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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-05-16

Mrs. Mary Rutherford and her hus-
band live on farm between Vernon and
Madison and have raised q large family.
About twenty years ago the lady, now
Mrs Rutherford. was engaged to be
married to the son Of neighboring
farmer. who was model young man,
but when the marriage feast was spread
and the invited guests were awaiting the
coming Of the groom he came not, hav-
ing deserted her at the Last moment. It
% shocked and disappointed the young
lady that she lost her mind and was
taken to the insane asylum, but after a
while she was discharged as cured. In
her insane rawlings she moaned piteously
for neI s-uant lover After being re-
leased from the ,r~.-'nm she married Mr.
Rutherford
A few days ago she took out the olu
letters Of her first lover and read them
over. when the old mania came back OF
her and she again became a raving ma
MAC, without apparently any thought d-
her husband, children and home, and
wSils continuously for her old lover
Indiana Cor. St. Louis Republic.
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Lnniter's Double Moon.

The Lick telescope is the most power
full glass in the world. 1t is reported
the observers at Mount Hamilton have
kept a sharp eye turned upon the shadow
of ont. of the moons Of the planet Jupi-
ter This shadow seemed double, indi-
eating that the tiny moon which cast it
is also double. Since the first hint OF
the discovery many observations have
been made through the Lick glass, all
tending 10 confirm the original impress
sion. II wit: That this particular satei-
lite Of the greatest OF planets is double
a dot al "a moon revolving around the
main ihu..n Exchln.e.
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IL There . Potato Famine.

There certainly has been a potato fam
inc in che Middle States and in New
England. so that New York city has
been obliged to depend upon imports
from Canada and from Scotland.
was told very curious fact about
these Scotch potatoes, which. upon in
vestigation. found to be true. It seems
that the Scotch potatoes. of which an
enormous quantity have been imported
here, are not Scotch at all, but are Irish
Shipments are made from Dublin and
Belfast in small coasting schooneFs to
the Clyde. and there the potatoes are
taken aboard the vessels Of the Anchor
and State lines, and brought to this coun-
try as Scotch potatoes They are con-
signed by weight and not by measure.
and over 400 tons of them have been
imported since the 1st of December e.
j. Edwards in Philadelphia Press
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THIBODAUX, LA, SATURDAY, MAY 49, 1891



One of the most remarkable events in
the history Of .shad fishing in the Della
ware river occurred just below Finn's
Point. John McCaughan, fisherman
from this city. was out getting the "low
water" During the drift he noticed sew
eral large fiocks of wild ducks taking
their morning baths in the river about
$50 yards away from his skiff and di-
rectly in the course Of his long net.
Some time afterward he hauled in his
net. In it he found six shad. one small
sturgeon, and to his utter surprise six
teen fine canvasback ducks.
1t is not unusual for q fisherman to
find one duck in his net, but when SIX
teen Of these luscious fowls were taken
out from points all along the net it is a
clear indication that hundreds of the
Ncks were on the river The birds dive
into the river with one swift swoop and
go down into the water for several
fathoms by the force Of the dive. They
become entangled in the meshes of the
fine gilling twine and are drowned. The
birds were beautiful specimens of their
species. and their rich plumage and ex-
cellent condition made them salable at
once. They brought City cents EACH
New Castle Cor. Wilmington News.
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Hypnotism In Dentistry,

Hypnotism in dentistry is one of the
latest developments Of the art An in
teresting experiment was described the
other night at the meeting Of the Mid
land Counties Dental association by Mr..
W. R. Roberts, Of L;;tchield. A lady
patient. he said, consulted him recently
as to the extraction of very firmly i'm
bedded right lower first molar. AS she
had previously been hypnotized for head.
ache and other ailments, and always
proved susceptible subject, her medi-
cal adviser suggested that she should be
hypnotized before the tooth was pulled.
The lady consented, and the doctor
hypnotized her in Mr. Roberts operating
room. When she was under the infiu-
ence she was asked to walk to the den
tai chair and did SO. Mr. Roberts then
asked her to open her mouth, and told
her that the tooth would be extracted
without any pain. She obeyed, and did
not evidence the slightest pain while the
tooth was being pulled up. The patient
was then awakened She said she had
not felt the removal of the tooth, neither
had she experienced any discomfort
ce.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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For q Cosmopolitan Population.

AS an incident of the recent exciting
municipal election in Chicago, The Trib-
une relates that one Sundays issue of
Der Weston contained al editorial
twenty-five lines in length. which was
reproduced upon the FIRST page in twenty
four languages, occupying seven col.
amns, in English. German. French,
Italian. Spanish, Portuguese. Russian,
Finnish. Polish. Hungarian. Bohemian
or Czcekish. Dutch. Swedish. Norwegian.
Danish, Flemish, Turkish, Armenian,
Arabic. japanese, Chinese. modern
Greek, Latin and Hebrew, besides vola-
puk, and in eight dialects, as follows:
German dialects of Plattdeutsch, Bava-
ria, Palatinate, Wurte,nberg (Schwab-
isch). Switzerland. Austria, Luxem-
burg and of the Jews of Germany.
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t;ct.,:.,, .:@;ls:i, ps Reading, is danger
on>lS II y. .->Glt et :, late received ten
days ag" s::n! 4 parrot w!,ic:, he has had
many wears TIL. bite was slight and
no attent.ntl 81, l,a:,. to i at the time.
tex ,'s.:> later MI. Eeim experienced
great irt.i ~ f!ie anger. which s-,came
great, nttai..-i. ,,,lt became better and
he 've.;':a VAS thought t" be healing
He hal -,apsc. and his condition is
asaf'a:a- .te = nearly seventy years OF
age. astl i j believes! blood poisoning
has - ia.-tar, Philadelphia Times
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Apropos Of the Season.

Ah-n-hl
That's about as good description as
could be written of today's weather.
1t also serves the purpose of describing
that very vague and uncertain thing q
person would like to do under the newly
felt influence Of sunshine. Perhaps one
would just like to expand himself lit
dc and slowly. without putting too much
effort in the process
This IL day when the pleasantest
thing possible is to stand about and ex-
ist. 1t would be much less troublesome
to lie down and exist. but unfortunately
that can't be done-at least not in the
sunshine. and a person has lazy hank
ering after the sunshine. Summer Is
as yet only skin deep The lawn looks
very attractive, but under it oezes damp
pneumonia. Faint traces of winter are
still felt, though the temperature has
reached 20 degs., and the season has not
yet lost its nasal twang, so to speak.
The man who imagines he has the grip
is still present, describing the 529 aches
i'm various parts of his frame
One Of the strange features Of this
weather is the sudden change One can
mot SEQ to scrape yesterdays mud off his
possessions because Of dust in his eyes.
The mud of the streets seemed one Of
the most permanent phenomena Of nat
ure, and that the sprinkling cart should
be felt necessary SO soon after the sky's
efforts seems incredible. ble.-Indianapolis
News
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How London Grows

So,ne idea OF the immense size Of Lon
doll i:lay be gathered from the fact that
there w"s. registered during one week
asso births and o.91a deaths. The births
We're l.s telow and ,he deaths 1888 above
the a.ec,-,. for the last ten years Here
We have sr.o.le enough born into the
world III nne week to Jvnstitute Il
city ii The ambitious phraseology OF
western: 1aglish. ami enough deaths in a
TIM" ot a-s.l;o,;nd peace to render memor-
able. II Battlefield. Bat the most strik-
lng fast ,a his table is that not one of
ali til, ".!!i2 lied OF smallpox. London
al a.
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Snow TorAladOes.

The last winter seems to have reversed
the climatic conditions of northern and
southern Europe. In western Iceland
the usual autumn rains lasted this year
till February, and in March the shrub bs
in the gardens of Reidiavick were in
full bud, while Italy and Spain were
swept by blizzards that would have ap-
palled native Of North Dakota. Sew
eral villages in the Sierra de Quadarama
north Of Toledo) were literally buried
in snow, and on the Sd of April an off
shoot Of the same gale seems to have
crossed the Atlantic and to have strewn
the coast of New England with wrecks.
-Philadelphia Times.
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Selecting Mushrooms.

Poisoning by mushrooms is generally
caused by the disregard of very simple
points of observation. In the first place,
no one should undertake to gather these
excellent foods without being fully in
formed as to their shape, color, odor and
taste. There are many books giving all
these in detail. Here it need only be
said that any mushroom which looks
clean and fresh, is not worm eaten, has
pink gills under buff colored cap, that
turns dark when bruised or matured,
has nutty taste and pleasant odor, may
be presumed to be good. Mushroom
gatherers avoid fungi growing from
what is called vulva or hollow cup at
the base of the stem The writer's test,
after noting the above characteristics, is
to taste small portion of the cap with
ont swallowing it. If the flavor is sweet
and nutty, and does not sting or burn
the throat, the specimen, even if un-
known, is placed among the candidates
for cooking. Some salt is always car
ried, and little is held in the mouth
for a moment. Still little more ia
swallowed, care being taken not to swal.
low a particle Of the mushroom.
When the mushrooms are gathered
they should all be carefully washed in
water containing salt and vinegar and
then cooked with salt These precau-
tions usually insure safety In fact,
when poisoning by any kind of fungi
has occurred some carelessness of choice
or preparation has been noted. Old
fashioned cooks usually relied upon
using silver spoon ih cooking suspicious
fungi, but the test has not been proven
infallible. In case Of actual poisoning
use the same treatment as for narcotics,
j. e., emetics, stimulating restoratives,
and the earliest possible attention of
competent physician. 1t may be said in
passing that mushrooms are far more
important as an article of food than is
generally understood. They rank next
to meat in SAVIOR and nutriment, having
largely replaced it in the south during
our civil war.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Nitro-Glycerine After Death.

There has Just occurred in the citv OF
Spartansburg. S. g.. one of the most re-
markable eases of recovery, in which a
well known citizen has been snatched
from the very grasp of death. A special
from that city says: Fo. several months
Mr.. w. Fl. Posey has been suffering
from a severe attack of jaundice with
other troublesome complications. He
grew worse and worse until his friends
lost all hope Of his recovery. His broth
er. DR.. Posey, was sent for Indiscretion
in diet brought on convulsions. and to
all appearances he died. His breathing
ceased, his pulse stopped and his brother
turned away and said it was all over.
Then DR.. Hill proposed to inject nitro
glycerine into his arm. If he was dead it
could do no harm. He did SO, and in Il
few minutes the heart began to beat, the
lungs to respire and the pulse to throb.
and he was again a live man. The
jaundice is now under control, and there
is every prospect of Mr. Posey's recoy-
cry. Of course, the nitro -glycerine could
not arrest death under all circumstances.
In this case the cause of death was heart
failure, and the powerful medicine re.
stored its action.
But for this Mr.. Posey would now be
a dead man. Those who were present
say the effect was wonderful Dr.. Hill
used this remedy once before. e.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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Baby.s Long Voyage In the Driftwood.

A curious story is being told on the
streets by one John Sellers. representing
himself as living in the Trinity bottoms
about fourteen miles east of Ennis He
said that Wednesday colored woman
living along the river bank lost her two
year-old child, a boy just able to walk.
and search was made. but unsuccess-
fully and the mother gave it mp for lost.
Further, that some fishermen while re-
turning from an excursion found the
baby. alive and well, perched on some
driftwood drifting placidly toward the
gulf, about twenty miles down the river;
that it took the fishermen two days to
discover the mother and restore the baby
to its home. Cor Dallas News
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Antlers Embedded in = Tree Trunk.

A couple of weeks ago Mr.. Van Man,
a farmer near Zena, in Polk county, was
engaged in cutting cord wood on his
place. He chopped down an oak tree Of
about three feet in diameter at the butt,
and after saving it into the proper
lengths proceeded to split it in the usual
manner. In the section about 1--WE feet
from the ground he struck his ak into
what he supposed was bunch of knots,
but as the chips Immediately crumbled
he made closer examination, and discoy-
cred the right side of a pair of deer horns
ilnbedded into the very heart of the oak
tree. There are evidences that it had
tive prongs, and from the growth rings"
of the tree has been in that position for
at least u century and half. The tree
is thought to be at least 200 years old
Salem Statesman.
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A COl0red Mans Snug Inheritance

Gilbert F. Chinn, colored, the heir of
go. 600. who has for some time been in
the employ Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad as porter, has arrived in Bal
tiInore. Search was made for him by
Lawyer Harry S. Cummings, the colored
councilman. to whom Mayor Davidson
turned over letter recently published
inquiring for Chinn. The letter came
from Colorado. where the fortune is.
The papers Of Identification viii be pre-
pared by Lawyer Cummings. Chinn is
about thirty years Of age, is married,
and is intelligent He was at one time
. student of medicine. Baltimore Sun.
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II Is .ald that 1t WAS apver made oefor0
-tll,' ~: rgpstlon that business men sweep
Their >,iewalks Ia rh- evening instead oil
IN ti,.- snornius anal thus have the refuse
ready or removal by the street sweeper
whcii that comes around in the evening
instead of lying all day exposed to tho
public gaze. The improvement sssocia-
tion calls for this reform in q circular
signed by Secretary herwood.-Spring-
6eld Homestead.
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Dr.. Richard Gundrv, who died in

Dr.. Richard Gundry. who died in
Maryland recently. was not only super
intendent of the hospital for the insane
in the state, but one of the foremost ad-
vocates of the non-restraint system for
jackets. cribs. wristlets or Instruments
of restraint We're used in his treatment.
the aim being at all times TO employ the
mind of the patient and direct his ener-
gies into natural and rational channels.
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Iae late leonard Jeronie's three big
pretty daughters, somewhat to mis- grief.
chose Enghshmen for husbands. He
never acknowledged Lady Randolph
Churchilfs title. and the first visit he
paid her after her marriage he astonished
the fiunky at the door by asking Tor
MRS. Churchill"
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General Rosecrans, the register Of the
treasury, is remarkably vigorous at sew
enty-one years. He breakfasts every
morning at Z, reaches his desk by 0, and
remains there hard at work till 4. The
bulk of his salary goes to old soldiers and
other nee Is claimants on mis- charity.
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henry H. Flagler, of the Standard Oil

Henry III. FIagIer, OF the Standard OH
company. also of the cluster of great ho-
tells i'll st. Augustine, Fla. has steam
yacht, the Alicia, built mostly of for,
eign woods. furnished with Scotch boil
ers. and fitted luxuriously throughout.
About the lst of June Mr. Flagler is to
start OIL trip around the world in this
yacht.
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Bay county, Mich, has paid for 3s,-
095 sparrows since the sparrow law went
into effect, and it is claimed that these
birds are getting decidedly scarce.
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A year ago only the fastest train be-
tween London and Aberdeen, 54o miles,
ran in fourteen hours Last fall it was
reduced to twelve hours and fifty min
utes. This year it win cover the 54S
miles in twelve hours, or little over
forty-five miles an hour.
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Word was received today of the deatt,
Of a siz-year-old boy named McKinle
Alexander. at the home of his father, in
Sebastian county. from the bite of q
spider. The lad was bitten on the arm.
and fingered three or four days in great
agony. = Little Rock Cor Louisville
Conrier-Journal
Some of Mr.. Gladstone's admirers in
Hastings have made advances to his
hairdresser, offering to buy as much
hair as can be cut from the Grand Old
Mans head at ''sixpence strand" as
one of the London papers pnts it. The
information is published primarily to
warn Mr.. Gladstone.
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4. +. GKISAMDRE, President
II. N. COCLON. Clerk
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-28
Loss OF THE DIsPArOa.

Lieut.. Cowles' Eyes Fill With Tears
as He Tells of the Vessels Fate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-In the court of
inquiry relative to the loss of the Dispatch
on Assateague Shoals, Chesapeake bay, to-
day Lieut.. Cowles, her commander, when
asked il he had any complaint to mako
against any officer or the crew
in connection With the accident
rather unexpectedly replied: s'Notzafter the
vessel grounded" Inquiries as to the
meaning of this answer developed the ex.
PLANTATION that every one behaved admirably
after the collision, but there was a hint Of
a reflection upon some one as to things pre-
ceding the collision.
FAILED TO OBEY ORDERS.
Lieut. Cowles then testified that he had
laid the vessels course headed for the
Winter Quarter Shoal light, and was doing
expecting to be called at any moment
when the light should show. Wher
he felt the shock he knew grou nc
and not another ship had beer
struck. He met Lieut.. Milligan, who had
the deck, and that officer and Lieut.. Noel
the executive, said they had sighted the
light and the latter had changed the shipt
course, not thinking it worth while tc
notify the witness. Lieut.. Cowles then de-
scribed the abandonment OF the vessel.
TEARS IN HIS EYES,
He became visibly affected as he went on
and when he said, al left the vessel with
her colors and her pennant flying" he broke
down, his voice quivered and his eyes filed
with tears. 1t was some moments before he
could go on. He told of the immense serv.
ice rendered by Capt. Tracy. Of the life
saving station. and paid the highest
tribute to the zeal of tht
men and their unwillingness tx
abandon the ship. In conclusion he said
"The gale increased in fury, and when II
had finally subsidized there was nothing lef
of the Dispatch" and he sat down with &
great sob. Upon cross-examination Lieut.
Cowles said that the only orders given were
the regular night orders to sail the ship by
the usual course, and these he thought SAT-
night orders
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TUNIS IN THE BLOW.
A Wall ells in the City of Tunis anc
Kills Thirty Natives.

A Wall ells in the City of Tunis and
Kills Thirty Natives.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-Advices from Tunis
state that the force OF the recent storm was
sharply felt on the southern coast of the
Mediterranean. A large wall in the city of
Tunis, which had been undermined by the
flood, collapsed and buried thirty natives. AT
last accounts resouing parties were digging
away debris to recover the bodies OF the
victims.
THE STERN OF A SHIP WASHED ASHORE.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-One of the effects of
the great storm was seen to-day in the
washing ashore near Gorleston, in Sussex,
of the stern of the ship Margaret John
from Littlehampton. Four bodies we're
recovered from the wreck. Nothing il
known of the fate Of the rest of the crew.
MANY VESSELS DASHED TO PIECES.
MARsEILLEs, Oct. q. "Details OF the
great storm are rapidly coming to hand.
Eighteen boats Of all sorts, mainly small
coasters, were dashed TO pieces in this
vicinity. A large three-masted Italian ves-
sci was wrecked at Hyeres, twelve miles
east of Touion. At Cannes the gale was
severe. The sea with great violence swept
over and badly damaged Promenade du
Md
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RUSHING GOODS INTO MEXICO.
Everything On Which the Duty Is To
Be Increased Going Forward.

Everything On Which the Duty Is To
Be Increased Going Forward.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. GA Laredo Tex J
special says: The rush Of goods through
the port Of Laredo into Mexico to avoid the
increase of duties on many articles. which
goes into effect on Nov. l, IL simply i'm
mense. Among the more important articles
which are now being taken across by train
load daily are horses, cattle, oil, pig iron,
lumber and machinery.
THE CORN DUTY TO BE ABOLISHED.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. GA special from
the City Of Mexico says there is a we'll
founded rumor that the duty on corn will
at once be removed by the Mexican govern
ment, owing 70 the shOrtuess OF tbs crops
aud the famine prevailing ia several states Of
tue republic. The reports from the flooded
districts Of ChiApas are heartrsnding. IL Is
said that hundreds Of people are on the
verge Of starvation. Tbs stats 0f 8ayens-
luata has prohibited the sEpOrtatl0n Of
corn, aud other states viii soon folios tbs
example