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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-09
FROM THE ASHES.
The Rebuilding OF Chicago After the Great
Fire.

The first thing hat impresses a
stranger in Chicago is the magnitude
and magniticence of the buildings in
the business districts. The fire of 1871,
the most disastrous confiagration in
history. was not without compromising
features. 1t rave the world an oppor-
tunity to show it's generosity: it gave
the people of Chicago a chance to show
the clear grit that lay at the bottom of
all their undertakings: and, finally, it
cleared the way for a better class of
structures. For a time, it is true,
buildings We're thrown up regardless of
appearances. of stability. or of any
thing except speed. They were in the
nature of shelter-sheds. Winter was
approaching, and business could not
I've. carried on in the open air. Neither
could it be conducted to advantage at
points remote from the natural center
of commerce. 1t was necessary to pro-
vide stores and warehouses and offices,
and to do so at once. Before the
debris was cool. while the bricks
and stones that lay in confused
heaps all over the burned dis
trict were still so hot that they could
not be handled without gloves, thou
sands and thousands % men set to
work to rebuild the city. There was
no dearth of laborers. for in the alb
sence of more congenial employment.
or in the desire to aid in fastening the
restoration, an army of clerks, O
keepers, cashiers. statesmen, school
teachers. and others who had never
known the use of their muscles, armed
themselves with saws and hammers
and trowels. and gave their services to
the master builders. Besides, every
train that entered the city from the
cas- brought achievements of skilled
artisans. buildings rose like magic.
the owners or lessees moved in and
business was resumed. Gradually these
temporary makeshifts were o down
and replaced by more substantial edi-
fees. and it is doubtful whether a sin
gle block that was pushed to compile
ton within the three months succeed
ing the fateful 9th of October now
remains standing. Indeed, man that
were built in the next four years. in
the expectation that they would serve
for several decades. have also disap-
peared, and the rest are following In
their wake.-St Nicholas.
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IN CANADA.
Quebec's Varied and Extremely Interest,"
ing Exhibit Work of the Blind.

ing Exhibit-work of the Blind.
On gallery b. in the Liberal Arts
department of Manufactures building,
ih two sections, are the educational ex-
hibits of the province of Quebec, Can,
! under the charge of Canon Bruchesi, ID.
D., appointed by the government, as
sisted by Brother Pelerinus. The ex-
hibits come from two hundred converts
and academies. and the McGill univer-
sity. Protestant, of Montreal. The ex-
hibit of the latter is not as extensive
as the merit of the university warrants.
but the space could not be obtained.
The work represented in the remaining
portions of the w sections shows the
system of education of the converts and
academies by grades, from the first
step to the graduating course. There
are compositions in English, French,
German and Spanish by pupils of the
various schools, and some of these are
illustrated with pen drawings by the
student, the subject being told in a
two-fold n Great albums con-
tain samples of needlework from the
simplest bit to the finest crochet and
lacework. The name of each worker
and her age are appended to the article.
The ages range from eight to sixteen
years and some of the work is remark
able. In one exhibit work is shown in
fax, from the preparation of it on
through its several stages. the last be-
ing a woven article. This is done by
the students of Ursaline convent, Rob-
e~rtvue, Lake st. John. The work of
the blind in the asylum at Montreal.
under the direction of the Gray Nuns, is
but another revelation of the ability of
the blind. One sample will illustrate:
A blind girl eleven years old wrote a
poem in French. The manuscript is
shown. Then she copied it from a type
machine and the typescript is perfect.
The history of the Institute of the Con-
gregation of Notre Dame (burned a few
days ago. from it's foundation in 1920,
by Marguerite Bourgeoys, is shown in
a large frame, the priests. sisters su-
perior and others appearing in pen
sketches. Oil paintings and sketches
by the deaf mutes of Montreal are in
teresting. In a glass case are eighteen
thousand pressed flowers, each an
alyzed. all from the soil of Canada. The
exhibit, as a whole, is varied and many
things there are curious, and all are
creditable to the system of education in
the old province.
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Just now the main attractions at the
fair in the shape of special features are
the West Point cadets and the prize
cattle and horses. Widely varying in in
terest, of course are these two features,
but attention is pretty evenly divided
between them. There is more fine
stock ut the fair just at present than
was ever before gotten together, and
more countries are represented in this
department than were ever placed in
competition before in America.
Among the exhibits i'll the live stock
department are some which are decided
ly unusual in such exhibitions There
are some Brahmin, or sacred cattle,
from India, which, according to the
legends OF that country. were at. one
time worshiped as are the white ele-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-09

oughfares show unmistakable evidence
of a fresh impetus to the tide OF travel,
and for the last few days the crowd
that swarm the business section of the
city have been perceptibly increasing
in volume. So much SO, in fact, that it
is a difficult matter to pedestrianate
at anything like a brisk gait without
coming into collision with people who
are very busy with the sights and con
sequently quite oblivious of citizens on
business bent.
The stores and bazars where Column
bian souvenirs and curios are on sale
are packed and jammed with eager peo-
pie from early morning till late at
night, and the fakirs on the street are
doing a thriving business in badges,
buttons and all sorts of mementos of
the Columbian year. Money seems to
be plenty Notwithstanding the strin-
gency of the money market, and there
is a continuous stream of small change
flowing into the Golfers of the small
dealers in nearly all branches of trade.
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the shoulders, not unlike that OF the
American bison, or buffalo. The ami
mails are thin-skinned and short
haired, and their coats g~listen like
satin.
Among other imp~ortations are forty
head of horses from Russia. including
a number from the imperial stables.
These animals are noted for their
speed and endurance and will be dis
posed of in this country for breeding
purposes.
The display of native stock is very
complete and extensive. There are a
great many very fine specimens of
h~orsefesh, from the mammoth Perch
eron to the dlminutive Shetland pony
who wears as great an air of indepen-
dent Importance As does the ~bejeyeled
human mite who poses in our freak
museums
Numerous cattle of repute are also
stalled in the great stock exhibit.
Dairy COWS with pedigrees and records
as long as their tails, and valued al
sums that would be a lifelong COM
petence for the average man, ruminate
complacently while the admirlcg
crowds feast their eyes upon them.
The prizes are going off rapidly and
the daily contests are proving great at
fractions, and are filling the great
pavilion in the southern portion OF the
grounds.
1t is very probable that lovers of
thoroughbred hofsefiesh will soon have
an opportunity of seeing the greatest
OF all living equines, for which
$50. 600 was paid less than a year ago.
Negotiations are now pending between
Mr.. Mills. superintendent of the live
stock exhibit at the worlds fair.
and William O'Brien McDonough. the
young California millionaire, for a two
weeks exhibition of the great English
stallion and unbeaten thoroughbred.
Ormonde. The horse was formerly the
property of the duke of Westminster
and was sold by him to a South Ameri-
can for $50, 600. The perfection of the
animal in conformation, his unbeaten
record of sixteen races. defeating the
greatest runners in all Europe, and his
great success as a sire-Orme and ST.
Cation, his sons, being two of the
champions of the English turf-make
him by far one Of the greatest thorough
breds that even looked through a bride.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-09

The crowd that pours out of the city
toward jackson park through the vari-
u channels of travel is daily increas-
ing and the facilities for transportation
are being severely taxed. Street care.
Il" trains, railway trains, lake boats
and all means of transit are kept busily
on the move to take care of the hurry
ing throngs that surge toward the
gates of the White City, but there is as
yet very little inconvenience felt by
the travelling public, and, although a
much larger crowd is expected from
now On to the close of the fair, it is
thought there will be but little difficult
ty in providing for them all.
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Thibodaux Sentiuel.
THE FRENCH ARMY.
II Is the One Place in Which Social Rank
Counts for Nothing.

1t Is the One Place in Which Social Eank
Counts for Nothing.
The first and most salient point in
the French army seen from within is
the mixture of social ranks. Now. this
mixture, which might in many societies
be a source of weakness. may be said
here to be one of the principal causes
OF the recuperation of the country. 1t
is, l believe, a unique experiment to
lay the military law equally upon the
shoulders of every citizen, of whatever
rank he may be.
The nearest approach to the French
universal CONSUMPTION is to be seen in
Germany, but even there the absolute
equality of men before the law is far
from holding good. Promotion from
the ranks is almost unknown: the rich,
who can afford a university education
for their sons and who can pay d sum
of money to the government, exempt
them from all serious soldering. These
young men pass a few weeks in bar
racks, and afterward attend a specified
time of drill. while they are allowed to
lodge outside quarters, and to follow
their ordinary civil occupations in the
university. This lasts, if | am not mis-
taken, for one year. after which term
they pass into the reserve as officers.
Under the French law every man
without exception serves in the army
for at least one yea During that year
he is merged entirely in the private
soldier. His social rank. if he has one,
is completely ignored: the officers who
command him regard merely his eff
cheney and his faithfulness to duty, and
if any difference is made between a
man of some education and the peas
ants around him. it is in the direction
of putting him into the Peloton din
struction-a species of school drill
where he may earn in six months or a
year the grade of corporal. but in
which, on account of the extra duties
the place involves. the life is harder in
manual labor and has less free time
than hat of the unambitious trooper
outside.
1t must not be inferred from this
that the peloton d~'lnstruction stands
apart. 1t is held merely during the
hours which are otherwise free time.
Nor must it be imagined for a moment
that a man of a richer class than his
fellows necessarily belong to it, or that
men of such a class form the majority
of its members. There may be in a
company or battery from six to eight
eleves caperaux. and in a whole regi-
mentl less than that number of gentle
men.
The elevation to the grade of reserve
officer is also proceeded with in a man
uer very different from that obtaining
in Germany. The places in the reserve
are given in part to retired officers of
the active army and in part to those
men who have followed the Peloton
Construction for at least one year, and
who at the end of that time are com
petent to pass a special examination
Contemporary Review.
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PLAYING WORLDS FAIR.
That Is a New Game and tine Children
Have Lots of Fun with 1t.

That Is a New Game and tine Children
Have Lots of Fun with 1t.
Playing worlds fair is now a favor
tie amusement of the smaller boys and
girls of Chicago. Many of them have
seen for themselves the beauties of the
exposition. including the bizarre glo-
ries of the Midway Plaisance. All these
things the little ones try to reproduce
in woodsheds and attics and under
back porches. Toys and pictures and
lanterns and anything else that can be
made to simulate some feature of the
exposition is set up in the fair and an
an admission fee varying from five pins
to n cent is collected from neighbor-
ing kids" who are not favored with
full-term passes by the directors.
A West side mother recently observed
great agitation among her little flock
and on inquiry was told they had a
worlds fair in the basement, and that
she might come in for a cent" She
paid no more attention to the matter
till in the afternoon her little boy, aged
seven, ran in with glowing cheeks and
told her to come quick and see their
Midway, and that Jennie and Millie-
a neighbours little ~girls-were dancing
like the Persians 1T the fair. There
was enough in this to alarm the young
matron. and, apparently responsive to
the boys urgent invitation, she permit
ted herself to be led t. the basement,
where she was Mortified at what she
aw. Jennie and Mile, little tots of
about six years of age. were perched on
a dry-goods box doing duty as a stage,
and, clad only in single garments, were
going through motions that would
have been most shocking in their sug-
gestive ~depravity were it not for the
baby innocence of the performers. A
most enthusiastic audience of about
their w age applauded the tiny
dancers, all equally ignorant and limo
cent. Without provoking inquiry as to
why she did it, the mother managed to
stop the dance and to obtain from
the children a promise that they would
not repeat it. Cautious questioning
developed the fact that a large boy who
lived in the neighborhood and who had
seen the Midway dances had told the
little fellows who were getting up the
play fair that the Midway was the best
part of the exposition, and had told
them how to reproduce the scenes and
had taught the little girls how to imi-
tate the ~contortions of the oriental
dancers. -Chicago Herald.
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plants of Siam. They were, it is said,
stalled in Buddhist temples and were
fed from vessels of gold and silver.
Whatever sacred character they once
possessed, the India cattle are now
bred for combined speed and draft pur-
poses. The two specimens, bull four
years old and COW two yea old, on ex-
hibition at the fair. are from Trinidad,
one of the windward islands of the
Caribbean sea, just off the coast of Brit
ish Guiana. The island is a British
colony, and the India bull and COW
were bred from sires and COWS import
ed over twelve years ago from Hindo-
stan. The breeding on the island has
been eminently successful under gov
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SWARMS OF PEOPLE,.
The Worlds Fair City Thronged
with Eager Sight-Seers.
Business Streets Packed TIT Stock Show
Mt the Fair-Fine Cattle and Horses
from Distant Lands
Odd Notes.

fspecia, Chicago Correspondence I
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eminent auspices. and the cattle make
fast draft animals. They are speedier
than mules. and will draw twice the
weight. 1t is no unusual thing to see
these animals hitched up to carriages
and handsome barouches in Trinidad,
and the India bull is a natural and fast
trotter.
The cow at the fair is a creamy
white animal, delicately limbed as a
Jersey cow. and somewhat resembles
one, only being larger. The bull is
mouse'coiored, marked black about the
muzzle, and is a strong, vigorous-look-
ing animal. Both are short-horned
have dropping ears, and the distinctive
feature of the breed is a hump between
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-09

1ov. PATTIsoN. OF Pennsylvania, is
deeply interested in the worlds fair.
n has issued a proclamation appeal
ing TO the people of the Keystone sta,s
to make the celebration of Pennsvl-
vania day, September Z, worthy of the
commonwealth He addresses himself.
not only to actual residents of Penn
sylvania, but to the thousands who
have gone out from her borders and
become citizens of other states. Ex.
cursions are already being projected in
Philadelphia, Reading, Pittsburgh and
the other large cities.
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Syrup"

Mr.. Albert Hartley of Hudson,
N. c., was taken with Pneumonia.
His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
rally him he took one bottle of Ger
man Syrup and came out sound and
we'll. Mr.. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk
with Druggist J. E. Barr, Aurora,
Texas, prevented a bad attack Of
pneumonia by taking German Syrup
in time. He was in the business
and knew the danger. He used the
great remedy-Boschee's German
Syrup-for lung diseases. Q
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IN the French collection there is a
caolnet OF bronze and ebony, with
enamel OF Limoges and Grecian figures,
~ a a secret spring and a labyrinth
OF The valuation is twenty
thousand dollars
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UR city now be-
gins to feel some
what o of a
strain on her ca
pacity than has
yet been appar-
ent c e t h e
opening of the
great exposition,
and it is quite
plain that t h e
farming people
are gettin G
through with
their harvesting
and are coming
to Chicago. The
downtown thor
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h INN.

The above Chicago hotel, under the capa-
bic management OF Mr.. Chas. E. Leland, IS
having the patronage it deserves; 1t IS NOT
. fre-trap. but is buir Of steel and ire
proof tile. combining absolute safety with
reasonable prices. Its location-southwest
corner Midway Plaisance (6oth ST. aud
Madison ave.-is unsurpassed, as it faces
the Fair Grounds. Is accessible by steam,
cable and elevated lines. Write or tele-
graph in advance OF your coming Ior &C
commodations. or look The Worlds Inn up
when you arrive. You will not be disap
pointed.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-02

1t will thus be seen that the local
club won 16 more games than its next
rival, and % more than the lowest on
the list, which oddly enough was Oak
land, the team that in the second half
gave Los Angeles the hardest brush at
the finish.
Viewing tie game from another point
OF vantage, L2s Angeles has been good
baseball town to the management. The
game has paid from the start, and will
continue to do so in the future. When
the mait.r was first talked Of there were
few who predicted financial disaster ae
the result OF the venture, but these mas
culine Cassandras failed Of their mis-
sion.
Clean and honest baseball was played
from start to finch. and it had the con.
fidence OF the public. So long as this
one condition prevails league ball iu
Los Angeles will be fixture; and by
way OF parenthesis it may here be set
down that Los Angeles will always be
baseball town.
How many people in this city-ians
or otherwiee- know just who the men
were that cemrosed tie local team and
where they came from? For the benefit
OF the curious here is condensed d.
rectory:
Rodney J. Glenslvin, captain and
second baseman, claims st. Louis, Mo-,
as the place OF lie nativity. His occu-
patton other than baseball is deep
mystery to his conireres. and ii was
only with extreme difficulty that the
HERALD discovered that he was poet
and has been more than once mem
toned in connection with the few posts
OF laureate that are now vacant.
Clarence J. Baldwin (Kid) ia a work
or in brass ard tin. when not behind
q catcher's mask, and resides at Quincy,
Ill.
Jack Newman called indianapolis his
home; and Emmett Rogers, who began
the seaeon as catcher, was an assistant
engineer in the Chicago water works.
Allen McCsuley Of Indianapolis was
packer.
John f. Roach was once a machinIst,
and lives at Renovs, Pa.
Edward ]. McNabb (Peter Nab} was
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-02
THE FIRST CENTURY.

This Yeai's Record Held by the L. \. A /.
Club.
"Spokss" furnishes the HERALD with
the following bicycle notes:
Yesterday morning, January l, 1898,
at one minute after IL O'Clock, Harry
Cromwell and Phil Kitchen, mounted on
safety bicycles, lett the Los Angeles
Athletic club rooms for Pomona. They
arrived in Pomona at 8 20 am, and DR..
7. Hardy Smith very kindly got up and
signed the certificate for them. AS
there was no place open where the boys
could get meal, they made the " miles
run without any nourishment except
some toothpicks, of which Cromwell
consumed about 80. After various mis-
haps, which will occur to the best riders
when they are on roads like
those between Fuente and
Spadra, they arrived in Los An
geles at 7:10, and after hearty
breakfast they left for Santa Monica.
making the 36le miles in hours and 10
minutes. The ELAPSED time was 10 hours
and 20 minutes and the actual riding
time was 8 hours and Is minutes, which
considering the roads and the distance,
108 miles, is very good.
w. NJ. Jepkine also started, but after
riding about seven miles decided he
didn't want any night riding In his so
he returned to the city.
Cromwell, Burke and Kitchen intend
making run to Riverside and return in
short while. They expect to make
| the l40 miles in about 10 hours.
7. @ Hall, the popular captain of the
Los Angeles wheelmen, is laid up with
the grip.
w. N. Jenkins, first lieutenant, will
lead the run TO Pasadena, Monday, to
attend the tournament of roses.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-02
The Father of MANY IIIs.

Constipation leads to multitude of physical
troubles. IT Is genera ~ the result OF careless.
ness or indifference to the simplest rule OF
health. Eugene Mckay of Brautford, Ont
writes:
II had for several years been sufferer from
constipation. had taken a great many different
remedies, some of which did me good for a
time but only for time, then my trouble came
back worse than ever. ! was induced py a
friend, whom BRANDRETHs PILLS had benz
flied, 10 try them. Took two each night +. r a
week, then one every night for about six weeks
Since tnat time l have nos experienced the
slightest di1hcuty whatever, and my bowels
move regularly every day 1 believe firmly
that for sluggishness of the bowels and bilious
ness BRANDRETH's PILLS are far superior to
INV othar