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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-02-20
A Puny Reply.
To 3 Stata.m mike Pati lotto o.
fer f1r Harmony.
ri nor McEfKxY PROVES
HIMSELF A DEMOCRAT.
The FD~ster.tes Fu~,sIsh PrOOf
F'ssifsv' T.0f T.eN Wiz
Hac'f6ce EDerUfhin,g for
Office

The regular Democratic party.
xnusr nnuin+. i, H.. 4 stinKuiahed
D~mncrat and ..,ri ii: citizen, Hon.
Samuel Douglas NcE,-r., made a
r".t un.-:fss, hu. .4nn IT TT yesterday
t. he.l the br-ac,, that divides the
NEE great parry # rhi. Stat~ In order
that y solid foot "ignt be presented
ia the rouninR el "ti to the scallawags
and the nryrn~a gao arr mAssing from
ane end IT L,uis, IA " the other for
c ntinurd assault I'll the new unssrried
ranks IT the D~rmm-r,cy. The 06er ri
compromises, g-n~r ms and patriotic
"a it wss, Wa ,-fused by the State
House Ring Ut ufic seekers on . mere
technicality.
Col. A. w. Craudell. chairman Of the
Democratic cxe'muve committee yes
rerday recei se.: the following letter
from Judge M-En-r,.
NEw ORLEANS, Feb. Z. 1892.
Hon. A. w Gran e'l. Chairman of the
Executive Committee Of tho Demo-
cratic Part,. New Orleans, La.
NV Dear Sir-Th~ cnndit i of the
Democratic party AZ this j%unrture 10
~ Nv tSNi Seb0 VI ipu WIG
difference which separated the f4ctions
waa the method Of dealing with the
lottery Question-one faction desiring
to submit the xmsndmen. TO q white
primary vote. anil the other that q
plank should b" placed in the platform
opposing the adoption Of the amend
nsnt. Tho prim.r, election which
preceded the convention returned .
majority of del"ga,-s in favor of the
submission to a white primary. 1t 10
my sincere conviction. and | believe It
Is shared by Il great msjorit. o remo-
cratic voters, that the convention which
sssembled at Pik..'s Hall 1T Baton
Rouge constituted The regular %authori-
ty Of the party, and M such nominal
ed . ticket for State Offices. But, IA
the condition of the party Is critical,
and it is absolutely essential that the
party should be united. / thinx that q,
this time We ought to forego any at
vantages We may cain as the regular
organizati, n, AID afford those who l.. fl
tho party at Baton Rouge an oppartu-
pity to reunite the party. will. there-
fore. suggest that q proposition I've
made to those represe ting tho Foster
party 70 agrees to a white primary cleo
ton throughout the State, aud the as
sembIing Of another convention to
place q ticket before the people which
will command the un.ivided support
OF the party. Very truly yours,
s. D. MCENERY.
Col. Crandell Immediately called a
meeting Of the Democratic State CEN
trail committee and as a result the fol-
lowing letter, which explains itself,
was addressed to the Foster com
mittee
HEApQCARTERsD EMoCRATIc ST. .rE)
Executive Com, No. i Carnudelet ST.
New Orleans. Feb. g., 1892.
F. b. kruttachnit, Esq, Chairman of
Continued on last page.)
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

pT N0Qel76, Organs ss. Want Ag'ts.
14AIy OOCatlg Free Address DanI +.
Beatty. Washington, N. J.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-02-20

Whereas. many of the citizens and tax
payers of the 3rd Drainage District of the
Parish Of Lafonrche have petitiGned this bod
to submit 70 Taxpayers of the said Third
Drainage District fer their decision IA urnuo
sItlon to levy a sp1cla, tax of eight mills on
the dollar tor the period Of five years. for the
purpose of being applied to the drainage Of
said district therefore be it
Resolved, That a special tax of eight mills
on the dollar on all taxable property situat-
ed in said Third Drainage District of the Par
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BETTER ROADS DEMANDED.

A scientific gentleman in speaking on this subject says:
 .sIt is, almost ah8peless task to attempt to arouse the people to the necessity of making better roads in the country, but it is one that must be continued until something is done. Our country roads, as a whole, are far behind the age, and are holding other things back. They are the channels of commerce and social in- tercourse, and when they are out of order and obstructed, business suffers, expenses are increased, and people are shut of from the educating and inspiring effects of ningling in society.
 "Under the long standing system of re- pairing roads, individuals feel that they are working for the town or county in- stead of for themselves, and that it is the business of such municipality to see that the work is done and their business to do as little as possible for the pay receiyee. Much of the work is done as if the only object was to have it pass inspection
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sss Norwich Bulletin.l POLLING ITS OWN NEST.

Have we been so blameless toward Chili that we appear we'll in calling her to strict account? We sent her as Our min ister a foreign. adventurer. We niisun- derstood her hfe-and- death struggle with her tyrant, and took her patriots to be rebels. Our admiral brought himself un- der gravest suspicion of giving helpful in- ,1Ornation to the usurper. Our legation has been up, till now . refuge for men who had tried to destroy their country's gov ernment. Even If, under such circum- stances, Q mob has attacked American ssamen--if the local police have wfonged them7 what is our legitimate remedy ? Protect our seamen and citizens we surely will, but is there no public and peaceAble justice, no international arbitration, that we must rush to violence ?-S Sprinafeld Repn6licGn. \ The above is just one more example of the incomprehensible zeal of some ( 'pa- ltriotic'' Americans for finding fault with their own country and everything con- nected with it, of assuming the worst concernlng all its actions and the best concerning the aetions of foreign govern .ments.sa W t
 "We sent her as our representative a
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GUARANTEED CURB FOR LA GRIPPE.- We authorize our advertised druggist to sell you Dr. Kings New Discovery for coughs and colds upon this condition. If you are afflicted with Ia grippe and will use this remedy according to directions, giving 1t fair trial, and ex- perience no benefit, you may return the bottle and have your money refunded. We make this offer, because of the won- derful success of Dr. Kings New Discov- cry during last seasons epidemic. Have heard of no case in which it failed. Try it. Trial bottles free at E. K. Taft's drug store. Large size 5Oc. and $1. 3
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rns Ivory Nut In south America.

He Ivory Nut In S0uSh America.
 The ivory nut s.grown in the eQuato- rial regious i'll South America. The princip point of shipments Colon. on the Lsiilmus of Panama. Like the ba- rlana. the ivory nut is perennial in its native cline. and may be found in all stages from the bud to the ripened nut at all seasons of the year. Tho nuts grow i'll great bunc:les of about fifty i'm cased i'll shell, as are chestnuts in the Darr. tanusn the shell outwardly resen- bles in roit3ntess tlre surface of pine apple. The entire cluster of nuts in this shell is ;,s big aa as In,lI's head. This shell c,s,ncs osf easily after the nuts are ripe. At tsiis stage they fall from the trees- which are fourteen or fifteen feet in heisht-slnl are packed on the backs of natives to the points of shipment. They are about the color of an unwashed last years potato and as hard as an ele- ph,.nt's tusk.-NewfY Y York Telegram.
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Nothing lsAe t -Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- tion. It's as peculiar in its compo- sition, as in it's curative effects, in all the diseases and disorders that affiict womankind. It's a legitimate medicine -an invigorating, restora- tive tonic, a soothing and strength ening nervine, and a positive rem edy for female. weaknesses, and ailments. All functional disturb ances, irregularities, and derange- ments are cured by it. There's nothing like it in the way it acts there's nothing like it in tho way it'a sold. It's guaranteed to give satisfaction in every case, or the money paid for it is promptly re- funded.
 Read the guarantee on the wrap per.
 You lose nothing if it doesn't help you-bnt it will. {. The system. is invigorated, the blood enriched, digestion improved, melancholy and nervousness dis pelled. It's legitimate medicine, the. only <one that's gesardsateed to give satisfaction in the cure of all female complaints"
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sin.ufnr Oeenn spongea.

: A sin3ul4t ocean sponge is the glass
 rope, which sends down into the mud a
 coited y-isp of fll;aments as thick as knit
 ting needle. The latter opens out into q
 brnxh, fix n;y the creature in place after the ,n;alner of screw pile. Still an- other remarkable sponge is found in the deep water of the Loffoden islands. It spreads out into a. thin circular cake, surrounded by what, looks like fringe of white floss silk. Yet another cur.- osity is the "eupettella" sponge of the Philippines. which lives embedded to it's lii in tae mud and supported by love ly frill x Interview in Washington Star.
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HANDSOME VERSUS HoMELy.-Who 1, that fine looking lady we just passed Clara2 Why, that is Mrs. Snow. Well, there, what change; when saw her law her last, her skin was so sallow and muddy looking, it's no wonder didn't know her. What has produced that love- ly complexion? heard that she took Sulphur Bitters, the great Blood Purifier, and now would not be without them.
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problem of life which few satisfactorily solve. Some fail, because of poor health,
 others want of luck, but the majority from
 deficient grit-want of nerve. They are nervous, irresolute, changeable, easily get the blues and "take the spirits down to keep the spirits up," thus wasting money, time, opportunity and nerve force. There is nothing like the Restorative Nervine, discovered by the great specialist, Dr.
 Miles, to cure. all nervous diseases, as headache, the blues, nervous prostration, sleeplessness, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, fits and hysteria. Trial bottles and fine book of testimonials free at w. D. Heald's.
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Volume 34.
LITTLE FEET.

Patter, batter. little feet, Mgfjng melody so sweet; M tc we all love to hear, QJ kiIing to the list'ning ear; fer weary in the light, lfrelcss in tho shades of night; Restless little feet at play, Platter, batter all the day. Pattcr, batter, little feet, Chasing butterflies so neat, Ger the fragrant lawn and lea Busy as the toiling bee;
 Dancing where the sunbeams fhll, Running qnick at papa's calE Happy. sps,rtive nt your play, pAtter. batter all the day. Patter, batter, little feet, Mong the roses blooming sweet, Where the robin sings his lay And the precious children plays Summer kiesAb Above the glow < Bright as bahyss eyes below. Winsone fittle feet that stray, z. Platter, latter all the day. Platter, batter, little feet, sStrnsing where the btsoklets meet, Fitting OCT the meadows fair, Seeking pleasure everywhere; Fondly aisw'ring lovc's sweet cell Bringing bliss of life to all Precious little feet at play. Platter, batter all thesday. Theodore D. c. Miller in New York Weekly.
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BUCKLEN's ARNIcA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 50c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft.
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If 1t is religious duty to help run a christian church, its much greater one to help run @ christian nation; and the man that's good enough for one isn't too good for the other.
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without regard to the permanent useful
 fIess of the road.

fIess of the road.
 iThe particulars are too we'll known to every one who has seen the work done, and no rule for improvement can be given that will apply to all cases; but there should be general awakening on this subject in country towns, and men should realize that they are at work for them selves, and that in making a good road they are increasing the durability of their teams and carriages, reducing the cost of settfng their produce to market, and inn proving the means of associating with
 their neighbors.
 In this climate our roads in winter depend very much on the weather, but in
 the other months they depend on the men
 who care for them, and if the people
 would but use. more common sense and less senseless selfshness in the work, there would be great Improvements made
 with the same amount of labor. The strength of chain is measured by the weakest link, and in moving heavy loads they must be governed by the worst place in the road. "The prosperity of town depends up- on the greatest good of the whole, and if
 people who live in thickly settled neigh
 borhoods. would refrain from expending needless labor in making turnpikes and
 smoothing up the roadside at the towns expense along their farms and would work when there is less to do and more to do
 with, they would show more signs of
 what was once called civilization.
 .'But this is not to be expected under the old highway district system, for every man who lives on good road imagines
 that his taxes are little higher on that
 account, and every one who has poor
 road thinks he is taxed as much as if the road was better, and this creates feeling that is not favorable to mutual aid. A
 money tax put into the hands of a con-
 petent commissioner to keep the roads in repair is the best arrangement and gives the best satisfaction where it has been thoroughly tried. The roads are then kept up to an even standard without re- gard to whom or how many travel over them.''
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v have been sufferer from catarrh for
 20 years. found immediate relief in the use of Ely's Cream Balm. Since using 1t
 I have not suffered moment from head lcatarrh. i consider your Balm a valua-
 ble remedy. R. c. Vassar, 58 Warren street. New York.
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"There, Johnny, those heavy calfskin boots ought to last you a year" They're heavy enough, Pa; they must have last ed the calf ten years"
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Physicians prescriptions have failed to reach many cases of rheumatism known to have been subsequently cured by Sal vation Oil. That is the reason why the popular voice Is practically unanimous in its favor One bottle IS usually sufficient.
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was only dull ache But If she should lose her, as she sometimes shudderingly thought, oh, then she could not stay in the world! When she went out, which was but seldom, her shabbiness shamed her so, and her work was so exacting, she took Josephine with her, and she had 8 quick triumph over trouble in hearing the admiring outcry wherever the child was seen. Yes, it was great deal to be thank full for, that she had Josephine; nothing else signifed, so long as she had Joseph inc; sometimes she caught herself sing ing as she sewed, just for thinking of the child in her loveliness as she lay with the dew of sleep upon her, or as she luttel ed in the sunshine ,and would check the song as if she must indeed be hardened wretch to be able to sing at all in such misfortune as she had, in such misfortune as threatened Josephine's future.i But how she loved her; how she loved her!
 'sThat child's no end of trouble to you, ? said her husband one day, seeing Priscilla pause in the hurry of her sewing to brush ,Josephine's curls till they stood out like a halo round the little head. <
 "Trouble!n said Priscilla, kissing her. Sweet trouble"
 "Yes, an' you ain't no less than a slave to her."
 Mot to her," said Priscilla, "oh, not to her." .f . .., .,.
 "I do'no' how we're ever goin' to bring her up," he said presently. "No clo'es, no schoolin'. 'Twould be mercy if some rich folks 'ud take her for their own.''
 Mot to me-" said Priscilla, absently, giving the lovely locks g. final wave.
 "Twould to her. She'd never know no want, an be fetched up like lady"
 What are you talkin' abouta", said Priscilla, looking at him now, and blanch- ing with sudden unnamed fear.
 "About Josephine. There's g rich lady put up down to the tavern, an she see her when you went to the store. and was taken by her so't, she followed you in " '
 "Yes-I see. her. She giv' Josephine some peppermint" , .,.,.
 "Wal, l,as I was sayin' ,she spoke to Bar ney about the child, and he, told her how twas, an she got possessed for 1t, she ain't none of her, own. An she stald ovel night, and Barney sent for me, an'--wal -the long an short of of 1t ts, that she'll take the child an bring her up like rich folks children, an give her piano lessons an' silk dresses, an allow us what we. say for lettin'her go-- g thonsan' dollars down, good money, of we say so."
 Iguess she won't, !" said Priscilla, talk ing up her, basting. ra, 2
 ssOh, yes, she will then" ss ysst
 II guess she won't" repeated Pgiscillar and as she turned her face toward hin, biting off her thread as she spoke, there was something in. that showing of hel teeth, like wild beast at bay, .4ss.I "You don't mean ter say you'd stand ir the childs light like that do ye ?"
 II ainF got SO low as to sell my owr |.hesh an blood yet ;.g.y ,5
 sBut it's fer Josephine's good. She ain'1 but one life to live, am it's g pity ter spils thst in the beginnin'. For my part couldn't rest easy an think I'd kept hel out of all that luck" ss .s II could. An shell,n . "Now you look here. Mis- Danei ITha1 child's mine. You ain't no say about 1t .4f
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Gossiping woman (intent on slander)- One half the world doesn't know how the other lives. Neighbor (tartly)-Well, that isn't your fault.
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A jeweler advertises stone that can't be told from diamond, and gets the cus- tom of simpletons who imagine they can't be told from sensible folks.
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1t isn't the difficulty of making alliving atfwhich the workingnan complains, but She ease with which the capitalist makes half a dozen livings.
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< Ely's Cream Balm is worth it's weight in gold as ascure for catarrh. One bottle cured me. .S. A. Lowell, Franklin, Pa.
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The mosquito that tiekles your nose and waits to be slapped isn't any bigger fool than the man who bets on another's game.
 The heart disease that makes people afraid to walk to church on hot day isn't in t|se valve hut tI|s sf6in of the
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Highest of all in Iavenlg s cov Report II. rsss Rz.A!:'.!! Q! Bss'sg Rsw''sgT
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Cor. American Farmer: It has been found by careful tests that peas planted at about nine inches depth will vegetate better than at any depth less or more. Many years practised dropping them in the fuIrow, never deep enough, and blowing them in. This can be done any time the ground can be worked, and in the time before coming through the ground can be titled to suppress weed growths. In this way peas will continue bearing longer than in the usual shallow fashion.
 A FATAL MISTAKE. make no more fatal mistake than when they h. form patients that nervous heart troubles come from the stomach and are of little consequence. Dr. Franklin Miles, the noted Indian specialist, has proven the contrary in his new book on Heart Dis ease" which may be had free at D. Aeald's, who guarantees and recommends Dr.. Miles unequa1ed New Heart Cure, which has the largest sale of any heart remedy in the world. It cures nervous and organic heart disease, short breath, fluttering, pain or tenderness in the side, arm or shoulder, irregular pulse, fainting, smothering dropsy, etc. His Restorative Nervine cures headache, fits, etc. ?
 I was disgusted with the learned doc tors after swallowing their costly medi- cine in vain for over year for the relief of catarrh in my head, when I cured my self by using six bottles of Sulphur Bit ters. My wife is now taking them for nervous debility. Cdrter, Parker House, Boston,
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"A GENCY of Holland County Mutual
 A Fire Insurance Co. at J. w. CHANDELIERS office at residence, Westford-av. Stafford Springs.
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r HI. KING, Attorney and Counsel
 Nc sellor at Law. Special attention given to
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r T. PRESTON, Counsellor at |Os Law, Notary Public and Real Estate Agent. Wilmington, Conn.
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IT E. PATTEN, S7 Wells-st ] Hart lIs ford, Conn. Dyetng and Carpet Beating
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T HI. HOBBY, Piano Tuner and Os Dealer in Pianos and Organs, Mansfield,
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MIMI. A. sCOMINS, Horse and OK
 w Shoeing, Machine Forgings and Repairing done to order. Also builder and repa1rer of all styles of Wagons. South-st., Stafford Springs.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DR. C. F. MCCARTHY, Diseases lJ of the Lungs and Heart speciaty. Foster block. Off1ce hours: Until 8. m., to and to D. m. A
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NTM. WOBBECKE, Merchant
 w Tailor, Room l, Warren's Block, Stafford
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w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Josepl,ine's Mother. (Concludedl) J
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Priscilla put away. her work slowly. ,"There ain't any supper to git," she said quietly. "You can hev what Josephine an me hed-crackers an milk. There ain't nothin, else to eat.n
 "Aints ssnothin' 5else2 Why, where in thunder's the store 2''
 "The bill.o'yourn:for liquors, ,an cigars, an candies, an clos, an neckties, is jest what'the house is assessed for. MT. New mans been up ter day, and he's done trustin'.''
 "Blarst his eyes !'' was the reply, as Charlie began to walk up and down the room. II should like to know what kind of wife you be-" he said.
 "I've done my best!" said she angrily. live turned night into day, workin' to pay for jest what's been brought inter the house. But that bill, of it's paid takes the house over or heads"
 .Blame it all! I shouldn't think there was another house in town.
 Its little hard that. Josephine an me should lose our home so's't you, an your lot down to the tavern an over to Farley"
 "Wal! so's't me an my lot-what a'' and pausing before her in his excited walk, goadsd perhaps by the look in her great dark eyes, or her pinched, wan face, he struck her on the mouth.
 She did not utter sound, but covered in little heap like something from which the life had departed, till long after he was asleep. Of course the next morning he was very abject and in a passion of penitence, and as she forgave him and soothed him, he never knew how nearly love was dead in her heart. sleE
 And so the house went. Miss Elvira came up to expostulate. But there was the bill and 1t must be, paid, as Priscilla felt in every fibre of her honest being. And after that Mir. Newman, in some compunction, suffered her to live on in the house at small rent, that was never paid by Charley But Priscilla still had Josephine, little wild rose in, the sun, a singing -hird, sunbeam, q joy that paid for all her pain, that made 1t almost i'm possible for her to regret anything, the love of her a wall between herself and outer darkness V .7s It had become outer darkness, slowly but surely, day by day, when she saw her husband, the man she had so adored, grad ualIy unsealing her eyes, debasing and ruining himself, when he was betfaying her for that Rodney girl, when he lst hez sslT her hair, her lovely hairs and used ths halz foE IF pleasure, when h6 added heal neelect and insult 10 thu neglect and in. salt Il every year beko3e, when he left all
 6S 64Ppors q q ' ths '.'9 tREss ''Rala sses, ,.
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IF HI. REED, Attorney at Law, office. EeBs in Stanord, National Bank Buildfnk, Eastl