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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-10-12
Oddities Of the Dead Letter Uh@'

Passing I'm to fhe 7nhsdIrectad Letter
'Depart~se,rt, we were perfectly amazed
at the wnn6+vfnl a~catesaSs displayed
nv some If Tie ladie. at these tables.
Here are a fe~ addresses. rs they were
written, and ~ at last r~<sTveetly deciph'
erred and farwarded to their ,destina-
ton:
Mrs. Luxia wagy, ME- Lucia Wagy
syowae towne, CniontOEn,
KEs. Kansas.
Mrs. j. II. Rice, Mr.. J. r. Rice.
NeuricesrtiSg, Eureka Springs
Ark. Ark.
Henry smith, Henry Smith,
p, q. Ill. Peoria. Ill.
Prisner. Prisoner.
As a last example; q letter all the
way from England addressed ia
,.'Horsewigger. H"rsewieger CO.. and
deciphercd at last as '.Oswego. Oswe-
go Co"
Tins Won zee Al expert at leadin:
inegiblo handwriting becomes douhIy
expert nc these tables. Perhaps it is
because of the psavefbial patience Of
women that they ARE given this work
to do-at $500 II year, while the men
who open the packages receive 81 200!
Upstairs. in a q + of gallery. and
screened from the lower f.mr by little
taize curtains. like an old-time chHrrh-
choir. sat ladies sorting, redirecting
and '.%iacketihg" more letters. This
last process consists Of making a care
full inventory Of the points in IL letter
inqnirius for lost mail matter, writing
those points on the outside 6 IL sheet
of blue pates;. which is the" folded
around the original lctter-the lack
ct" yon and pigeon-holed> Tins
the task Af such a correspondence he
comes reduced to the minimum.
Bat the table where We found Oir-
sci ses perhaps more interested than
anywhere eaae VA that where ~letters,
Feaddresscd and freshly opened. came
to be sealed. To almost any one Of US
the sealing II fifty letters would be no
ANAL task, especially If done in the
ordinary way; but we stood for three
minutes iesilas this young lady's table,
and in that time saw her seal $50
spistlss.
She took them Up in packages Of if
ty, as they are sSnt to her, with the
flaps all tapped on one side. These
she spreads on her table, with the flaps
about two inches apart. Then a
sponse slightly vet ia passed over the
whole fifty. AID, with the d~exterity Of
Il machine, each letter is whisked over
once, which seals it. aud there stands
tie package Of half a hundred, don:
while you or | weuld have labored ut
\ half dozen.-Io x&h's Companion.
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THE SCALE OF COMFORT now DEEMEI
NECESSARY BY EVERY CLASS.

Prosperity encourages luxury; luz
AIRY is enervating and encourage
sloth ; luxury tends to produce, and
in the worlds history has often pro-
duced National decay. Now, the
growth If luxury for the last half-cen-
tu,y has been very great and very
general. We do not merely mean
that the rate Of living has advanced.
This of itself is not necessarily to be
deplored in any class, and i'll some
classes is q matter for serious con
graduation. That al agricultural
laborer, for instance, should be able
to procure more food, better
clothing, better housing and
better education for his
children than he could fifty years ago
is a matter M rejoice over, and q
state of things tn secure by every
proper means. What We mean is,
that the scale Of comfort deemed
necessary by every class has nor
mously grown. Take the upper class
es. The great houses throughout the
country are administered in a style
the increase Of which is quite dispro-
p%ortionatc to the growth Of income of
their owners The expenditure on
far-fetched foods and most recherche
wines, the most costly amusements,
has vastly developed. And the ten
dcncy is ever upward. Young men
beginning life try to start where their
fathers left off. Some quarter OF a CEN
fury ago there was q discussion in the
newspapers rs to the prudence or
otherwise Of young persons in the up
per classes marrying on an income Of
three hundred a year. Three times
that income would be now consider
ed inadequate by the critics who c, n
Quoted the discussion.-Quarterly Re-
rier.
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"A imOst euri<A,s sight to the resi-
Dents Of New York is a Chinese faner-
al, which ia much the same when held
"a when the Chinaman is at bone
=, the Flewery Kinkdoln. 1t M kes
I'll the DILIGENCE In the world whether
the Chinaman is a member OF the Or
de-: freemason ~ not, and whether or
H~t lie Is rich. If Re is Il mason his
funeral is the occasion Of a gkeat
sp=ead and display in Chinatown. A
brass band plays in front Of the dead
MATS residence and also accompanies
the body to the grave. 1t would seen
thAs nnist., and not appropriateness
.f the time, il the object in view, for
the friends Of tie dead man are per
f-ctey satisfied. ~ matter whether the
time he some German waltz or the
'.Boxianger March, and it is "A fact
that at Il recent Chinese funeral III
this city the band hired for the occa-
sion played "Sunday Night, When
The Parlor is Full" On the way to
the grave 4 prominent Chinan,an sits
on the hearse and seatters pieces If
colored paper along the route. the
object Of this being to occupy the at
tention If the evil spirits, which are
supposed to follow the departed China
man until the grave closes over h III.
In the coffin with the body is placed
:, pack of Chinese playing cards in or
der that the spirit OF the dead M
may have AZ opportunity of making
a little change during his long and
dark journey.
At the grave food is placed around
the coffin, but after the ceremony is
concluded this is taken to the lodge
rooms and the friends a for them
selves and tile dead also. No China
man is ever buried in tins country
whose body 10 not sometime, usually
after the lapse If two or three years
taken up and carried home to China
by his friends. This is u sacred Gus
ION among all Chinese, and the body
Of u Chinan,an who has been dead
three OF four years is no uncommon
freight on the steamers plying be-
tween San Francisco and China.-N.
7. Telegram.
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The best Remedy for Venomous
Snake Bites.

L. G.. Liccecum, NJ. D., writing
itioner, says: Permanganate of pot
ash is a successful remedy. l have
treated more thar one hundred eases
in Texas, and have used whisky, soda
bicarb., SPIT, ammonia, turpentine.
chlOrofOrm and other remedies, but
have found that potas. pcrmanganas
in u or two gr. doses hypode'mi-
cally, and chlOroform, locally and by
Inhalation, are undoubtedly the most
certain and successful remedies in
bites of venemOus reptiles l ever used.
l have seen 4 case treated will,
these w remedies result fatally.
Mary had q little lamb, its fleece
was white as nov it strayed away
one Summer day. where lambs should
never go. Then Mary sat her down
and tears streamed from her eyes :;
she never found the lamb because she
did not advertise. And Mary had a;
brother John, who kept Il village
store ; he sat down and smoked his
pipe and watched the open door.
And as the people passed along aud
did no stop to buy, John still sat
down and smoked his pipe and blink
cd his sleepy eye. And so the sheriff
closed him out, but still he fingered
near /; and Mary came to drop with
a sympathizing tear. "How is it Sis
ter, that these other merchants here,
sell all their. goods and thrive from
year to year Z" Remembering now
her own bad luck. the little maid re-
plies : These other fellows get there,
John, because they advertise" :.
Springfield lho) Josraol.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-10-12

Is no only a distressing complaint. Of
l itself, but, by causing the blood to
become depraved and the system en-
feebled, is the parent of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers Sarsaparilla
is the best cure for Indigestion, even
when complicated with Liver Complaint,
is proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lake, of BrocKway
Centre, Mich
"Liver complaint and indigestion
made my life a burden and came near
ending my existence. For more than
four years l suffered untold agony. was
reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly
had strength to drag myself about. All
kinds Of food distressed me, and only
the most delicate could be digested at
all. Within the time mentioned several
physicians treated me without giving re-
lief. Nothing that / took seemed to do
any permanent good until I commenced.
the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla, which
has produced wonderful results. Soon
after commencing to take the Sarsapa-
rilla l could see an improvement in INV
condition. My appetite began t o return
anil with it came the ability to digest
all the food taken, my strength im-
proved each day: and after a few
months Of faithful attention to your
directions, 1 found myself q we'll
woman, able to attend t all household
duties. The medicine has given me q
new lease OF life"
Ayers Sarsaparina,
1AEPARHD BY
Or. >. G. Aver 4 Co., Lowell. Mass.
Price q; six bottles, .. Worth q . beu,s.
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SULLIVAN IN THE NORTH.
He LEAVES NEW YORK FOR HIS
SICK MOTHERS BEDSIDE.

The Champion and His Defeated An
tagonist to Be in a Combination That
Win Make a Tour OF the Country
What He Has to Say About His Trial.
PITTsBURG. Aug. 19.-John L. Sullivan
and party passed through Pittsburg on the
limited express this morning enroute east
Sullivan was sleeping aud Matthew Clune
would not allow him to be disturbed. Cune
said it was true they were going to form a
combination and that Kilrain will probably
be in the company.
SULLIVAN BACK IN GOTHAM.
NEW YORK, Aug. l9-John L. Sullivan
arrived here at o'clock tonight, accompa-
MED only by Matthew Clune, the proprie-
tor of the Vanderbilt hotel He was met
by his hackers and the Port Chester band
At the Vanderbilt hotel a crowd awaited
him eager to shake hands, but he cleared
the sidewalkin jump andlran up the stairs.
Being interviewed, he said: "Boys, | am
very tired, but never felt in better condi-
ton in my life. | had an ovation at every
station on my route from the south, and at
Cincinnati, Pittsburg end Philadelphia i'm
mense crowds greeted me, and Others filed
the car | was in and insisted on shaking
hands with me.n
HIS OPINION OF THE VERDICT
"What is your opinion of the verdict,
Johnp'
Judge Terrell in thecharge to the jury, "
said Sullivan with show of bitterness,
brought out every point it was possible to
use against me, and the moment the charge
was delivered, knew there could be nc
other verdict Almost without exception
the people .of tho south favor me and
| was constantly in receipt Of encouraging
letters from mon in the highest social and
business circles, who understood that / had
no intention of violating the laws Of the
state of Mississippi. l hope that when my
case is reached by the supreme court the
decision of the lower court will be
reversed, as dread imprisonment,
and would never have fought in the
state had known that | rendered myself
liableto q term of imprisonment. / hops
to be able to leave the cityto-morrow after
noon for Boston. am in receipt of a tele
gram frommy people there stating thatmY
mother is very sick and urging me tc
hurry"
KILRAIN NOT TO FIGHT EXTRADITION.
JACKSON, MISS, Aug. 19.-Goy. Lowry
has received a telegram from Agent Child
that Kurain's lawyer had advised him moi
to fight being extradited and that h(
would come with his prisoner to-day or to
morrow
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FUNERAL OF MR.. ARNHEIM.
The Pail Bearers All Members of the
Legislature

The Pail Bearers ALI Members OF the
Legislature.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 19The funeral Of
Hon. Lewis Arnheim, member Of the legis-
lature from Dougherty county, whose death
occurred yesterday afternoon, was largely
attended by the people of Atlanta and by
the members of the legislature. The
services were conducted this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at the residence of the deceassd's
father-in-law, Hon. David Mayer, by
Rabbis Reish and Levi. The pall-bearers
were from tho House of Representatives.
They were Speaker Clay and Messrs. Har-
rel of Webster, Simmons, West, Huff
Hall, Glenn and Berner. There was
an escort of citizens, Messrs
Lberman, Box, Brandt, Kreislic, Bar
ward, Brown, Klein, Rosenfeld, and dele
cations from the various orders of which
the deceased was a member. The remains
were buried at Oakland. Mr.. Arnheim had
been i'll long time with consumption, con-
tracted a year and a half ago. He was
popular in the legislature and an influential
member AS mark Of respect the capitol
flags we're put at half mast, both houses
adjourned, and memorial resolutions will
be reported in the mouse Saturday.
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CorTON's COVERING.
Charleston Excited over the Action of
the Liverpool Exchange.

Charleston Excited over the Action of
the Liverpool Exchange.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Aug. 19-The presi-
dent of the Charleston Cotton Exchange
has received letter from Peter Brown,
president of the Liverpool Cotton Associa-
tion. limited, in which that official says:
~ have been instructed 30 intimate to the
American exchanges that this association
condemns the use Of cotton bagging and
does not see its way to make any legislation
dealing with cotton so covered. j"
AS the farmers alliances in
this state have already made
arrangements for cotton covering for the
coming crop the situation looks alarming.
Most Of the members Of the Charleston ex-
change are out of the city, and no action
has been taken as yet on the letter. 1t looks
very much as if there will be trouble here as
soon as the cotton movement begins.
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CARLISLE IN MEXICO.
Mexican Officials Show Him Disti
guished Consideration.

Mexican Officials Show Him Distin-
guished Consideration.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. ia dispatch from
the City of Mexico says: Hon. John G..
Carlisle and wife, accompanied by United
States Minister Ryan, left here for Guada-
laiara Saturday night, where they will be
given a reception by Gov. Cosona of the
state of Jaliasco. Saturday afternoon Sec
retary of the Interior Romero
Rubio gave a dinner at Tacubava at
which Mr.. andlH Mrs Carlisle,
Minister Ryan and President and Mrs Diaz
were present. The entertainment is said to
have been the finest ever given in Mexico.
Mrs Carlisle was visited by Mrs Diaz dur
ing her stay in the city, and by many of the
ladies of the American colony. Mr.. Car
Isle has received more attention from the
Mexican officials since ne has been here
than any American since Gen. Grants
visit u
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ANEGRO'S O'SHOTEDITORIAL
HE PREDICTS The ULTIMATE 81.
PREMACY OF THE BLACKss

The Colored Man to Show the "Moss-
backed Crackers" How to Run the
south-A Firm Believer That Every
Dog Has His Day and That That of
the Negroes Will Soon Come.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Aug. 19.-An article
IN tho Independent, paper at Selma, Ala,
edited by colored preacher named Bryan,
has created a stir in Alabama. An edito-
rial In the last issue abused the whites for
various inJustices against the colored race,
and concluded as follows:
Were you (the whites) 10 leave this southland.
IN twenty years it would be one of the grandest
sections of the globe. We would show YOU moss
BACK crackers how to run a country. You
would never see convicts half starved. depriv-
ing non st working men Of an honest living. It
IS only matter of time when throughout this
whole state affairs will be changed and / hops
to your sorrow.
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.
We were never destined to always be servants
put, like all other races, will and must have our
day. You now have yours You have received
your revolutionary and civil wars, and we hero
predict that at no very distant day we will have
our race war, and we hope, as God intends, that
we will be strong enough to wipe you out OF ex~
lstence and hardly leave enough of you to tell
the story. IL is bound to come, and Just such
hot-hoaded cranks as the editors Of some Of our
democratic journals are just the right set to-
hasten 1t. II is fate.
BRYAN MUST MOVE AWAY.
The whites in Selma are taking steps to
prevent Rev. Bryan, who is now abb
sent from the city, from ever coming back.
The executive committee Of the White Re-
publican Protective Tariff League, with
headquarters at Birmingham, met here to-
day and passed a resolution denouncing tho
editorial as incendiary and dangerous, and
rendering their moral, and il necessary
their physical aid to stop such utterances.
NO RACE TROUBLE.
SELMA, ALA, Aug. 19-There is no
race trouble here beyond tine publica.
tion of an incendiary article in the negro
newspaper. This publication is only one
Of series Of articles which have been
published. Much indignation has been ex-
cited among the citizens, and O meeting
was held tonight to take measures to pros~
ecute the offenders. The city is quiet to-
night.
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A CONVICT CONSPIRACY.

Three Make Break for Liberty, But
are Eventually Recaptured.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Aug. 19-Forty
conviots located on the brickyard on the
outskirts of this city entered into a con-
spiracy Saturday to make their escape.
Only three of the number were nervy
enough to successfully carry out their
plan. During the excitement of quit
ting" hour Saturday afternoon these three
white men convicted of horse stealing)
made bolt for liberty, jumping the stock
ade fence in their fight. They were fired
upon without effect, but with the aid Of
blood hounds two were captured in the
near vicinity. and the other near Hot
Springs. and brought back here.
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ATROCITIES AT ATHENS.
The Baby Burner Caught-A Throat
Cut From Ear to Ear.

The Baby Burner Caught-A Throat
Cut From Ear to Ear.
ATHENS, Aug. 19.-Lou Henderson, the
negro girl who was implicated in the burn
ing of the little negro child near here last
week, has been captured. She says she
poured the oil on the child, and the little
boy applied the match.
CUT A NEGRO's THROAT.
A murder was committed near Athens
last night Bill McWhorter was carrying
another mans wife home In his buggy.
Previous to this he had carried this mans
wife TO Macon ON an excursion.
While on the way home Charles and Henry
Lester, two negro men, one of whom
was the womau's husband, appeared in the
road. One threw a rock at McWhorter
and knocked him out of the buggy The
other then cut his throat from ear to ear.
The coroner held an inquest over the body
to-day, but has not yet come back from the
country. The negroes gave themselves up,
saying the killing of McWhorter was
iustifiable.
BROKE HIS ANKLES
While wrestling with FREUD Saturday
night Guy Hamilton of this city had the
misfortue to break both bones of his ankles
He will be laid up for several weeks.
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AN EDITOR MISSING.
Creditors Attach the Effects of th
Blackshear Index.

UredItorS Attach the AnectB OF tht
Blackshear Index.
BLACxsHEAR, Ga, Aug. 19.-Editor LED
Of the Blackstear Indeu has very mysteri.
ously disappeared. He left last Wednesday
night, carrying everything he possessed,
his printing office outfit excepted. His
printing offics outfit has been attached II
cover his indebtedness in town
which amounts TO something ovei
S100. A check for $40 turnec
up in Savannah Friday, drawn in
favor Of +. NJ Lee and signed by e. r.
Byrd. Mr.. Byrd was interviewed yester-
day and saws he knows nothing of it what,
ever. He also stated that his check book
has been missing for some time. The check
was not honored, as Mr.. Byrd had no friends
in the bank. The paper rs being run by
w. r. Mcmillan, who has leased the outfit
until January. 1890.
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STATE WORK AT JoHNsrowN.
All the Money Guaranteed Gov
Reavar Has Been SOant

All the Money Guaranteed Gov.
Beaver Has Been spent.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, Aug. 19.-It is now
stated, upon good authority, that about all
the money has been spent that had been
guaranteed to Gov. Beaver for the prosecu-
ton of the state work here. Such being
the case, it is said that in few days the
state force will be withdrawn, and Johns
town will then be left to shift for itself.
The people are very much alarmed about
the matter, as it is evident that if the
workmen are withdrawn now very serious
consequence may ensue.
Two more dead bodies were taken out of
the cellars to-day. Neither Of them was
recognized.
The police officials have been securing the
country for the past few weeks notifying
the people who carried off things from the
debris to return them. As consequence
many valuables are being returned to the
owners.
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4 NEGRO PAPER sUsPENDs.
IL Was So Incendiary That tho Printers
Refused to Issue 1t.

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 19.-The newspaper
union which has been printing the Def
ance, tho usgro weekly edited by w. r..
Burnett, has shut down on the concern.
Sinch the late postoffice disturbance the
Defiance has been very bitter against the
white people ana democrats, and last week
was about to publish certain articles that
were incendiary. The newspaper union re-
fused to print the paper and the Defiance
has suspended.
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ENGLAND AND THE ALLIES.

Secretary Ferguson Denies That
Liberty of Action is Fettered.
LONDON, Aug. 19.--In the House OF Com
mons this afternoon Sir James Ferguson,
the parliamentary secretary of the foreign
office, replying to question of Mr.. La
bouchere, said the Berlin National lei
tungs statement as to the identity Of British
policy with that of the triple alliance was
nothing more than mere conjecture
England, he said, had entered into no en-
gagement which would fetter her liberty Of
action.
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GEORqIA's ALLIANCE.
Delegates to the Annual Convention
Crowdiug Macon.

Crowdiug Macon.
MACON, GA, Aug. l9.-The Farmerss
State Allihnce will meet tomorrow morn
ing in annual session at the academy OF
music with several hundred delegates, who
have been pouring into the city to-day from
all directions, crowding the hotels to their
fullest capacity. The stockholders of the ex-
change Of the alliance met this morning and
held a six-hours' session. 1t was developed
that sufficient money had accumulated to
authorize start in business. The officers
will now accept bids from different cities to
secure she location. The following direc-
tors were elected: Felix Corput, s. o.
Oquinn, A. l.. McTyre, A. J. Cheeves,
Seth Tatum, L. F. Livingston, Samuel
Barron L. s. Ledbetter, w. A. Broughton,
z. Strickland and J. e. Carswell. The off,
GERS elected at a subsequent meeting weref
President, Felix Corput Of Cave Springs
vice president, l.. f. Livingston of Gov
ington; w. A. Broughton OF Athens treas
urer, L. s. Ledbetter of Cedartown secre
tary. The meeting was attended by Large
number. The jute-cotton fight is the an
sorbing theme of discussion.
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solomon st COCHRAN.

CooARAN. GA, Aug Ig-Mark Solo
days ago, was br ought to this place yester-
day. Judge Roberts granted MIN bail, and
Immediately upon his arrival good bond
for 81. 500 was made and be was released.
lie will spend few days at his old home
with bis father and family, and will then
return to his place Ia the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western Railroad.
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oARLsRuHEs GALA DAY.
The German Emperor and Empress
Arrive at the Palace.

BERLIN, Aug. 10 Emperor William
and Empress Augusta Victoria ar
rived at Carlsruhe to-day from
Bayreuth. They were received
at the railway station by the Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Baden and the chief
state officials. Entering carriages the i'm
perial party proceeded TO the castle. The
streets through which they passed were
thronged with people, and the imperial
visitors received an enthusiastic welcome.
The town was gayly decorated in honor of
the occasion. In the evening state banquet
was given.