and prompt
" respond to the call Of the. Presil1ent
for full powers to bring Canada to q
short and sharp reekoning.-RDston
Globe, Dem.
The rejection of the. fisheries treaty
yesterday by the United States Senate,
foreshadowed by cancus actisa. long
ago., i humiliatspg evidence Of the
extent to which. men in the highest
plaeos may be controlled by partisan
bias.-PhiladePaio Ledger. Rap.
The best evidence of the correctness
Of the fishery treaty is in the fact that
the extreme, people of both Canada
and the United States dsaOunced it a.
I a surrender, while considerate people
on both sides approved it. It's lejec-
ton is simply political jingoisn run
mad. d.-Philodelphis 1anes, Ind.
The Republican spider, thinking il
had a Democratic fly in sight, coyly
sang it's invitation to "cOme into my
parlor." When the fly accepted the
invitation, by sending to Congress thai
retaliation message, the Republican
spider glared ut him in astonishment
for a moment, cried with a shrek
"Great Scett! 1t isn't fly; It's a hor
net! and the panic began. Tho Re-
publicans are in a bad predicament
They have played for high stakes;
return to power at any cost-hav'
done their best to get the administra
tion into corner, but find themselve
in the corner instead, and will b
mighty lucky if they get out Of it,
Nec York Herald, Ind.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
OUR JOB OFFICE

is unsurpassed by any newspaper
published outsids of New Orleans,
and our outfit is a. near complete as
that of any Job Office in the State.
We propose to do Job Work as
neatly, expeditiousIy and cheaply
as can be done anywhere in the
South. Give 10 Q trial. ..t Il.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
Address Registered Letters 10
Neav Orleans National Bank.
New ORLEANS, La

oeancasoco That tho presence of
kkMkM6Ek General. Beauregard
and Early. who ure in charge of tho draw
ings, is a guarantee of absolute fairness and
integrity. that the chances are all equal, and
that no one can possibly divine what number
will draw prize.
REMEMBER, also. that the payment of
prizes is GUARANTEED BY -FOUR Ma
TIONAL BANKS If New Orleans, and the
Tickets are signed by tho President Of Al In
stitution whose chartered rights are reoog-
nized in tho highest Courts; therefore, be.
ware of all limitations and anonymous
schemes.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08

Advice to Bowlegged Man: A
correspondent asks: "What should a
bowlegged man do p Well, if he can't
get any other employment, he might
hire out as a paper hoop frame fol
some circus company.-Tonkers States.
nan.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08

Of Course A Boston editor says :
''Man was born tired" We have no.
ticed that man, when he is born, is too
tired to either stand or sit up.-Norris-
town Herald.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08

Hearing Before Deciding: Would
be Funny Man-Say, professor, which
is the most musical, the voice of dom
key or that of . jackassf
Professor shall have to hear you
sing before can decide.-New York
Journal.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
.Zzzzazzz4r.9
III

We. the undersigned Ranks and Bankers
will pay all Prizes drawn in tho Louisiana
State Lotteries, which may be presented ut
our counters.
~. WALMsLEY, Prsst. La. Nat. Bank.
z. LANAUX, RRest. State Nat. Bank
4. BALDWIN, Prest. n. D. Nat. Bank.
CABL KOAN, Prest. Union Nat. Bank.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
n1NPREcEpENrED ATTRACTION! fi-f,
u OVER A NM LION Distributed
I louisiana STATE Lsttsry C,upas,

Incorporated by the Legislature in 1863, for
educational and charitable purposes. and It's
franchise made part of the present State
Constitution, in 1879, by an OvERwHBLMING
POPULAR VOTE.
1NGS take place Seml-Annually, June and
December.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.
1--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 tne 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 ita
advertisements.'
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08
1OO, 900 Tickets ut Twenty Dollars
each. Halves, $40; Quarters, So;
Tenths, So; Twentieths, 81.

;, 1874 Prizes, amounting t. 91,o54, $50
NoTE.-Tickets drawing capital prizes are
not entitled to terminal prizes.
FFOR CLUE RATES or any further infor-
nation desired. write legibly to the under
signed. clearly stating your residence, with
State, County. Street und Number. Moro
rapid return mail delivery will be assured by
full address.
Send Postal Notes. Express Money Orders.
or New York Exchange in ordinary letter.
Currency by Expreas lat our expense) I'D.
dressed n. A. DAUPAlN,
New Orleans, La.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-09-08

Bear This in Mind: Some men are
born witty. Others have good me-,
mory and some witty friends. .-Somer.
] vile Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28

operate may ba Illustrated in a few
words by reference TO figures. A
suit OF WOODEN clothing which costs
in this country S35. is sold in Hall
fax for SIS, or only one dollar
moro than half the price paid in the
United dtases. II these seventeen dol
lars difference were taken from the
wages of the Halifax laborers, or paid
to those of the United States. that fact
might be used as an argument in favor
# our high tariff, Tor it would oe better
hat the purchaser of the S35 suit pay
SIT more than 1t was worth than that
the labcring man be reduced 10 starva-
ion wages. Bat this Is not the case
Our consular reports show that tue
prevailing wages of journeymen tailors
in Halifax are SIS per week. or fully as
much as is paid in the United States.
TIE unskilFed day laborer In Halifax
gsts.$1.25 day, and he is lucky If hs
gets as much in the United States.
Such figures as these furnish the very
best answers to the assertions that
high tariff is good either for country
or for the working people of thscoun+rv.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28
EoUALrzAT1oN OF TAXES.

There is throughout the Territory q
good deal of dissatisfaction with the ac-
ton of the Board of Equalization. The
Board has not yet completed its work.
but its lsbors are fast drawing to &
close, and in little while we will all
know what has been done. 81 far as
action has been taken in the matter of
amp county, it may be here stated that
the taxes have not been lowered, and it
may also be asserted with equal posi-
tiyeness that the taxes of no
Fcounty will be reduced. Il is
easy enough, therefore, to a count
cor the dissatisfaction and for the
complaints which one hears. Nothing
less was expected when the Board
was created. If there were not COM
plaints everybody would be astonished,
and the general fear would be that the
world was coming to an end AS rule,
neople are not in thu habit of overtax-
ing themselves. On the contrary, they
are in the habit of doing exactly the op-
posite. It Was because OF this popular
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28
STREET RAILWAY POINTERS.

Mr.. Casebolt, of the elevated cable
road system, started for San Francisco
Wednesday afternoon. Before leaving
arrangements had been concluded with
the Salt Lake Street Car Company to
make thorough test in this city of
the proposed system of elevated cable
roads. Orders are already cut for the
building of something like half mile
at the eastern terminus of the Second
South Street line, which will run in o
southerly direction past Fuller's Hill
and on to the Salt Lake Brewery. The
work OF preparing for tho machinery
will begin ut once, and be pushed ahead
with aIi'possible rapidity. Mr.. Case
bolt expects to return inside two or
three weeks, ard will bring the major
part Of the machinery with him, or
have it follow him Immediately.
1t is the intention of Che Street Car
Company at once TO put on its lines
new rolling stock, so the president
says. Improvements, it is also averred,
hare been made much more rapidly
than the returns themselves warrant.
1t is further asserted that tee distance
between the several points is made more
rapidly than anywhere else in the
world for horse or mule power, and that
citizens on that score can have no pos
sible ground for complaint. Ever since
the change made III the control of the
Street Car Company stock, there has
been !: steady determination TO make
such improvement IS the growing I'm.
portaDce of the city demanded. and
without unavoidable delay this deter
mination has been put into execution.
Rega riding the elevated cable system
the intention is not to force it upon the
people, but to make an experiment, and
if it works satisfactorily to put it in for
general uss. If not, then the only per-
sons losing will be the car company.
Fit succeeds franchise will be asked
for. It will b pat where citizens can
see and test it and the fullest poss bl
public inspection be afforded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28

disposition and universal practice in this
Territory that the late Legislator.
created the Board Of Equalization and
passfd the law which has for its objects
/ The bringing of the assessors valuation
| somewhere within Che vicinity of the
actual value of ths property, and the
making of the burden of taxation
bear With something like equal weight
upon all propsrsy-owners. If all
assessors had been equally intelligent
and just and all counties been equally
fair and upright in the assessment aad
collection Of general taxes, there would
have been 40 occasion for tue law or the
Board. The manifest unfairness, and
the disposition on the part of some to
shirk their just share of the public bur-
den made the law absolutely neces
sary, and its equitable and intelligent
administration is all that anybody has
the right to demand. Complaints
which are not accompanied by
proof that the Board has been
unfair to a county will bs mere
grumblings to which nobody should
pay any attention. Complaints based
on showing of injustice On the part of
the Board ought to be made.
1t may be here remarked, however,
that the fact that county's taxes
have been raised will not be accepted by
the intelligent public as valid ground
for finding fault Nth the Board.
Rathtr wall it be regarded as evidence
that the Board has done its duty. To
speak the truth plainly, it has been
outrageous, the way in which some
counties have imposed upon others.
TIE HERALD has frequently, during the
past six or eight years, called atten
ton to the matter, and protested
against the manifest injustice. Rich
and populous counties have kept their
taxes down to the lowest possible point.
not by an unreseonably low percent
age but by ridiculously low assessment
valuation of property. In some in
stances it has been said that property
has been rated at not more than ten per
cent. OF its known fair cash valuation.
By pursuing this course, some counties
have entirely escaped the public burden,
practically paying no Territorial taxes:
and others have actually imposed up
on the whole to the extent of making the
Territorial treasury source of rev.
enue TO them. drawing con-
more money from the
public fund for local schools alone, than
they contributed in the form of taxes.
This sort of thing might be borne from
weak and struggling counties. but when
the rich and populous INDUCED in the
practice OF unloading on those cities
which tried TO be fair and honest, it
was time to call halt, and undertake
the work of regulation and reform.
We hope the Board will do its work
and fearlessly; that it will
of the grumbling, do it's bgst
10 equalize the burden of taxation, and
make each county bear its fair share of
sbe load. It is not expected that the
reform will be made in one
but there can be considerable |
progress, and in the course of time it |
nay be possible TO get somewhere in
she neighborhood Of equity in the mat
;er of taxation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28
WHAT THE TAEIFF DOES.

Nova Scotia is q low tariff country
It's low tariff because its people believe
: hat that system is better for them, and
hey base their belief on substantial
facts. This is high tariff country,
made so at the first by the necessities OF
the government, which demanded ex-
traordinary revenue, and continued so
thereafter for the benefit Of TIE rich and
the mqnopolists. who were in control OF
the nation. How the two systems
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-28

each OF
Cd
pay perr IL II
sIks
Lot of India silks in Dress Patterns Remnants regular
yau
Wide Basquete y yards Dress
of Cotton Check ST. they quick.
Of ChecsG stS willie
One Lot scarfs shades
St75;
one Lot eac OF Ladies Bathing Suits at 81 and 81 % few
Jspaneee Curtain Drapey yard
Lot Embroidery Remnants,
Remnants half price"
$1G5 81
0
o sand
Hair
Finished White Maiies
One Lot of Oriental FoHcngs Is following
sEd p
Que Lot each OF styles of Parasols
J
attractive has been offered in this
Lot OF Chds Dotted
Lot Of Turkish Towels per dozen
Furnishing
Straw HAS, at 1b 20, % IS and so cts. 70
YothSl
Lot of Odds and Ends Unaundrd
so reduced from IS
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-17
A NOTABLE OCCASION.
Interchange OF Social Amenities Be-
tween Two Sister Book Clubs.

~VVVh wv oibbcI DUCK SluDS.
Tha residence of Mrs. Robert Looney,
on Lauderdale street, was the scene YES
terday afternoon Of a very pleasant social
reunion, in which the members Of the
Thackeray Book Club and the Leisure
Hour Book Club participated respectively.
The fact that Mrs. Looney is a member
OF the former club and her daughter, Miss
Looney, of the latter, and that the clubs
had never met before under the same
roof, added to the interest and enjoyability
Of the occasion.
The hours passed delightfully."-, the charm
ing hostess, assisted by her accomplished
daughter, outdoing themselves in their
generous rivalry TO make their guests thor
oughly at home. Literary topics formed
the staple OF the conversation, and fashion
was only limited at by way OF variety.
An elegant luncheon, plenteous in
quantity and faultless in quality, fur
nished the crowning touch TO perfect
afternoon. Flowers were everywhere.
The following members of tho respective
clubs were present:
Leisure Hour Club-Mesdame Robin.
son, Donaldson, Belcher, Clarence Selden,
j. NJ. Heating, j. NJ. Greer, Clad. Selden,
Trezevant, Horton, Wheatley and Misses
Maggie Rogers and Augusta Caldwell.
Thackemy Club-Mesdames Martin,
Lemon, Milbun, Crawford, McLaran,
Weaver, Saunders, Goodman, Coffin,
Speed, Farnsworth, Mitchell, Brooks,
Markham, Nicely, J. b. Hall, OF Mason;
Edward Carey, OF Chicago; J.. Nj. Judah,
VIII Clapp and Miss Mamie Savage.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-17
The Conway County, Ark, Election
Guaes

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. l6.-The pre-
liminary examination OF Thomas Reid,
Thomas Harvey, A. NJ. Palmer ana VIM.
Hobbs Lucas, charged with interfering
with the election in Conway County, re-
suited in the binding oyer of ca h in the
sum OF $1,000. The hearing was before
United States Commissioner Waters. A
Deputy United States Marshal started this
morning TO arrest other parties implicated.
As the men under arrest are prominent
citizens considerable interest is taken in
the matter.