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if it is true that by cheerful kindness |
have saved my wife's nerves and turned
the doctor out Of doors, ought | not to
give her a present of the amount Of her
usual doctors bills? Jupiter! That's
an idea, and | will! It is a good way to
round up this one kind year.
It is curious how smiles furnish a
house. | presume you know what it is
to have your wife beg YOU to buy a new
Our things get worn out. Well, my
wife hasn't asked me such a thing all
this one kind year. Yet somehow say
the old home looks better furnished
than it did a year ago. Maybe it's the
sunshine on the old things. Sunshine
can do almost anything.
| have been surprised by my own in
creased appetite for breakfast and din
ner. A fellow can't eat and scold too.
Now breakfast was my favorite time
for scolding-except dinner at night
for | take my lunch down town. Let
me see; that makes every meal at home
a GROWERS feast. Well that was about
81. Va III @ IL USoo IhSoAs =
ate alone, and there was nobody to fret
at. Now all is changed. Meals at
home, / like them. There are no salt
tears on the bread. God forgive me.
How often l used to make somebody
cry, wife or one of the two children, at
table. All is now changed in this one
kind year.
In fact, the thing has gone with me to
the store. / have gradually got in the
habit of being first civil. then kind, to
the boys. 1t is like oil down there the
last few months. 1t is queer, but every
body hates to be scolded; even | do. A
kind word is better than a whip with a
Yankee clerk. Now | am going on one
kind year more. don't make any very
loud pretensions, but | think there's a
deal of gratitude to the Almighty in be-
ing kind to His creatures. Perhaps it
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81 know how ungrateful it must
seem, papa, when | have SO many bless
ings remaining. But could not help
thinking how he was with us a year
ago, SO strong and full of life, and
now"
Here the sobs again choked her utter
ance.
The good doctor was strongly affect
ed, for Robert Tracy had been as dear
to him as a son.
but, Helen, it is not certain that
Robert went down with the ship"
Here DR.. Byrne checked himself, too
wise, as well as honest, to hold out
false hopes.
One morning, a few days later, Helen
entered her fathers study.
Papa, would the present you spoke
Of buying me cost as much as fifty dol
lars?"
Eyes, my dear; all Of that, certainly"
''Then would you as soon let me have
the money instead?"
DR.. Byrne smiled.
'What idea has entered your busy
DTdlIl HOW. IlClCH. " ID ~ Iild ~ -
getting ~mercenary?'
A faint color came into the pale
cheeks.
1T is not that, papa; but the Widow
Howe-she that has the crippled boy,
you know-thinks that she could sup
port herself and children nicely if She
had a sewing machine, and So"
II see! | see.." said the doctor, taking
III his pocketbook, and putting two
ffty-dollar notes in Helen's hand
There is no balm for such a wound as
yours, my daughter, like that Of minis
tering to the needs and alternating the
sorrows of others
$50 / begin to find, papa."said Helen,
with a smile that lighted up her face
with more than its old beauty.
The first day of the New Year had
dawned, and was near its close. It had
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-12-26
AN EvENTFUL T~WELvEMONTH

mot One Cross Word in One Kind
Year"
HE never spoke an angry word to
me-
1t was just one year ago, December
81, that the fearful wife of my neighbor
madet to me the above remark. Poor
Charley. He ran a locomotive between
Boston and -. He was killed on the
last day but of the year.
Now this simple verdict from the lips
of his wife set me to thinking. l re-
member that | took the resolve thai
very night, as, in company with a
brother of our lodge, | turned away
from Charley's door: so help me God,
my wife shall be able to say as much
of me this coming year" And now /
may, | trust, record it. | have lived
one kind year. To many other people
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1nen up. up, up IN the merry day,
With hearts and faces happy and gay,
And voices of ringing cheer"
81 meant to try if couldn't keep
MY eyes from shutting and going to sleep,
So as to get a little peep
At Santa Claus, flying, flying
Out in the frosty Christmas night,
When the moon and stars were shining bright
And all the snow was white, white. white.
They said it was no use trying,
For straight the boys and girls all GO
To the land of dreams before they know.
Blu it was making a great mistake
To say that I couldn't stay awake.
How long it was / never could tell;
Twas hours and hours, / know very well,
When | heard a silvery, tinkling bell
Out in the moonlight stealing.
On 1t came-a ting a-lingling,
And lingely, jingely. )ingely, jung
You never heard such a ring, ring, ring
OF dear little sleigh bells pealing.
81 held my breath, for at once Iknew
Twas Santa Claus and his reindeer too.
OF course it would never. never do
To let them know l was weeping
He might have carried the books and toys
To some other little girls and boys,
II L had made a speck of a noise
And he thought l wasn't sleeping.
sting a ling, ling, and ring a ring, ring
How it kept on sounding!
i surely heard the crack of the whip
And the queer little reindeers bounding.
~Then-there was a noise about the house,
A stepping, stirring and humming.
I held myself as still as a mouse;
Somebody, sure, was coming.
"fUp, up, up for the merry day,
Christmas night has passed away.
Up. my little ones, all
The bells were ringing ard ringing on
But all the night and the dark was gone,
And mammals own CHEEKY call
Came along with the other din
Just as the sun was shining in.
Sydney Dayre, in Christian Union.
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aroun the house, INC his father, upon
whom the fever had spent it's force,
could only sit, wan and pale, in his arm
chair. His little savings were rapidly
melting away and a long winter had
only just begun. Christmas was near
at hand, and who was to fill the chill
dren's stockings and make the day a
merry one for them?
Margaret was a thoughtful little girl,
and she pondered long ovcr the matter.
Two days before Christmas she got a
postal card, and sat down and wrote on
it as follows;
DEAR SANTA CLAUs:-We have moved
since last Christmas, and l am afraid you won't
know where to find US, so / write this. We
live now at No. 36 East Fourth street. Papa
and Robbie have been awfully sick, and papa
isn't we'll yet. Please bring Robbie a ball and
Dick a sled, and / would like a doll. for / lost
mine when we moved Good by.
OAKLEY"
She wrote the name of Santa Claus
on the other side of the postal card,
and just then her mother called and di-
rected her to go to the grocery for some
things. So she took her basket and
started, accompanied by Prince, the
dog. AS she passed the corner she
dropped the card into a mail box
which was fastened to a lamp post. All
that day and the next Margaret went
singing through the house, in the old
light-hearted way she had shown SO
little since sickness had invaded the
household.
Soon after the postal card was
dropped into the box the postman came
around and threw it, with a lot of other
cards, letters and newspapers, into a
bag, which he carried to the post office.
There a clerk took the bag, poured the
contents out on table and began sort
ing them over. When he came to Mar
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Hudson river. where he was born. His
little cottage with the tall lilacs in
front, and the kitchen garden in the
rear, was a very dear place to him. His
pleasant-faced, sunny-hearted wife kept
the home always bright and tidy, and
the three rosy children filed it with
glee and laughter. Margaret, the old
est, was a sweet, loving girl; Dick was
a sturdy, manly little fellow, and Rob-
bic was the darling Of the house.
MI. Oakley "a a skillful mechanic
and an industrious, God-fearing man:
but times were dull for him in Smith
vile Center. There was little going on
in the way of new building, and he
often had to be absent from home for
weeks together, while employed at some
remote place.
After many earnest talks with his
wife they decided to remove to the west,
where new villages and cities were rap
idly growing up. So they found a pur-
chaser for the little cottage, and had an
auction sale of the COW and horse and
all the furniture except some heir
looms and a few articles which they
"OuIu uOU PAR Will. lLCus d1LCI Diu-
ding their neighbors good-by, they en-
tered the cars and were whirled away
to a new home in a fourishing town in
Illinois.
It was early in spring. The red-bud
bushes were bright in the thickets, and
a thousand flowers, new and strange to
the immigrants, painted the prairies.
An air of bustling activity pervaded the
town. Buildings were going up on
every side, and Mr.. Oakley soon found
employment at better wages than he
had ever received in his old home.
For a time everything went well with
him and his family. His work was i'll
constant demand, and if his thoughts
ever turned with tender regret to the
green hills which surrounded his former
home, he had only to look at his rosy
children and picture to himself the
career which seemed open for them in
the vigorous growing west.
Spring wore away into summer, and
under the long and rainless heat the
river which flowed past the town
shrunk into It's bed, leaving great
stretches of Shiny ooze fostering in the
fierce sunshine. Autumn came at
length, with soft south winds laden
with germs of disease. Robbie, the pet
of the house, was stricken with a
malarial fever. For long days and
nights he lay in his crib, tossing and
moaning, with flushed cheeks and
heavy eyes. At length the crisis was
passed. but recovery was slow; and
while Robbie was still the mere shadow
of the ruddy-cheeked little boy he had
been, the fever seized upon his father.
There We're sorrowful times now in the
little household. Mrs. Oakley watched
day and night beside her husband and
little boy, and helpful Margaret proved
herself a treasure.
When the first brief, wintry days
came Robbie was once more playing
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pated when he returned to the room am
hour later.
The good doctor was fond of a joke.
IF your present doesn't suit you
Helen" he said, slyly, Il will try to
exchange it, or give you its value in
m~oney--that is, if you don't rate the
young man too high"
Helen glanced smilingly from her
lovers to her fathers face.
"fou are very kind, papa, but I ann
very well satisfied with my New Years,
gift. As to receiving its value in money,
not all that the whole world contains
can give what it is worth to me-
Mary Grace Halpine, in N. Y. Weekly.
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as the good doctor himself as
serted, though he looked as if he en-
joyed it as well as the youngest among
the merry group that surrounded him,
none Of whom ' e thought it nece ssary
to put on a long countenance because
father had come Indeed. this was
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garet's little let
ter he laughed
and showed it to
/ h m Il r a y
mond, h e
clerk who was
busily engaged at
anot h er table.
Mr.. R Y m d
read it through.
The name Oakley
attracted his at
tention. Wv h t
IT 1T should be
James 0 akley, the
friend of my boy
hood?" he asked
himself.
Christ1n a S e
came, and Mar
garet, Dick and
Robbie, with the
u~nwavering faith
of childhood. hung
up their stockings,
said their prayers
around their mo-
theirs knee, and
were soon tucked
away in their lit
| tie beds, dream
ing of Christmas
and Santa Claus.
Mr.. Oakley, too
| feeble to sit up
O than a few
hours at a time,
had already re-
tired. Mrs. Oak
ley sat thinking
sadly of the disap-
| pointment which
seemed awaiting
the children for
| the first time in
their lives. Sud
| denly the doorbell
rang, and as Mrs.
Oakley opene d
the door, there
stood an express
man and in the
street a loaded
wagon. r its
| depths he drew
out a big fat tur-
key, a hand-sled
and a heavy paper
| box wrapped up
| in thick paper.
Having deposited
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will 80 further than longer creeds. For
If a man is not kind to his fellow. whom
he has seen, how shall he be to his God
whom he has not seen?-Harkley Hark-
er, in y. y. Weekly
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always the signal
for j ncre a S G d
mirth and happi-
ness.
The holidays
e approaching,
and the doctors
four daug h rs
were all discuss
ing the important
subject of Christ
mas and New
G gifts, and
comparing notes
as to the beauti-
full articles they
had seen in the
shop windows.
We said all, and
yet ther was one.
a fair, swect-look-
ing girl, sitting a
little apart from
the rest, who did
not join in this
animated CONVEX
sation, though ev-
identity from no
nnfrie ndly m O.
tives. .s.
This W DR..
Byrne's Oldest and
bestowed daugh-
ter. and he noticed
her quiet mood.
''And what does
Helen want for
her New Year
gifta"
The doctor re-
GREETED the ques-
ton as soon as it
passed his lips.
Helen's quickly
averted eyes filed
with tears, her lips
%quivered, and, af-
ter silently strug-
Cling for a few
nom e nts w t h
her feelings. she
o and left the
room. .-
AS soon as the
doctor could do so
unobser Y e d, h e
folio W e d h e r,
going directly to
h e r c h a m b e r,
where he found
Hele n sol bling
with an abandon
ment of grief that
alarmed him.
MY daughter
he said, in a tone
o f t e nde re-
proach, do not
give way to your
sorrow thus"
Helen lifted her
head from her ia
theirs shoulder,
with a smile that
was sadder even
than tears.
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AMES OAKLEY
worked a his
trade as carpen-
ter in the same
village, near the
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-Bobley says that Christmas is q
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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-09
DYNAMITE IN ENGRAVING.
Remarkable Results of Experiments BY
Army and Navy Oflcers

Remarkable Results of Experiments BY
Army and Navy Officers.
New YORK, June Q Among the many
new uses to which gunpowder and other
high explosives have been applied re-
Gently is that of engraving. BY means
of the force generated by the detona-
tion of these articles, the lines of deli
cate leaves, grass and insects have been
impressed on the surface of the hardest
iron procurable, in the space of half a
second. By old processes hours were
consumed where machinery was used
and no attempt was made to secure
artistic results, and where manufacturers
resorted to hand work it required days.
Many recent experiments have been
made, mostly by officers of the army and
navy, which have demonstrated the
efficiency Of the new methods.
At Newport, few weeks ago,
heavy charge of dynamite was exploded
by several officers who were delegated
by the government to test q new method
of electricity in fuses. Somehow a
small dried leaf, without the knowledge
of the officers, had slipped in between
the dynamite cartridge and the iron
block from which the charge had been
fired. When the experiment had been
completed, the officers were surprised
to find the perfect impression of leaf in
the iron. The most delicate lines were
reproduced with startling distinctness.
A series of experiments which were at
tended with remarkable success fol-
lowed. One of the officers who made
the first experiments is now in the city,
and gave an account of his discoveries.
Il was rather surprised to find that it
was possible to reproduce the outlines of
perishable articles upon the surface of
iron by means of explosives" said he,
land was at first skeptical although
had often heard that a candle could be
fired through an oak plank. When we
found the imprint of the leaf we made
several similar tests. They took place at
the torpedo station in Newport We
placed several leaves and flowers be-
tween two plates of boiler iron and then
fired moderate charge of dynamite on
the upper plate. The exact outlines,
with even the veins in the petals of the
flowers were reproduced in the hard
metal Other and more extended ex-
periments were attended with similar re-
suits. Another singular fact is that
when exploded under water the imprints
are much finer than those produced in
the open air. Frequently when q wad
of gun-cotton is exploded beneath the
surface of the water, the explosive will
sink into the iron foundation so deep that
the sunken words and figures will be re-
produced in raised characters on the
iron"
Several manufacturers have followed
the example set by the officers and some
day probably dynamite will be put in
practical use as an engraver.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-09
ALLIANCE EpucATloN.
Arrangements Perfected to Give Popular
Instruction In Forty States.

WASHINGTON, June 0. - President
Polk, of the National Farmers AL
lance has arranged, through his
forty state Alliance presidents, to
have mass meetings at several points In
each of the forty states during the next
four months with view Of accomplish
ing the greatest amount of work In the
shortest possible time.
President Polk and Congressman
Simpson left this city Saturday evening
to attend q convention of the different
industrial organizations of Wiscon-
sin at Lacrosse. After the or
ganizations of the Alliance is com
pleted, they will make several speeches
in that state, and then proceed to Illi-
nois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York, where mass meet
ings have been arranged by the Alliance
leaders of those states, to discuss the
principles of the order.
President Polk says: Every state In
the Union will be actively canvassed by
the best talent in the Alliance in the
way of speakers, lecturers and canvas
sers, who will fplly explain the objects
of the Alliance and what will be asked
in the way of state and National legis-
lation"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-09
TERRIFIC RAINS.

The Colorado River Rises Five Feet i'm
Five Minutes-huch Damage In Texas.
GALVESTON, Tex, June 9.-The fol-
lowing was received from Austin Sun
day night:
Terrific rains have prevailed for forty
eight hours west of here. The Colorado
river took on sudden rise, for which it
is noted, and in the first jump rose five
feet in five minutes The rush of water
from the mountains then ceased, and a
steady rise set in, and within three hours
the river rose twelve feet. Tonight, in
the mountain gorge above the city, it is
twenty-five above low-water mark. The
big excavation fer the foundation of the
dam being constructed across the river
was flooded and the cofferdam swept
away. Many cotton fields are sub
merged, and the loss will be great.
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THE HAYTlAN REVOLT.
Caused BY the Release of Political Pris-
sOners by Mob.

~N~N@~NN @~~~~s"N~
sOners by Mob.
New YORK, June 9.-Advices from
Port-au-P Prince show that the recent
revolution had its origin in the release of
some political prisoners from Jail by II
body of their friends and an attack by
them upon tb1 government arsenal. The
government forces resisted and the
rebels were surrounded by troops and
nearly annihilated. President Hippolyte
was so enraged that he kept up the mas
sacre longer than was necessary to sub
due the revolt and many innocent per-
SONS We're killed, including Ernest
Rigaud and Mr. Rossignor, European
merchants. The people are now thor
oughly aroused.
1t is stated that the killing of Rigaud
preceded the outbreak. Rigaud was
suspected of sympathy with ex-President
Legitime. President Hippolyte went to
his house with some soldiers on the morn
ing of the outbreak and asked Rigaud if
he had not guns concealed in his house.
Rigaud replied in the negative and or
dered Hippolyte out of the house. The
president thereupon ordered the soldiers
to fire and Rigaud fell dead. When this
became known the attack on the prison
and release of political prisoners fol-
lowed.
On the second day afterward nephew
of Rigaud called at the presidents house
10 ask an investigation of the death of
his uncle. He thought the soldiers had
fired without orders. AS soon as he
mentioned the subject Hippolyte ordered
him shot and he was taken out by the
soldiers and put to death. There is still
great excitement and on the day the
vessel bringing this news left. firing
was heard in the city, but the cause
was not learned at the port.
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WILL TRY 1T THEMSELVES.

Alliance Scheme to Run u Joint Bank
and Warehouse Business of Their Own.
Topeka, Kan, June 0.-The Alliance
executive committee of Kansas is con-
sidering the scheme which practically
places the sub-treasury plan of the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance in the hands of
private capitalists. j. c. Hopkins, who
was a delegate from the New York Eco
nomic club at the Cincinnati convention,
is the originator of the scheme. The
plan is to establish bank in each coun-
ty of the state under the direction of the
local hlliance Exchange. The capital
stock is to be furnished by private sub
scription. In connection with each bank
an elevator or store house is to be built.
A farmer may then dump his grain,
corn or cotton into the store house, re-
ceiving for it n check for 50 per cent. of
the value of the grain deposited by pay
ing small percentage for storage and
insurance. He will be allowed to keep
his grain in the depository until such
time as he may deem it best to place it
upon the market. The amount of prod
uce deposited must not exceed the
amount of stock subscribed for the
bank. The checks to be issued by these
banks are peculiarly devised, and are
printed in colurs. These checks are
made payable in gold or silver at any of
the banks run in this manner 1t is in
tended that they shall be circulated as
money