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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-15

which it was provided that whenever in
q criminal action of proceedings in the
courts of the district any attorney or
counselor should, by order of the court,
defend a person charged with an of
Tense, and when that person is desti-
tute of means, the attorney is to be
paid for his services by the government,
the compensation not to exceed SIS per
day"
Now the Wageworkers' Political alli-
ance had az eye to business when it
caused the introduction of a bill pro-
viding for a government establishment
of a department of banking. by which
the banking business of the country
was to be done at cost Loans we've to
be r~eturnable at the pleasure of the
borrower. A secretary of banking"
is created and the treasurer of the
United States is directed to furnish
him with funds necessary ito carry out
the provisions of this act" In case
there is no money in the treasury the
treasury department is directed to issue
the amount required. This money, the
bill directed, should range in twenty
eight denominations, from one mill to
five thousand dollars, namely: One,
two, three and five mills, one, two,
three and five cents, one, two, three
and five dimes, one, two, three and five
dollars, one, two, three and five eagles.
one, two, three and five condors or hun
dred dollars, and one, two, three and
five talens OF thousand dollars, re-
spectively, and be illustrated when
practicable with objects and scenes
from nature and without vignettes of
persons or pictures of battles"
All of these bills died in various COM
mittee rooms, and then the Wagework-
ers' Political alliance undertook to de-
stroy all of our gold and silver money
by causing the introduction of a bill
which provided: THAT it shall not be
lawful for the secretary of the treasury
or other officer under him to coin
any more of the money of the United
States of America on metal after the
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-15
Matrimonial.

Mrs. Candid Talker. a fashionable
lady living on Madison square, New
York, called on a lady friend and found
her petting one of those pug dogs.
Where did you get that animal?"
asked Mrs. Candid.
MY husband gave it to me to remem-
Der him by when he was away travel
ing"
What a horrid, nasty looking brute
ne s."-Texas Siftings.
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Theatrical Norn.

A fashionably dressed lady appeared
at the box office Of the New York
Standup theater. and said to the man at
the window:
Il want the best seat in the house"
"That depends on what you call the
best seat in the house. Do you want a
seat where you have a good view of the
stage?"
Not so much that as a seat where a
person can be seen by everybody in the
house. What do you suppose l wear
this seventy-ive dollar dress for?"-
Texas Siftings.
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Not the same Chance for Mercy.

Teacher-Johnnie. do you think IL
you had cut down your father $ cherry
tree you would have told the truth
about it?
Johnnie (slowly)-No, I don't bellows
I would.
Teacher-Whatl You would not tell
a falsehood?
Johnnie (apologetically) - Well,
ma'am, yer see, I don't believe Wash.
ington's father was just the same sort
of a Teller as mine.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Too Near,

Mistress-Are you going to marry
Dennis, Mary Ann?
Mary Ann-Oh, no, mum. He's too
near a relation.
Mistress-Why, I didn't know that
How near is he?
Mary Ann-Well, you see, mum, me
aunt married his fayther that wuz to
be; an thin me aunt doied an his fay.
Their married her that wuz afterwards
his mother; so himself wud have been
cousin to me if me aunt hadn't
doied.-Judge.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-15

How a Woman Managed to Construct One
at Slight Expense.

How a Woman Managed to Construct One
at Slight Expense.
There are women who can no more
resist the possibilities of a packing box
than they can write immortal verse.
ing story is told. 1t concerns an Eng
lish woman whose n passion was cup
boards, and whose life work consisted
in the manufacture of these cupboards
out of soap boxes, starch boxes, and the
raw material thrown in her way.
Cabinets do not go far toward pro-
viding storage room" remarks this con-
iding person, "but they are better than
nothing. 1t was this reflection that in
singularly tidy and healthy-looking
packing case which for a long time
had persistently tried to draw me into
controversy respecting its fitness for a
higher sphere.
"The embryo cabinet consisted then
of a box which, when placed upright,
measured tw~enty-seven inches high by
nineteen inches wide and fourteen deep,
the lid being used as a door. Behind
the box l nailed boards to form a back
forty-tive inches wide and fifty-four
inches high in the center, but dropping
to t~hirty-six inches at each side. This
back 1 strengthened with battens top
and bottom. The next additions were
the little upright pieces rising from the
sides of the box. They do not come
forward quite to the edge in front,
| space being left for the small quad
rant pieces which fit into the angles at
| the foot of these. Between the up
rights a shelf was placed, and the tri-
angular shelves were next fixed at each
side. This finished the skeleton of the
cabinet.
Before adding the spindles, the back
was faced with Japanese paper, and at
this stage two little shelves were in
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-15
Mans Ingratitude.

Tramp-Tm not an idler, mum; I'm
unfortunate.
Housekeeper-Humph! Did you ever
work for a living?
Tramp-Yes, mum. l used to be q
salesman fer DR.. Wigg's gold medal
hair r~estorer, mum; an l worked so
hard an faithfully fer him, mum, that
he discharged me.
neutrality-suspicious.! Why should
he?
Tramp-You see, mum, the worry an
overwork tryin' to do a big business fer
him made me prematurely bald, mum.
IN. Y. Weekly.
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The Deacon's Thoughts.

Good Boy-Here is that penny you
gave me to put on the contribution
plate. | made a mistake, an put on 4
button instead.
Father-Hum! What did Deacon
Sharpp say when he saw it?
Good Boyle didn't notice it. Iguess
the church is out of kindling wood,
cause | heard him mutter something
about getting more chips from the ole
block.-Good News.
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Where the Differsnce Came In.

He-What makes the pupils Of your
eyes so large?
She-The oculist put atropine or bel
ladonna in them; and now. do you
know, when | sit down to eat / can see
nothing on the table at all.
He-That's the way it is with me at
my boarding house; but atropine has
nothing to do with it.-Judge.
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Sound Financial Methods.

81 should like to meet your friend
yonder. whom you have introduced to
many people this evening"
Ssh! You don't know what you ask.
I have made him acquainted with a lot
of fellows whom | don't like, in order
that he may have some one to borrow
money of besides myself Chicago
News Record.
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WHY They Fled.

She-You know my grandfather "a
a relative of Washington, and we al
ways celebrate his birthday by bring
ing out u Washington relics.
He-I see. And is this waistcoat one
that he really wore during the war Of
the revolution?
She-Oh, yes.
He-No wonder the British left the
country.-Judge.
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Determined to Swim.

"Your husband has started a good
many enterprises, l believer"
"He has" +.
"How has he s~ucceeded?'
"Failed in everything"
"Too bad!"
"But he has got hold of something
now that will hold water, ! think"
"Ah, indeed!"
"Yes; he has gone into the milk bust
ness" Home Queen.
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He Thought So.

Druggist-Did old man Graylocks
wife die last night?
Clerk suppose so. He sent down
this morning for some hair dye.-Jury.
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Caught In q Lie.

Jinks-Mr. Spicer, I have a four-dol-
lar bill against you and l would
Spicer-My dear sir. there is no such
a thing as a four-dollar bill, and to-day
/ am in no humor for jesting.-Texas
Siftinga
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Such Extravaganza.

1.-THE boiler for the new water works
is down at the station" said Mr.. Sphinx,
of Lonelyville, to his wife.
You don't mean to tell me-" de
manded Mrs. Sphinx, that the extrava-
giant authorities of this town are going
to supply hot water to the public?"-
Des Moines Argonaut.
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Another

"It's curious" unused Bjorkins, show
this law of compensation runs through
everything. For example, wherever
there is 9 well-of aunt you will al
ways find a syeophant" - Chicago
Tribune
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Reason for 1t.

THE doctor showed a great deal of
feeling when Perkins died. He seemed
to be very much cut up"
Eyes. Perkins had been a steady
source of income to him for five years"
-Harper's Bazaar.
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What a PitYt

Judge-The sentence of the court Is
that You be committed to prison for five
years.
Prisoner-Oh! And only yesterday ]
ordered a new suit of clothes!-Spass-
vogeL.
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ArithfneticaI.

Terry How many fish have ye
hooked the day, Pat?
Pat-Whin Olive got the wan Dim
afther now, an two more, Oil have
three.-Demorest's Magazine.
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A Great SucceNN.

Briggs-How are you getting on as q
travelling man?
MISUNDERSTANDING
Briggs-Boys all like you?
Trainmaker-Like mel | should say
SO. Why, old man. my expenses this
trip were just double what they were
last.-Life.
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CouIdn't BE Done.

Barber-If you don't hold still I'll cut
your throat
Customer-Not with that razor
BROOKLYN Life.
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Rough on the Colonel.

The reason registered by the coporal
for a punishment inflicted by him:
-Four days cell confinement for Pri-
vate X, for bee having like an ass, in
imitation of the colonel.
Blaetter.
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Doubtful Popularity.

"You must be very popular If your
friends subscribed to buy you a ticket
TO leave town."
"Mebbe. You see it wasn't a return
6cket-"-Chicago News Record
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He Would BE Set Up Again.

Perditia-f you continue much long.
er to play poker with my father l won't
marry you.
Jack Dashing-If your father contin-
aes to play poker much longer with me
| won't need to.-Truth.
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They Should Go Together.

Gildersleeve-A Philadelphia man has
a carriage which he says Washington
once owned.
Tillinghast-Who has the hack Wash
ington took at the cherry tree.-Brook-
lyn Life.
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Beauty's Barrier.

When she from Paris had returned,
A circling crinoliue around her,
My heart with hopeless passion burned,
For unapproachable i found her.
john Ludlow, in PUCK
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4 Small Affair.

Office Boy-The bookkeeper kicked
me, sir.
Employer-Well, you don't expect me-
to have time to attend to all these little
details?-Judge.
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He Is Wiser Now.

Observation-Disclosures used to think
be knew everything.
Williamson That was before b
traded horseS-Lifa
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Bred In the Bone.

She-That's prejudice. Why wculdnt
you marry a s~hop-girl?
He-Oh, she'd always be calling fa
cash, You know.-Judge.
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A Moderate Ambition.

"What would you like to be when
you grow up, Wallie?" asked the Wis
itor.
"a man. sir" replied Wallie.-Har-
per's Young People.
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Overheard In a Pharmacy.

Druggist-I got stuck on this lot Of
court plaster. It's no good.
Friend-If it's no good I don't see
how you got stuck on it.-Texas Sift-
ings.
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EtateSmanshiD.

Little clumps OF whisker,
Little seeds OF hay,
Often make the statesman
OF the present day.
Washington Star.
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When they took off their opera cloaks
he knew the reason why !!-Pall Nall
Budget
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Busby-Yes; and I struck him. l
don't allow anybody to deride my pow
erty,-Truth,
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Poor But Proud.

Hooker hear you and Ellington
had a personal encounter.
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A Hopeless Case.

Judge-Prisoner at the bar, the court
has assigned counsel to defend you.
Prisoner with a glance at the DUN
SELLS dat my lawyer, yer honor?
AXonN
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Den I pleads guilty."-Des Moines
Argonaut.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19
Repentance Comes Too Late.

The American Wool and Cotton Re-
porter having done all in it's power
toward bringing about the victory of
the party OF free trade, is now panic
stricken at the prospect of disaster
with which that triumph threatens
the industrial life of New England.
"Let overseers' and operatives pro-
tective leagues now be organized" it
frantically cries, ito oppose any de-
struction of that policy OF moderate
protection upon manufactured goods,
which has been in accordance with the
wishes of the majority OF the American
people since the government was first
organized" The Reporters repent
ance omes too late. The damage is
already done. A tariff which shall
make wool free and leave moderate
protection to wool manufacturers is
an impossisility. The free traders
from the south and west would never
dare to show their face among their
constituents again if they permitted
such a thing. The free trade crusade
is, first OF all, against the manufact.
urers and their thrifty and well paid
employes.-New York Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19
CHANGE OLE

With last weeks issue of the Mon
ana Democrat Messrs. Johns Scott
stepped gracefully down and out from
it's ownership and Messrs. Hilger &
Nebinger, the new proprietors, took
possession of the plant.
1t is not our intention to comment
on the conduct and policy ofthe paper
in the past. 1t is too well known to
require anything in retrospection at
this time.
Under the new management, how
ever, we believe the Democracy OF
Fergus county will have a clean and
ably conducted paper. Mr.. Hllser,
one of the proprietors, is too well
known to require any introduction by
us. While he is n staunch Democrat,
he believes in discussion rather than
abuse. He is a representative OF the
better element OF Democracy in the
county, and VIII aim to publish a
paper that can be taken into any
family without blush DR. shame. Mr..
Nebinger came to Lewistown recently
from st. Paul to take charge of the
mechanical department OF the ARGUS,
He is a first-class printer, knowing
every branch OF the business thor.
oughly, and, we believe, has had con
siderable experience in an editorial
capacity.
The new firm of Hilger & Nebingel
has our best wishes for success in the
Journalistic field, and trust they will
Join the ARGUS in its efforts to Sci
forth the OF the county AM
to advance the growth OF Lewistown
While we will clash on political ques
tions, we trust that pleasant socia
relations will always be entertained.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19
Mr.. Rockefeller's Generosity.

Mr.. Armour and Mr.. Rockefeller are
millionaires who are not of the Jay
Gould stripe.-Madison Times.
Mr.. Rockefeller's additional gift OF
81, 900, 900 to the Chicago university
again directs public attention to Jay
Gould's will.-New York Advertiser.
If other men OF great wealth would
follow Mr.. Rockefeller's example no
educational institution in the country
would be without a proper equipment.
Troy Times.
Did anybody ever come down with
the rocks more handsomely than Mr..
Rockefeller? Not content with endow-
ing Chicago university with S2,6OO,-
900 he has just added another million
Minneapolis Tribune.
That it is better TO he horn lucky
than rich has been exemplified by the
career of the still youthful Chicago
university. 1t is now a $1,000, 900
institution through the munificent
contributions of generous baptists.
Springfield Register.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19

We notice that senator Baylies has
offered a bill for the repeal of the estray
law. While the provisions of the pres
ent law have been carried out with
probably less complaint in this county
than any other in the state, still there
seems TO be great opposition to the
measure. We think the present law
could be amended so as not to be
abused and prove of great advantage to
stockmen and settlers. 1t would seem
rs though an estray law of some kind
was very necessary, and We do not in
t-rpret that Mr.. Baylles is opposed tn
such a law by his opposition to the one
now in operation. During the last two
years n number If our citizens have re.
covered horses that to them was equal
to finding their value in cash upon the
public highway.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19

The National Association Of Wool
Manufacturers held its twenty-eighth
annual meeting in New York last week
The resolutions, among other things,
declare "tl e belief of the manufacture
ers that the existing tariff has proved
advantageous to wool growers, manu-.
f~acturers, and consumers of WOODEN
goods. Proposed economic change is
not in response to any demand from
the industry, eighty per cent. of the
manufacturers of the country having
Joined in protesting against the passage
of a free wool bill now pending in con-
gress, and to which protest is re-
affirmed" 1t is made clear by the
above hat the great majority ofwoolen
manufacturers in this country do not
ask for free wool but are in hearty
sympathy and accord with the wool
growers, realizing that wool growing
and manufacturing must stand or fall
together. The pretext then for the
onslaught against woolgrowers appears
very himsy. Should the Bourbon con-
or S. go ahead and place wool or the
free list, as it is pledged to do, it will
antagonize more than one industry,
and receive the condemnation it will
Justly merit.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19
SHORT AND E

An open question-"Where's the
~corkscrew ?"
The of q sausage represents the
inside outside.
It's a wise champagne cork that
knows it's W pepper.
A swell affair-Next mornings head
after New Years day.
A theatrical company is charitable
when it plays to a poor house.
The worst sinner as well as the best
saint can wear the shiniest hat.
Once a woman has reached 20 she
no longer hesitates to give her age.
The pawnbroker's life may be a
lonely one but 1t has its redeemine
features.
Somebody says that a man can gel
roaring drunk on water; well, so hi
can on land.
Daring "a hard winter the plumber
and the coal dealer usually have a soft
thing.
To tell a dignitied citizen to pull
down his vest is apt to make hin
| raise his choler.
There are some men to whom a los
of their reputation would mean might.
good luck.-Texas Siftings.
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Known by the Company.

The man had lost every cent at tn,
game and long after midnight b,
started home, says the Detroit Fret
Press. At the first alley a footpad
stopped him.
"Your money or your life" came
the sharp command.
The man smiled.
"You don't want my life, | pre-
sume?" he said, coolly.
"Not if you give me your money"
"And you are bound to have my
money!"
Certain, pard."
81 can't prevail upon you not to
take il?
Hardly, l guess, seein' as how I've
got you cornered."
"Well, you can have it, but you'll
b ave to go over into that room there
where you see the light and take ii
away from the head gambler. If you
get it I'll let you keep half of it and
not say a word"
Thanks" said the footpad. 81
guess I'd better keep out of bal com
pany. Goodnight"