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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-06
-L'EPAVE-
DM Cynthia,
PAR
sSuieS Verne ct Andre Laurie

1
maintenant : dit il au docteur ct
NJ. Bredejord. Je Grains quill lie
soft arrive malheur a la vega. >.
Songez done que nous sommes au
. decembre, ct que les chefs de
Pexredition comptaient arrlver
avant lie mOis d'octobre au detroit
de BebriDg!. Isl cette provision
s'etait realis6e. nous le saurions
maintenant, car la Vega serait
depuls longtemps au Japon, ou
TOUT au moins 4 PetiopauIosk, aux
lies AleOntienHrs, une station dn
Pacifque d'on fon aurait eu de ses
nouvrlIes Or les d6peches ct les
lettres venues par In vote dir
koatsk sont datees du I septembre.
c'est a dire cue, depuis trois mois
cutters, Oh he salt rlen de ce quest
devenue la Fega... c'est-a dire
qu'rlie nest pas arrivee a temps au
detroit de B-hrlng. .c'est a.dire
ln'elle a subj le sort commun de
'ontes les expeditions parties
lepuis trois siecles pour decouvrir
le passage nord est! VOLTA la de-
plorable conclusion qui s'impose a
moi
La Vega peut avoir etc obligee
dhiverner dams les glaces comme
ses provisions lie comportaient,
objecta lie docteur.
-Evidemment, mais c'est Phypo
these Ia plus favorable, ct un
hivernage pareil est entoure de
tant de dangers quill equivaut
presqne a un naufrage. En- tons
cas-, un fait est desormals hors de
doote, c'est que, 81 nous devons
jamais avoir des nouvelles de la
Vega. nous men aurons pas avant
Pete proclaim.
-Pourquoi celia 7
Par la raison meme que, 81 la
vega ma pas peri, ellie est actueIle.
ment enfermee dams les glaces ct
ne pOurra ell sortir QUEEN JUN ou
iuillet. en- mettaut les chooses an
mieux! ...-.
-Cest vrai, repondit NJ. Brede-
jord.
-Qnelle conclusion tires-tu de ce
raiSonnements : demanda le docteur,
inquiet du ton saecade qu'avait
pris la voix d'Erik Ell Fenoncant.
La conclusion, c'est quill m'est
impossible dattendre aussi long
temps, sans 6lre fxe sur une
question qni pour moi une ST
grande impot tance....
Que 'veux-tu faire9 II faut
blen accepter l'lnevitahle!...
"A moins Que Get inevitable ne
soft supplement apparent! repondit
Erik. Les lettres sont bien venues
des mers arctiques par la vote
d'Irkoutkst ! Pourquoi n'irais e
pas, moi, par la meme vote 7. ..Je
suivrais la cote de Siberie :. .Je
chercherais mhinformer aupres
des gems du pays, a savoir 81 Fon
ma pas entendu parler dun navire
naufrage on pris dams les elaces l..
-Peut.etre arriverais je a retrou
YER Nordenskiold .et Patrick
O'Donoghan!. .Cest une enterprise
qui vaut qu'on la tente!
= En- plein hiver!
-Pourquoi pas? C'est la saison
favorable pour voyager EN- trainea,
dams les hautes latltudes.
-Oul, mais tn oublies que tn ny
es pas encore, 4 ces hautes latitutles,
ct que 10 printemps y sera arrive
avant toi.
-C'est vrai." dit Erik, oblige de
reconnaitre la force de cette objec
ton.
Es il Iesta les yeux fxes sur le
! parquet, absorbe dams 90 pensee.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-06

retrO1ve. ct avec lui Patrick O'Do-
noghan Ills lie seront, on il ne
tiendra pas moi +. -"
| L'idee DIRK 6tait tres simple.
Ellie cOnsistait tout uDiment
communiquer anx jourDaux dr.
Stockholm, sous forme de note
impersonnelle, son dilemme sur l-
sort probable de la Vega :-Ou ell+
a peri, ou ellie est actuellemeni
enfernee dams les glaces,-en
concIuant la necessite d'envoyer
a sa recherche.
lie raiSonnement etait sssez serre,
ct l'lnter6t qni s'attachait a la
tentative de Nordenskiold assez
universal, pour que lie jenne etu.
diant d'Cpsal fit certain de voir
la question discutee avec aldeur
dams les cercles scirntifiques. Mais
retfet dc 81 note depassa son
attente. Tous les journaux sans
exception la COMMENCEMENT en-
Fapprouvant. Les corps savants
ct la masse meme de la nation la
prlrent a ceur. L'opinion publ
que Sc prononca avec une
unanlmite sans egale ell favour
dune expedition de secours. Des
cOmites Sc furmerent, des sonscrip.
tlons s'ouvrIrent pour la preparpr.
LIE commerce, l'industrie, les ecoles,
les cours de justice. toutes les
classes, voulurent contribuer a
Pentreprlse. Un richie armateur
offrit d'equiper a ses propres frais
an navire, qui partirait sur les
traces de la Vega ct quill appellerait
Nordenskiold.
L'enthousiasme ne fit que gran
dir a mesnre que les jours
| o"po dppOttcI uc
nouvelles positives de Nordens
kiold. Des la fin de decembre, les
fonds sOuscrits atte ignaient deia
un chiftre consider able. LIE docteur
Schwaryencrona ct Pavocat Brede
iOrd tenaient la t6te de Ia liste
avec une subscription de dix mile
kroners chacun. lis faisaient partie
du comite directeur, qni await cEoisi
Erik pour secretaire.
Celui ci en- etait veritablement
PANE. Son ardeur, sa MODESTO,
sa competence evidente sur toutes
les questions relatives 'entreprise
quill etudiait ct creusait sans
relache, lui current bient6t conquis
PinHuence la plus decisive. II
n'avait pas cache, des le premier
jour, que son r6ve etait de faire
partie de fexpedltion, fnt ce q titre
de simple matelot; quill Y await
on interet personnel ct superieur :;
ct celia meme donnait plus de poids
a toutes les excelentes idees 0ufl
apportalt aux organisateurs de
rentreprise. Aussi dirigea til en-
personne tous les travaux prepara-
torres.
! Tout d'abord, il fut convenu
! qn'un second navire serait adioint
au Nordenskiold, pour que les
recherches fnssent completes, ct
que ce Havire serait, CONNIE la
/. vega nn navire a vapeur. Nor
denskiOld lui-meme await demoDtre
que la principale cause d'insucces,
dams lOutes les tentatives ante.
rlenres, await etc Pemploi des
navires a voiles. Les navigateurs
! afctiqIes, specialement dams un
voyage d'exploratioD, ont en- effet
tout inter6t a ne pas etre surbor
donnes au vent, a pouvoir compter
sur nne vitesse moyenne, au besoin
forcer leur marche pour franchir
un passage perillenx, entin, ct
Sartout, d pouvoir toujours aller
chercher la mer libre OH ellie est .
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-06
THIBODAUX, LINE, SAMEDI, DECENBRE G. 1890

canseps par le choc dies glaces
quill serait DUN fable tirant d'eau
que tout son encouragement serail
prepare en- vue d'emporter une
provision relativement considerable
lie charbon.
Parmi les offres qui furent faites
IN comite, son choix s'arI6ta SUI
IN schooner dc cinq cent qnarante
tonneanx, recemment achieve a
Breme, qn'un equipage de dix Init
hommes pouvait aisement maueu.
vrer. Ce schooner, tout en-
conservant sa mature, tut muni
dune machine a vapeur de quatre
vIngts chevaux, dune h6Iice
disposee de manisre qu'on put la
remonter a bo,d ST les glaces la
mettaient en- danger. LIE foyer
Dune des chaudieres etait amenag
en- vue de Drhler des huiles on des
gralsses, qu'on peut aisement Sc
procurer dams les regions arctiques,
81 le charbon venait a manouer
La coqne protegee par son rev6te
ment de ch6ne, fnt en- ontre
renforcee de p0ntres transvefsales.
de maniere a offrir une grand.
resistance a la preston des glaces.
Enf1n. Pavant etait cuirasse ct
arme dun eperon d'acier, pour Sc
frayer une route dams Ia banauise
meme, 81 son epaisseur ne depassait
pas la limite dn tirant deau.
LIE schooner, achet6 ct remis sur
chantier, fut baptise lAlaska, q
ralson de la direction laquele il
etait destine. Ii await en- effet etc
decide que, lie Nordenskiold partant
par la route meme qu'avait suivir
la Vega, lie second navire prendraii
autour du monde la ronte opposee.
pour aborder l'octan Siberien par
la presqu'ile d'Alaska ct le detroit
de Behring. Les chances de
retrouver 'expedition snedoise, 81
ellie etait Ell detresse, ou ses traces,
81 ellie await peri, devaient ainsi se
trouver doubtless, puisque, tandls
que Pun des navires partirait der.
rlere ellie, Pautre trait en- quelque
sorte au devaut. Erik, a qui etait
due cette idee, s'etalt bien souvent
demande a aquelle des deux voies
il donnerait la preference, ct il
await tini par s'arr6ter la seconde.
"Le Nordenskiold, s'etait il dit,
va suivre la meme route que la
Vega. II est done indispensabl BILE
quill soft aussi henreux qu'elle
daus la premiere partie de son
voyage, ne fdt,ce que pour arriver
a doubler le cap Tchelynskin, ct
rien he prouve quill parviendra
jamais anssi loin, puisque &c result
tat ma encore etc atteint qn'une
senle fois :! Dautre part, aux
dernieres nonvelles, la Vega ne Sc
tIonvait plus qua deux on trois
cents lieues du detroit de Behring
c'est done en- arrivant an deyant
dele par cette vote quill Y a lie
plus de chances de la rencontrer.
lie Nordeaskiold peut la suivre
pendant des mois sans latteindre,
meme Ell mettant les chooses au
mieux. Ceux qui wont en- sens
inverse ne peuvent manquer de la
rencontrer, 81 ellie existe encore.
puisqu'elIe longe la cote sihe,ienne.'
Or, aux yeux d'Erik, la grande
affaire etait de rencontrer la Teqa
lie plus tot possible, atm de retrou.
yer Patrick O'Donoghan lie plus TOT
possible aussi.
LIE docteur ct NJ. Bredeior d
approuverent pleinement ces motifs,
quand lis leur furent exposes.
Dependant les travaux d'amena.
cement lie PAldska etaiept
ixonaox,t
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
THE COMING CONGRESS.
Republican Schemes to Capture Ma

Republican Schemes to Capture Ma
jority of the House Next Fall.
There are some intimations that the
President deprecates the adoption OF
the bill introduced in Congress to inter-
fere with the Congressional districting
of Ohio. Secretary Halford's paper re-
fers to it as measure Of questionable
propriety. All the defense Of it pro-
ceeds upon the assumption that the
Democrats intend an outrageously par
tisan and unfair apportionmens, one
similar TO that now in operation ar
ranged by the Republicans. Even If
that were true, the act could be made to
react upon the perpetrators, There
have been advantages taken Of such op-
portunities by both parties at different
times, but that does not make it justitia-
BILE. The Democrats in Ohio would do
very unwise thing if they were to at
tempt to gerrymander the State to Sc
cure advantage unwarranted by the pop
ular vote. They insist that they have
no such purpose, and no reason appears
for doubling their professions, In case
Congress should pass the Hoar or Wick
ham bill com mplication would probably
arise. The Democrats will no doubt
have the changes made before the act
can become operative, and they
would elect the twenty-one Con-
gressmen by tho new districts,
while the Republicans would ad-
here to the old ones. The result
would be that each party would ask
tire delegation admitted would be Re-
publican or Democratic according to the
strength of the parties in Congress out
side of Ohio. This is q contingency to
be greatly deprecated. The Republic
ans do not mean to lose the next House
if foresight and devices Will obviate
that result. One Of the most recent
schemes is for Congress to remain in
session till the census man reports his
count of population and then apportion
the membership under that. The
enumerators have till July to complete
the count, and it would be a remarkable
piece of expedition if the computations
and returns could be made, in month.
Then after Congress had assigned the
members to the States, there would be
no time for the Legislatures to convene
and make the districts. Either Congress
mustmake the districts or the additional
members to States must be elected on a
general ticket. Where State loses a
member new problem would be pre-
sented. 1t is assumed that the census
will help out the Republicans, but a
good deal of ingenuity will be requisite
to make any considerable advantage
out of it. The great trouble they are
likely to find in getting majority of
the next Congress is lack of votes. St
Paul Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
PRESS COMMENTS.

What capitalist, American or for
eign, will put his money in State
ruled by negroes?-Louisville Courier
Journal.
-Carlovitch Eneroi Emerol Smith.
off, United States Minister to Russia,
speaks French fluently, but softly.-N.
Y. World.
by all means nominate Reed; give
Foraker the second place on the ticket,
and make the platform "Force and
Forgery."-Louisville Courier-Journal
-"Reyising the tariff by it's
friends" is to be the farce played by
the present Congress The window
glass trust is one of the friends. s.-Chi-
cago News.
1t is proposed to hold a mass
meeting of the editors appointed to
Office by President Harrison, as soon as
the bulk of them have returned to pri-
vate life.-Boston Herald.
The Republican party is halting
between Depew and Alger-two very
rich and juicy millionaires. It is pre-
dicament scarcely paralleled since the
donkey starved to death between the
haystacks. s.-St Louis Re epublic.
when the colored children get
into the Illinois white schools and the
colored soldiers are admitted to the
Grand Army posts, how happy both
races on the Northern side of the Ohio
will be.-Louisville-Co journal.
1.-THE new rules of the House of
Representatives." says the Rochester
Post Express .Qnd. J, sin order to obvi-
ate the inconvenience of dilatory mo-
tions, resort to expedients far more
dangerous. They apply a remedy
worse than the disease"
Dakota has decided not to license
lotteries and Holy John Wanamaker
will breathe easier. John thinks it q
wicked waste of money to put it into
lotteries and draw blanks, when it can
be put into politics with certainty of
returning in the shape OF fat Office
Houston (Tex.) Post.
The Cleveland Leader rep. an
nounces that "the Democrats may gerry
mander and gerrymander, but Major
Mckinley will go back to Congress next
fall just the same, if his party does not
see fit to call him to higher position. ;"
Is he to be Senator Sherman's successor?
N. Y. Evening Post.
While Kansas farmers are burn
ing their corn to keep warm By, ingalls,,
their Senator, is burning words to illu-
mine the wrongs Of the Southern negro
and collecting stock of similar fuel to
show up McKinley's new tariff bill in
the best possible light. The unselfish-
ness OF Kansas voters is one OF the won
ders Of an age o. vast surprises. --C!sys
land lo,l Press
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
PRETTY COURT OFFICIALS.
The Height of Etfrontery Reached by
Yenal Repnblican Minions.

The Height of Egfrontery Reached by
Venal Republican Minions.
'"Thls Is no rumor, mind you, says
the Administration organ in this city.
speaking Of certain allegations of fraud
in the Florida election. 'It is state.
ment of fact sent By the officials Of the
Florida court to United States Attorney
General Miller"
The childlike assumption that this
fact takes the report out of the domain
of rumor and gives it the weight of
truth is almost too beatific for this SUBJ
lunary sphere. In order to apprehend
its full force and beauty one ought to
read it in the light of recent proceed
ings illustrative of the noble trust
worthiness Of Republican court officials
in this same State of Florida.
In the Northern district of Florida
one Charles Swayne is the United States
Judge, holding Office by virtue of ap-
pointment from President Harrison.
The marshal of the district is John R.
Mizell, also Republican. The latter
has very naturally turned his attention
with considerable zeal-having been
appointed with that nderstanding-to
the ferreting out of alleged Democratic
frauds on the ballot-box. In starting
out on his quest he was struck with the
desirability Of packing the jury-box
with Republicans, SO that his prosecu-
tions might not fail through any such
accident as the lack of evidence. To Sc
cure this result he wrote the following
letter to one of his tools:
C. c. KIRK, ESQ.,, De Land Fla.-Sir: You
will at once confer with Mr.. Bielby and make
out list OF fifty or sixty names OF true and
tried Republicans from your county registration
list for jurors in the United States court, and
forward same to Hon. p Walter, clerk United
States court, and it is necessary to have them
at once, as you can see Please acknowledge
this. am, yours truly,
JOHN R. MIzELr,
United States Marshal.
Please get the names OF parties as near
steamboat and railroad stations as possible.
This precious bit of Republican ras-
cality was offered in evidence on the
trial of the case against the alleged per-
petrators of fraud at the polls, it having
already been shown that twenty-five out
of the twenty-three members of the
grand jury were Republicans and that
the box from which the panel was drawn
contained ten Republicans to one Dem
ocrat. But the Republican Judge re-
fused to have the letter read in evil
dence.
These are the Officials of the Florida
court for whose statements" against
their political opponents implicit conf
dence is asked becaus' they are officials.
Surely the force of brazen-faced effront-
cry can no farther go.-Detroit Free
Press,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
URBAN POPULATION.
The Growth of cities Compared with Tha
of the Whole Country.

The Growth of cities Compared with That
of the Whole Country.
Mr.. Albert b. Hart has an interesting
and instructive article on American
cities in the current number of the
Quarterly Journal of Economics. Tho
article shows that the rapid develop
ment of cities in this country lies chief
ly within the last forty years. The pop.
ulation of the United States since 1890
has been increased by sixteen times;
and during the same period, taking
5000 persons under single local gov
ernment as the definition OF d city, the
number of cities has been increased by
sixty times, and the urban population
by one hundred and sixty times. In
1850 the number of cities having an
average population of 81, 600 was only
81; in 1860 the number was 141 in 1870
it was 226; and in 1880 it was 2S6 with an
average population of $4,000. In 1890
the urban population Of the country was
about one-thirtieth of the whole: in
1860 it was about one-sixth: and in 1880
it was nearly one-fourth of the whole.
These figures show a remarkable
growth of cities and city populations, as
compared with the growth of the whole
country. One of the causes of this re-
suit has been the large immigration to
the United States within the last forty
years, and the general tendency of i'm
migrants to crowd into cities rather than
disperso themselves in rural districts
and devote themselves 10 agriculture.
This rapid increase of cities carries
along with it corresponding increase
in their political power, and makes the
problem of good city government for
local purposes one OF increasing diff
Guilty. The key to the future in respect
to city government, as Mr.. Hart thinks,
Is thorough system of popular educa-
tion by which "rightexamples and right
principles" shall be widely instilled
'into the minds of children" Our pub
lie school system aims to attain this
nnd, and is the best practical agency for
the purpose. More stringent natural
ization laws, as called for by the Presi,
dent are also of great Importance.
v fuienpndput
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
gle. They have probably done the very

gle. They have probably done the very
best4hat could be done under the c!r-
cumstances. 1t is true that they were
equal in number to the Republican
members, and that they represented
100000 more OF the population Of the
State than the Republican members
did. But they were no doubt subjet ted
to an enormous outside pressure not
duly appreciated by people at a distance.
In spite of 1t all, however, by persever.
ance, tact and indomitable pluck, they
have marched off with the prestige and
the honors of war of this famous con-
flict. May it be thirty-four years more
before they lose the advantage they
have so gallantly won.-Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
THE DEADLOCK BROKEN.
A Victory of Which Democracy May Well
BE Proud.


BE Proud.
The breaking of the deadlock in
Iowa brings sense of relief to the
whole country, and very natural feeling
of eXultation to the Democratic heart.
When political party in State elects
the Governor and the Speaker of the
House for the first time in thirty-four
years it has great reason indeed to re-
joice and be glad.
The compromise finally reached, how
ever. is characteristic one. The
Democrats walk off with the honors
and the Republicans with the spoils of
Office and the political machinery. The
Democratic self-complacency will be
gratifed every time it looks at the
Speakers chair, but the payroll and
the work of the committees will show
that the Democrats have probably
sacrificed material advantages to an
empty show. There is story at{oat
about two men who had to divide be-
tween them a lot of oysters, and who
did it by giving one of them the oysters
and the other the shells. This may
not be an exact illustration OF the
Iowa compromise, but certainly one sug-
gests the other. In fact, all compro-
misses between Democrats and Republic
ans are apt to end in that way, and the
reason is obvious; the Democratic party
is party of principles and the Re-
publican party is party of spoils. 1t
is sentiment against greed in every In
stance.
Still. there is abundant reason to ap-
plaua tbs course pursued by the Demo
ayatlc members tRyeugh9p. this stsug-
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-03-19
lis True, ,rls 1ity. Pity ,ris, IT'S Frue.

LID AEucs Aio = A1yh AAJ A'Ss A.o - NS'
M,re than two thirds of our sick folks are
treated by ignorant and tlnskiilful ply.
sicians, and were it not for the wonderful
recuperative power Of nature, much
larger proportion would be hurried prema-
turely into the grave on account OF errone-
Gus treatment. People are mostly them.
selves to blame. They are long time get
for dyspepsia and indigestion the doctor
prescribes cathartic pill, for an ac1du-
lated stomach some. alkali, for pain some hot
IMMINENT, for sleeplessness some narcotic,
for skin diseases sume external ointment,
and so might erroneous treatment be emu
merated to greater length, but enough it is
70 show the doctor aims to give quick teEl;,
porary relief without hope or expectation OF
any permanent good. Now nine times out OF
ten dyspepsia, weak stomach, aches, pains,
sleeplessness. nervousness, skin diseases,
etc, owe their origin to state Of defective i've
circulation and blood impurity. and the use
of that scientific remedy invented by the
eminent DR.. John Bull, of Louisville, KY,
would effect a permanent cure. It's called
Dr. Bulls Sarsaparilla. Demand it OF your
druggist Take no other.