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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14
A ,sUPERsTlTIouS BARBER.
How the Boss Came to Throw Away
Brass Check Number Thirteen.

How the Boss Came to Throw Away
Brass Check Number Thirteen.
Next" called the boss barber of a
shop out on Lincoln avenue, and three
men started for the vacant chair. "Num-
Der twelve was last" he remarked by
way of information, and forthwith the
holder of a little brass, tag with mum
Der thirteen stamped upon it was in
active demand among the waiting
patrons. Number fourteen is next"
the boss barber continued; there is no
number thirteen"
81 threw away the check number
thirteen the boss barber said to nun
Der fourteen. as he spread the lather
over his customers chin. "One Sun
day morning a theatrical man came i'll
and drew the check number thirteen.
He put it in his pocket and drew
number fourteen, and when he
got into my chair he gave me both
checks and advised me to throw away
| the smaller one; said | would have nc
luck in the place so long as /
had that number in the rack-un-
| lucky, he called it. He told me several
SCDIlCS dDout W oOoeA Ia
rooms numbered thirteen in hotels and
of plays hat failed because they were
| first produced on the thirteenth of the
month. I did not have any supersti-
ton before that day, but l threw away
| the unlucky check and since then my
business has been better THAN ever be-
fore.
THAT same theatrical mar told me
something else that l didn't know be-
fore: that an actor or actress will not
take the thirteenth place on a pro-
gramme of a benefit performance. The
last benefit given in Chicago, he said,
had more han thirteen turns he called
'en, and the stage manager was
obliged t cut out the one that came in
the unlucky place. A clever actor,
whom anybody would regard as above
superstition, had been assigned to mum
Der thirteen on the bill, but he pleaded
sickness at the last moment and no one
could be found willing to fill his place.
Of course, the next turn was the thir
teenth one of the performance, but il
was billed rs number fourteen, and
therefore carried no curse. Do you us<
bay rum or witch hazel?"-ChicagC
Tribune,
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14
. woMAN's RESPONSIBILITY.
The Study of Household Science rs q Help
to Proper Management,

The Study of Household Science rs q HeIP
to Proper Management,
1t is woman's province to control and
manage the household. Whether she
does it wisely OF unwisely rests with
herself. No one else can absolutely
fill her place. She should, therefore,
study the phases of home affairs with
the same application'and %assiduity that
she would give to a difficult problem,
which may require weeks, months, even
years, to work. out, but which in the
end must be solved.
A a enters the arena of business
with the full purpose of being master
of whatever he undertakes. He knows
that he must succeed. Reputation, so
cial position. comfort, progress. the
happiness of his family, even life itself,
may depend upon his efforts. If wom-
an would feel the same responsibility
in regard to her horne-that she must
succeed in making it a ~peaceable,
health-giving, moral-giving abode, and
would never waver until she had ac-
complished tive should reach a
state of advancement .in the I'M
d~erstanding of life which, ex-
cept among some in the cultured
classes, is not general to-day. l do
not maintain that the study of house
hold science will enable woman to do
all this, but such study will help
greatly, perhaps more than anything
else, toward that end. 1t is one of the
important factors in that result. and
if for no other reason than that it will
make life for in the perform
ance of their household duties pleas
anter, more satisfactory, sweeter,
easier, it is more than worth trying.
To work in the dark is aver perplex-
ing; to work in the light of intelligent
understanding is one form of happi-
ness.
The study Of HOUSEHOLD science, taken
in its full and broad sense, leads into
boundless fields of research. The
phenomenon of heat, the currents or
the air, the life and chemical nature Of
the products of the earth, the mysteri-
GUS and complex processes of nutri-
ton, fall almost without mention into
such work; the sciences of chemistry,
physiology, and bacteriology are it's
foundation stones; in fact, whatever
bears upon the physical life of man is
included in it.-Miss NJ. A. Boland, ID
Popular Science Monthly.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14
AN ARABS COSTUME.
Articles Which Are Found in the Ward.
robes of the Poorer Sort.

Articles Which Are Found in the Ward
robes of the Poorer Sort.
They all dress alike-Arabs. Berbers,
Moors and the rest. Item: Zone
billed rag"-not the billed rag of the
wild and woody west. bnt a piece of
cotton cloth actually sewed up bag
fashion, with holes cut in it for head
and arms, now and then afPording the
luxury of short sleeves; and which UNI
der no circumstances whatever is
billed" until .age has withered and
custom stalled it into actual rags. Item:
If well-to-do, a sleeveless buttoned
vest. Item: Real bags" to adopt our
young hunting swell's terms, for
trousers. ~Sartorially speaking, these
are made of cotton, and are literally
like a bag, whose depth is equal to a
little more than the distance from the
waist to knee, and whose width equals
thrice the distance a man can stretch
apart his legs. Cut put the two
of the bottomof the bag, step through
the holes, and gather up the mouth
round the waist, and you have the
pants du pays. There is thus
left pendent between the Arabs legs a
bag big enough to hide himself in. The
origin or utility of this leg-gear it were
vain to inquire. Item: One scarf to
| go a number Of times around the waist.
Item: If cold. an additional shirtlike
garment of wooden goods coming down
below the knees. Item: One burnoose
| of white or in Tunis blue wooden goods.
with a very roomy hood, exceedingly
| loose so as to wrap about one and throw
| over the shoulder. Item: One fez. with
some cotton cloth twisted, rope-fashion,
to wrap round it into the .guise of a
turban. Item: One pair of shoes. from
woven rushes to Morocco leather. In
this dress. or so much of it as he can
afford, the natives live day and night,
from early manhood to old age. When
he dies he is buried in it, or the dress
goes to his son and heir. A very few
working city Arabs wear ready-made
clothing from France, England, per-
chance America. More is the pity. 1t
sounds the death-knell to national cos
tumes.-Col. T. A. Dodge, in Harper's
Magazine.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14
Gentlemen First Upstairs.

A middle-aged man with imperial
whiskers and a woman dressed in red
leaning on his arm hailed a cable "a
''Step up, dear" he said, grasping her
tenderly by the waist.
mo, love, you step up first and I'll
follow" she replied timidly, drawing
away.
''Step up lively, please" called the
conductor, impatient1y clutching the
bell strap.
Are you gong to step up, Kate??"
Indeed, I'm not, George"
why not?'
Because it's against the rules OF
etiquette for a lady to precede a gentle
man upstairs"
AS the car swept around the curve
they could be seen ge~sticulating wildly
on the up-bound track.-N. Y. World.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14

One of the curiosities of reflected
light from a curved surface is the
"caustic," popularity known as sthe
Observation-Disclosures" It is q
well-known property of light that its
rays impinging upon a rejecting sur
face are thrown off so rs to make the
angle between the reflected rays and
the normal equal to that between the
incident rays and the normal. In con-
sequence Of this law, when the rays of
any light which are practically parallel
are reflected from a curved surface the
intersections of the reflected rays take
upon themselves the form of a cows
foot. This shadow as reflected in the
milk pail is given the name used in the
headline. Prove it by taking off your
ring and laying it upon the table so
that its inner surface will effect the
rays of the lamp.-St. Louis Republic,
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14
Stub Ends of Thought.

More men make money than money
makes men.
The perfume is where the flower is.
Cupid is a crank.
Hope is ever on the see-saw.
Sleep is death without decay.
A kiss is an emotional explosive.
Selfshness casts its shadow from all
points of the compass.
A gentle temper is as honey in =
golden vessel
When a heart breaks it breaks ST.
lently.
Salvation may be free, but it costs
money to convey the information. De
troit Free Press.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-14
Falls to Work.

"You mustn't restrain the boy too
much" said the confidential friend.
Keep an eye on him. but let him fol-
low his natural bent"
II do" sighed the father, land it al
ways ends in his getting broke. "-Chi~
cago Tribune.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
GRAND JURY's INVESTIGATION.
More Election inspectors Sum moned
to Appear To-Day.

The Grand Jury this morning con
tlnu"l the investigation into the charges
Of Illegal registration in the Third AS
semhly District. Two inspectors from
the Fourth and two from the Eighteenth
Election District were summoned to APP
pear. They We're also ordered to bring
their registry lists WIKI them.
1t Is reported that the Grand Jury al
It's ressiOn yesterday found ~thlrty-fve
Indictments for fraudulent registration
and that warrants have been issued for
the arrest Of the 'hoa;ers."
The ease OF Walter Bahan. inlepen-
dent candidate for Assembly in the Ninth
District. was also continued by the
Grand Jury to-day.
Ii is said that Notary Edward Glraux
wal positively be indicted for forgery in
acknowledging the signatures OF the 30l
persons to a certificate nominating Ba-
han, without the sign.rs appearing be-
fore him for Identification
James q. McMurray, one OF the
notnries who took the alleged Illegal
afidavits in the case Of James A. More
head. the independent candidate for As.
sanhlv in tn" Eleventh District. was eX-
prCtel to give further testimony before
tha Grand .iIlrv 'D-hTv.
pistrict-Attornoy Nicoll and Assistant
Lindsay refused TO discuss any matters
this morning regarding election frauds
They deCl. ed to state II charges OF
RhbOrnatirn Of perjury would be pre-.
ferred against Candidate Eahan.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
RISE "FLOATERs'" PRICES.
Opposition to Maynard Makes
Votes Cost Double.
Neat Scheme by Which Buyers
Shake Sure of Their Bargain.

Tho strong demand fyr Maynard votes
has caused a sudden fisS In the price FOR
.noat,rs." Tho q~ao,n,.sn On f~loa,ers up
10 Il few days ago was s. apiece. the
supply being rlrn,i'1l To-day the mar
kct price fur "HOaters' l. s.. II scarce
at that
TIL sudden rise IN values In this polit-
teal commodity is Iua t. tn" .~ui'nuel
opposition T. Maynard. TIL growing do
lection in the ranks 81 honest voters
has caused an incr. lscI d.mtrI for
fDat.rs.
II viii perhaps H. interesting Tor tho
uniHttiI'rl To- know huw the purchasers
Of votes know whether the goods they
bargain for were delivered, and with 4
secret ballot. too.
Put nothing * easier. Tn" later is
given a pt-tsr ballot 70 past" over the
name u "A candidate tor delegate 10
tn. Constitutional convention ur som.
other CtuiIlit" who has a waikOVvr, and
II tn nyno on IN" ptster Is not called
N instead Of the nam" II IN" regular
the tally sheet Mr.. Floatcr gets no
money. That IL how 1t Is done.
Tn" prosecution, or. what l. by some
considered IN" persecution, Of Walter w.
Rlhan. independent chrlidi'e fur As
srmblyman I'm tn" Ninth District. has
created a great deal OF sympathy for
Al lovers Of fair play in po....cs are
nocking to BIhan.' sll. one Of his
friends today. "Rv prosecuting him
Tammany IS helping 20 elect him.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
SEEKING THE NORTH POLE.
O!d Ernest Link Said He Had Walked
from Germany.

A very feeble old man was a prisoner
In the Harlem Police Clur this mnraing
lie hal been found by Detective Mangin
II the Washington Heights police sta
ton, wandering about in almloss fashion
in the vicinity II One Hundred ana
Forty-ffth street and Eighth avenue.
last night.
Mangin accostel the old man and
asked what h" was seeking for. The
reply WAS astonishing:
Il nm seeking the road to the North
Pole" said thu Old man. i have wake
Al! tn" way from Germany. and hay,
just lost the tran. Please set re rigr,.
You don believe | walked from Ger.
many. do you? Look at my shoes. They
ar" almost worn through"
Mangin sad h. knew how to reach
the North Pole. and the old man readily
accompanied him I" the pole" station.
He said his nam" was Ernest Link, ana
that II he had a home h." could not re-
member where 1t was located. lie was
5" y-1tv-sevrn years Did.
He was sent to Bellevue Hospital L.
b" examined as to his mental condition.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
JUSTICE sTEcKLER PRAISED.
He Was Always on Time and Was
Just In His Decisions.

II commenting upon the failure OF
Justice S,rcklcr to again seek election
as civil Justice of the Fourth District
Court on account OF his removal to "A
distant patt of tho city. tho Jewish Ga
zatt" highly compliments him upon his
work 30 tn" past After asserting that
h" wuuld have been elected, no matter
What ticket h. might have run upon. the
Gazette says.
'lu-ing the Twelve years Justice
StoCklrr has presided at the Fourth
District Court b" has won the love and
adm ration not alone of the residents of
the district. but uf al the lawyers and
h'igauts who had any business in his
court. 10y his yrumprn"ss and his clever
and impartial decisions. During his en-
tire term ~ has arrived promptly at
court on every court day AZ 2 o'clock in
the morning. listened 10 the causes viii
despatch. and rendered his decision
either AZ once or within a day or two
follow ing
The evening world., 1893-11-02
EXPERT BURGLARS CAUGHT,
They We're Trying to Get Into q stor,
with q SIX eleton Key.

Policeman Fitzgerald. OF the West
Thirtieth street station. at 8 o'clock this
morning caught two burglars while they
were endeavoring with n skeleton key 70
open the door OF a fancy goods and
bric-a-brac store. kept by Mrs. Anna Z.
McClrty. at llGj Broadway.
At the sta~tion-house the men gave the
names Of John Mcmahon. aged twenty.
four, Of +6l West Thirty-tifth street, and
Joseph Tanning. aged twenty-seven, OF
3&J West FOrtieth street.
The men were taken to Police Head.
quarters and identified as two exper,
burglars and e~N-conviCts. Mcmahon is
known as John Lambert. and his picture
IL LIZ In the Rogues' Gallery, and AN.
ming Is AL, and he Is known az ,eph
Evens. Both were remanded in JET.
ferson Market Cou TODAY
The evening world., 1893-11-02
FOR POLICE
Mystery of the Body at "" Pillar
906 Partly Solved.
1.-The Evening World" Gets Facts
10 Show There Was a Murder.
Police san Cling to the Easier Tho
DRY OF Accident.

Unless the unknown man who was
picked up in a dying condition under the
Third avcnue L" structure at one Hun
drcd and Eighth street early sunday
morning Is identified in r day or two,
his body Will probably be buried in an
anonymous grave in Potter's Field. and
with 1t the mystery Of an apparent muir
der.
III" body is now at tn" Morgun, at
the foot OF East Twcnty-siXth street,
whore 1t was taken Tuosday from the
Harlem MorGue. at the foot OF East
one Hundred and Twentieth street. The
man died on the way to the Harlem
Hospital within an hOur after he was
found bruised and bleeding near pillar
No. Hj, under the II structure. on the
southeast corner Of Third venue and
one Hundred and Eighth street.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
"THEOL0GS" CANNOT VOTE.
Mr.. Beintor's Application for a Man.
dnmus Denied.

Justice Barrett. OF the Supreme Court,
has denied the application OF Henry w
Baintor tot a p"remptOry maniamns TO
compel the Election Inspectors of the
Twonty-hfth Election District Of the
rTaenty-irst Assembly District to regis
tcr~him az a voter Uf the district.
Baintor is "A student at the Union
Theological Seminary. and resides at
Il Fast SiXty-niuth street. lie has
lived in the election district since Sept.
- last.
When he went to register IN oct. %
two Of the Inspectors refused 10 allow
him t register upon tn" ground that
h" was "A student ana therefore was not
entitled to vote. ,IuEtiC" barrett Sus-
tuin.l his view Of the matter and de-
MED the mandamus.
Justice Barrett granted n mandamus
to bernard l.. Nog.l 10 compel the In
sIcCturs Of Election In the Fourteenth
Election District Of the Twenty-seCOnd
Assembly District to register him as a
qualified voter.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
A NEW JERSEY CRANK.
Young Man with a Weak Head
Eiudes Hts Parents.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS. y. J.. Nov
2-Georg- Clark. jr, Of Leonard avenue,
b"came d~rang"h AMI left his home ana
went to Ma'p"an on the midnight freight
train. He ought a ticket for New York
and told the agent that he was going 10
california. lie nad bundles and package.
and the agent, not showing him. "a 4,
no Indication, OF his dl-url.T-I mimi
He lay down in the station ana wrui
70 sleep. At daylight his father ana
1i4"r Lrnth'I uIIll"i anu 'fl"l 20 per
drew a pistol In Il threatening way and
backed out Of N" station door ana ran
over n" tr"stl" in n" direction OF E,yy
York and disappeared. His father re-.
turned home and his brother took the
next train to Jersey city In search OF
him.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
STOLE HER DIAMOND EARRING.
Miss Dave-e's Charge Against Her
Whilom Friend.

Anna Edwards, twenty-one years old,
who gives her home address as Demo.
rest. y. j., was held for trial in the
Jefferson Market Police Court TODAY
Josephine Devere, of 81 West Third
street, says she was with Miss Ell.
wards at some resort in Twenty-third
street at . o'clock this morning. From
While at the corner Of Twenty-fftt
street and Fifth avenue the women had
a row. n Miss Devere claims tina
Anna Edwards snatChed a diamond ear.
ring valued at SlIj out OF her ear.
She called for the police. and Miss Ed.
wards was arrested. She denies the
charge. "
The evening world., 1893-11-02
CRANKS AT BELLEVUE,
Several Pronounced Insane by the
Physicians.

George e. Scott, forty years Old. a
bookkeeper, Of 33l West Forty-cighth
street, walked into Bellevue Hospital
last night. II" saws he is Il great poll.
~tician, and Is worth about X.OO.JO
ii" claims that al an carly date h" is 1.
marry a wealthy female musician. lie
was sent to the Insane Pavilion to await
examination.
John Br"itholz, Thomas J. Reilly and
Mary Mcclure and Maggie Dpnohur
Tour Of the "Crauks' VINO have beer
Committed to the Insane Pavilion al
EelleNu" Hospital within the past few
days 70 have their sanity inquired into
nave been, pronounced insane. They VII
probably be sent 10 the uslyum FOR in.
sane on Wards Island tomorrow.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
JOSEPH WALKED OVERHEARD.
With His Brother He Had Bee,
Painting the Town.

Joseph Collender was fined so in the
Harlem Police Court this morning.
Joseph and his brother. Thomas, came
from Buffalo ten days ago. They
stopped at 329 West Twenty-nfnth street
Thomas was TO sail for Europe TO-
day, ana In celebration OF that event
the brothers proceeded to paint the
town.
on a pier at the end OF Eighth avenue,
and Joseph walked overheard. A police
man II a citizen rescued him, and M.
was arraigned in the Harlem Police
Court this morning very Wet and sober.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
STANDARDIZATION.
A Crank with Wonderful Glasses
- Visits Prophet Dunn.
B,rnes Said to Be on the Track OF
Gov. Flowers Crank.
Ernest Link Seeks the North Pole
in Harlem.

weather Forecaster Dunn was visited
By a crank this morning. Whether his
interview with the crank had a depress-
ing effect upon Mr.. Dunn could not b.
determined, for Immediately after the
departure of the kink-minded man MI.
Dunn also went out, leaving word that
he would not be back until late in the
day.
= shoftIS before 10 o'clock a tall. bag
gard-looklng man. with a long, unkempt
beard. clothes much stained with paint
or chemicals and wild eyes entered
the weather Bureau and asked 10 see
Mr.. Dunn on important business.
He carried a cylindrical package
wrapped in newspaper. which he watched
carefully.
After being shown into Mr.. Dunn's
!, private room he asked the weather
4 prophet to accompany him out on the
,.roof, as he had a pair Of glasses he
wished to show him.
d, Mr.. Dunn saw he had a crank 70
deal with. and decided 10 humor him.
After they reached the roof the man
walked to the Broadway edge OF the
building and, pointing towards New Jer-
sey, said in a lew. tragic whisper:
"I belong to a murder factory over
! there"
Mr.. Dunn's hat raised several inches
and. his heart almost stopped beating.
! ~Ins.incuvely moving away from the edge
] of the rool he cautiously asked:
Are you sure it isn't a mirror fac
toryr'
"No. sir" replied the man.; Il tell you
IT'S a murder factory"
The man then went on to say that he
had a pair of glasses which made the
-snn appear In two places in the heavens
9a4- n time. and was. going TO Harvnri
f,ColIege next week to LAY them expert
rmented with.
r. He refused to show the glasses and
Mr.. Dunn advised him TO carry out his
: Intentions.
l. The crank then left and said he would
call again.
This is the second crank Mr.. Dunn has
. had to deal with. About six years age
o. man called on him and complained
: that the Signal Service kept sending
messages through his brain.
This he did not mind, but the mes
\ sages were in cipher. and he could not
read them.
! Mr.. Dunn gave all his men orders this
! morning not to admit people unless they
stated their business in full.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
Monster Mass Meeting

The Thomas jcTers1n Association ~ 'ho Fourth
Assembly DLSirtot ~m hold a mass meeting at
tie headquarters. Jefferson street and East BROAD
~sv. FRIDAY evening EN-Aldernan Thomas Shells
Fcli0Ns Ashh"l p. Fif"A. Speaker S1lycr. Judges
RYAN Grady. Koch ArI Gold'1gls senator John
: Ah'-1. AEemiIs man Robe. district
A,'t",nsv' btai4ey and Marine. and George L.
The evening world., 1893-11-02

Chum Sing a ChIn,.e IaundryInan. OF 3jj Third
street, is In the ia,ane pavilion a, Bellevue Hoo
p'tal, awaiting an inquiry az to his sanity. lie
was taken 10 the hospital from the Elizabeth street
station. \ n-gr's' f~ar'y-fYe years old, In a
calico dress AMI gray shawl. walked into the West
Fpr'y-s-g.u'h street police station this morning,
,rr,rv from Insanity. She Was taken TO Belle
we ECspiAl.
The evening world., 1893-11-02
A CRAzED MOTHERS DEED.
Laceratsd Her BAby's Face with Her
Teeth-Nesrly Drowned a Child.

WEST NEW YORK, y. j.. Nov. p
Mrs, Elizabeth Nolk IL In the COUNTY
Jail awaiting examination as To her
mental condition. II required the com
blncd strength q four men TO prevent
her from throwing her thirteen months.
old babe into a pool, where she had
already hurled an older child. The
woman seized the child by the neck and
with her teeth lacerated It's face In a
horrible manner. 10 - -
The evening world., 1893-11-02
srap.nded Bank Cashier 1nd,c.sd.

ATLANTA, Co, Nov. Edward MrCandlass
Marshal = Atlanta was indicted Yesterday BY the
United States Grand Jury. ,ir"sndless was cash
Ter Of the SUSPENDED Gate city National Bank. ami
Is charged with having paid a draft Tor s. Goo
drawn by 7. cobb Jackson. when il. FS7n had no
'unis In II" bank. hrr.Illr.s Is sl.y charged
with having c~Dnsp'rei with ReINlue 10 deceive
Hatioha! Lauk Eaamln~r Campbell.