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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-03-14
-L'EPAVE-
DM Cynthia,
PAR



reprit le jenne homme Ell Sc retour-
nant vers le blesse. Alions, mon
brave, ne me marchandez pas votre
confiance!. Mettez.vous un in
stant a ma place! SUPPOSE que
toute votre vie vous ayez ignore lie
nom de votre pays, celui de votre
mere, que vous vous trouviez en-
presence dun homme 9ui salt tout
celia ct que Get homme vous refuse
un renseignement 81 precieux ponr
vous, au moment meme OH vous
venez de ie SAWYER ct de lni rendre
la vie ..Ce serait cruel, n'estce
pass. .ce serait lntolerable !! ..Je
ne vous demande pas l'impossible!..
Je ne vous demande pas de vops
accuser, 81 vous avez quelque chose
vous reprocher !. -Donnez moi
settlement une indication, ST legere
gu'elle soft; mettez-moi sur la vote,
c'esr tout ce quill me fault.
Ma fol, antant vous faire ce
p'aisir, dit Patrick evidemment
eau. Vous saurez done que Petals
sovice a bord du Cynthia. :"
II S'arrfta cOurt.
Erik etalt suspendu a ses levres
:. TOnchait.il enfin an but e..
Allait-il savoir lie mot de Penigme
connaitre lie uom de sa famille
celui de sa patrie 2. En- verite, GET
espoir ne semblait plus chimeri-
que. .Tous entier aux paroles du
blesse, il attachait ses yeux sur lui,
plGt a boire avec avidit6 ce qni
etait au moment d'appren9re
Pour rien an monde il n'aurai'
trouble ce reel. par une interrup
ton on meme par un geste. II ne
remarqua meme pas qu'une ombr'
venalt de surgir derriere lui
C'etait pourtant la vue de cett'
ombre qui coupait court au reel
! de Patrick.
| IN. Jones !...' dit-il du to'
Idun ecolier, surpris en- f1agran
DELFT de bavardage.
4; Erik Sc retourna ct Wit Tudo
Brown, debout devant un hum
Imock voisin, qui ravait jusqu'a c
moment cache aux regards. Lex
c!amation de l'Irlandais conirmai
lie soupeon qui, tout a rheore
| s'6tait preSente 4 sa pensee: NM
Jones ct Tudor Brown ne faisaien
uufun seul ct meme individu
a peine eut.il lie temps de forum
Ter dams sa pensee cett
consultation.
Deux coups de teu eclatant
trois secondes d'intervalle venaien
de faire deux cadavres.
Tudor Brown, epaulant sou fusi
await frappe an c9ur Patric
O'Donogban, qui Sc renversa fou
droye.
Avant d'avoir settlement eu
temps d'abaisser son rifle, Tudt
Brown recevait une bale au froI
ct tOmbait sur la face.
u,pai bien fait de revenir, e
vnyant des pas suspects sur
neige" dit maaster Hersebou
qui reparut, son fusil fumant a
main.
CHAPITRE Xxx
LA FIN DU PERIPLE.
Brik await pousse nn cri
s'etait jete genoux devant Patrit
O'Donoghan, cherchant un derni
souffle de vie, une lueur o'espoir!
J.. Mais rIrlandais etait bien MOI
cette fois, emportant son secret.
Ouand il Tudor Brown, son cor
cut une convulsion supreme,
mains laisserent echapper Farf
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poursuite ne f1t pas vaine. A
neuf heures du matin, la grande
banquise await etc signalee au
vent, on await pu Ell reconnaftre
jusqn'a la forme du haut du enid
du corbeau", ct bientGt deux coups
lie feu donnaient Pespoir que les
deux naufrages s'y trouvaient
toujours.
LIE reste importait peu desormais.
! On allat cingIer directement sur
IAtlantique, ct ce seralt bien le
diable. 81 Pom ny arIivait pas.-a
la voile, puisqufl ny await plus de
charbon.
"Non pas a la voile! dit Erik.
J'ai deux autres idees. La pre-
miere, c'est de nous faire remorquer
par la banquiSe, aussi longtemps
qu'elle ira vers lie sud ou rouest.
Celia nous epargnera des combats
incesSants avec les icebergs que
nOtre radeau Sc chargera de chaser
devant lui. La seconde, c'est d'y
recolter le combustible n6cessaire
pour achever nOtre voyage, quand
il nous conviendra de reprendre
notre autonomie.
Que veuX-tu dire? La ban
Guise recelerait- ellie en- ses flames
une nlne de houille demanda ell
RANT lie dOcteur.
Non pas precisement une mine
de houllle, repondit Erik, mais ce
qui revient a peu pres an meme,
uDe mine de carbone animal, sous
la forme de graisse d'ougiouk. Je
veux tenter pexperieuce, puisque
nous avons un foyer specialemenG
r amenase pour ce genre de combus-
tible.'
Avant tout, on commenca par
rendre les derniers devoirs aux
deux morris, en- les jetant a reau
avec un obus aux pieds.
Puis, PAlaska vint accoster le
fame de la banquise, de naniere a
en- snivre le movement, tout Ell
etant proteg6 par sa masse. Celia
permit de remettre ais6ment bord
: les wires qui avaient etc debarqnes
ct quill importait de ne pas perdre
L'operation terminee, le navlre alls
s'amarrer a rextr6mite nord dr
radeau de glace on il etait mieul
: protfge contre les icebergs. Eril
s'e,ait deja assure qu'on hlait
y ainsi remorqn6, une moyenne d.
Y six neuds, CT 9ui etait tres Suf1i
= sant jusqu'a nouvel ordre, etan
dome sugtOut 9u'on n'ayait plus
e s'inquieter des elaces fl0ttantes.
u Taudis que la banqnise SCI
10 allait ains majestueusement vet
! lie sud, CONNIE un continent a i
derive, en- trainant uu satellite Il 5
le remorque, la chasse aux ougiouk
: fut Requirement conduite.
II Deux on trois fois par iours, de
IL parts armes dc fusils ct de hal
pons, accompanies de tous ,e
u chiens groenlandais, debarquaien
~ sur le champ de glace ct cernaiel
y les monstres marins endormis Il
. bord de leurs trous. On les tua
- dune bale dams FOreille, on il
VI depercait, on levait lie lard, don't O
e chafgeait des trafneaux que IL
~ chiens tiraient a PAlaska. Cetl
'n chasse etait 81 facile ct 81 frn'
!" tueuse qu'en huit jours, les sonte
on Sc trouve erentlitteralement bonde'
g de lard.
- :. EAlaska, toujours remorqu6 p;
a. la banquise, etait alors par le Al
:. degre de longitude est, sur lie Z.
- parallele, c'est. dire quill ava
y. laisse derriele lui la Nouvel!e. ZeI
,, ble, en- la depassant au nord.
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No. 33


lie lard de morse, Immediate.
ment utilise dams lie foyer Gd hoe
que pOrtait rAldska, cOncarrem-
ment avec une fable proportion
de hOuille, Sc trOuva un
excellent. Son seul
def1ut etait d'encrasser la cheminee
ct de necessiter nn nettoyage
quotidien. Quand a son odeur aui
aurait sans doute impressionne
desagreablemtnt des passengers
ellie n'etait pour un
suedois ct norwegian
qn'un inconvenient tres secondaire.
Tonjours est,iI que, grace a ce
supplement, rAlaska put roster
sous vapeur jusGu'a la denriere
heure, franchir rapidement, malgr6
les vents contraires, la distance
qui lie separait encore des mers
HEurope ct arriver, lie 3 septembre,
Ell vue du Cap-Nord de Norvege,
sans meme s'arreter Tromsoe,
CONNIE il l'aurait pu, en- cas- de
besOin; il ponrsuivit activement
sa route. contourna la peninsula
Scandinave, repassa lie Skager.
Ragg ct revint a son point de
depart.
lie II septembre, il JetaiU fancre
devant Stockholm, dams les eaux
m6mes quill await quittees le 10
fevrier precedent.
Ainsi Sc trouvait accompli, en-
sept mois ct quatre jours, lie
premier periple circumpolaire, par
TN navigateur de vingt- deux ans
Ce tour de force geographique,
qui venait completer ct controller
81 promptement la grande expe-
dition de Nordenskiold, deyalt
bient0t avoir dams le monde un
reimbursement prodigieux. Mais,
pour lie moment, les journaux ct
revues men avaient PAS encore
explique les meIites. Quelques
mites a peine etaient Ell etat de
les appIecier, ct une personne an
moins n'avait garde de les soup
eonner,-c'6talt Kajsa.
| II fallait voir lie sourire de snpe-
riorite ayec lequel ellie accueillit le
recit du voyage.
"Sil J a du bon sens a sen aller
volontairement s'exposer a des
dangers pareils!" dit-elle pour
tout c0mmentaire.
Sans comEter qua la premiere
occasion, ellie ne manqua pas
d'ajouteI d !'adreSse d. Erik:
"Enfu. nous VOLTA toujours
debarrasses de cette ennuyeuse
affaire, maintenant que le fameux
Irlandais est mort"
Quelle difference de ce jugement
sec ct froid avec la lettre pleine
d'effusions ct de tendresses qu'Erik
recut bient6t de NOroG! Wanda
lui contait dams quelleS transes ellt
ct sd mere avaient pass6 ceS long,
mois, CONNIE leur pensee naval
pas cesse d'6tre avec les voyagenrs
CONNIE elIes etaient heurenses d.
les yor enfin revenns a bo!
, port!. Isl l'expedition n'avait pa'
. eu tous les resultats qu'en atten
DAFT Erik, il ne fallait pas s'eI
, aff1iger outre mesure. Erik saval
bien QUA default de sa veritabl
famille, il Ell await une dams ]
pauvre village norvegleD, "a
raimait tendrement ct s'associai
:, toujours a lui par la pens6e. N
. viendrait il pas bient6t la revoil
cette famille, qui le considerai
touiours commc le sien ct qui q
voulait pas renOhcer d lnis
pourrait bien, sill en- cherchait
7 mOyen. trouver un petit mOis a !,
? |
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Il CIts VIZ dNCL-NooN ldil . W. iae
amerement Erik. Ponrquoi sup
primer la derniare chance qui me
restait de connaitre lie myStere de
ma vie 2. Ne valait il pas mienx
nous jeter sur Get homme ct le faire
prisonnier!
-Et lie temps, crois tn quill nous
l'anrait laisse 2. .reponoit maaSter
Hersebom. Son second coup 6,ait
pour toi, sois.en sur J. .J'ai venge
| lie meurtre de ce malheureux, puni
le crime de la Basse Froide ct
! peut etre d'autreS crimes encoreP. ..
Quot qn'il arrive, je ne lie regrettr
pas !. .Qu'importe d'ailleurs le
mystere de ta vie. mon enfant,
dams une situation colDme la
n6tre!. :. lie mystere de ia vie,
nous irons, avant pen sans doute,
lie demapder a Dien ~
A peine achevait.il ces mots.
gn'un cou,, de canon retentit.
repercute par les icebergs ct les
banquiseS. On aurait dit une
r6ponse aux paroles decouragees
du vieux p6chear. Cen etait plu
tot une sans doute aux deux cOups
de fen Qu venaient d'6clater sur le
radeau de glace.
lie canon de rAI0sha = Nous
sommes sauveS :. >" s'ecria Erik
en- Sc relevant ponr santer sUr un
hnmmock ct explorer du regard la
mer sans limites.
II ne Wit Iien d'abord que les
icebergs emportes par Ia brise ct Sc
balancant an soleil. Mais maaSteI
HersebOm, qui await immediate
ment recharg6 son fnsil, ayant tire
en- Pair, IN coup de canon lui
, repondit presGne aussitot.
Cette fois, Erik apercut nette
ment un filet de fumee noire, St
deSSinant vers fouest sur lie bier
dG ciel. Coups de fusil ct coups
, de canon Sc donnerent des lors Il
2 replique q des intervalles de quel'
oues minutes, ct bient6t l'Alaska
g depassant un iceberg, apparu
t ceurant 4 toute vapenr sers le more
de la banquise.
\ Erik 1T master Hersebom sc
t talent ietes, en- pleurant de joie
dams les bras Fun de pautre. II
r agitaient leurs moucboirs, lancaien
leurs bonnets Ell PAR, cherclaien
e par tous les moyens a Sc siguale
:. a leurs amis.
t Enfn, l'Ataska s'arr6ta. Un
!. baleiniere Sc detacha du bOrd, e
I. vingt minutes ne s'etaient pa
t ecoulees qu'elle accostait la ban
Quise.
J. Comment dire la joie profond
q du dOcteur Schwaryencrona, de N
Malarius ct d'Otto en- retrouvar
a sains ct saufs ceux quils croyaiel
t perdus!
On sc racOnta tout: les epO'
|. vantes ct les desespoirs de la hui
k les vains appels, les impuissante
: coleres. L'Alaska, en- Sc trouvan
au jour, presque libre de glace
|e await eu recours la mine pO,
,r achever de Sc degager. M. Bose
1T witz ayant pris lie commandment
cn quaIite de second officer, c
N, s'etait anssit6t mis- en- quote de
Ia banquise dottante, dams la directit
n. dn vent qui pavait entraine
Ia Cette navigation au milieu d.
glaces, misses Ell movement, eta
la plus perilleuse que PAlaska e
encore accomplie. Mais, gra'
aux excellentes habitudes dOnne
ee requipage par son jeune car
* taine, q Pexperience acquise, a
ef precision des man9uvres, on ct;
=. parvenu a Sc mouvoir sans encOu
rf .aossas orront.
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Fumez les .'rhibodeauX Speclaf
Cigars" ct vous serez heureux.
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La suite al proclaim numero.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02
To Oblige the Barber.

The village had but one barber,
and one day he was taken sick.
Just at this time n tin peddler came
along, and when something was said
about the BARRIERS i'll luck the ped
dler opened his sympathy box at
once and said:
Its awful, awful Poor, poor
mani His income will cease, and his
business go to ruin. Gentlemen,
something ought to I've done.
No one else seemed to care much
but the pedder grew more sympa-
thetic the longer ne thought OF il
and finally he posted off up to the
house and offered TO open the shop
and run it couple of days. The
BARRIERS vie gave him the key, ano
he soon had the curtains up and the
door open. The first man to enter
was stranger in the town who haa
stopped over to do some business
with n druggist. lie took the chaiy
and asked for quick shave. TIL,
peddler lathered him up and down,
and ncross, tucked up his sleeves and
plcktu up lie uTSO TukOT ue COulu
reach. His first scrape brought
blood, his second pared Of about &
third ri the stranger mustache
Good Lord. man, what IRE you
doing?" he shouted, Us he jumped out
of his chair.
"Why, what's the natter"
"Matter? DO you call yourself a
barber?"
"No, sir"
"Then what in-aro you doing
here?"
"Olhiging poor man who is sick
in bed"
"You ought to be killed, and here
goes to do it,"
And he Knocked him over the box
stove, kicked him out Of the door,
and run him around the meeting
house and lost him in a heavy growth
OF pigweeds. It was late mt night
when the peddler reanpeared, lame
and sore and humbled, and all he
had to say was:
Spy gum If ever trvto oblige an
other Teller crittcr as long as l live"
New York Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02
THE LAST OF THE AMAzoNs.
Franco About to Wipe Out the Kingdom
of DahOmey.

France has finally decided upon the
conquest of Dahomoy. The cable dcs-
patches report that she will soon send
an expedition north TO Abomey. the
famous town that has been the scene
of so many terrible eruetes.
In the battle between the French
and Dahomeyans last spring it is said
that 1000 of the natives were killed.
The amazons and male soldiers of the
new King Bedazin were driven north
ward into their forests. Bedazin hoped
TO capture large number of the
French forces for the sacrifices cee-
brating his accession to the throne and
in memory of the death of his father.
He was driven back. however, dis
graccd in the eyes of his people. aud
he considers it necessary to make a
last desperate effort TO defeat the in
vadcrS and retrieve his fortunes.
He has. therefore. marshaled his
forces OF about 5000 women and
5000 male warriors at a distance Of
forty miles from the coast. where, ut
last accounts. he was collecting pro-
visions and preparing his troops for
another assault upon the French forces.
Even after he had begun the prepara-
tons he still sent peaceful messages to
their commander and presents to Pres
ident Carnot; but his subterfuges have
not deceived the French. and they
have resolved 10 make an end of his
power and savagery. They are, there
fore. lifting out an expedition on the
coast, and intend. rs soon rs the dry
season sets in. 10 strike straight for
Abomey.
The route which explorers have fol-
lowed through the dense forests of
that country to the capital is hardly
practicable for a military force. The
expedition will probably be compelled
to ascend the Wheme river. east Of the
land route, in barges drawn by small
steamers. BY this means they will
get within n short distance of the cap
ital. and will be able to strike the
country at its very heart. This is the
plan of attack suggested by Capt. Sep
tans. who was sent north nearly year
ago to ascertain the best route for an
expedition against the capital of Da-
honey.
There is no doubt. says the N. Y.
Sun, that this means the complete
absorption of Dahomey by France.
The country is rich, but the kings Of
Dahomey have for years been so con-
stantly engaged in war. and have
butchered in cold blood so many of
their subjects, compelling also a large
number of their women to lead cell
bate lives rs soldiers of the king, that
the population has been diminishing
with remarkable rapidity. When the
people of this land are free from the
tyranny that has ground them down
that picturesque aud, in spite of her
unquestionable existence in the pres
ent day, almost mythical figure. the
amazon. will disappear, and begin to
fade into the realm of Legend.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02
Economy In Buying Shoes

1t Is in the purchase that Judgment
must be displayed, rs well IA at later
stages of the life Of the shoe. A sensi-
BILE person naturally wants n sensible
shoe; but on entering shoe store he
finds himself confronted by shoes run
ming all the way from say 81 or less to
SIP or Sl5. The purchaser. whether
man or woman (for the interests of
tue sexes are identicaO. will DO wise
not to buy from either end of the list.
1t Is very often u temptation. espe-
cially for poor woman desiring 10
obtain shoes for her child. for instance,
or needing something lust to wear
around the house" Mt her work. 10 feel
that some of the cheapest which are
offered will do just us well' for that
service. They look almost rs well rs
those which cost twice rs much; the
difference in price is matter OF inn
portance to her. just here she should
pause to consider that the cost of any
article is measured. not 10y the abstract
sum- but by what it represents of value
or service. Here Is pair OF shnes. for
instance. which cost but $3.50 and
they look pretty well. There is pair
which costs 50. %. and they do not look
much better mt casual glance. She
stands at little distance and looks
at them. That III per cent. difference
in price affects her vision. Il don't
suppose these will last quite so long"
she half admits; "but 1 dou't think
any one would notice the difference"
Perhaps not ut the moment; but II the
good woman will look more closely
herself. guided by the skill of an ex-
pert, she will see that the finish of the
cheaper shoes is artificial; that the
texture OF the leather is coarse; that il
Is roughly put together by Indifferent
machinery; that the leather. instead Of
being thin. firm of grain. yet soft
promising long wear and an easy lit,
Is really heavy leather. split, dressed
and polished, to take the place Of y
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02
An Engineering Tcat in Ohio.

One of the most difficult and inter.
rsting pieces of railroad construction
Is on the line Of the Ohio Valley rail-
road, from Bellaire south along the
west bank of the Ohio TO Marietta.
Just after leaving Bellaire high hills
extend along the river distance OF
twenty miles. and for fully half this
distance there is no bottom land what
ever, the slope of the hills originally
extending right into tho water. and
now only being separated by beach
few yards wide. occupied by the
county road. In eXcavating for tlris
road in years gone by solid lodges al
limestone and sandstone rock. the
former underneath the latter and rest
ing on n vein of coal. were discovered.
and in some places these ledges form a
solid cliff twenty TO forty feet high.
To make bed for the new railroad
the engineers run their line parallel
with the county road. the line o. the
grade coming right on top of the coal
vein underlying the strata Of stone.
The result is that every foot of roadled
has to be blasted out of the solid cliff.
and an immense amount OF labor il ia-
volved. The earth is first cleared
away from the top of the cliff. aad II
line of holes drilled down 10 the level
of the coal vein. AMI IA far back from
the edge of tho cliff rs the width of the
roadbed required. Then these holes
are charged. and from five 10 twenty
of them shot" ut once, immense
masses Of rock being hurled Into the
river. BY one blast mass Of rock
forty feet long by eighteen feet deep
rock has been removed the coal is ex-
cavated and Till of earth made on
which to lay the rails Bdisimort
american.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02
SOME CURIOUS SEIZURES.
6!aguIar Liquors That Have Boon sefse..,
By tho New York Customs AuthorItias,


The custom house occasionally af.
fords interesting glinpses into the vast
foreign life If the United States. say 8
letter from New York. Recently willis
calling upon a friend. who holds q
responsible position in that cireum-
locutory institution. he showed me,
samples of large number of invoices
of liquors which had recently been
imported. Every one would puzzle
the average man about town. One
was greenish-yellow Auid called
slivovitsch. 1t comes from Austria
and the Balkan states. and is made
from small wild plum which grows
in that district. 1t is fiery and to- a
Yankee palate very disagroeable. but
is extremely popular with the Hun
garians and Wallaks.
A suggestion of the Holy land was
given bv samples of honey wine. pass
over honey wine, and Jerusalem plum
brandy. The first and second were
sweet and odorous. but tribe insipid
In composition they are like the
metheSin and honey mead used in
England during tie middle ages. The
brandy was raw and almost vtriolie.
The three stimulants are consumed by
the Sovaks aud Polaks from Russia
and the Greeks and Syrians from Asia
Minor.
Specimens of pulque and mescal
showed that Mexico has some influence
upon its sister republic. The former
Is beer made from cactus and tastes
somewhat like that gaseous German
horror, weiss-becr. 1t is far stronger
however. and is said to produce the
most intense drunkenness known to
erring man. The mescal is the distil-
only by the word atrocious.
The Scandinavians show their love
Of the fatherland by unceasing impor-
tations of Christiana beer. Swedish
punch and corn brandtvin. The beer
is light, pleasant aud wholesome; the
punch is aromatic, savory. but so sweet
as to be insipd the corn brandtvin is
not corn brandy. as the name literally
translated would imply, but whisky
made from rye, oats and barley. 1t is
rich in fusel oil and consequently head
ache.
From Russia every now and then
comes vodka or wodky. an impure,
reeking strong alcohol; from Central
America some delicious cordials made
cut of pineapple, guava and banana;
from China not less than fifty stimu-
lants. running from tea wine. rosebud
wine and almond beer to heavy millet
whisky and rice brandy; from Turkey
some liquid for making sherbet. and
from Brazil lavangina. or orange-peel
gin. Over 5000 different kinds of
;timulants are known and recorded 10
the custom house, of which $500 were
unknown to Americans fifteen years
40.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-01-02

The problem OF electric lighting is
now so near satisfactory solution
that the other and greater problem Of
electrical propulsion is engaging the
earnest efforts of experimenterS and
inventors. and the task is so fascinat-
ing. in the new achievements it con-
stantly brings forth, and the promises
it holds out that they do not hesitate
TO declare. not only that it will be sue
eessful, but that it will yield a meas
are OF success far surprising general
expectations.