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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-08-16
Speaker Reeds Critic.

In the July North American Review
there appeared a caustic criticism of
Speaker Reeds dictatorial policy in the
chair OF the house of representatives.
The name of Mr.. Reeds critic vas hid
den under an anonymous appellation,
and political circles IN the east are very
much exercised I'VE a quest after the
identity of the author.
In Washington the belief seems to
be prevalent that James G.. Blaine
wrote tie article. The New York Sun
combats this idea, and insInuates that
the author is George c. Gorham ex-
secretary of the senate, and an old
time friend of the late Roscoe Conkling
1t is evident that the writer of the
article is a prominent republican, if
not The leader of his party. The ia
miliarity with all the leading rulings
of various speakers shows the writer
to be a close student oflegislative work
in the national congress.
The authorship of the article is of
small moment. 1t is the truth that it
contains which seems 10 rankie in the
breasts of those republicans who have
shown their LOYALTY to party ties by
voting steadily t. uphold Speaker
Reeds extraordinary rulings. Mr..
Reeds critic pulls back the veil Of his
tory and shows that the great objection
made by Messrs. Reed, Conger, Haw-
ley, and other republicans in 1880 TO
allowing the speaker 10 count Quorum
present as a matter of his own observa-
ton was the liability TO make a wrong
count. This same objection has been
repeatedly against Speaker Reeds ar
bltrary counting OF qaoruIns during the
present congress.
1t is a matter Of record that members
have proved to the house that at the
time they were recorded as .present
and not voting they We're not in
Washington. Other members have
proved that they were outside the cap
itol building when the speaker counted
them as ''pIesent and not voting"
Not only has the arbitrary policy of
Speaker Reed frequently plunged the
house into almost inextricable confu-
sion, but, as pointed ont by the Review
critic, these very mistakes were the
groundwork Of Mr.. Reeds strenuous
objections to placing any such power
in the hands Of a speaker.
Mr.. Reed he's been convicted OF a
trimming policy which reflects little
credit upon him as d statesman. what
ever his party may decide regarding
him as Il politician. 1t seems to have
been the fatuous policy Of Speaker
Reed the moment he felt the reins of
power Ill his hands to distrust tile peo-
pie who placed his party in power and
to endeavor by trickery to consolidate
the baser elements of his party for an
other political campaign.
Ii Mr.. Blaine is really tue critic whe
has pointed ont Speaker Reeds error
to the American people it will not u +
prise any one, for Mr.. Blaine is too
adroit a politician to allow the impress
sion to go u~ncorrected that the repub-
llcan party is in any such straits as to
require the heroic nostrums of Speaker
Reed and his immediate foliowers.-Ex
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-08-16

rs not only a distressing complaint. of
L itself, but, by causing the blood to
become depraved and the system en-
fcebled, is the parent of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers SarsaparilIa
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 carne 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 che 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 S~arsaparilla, which
has produced wonderful results. Soon
alter coInIDe.oing to take the Sarsapa-
ftlla | could see an improvement in nv
condition. My appetite began TO return
and with it came the ability to digest
all the food taken, my strength i'm
proved each day. and after a few
months of faithful attention to your
directions. I found myself a well
woman, able to attend to all household
'inties. The medicine has given me .
new lease Of life."
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-08-16

The farmers movement has incor-
porated a new element into politics
this fall which is clouded with a good
dsal OF uncertainty. What will be the
eFect OF these organizationsat the polls
is a troublesome question to boil, par
ties. In North Carolina the democrats
express the fear of losing the state.
In Alabama four state tickets are in
the field. South Carolina has a terri
bly, bitter fight on hand, in which the
farmers take a hand. In Arkansas
the farmers and republicans have in
dorsed the union labor ticket. In all
these states the democrats will suffer
In Minnesota and South Dakota the
farmers are organized against the re-
pubilcans. In Illinois no farmers,
ticket has been nominated, but the or
ganizatlon will scratch the party
tickets. In the southern part of the
state the democrats will lose. while in
the northern part the republicans will
suffer. Nebraska will have five tickets
in the field if all the conventions call
ed nominate. In Iowa the republicans
have nominated a ticket, conventions
have been called by the Labor union.
Farmers Alliance, and prohibition
parties, and the democrats will nomi-
nate, making five tickets. Kansas
will have III tickets. 1t is q little
singular that, almost without cxcep-
ton, all these parties make common
cause against the republicans on the
ground OF opposition to the high tariff.
Some are more pronounced and ey-
IRENE than others, but all oppose the
Mckinley bill and man indorse the
position taken by Mr.. Blaine in favor
OF not ~surrendering our W markets
without an adequate return for sucl,
an opening Of our ports. The taDples
III politics in this country were never
SO many nor so perplezing as they are
this fall and surprises may be expect
ed IN both parties. The most sirni6-
cant thing shown by these complica-
lions Is chat they indicate a layity of
party ties that has never been 80 an
parent IN this country before. Both
the leading parties are plagued with
these evidences OF disloyalty in abolt
the same proportion, but there is so
little harmony among those who have
gone off that it is doubtful if new
party a be organized FROM them.
The farmers may do it, but all ut.
tempts at such a party have failed,
and probably this new one will be no
exception to the general rule.--Ex.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-08-16
Practical Information.

An observer of this service writes
that there are many planters and 9TH
ers in his neighborhood who do not
understand the construction of the in
struments used by the Service in de-
termining the highest and lowest tenn
p%eratures and rainfall daily. and sug-
gests that a description of the principal
instruments be furnished through the
columns of the JOURNAL, to which we
readily assent, as follows:
sELF-REGIsTERING THERMOMETERS
The use of maximum and minimum
thermometers is very important. as it
enables Us to determine, not only the
highest and lowest temperature each
day, but the mean of these two tenn
peratures also gives nearly mot more
than % TO 40 above) the monthly
mean temperature. The maximum,
thermometer used by this Service con-
sists of an ordinary mercurial instru
ment with its stem CONSTRUCTED near
the bulb. This thermometer is placed
iii a position slightly inclined toward
the bulb: while the construction readi-
ly allows the mercury to pass with a
rising temperature. yet it prevents all
passage back TO the bulb. The end of
the column then indicates the highest
temperature experienced during the
tw~enty-fonr hours. In setting this
thermometer. after an observation it
should be whirled on its supporting
pin to force the mercury back into the
bulb. Care should he taken to see
that the screw holding the thermome-
ter upon the post is sufficiently tight
TO prevent the thermometer striking
the board or any other projection near
it.
The minimum is an alcohol tLer-
mometer, containing a small black in
dex. 1t should be hung nearly hori-
%zontal, and should be set by tipping
up the bulb end till the index reaches
the end of the column. The end of
the index nearest the end Of the alco-
hol column is the one to be read.
Care must be taken not to bring the
hand near the bulbs Of either the nax
mum or minimum thermometers in
setting them.
After resetting the thermometers the
top Of the columns OF mercury aud
spirit should read alike the thermom-
eters have then been set accurately.
They should be set only at 8 or 9 D..
m, oil if those hours are Inconvenience.
at Z a. III.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-08-16
RAIN GUAGE.

The rain-guage adopted for Signal
Service stations consists OF a funnel
shaped receiver, surmounted by a cyl
inder Il inches in length and S in di-
ameter. The funnel is placed in a
cylindrical reservoir 2.53 inches i'm
diameter and twenty inches i'll height.
The area OF the cross-section of the
reservoir is to that of the receiver as
n to ten, or l inch of rain falling in
the receiver corresponds with 10 inch
es OF water in the guage. The amount
OF rainfall collected in the guage is
measured by means of a graduated rod
on which are marked inches and tenths
of inches: L inch 30 spaces) on the
rod corresponds to OIL t0.10) of an inch
OF rain, and OIL Of an inch I space on
the rod to 00.1 of an inch of rain. To
provide for very heavy rainfalls, the
guage is placed within an outer gal
vaniZed iron cylinder 6 inches in diam
eter and 234 inches in height. and an
opening is made in the top of the small
cylinder OF the guage at the height of
20 inches. The guage will then re-
celve 2 inches 600 spaces, or 20 linedl
inches on the rod) Of rainfall, and when
more than this falls the excess will
flow over into the attached cylinder.
10 ascertain the amount of rain when
it is in excess Of 2 inches, first note the
2 inches in the small cylinder, then
empty it, and pour into it the water i'll
the outer cylinder; measure the
amount, as already directed, add it to
the 2 inches poured from the small
cylinder, and the sum will be the total
amount of rainfall Wealth
er Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-06

Then the World Turned Round Again.
He entered a tobacco store on Grand
River avenue with 9 handkerchief
pressed to his jaw, and was at once
an object of solicitude.
I've been there" said number one,
land ! can feel for you. Try pepper
ment essence"
II always put on bag of hot salt"
said number two. Have cured the
worst kind O. case in two hours"
''Boshl' exclaimed number thr~s.
electricity will stop that ache in two
minutes I'll never fool with any
other remedy"
gentleman" said number four as
he put his finger into his mouth to
feel of an old snag, ''there's nothing
like laudanum for the toothache. It
comes from an exposed nerve. I.au-
danum deadens the sensibility of the
nerve. I've used it with success a
hundred times"
I'D never advise a man to waste
time fooling around" said number
FIVE. LET him 60 straight to the den
fist and have it pulled out. It takes
grit, of course, but in FIVE minutes
you are over it forever"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-06
AN ENGLISH INTERVIEW.
A Process Differing From That Employe
By American Reporters.

A Process Differing From That Employed
BY American Reporters.
General Pryor tells an amusing
story. When he was in England de-
tending the Irish patriots, he was
quite desirous of spreading his views
before the English public. 1t was
much harder to get at an English
editor than at an American, but finally
communications were established. and,
one evening there was a subdued
knock at the door of his room in the
hotel. "Come in." said General
Pryor. The door opened about six
inches. and through the aperture
sidled a dilapidated specimen of hui
mainly. Softly closing the door. the
dilapidatea specimen put his dilapi-
dated hat on the floor, and, bowling
humbly, uttered: General Pryor,
I believe" Eyes. I am General
Pryor, what can I do for you?" II
am q reporter, sir. and I was sent to
ask you if you would give your views
on the American aspect of the Irish
question" Every body who knows
L
one Of the most affable of men, and in
this case he meant to be particularly
pleasant, for he wanted to be inter-
viewed. But forgetting that he was
not in New York. he followed the
usual practice of statesmen in this
country, and began with my dear
fellow. really haven't any thing to
say" intending this. of course. as a
prelude to long conversation. What
was his establishment when the speci-
men grabbed his hat. genufiected still
more humbly than before, calculating
Thank you, sir; thank you, sir" and
disappeared. To have reporter give
up the struggle so quickly so surprised
the General that he really sat in his
chair paralyzed for the moment. and
before he could recover the English
man had gone. and the interview was
lOst.-N. Y. Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-06

Ynsxpensive Methods by which Pleasing
Effects May he Had.

Inexpensive Methods by which Pleasing
Effects May BE Had.
Liqht. breezy materials that serve
az screens rather than drapery should
he selected for bedroom windows. NO
excuse exists for leaving the hard
bare lines of these necessary aper-
lures undraped. for the counters OF
dry goods shops are piled high with a
variety of cotton stuffs that are within
reach OF the ordinary purse. Pretty
colorings and artistic floral designs
are seen in these and their washing
qualities are undoubted. Dull blue
and brown are mingled together in
these, also pinks and browns, and the
whole scale of browns, from cream to
the wood shade, is Oftentimes repre-
sented in one piece. These are dia-
phanous and yard wide. To loop
them back are cotton cords and tassels
In mixed colors. matching the curtain
stuffs. These same materials are suit
able for draping beds and mantels.
The old plain white counterpart OF
Marseilles now finds rival in the
newer one, whose snowy threads are
intermingled with others OF yellow,
blue. red or pink, giving soft, lovely
effect. These also come in two tones
of q single color that are really art
istic. Beautiful spreads are OF the
durable washing silk and may be
finished with strip OF brocaded
ribbon running down the sides and q
third directly down the center. The
edge should he finished with a frill OF
antique lace, and four widths OF the
silk will be found ample for
widest bed. Down spreads are
pretty though heavy looking. A
compromise may be effected by plac-
ing two layers of sheet-wadding be-
tween the silk covers and catching it
in place at intervals with invisible
stitches. This slight filling is calcu-
lated to enhance the effect of lowered
silks, whose patterns are thus thrown
into semi-relief A pretty bed-cover
of this description is of pale heliotrope
with branching flowers OF pink and
leaves OF light olive. The long. round
bolster Is covered to match and its
ends as we'll as the edges OF the spread
trimmed with deep cream lace. A
delicate pink one made in the same
way has daisies and trailing vines run
ming all over it.
Something new in night-dress cases
shows a bolster large enough to &C
commodate that article. 1t is made o
silk to correspond with the spread ant
bed bolster and has its ends puckeret
up exactly like the latter, so that on
wonders how the night-dress is to ge
into its nest. A long slit at the bacl
fastened by a trio of buttons explain
away the apparent mystery. Witt
spreads of colored Marseilles thes
cases are made of linen. trimmed witt
point de gene or fine torchon lace, an
have embroidered on them simple de
signs in colored cottOns.
The newest CRATE curtains. whethe
for bedrooms or other apartments. ar
hung directly below the shelf-boar
and completely hide the mante
These curtains should always be 10,
in tone and the same facts should b
borne in mind in buying draperies TO
the shelf, that the ornaments place
on it may have a pleasing background
Chicago Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01
Paths That Become Water Courses.

On the West Coast Of Africa, for miles
inland, the forests are so choked With
impenetrable underwood, that the trav.
eler can only follow the narrow paths
that have been made by tho natives.
These are only wide enough to allow
people to march in single file, and a,
these paths always become water-coursea
during the rainy season, they arc any
thing but pleasant to walk on. Th,
forests themselves are chiefly made up Of
immense bombax or six-cotton trees,
their smooth, gray trunks standing ou,
like sentinels among the dark, gloomy
bush and the quiet, death-like silence,
Enormous buttresses stretch out from
their bases on every side, often twenty
and thirty feet high. Between them,
however, one can generally make good
camp, except for those pests of every
tropical forest, the ants. One of the
worst places to camp in, though looking
the most inviting, is ina cocoanut grove,
owing to the danger of nut falling and
striking one.
In these forests the hum of life at
night is as great as In the forests Of
tropical America. One need not 90 faI
inland to be awakened at night by the
sullen roar of the lion, but the most awful
cry to be heard in these forests Is the CT,
of the small lemur. These ghosts of tn,
forests begin with low, plaintive CRY
that, gradually increasing, sounds a,
though some human being was in tn,
last throes of torture. In the Ashantet
war the writer remembers sentry whc
was absolutely paralyzed w,th fear at the
grewsome noise. He stuck to his post,
butfew men have ever been SO frightened
as that man was. Snakes, as rule,
cause but little trouble. They win in.
variably crawl away from man, and only
when trod on or attacked do they strike.
--NoU York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01
Catching Rattlesnakes for Oil.

There are places in South Georgia
where men extract oil from the rattle.
snake and use it TO cure rheumatism.
These persons will give colored man 81
to point out rattlesnake to them, and
then they kill it in peculiar manner.
They place forked stick over the snakes
head, then put cord around it and
stranglc the snake. This is done to keep
the snake from biting itself The body
Of the reptile is then strung up and the
oil extracted from it. 1t sells at SO per
ounce, and this industry is very profit.
able one. The snakes in that section are
very large, averaging five feet in length,
and one rattler gives up q great deal of
oil. A little negro boy once saw two
rattlers lying close together, and wanted
to get the money for finding them. 1t
was mile to the nearest house. He was
afraid the snakes would crawl off while
he was gone, and so took off his cont and
placed 1t between the two snakes. He
went off, came back, and found them
still cycling the coat He had them
charmed. So the snake is cultivated
down there as profitable industry
Atldnsi Constitutioa,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01

Just now no two countries in Europe
OF any pretensions are in perfect harmony,
declares the Washington Star. The
relations between England and France,
between Germany and Russia, between
Russia and Austria, between Italy and
Austria, between Russia and Turkey, be-
tween Spain and England are more or
less complicated. International jealousy
is founded on national sefshness. Just
at present the great Black Continent is
the bone over which many of the nations
are growing. France, sore over tho
continued occupation of Egypt aud dis
posed to make the most Of her rights in
the Newfoundland dispute, revives her
old pretensions in Zanzibar and finds
support in Danish sympathy with Danish
Heligoland, in Belgic apprehension of
German aggression on the Congo State
and in Spanish uneasiness as to British
interference with spain's programme In
Morocco.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01

The Chicago Post is firmly of the
opinion that "there is good deal of tho
natural savage still remaining in the civ
ilized man because word comes from
Liberia of white missionary who con.
cluded that he would rather initiate the
savages he had been sent to convert than
to Christianize them. He has accord
ingly abandoned the ways of civilized
life, and is living with the natives in
their wild state. His fellow missionaries
are profoundly astonished, but civiliza
tion has many irksome restraints, and a
savage life may have many substantial
advantages"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01

The Providence (R, H. Herald says:
There is proof that really great man
Uses superior to the limitations OF cir
,umstances in the incident recently
related of the New Hampshire landlord
who made a requisition on this city for
,ix young men to proceed at once to the
Mountains and there, arrayed in tennis
costume during the day and conventional
evening dress at night, assist in enter
aiming the guests Of the hostelry, pro-
lumably the maiden element for the most
part, living ON the fat Of the land, mean
while, gratis. The increasing scarcity
Of young men at our summer hotels has
proved more deleterious to profit than
.ven combination of cold weather and
high prices, and it was inevitable that
something radical should be undertaken.
The New Hampshire man mentioned Is
evidently abreast of the times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01

The art of flying is not making any
encouraging advancement, is the verdict
of the Chicago HeraN. Somebody in,
vents a flying machine now and then,
but it always proves to be failure.
Perhaps the nearest approach to success
has been attained by q German in Pbila.
delphia, the home of Keely, the motor
man. He weighs 1850 pounds and can
raise himself into the air with the aid Of
a counter weight of eighty pounds. Yet
this is to say that only fifty per cent. oi
him is able to fly, and that is only half
enough for successful flying. II this is
the best that can he done the birds Of
the air are never likely to have any
human imitators.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01
Again has a young woman carried of

Again has young woman carried of
The honors in an intellectual competition.
The Boston Herald recently offered two
scholarships of sSnO and $500 to be paid
in four annual installments to the gradu-
ates of 1890 who should write the best
composition on one of number of sub
jects. The winners are as follows
First prize to Miss Silvia Clark, of Pink
srton Academy, Derry, N. H., for her
composition on Hawthorne's "House Of
Seven Cables" second prize to Albert
E. Thomas, of Brockton, Mass, who
took for his topic Coleridge's poem,
"The Ancient Mariner"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01

One result of exploration in East and
Central Africa is the rise in the price OF
ivory. Elephants have disappeared from
many sections where they were once
abundant, and the supply of ivory has
DOT kept pace with the demand, but ap-
piled science has met the increased de.
lnand and has supplied the place of ivory
with cclluloid and other compositions.
at may not be generally known" OBJ
serves the San Francisco Chronicle, shut
N all except the finest billiard rooms,
,olluloid balls have taken the place of
ivory spheres, and in the arts genuine
Ivory is used now only for the expen-
i've articles"