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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06

hibits from all parts of the world has
been attended with many difficulties
and much expense. Huge tanks have
been constructed and special cars and
vehicles have been fitted up, and with
all h pains taken there has been much
loss and disappointment experienced by
those interested in the displays. Sew
eral rare and valuable specimens of fish
life have died in transit, and some that
it will be impossible to replace.
The attempt is made to reproduce as
nearly as possible in each tank the con-
ditions under which the fish who will
inhabit them naturally live. There
will be tree stumps for perch to lie un;
der, rock reefs for lake trout, and grav-
ely bottoms for river trout. The plants
that will grow in the aquaria will also
conform to the character of those found
in the waters from which the fish are
taken. One immense tank, seventy feet
long, twelve feet wide, and five feet
deep, already finished, shows ridges of
rock peculiar to the river-beds of the
Mississippi valley.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Fisheries building are two large Florida
alligators. They are perhaps the largest
living specimens that ever came t o Chi
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06
r SHE SPOKE.
Her Curiosity Prevented Her From Getting
a Free Treat.

Her Curiosity Prevented Her From Getting
Free Treat.
Take one!"
1t was only a little sign, but it meant
much. 1t stood in front of the desk of
the cashier of a prominent restaurant,
but it was a little put of his range of
vision, being or a ledge of the marble
stand.
Everybody who went out took one.
No further invitation was necessary,
and the way those maple sugar cakes
disappeared had no parallel in history.
The cashier did not notice how profits
were flying. The retail value of the
cakes was ten cents each. But nobody
was going to pay that price so long as
the sign begged the customers to take
one and say no more about it.
The restaurant is one in which the
minimum cost of a luncheon is ten
cents. Hence, the customer upon pay
ing that amount for what he had eaten
had a rebate OF the entire amount in
maple sugar. Then also, friends who
came in to wait for other friends
who came to eat, also helped them
selves. They all naturally thought it
a very pleasing advertising scheme.
So it might have gone on till the end
OF the box-and, in fact, it nearly did
had not a gushing girl exclaimed as she
helped herself:
How very kind of the proprietor to
give his patrons maple sugar"
whats that?" fairly shrieked the
cashier as he raised himself up on his
stool and looked over the front edge of
his desk.
The sight that met his eyes made him
dismount hurriedly and rush around to
the front. There he saw the depleted
box with the sign triumphantly struck
therein, while in the toothpick-box was
the legend, Price, ten cents each"
Holy smoke, l was beginning to
think it was funny that nobody was
buying maple sugar." he said as he
t~ransposed the signs.
Then you are not giving away ma
pie sugar after all" said the young lady
disappointedly.
Only for ten cents apiece" replied
the cashier, and if / raised the price to
a quarter I couldn't begin to make up
the deficit"
"How mean" said the young lady.
I'm sorry l spoke. Everybody else
who has gone out for twenty minutes
has taken one, as | have watched. I
shall never come here again and I will
warn all my friends against YOU"
AS she founced out the cashier NUT
tered something about a desire to catch
the man who changed the signs.-N. Y.
Journal.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06

Out at the fair grounds there is a per-
feet reproduction of the confusion that
we are told occurred at the building of
the tower of Babel. In Midway Plais-
ance, which has become a part of the
fair grounds, one admission admitting
to both, where the foreign nations have
their buildings, the opportunities for
studying some of the strangest people
on earth are manifold Here the Alge-
rians and Tunisians are busy with their
building material; there the Egyptians
are putting the finishing touches to
their booths; and yonder are the people
from Ceylon, deeply intent upon the
completion of their odd dwellings. 1t
is all wonderful to behold. Here,
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06

where but a few short months ago was
have a composite city of villages from
the different countries on the other side
of the world.
1t is wonderful how quickly some of
these strangers from abroad become
Americanized. The Egyptians are es-
pecially apt in their studies Of our Ian
guage and This was quite
noticeable in one instance, when, a few
days ago, a group of them entertained
their American visitors with their eff
forts to converse in English. They
would try to pronounce every word that
was spoken to them and the mistakes
that they made were ludicrous beyond
description. One Of them, a keen-eyed
young chap with a world of mischief in
his brown head, was a BORN comedian.
He possessed a ~rudimentary knowledge
of several languages, and he spared
himself no pains to entertain the crowd.
He first sung a song in his own tongue,
which must have been funny, as it con-
vulsed his companions with laughter.
Then he recited a piece in Spanish, con-
Guiding with the remark: THAT Spain"
He next recited the same piece in
French, concluding, as before, with the
information: That France" Finally
he exclaimed: boom-de-ay!
That English" This tickled the crowd
immensely and the people applauded
the young mimic uproariously.
One of the leading attractions just at
present is the beautiful Fisheries build
ing in the northeastern portion of the
fair grounds. The exhibits are rapidly
the wonders Of deep sea life. This
magnificent home of the fishes will In
doubtedly prove one of the most fire.
quented buildings of the exposition.
Here in the vast aquariums darting
about in the crystalline waters will be
seen the finny tribes of almost every
lake and stream on the globe, and in the
deep sea tank in the center of the build
ing will be found rare forms of salt
water life.
In addition to the live fish there will
be a great many prepared specimens
displayed in glass cases. There will
also be a varied assortment of fishing
boats and tackle from different nations,
and queer models and implements from
the celebrated fisheries of the world.
The process of Matching and rearing
fish will be fully illustrated, and the
lover of piscatorial pursuits will here
find much to edify and entertain him.
Norway has a wonderful exhibit.
The fisheries Of hat country employ
more than eighty thousand men, and
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06

MICHIGAN LOGGING CANT.
cago, being about twelve feet in length
and well propo~tioned. These southern
strangers are to be provided with spe-
cial tanks, and as they are very vicious
will be safely fenced in to prevent them
from reaching out and taking in any
careless visitor who might take them
for inanimate objects and venture too
close.
Just west Of the Live Stock building,
in the south end of the grounds, a log
ging camp is being erected. The camp
belongs to the Michigan exhibit and is
considered one of the glories Of the
Wolverine state. There is a log cabin
and all the surroundings of camp life.
Wild forest scenery only is needed to
make the logging camp realistic as well
as picturesque. Lying nea it is a low
wagon holding $3.50 feet Of timber.
This load is one of the biggest shipped
out of Michigan on one car. The logs
are arranged in the form Of a pyramid
thirty feet high, and in the most airy
way possible. But for the thick chains
bound in and out of the logs one could
imagine the heaps topping over at the
slightest breath. Some of the logs
measure three feet in diameter.
The cabin is of hemlock, the logs be
ing sawed in the interior. leaving thu
rough bark outside. The crannies be-
tween the logs are stuffed with strips
of bark. The gable is made of Norway
pine. as are the beams. The roof
which is not yet completed, will consist
of hemlock scoops. These scoops ars
the remnants of the trees after the in
are then cut lengthwise and nailed to
the roof, one forming a trough down
which the rain can trickle, another
with the bark up, forming a bridge be-
tween the concave scoops. The height
of the cabin is eighteen feet, while
above the gables two tarmarac flag
poles shoot twenty feet in the air.
Every implement used by lumbermen in
northern Michigan will be exhibited in
the sleeping-room. Behind the cabin
will be ranged five logging cars, carry
ing loads of hard wood and headed by
a regulation logging locomotive. Sew
eral logwheels used for hauling logs in
the summer will be rolled alongside
the cars.
This exhibit will give the city people
some idea of the rough life of the lum-
herman in the dense pine forests of the
north and will illustrate to the uniniti-
ated the immense labor involved in pro-
curing material for the building Of our
homes.
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nineteen thousand boats. The exhibit
largely of full-sized boats and models
of fishing vessels, equipped with nets
and other apparatus. Cod, mackerel
and herring form the major part of the
Norwegian exhibit in a commercial
sense, but the most interesting feature
about their space will be the display of
boats.
From Mexico will come illustrations
of the pearl fisheries of the Gulf of
California, showing how the natives
descend to depths of more than one
hundred feet to capture the precious
oysters.
Canada displays the famous methods
Of Nova Scotia fishermen, and will also
send a c~reditable exhibit of the food
and commercial products of her fisher
les. There will also be a large collec-
ton of boats, fishing paraphernalia,
and ~fsh-eating animals and birds, be-
sides a collection from the museum in
Montreal.
Americans will not be outdone, de-
spite the elaborate preparations being
made by foreign competitors. Ten
states will make collective exhibits in
the main building. They are Maine,
Rhode Island, Oregon. Washington,
North Carolina, Wisconsin, Pennsyl-
vania, Missouri, Ohio and Minnesota.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will each
show it's methods of fish propagation
and culture. There will also be water
ways by which fish climb the mountain
rivers and rapid-flowing streams. And
in addition to the live fish in tanks
these states will show models and pho
tographs of their hatcheries.
The japanese exhibit will be the
largest of any of the foreign countries
in the building. Besides the fish
products there will be models of the diff
ferent boats used in Japan. One sec
ton of this exhibit will be a display OF
isinglass made from seaweed, which is
made in many c%olors, and which, when
held to the light resembles the stained
glass used IN church windows. There
are said to be a great many fishermen
in the land of the mikado and they
take great interest in everything per.
tanning to the pursuit. Their exhibit
therefore will doubtless be very com.
plete and extensive.
| The transportation of the fisheries ca
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and made a wild plunge among the horses
and wagons, and succeeded in getting
safely to the opposite side, from which
he vigorously beckoned his companions
to follow. uttering meanwhile, with
great vehemence, something in his ma
tive tongue which sounded to unini-
tiated American ears very like a male
diction on the carelessness of civilized
teamsters. His brethren soon joined
him, and as they stood for a moment on
the corner they held a consultation,
apparently, to decide whether they had
better venture any further among the
snares and dangers of civilization or
not. Having decided the matter they
STROBE away to the south, in the direc-
ton of Jackson park.
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Fun with Cards.

Take one or two packs of old whist
cards, fold each lengthwise, $ o it viii,
stand alone. Then place them one be
hind the other about two inches apart
on the table, the more winding the line
the more effective. Let a child touch
the last card and the whole line will
fall gracefully, each card touching the
one before it in it's fall. The building
up of this card battle will amuse the
older, while it keep the younger chill
dren looking on in an eager and pleas
ant suspense. The trick will serve as
reward for the quietest, and the shout
exultation at the downfall VIII prove
the success of the game.--N. Y. Re.
corder.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06
THE USE OF FLOWERS.
A Handful of Roses-The Woman Who
Knows How to Wear Them.

Knows How to Wear Them.
The drawing-room sets the mode for
the wearing of flowers, and the latest
report is that with the 1880 gown a
mere handful of artistically-arranged
roses will be chiefly favored. There is
also confirmation that the style Of
wearing flowers in the hair has been
restored to favor. This dainty simplic-
ity of a custom long in allegiance will
not be unwelcomed after the aggressive
spikiness of ''Mephisto" wings or home
like crescents Of jewels or jet.
By the way, how very few women
wear flowers well and gracefully. One
woman will tuck a bunch of roses in
her belt or wear a cluster of violets in
her bodice, adjusted carelessly and APP
parently thoughtlessly, yet with such a
happy oppositeness in effect, while an
other woman will wrestle with the
poor little posies until the very flowers
grow faint and dropping in discourage
ment, and then fasten them in the most
unfortunate place and most ungraceful
manner.
1t is said hat the pretty woman who
knows how to do b~ewitchingly what
the girl in the book is always doing,
''tucking a rose in her BOSOM" is she
who really loves the flowers, and one
who wears the nosegay as if it did not
belong to her only; wears it because il
is the mode. Flowers are sensitive little
spirits, and will not nestle down against
the heart that does not love them.-N,
Y. Sun.
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The Spanish Government Will Leave the
Santa Maria in America.

The Santa Maria, which is now en-
route to this country to take part in
the naval review and afterward form
part of the Spanish exhibit. will re-
main in the United States after the ex-
position. The department of state at
Washington is informed that the
Spanish government has officially ten
dered the historic reproduction as a
gift to the government of the United
States.
After the Santa Maria has partici-
pated in the great naval review she
will come to Chicago and will form a
conspicuous part of the Spanish ex-
hibit. At the close of the exposition
she will be presented to the govern
ment with formal ceremony, after
which she will be taken to Washing
ton for permanent keeping.
The Santa Maria is a reproduction of
the flagship of Columbus fleet. She
was built in Spain and recently sailed
with the Nina and Pinta, under escort
of the United States steamer Newark.
The %caravels with their modern escort
recently arrived in Havana, where the
occasion was made n of general re-
joicing. From Havana they will sail
to New York with the Spanish cruisers
which will take part in the review, held
during the last week in April.
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Gloomy Prospects.

Wholesale Merchant-We will give
your boy a chance, sir, to learn the
business, but the first year he will not
receive any salary.
Father of the Boy (dubiously)-What
will he get the second year?
Merchant-Well, if he is faithful,
and apt, the second year we will double
what he gets the first.-Texas Siftings.
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WORLDS FAIR GOSSIP.
People from All Lands Thronging
Chicago Thoroughfares.
Strange Things Seen and Heard at Jack
son rk-Th Beautiful Home of
the Fishes-A Logging Camp
from Michigan.
Especial Chicago Correspondence

The streets of Chicago now present
some strange sights. In an hours
stroll through the business section one
may come across the turbaned Turk,
stalking majestically along under a big
load of self-importance; the coal-black
Ethiopian, with his monstrous earrings
and bangles of brass; the swarthy lit
tie Jap, with his beadlike little eyes
taking in everything that passes, and
yet pretending to see nothing; the
hooded Bedouin of the desert; the dried
up, mummified ~Javanese, whose APP
pearance strongly suggests the need of
a good securing; and in fact a speci-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-06

men of almost every race under the
sur. They are all here, at any rate,
and if you don't meet them in our
streets all you need do, if you wish to
SET them, is to take a trip out to jack
son park and there you will find them
without any trouble.
It is quite a comical sight to see a
wild son of the Sahara, clad in the
strange habiliments of his desert land,
scooting about among the teams on our
street crossings.
A number of Arabs were going down
the street the other day and came to a
crowded crossing. One of them gath
cred his futtering garments about him
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Another Want SupnIIed.

Mr.. Gotham-What's that? Went over
to Europe and made a fortune in one
year?
Mr.. Getthere-Yep.
my goodness. What line?"
Hammers and chisels."
"Of all things. Who bought them?"
American tourists. IN. Y. Weekly
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No Terrors for Him.

your money or your life" said the
highwayman, pu%nctuating his demand
with a cooked revolver.
Shoot if you want to-" replied Cos
sett. Il belong to the suicide club
Judge.
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Recipe for Comfort.

Little Boy wish mammals went out
to business every day, and papas stayed
home and KEEP house.
Aunty-You do? Why?
Little Boy-'Cause always
buys candies wen they go out, and pa
pas never tries to keep things clean
wen they stays in.-Good News.
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A Frost.

They say Jack Gotham married
Miss Justout for her money, and was
much disappointed to find she hadn't
any"
Yes; his hopes were nipped in the
bud."-Puck.
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-Teacher-.'Spell slippers, Johnny"
Johnny 'S-l-a-p-p-e-r-s." Teacher
THAT spells 'slappers.'" Jefnny-
Same thing.'-Harper's Basaf.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-05-06

dfoen que ha costadc dc 40 As mil duros. s. b.
oil Go bernador General, 81 Segundo Cabo, Bri-
gadier de Marina, presidente de Ia Audlencia
Intendente de Hacienda y otros altos empleados
comieron anoche bordo.
La Marina
Los muelles presentaban anoche IN precioso
golpe de vista pretusanente alumbrados con luz
electrical. El gsntio cue alll se agrupaba era
immense Entire las com rinaciones de luz, lucian
algunos escudos nacionaes grandes estrellas
colores etc, etc. Dasde algunas lanchas fondea-
das cerca del terraplen de las Obras del Puerto,
30 quemaron CON profusi6n bonitos fuegos arti-
fciales mientras que varias bandas de mdsica
desde TERRA, y Ia de zaragoza desde abordo, al
ternaban tocando piezas escojidas Muchas Ca
sas de la cludad estaban tambien iluminadas
Los Infantes presenciaban desde cubierta los
fuegos.
Pgrtsda de Sus ALtez0s
A las lO4 sali6 el Reina Maria Cristina." !"
al partir el " Fernando 81 Cat6lico " quem6 al
gunas luces de bengala. 81 vapor dyio adsos con
tres toques de bocina mient as Ia banda de cara
goza ejscutaba magistralmente desde bordo Ia
Marcia real.
"a hemos dicho que escriblmos { todo 81
correr de Ia pluma. Recogeremos otros datos
para comunicarlos oportunamente.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-05-06

Aver nos fu6 presentado en- la Convalescen-
cia por nuestro dlstinguido amigo don Manuel
Moriano el se6or don Juan Escribano, que forma
parte de la comitiva de SS. A, y que % ade-
mas corresponsal del reputable diario de 10 corte,
H Heraldo de Madrid. El senior Escribano tuvo
10 complRcsncia de permitirnos copiar dos auto.
grafos de IS. "A. que posee J que dicen asf.
"Vapor Rssna Marta Crsstsna. Solamente
cuando Sc atrsviesa este immense oc6ano, Sc com.
prende 81 valor del ilustre genoves Crist6bal CO.
lon y 81 tslento dc aquella Reina cuyas virtudes
y desprendimiento han de servir de modelo por
muchos sigos los principles modernos
Lonjitud So grados, latitud Is grados 8 mi.
nutos, de Mario de 1898.
EasLnlsG de Borbd1.
aNueve grades de diferencia de latitud, 4s
de lonjitud es 81 espacio de mar que se recorre
desde Santa Cruz do Tenerife hasta la altura de
st. Thomas.
Dos mil setecientas millas de distancia direc-
ia. Ndmeros que escriben en- POGO tempo, pc
70 que las horas que tardan en- cruzarse son bas
tantes para juzgar 10 que ha adelantado la Glen
cia de Ia navegaci6n on este siglo.
antonio de Orleans
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En- Ia vista Que hizo aver la

En- Ia vis!ts que hizo aver Ia Infanta do
ma Eulalia al Colegio del Corazon de Jesus, vi6
y conocio en- seguida su condiscipula de Paris
la se6ora dofia Josefa Palmieri de Korber La
hizo sentar carifosamente & su lado habl6
con ella del tempo en- que habian vivido jun
tas Una de las nifas del Colegio pronunci6
an discurso y doha Eulalia Ia bes6 y abraz6
CON efusi6n.
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Els tanto tanto el materla', todo do actua
el case de organizarla para poder darle cabida en-
las columnas del diario en- el orden y turno que
le corresponds. No extranen, pues, nuestros leo
torres de la Capital de Ia Isa 81 tenemos que di
latar Ia publication de algun trabajo por uno 8
dos dias
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En- 81 Battalion de Valladolid de guarnici6n
Een Ponce hay dos plazas vacantes una de mdsico
de "a otra de 81, Ia L. de cornetin Il "a do
clarinete saxof6n. El 80 de este mes SO pro-
veeran por oposici6n.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-05-06

Donde mejor se come On l. Capital do Pto.
Rico es en- 81 restaurant Id CGtalGn0 San Fran
cisco 56.
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VARIED

Galletitas de soda, quesos frescos de pata-
grasy de bola, amargo de Angostura, tabacos de
Cayey queso de almendras comprense Cere-
cedo Hermapos = Gs.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-05-06

Hemos probado la RIGA pasta de naranja que
en- Utaado prepara Ia .seiora dofa J. r. Vazquez
de s., para Ia exportaei6n Es riqufsima per-
fectamente presentada. La dicha sehora pre-
para tambi9n dulces de yuca, pima otros.