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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-15

lying among the picturesque hills OF
this county.
Life in a new, wild country has
agreed well with Miss May. To look
at her now you would see a well-de.
veloped young woman of medium
height, with luxuriant dark hair and a
pair of dark eyes which seem to have
borrowed their sparkle from the u n
beams dancing or old Elk mountains
snow-covered top. She is a belle in the
neighborhood, of course, and quite de-
servedly SO; because, besides being
competent to manage household af-
fairs, entertain a caller, or dance with
the best, she is a first-rate rife-shot,
and keeps the family larder supplied
with venison and elk meat. These are
all virtues that appeal warmly to the
heart Of a Routt county man, and most
valuable they certainly are in a region
so far removed from the centers Of civ
ilization. There are more men than
ONE in this sparsely settled country,
and a girl of the right kind is bound
to receive plenty of attention from
hopeful bachelors.
- Miss May was quite a young girl
when she killed her first deer, and al
though that was not very long ago, she
cannot now tell how many deer and
elk have fallen before her rifle. 1t
must be remembered, however. that
she lever slaughters game for so-called
sport. The meat is always taken home
to be eaten. Just here | should like
to remark that the fair huntress is
quite as successful in cooking game as
in killing it; and not game alone, but
numberless other dishes appear from
time to time on the Kellers' table as
most satisfactory evidence of her clev-
erness in the kitchen. During my late
7isit to their house, May, and her sis
ter Maud, made doughnuts and mince
pies that still linger pleasantly in my
memory; and for my special ediicatioI
they turned out a substantial roll O.
butter that would well have borne com
parison with the best Philadelphia o.
Orange county product. The sisters
help their father in many ways abou'
The ranch too, and are highly valued
assistants .-Philip Marston Brasher
in Harper's Young People.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-15
operate separately; after that they
would share the profits

operate separately; after that they
would share the profits.
BY virtue of this agreement, Bourda-
lin and Balochard made only one jump
from the train to the Casino, and i'm
mediately took their places, one at a
roulette table, the other at a table Of
trente ct guarantee. Fortune greeted
them with her most gracious smile. At
seven o'clock they met again; me with
twenty Thousand francs, the other with
sixteen thousand. They wisely resolved
to be satisfied with that and with Joy
Gus hearts went to the hotel and treated
themselves to a fine dinner.
Every one knows hat one effect of a
bountiful meal is to make everything
a rosy hue. Balochard and
Bourdalin would not have changed
places with the sultan Of Turkey.
They made great sport of the bank
the good old thing-who had let them
rob her of thirty thousand francs. And
they discussed the use they would make
of the amount.
One thing only bothered them.
Eighteen thousand francs each; that
was not a round sum. An even twenty
would have answered much better.
One thing led to another, and eventu-
ally the two fellows, who were very
| gay, decided by common accord to go
and take four more thousands from the
| good-natured bank.
Having shared the money they en-
tered the gambling hall again.
Bourdalin again took his place at
trente-et-quaronte. But the bank defend
ed herself, and SO well that she COM
pletely routed Bourdalin. At the end
of an hour the unfortunate was abso-
lutely penniless.
fortunately" thought he, 'Balo-
chard has his share"
He rose and went to meet Balochard.
He saw him coming toward him. Both
met and spoke the same sentence:
Hand me three thousand francs!"
Then followed a moment of stupefac-
ton. Both searched feverishly through
their pockets. Every time they found
a piece of money they put it in a bat.
They counted up. There were four
francs and fifty confines.
Impossible to make up the necessary
minimum" of a hundred sous which
appeared to them as a symbol of hope.
With rage and despair in their souls
both remained standing, pr%opounding
the same question without hope of an
answer:
"Where could we borrow ten sous?'
Suddenly Balochard had an inspira-
ton.
wait for me here he said.
He went out, remaining away five
minutes, and came back twisting a five
franc piece between his fingers and un'
der the nose of his stupeied companion.
Without stopping, without giving his
friend any explanation, he went to a
roulette table. The ball had just been
spun. He threw the piece or number
19. Number 10 won.
When the Casino closed, the five.
franc piece had multiplied: they had
eighty thousand francs. AS they came
out, half crazed by these alternatives
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-15

kept in his parlor, in the place OF honor.
the humble dress he wore as a ship
boy. Pope Sextus V. wore inlaid in
the pontifical golden cross the last cent
which a charitable passer-by had given
him when, in his childhood, he was
herding swine. Marius Balochard dis
played on the mantel-piece of his din
ing-room a magnificent frame of violet
velvet in which appeared a silver five
frame piece.
Balochard, who now was settled in
Paris, at the head Of a large dry goods
establishment which he managed with
his partner Bourdalin -Balochard, the
happy husband and the kind father,
the possessor of a great fortune, and
who enjoyed the consideration of his
neighbors-had begun his career in a
very humble way.
Having come from Marseilles, at
twenty years of age, with the avowed
intention of conquering Paris, he uc-
ceeded without too much difficulty in
obtaining a situation as clerk in the
Magazins du Louvre at a salary of
eighteen hundred francs a year.
There he found time to do TWO
things; to become intimate with a fell
low clerk working at the same counter,
and to fall in love with Mile. Estelle
Becot, the daughter of Mime. Becot,
who owned a large dry goods store in
the Rue DIES Petits-Champs. Bourdalin
clerks. When evening came, he dressed
elegantly and went to the clubs. AS
for Balochard, he invariably spent his
evenings wandering under his Dulcina's
balcony and watching through the
lighted shop windows the desk behind
which be already saw himself sitting
by Estelle's side
Things went OF so for quite awhile;
then on a certain day Marius thought
that there was no reason why a clerk
from Marseilles could not aspire to the
hand of a Partisan, even if she were
rich; and on a fine Sunday he ventured
to call and state his aspirations. All!
good reader, what a repulse! He was
almost kicked out of the door,!
He fastened to relate his sorrows to
his friend B%ourdalin; but the latter
v,as himself in an absolutely lugubrious
state of mind. He had lost three thou
sand francs the day before in a club,
where, on account of his fine appear
ance, he had enjoyed some credit, and
had not the first cent to pay it with.
The contact of two misfortunes in
creases both. The friends already were
talking about rope, revolver and char
coal, when Bourdalin had an inspira-
ton. There was still one glimmer of
hope left to them. One of his friends
from Bordeaux had just won thirty
thousand francs at Monaco. Why
could they not have the same luck?
Yes, by the way, why not? Could
not a Marseillais and and an Arlcsien
beat the bank when a simple Bordelais
had, single handed, got the best of it to
the tune of fifteen hundred louis?
They called in all the money they
could, they borrowed, they invented al
kinds of stories to get cash from theil
families, and at last they succeeded il
collecting eight hundred francs.
Provided with that amount, and with
leave for a weeks absence. the two
friends took the train and landed thu
next morning at Monte Carlo. 1t hat
been agreed that each one should TAX,
half of the capital and that they woult
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-15
ALWAYS Something,

Mamma-What are you tuning over
now, Herbert?
Herbert-This jack-knife.
Mamma-You annoyed me almost to
death to buy it for you, and, now that
you have it, you still worry me with it.
What's the matter with it, anyhow?
Herbert-Nothing; only I can't open
it.-Harper's Young People.
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Speaking from Experience,

"Well," said Miss Elder, 81 know
from experience that marriage is q
failure"
"You?" exclaimed Mrs. Fosdick.
"YOu were never married"
That's how l know added the
spinster, with a sigh.-Brooklyn Life.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-15
An Important Query

"What would you do without doc
tors?'
"Well we might get along, but what
would the druggists do?'-Texas Sift-
ings.
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Heredity.

Mabel-My father was a remarkably
handsome man.
Edith-Dear mel What a plain
woman your mother must have beenl-
Truth
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-07-15

1--WE got it in for YOU" soliloquized
the mosquito, sinking it a little deeper
in the sleeping victims nose.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
What's In a Name

From the extraordinary inscription: over the doorways and on the vcstibuls glass of the apartment houses in tEo up per sections of the city it would appear that the owners and builders of these arc driven to their wits end to provide strik ing names for their houses. They re mind one of the endless rows of villas with romantic names one sees in the su. burbs of London. Only the London af- fair consists chiefly of name and is u>u ally proportionately significant inverscly with the grandeur of it's appellation. Here il may be first class apartment house at expensive rentals, q mere flat house for people in ordinary circum stances or tenement for poor laborinc families
 The most fantastic, poctical. histur ical, geographical, hihliogTaphiCal and even musical and scientific names art adopted, but you'll find when you come to fiat hunting that there is nothing in q name. In some instances the builder has vaingloriously given the building hi, own name and left it to serve as d prac. tiCal tombstone to register an cxiStenC, on earth. But experience has demon strated that The Crowley" or The BoNwood" and that ilk do not draw like The Moselle," or The Amsterdam. or The Paderewski and SD on. Seuti mental people will demand something for their money.-New York Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
TheA. SnAN thn Enir

Been to the Worlds fair:" asked the man who had not been shaved for six months.
 Saw it by moonlight-mc and Jerry Raggles." replied he of the verlnihou nose. Me and Jerry was out in Den yer for our health. Jerry's left lung k off bad Let's git tu Chicago says Jerry one night when We was laying off on truck in WaZec street. All right, . says l. fo' was anxious to be in society once more. The next night We jumpsl freight fo' as far as Omaha without gettin turned dow2 once. It got warpl then. and we changed for an empty cat tie car on account of the ventilation. It was on d Sunday mnruing when We struck Chicago. Let's lay off and re- cuperatc after the trip. Jerry. says |. and we'll make d sneak on to the far grounds at night. All right says he. but we kept a talking until it was al most dark about waat wed do when We got in the grounds.
 Well. as l was Suvin. when | woke up the car WAS joggin along kinder slow like. l looked out through the slats. We Was passing the fair. Hay, Jerry. l says. Hay, there, heres the fair; let $ jump" We both made fur th" door. got there first. Open it. says Jerry. I can't; it's locked Lets take 1t in through the slats,' he says. And We looked for all We was worth. In 10 min utes We was past
 How did you get out?"
 Get out: We didn't get out until We got to Buffalo. We would a starved if Jerry hadn't had a loaf of bread ill his hat. New York Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
His First Thought.

Bowling is now very little practiccd in the Shetland islands, although many eggs are secured annually. Many thrill ing stories of fowling adventure are told by the Shetlanders. A man who mad un. dertaken to climb a certain steep cliff was neither very experienced nor very brave, although he boasted of being both. He pushed upward, however briskly without looking behind until ht had got up about l50 feet, when he stopped to breathe. The pause was fatal to his self possession, and he called out in tones of terror, Men, men. am go ing-I am going" But he still held on for little. and ii was not till he had shrieked many times II am going that he did fall headlonG.
 His comrades, having thus been warn, ed, moved the boat out of the way, SC that the poor fellow came sheer down into the deep water. Mighty was the plunge, but at length he rose to the sur face, when of course he was instantly caught hold of and dragged into the boat. After many gasps and much splut tering of sea water from his mouth, his only remark was. "Eh, men, this is n sad story have lost my snuffbox. V = Sketches and Tales of Shetland"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03

Dr. Eiwa-d P..y sou, tho l-luv,l min lster of a ci-ur,h l.. ryTti..ni iu the frs, part of CUT century. Was a preacher who could prc>eu; ,h, truth Iutru>t,>l to hiul with a wise >h.ll and ge--..v-ny>s of feel ing calculated :n di-.I-Ul ..lv .llp~t prcju- dic,-i f,H'-
 Even III a!miui~rrvlu- r,buke hy WIS t-N,r tuc':.l aul ....;.,.., and uur in ~tauc,' o. surh c.,r'' 3, ,:;.u niAtri "f him.
 .-Wha, makes yva ll,.~a >,,:~ >..Id a rrchl,.>s fellow III t!.,. stage iu q plain country girl whu w1~ r,,r'iyIu- the mail lrl; d; the le'Strftiyr fr"In line hand of the driver
 Dr Pay>.rl. who >l; EyIr lnm and had lz-tu uuyll this mv:rruI uuuls,rve,i. gave the girl I," IlIa,. j,' answer.
 '-PrrhaI~ hr >.,.j -,rUr '. '-It k lS.- cause >nn,' ":I, ~ie'ls r".i-'s [" her whvu the stage was al"u- j.'r. r.sr last time -Enuth'~ Cumlug::.;.-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03

found it there, like n mighty paper weight, lying across a doctored state ment.
 Black Jim has realized twice since on certificates of deposit. In one case it took what silver the bank had left 10 keep the presidents brains from getting tanned.
 We have changed our meal place from Beloit, Wis. one of the northern sub urbs of Chicago, and now feed at pri- vate house not far from the grounds. IL Eaves car fare and gives more time to Tee the exhibits, which are out of sight and no mistake.
 like the specimens of taxidermy best of all. can stand by stuffed bear and enjoy it for hours.
 Taxidermy originally comes from the two Greek words, taNus, arrangement" and dermy, meaning to skin. Thus We have skin arrangement, or skin game, where game is thus prepared. tell you this because man can go through col lege and yet miss a few things. knew college graduate once that could speak nine languages, but he did not know any better than to go skunking at night in dress suit.
 HI ALllS NthA1Al lsiNlINEl4AN NdS lllIN- duced in lS2S by man named Scudds. who began the establishment of a mu- scum containing rare upholstered beasts
 Sometimes the work of a taNiderinist Is not successful. I knew an army off ger who used to fill up wild animals with rrsenic and autumn leaves but they kept getting riper and opening up like a boil of cotton. so that the servant had to .l, The officer also poisoned three private soldiers by keeping his arsenic in solu- tion in q deserted gin bottle.
 He stuffed mountain lion, or puma pnce and placed him on exhibition at headquarters. The commanding officer used to shy when he passed byit as deli rate compliment to the taxidermist. hut he almost knew it was not a live animal. No one was fooled by it except man who had been seeing things for over a week in the guarlhousr while suffering from alcoholism.
 The lion Was represented tu be in q crouching attitude, and as time went by he seemed to crouch more and more. same as an ice cream elephant does uu- der the steady gaze of the fresh air child. He had widely diStCndcd jaws and fiery gums. Farther back one could discover the autumn leaves.
 Spiders spun their webs across the roof of his mouth and from fang to fang. and mice made their nests and rrar,1l their young in his abdominal cavity. never saw anything that seemed to teach me as he did the terrestrial nature of earthly things. Moths gave hIm bald ! spot on the stomach. and one eve came l out and gave the other one a keen. search ing glance.
 That was years before you had taken your place in the great economy of ma ture.
 was a justice of the peace. marrying people ever and anon-peVplr who after ward introduced the half breed into the aristocracy of the west.
 \ friend who showed a good deal ot genius ill this matter gave mo stuffed bird which combined tine aerial and am
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03

among the officers. Two were entan- gled in the trappings of their slain horses, and third was on the ground in danger of being trampled to death by the excited animals of those yet mount ed In less time than it takes to tell it the firing had ceased and the cloud of powder smoke fioated away on the lazy atmosphere.
 At the beginning of the firing Jim had dashed into n side path and disap- peared. His horse came back in n few moments, however, indicating that he had dismounted and fled to the thick woods. Ten minutes later he was joined by the boyish figure, who handed him the winchester and one revolver, when they vanished into the undcrbrush.
 When Captain Johnson had restored order, he found all of lus men safe. but three of the horses were dead. It seemed that the attack from ambush had been made on the horses. X search of the woods was made for the escaped prison CT and the attacking party, but it was n vain search. Behind the log in the laurel thicket were u half dozen car fridge shells and small footprint in the loose earth. That was all.
 Two hours later, when the officers re turned to tine village with chagrin pie tured on their faces to get couple more horses Betty was going about her house. hold work singing blithely.
 As the officers came up, two of the horses carrying double she went To the door in apparent great surprise and was an interested listener to the story of the attack as related by Captain Johnson. He said the onslaught was made with such fury and audiences that the horses became unmanageable to such an extent that himself and men were unable to use their firearms. They left the country without again seeing Springston. Springstun gave mp his unlawful busi- ness, and a year later he and Betty com menced housekeeping in neighboring settlement us man and wife He some times tells their children how a disguised l young woman once rescued her lover by shooting the horses of his guards. He calls that woman Brave Betty, the Jail CTS Daughter. "-C CharlCs A. Hartley in 1 Cincinnati Enquirer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03

phibious qualities "f this beast. l. hai the fierce intellect and Caruivor0uS head and bcak cf the eagle and had his tlil loaded with lcal tu keep thS massive ar engagement from tipping him over. Hc had the feet of n sage hen, ;he torso. or trunk. of the canVa$hack duck and tin" t-il of the hiuC jay.
 II was great sport [" get old hunters ["
 S1k at it and tell mo what kind "f a hlri it was. collected m costs $lsn. result ing from hanl Ia hand arguments i'e- tween spnrtsmeu over this hirl. anl would have "rllccted much moro. but tIc conStl lhl. cruld not collect mlcIe.. and so disclosed th" truth at the end ui tw" wears.
 remerrj ..~ a ln'tr~ ou,l a, rim. .r,lous fight that Erc,v ou- nf rhr ,'ie-1=>lNn of this Erl one rr,-hr Nay wvruln- l-s- twecr q mn nam",l l., on~ from Vinegar Hill and ancthc, @.r- ! Se,l.l Murphy If the Tai Mainland. since deceased
 MT. Lyons was in the office as wit ness in another case, and Murphy iA his great speciality as q drunk and disorder ly. We had just conclu'l,7l tn" case. sni had stepped down from the w"'l- sack and hung tn" judicial rrmiuc across chair. intending to put some m"rr wood in the stove. when the attention of Soiled
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
Murphy was attracted to the bird.

Murphy was attracted to the bird.
 asked him. as an old sportsman, what he thought it was He stated that 1t was what was called the canvashack hell diver, with abnormal head, but Lyons claimed that 1t was an alkah kingfsher.
 Other hunters who had hunted free drinks all the way from Julesburg to Yuba Dam had told mo how they had killed hundreds of them on Pawpaw creek and south of Dirty Woman's ranch.
 Soiled Murphy said they used 10 just swarm on Hutton's lakes while they were melting, and lived on horned toads. which they swallowed whole for the delirious joy they experienced as the toad went down.
 The feeling got more partisan till Lyons made a pass at Murphy with a box of fresh sawdust that had been put there when l opened court. It was ob- tained from Valentine Baker. a collector of abandoned furniture and bad debts.
 Soiled Murphy then hit him over the organ of firmneSs with the judicial scales. which had thoughtlessly laid across the woolsack.
 In the afternoon tried theCase Lyons trying to g,: a change of venue on the ground that I was prejudiced. denied the motion. telling him that I never al lowed anything la prrjujice me in q case. l was not only perfectly free tu try il. but would rather try !; than not Hav- ing Secu th" fight. how could inc preju- diced: Lyons WIS fuund guilty. for why fine man like Soilel Murphy, who had l no money:
 was always against capital in such eases and rarely tiEv,l a Poor man. was always the friend uf the poor man . anyway. and where cuuli not get the costs from one uf the parties had to rely on county orders at 6O cents on the dollar.
 was rr-clSCtci twice before my po- litical policy was discovered. Before I leave l may write you an other letter from here r,garlinG the fair giving you morr information rcsar,l- ing il.
 The dance l slulr ut w..S pulled just before could get there. If had known it was really not a moral jiS. l never would have thought uf attending. but Pitcher. our >rhoul;cacher. who k here 1 at the exlRll>,' uf th" school district ob- ! tainiug advanced methods and studying rational educational progress, said | was instructive aud pleasing. : Tomorrow We visit in. street in Cairo and ride on harrlip droIneJlary from | Ephcsus. Respectfully yours, your ia 1 ther.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
\ .chLIlL nnnl

A duel of an orig inal character was fought in front of tile Antwerp railway station. Two gentlemen from Liegc. after hard days sightseeing, refreshed themselves so rffcctually at d cafe that from beer to brandy aud from argu- ments to insults they came to blows. Blood alone could wash away the stain of their mutual. insults. but as deadly weapons were not kept on the premises for the use of customers the proprietor of the cafe suggested that a> the street was deserted the advcrsarivs should an nihilate each other with "douchcS," and he handed to cacha portable water pilr. Gold water being anything but an rxcit- .ng medium, the cnmhatantS after q thorough drrnchiuS h,rk hands and hurried to change their garments. Lon lun Tit Bits.