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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-04-30
The State Election.

The ticket headed by Murphy ]
Foster has been returned elected by
the Returning officers Of the various
parishes. but they have not vet ayr ed
upon the majority. That is small
matter. however. which cannot affec,
the result. With all the light before
us it is safe to say that Murphy j. Eos
ter's majority in the State will be less
than n million.
The Judicial and Senatorial District
tickets, as well as the ~parochial ticket
were elected by an almost unanimous
vote. There was no ticket out in OPP
position to these and Fosterites and
McEneryites VOTED side by side for the
successful candidates. Some voters
showed their opposition to a few of the
candidates by scratching their names
off the ticket. The election was a
quiet one here, and the fact that there
was but one local ticket in the field
had much to do with the general good
feeling that prevailed all over the par
.sh.-IbervitIe South.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-04-30
A FEW LAST r

There mnst necessarily be an end
to all things. and the 4drocate is in
clined I" quietly accept the declared
result Of the late election as a tinality,
without further protest or agitation.
Everybody has been worn ont with the
long and tedio2s campaign OF eight
months, except the revolutionists who
had ~conSpired to seize acd hold power
in the State at all hazards, and they
will now subside, since they have won,
by fair mean and foul, the victory
which the white people Of Louisiana
twice denied them. We are not dis
posed to discuss or d~enounce the meth
DDS which these conspirators have us
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-04-30

ed, first and last. to thrust themselves
and their ia elton into power aud place,
for those methods are known of all
men. But it may here be said, once
for all, that the coup d'etat of Tues
DAYS election, by which the State was
stolen, is the most disgracefnl act OF
a.i, and the fitting rulmiratlnn OF a
campaign wherein faith had pe:Sis-
tently been broken and fraud and
trlckery made the ruling motive OF ac-
ton.
This ends the campaign. The Eos
ter fa .tinn will "o into mower when
Nichols goes out. and if they are sat
iStied with the WAY their victory was
won. nobody on the other side will be-
grutlg,. them the enjoyment OF 1T to
the fullest extent. Sometimes. the
po>c ~ honor is the private station.
and history will record whether it Is
true in this instance. At any rate the
vanquiShed in the late election have as
much cause for congratulation as the
y%ictoGs, for they have at least preserv-
ed their honor and kept true faith with
their white brethren of the democratic
part.
We are conSolea in our acceptance
If tile situation by the reflection that
the McEuery ticket wonld probably
have been defeated by a few thousand
votes in the State. even if the election
returns had not been falsifed. 1t lost
strength III New Orleans on account of
the local municipal wran9le IN that
city. and Il, honest vote fell off in
many interior parishes on account Of
the Abandonment of the State cam
palgn by the State committees. The
~stnpendons frauds perpetrated by ma
nipulation of the election machinery
were therefore not necessary TO assure
success to the Foster ticket owe Nc
Emery. Tie complaint is therefore
not against the result, but the manner
and magnitude of it. AID above all,
it l. a menace for the future which
warns uS that As long as the revolu-
~tionists dare to maintain their power
III the State, they can DO it without re-
gard to the rights of the people or
their honest verdict at the hallot-box.
Rouge Advocate.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-04-30
EXTRAVAGANCE OF Mud.
The Loss Entailed ON Farmers by Poor.
ly Kept Dirt Roads.

We have In the United States mn
thing like 10000. 900 of horses and
mules above the age of two years upon
u farms. and AT the moderate esti-
mate of 70 cents as the cost of feed and
carr OF each of these animals, we see
at a glance that the aggregate expense
OF maintaining them is about 81. O0O. 900
per day. If, by a similarly moderate
estimate, We say that they are kept in
the stable in a condition of enforced
1dleness by the deep mud of spring
and fall for a period averaging 20 DAYS
In each year, we may easily compute
that the loss. in this respect alone, will
amount to $780, $1,000 per wear. a sum
sufficient to build 16, 900 miles of ex-
cellent highway. OF course, consider
Ing the great variety of conditions.
u the consequent number of factors
10 be regarded. it is impossible by ma
tliematlcal formula to compute the loss
entalled on any community BY the con-
tnued federation of these dirt roads in
thelr present condition /; but the error
IN the result of any computaration is
more likely to show a loss smaller than
actually exists. and, in whatever way
tie matter be regarded, it is certain
mat with the imposed burden OF extra
ielp aud extra draft animals, loss of
time, wear and tear of wagons and
harness, the drawing of light loads.
AND the DEPRECATED value of farm
lands, we are pursuing a short sighted
policy in permitting fRe present system
to continue. Bees dies the actual loss.
which a moments reelection will serve
to show, we are gaining nothing and
saving nothing in that great DEPART
ment of agricultural industry to which
the condition of the dirt road is of
such marked Importance. -
BY dwellers in cities the actual con.
dlt'on OF these country roads during
the wet season is scarcely known:
While with farmers, to whom all roads.
are dirt roads, and who have never
seen MOI known of a highwaEb better
thai that which they have used from
boyhood, the dirt road is an accepted
fixture. which long habit and use- have
impressed upon them as a natural and
necessary adjunct to farm 1ife....Tn
the spring of 1891. in the state of
New York the country newspapers
were printing long editoria complaints
OF the hopeless condition of the rural
highways. and the consequent paraly-
Sis OF country trade, while commercial
reports were published from week to
week in which business :embarrass-
ments and failures We're charged direct
~ 20 the impossible condition of the
country roads. Half loaded farm
wagons were stalled in deep mad al
most in the shadow of the magnificent
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES capitol at Al.
6any, while, a if to show to what
ridiculous ends the perversity of the
human mind will sometimes lead rs.
the good farmers of Albany county
were actually sending kilograms t. tie
legislature, asking for the Adjournment
OF a committee hearing, because the
roads of Albany county were too bad
to permit them to get to town in time
to oppose a DILL which promised to
make them better .-Isaac B. Potter.
Century.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-04-30
ATTENTION
Nearly DiSin e.

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remain, yours respectfully.
CASTOR J. ABADIE.
CareneTo, La. Feb. IA, 1921.
BY Druggists in Thibudaux, Race'and ana
Iockport.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
wln neat rne rnomns cal.

An old trapper has been bringing
from the mountains for two weeks a
number Of peculiar little animals
that have puzzled a good many peo-
pie TO tell what they were. They
are about the size Of common cat
and have large bushy tails like that
Of a raccoon. Their bodies are long
and slender and well protected by
thick growth Of brownish-colored
hair. Their eyes are black and snap
ping, and when leased they growl
and spit like cat, showing a row Of
teeth as sharp as cambria needles.
The name Of these little animals is
the Bessaris, and they are a species
of the ciyet cat, ranking between the
fox and the weasel. They are better
than all the pussies in creation as
rat exterminators, and about twenty
of them have been turned loose in
different warehouses and livery
stables in this city.-Marysyille APP
peal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
Notions Ahnut SIeen.

The natives of the Philippine Isl.
ands, according to Mr.. Foreman,
have many peculiar notions and prac-
tices. They are INDECENT in the ex.
treme-in which respect they can
hardly be called peculiar-and never
tire of sitting still and gazing at
nothing in particular. One of the
rudest acts, in their eyes, is to step
over a person asleep on the floor.
Sleeping is, with them, a very SOL
emn matter. They are strongly
ayerse to waking anyone, the idea
being that during sleep the soul is
absent from the body, and may not
have time to return if slumber is
suddenly broken.
If you call upon native and are
told, "Iie is asleep" you may as well
depart.
To get servant to rouse you, you
must give him the strictest of orders
Then at the time appointed he will
stand by your side and call, "Senor!
senorl" repeatedly, each time more
loudly than before, until you are
half-awake; then he will return to
the low note, and again raise his
voice gradually till you are fully con-
SciOuS.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08

What would the fair woman do
without that useful little implement,
the hairpin? Ii she buttons her
shoes she uses her hairpin, and who
ever saw a woman button her gloves
with anything else? Suppose a coin
drops between the bars of wooden
foot grating of an omnibusl Does
she soil her fingers as man would,
and then not get it! Certainly not!
Out comes the hairpin, and the coin
is lifted out without trouble. If her
shawl-pin is lost, where so good a
substitute as the hair-pin? If she
eats nut does she take a pair of nut
crackers? Most assuredly not. The
hairpin again.
1t is with the hairpin that she rips
open the uncut leaves of a book or
magazine; it is hairpin with which
she marks her progress in her favor
tie book: if box or drawer key is
missing, hairpin opens the refrac-
tory lock as neatly as a burglars
skeleton key would; and the feats of
hair dressing that she will make a
simple, bow-legged hairpin accom-
plish nearly surpass the belief of
man. Altogether, it deserves to be
classed among the great inventions
of the world.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
CHEAP LODGING HOUSES.



An army Of men, 5000 In summer and
$4,000 in winter, sleep every night in tho
100 cheap lodging houses Of Philadel.
phia. The average cheap lodging house
has long carpetless ball, with q fight
OF carpetless and worn stairs, at its
farthest extremity. Midway down the
hall Is lattice work partition, extend
ing from the floor to tho ceiling, with o
door and window in it. In front Of
the window is q shelf worn smooth by
the coat sleeves Of many guests. On
the other side OF the partition O young
man in his shirt sleeves sits on
high stool and peers sharply from I'M
der his slouch or derby hat at every
person who enters. In front of him is a
greasy book. AS the guests are invari-
ably without baggage it follows that
they always pay in advance. Every
other rule In cheap lodging house may
be violated, but this one, neverl
Ii 1t is house where rooms are rented
as low as 90 cents q night, the latter
are found to be simply partitioned stalls,
with room enough for q single bed AMI
one chair. II it is a 10 and Is cent
house the beds, or cots, are arranged in
rows down the rooms, pretty much as in
hospital ward. A room 12x12 will con-
tain twelve single beds. In some of the
best regulated cheap lodging houses
there are iron cots with straw ticks and
coarse feather pillow, sheet, pillowcase,
and coverlet. This style is conducive
to greater cleanliness. When a guest
pays TO cents he is entitled to a lodging
and the use of a sitting room for the
space of about sixteen hours. If it is
In winter he will likely receive in addi-
ton breakfast, consisting Of tin cup
three-guarters full of coffee or tea, with
dash of brown sugar in it, tin pan OF
weak soup, and two slices Of bread.
When a man becomes obstrepercus or
betrays disposition TO drag his fellow
lodgers out Of bed and raise pandemo-
mum generally, the chief figure in the
cheaper lodging houses FORCES to the
front. He is known in the unpublished
but expressive language of the fire.
quenters of these establishments as the
"chucker out. He is usually gent"
with thick neck, muscular arms, and
face like caricature of a New York
tough. 1t is his duty to choke the de-
monstrative guest into condition of |
peaceable submission, or, falling in that,
TO throw him bodily out of the establish
ment. This guardian of the peace is |
held in high esteem by the regular fire. !
quenters OF the lower establishments, |
and especially those who at sundry and !
divers times past have felt his clutch on
their coat collars or the grip Of his
fingers on their windpipes. Little cpl |
sodes such as described are Of frequent |
occurrence in some houses, but as the |
disturbances are not of a serious kind |
they rarely, il ever, attract the attention
of the police.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08

One Of the recent novelties is house
stove introduced in England. The
crate is swung on trunions and can be
reversed After fresh coal has been
added at the top the reversal is made,
and the green coal is thus brought to
the bottom in an easy manner. By this
means the gases from the coal, passing
upward through the red portion of the
fire, previously at the bottom, are al
most entirely consumed before reaching
thu chimney.
In papering a room it is we'll to re-
member: l. That room having a cold
north light should be furnished in warm
colors, and that dark room should be
clothed in sharp, light shades. 2. That
borders of any kind lessen, by sharply
defining the corners of room, the APP
parent size of room. 3. In a small
room small patterns should be used.
4. Lines running from ceiling to floor
give the effect of height, while lines
running around room lessen the eff
feet of height.
Farmers and other employers have
for long time pinned their faith to
beer as beverage for their workmen,
but oatmeal has for the last few years
been rapidly growing in favor, and APP
parently with just cause. The method
of manufacture is simple. Put a lib
eral lump Of ice into a pail with few
handfuls of oatmeal; fill up with water,
add the juice of lemon and little
sugar, only just enough to give interest
to the decoction, and the result is q
drink that any man will be grateful for
on sweltering dog day.
Surprising it is that shells or little
coverings for diamond earrings are not
more worn in this country The safest
place to carry the precious gems is in
the ears, but during tho day. particu-
larry in the morning, these little shells,
either in black or subdued colors, look
well. They conceal the brilliancy of
the diamonds, that should really be
shown only when lady is in full dress
or very elegantly attired. One could
she'll earrings would attract no atten-
ton whatever
The use of beef marrow is very little
understood, though IL is one of the most
delicious tidbits. II is generally boiled
up in the soup and skinned off in the
fat, so that it fails TO add any appre-
ciable richness to it. The French and
English use it extensively as garnish
to meat, and very delicious plum
pudding is made by the addition Of
chopped marrow in place Of chopped
suet. Marrow is also served on toast,
when it is Familiarity known as dish
of bones.
A dainty fancy for party lunehepns
are tennis cakes. These are largo
cakes of any rich variety; pound cake
with citron in it is especially nice. A
good white cake, favored with bitter
almonds, is also excellent for this pur-
pose.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08

Dr. u. Il. White says: "The once com
mon practice of holding written exami.
nations In all the grades, monthly, is
disappearing from the schools in our
clues, also the practice Of holding
stated uniform examinations for the
several grades, or even for the grammar
grades, Is disappearing likewise from
the larger cities"
LII was but a few Years ago that the
very general practice was to have
monthly written examinations in all the
branches. The interval between these
written examinations has gradually in
creased, TILL in most schools thew are
neid but two or three times a year-in
some schools not at all, and now, as we
ypserve In the quotation above, the
tendency is to abandon the written, but
us basis for promotion. Whittier are
we driftingp If written examinations as
a test for promotion are not q necessity
why are formal oral tests? Why not
abandon them altogether? Why not. in
tacb; abandon all tests except the
sssacher's judgment, and not permit
mat even to act as an impass-
able barrier to a child's advance
ment2 Ii the teachers of our schools
possessed the qualifications the State
ought to demand, would not the schools
ne productive of as much good il classes
We're advanced en- masse, save those
VINO might be willing to repeat the
Term work on the advice of teacher,
go by arbitrarily requiring all to reach
nNed standard of qualification? I'm
uouotedly many pupils would elect to
auVance against the teachers Judgment.
ana thereby suffer injury, but would
ms IN the aggregate be greater than
nhe injustice which results from the
present very unsatisfactory method2
Whatever may be our answers to the
queries here suggested, the fact never
theless remains that we are tending to
ms solution of the great question. SO
lohg as the average teacher is SO indif
lerently qualified, SO long as she is per
anitted to hold over her pupils that ped
agogical ?) lash, danger of not pass
ing 50 long as she is permitted to hide
her own negligence and incompetency
oehind lot of figures that mean moth
ing, SO long will education continue to
look Ior some relief from the present
unsatisfactory system. "-Ex.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08

II want some more chicken" said
4-year-old Frances at the dinner
table.
Il think you have had as much as
is good for you, DEAR" replied Fran
ces' mamma.
Il want more" And Frances
pouted.
%You can't have more now; but
here is wish-bOne that you and
mamma can pull. That win be fun.
You pull one side and I'll pull the
other, and whoever gets the longer
end can have her wish come true.
Why, baby, you've got it! What was
your wish, Frances?"
Il wished for some more chicken. 4"
said Frances, promptly. She got it
this time -BostDn BEACON
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08

A steel casting weighing 1880
pounds was lost on Dec. u, under pc
culiar circumstances, and found a
few days ago, and finally sent to its
proper destination. Robert Wether-
ell & Co, of Chester, Pa, turned out
and shipped to the Edgar Thomson
Works, at Braddock, plunger for an
hydraulic cylinder 16 feet long and
weighing 1900 pounds. The cast
ing was loaded on gondola car and
left Chester in good shape. The next
morning, when the train stopped at
Braddock to deliver it, the conductor
noticed that the car was empty. The
entire crew were surprised, and were
unable to explain how the casting es-
capped, for the car was in no manner
injured nor as much as scratched. A
tracer was sent along the road, but
the casting could not be found, and
Carnegie, Phipps s. Co. ordered am
other one to be made Several DAYS
later some Of the railroad employees,
while walking near Columbia, Lam
caster County, discovered black
speck in the Susquehanna River
Upon investigation it was found to
be the lost plunger. How a casting
of that size could have unloaded it.
self without wrecking the train or
even injuring the car is remarkable.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
Etiquette.

The word etiquette" is Anglo
Norman, and primarily had a some
what different meaning from its
present one. 1t formerly meant sim
ply the ticket which was tied to the
neck of bags or fastened to packages,
to note their contents. Finally it
seemed that the word came to be APP
piled to cards given out at an enter
tainment, with certain rules of be-
havior for guests printed upon them.
Thus behavior was or was not "the
ticket" or etiquette" and the slang
term, "just the ticket, and our ele-
CANT word etiquette have the same
derivation.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
Giving An Honor to His wife.

The German Emperor loses no op-
portunity of winning favor with the
ladies with his gallant speeches.
One Of the prettiesJ of these courtier-
like utterances was delivered in an
swerlng a toast to his wife in the
province where she was born: ''The
bond that unites me to this province
and chains me to her in a manner
different from all the Others of my
empire is the jewel that sparkles
at my side, her Majesty the Empress.
Sprung from this soil, the type of the
various virtues Of German princess,
it is to her l owe it if l am able to
meet the severe labors of my Office
with happy spirit and make head
against them"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
Educational Intelligence.

THE enrolment of students at the
University of Wisconsin for the present
year reaches 1902.
AUGUsTANA COLLEGE AND SEMINARY
has received from Mr.. August Jarnberg,
Of Chicago, ILL.,, a gift of $685.
SEVERAL girl students at Cornell are
taking the course in agriculture. One
Cornell girl is studying veterinary sur
gerry.
The new Chicago University will have
q gymnasium costing 100000. with A.
A. Stage, the well-known athlete, as
chief instructor
The senior class at the Platteville
Normal School number IS, at White
water 8, at Oshkosh IA. at River Falls 4,
at Milwaukee, 80.
The long-pending election of the
Girls High School, San Francisco, re-
suited In the election Of Principal Elisha
Brooks Of the CogswelI Institute.
INDIANA loses another educator in the
person OF Prof. Bronson, Of DePauw,
who leaves the chair of English there
10 accept a like position in Brown Uni
Varsity.
'so Ohio State University one
ssls . taking course in cleo
{. ~ ]; neering. She 10 9 sophomore
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-08
An Automatic Contribution collector.

A fashionable Philadelphia church has
just had put in an automatic contribu-
ton collector. The idea of this in
genious mechanism is derived from the
cash railway OF the dry goods shop, but
it possesses certain original attachments
all its own. The idea is TO send num-
Der of beautifully decorated little bas-
kets of brass wire through the congre-
cation at collection time; each basket,
of course, following different course,
and moving with solemnity and sedate-
ness. A famous Spanish scientist has
invented a musical signal box, which is
fastened to each basket and which is a
miracle of ingenuity. If cent is de-
posted it will grunt loud, dissatisfied
grunt and will emit the same sound
when buttons or other spurious coniri-
buttons are passed off on it. A series OF
musical sounds Will be given forth for
quarters, halves, dollars and bills.
sweet in proportion to their value, and
when check is deposited checks gem
orally being for larger sums than S2O--a.
long whistle. as OF gratifed surprise,
will proclaim the event throughout the
church.