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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-13
HOURS OF BUSINESS AT POST OF
FICES.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF FIRST ASST POsTMAsTER-

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF FIRST ASST POSTMASTER
GENERAL,
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 18th, 1892.
SIR:-I am in receipt of your lettero Of
the 10th instant, i'll which you request
permission to close the post Office du-
ring certain intervals on each day.
In reply, permit me to say, it is pro-
vided by Section 4S1, Postal Laws and
Regulations, that every postmaster
must keep his post Office open for the
dispatch of business every day, except
Sundays and holidays, during the usual
hours in which the principal business
houses in the place are kept open, and
that the office should not be closed Gu
ring meal hours. Thus you will per
ceive that all postmasters are expected
to keep their Office open continuously
during the hours of business.
Noexception is made to the rule pres
cribed in the regulation above referred
to. am, therefore, unable to comply
with your request.
Very respectfully,
E. C. FOWLER,
Acting First Asst Postmaster General.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-13

The time grows. apace and still there
is no adjustment OF the factIoual diff
~ferences in Lafourche. The ICsIIt
may be that two primaries viii have
to he held shortly, one Ton the election
of delegates to the Congressional Con-
vention, and one for tie selection ii Il
new committee. This would unneces-
sarily stir up political turmoil ard
rouse up animosities which had better
b. assuaged for the good of the Demo
cratic cause.
The SENTINEL has suggested an
amicable settlement Of differences Oh
the basis Of the vote cast at the March
primary. This would be u fair and
just arrangement, and neither side
should object to it. It understands
however. that lie minority sands out
for equal representation in any pro.
posed adj ustment. / must at once
occur to every reasonable man that
the minority is unreasonable, and asks
for more than it is entitled to. 1t is
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-13

There seems to be better prospects
ahead for the levees Of the Mississippl
River. The River commission is re-
ported III favor of applying some Of
the appropriation made for the river
to the building or repairing of levees.
We will have more TO say on this sub
ject.
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EDITORIAL NOTES..

We are happy to learn thatlast Sun
days excursion to N~ew-Iberia given
by the Protector Fire Co. No. 2 prov
ed "A success financially as well as So
cially. The Fire Company has netted
over $3.50, and great credit is due to
the committe in charge.
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CTRATED ON THE PREMISES OF I. TDU-
~ louise near Lafourche Crossing, on or
about the 2nd. of June 1892, a bay dIIy about
/ year and a half old.
Owner can obtain same by identifying and
proving property, and paying costs, within
30 days, or said filly will be sold 10 satisfy
said costs.
BIT. Blake,
J. p. 2nd. Ward Lafourche.
Thibodaux, La, August 9Th, 1892.
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NATIONAL
THIBODAUX OPERA HOUSE.

LYDIA TowNsEND's.-ColossalG aiety
Co., Wednesday August 31st. 1892.
Doors open at I p. NJ. Curtain rises
at s P. NJ.
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NOTICE!
DlssOlufEOn Of CO-Earl-
MershiD.

THE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE
L existing between II. Hoffman, and J. L..
Aucoin, under the name of Hoffman, 4 Au-
coin, is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. RI HOFFN ANN.
Thibodaux Aug. 9Th 1892. j. L. AUCOIN,
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soliciting the continuance of the patronage
of the former customers of Hoffman, Il Au-
com, ana that Of my friends, and thanking
them for past favors, / am very respectfully,
Aug. 9Th 80. j. l.. AJCOIN.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
Danser of Mish Sized at Ni,ht.

The Railway Age in AN editorial COM
meut upon the danger Of collisions in
high speed at night, says "Self-pres.
orvation and every other motive prompts
the engineer to stop at the appointed
meetin. pace and it is not difficult
to believe that in the hour of night,
in an open country having few land
marks, with "a dense fog, increased by
smoke aud steam settling down upon the
line, the engineer may miscalculate his
speed and lose his reckoning To the in
satiatc passion Of the public for fast time
IS due in part at least another of the
many appalling accidents of late years.
Seated in his comfortable car or wait
ing at the station for tao expected train,
the traveller is impatient at every in.
stauts delay and thoughtless of the pos
siblc dangers Of haste If time is lost
the engineer has to bear the blame and
hear or imagine the reproaches or ridi-
cule OF passengers, traIumen, dispatch
ers and superintendent Moreover TO
slow up Is to invite possible collision
from the rear, aud to fail to MAKE the
meeting point on time means danger in
front and 50 he drives on, sometimes to
destruction. To prevent the possibility
Of accident like this, will the railway Of
the future be lig tie every mile Of its
length by electrcityI II may be. New
Orleans New Delta
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27

''The blind have done more for the ad-
vancement of the world than one has
any ioea of at first thought" said Pro
fessor Herman Amann, at the Southern.
"Have you ever thought OF how many of
our grea5 men have been deprived of TIE
privilege of sight2 Homer got his name
from the Greek word meaning blind
man, yet he wrote the greatest epic
poems that have ever been given to the
world The fact of John Millions blind
ness is well known. Then there was
Huber the blind naturalist. 1t seems
astonishing that man totally deprived
of the use of visual organs SHOULD be able
to outstrip every scientist of his day in
the pursuit of minute examinations into
insect life, yet Huber did this He pro-
vided himself with ti1e optical instru-
ments, and au intelligent, keen-eyed as
sistaut, and in this way he discovered
more about the organic structure aud
minute physiology OF the bee than all
the savants who preceded him had done
together. His treaties on the respira-
ton of this insect, how it makes its
honey, wax, etc, excited the admiration
of the scientific world before it was
known that their author was blind
John Cough was another blind natural
ist who achieved great deal. Not be-
ing able to use his eyes, he used the tip
of his tongue, them most sensitive part of
the body, in examining the minute
structure of plants. There was once a
blind sailor who could climb the tallest
mast pick his way with ease through the
iutricscies of the rigging. On land he
was an orsau-5uilder, and did marvellous
work. st. Louis Star. Savings.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27

WEST VIRGINIA NEWS

ISAAC RAYMOND, one Of the most promI.
nent business men of Grafton, died of con-
sumption.
WORK on the construction Of brewery to
cost 500, 600 has been commenced at Hun.
tnston.
THOMAS G. MILLER Of Psrkersburg, has
been awarded the contract for the erection OF
the West Virginia building at at the Column
biau Exposition, his bid bring $50 600,
TIRE town Of Salem, is considerably stirrsl
up over the inhuman treatment of the fifteen,
year-old son of Henry Hawkins, a prominent
citizen, by the father, The boy, who is some
what understood, seems TO be the aversion Of
the most mental services. Recently, during
the visit of come young ladi :, she instructed
him to perform duty which every boy Of
any modesty would object to. lie desired
that che wait until the ladies had left, She
called the father, who brought in club and
knocked him down four times in succession,
and when the child was uusble to raise the
fifth time, he took him by the collar, stood
him up and knocked him down again. The
cries of the visitors brought assistance aud the
brute WIS obliged TO desist An examination
shows that the boy is a mass Of bruises, cabs
running sores and abrssions from former
beatings
An action was instituted in the United
States Court at Charleston, the object of
which is to place the Kanawhs City Com.
pany in the hands ola receiver and to require
the company to account for the profits known
as promoters profits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
Frenks Of Human Nature.

eve doctors have a much better op.
portunity than most people for studying
human nature, said a Washington ply,
sician to a Star reporter the other day.
"Most patients do not consider it neces
sary to put On airs before their medical
attendants. Onc thing that has often
struck me is the disregard which young
folks generally have for the old.
don't mean that they are not courteous
to them, FOR courtesy to ones elders is
matter Of ordinary elucation; bat when
1t comes to really caring for them they
are lacking as a ru'e.
"Onc is shoe sc to read OF the man
ner in which savage tribes all over the
world leave the old people to die neg
lected, even depriving them of shelter
because they are no longer useful. Even
in civilized countries the same thing is
often done. Go to Savoy and you find
that the agcl and infirm are put out to
beg on the public highways. 1t is COM
monty said that the love OF the child for
the parent Is much less strong, even
among the most enlightened people. than
the affection of the parent for the child.
There is reason for this, which phi
losophers ind in natural law. The love
of the parent for the child is necessary to
the perpetuetion of the race, for which
nature makes provision beyond all things
else: but, on the other hand, there j
no such reason of necessity for care
taking on the part Of the child in behals
of the parent.
$50 am not surprised to find in my
practice ever so many instances where
old people are neglected by their chill
dren, who are apt to regard them as Z
burden, considering often that they would
be very much better out of the world
any way. Another thing even more re.
markable that | notice is that coniugal
affection is very apt not to survive long
illnesses. If the wife is an invalid the
husband ofttimes becomes indifferent
her after while. Or, if the husband j.
sickly, the wife finds it burdensome. II
either case the well partner to the mat,
rimoniai bargain becomes, though uncon-
scionsly, resentful of the iuvaidism OF
the other, aud in many cases seeks dis,
fractions outside of the home
Goa the other hand there are men and
women so constituted as to be fitted as it
were by nature for the duty of taking
care of invalid wives or husbands.
have known a man to marry three times
and OH each occasion to select bed
ridden spouse. There was in him evi.
IDENTIFY an exaggerated impulse to provide
for and take care of mate OF course
every one hears frequently OF women who
marry drunkards for the purpose of re-
forming them. Their impulse may be
similar one, arising from the desire to
act the part at once of wife and rcscuer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

LORD TESNYsoS is not very strong In HID
spelling.
Mrs LANGTRY draws the designs for mos,
Of her theatrical costumes.
QUEEN VICTORIA firmly bellows that OBJ
jects made by blind persons bring luck.
VfcToRfEN SARpoU, when he laughs, il
the ugliest man in Paris. Perhaps be IL tho
original of the famous Sard ME grin.
MIR. JOS. FRANCIS the venerable founder
Of the United States Life Saving Service, is at
the age Of 90 writing his Autobiography.
SIR JonS LUBBOCK shows that bees
wings yibrate at the rate Of 100 beats TO the
second. This calculation can hardly have
taken into account Presidential bee In n
politicians hat
Generals John NJ schodeld md o. o.
Howard have retired. There will not be left
an officer in the regulararmy who commanded
a corps during the civil war They will be
succeeded by Nelson A. Miles, a volunteer
general.
DIR. GArLIHe, the gunmaker Of Americas
Moscow. which is TO say Hartford, 10 y years
Of nge, but, like Ericsson, the older he grows
the more interest hetllSes Ia inventions His
hair and beard are white. but the Doctor him.
self il an interesting example Of the vlgor and
sprgh,liness OF a hale old age
FRANRLIN SIMMONS, the sculptor. who 10
spending n few weeks IN Washington, obtain
Ell sittinga there soon after the lato war from
many Of the Union generals. He Is now AZ
work on a statue OF Grant for the rotunda OF
the Capitol. and expects TO complete Il IN two
years. 1t will be OF marble and seven feet In
height.
NINE. ADAM the famous editor Of the Eou-
velle Revue, OF Paris, recently sent out inyi-
tatlons for a series Of receptions and inscribed
on the cards the words 80 talk" She says
that the musicales which have amused PAri-
sian society Of recent years show thedecsdencs
Of the drawing.room decadence she is de-
airous Of checking. There mast still DO
some thirty or forty women len In Paris who
know how 10 converse, aud will try 10 gather
them together" says Nine. Adam.
Dr. RIcHEr, the famous physician, who
died short time ago OF pulmonary eonges-
ton, IN Paris. describe aud aBnaiyzed the
course OF the ailmeni infinitely and with the
greatest precision, tor several doys preceding
his death, for the benefit Of bis attending
physicians, one of whom was his son. His
last words we're, when, with hardly any
vitality left, he tod them; when the phe-
nomenon which you have just aseertnined has
occurred, every chance is lost, and desth IL
only question Of seconds. In fact, you nes
IT, am going 10 die. am dying"
And 80 the man, who was his own clinieaI
subject. died.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
Reyolutionizjny the Iron Industry.

1t is repoted in Westphalia, Germany,
that the experiments of several experts
have resulted in the invention Of a pro-
cess of manufacturing pig iron which
will revolutionizc the IRON industry.
The simultaneous application of the cleo
trio current and the use of an easily
made acid for extracting the iron from
the ore are said to be the chief charac-
teristics of the new method. The exper-
iments were confined to the raw material
forming the bast-furnice charge, and are
said to have proved completely successful.
the separation of all metallic substances
being rapidly and perfectly effected, and
the iron lett in an absolutely pure con-
dition. The process is stated to be
eighty per cent. cheaper than the present
blast furnace method. The invention
has been patented in all countries. and
it is proposed to form a company with
capital of SIP 900, o00.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
A NEW FLYING MACHINE


Intended to be Mechanical Reproduce
Of the Hawk.
Bernard Cressler, a hermit living near
Kingwood W. Va. has invented flying ma
chine which is more successful than TINT Of
Darius Green.
Crcsslsr says that 50 far oil flying machines
have been mnde to combat the fofeesof nature
and overcome the resistance Of air currents
by nm inmate power Of the machine and It Is
in this very thing they have failed. lie has.
therefore made q machine which is as much
ike hawk in its motion a. possible.
This new machine is made 70 be worn just
like any other suit, but II unfolds marvellous
possibilities. Ii iits him like glove and IL
manipulated By him insiinctiYely - a part Of
his body, each muscle Of the arms. legs and
body exefting itself at the proper time. He
rises N the arr straight as a perpendicular
line, then throwing out the batsbHped wings,
floats, or rather scars at ease, not descending
rs one would naturally suppose. but If a wind
is blowing, he rather rises with il, making no
effort to combat the sir current. but adapting
his flight 70 its strength and tlting his wings.
which are enormous but light - possible, 10
guide his fight. Cressler does not hy. he
floats, or rather scars. To this one end he has
bent all his energies Of mind and body for
years and in this he has succeeded. More in
telligent fight. coupled with absolute GER
tainty Of direction, will come with practice,
he thinks.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
BATTLE IN A CAVE.

4 sheriff and His Posse Exchange Shots
With a Gang Of Barn-Burnsrs.
Advices from Blount county, Ala, note
bad statement Of affairs there.
II appears that Mrs. MeMurrsy and her
daughter. who have bad regulations, were
ordered to leave the country. Warnings
written in blood were also sent 10 certain
men.
These we're not needed, and the barn Of
William Harrington snd the house Of the
Meblnrrsy women were burned. Sherin
Morris. with posee, over-hauled the barn
burners, Who sought refuge in a cave, and q
battle occurred in the darkness. tits believed
tiat two Of the outlaws were wounded, but
they all marSEe,i 10 ESCAPE through an
opening unknown to the officers
There is much excitement IN the neighbor
hood, and the outlaws viii probably b
lynehed il caught,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
EIGHTEEN MEN LOST.


The Whaling Bark TamerIane Wrecked
on the Sandwich Islands
The steamr Maript sa, at San Franci>eo,
from Sydney, \. S. W, brings news of the
loss of the whaling bark Tamerlane, of Pura.
Sandwich Islands, on February ID. Captain
Rowland and IL men we're drowned.
The Tamerlsne was built in Wiscassett
Ne. She had IS men and lis barrels of oil
aboard when lost. The vessel lost her reckon
ing. and when she struck, the sudden shock
threw the crew into great confusion, only two
small boats were available, and one of them
when lowered, floated away before it secured
an occupant.
Captain Rowland, the first mate of the boat
the carpenter, the cook and two others en-.
tered the second boat, but the ship was rolling
heavily and she was stove in and the waves
rolled over her, and the occupants were
washed away.
Those of the crew who remained on the
bark were picked off by the waves. one bv
one, until the vessel broke up. The 20 men.
in"luding Third Officer Parlee, managed 10
reach tie shore with the aid of planks
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27

In all our walks, in all our ways,
Think not the measure of our days
Is gagged by figures and by rules,
AS erst was taught us in the schools,
But, as we help brothers needs
By noble acts and generous desds
BY giving comfort where we may,
BY lighting up mourner's way;
The sum of means that we employ
To turn fellows ills to joy
This is the measure of our days.
A veteran in the wars of life,
A prisone1 soldier in the strife
or soul with stingy, eny ious Time
Is he who makes his actions rhyme
To universal brotherhood.
Though long or short hath been his road
Centuries or decades his abode
Among his kind. it matters least
So fellows by him have been blest.
His lifeis measured by his plan
OF dealing with his fellow man,
This is the measure of his days.
And much methinks of time he gains,
For all his labors, all his pains
For reaching outward far and near
To succor want and shelter fear
No stingy paddock hens him in
To mean desires or groveling sin,
A widows blessing him avails,
An orphans prayer some good entails,
While stretching outward over man
He converse holds with Natures plan,
And solving life's deep mysteries,
Hegrasps eternal verities-
This is the measure OF his days.
T, c. Rice, in New York Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
NEW CURE FOR DEAFNESS.
A Baltimore Professor Demonstrates
Another Use for the monograph.

A Baltimore Professor Demonstrates
Another Use for the Phonograph.
At the Southern Homeopathic Medical
College, Baltimore, Md, public demonstra-
ton was given of the use OF the photograph
for the cure OF deafness, discovery made by
Dr. ii, f. Gary, professor in the college.
Seated at photograph, with rubber tubes
i'll their ears, were number of persons of
both sexes, and an exposition of the principle
OF the treatment was given. 1t is the massage
OF thos. parts OF the ear which transmit
sound into the brain. The photograph pro-
duces this result by giving continuous aud
successive vibrations at regular intervals,
This it does with certain degrees OF intensity
and frequency, according TO the exigencies OF
the case under treatment.
In bad cases q series of intensified shocks,
at the rate Of one to the second, is produced
against the membraneOus tympanum, or drum,
in cases of not over than five years standing
the vibrations are given with more frequency
and less intensity. The noises or thuHlps 20
made are given by means of depressions made
with a stylus at regular intervals in tn. rsk
surface OF the photographic cylinders.
Every depression causes the little trs.s
mitter needle in the instrument TO strike To
diaphragm connected with the phonograph,
and to produce the same distressing uoises
which deaf person continually hears within
his brain. The intensity of the noises il
regu ated by the way that the depressions are
made in the cylinder and their frequency Ivy
the number OF revolutions per minute given
the latter.
All patients who are under treatment ie-
deafness at the college reported that they Il.
greatly benefited.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
A CURIOUS INTRIGUE.

How barber and Hi. Mysterious
Friend" Deceived the People.
Three months ago young barber named
Harrington moved to the village Of jug
Tavern. Ga, from Norcross and opened
shop there. Soon after strange man came
to jug Tavern. wbo was introduced rs a friend
Of Harrington. The friend secured employ
ment in the local hotel as a waiter
He and Harrington we're iuseparable when
they were not at work, AMI re med to think
ell the world Of eaeh o.her, and roomed to-
gei her. Harrington made money from his
barber shop While his friend grew more popu-
lar with the guests at the hoiel Tue waiter
WIS SO delicate in apreirInee that the deni-
gems of jug Tavern frequently remarked that
he Hooked nost like woman"
few days ago the waiter breame sick. He
grew worse AID Harrington summoned a doc
tor, who discoye. I'd that the good-looking
waiter WAS 4 vs. man
a mob wss .o-mei an proceeded to
the room occupied by the pls They found
the apar m nj empty. Harrington and his
'friend" lad gone.