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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-17

On calcule quill est arrive aux
Etats- Unis, en- 1890, 100000 imm:
grants, 665.000 en- 1891 ct 100000
en- 1892. N
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-17
LOCALES.
L'ex-secretaire d'Etat. James Blai-
no est a Particle de la mort.

Dams Ia paroisse Morehouse, lie
le mails SEINE lie 20 de Juliet a dome
nm rendement de 20 boisseaux par
acre.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-17

Decidement notre vile de Thibo
daux est destinee a devenir I'm lieu
plein d'agrements Ii ne sly passe
point de semaine sans qu'une repre-
sentation ne vlenne remplacer une
autre. Dams ce mois-ci nous avons
deia eu plusieuls troupes dramatiques
entr'autre la celebre Maud Atkinson
qui pendant trois soirees conservatives
a emerveille lie nombreux auditoire
qui garnissait les sieges du Thibo-
daur Opera House.
LIE mardi ~ Decemore, 1892 les
drames patronnesses de rEglise
Episcopale st. John donneront une
charmante representation theatrale
dams la sale de rOpera i~ntercallee de
chant ct tableaux vivants. II y aura
DIES Embellishments de toute sorte
a I'm prlx reasonable.
Deux jours apres, jeudi 20, les
Men of Mirth donneront une repre-.
sentation d%ramatique qui attirera.
sans null doute une foule considerable
pour venir applaudir les icunes anna
tours qui Sc sont charges de l'inter--
probation du magnifique drame Strife
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-17

Les pensions aux Etats-Unis
codteront cette aimee au tr6sor
10000, 0O0.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-17

Tn eSemple de dissolution rapide.
Les tribunaux du Dakota sont dis
tanc&s. In tribunal roumain a
prononcG r6eemment cinquante-trois
irgements de divorce en- une seule
audience.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-17
Une nouvelle variete de came a

Une nouvelle variete de came a
sucre Went d'etre decouverte dams la
region du Haut Niger, en- Antique
centrale. C'est, dit-on, une variet6
geante qui possede une richesse
saccharine ct peut Sc reproduire par
la graine, qui est tres bien d~6veloppee.
Certaines autorit6s en- la matiere
prdtendent que cctte came nest
qu'une cspece de sorgho cue lon
connait deia aux Etats-Unis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

dead and dying snakes were pitched
over a cliff in deep hollow by the
men, who used long, forked sticks for
that purpose; then they, led by Jack,
went on up to the foot of the inclined
stone. When they reached the
stone they were astonished to find that
the long wooden trough which had
been placed under its protecting edges
was filed with yeliowish. greasy look
ing stuff, which to their experienced
eyes they knew to be the finest of
snake oil. That accounted for the thin
long-drawn-out appearance of tho
snakes found below. The heat of the
stone and the friction of their 'bodies
had melted all the fat in their bodies,
and it had run down the stone and into
the trough, leaving the snakes with
just enough tissue to hold them to-
gether The next day the same scene
was observed. and the next, until at the
end of a week there couldn't be found
a RATHER in four counties. All of them
had tried Jacks patent toboggan slide
and slid themselves out of existence.
Every evening Jack Fell emptied four
gallons of clarified snake oil into a keg,
and when the snakes quit coming he
was ready FOR market with snake oil
enough at dollar an ounce to buy half
a dozen farms. Creek (N. c.
Correspondent, in n. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

bunch of snakes had crawled back up
the cliff and onto the stone and down
they shot, thus forming perfect line
of snakes from the top of the stone to
the bottom of the cliff and back again
BY the time the snakes had made two
or three trips over Jack Feli's tobog-
gan slide they had become crazed with
the fun of the thing. Down they came
and bacl, they went, kissing and rat
Ting. The old fellow at the ton had
looked on until he, too, became en-
Unused with the fun of the thing, and
off he went ike the others over the
creased incline. In the course C an
hour the stone from the effects of the
suns rays and the friction OF the
snakes bodies, became so hot that it
smoked as the writhing reptiles shot
over its face, while the once RUSTY
looking bodies of the snakes began to
glisten and shine as the fat of their
bodies turned into oil and melted out of
their bodies OF course, not one fourth
of the snakes could get chance at the
slide, as those who had first tried it
kept a moving belt four or five feet
wide going and coming all the time.
While all this was going on the
crowd below stood gaping and uttering
calculations of establishment But the
mephitic smell caused By the presence
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

and excitement of so many snakes soon
forced the crowd to retire. which they
did to a hillside opposite, where, several
hundred yards away and under the
shade of the trees, they sat and watched
the circus.
About noon it could be seen that the
first lot of snakes had given way to a
fresh crowd. What had become of
them the men and boys could not see.
The new ones, however, appeared to
enjoy the slide fully as well as the
first; but later in the day they, too be-
gan to disappear. Everybody thought
those that had disappeared had
crawled into their dens to rest, but
when after shutdown and the disap-
pearance of the snakes, Jack, followed
by the crowd. approached the foot OF
the stone, they saw a tremendous pile
of snakes, exhausted, dead and dying,
stretched from the foot of the incline
over space of many yards. Ali of
the snakes were SO thin that they
looked like long strips of loose snake
hide not much thicker than holdbaciS
strap of Nawth Cah'lin' mule. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
4 Partisan Bet.

A board of trade man of Paris the
other day ordered dinner for one hun.
dred and twenty guests at large res
taurant of the city for the day follow
ing. At the appointed hour he sta
toned himself at the entrance of the
dining-rOom and counted the guests ar
irving with an air of business. as if he
were adding up column of figures in
his ledger. All the girls filing in were
dressed in the queerest fashion. as il
they were sa eswomen at the HalleS,
that is the Water street" of Paris, or
mattresses at restaurants, and among
them appeared just one male, also a
board of trade man. The restaurant
keeper asked his customer: This is a
queer repast you make me serve, what
does it mean?" ut means a bet," burt
ed out the merchant, land l have lost
it wagered that 1 could make ny
friend there dine with a hundred wom-
en-, strangers to him as to me. / in
vited two hundred, but you see not
more than cighty-seven have come. So
l have lost. Here are your twelve hun
dred francs for the meal. and / hope
YOU will serve them well for it. And
here are your thousand francs which I
lost" he said, passing the money to his
friend, who took it. The winner went
in and made merry with the eighty
seven, and his discounted friend went
home grum bling--Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
THE SINISTER-FACED MAN.

He Declined TO Contribute to ANY Negli-
genee in the Case.
It was just after the first sickening
crash of the collision, and the air was
filed with shrieks and groans, mingled
with the hiss of escaping steam.
The dark, sinister man with the
smooth face lay motionless where the
shock had thrown him. Around him
were scattered broken timbers and
twisted iron rods, but by a seeming
miracle the debris had not fallen upon
him and his limbs were free.
''He's dead" sadly whispered the res
cuer who saw him first
The lips of the dark, sinister man
moved.
''Not by jugful," he observed. audi
bly,.
The rescuer FASTENED forward
s'Are you hurt?" he anxiously in.
quired.
Nope"
The dark man was positive.
''Not a scratch" he declared.
The rescuer was unable to represS
an exclamation of surprise.
''Well, why don't you get out of the
wreck?"
The sinister man gazed at the tr;;nl1-
ling stars above him.
81 just about know my business" no
calmly replied. 'I've been in collisions
before. I'll stay right here where they
threw me until I'm moved. Then per.
haps-"
A faint smile played about his lips
1.-The company can't work the CON-
tributory negligence racket on me when
I sue fer damages Oh, no, don't OBJ
ject to your carrying me away if you
like, put call on You to witness that I
take no active part in the process my
self I know my business"
And the man with the sinister face
laughed hard. metallic laugh Gin.
cinuati Commercial
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
HER TERRIBLE REVENGE.

The Disastrous Consequences of Flirting
by Telephone.
It's merely another story of the terri
BILE revenge of the telephonc-9irl. She
had never seen the young man, but of
course she knew who he was and knew
that he was married. In fact, both his
house and Office telephones were on her
board" and she had noticed that in
calling from one place he said: ''Give
me four hundred and six in hurry"
while from the other he would say:
''Hello! is that you, pet? All right,
dearie. Give me four hundred and
six, please" Occasionally too he would
ask if she had good time at the tele-
phone-girls' ball.
It was all right until she happened
to overhear him saying some pretty
things to a girl in another telephone
exchange.
Now she had no particular interest in
him, but she considered him her ''tele-
phone beau" and she didn't wish to en-
ter into any partnership arrangement
with any other girl. She was provoked,
and when he rang up" again she was
SO chilly that icicles would have formed
on the wire had it not been for his melt
ing words. When he began with
''dearie'' she interrupted him by coldly
asking:
''What number, please?'
''Now, pet, don't be- he began;
but she had recalled that his wife was
talking to the butcher, and quick as a
fash she shifted the plugs on the switch-
board.
He continued talking. He said she
must have beer listening to his CONVEX
sation with the girl in ''Three Office"
and If so she was Jealous little
wretch" It was merely to while away
time and to insure good service in that
Office in the future that he had tried to
get on good terms with the girl there.
If pet would
Then he heard from his wife. She
spoke emphatically, and rang of before
he had a chance to reply. And the last
thing he heard before he hung mp the
ear-piece was a laugh that sounded like
''pets." She seemed to be pleased
about something. He doesn't flirt with
the girl in Three office now; neither
does he with pet" and he says the
service is poorer than ever before
Elliott Flower, in Index.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
LUNCH FOR LITTLE ONES.

Don't Let Bridget Fill the Children's Bias
kets, but Do 1t Yourself.
Nowadays we think great deal of
pretty table appointments. Everything
must be as dainty as possible when we
dispense hospitality to our friends or to
our families But how about the school
children?
By lunch time they are more or less
tired; they have been confined to their
desks all the morning and the capricious
child appetite needs tempting. And
how is the want met?
In the morning little voice calls out:
Mamma, what shall take for lunch
answers: ''Oh, that lunch! l can not
be bothered. Go to Bridget, darling,
and she will find something for
YOU" Bridget and something"
is an easy way out of present
trouble. Bridget's heart is loving and
warm. and if her knowledge and judg-
ment were only in accordance all would
be well, but digestion and the laws Of
health are Greek to her, and she gives
the ssswate darlint'' the best she can
find and puts it up in Bridget's way.
The tastes and fastidiousness of mann
ma are repeated in the little, sensitive
child that is to eat it after the fatigue
of a morning devoted to study and in
the necessarily impure air of the school
room. What is the something" that
has proved Bridget's refuge? Bread
and butter. But Bridget, like man.
ma, was very busy, and the slices
were thick and the butter almot equal
ly so. The contribution from the cake
box-very rich and unsuitable for the
delicate stomach destined to receive
it. If not cake, pie, and in winter
mince pie as a rule. If meat is
added the manner of its cutting is not
taken into account, and consequently
difficult for the little fingers to manage.
The paper that comes into Bridget's
kingdom is brown, and in that the
lunch is wrapped, and the impatient
little girl departs, with the fear of
hardness before her and without NAM
mas kiss
When the lunch is opened its appear
ance is not tempting; the consequence
the pie or cake is devoured hastily
and 'the staff of life" left untasted.
This goes on day after day, and the
little cheeks lose their roses and round
ness, and everybody wonders mamma
most of al) what ails Daisy. The dear,
pleasant, good little child becomes cross
and irritable, and at home and in school
suffers injustice. Is the fault hers OF
mamma s?-TableT Talk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

fnae twenty years was long enough tor 3nY
party to control the state or nation without .
change. You got the change. and now No ask
for change What's sauce for the goose
Is sauce for the Rander. And. my Farmers
Alliance friends. we ask you to help Us
to bring about this change, and II there
b any differences between &c. we can
settle them later on. But il you can't help rs,
we would be like tina hunter who, while hunt
Ing. ran across . grizzly bear. The hunters
gun failed TO go Oh. whereupon the hunter fell
on his knees and said: 'Oh, Lord. win you help
me to lick this grizzly But tif You can't
help me, just lay low and don't help the bear.
and You viii see sol darn grizzly get the
durndest hckin' on EARTH" So, my farmer
friends, IL you can't help US, don't helm tho
grizzly get the gol darnedest hckin' on the 9Th
OF November t1hat il ever had In its life.
am accused Of being associated with those
who enacted " hat our democratic friends call
the prescription laws Of the state. Why, my
friends, those laws were passed by war demo-
Gratis and others OF liks type long before had
anything to do in public life, and must say
that at the very first opportunity I, rs q COM
mon voter OF the state. voted to repeal those
laws hope that my friend does not insinuaes
that ever prosecuted poor girl and had her
imprisoned for teaching school No, indeed.
but I'll tell you what did do when was
elected prosecutin attorney in my district.
found the docket there crowded with indict-
ments against those who had been engaged In
the service on the side of the south, and pro-
ceeded to dismiss ali such indictments rs fast
as came to them And to-day am willing to
risk my chances with my democratic friends
where am best known, in my own district
In 1884 was elected to congress from my dis.
trict where the democrats had a majority Of
400 And in addition thereto got a good
round majority of 1.51O: and this, too against
school house fight made by such stalwart dem
ocrats as Senator Vest. And again, in 1880. the
same thing was done for me: and will say
that all these ISLANDERS that you hear Of me now
were then and there used against me. And
repeat that in my district am willing to leave
my chances with the democrats.
Mr.. Warner proceeded to show that
the common-schooll laws that have made
Missouri the foremost state in the Union
were taken from the much-abused leg
islation of the republican party.
He reviewed at length the record OF
the democratic party in regard to the
school funds of the state, charging that
Col. Stone, when in Congress, voted
against securing Missouri's portion of
war taxes, and also charging that after
that money was refunded democratic
legislature in Missouri. instead of plac-
ing it in the common school fund, ap-
propriated portion to build college
for few fortunates to be educated in,
and the balance they gave away to the
Worlds fair. He also claimed that the
state prison was being grossly mis-
managed by the democrats. He took a
strong stand against the convict-la Dor
system now in vogue in the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
ACROSS THE MEADOW BARS.

When the chores were nearly over,
And shadows had grown long;
And the crickets, in the hedge-rows,
Filled all the air with song:
And tie lads came singing nomeward,
With scythes swung on their arm,
And the sinking sun, grown redder,
Flung over all its charm;
Then Mavis took her milking pail,
The b-:ndle cow to ch1se.
And tr!pped away across tho fields,
With sweet, unconscious grace.
Aud-sfrange.-when all the lads, ii seemed
Had crossed the meadow bars,
Young Alex Greame still fingered there.
With eyes like dusty stars:
His Cheek Of tan with crimson dashed,
As low his head did bend.
And eiu-asily he made pretense
The meadow bars to mend
And Mayis, kind of course must halt
To change . word and smile,
While each young heart loves shy alarm
Beat quickly all the while:
And then, OF course. twas only fair
To help him all she might,
50 that the sharp horned brlndle COW
Should not break through AT night
They talked about quite common things,
In whispers, though alone;
And laughed and chaned to fill each pause,
With eyes that conscious shone-
And lingering and laughing still,
The night swift sped along.
And . lover bird, perched near them,
Poured ont his heart in song
That seemed the gladdest prophecy
OF 10Y the years would bring,
AS Il love my love! lore my love-"
Tie singer seemed 20 sing
WEiIe-"tinEle. tinkle'" sounded faint
The cog bell from afar.
AID iubiIInt from sympathy.
Fang every cleaning star:
\ peepi1g from its height IL Spiei-
When the Inendiug all was done,
Ind the rnooa rose in her splendor-
TgSo shadows IceIt in one
Aad-'iiuk.e, iirkle.''-faintly came
The music 10 their ear;
TIE wind THAT shook the yellow rye
Grew hushed their signs to hear:
And croakcd the frogs: I'll tell! I'll tel!'
Yet, somehow, growing bold.
They needed Tot the gossipiEg,
But loves sweet story told
Ard tie crystal ioy-bells OF their lives
Answered the ringing stars,
As the twain stepped into Paradise,
Across the meadow bars.
Mrs Agnes Haskell, in Good Housekeeping
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
ONE KINGS COURTSHiPS.
The Ruler of AMMAN and His Numerous
Swectnearts,

Swecthearts.
An Oriental dispatch casually men,
tions the fact that the king of AMMAN
has at present $40 wives. Consider for
moment what this statement entails.
life of the king it is evident that at one
time, not long past, Annam's ruler
must have had 579 sweethearts.
If he had visited each one a whole
evening it would have been impossible
to have gone through the list in year.
Now, no sclf-respecting girl will be
satisfied with a lover who calls once a
year. Twice a week is a good aver
age. On this basis let us do little fig
uring.
The king of AMMAN visited $40 girls
twice a week. That would be LIS
visits a week. or counting Sundays,
165 visits a night To anyone who
knows how hard it is to tear himself
away from the front gate, under the
circumstances in which AMMAN must
have found himself, the terrible wear
on the kings constitution is evident at
a glance. Besides keeping on the jump
to cover the 165 appointments, there
were on each evening 165 cases of men
tai anguish occasiened by the tearing
himself away" process.
Suppose, next. that AMMAN said to
each girl: Il love You, dearest. You
are the ioveliest woman in the world"
Suppose, il you can, that he said this
only; that is twelve words to each
woman, or 1850 words each evening,
that is about two columns of type, such
as this paper is printed in.
Again, if each of the SO papas kept
bulldogs. as all self-respecting papas
are supposed by humorous writers to
do, there we're 165 bulldogs per night
to be guarded against-Iankee Blade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
AN unexpected occurrence. or

An unexpected occurrence, or rath-
er expose, will probably prove at least
a check to the sweating system in Lon
don. A Miss Hicks, delegate to the
recent trades congress held in that
city, said in debate that the trousers Of
the duke of York had been made next
door to a house containing fever pa
tients, and when called upon for moro
details, told of other tenements where
clothing had been made for the royal
family, and furthermore stated that
she herself had several times made
clothing for the prince Of Wales In her
own room.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
JACK FELL'S SLIDE.
It Was Successful il Kidding the
County Of Snakes.

FEW weeks ago
a committee of
citizens fro IN
Turkey Bend,
Niger Branch
and Snake'Ridge
called upon old
Jim Fell to Sc
cure the aid of
h is ingenious
boy.Jack. in rid
ding their farms
and pastures of
the pest OF rat
tlesnakeS. Ev-
erybody in the
localities men
toned had sus-
tanned h w
1~--o l.x l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

His One Hope suppose there is
no way of escaping this doosid epi-
demic," soliloquized Chappie, hut
since it has to come hope we may get
it by way of deah old Lonnon." To
which wish Cholly uttered devout and
asserting Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

Nothing in the world grows any
faster than a trouble that is nursed.-
Rams Horn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

III you want to get ahead in the
world. don't lie sbed In the morning
king about it-Atchison Globe