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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07
Notice,

ASSESSORS OFFICE, ~Thibodaux, La. Oct 10 81
The Taxpayers of the Corporation of the
Town of Thibodaux, are hereby notified that
the Assessment Rolls are now completed,
and exposed for the next ten days at the Of
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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-11-07

Being over crowded, we only publish
this week the following extract from
"Longville's communication
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-12

he is claSsed the same as the most hardened
criminal. Yet it is his first Offenso.
Outraged society," is the cause of his
severe punishment. Perhaps on the same
day that this man receives his sentence,
there is brought before the same judge. for
sentence a man. well known to the judge,
prosecuting attorney. and society, as one of
the most hardened criminals. one who has
served terms in several different prisons.
and has only lately been released from the
prison in the same state where he is again
to be sentenced; his crime. one far greater
than that of the party just sentenced, yet
instead of this actual criminal getting the
full penalty of the law, he gets i'm most
cases the least the law will allow. "Out-
ragged society" makes no demands for his
punishment. Behind the prison walls they
are placed side by side; by strictly abhering
to the rules laid down by the prison man
agement, both get the same benefit of the
good time" allowed, but before the first
time convict has fairly started on his SEN
tence, the hardened criminal is once more
released to ply his tricks upon this same
Outraged society,""
Why should this be so? We think in
these times when so much is written and
published in regard to prison REFORM
that some action should be taken by our
legislature, and laws be enacted that will
make 1.-The punishment fit the crime" We
have in our State a.refOrmatOry-why not
give all first time cOnvicts, no matter what
their age may be. the benefit of it? Surely
man convicted the first time does not class
with the habitual criminal. If society
wishes to lend helping hand to the con-
vict. it can do so in no better way than to
see that such laws are passed as will bring
about the advancement of those who are
behind the prison walls.
MORTIMER"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-12
A Letter From Over the Sea.

Most of our readers will remember Albert Smith
who was pardoned last Christmas morning. Ow-
ing to his weak physical condition it feared
that he would never reach his home in Germany
whittier he started Immediately after his release:
letter from him few days ago portion of which
he kindly permits US to print.
my Dear Sir: am at home at last. 1t was
weary journey and stormy one. l reached home
on the 10th of January, and to see surprised PEG.
pie. you ought to have looked upon my father and
mother. They did not know at first, but after
1 spoke a few words my mother. said. my sonp'
and tainted, great was her joy and surprise
My father had more control over himself, but the
tears rolled down his cheeks as he embraced me-
I need not tell you that my sisters were as much
surprised as my parents. oh, how happy 1 am
now that am here. 1t would do your heart good
if you coul dsee as in the evening as tell them
my experiences and they are listening with every
nerve strained. But this will not last much
longer as think of starting for Carlsbad in few
days where intend taking three months course
of bathing The doctors think 1 will return home
cured.
II reached New York Dec. 30, but was too late to
catch the steamer, and had to wait three DAYS for
the steamer "Werra" We had stormy passage
and saw icebergs that thought were mountains;
but we avoided them all and landed in Bremen
after being out eleven days and nine hours.
Remember me to all the boys. 1 cannot thank
the warden enough for all he has done for me-
and hope he may get better reward for his
kindness than the thanks of an ex.convict"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-12
LOCAL PICKINGS.

We'll posted-Bill boards.
Hard luck-Finding a counterfeit coin.
Must have been sad to see-Sad- du-cee.
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. the first day
of Lent.
Foreman Sutton began constructin new en-.
gines Monday.
-Four prisoners have been received from St.
Paul this week.
Senator F. B. Daugherty and wife, of Duluth.
visited the prison last Friday.
Chaplain Albert spent yesterday in st. Paul
attending a ministers meeting
Our street commissioner has had busy time
of it lately clearing away snow.
-Four prisoners were received from Duluth
Monday. They were escorted by Deputy Sheriff
II. r. Armstr ong
We began working nine hours day Monday.
We go out at 1880 m and come in at $3.50 p. M,
with one hour for dinner.
Foreman Carlgren and bis man Bismarck"
have been busy for the past two weeks making
repairs about the cellroom.
Statement of population Feb. H. Working for
Thresher Co., lee; working for state 1856 sick and
infrm, IA. Total population, 315.
Inmates wishing to send their copies of THE
MIRROR away will please have them in the doors
by seven O'Clock Friday evenings.
Inmates who have Chautauqua books and are
not now members of the circle. are requested to
return the books to the library at once.
Hospital Steward Hall has taken up sleeping
quarters again in the room adjoining the dispen-
sary and no has it very tidily fitted up.
Warden Garvin's family arrived from St.
Cloud on the 4th inst and Mrs. Garvin has been
very busy ever since putting the new home in Or
der.
The state prison investigating committee
from the house of representatives. were in the
prison Friday of last week and Tuesday of this
week.
Mike Wilkes, the noted pacing and trotting
horse owned by Abe Rohrbach. of Saltwater
dropped dead on the ice race track on the lake
last Friday.
-Ex.State Boiler Inspector Samuel Brear. &C.
companed by his son, was shown through all the
departments of the prison Friday by Asst Dep.
uty Glennon.
Manager Fogle, of the Thresher company,
while in the East recently. met Bishop Vincent
who requested him to give the Chautauquans
here his best wishes.
Wooden awnings have been put over the doors
leading into the new shop building. This has been
done to protect persons passing in and out from
falling icicles. an d the drip.
Mr.. ]. e. Jones and wife, of Shell Lake, Wis.,
were shown through the prison one day last week.
Mr.. Jones is one of the proprietors of the Watch.
man, one of our valued exchanges.
1t is expected that the work of fitting up the
binding Irvine factory will be far enough advanced
by next week to make experimental trial at
spinning. The main line of shafting is now in
place.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-12
Society VS.. Convict.

walls, and branded to the world as con-
vict. that he is of necessity a criminal, 1
beg to differ; for in my estimation, there is
vast difference between the first time
criminal" and the ''habitual criminal" In
the eyes of the law, and the people at large,
a man. once convicted of crime, no matter
how trifling or what the circumstances
were which prompted him to the crime. he
is at once set down as criminal; he is sent
to prison. the doors close between him and
the wOrld-he is convict. No matter
what may have been his position in society.
now that he is a convict. he is at once
Stunned. and discarded as thing of the
past. Those who were. or rather pretended
to be, his friends while he had money. and
a position in society, especially those who
received the most favOrs at his hands. are
actually the first to condemn him. How
many there are to day who. when they see
a man that has always held good position
in the world. and now, by some mishap or
mistake, finds himself on the brink OF the
awful precpice which means his entire
ruinatiOD and disgrace, and from which,
one single hand could save him. in
stead of reaching out and saving him,
give him the final push. which lands him
behind the prison walls. On the other hand,
how few there are who would lend the
helping hand to save their most intimate
friend from disgrace. Will some of our
good people come to our rescue, and ex-
plain why this is? That it is a fact, there
can be no disputing.
In an address given by Fl. H. Hart, Sec
rotary of state board of charities and cor
rectiOns, at the Oberlin college. he says:
'Society may deal with the criminal for the
purpose of accomplishing either of two ends.
We may aim at retributiOn, that is. to make
the law breaker suffer as nearly as possible
in proportion to his guilt-tO give him his
just desertS;' or we may aim at the protection
of society from the injury to which it is ex-
posed from law breakers" While to GER
tain extent he may be right, yet if yOn
come to look over the criminal records of
the country you will find that in very many
cases society has dealt too harshly with the
law breaker. A man makes mistake. he
goes wrong. In many cases he is a man
with a family; through bad management.
and bad luck in business he finds himself
on the verge of ruinatiOn. In his excite
ment he becomes half crazed over his af-
fairs and in rash moment commits an act.
which eventually causes his arrest; his case
gets into the newspapers; published and re-
published; each time the greatness of his
crime is enlarged; public sentiment en-
tirely aroused by the newspapers-is against
him. Society must be avenged; he is tried.
convicted and sent to prison; his term there
being in most cases the full extent of the law;
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-02-12
Sunday Services.

Rev. Father M. e. Murphy conducted catholic
services in the prison chapel at the usual hour.
number of visitors we're present. The chaplain
preached upon the Importance of charity, taking
| for his text ST. PauPs familiar epistle to the Cor.
inthians on the subject Cor xiii: 'If speak
with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have
not charity am become as sounding brass a
tinklng cymbal, etc. Father Murphy said that
the lesson which the epistle presents to minds
is full of instruction; it places before the
model of a perfect Christian life; it enumerates
the many good services man may perform to his
fellow man. but all these things valueless un-
less accompanied by the spirit of charity. Men
do not fully realize what charity is. Charity is the
life. the perfection of the law. st. Paul describes
for us what this perfection of the law is: Charity
is patient. is kind; charity envieth not. dealeth
not perversely: is not pulled up.' He speaks of
charity as perfect. eternal love. the pure love of
God. When we have this perfect love of God in
our heart we will be filled with charity.
Paul says, when was child, spoke as a
child. understood as child. thought child.
But when became man. put away the things
OF child" Now we are grown to the full stature
of men; we have the la and know the difference
between right and wrong and we have our duties
pointed out to u.s. We are not like the heather
who cannot be blamed, because they had not the
law. Sins committed by who live in the
light of Christianity greater than like evil
deeds committed by the Jews and heather of old
because they did not have the light to guide them
Men now have the example of the saints and
Christ and all that is necessary to guide them in
the way they should go, still they fall into the
same sins that the Jews and heathens did who
had not these examples. Observation-Disclosures was
more excusable in the Jew than it is in us for he
had been taught to love his friends and hate his
enemies. He had not heard the new law declared
by Christ that united all mankind in universal
brotherhood. We. as followers of Christ.
obliged to forgive enemies and love those that
injure us. for He did that, and we are not better
than Lord. He suffered all things patiently
that His life might be an example for all men to
pattern after. Let us remember that we are chill
dren Of God and the brothers of Christ and let us
determine to live men and die as men.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
word for Mszjuuian.

Macmillan was not the royal thiei
some would have us believe. He was
visited at Trieste by a large delegation
II representative Mexicans, who ten
iered him the Mexican scepter, and Il
w1s only after mature consideration
md counsel with the leading minds OF
Europe that he accepted the proffered
Town When betrayed at QueretAro
" Mexican perhdy and condemned 70
shot through the intercession Of
american officers he was offered his
sredom-
"And what of Miramon and MejiaF'
aid the emperor. They are Mexicans,
raitors 70 their country, and must die
Then ! die with them" said the noble
austrian, and the next day witnessed
ne most tragic cen ever enacted on
ms continent-the execution of Maxi
lillian, emperor of Mexico, and his two
aithful generals In the light Of his
Dry Macmillan viii be regarded as an
Unfortunate prince, whose sole ambi-
on would have been the happiness Of
IS people had he succeeded in estab-
hing the Mexican empire.-Menard-
lie CTex) Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
Beet Refuse for Cattle.

An important fact in the beet sugar
industry is that the refuse pulp makes
a valuable fodder for cattle. The tops
are also available for the same use
This refuse is stored in mounds and
will remain in good condition for six
months. Wherever beet sugar factories
have been established there has been
an immense improvement in the agi-
culture of the surrounding country. Il
is found that although three tOnsOt the
pulp are equal in nutnment value only
to me ton of the best hay, yet when
fed in connection with coarse provende1
il possesses a value of its own in keep
ing animals in a sleek, grovthy con
dition, and, strange TO say, one not m
Dictated by its chemical analysiS-Phila-
delphia Press
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
A ChiId 20 Re Pttied.

The little children of the rich in this
city are in a bad way. A kind Of
creeping paralysis has come upon them,
numbing the first instincts of childish
minds They have drunk too deep of
the privileges of the world They are
already blase. They have seen too
much When Barnum's show was here
a little bOy-one of those unfortunate
children of the rich-sat solemnly by
the side Of his father throughout the
entire performance. His boyish heart
cd father cheered like a boy and looked
with wide eyes of interest ON every per
Torrance that was Offered. Finally
his eight-year-old son raised his eyes
YEARLY to his father and said: do
you think it's goodi Why, I don't So
any wonders here at all"
Poor little chapi Can you fancy a
child out of Wonderland at eight yearsi
Could anything be more dreay3 Here
were-even If he didn't find them won
derful-at least as wonderful things In
the way of animal creation as the Gre
ator has yet been able to think up for
this planet, and as wonderful things in
the way of animal performance as an
finals, including the human ones, are
yet capable of, and yet this forlom lit
tie child didn't ''see any wonders at
an"-New York Evening Sun
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
A Matter Of Residence.

Colonel Ingerson tells this story: A
few years ago a fellow from Massachu-
sets was down in South Carolina, and
as he walked along the street, after he
had been there some time, there was an
old fellow mailing a sign upon his house,
For Sail" and this Massachusetts, fell
low looked at the odd man and said:
That isn't the way TO spell sale" And
the old fellow, with a great deal Of con-
tempt, turned to him and said:
'How long have you lived in Charles
tonf'
''Wen," he says. IT have been here
about a year"
well, young man." said the CharAs-
tonian. II was born here; / guess ]
know how TO spell sale"
There is nothing 50 beautiful as con-
hdence in the place where you reside
Helena Independent
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
soERs ANo
a.@s Very Interesting Information from
the rrAnsvaAL

au-s very Interesting InfOrmatiOn from
the rransvaaL
The Boer is a diamondin the rough
He Is a sort Of ancient patriarch; a
fnuatic who sees good in everything, no
mafter how trivial He prays and sings
and assumes even more religion than he
feeds. He Is a farmer by nature and Is
zfiz8ed with his calling. His two great
ambitions are to have the finest horse
IN the colony and to know how to ride
him. and to have the finest rife in the
colony and to know how to use it. The
BOer loves the English civilian and
welcomes him, but hates the English
soldier. He is tall. fine looking speci-
men Of mankind, albeit a little greasy
and dirty, with a long beard that the
razor has never touched The charac-
ter Of Waldo's father. which Miss
Schreiner has drawn in The Story of
IN African Farm isa perfect type that
you see quite frequently.
@The English r quite content to
have the Transvaal remain under the
Boer government In fact, they would
hate to see it otherwise, as those who
live there feel very harshly toward
England for not having come to their
assistance when they were defeated"
Speaking of the diamond fields Mr..
Searle said that the Kimberley mines
have been consolidated by that won
derful young genius, Cecil Rhodes the
great friend of Lord Salisbury and the
Boen alike. Rhodes has amalgamated
all of the companies into one vast or
poration that contro stbe output of the
world. The Bra lian mines were
bought out by it aid closed down be-
N theyedid not pay. Outside of the
II per cent of Jne diamond supply
from India the remainder comes from
the Kimberley fields The white stones,
called the Brazilian stones, that are 50
nre and costly, come from the mines
in the Kimberley fields called the
Jagersfontein and the Bulfentein-
Cecil Rhodes and his associates made
the calculation that the worlds month
" supply of diamonds was f400, 900.
Thereupon they limited the output TO
ESQ, 900 and put the price up one
third They contemplate a further re
stziction and an added cost
Mr.. Searelle exhibited several sPeci
mems Of diamonds In the rough, which
il Is necessary TO have a permit TO carry
IN the THansvaal. He also showed the
permit Among his curious collections
Is a large specimen Of what is called
'-the bhe"-that is the matrix of the
diamond It is a blue stone In which
the diamond is formed. When first
taken out it is as hard as the diamond
ITSELF but exposed to the outer atmos
phere and the rain it grows soft, crum-
tiles into dust and yields up its treas
ure. the rough diamond, that comes
fOrth in its wonderful octohedron form
The climate Of the Transvaal Mr..
SeareIle said, is simply perfect and ma
tme, in addition to the vast store of
treasures which she has accumulated,
has made the soil such that the rarest
vegetables and plants viii grow IN
the richest professionalism Francisco
Hruuicle-
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16

An anecdote is told of a physician
no was called to a foreign family to
eseribe for a case of incipient con
.mption- He gave them a prescription
r pills and wrote the direction, lone
n TO be taken three times a day, In
convenient vehicle" The family
oked in the dictionary TO get the
saning Of the prescription They got
a wen till they got TO the word ''vehi
=" They fouad it was defined a
cart wagon, carriage, wheelbarrow."
ter grave consideration they came to
2 conclusion that the doctor meant
1t the patient should ride out, and
lie In the vehicle take the pill He
lowed the advice TO the letter, and
a few weeks the fresh air and exer-
eseeured the advantage which other
se might not have eome.-Exchange
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
or LANDING NETS
A Sarcastic Isaac walton Describes His
Experience with Them.

A Sarcastic Isaac walton Describes His
Experience with Them.
Anglers viii hear with tempered en-
thusiasm that a new landing net has
been invented. The impoSsibility of
doing either with or without a landing
net reminds the learned Of what the
Roman sage remarked about wives
With no landing net how IN you to
secure a fish, either where the banks
are steep and grassy OF where you have
to wade far out from the beachi The
firt problem occurs in the Test and most
southern streams; the second In large
waters like the Tweed and Eden. In the
former case you bring your trout to
submission, but how are you to lay
hands on hint The moral victory is
yours. You have beguiled and dom
mated a subtle and spirited opponent
But the base world refuses to credit
the triumph unless you have the trout
to show. Generally you bring him TO
the edge of the bank and then Try, very
gingerly, to lift him by the gut Then
he gives a plunge, the hook leaves its
hold and off he goes. The plan of lead
ing him into a ditch and walking half a
mile to the head Of the ditch, where he
may be stranded, is tedious and undig-
nihed
In vading far out from the beach IL
Is laborious and unsafe to wade all the
way back, but it is very difficult to
grip a trout in midstream- Northern
anglers. therefore, use landing nets
nearly half as long as the rod, which
they carry in the left hand, a WEAKNESS
to the flesh, though a staff and com
fort IN wading.
The southern has invented many
dodgeA There are telescope net han
dies, which should shoot out to the
requisite length If everything goes well
There are nets with hinges and springs,
which rust, and refuse at critical mo
ments TO open or shut Then the ma
chine has TO be carried suspended to
something. and when You most need il
it is said you cannot unhitch it. There
you stand, the rod in one hand, and
fighting for dear life with your landing
net Or the wretched thing gets I'M
hitched when not wanted and falls on
the long grass, which you do not dis
" till you most need its assistance.
A landing net is always in the way
when not wanted, and out Of the way
when most in demand The new one
lis suspended from the shoulder by
the web band" Of the creel, but a creel
is as great a burden as a landing net,
and is usually empty. Here are the
plain, simple directions for use: Catch
hold of the handle with your left hand,
pulling it up at right angles TO you,
with the net held closely between the
left arm and body; then, with thumb
and forefinger Gtill using the left
hand, undo the catch, pull, turn
apd push, and it is free" Verify,
this does not read like an easy task for
a man, flustered by that rare
event, the hooking of a large trout
Perhaps the best plan, after all, is the
northern n of carrying a simple land
ing net in the hand, or let US loose the
trout when we have established our
moral superiority, and discard impedi
menta-London Saturday Review.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16

The ANGRY tree" a woody plant
which grows from ten to twenty-five
beet high and which wa formerly @P-
posed to exist only in one state IN the
Union, Nevada has been found both
In Eastern California and IN Arizona
II disturbed, this peculiar troe show
every sign Of vexation- even 70 rufatng
mp its leaves like the hair on an sngT
eat and giving forth an unpleasant
Hckening odoE@St Louis Republia
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
worm II. WEIGHT IN colo.

In China there Is a root called Khe
h-ye. which often sells for from twenty
TO one hundred times it's weight In gold.
In Nanchuria the same root, under a
different name, II anything nor unpnO
n~Ouneeable, sells equally a. high Thass
roots. which in order 10 be highly va1-
able must be Of q peculiar shape are
bought only By mandarins, priests and
Others Of the wealthiest CLASSES Single
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-16
AatIng M%anuscrlpt.

To estimate the number of words IN
a manuscript count half a dozen lines
on the fourth or fifth page, and multi
ply the average number of words in a
line by the average number of lines on
a page, and that product again by the
number Of the pages in the manuscript
Ordinary typewriter copy on letter size
paper will S"e=age twelve words TO q
line. Editors 40 not car 50 much 10
know the exact number of words in a
manuscript as how much space it win
occupy. Accordingly half lines at the
end of paragraphs are counted az fun
lines Cor. Writer.