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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27


The legislature Of South Carolina,
on Dec. II, 1890, elected i. l.. NJ. Irby,
United States Senator to succeed Gen.
Wade Hampton. on March 4. 1891
This lisa victory for the farmers ALI.
ancc party.
South Carolina has done many fool
ish things dnring her existence. but
the d~isplacins Of senator Hampton is
the most foolish one. Had the new
senator been a man Of u~ninpeacltable
character, Of good name and reputa-
ton nothing could be said. II is a
poor beginning for the farmers ALI
ance.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27

Under the laws of the country an
appsrtl0ntnent of the representation OF
the various states is required to be
made by Congress.
The House Of Representatives has
passed an appropriation bill, unde
the census of 1890, although it is With
out loubt one Of tie most Incomplete,
PARTISAN and corrupt censnsrs ever
taken since the formation Of the gov
eminent. Both parties voted for tile
appropriation. bill. which is an evl-
dcnce that il satisfactory 10 both Of
the political parties.
One Representative is allowed for
every l73.9e1 voters, and for each lrac-
ton of mere than one half If that mum
Der. Under this apporsionment the
number Of members Of tire house Of
Representatives will be increased from
3332 to 35b.
The Republicans calculate that this
arrangement viii give Them 215 votes.
with IS doubtful votes, but the demo.
cratic figure differently and imagine
with good grounds for their opinion
that they silI have ;s good il chance
70 elect Il majority III the Electoral
College Is their opponents, with many
points in their favor.
Under the present appropriation,
and the addition # new states lately
had I'll" Electoral College will tain
444 votes, which will require -23 votes
to elect tile candidate.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27

The northern people have done a
good many things that are not agreea-
Die to the south, but when they stop
ped the french duck from migrating
south every winter, the matter was
brought down to a fine point.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27
FOUITD

Last monday evening & rair of eoIasn
srectacies was ionnd near the House KaiI,
road Tx change It Ilit' ,laux. Tie irser |.
requested !" apply !" the In D DAu. sEs,
TISEL.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
10th Judicial District Court. Parish
of Lafourche
Meyer Veil 6. No. 1850, Alfred Leaet

'INthE NOTICE. THAT ACTING UNDER
anu ny Nittre of an order of Seizure ~,
Sale einahatilg from the above entitIr,i
Court IN the above entitled and nurnhar.J
ease. have seized and will offer for sale ~
phoi.c auction. pursuant to law to the 1a.t
ana highest bidder at the Conr. Honse IN ~
own Of Fhibttlaux. on 80
SATURDAY, DECEMBER q. 1890
between tho hours of II o'cock. a. ~ a,d !
O'Clock. =. M, the following described nrnnc,
ty to-wtt: poi"t
A certain tract Of land situated in thr IL,
isi oi Ltfbttrehe on the left bank Of B,,nn
,af"hreiie IT about eighteen miles more ,,r
less ffiow the town of Thibodaux and !, tttls
more fhaii sixty arpents from the ea,d hayn,
hie,shfln" ne %ari,ents front BY fortv ar,,.nts
ID drlfh; bounced South or towards Iavnn
l"iioifchs ~ lands Of d. and II Foret Ina
North ~ land Of II. Fore: & Co. Togeth.r
Win an the htiidlnes and improvements ana
All the anlhtrtenauces thereof
Terms ana conditions of sale-Casb on III.
spot to pay and satisfy the sum If -
\. wo Thousand Dollars with -joht 10.
cent per aitnum interest thereon from il.
day OF December. 1893. >
z. The sum Of five per cent = ~ IL.
gate Of the sald principal and Interest $500
note as attorney fees and ali cos,s ha 800
and which said amount in princ,n.I III 4:
terest attorneys fees and cests h, ses,r., !" -.
mortgage per act passed before RI. IL.
Emile Eugene Leblanc then Clerk If Con-,
Of saIo parish oil date the 18th day ~ NJ
1886. Aarch,
7. E. LORIO.
November Odd, 1890. fchc
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

~eSENTI is responsible for OF the
views expressed in the communications mn.
der this head; but no communication will be
printed except from responsible p~artics.l
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27
LOST. MasLA1ED OR $T0xp,

One Promissory Note, drawn BY elias VI.
ren and by him endorsed in blank. Far M
sum OF TWO Hundred Dollars, witt ei9h++ III
cent interest from date and spcnrnl lie, = prl
mortgage OF date March It'll. lsS5 ~ Z
same date, VI. y. L., folio 1865. A Gxnss Il
persons are warned not to negotiate far sa y
as payment has been stopped. in acanrssn1
with law. REUBEN WAsHTS"lTrdne
Dec. End. 90. oN
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27

SIX hundred and forty acres cypress land
the nntSt IN the state of La. ana situated On
the right bank OF bayou L~afrurrIfe HI Rruly
Gulllot, above tile town of ThibodAnx section
1T, -, i, \, II, u. Apply to thu SENTINEL
Once ut ThibodauK
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27
FOR SALE

Houses & lots for sale Oh Canal & Grassl
street IT hihedanx ~ apply i" i. Kraaa
mel Ma'a.av L q. i.a. or 10 lie Tnrnooavxl
SENTINEL.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27

b splendid residence situated on Bavou
Lafolrcile, near Thibodaux. between n
Joseph's College and the residence 81 pro.
fessDr Il. Chol. Address
MR. AUGGSTTS LEGENDRF
ll3 Decatur St. New Orleans u
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27
LAFoURCHE.

Gen. Alfred II. Terry, of the United
States Army, died a few DAYS AGO
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27

Journal of the 9th Senatorial District.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-12-27

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
Excessive UgIiness in Soldiers.

Paris Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph.
Ugliness as a disqualifying cause
seems ineligible in candidate for
matrimony, but is certainly less so when
the question is one of fitness for mill
tary service. This, however, is one on
the list of disqualifcatlons laid down by
the head of the Medical Department in
the manuel just issued on ''Conscription
in France" Latterly the French au-
thorities seem to be much more liberal
in admitting the claims Of men who do
not wish to serve. The reflections are
s per cent. more numerous than at the
previous CONSUMPTION. The French are
looking more to the quality of their army
than to the number Of recruits. Ex
cessive ugliness, says the military doc
tors, makes man ridiculous, prevents
him from having authority over his
comrades, and leaves him morbid and
sensitive. If the ugliness be adequate
the claim must be allowed. "Male
hvsteria' is another valid plea. The
army doctors say it exists among French
conscripts, and it is the more objection
able as it is contagious.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
Britain's Penal System.
From Temple Bar.


The British penal systemis, though in
some respects the most equal, unques-
tionably the most severe. The INSIDE
meanant sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment with hard labor cannot OBJ
tain a single days remission by good
conduct, and he is not allowed to spend
in prison the smallest fraction of the
money which he earns. His choice of
work is also limited to matmaking, tail
oring and shoemaking. He may be a
skilled mechanic, or artist or a watch
maker, turner, carver, engraver, minia-
ture painter, or draughtsman-he will
find no employment for his talents
be set to work which will
spoil his hand and for time cripple his
power of earning his living after his dis
charge. The felon condemned to penal
servitude stands in the same case with
respect to work. He may earn promo
ton to first and second class, with small
Improvements in his diet and eventual
ly a ticket of leave, by good marks, but
unitness for the task allotted to him, or
i'll health, may render him incapable of
earning the daily maximum of eight
marks, and thus place him at disadvan-
tage beside old and cunning prison
Glands" In all foreign countries the
pON dAIONCd W
| governors for the treatment of their
captives are much greater than with u.s.
This, no doubt, opens the door to good
! deal of favoritism, but where the gov
ernor is man of experience and just
mind the continental system must ope-
rate more humanely than our own hard
and-fast rules can possibly be.
There is no question about which the
opinions Of prison reformers have been
so divided as about the effects of soil
tary confinement In England it has
| been ruled that a prisoner sentenced to
penal servitude cannot be safely con-
! fined in solitude for more than nine
months. In Germany and Austria the
term of solitude is two years. In Bel
GUM a prisoner sentenced to trdvoLa
forces formerly had the option between
solitary confinement and association ;
and if he chose the former, ene-third
of his penalty was RENTED without ref
erence to other remissions which he
might earn by good conduct. AS it was
found that all prisoners elected for
/ solitary confinement, the right of
/ option has now been withdrawn, but
the remission is still granted, SO that in
| Belgium sentence of fifteen years
penal servitude means practically ten.
It must be added that in Belgium the
time which prisoner has spent in GUS
tody before sentence is deducted from
the term of punishment just provi-
sion which ought to be adopted in all
| countries
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
Rare Presence of Mind.

1t is told of sea captain who died not
long ago thathe was formerly in COM
mand of ship in which passengers
were carried from New York to some of
the islands. On one occasion the ship
caught fire, and the passengers were
compelled to take hurriedly to the
boats.
The captain remained perfectly cool
throughout all the confusion and fright
of the embarkation, and atlast everyone
except himself was got safely into the
boats. By the time he was ready to fol-
low the passengers were almost wild
with excitement. Instead Of hurrying
down the ladder the captain called out
to the sailors to hold on minute, and
taking cigar from his pocket, coolly
lighted it with bit of burning shroud
which had fallen from the rigging at his
feet. Then he descended with deliber-
alton and gave the order to push Off
"How could you stop to light cigar
at such moment?' he was asked after
wards, when some of the passengers
were talking over their escape.
Because" he answered, II saw that
if did not do something to divert the
minds of those in the boat there was
likely to be a panic, and overcrowded
as it was there was danger of its being up
set. The act took but moment, but it
attracted the attention of everybody.
You all forgot yourselves because you
were thinking about my curious behav-
Tor, and we got off safely"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
ENSIGN EPPs, The COLOR BEARER
BY JOHN BOYLE o'REILI

BY JOHN BOYLE @ REILLY.
Ensign Epps, at the battle of Flanders,
Sowed seed of glory and duty
That flowers and flames in height and beauty
Like crimson lily with heart of gold.
To-day. when the wars of Client are old
And buried as deep as their dead commanders.
Ensign Epps the color bearer
No matter on which side, Philip or Earl;
Their cause the shell-his deed was the
pearl.
Scarce more than lad he had been sharer
That day in the widest work of the field.
He was wounded and spent and the fight was
lost;
His comrades were slain, or scattered host
But stainless and scatheless, out of the strife,
He had carried his colors safer than life.
BY the river brink, without weapon or shield,
He faced the victors. The thick heart mist,
He dashed from his eyes, and the silk he kissed
Ere he held it aloft in the setting sum-
AS proudly as if the fight were won
And he smiled when they ordered him to yield
Ensign Epps, with his broken blade,
Cut the silk from the gilded staff
Which he poised like a spear when the charge
was made,
And hurled at the leader with a laugh.
Then round his breast like the scarf of his love,
He tied the colors his heart above,
And plunged in his arinor into the tide,
And there in his dress of honor, died.
Where are the lessons your k1ngllngS teach?
And what Is text of your proud commanders?
Out of the centuries heroes reach
With the scroll of deed with the sword Of a
story,
OF one mans truth and of al mems glory,
Like Ensign Epps at the battle of Flanders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
A Phantom Likeness.

Hundreds of people have visited the
home, at Swissville, Pa, of the late
James Dougherty, who was killed by a
fall. Dougherty's wife, about the time
he was killed. discovered that fair
picture of her husband was imprinted
on the window pane, and the phantom
likeness is there yet. 1t is silhouette,
which looks as if it had been burned in
the glass. Close inspection reveals the
dimly Swallowed form of man, rep
resented from the knees up. Chin
whiskers and SLOUGH hat are discerna-
Bile, and the figure appears to be carry
ing child Within a few weeks two of
the three Dougherty children have died.
Superstitious neighbors believe that the
phantom picture portends the extinc-
ton of the entire family. 1t was Dough-
erty's custom daily on returning from
work, to carry his favorites child
on his back to the door of
his home. One theory advanced is that
while approaching his home some time
during the few days proceeding his
death Dougherty was photographed on
the glass by a fash of tightening.
There is said to be precedent for this
supposition as to electric photography,
and if this actually occurred it is con-
sidered quite probable that the picture
may have remained unnoticed until
after Dougherty was killed. An exam
ination made from within the house
had curious result. The glass was
clear as crystal, not the faintest sug-
gestion of blur being manifest, where
as on the outside no one could fail to
notice a dark patch
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
New Summer Drinks.
From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
Nobody has right to say that there
is an end to novelties IN summer de-
eoctions until he has tried frozen egg
nog. While specially adapted to palates
that like eggnog, 1t appeals rather more
than incidentally to those that like ice
cream. 1t cannot be gulped down like
drink, and SO it serves indirectly the
purposes of the long throat for which
drinkers who are generous to them
selves have always longed. At the
same time, it is quite satisfying to ice
cream lovers, because nobody need
scruple to order second or third plate
without risk of being thought glutton.
1t counts as a drink under such condi-
tons, and may quite as properly be re-
peated several times as any other drink.
Frozen eggnog is the creation of the
fertile genius OF a new firm of caterers
down town, and as far as is known no
body has yet followed them. That they
will not be alone in the field can hardly
be doubted, for the dish drink has al
ready become quite widely advertised
among good livers down town. If it is
not served in cafes all over the city by
another season, caterers will have 10 st
their cunning.
There is no secret about the construc-
ton of a frozen eggnog. The. finest
cream, the freshest eggs, the best quail
ity of sugar, and modicum of Jamaica
and Santa Cruz rum, judiciously COM
mingled, and put away in well-packed
freezer for an hour or So brings forth
product with which eggnog in liquid
form is not to be compared. The al
cohol prevents hard freezing and keeps
the other ingredients at the consistency
of well-made custard, delight to the
palate. The same house has tried sher-
ry and creme de mentl,e for favoring pur-
poses as we'll as rum. These favors are
pronounced by the judicious to be very
nearly equal to the eggnog The wine
is more delicate and the liquor more Sc
ductve in flavor. Eggnog seems to
strike the happy mean. Obedient to
the average judgment of the patrons of
the house, it has accordingly become
the staple among these novelties. One
business man is so much taken with it
that, in addition to his own allowance
at luncheon, he has daily order stand
ing for gallon to be reserved, and after
hours he invites in his family and
friends to enjoy it with him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
A Letter-Carr1er Detect1v e..
FROM the Trenton Times

There is little green card in use by
the pOSt-Otfice department that is a ter
ror to some of the more careless letter
carriers. 1t is terror only when they
have once been caught. Very seldom
indeed, have they been caught the sec
ond time. This card is dropped in a
letter box, and on it is marked the time
it was put in and also the time it should
be taken out by the carrier. A record
is kept by the chief of the carriers, and
if that little card does not turn up with
the other mail with which it is due, it is
clearly to be seen that the carrier has
not taken the mail from that particular
box.
The object, of course, is to test the re-
liability of the carriers. Where there
is any complaint on the part of the citi-
zens about the hardness Of local mails.
then little green card is dropped in
one or more boxes in the district from
which the complaint comes. Sometimes
it shows carelessness on the part of the
carrier and sometimes it does not. It is,
however, not necessary that there
should be complaints, for frequently the
cards are put in the boxes of the most
efficient men. Of course they are hap
ply when they discover them. But
where box is missed in which there is
a green card, then the carrier is bound
to get into trouble, and very serious
trouble at that.
This card has been in use by the Post
office Department for a good many
years in all parts of the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
The Walls of Crowned Heads.
From the London Truth.

It appears that the Emperor William
is by no means liberal in his walls when
travelling. hear that after His Males
tvs visits to several German courts the
functionaries and servants, who expect
ed handsome sums of money, in accord
ance with usage, received decorations;
and, by way Of adding insult to injury,
they found that they were not entitled
to wear their stars, or medals, or rib
bons, as the case might be, without the
payment of certain chancery fees, which
they could i'll afford to defray.
When the Emperor Nicholas stayed
for few days at Windsor, in 1874, he
left walls to the amount of several thou
sand pounds, and the Emperor Napo-
leon was equally profuse in 1866. This
exuberant liberality, however, was en-
barrassing in various ways, SO a table
was drawn up showing the sums which
imperial and royal visitors to the Queen
are expected to leave on their depart
ure. The amount varies according to
the position of the guest, but it is usual
ly SO large that staying at the palace as a
guest is hardly cheaper than being quar-
tered at hotel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
Not Always From the Clouds.
From the Rochester Democrat.


During the progress of the electrical
storms of July 8 in this state it was
noted that in several places electrical
discharges passed from the earth to the
clouds as well as from the clouds to the
earth. The post-express described this
phenomenon as observed at Irondequoit
Bay A gentleman who Aecently re-
turned from the Adirondacks observed
the same electrical action. Discharges
passed from the hills across Star Lake to
the clouds and from the clouds to the
hills. Similar observations were made
in this city in 1885 or 1886. Preceding
and during the volcanic eruptions in
New Zealand, June II, 1886, electric
the earth. These electrical discharges
were from regions considerably re-
moved from the volcanic craters.
1t has been urged that the eye cannot
detect the direction of a lightning flash,
and that the passage of discharge from
the earth to the sky is only apparent,
an optical illusion. This objection is
employed mainly to support a theory
that the passage is always from the sky
to the earth. If the reasoning of the
objection be correct, what is there to
support the theory that the passage is
always from the sky to the earth. The
statement that discharges are invari-
ably from the sky to the earth is based
on observation, and has no other basis.
An object on the earth may be shattered
by bolt passing from the earth to the
sky as we'll as by passage from sky to
earth. The SCATTERING force is shown
when the fluid passes from one medium
to another. The testimony of sight
must be accepted in case of the apparent
passage of the bolt from earth to sky if
it is accepted in the passage from SKY to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27

the longer length is better than the
shorter, it seems to be clear that it will
also be the most economical.
AFTER flower bed has been planted
it is we'll to give it good watering, to
settle the earth about the roots. A day
or two afterwards stir the surface of the
soil, and afterwards never let it remain
caked. After watering or rains no more
than day should elapse before the sur
face is stirred up. It is what is called
cultivating the soil, and there is nothing
like it to make plants grow, be they
flower or vegetable.
AS soon as rose flowers decay Gu
them off, SO that new growth and new
flowers may ensue. While plant is
perfecting seeds it is not making much
new growth, and without this there can
be no more flowers. This applies to all
kinds of plants. Cut all decayed flowers
off as soon as perceived
A SOIL containing free lime, potash or
magnesia is in condition to form rapidly
in warm weather under tillage valuable
compounds of nitrogen, which hasten
plant growth. This process, called nj
trifrication of the soil, does not go on
rapidly in the absence of lime, potash,
soda, ETC., hence the importance of APP
plying lime and potash to soils deficient
in them.
Corn meal made into dough with cold
water used to be the standard food for
all kinds of young fowls, and is just as
good now as ever it was. Meal and
milk would be still better. The meal
should be sifted for very young fowls, as
the bulls might choke them, though it
| is doubtful if such a case was ever
known when the dough was wet enough.
It should be very wet or mixed up long
enough to let the meal swell before us
ing, as it might get packed in the crop.
The weakest parts of the ,si1o are the
corners and the doors. The square
corner present some difficulties in pack
ing down the silage, and the settlement
of it after fermentation and consequent
shrinking. This trouble is avoided by
covering the corners for two feet in the
lining, SO as to make an eight-ended silo
with four sides only two feetlong. This
reduces the space very little and facili-
tates packing and settlement of the
fodder. Extra care is to be taken in fit
| ting in the doors