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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-22

Les habitants sucrler du 3me Dis
trict Congressional qui ont joint lie
part Republican National, Sc sont
reunls a la Nouvelle Orleans lundi
dernier en- convention, ct ont elu lie
Judge Taylor Beattie de Lafourche
CONNIE candidat pour %representant
au Congress des Etats Unis. Mr.. w.
E. Howell de Lafourche presidait q
cette convention. La base de repre-.
sentation pour la paroisse Lafourche
etait % delegu6s n'ayant jamais
en- detection, celia nous semble
etrange.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-22
N0UYELkES LOCALES,

N0UVELkES LO1HL1S'
ia Cour de District est encore en-
session.
Mr.. Emile Riviere de Thibodaux,
nassait la journee de dimanche a la
Nouvelle Orleans.
To moulin de lhabitation
White sera bientot mis- en- place ct
nret pour la roulaison prochaine.
Mr.. Thos. II. Roger, gerant de
Plantation Greenwood, vlsitait la
Nouvelle Orleans cette sema'ne.
Mr.. ct Nine. Alexandra Theriot
ataient a Thibodaux vendredi pour
v;siter leurs enfants qui sont en- pen
sion an Convent du Mont Carmel.
Mons ayons eu une magnifique
semaine de beau temps. Aussi nos
hahitants en- ont pris ayanta2e, pour
f.,re leur foin ct rentrer leur recoite
de mails.
Nous avons eu lie plaisir de rem
contrer 4 Thibodaux samedl passe
Mr. Alldor RobichauX, demeurant
snrrancienne habltation Coax Grove"
pres de ARIEL T. o.
Samedl dernier nous avOns Ell une
,ottable vlsite dc Mr.. Oscar Angelica
ct Mr.. Numa Naquin de Pugh p. O.
Ces messieurs Torment partie du r.
+. Lee Silver Cornet Band.
LIE Rev. Pere A. julie, cure de
Notre Dame du Prompt Secours,
atait en- visite a Thibodaux mardi
dernier nous avons Ell lie plaisr de
lui serr,r Ia main.
Nos lecteurs eXcuseront lie peu de
nouvelles cette semaine ; nous avOns
eiG force oe prendre une partie DIES
COLONIES franealses pour publier les
procedures du juri de police.
Nous Gu lie plalslr de rem
contrer dams nOtre sanctum lundi
dernier Mr.. Hector Lacroix, lie charge
d'afaires de la pharmacie du DR..
John Gazzo a Raceland.
Mr.. Albert l.. Guillot, maintenant
phalmaclen prospere de la Nouvelle-
Orleans, passait dlmanche ct lundi a
Thibodaux parml ses nombreux
amis ct commissioners.
La SdllLC Il SuCIC IdiU uIC Sld-loS
pousse depuis quelque temps beau
coup de nos habitants Sc PLACEMENT de
ce que beauconp de leurs cannes ont
etc abattues par lie vent ct les fortes
pluies Yui ont amollie la terre.
LIE local de la poste de Lacroix a
etc place depuis lie % Aout, 1894 au
Canal Harang, ct Mr.. j. F. Larose y
a etc nomme maftre de poste. Apres
lie Ter Octobre proclaim, cette poste
p0rtera lie nom de 'sLarose."
Peu Inhabitants sucriers de la
paroisse Lafourche ont pris part au
meeting qui s'est tenu a la Nouvelle
Orleans lundi dernier. Du voisnage
dc T%hibodaux, nous apprenons que Ii
Juge Beattie ct Mr.. w. E. Howell
etaient les seuls.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22

when she is not pretty she is charm.
ing. She is amiable, dreadful CO.
quette, and generally false" The
women of Germany are not graceful rs
race, but are strong and Withstand
the ravages of time. They are 'blonde,
blue eyed, with white skin, and are
more Suited to play the part of wives
than lovers. They are naive; good
hatured. ind industrious, and make
splendid housekeepers and mothers.
They are, on the whole, the best edu.
Gated women in Europe" The Rms
sian woman is an Oriental type which
has been prematurely transplanted to
Europe. 'In her are combined the
extraordinary charms OF n savage and
highly civilized woman" The Italian
Woman il fond of art, sentimental and
modest, but is generally ignorant aud
and is often false. Two important
points in forming the character Of the
women of different Nations are, nc
eording to Mantegazza, the religion
and the amount of freedom they en-
Joy. The greater the freedom allowed
the more virtue. This last will please
Americans.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
MtLCIiISG,

Keeping the soil covered helps in
making it fertile. Keeping it mulched
rctarts the action of frost and allows
The plants to adapt themselves to the
'hange. Sudden extremes of temper
'tnre affect plants rs well rs animals,
md Mt all seasons an even temperature
lives the best results. Mulehing
freaks the force Of falling rains and,
great measure prevents them from
competing the soil.
When properly mulched the soil
will retnin considerable quantity of
atmospheric ammonia, deposited by
the rains. In nll soils certain proper
lion of water is necessary to make the
lnrscst amount of plant food available.
Mulching cools and cqualizes the
temperature near the surface. In win
GER it prevents the constant tlawing
aud freezing and makes more even
temperature. In summer it aids i'll the
-toring Of nitrogen in the soil and
makes the soil richer in this way. st.
louis Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22

An English farmer, relates the
American Agriculturist, was recently
prosecuted for cruelty to animals and
fined ten pounds (s5O) and costs. He
was alleged to have kept twenty-six
head of stock i'll n field without sufii-
Gent food. But the farmers neigh
bors, believing that he had done the
Best he could in the prevailing drouth,
started subscription and soon raised
enough to make up to him the amount
of fine and cost.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22

"Red Apple Smith" is one of the
noted characters of the Congressional
lobby, states the Atlanta Constitution.
Each morning he appears Mt the
Capitol with n quantity of mammoth
red apples, and he distributes these
among the committee rooms where he
has measures pending and among
the congressman whose influence he
wishes to obtain. In this way he dis
tributes hundreds of apples every
week that Congress is in session, and
he buys his fruit by the barrel. He
has been Mt this for years, and has put
number of claims through. His
specially is war claims.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
Electric Dog.Carts Next.

In all probability it will not be long
before the city man will "tool down.
to his Office from his country or sub
urban residence OH an electric dog.
cart. The seat OF the vehicle will
hold all the motive power he needs,
stored electricity, and he will be in
the enjoyment of placid sense of in
dependence. For some time an cleo
trio dog-cart has been in constant uso
in the neighborhood of Brighton,
England, and now the French have
followed suit by starting electric phae.
tons. The hind wheels are driven by
an endless chain gearing and an cleo
trio motor, fed by storage batteries.
These and the motor are contained in
the body of the carriage, which is
controlled from the front seat by
switches and brakes. One charge OF
the batteries serves for IL journey of
forty-two miles at speed of ten miles
an hour. The Parisians evince much
interest in the appearance in the
streets of the city of the new vehicle,
and it is likely to become popular
Chicago Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
Birds are Mathematrciaus.

The English naturalist, Morris
Gibbs, devoted years of study to birds
nests, their formation and their con-
tents, and asserts that birds lay their
eggs in accordance with geometrical
lines, SO that every inch of space is
used to the greatest possible advau-
tage. Birds which lay many eggs ar
range them in circles, the pointed ends
turned to the inside. Others, whose
eggs are elliptically shaped, place
them IN longitudinal rows. Ii an egg
is moved ont of its original position
by an intruder, it will be found on the
following morning that the bird has
returned it to its first position.
Among the numerous and often diff
cult eases which Gibbs made matter
OF study, not one was found that would
not do credit to mathematician
New York Witness.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
KEEPING TEAMS BUSY.

1t is one of the chief difficulties Of
farming on small acreage that the
necessary work to be done in blowing,
cnltivating and marketing crops re.
qulres full team part of the time,
while there is not sufficient work to
keep it employed all the time. Idle
horses soon eat more than their labor
during small part of the wear is
worth. Yet the small farmer who re-
lies on hiring team work done is al
ways handicapped by finding it i'm
possible to hire teams when he most
needs them. The only other recourse
is to change the methods of farming.
fut on more labor and capital per
acre, and thus grow crops which will
keep the teams busy most of the wear
hauling them to mark ct
II there are days when no marketing
is to be done, the teams can be EN-,
ployed Just as proiitably in drawing
manure. In most cases this on n small
farm will make it necessary to Inv
most if not all the feed that the teams
eat. This is what market oardenars
almost invariably do. They cannot
afford to grow hay or grain ON land
that will produce five and perhaps ten
times as valuable a crop in something
else. Buying all their feed they know
Just what it costs them, and are less
likely to lose by keeping teams idle.
The chief difficulty with many farmers
in making their farming pay is moi
recognizing that the feed which thew
grow and feed is worth its market
value, and that whatever eats sucl
feed must return at least what it has
cost and can be sold for. Unless thi.
is attended to, the losses from non
paying stock will eat up profits that
can be made otherwise. Boston Cult
vator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22

Nothing Oh board United States
man-of-war strikes The visiting lands.
man more forcibly, observes the Chi.
cngo Herald, than the seemingly nj.
most constant sound of the hoatswains
whistle. That instrument sends it's
thin and wandering strain of music ur
and down the deck every few minutes
from sunrise to sunset. This means
that somebody is busy all day long in
one or another sort of active duty re.
quiring summons by signal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
THOSE LOVERS.

They had been engaged, but now
were suffering from one of those quar-.
rels which sometimes ruf1ie the course
of true love.
They had not spoken for three days,
and neither wished to be the first to
yield.
But with the hankering which af-
ficts murderers and lovers with refer
ence to the scene of the late unpleas-
antness, he called at the house on
trumped-up business mission to her
father.
BY chance q? she answered his ring
at the door.
Gathering himself, he, with cold,
slow voice, begins the following dia
logue:
He-'Does Mr.. Dudley reside here?"
She-"He does"
He-''Is he in?"
She-"He is not"
He-''Will he be in soon?"
She-s'He will"
He-"Thank you Il will call again"
Turns to go.)
Excuse me, who shall say
called" -Life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
BEST sIZc OF BARNYARD.

Writes John p. Welter, Oswego
County. New York: AS Il rule, barn
yards are too large, viewed from an
economical standpoint The expert
ment stations have showed the great
loss to the manure lying in the open
yard from washing by rains. One has
only to note the dark color of the
water running from the open yard af-
Ter each heavy shower to comprehend
that very much of the soluble fertiliz-
ing properties are thus lost, and TO
prove this to greater satisfaction. haul
1 load of manure out to the open
meadow, place it in piles about the
thickness of the bnrnyard accumula-
lions, and let it remain from autumn
until the usual time Of cleaning the
yard i'll the spring. Upon removing
this scattered load from the surface of
the meadow, one observes the rank
growth of grass where the manure was
scattered, and it's effects can be seen
Tor years afterward. This should in
duce farmers TO not only reduce the
barnyard TO the smallest reasonable
limit, but erect MS much shelter MS DOS
slble for The proper protection of this
element of fertility. American Dairy
man.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
Flect.Footed Zehras.

The rapidity with which the different
zebras have been exterminated, owing
to the advance of civilization in South
Africa, is shown by reference to such
works as that of Sir CORVALLIS Harris,
written in 1910, in which the author
tellsns that the Guagga was at the time
found i'll "interminable herds" bau.ls
OF many hundreds being frequently
seen, while he describes Burchell's
zebra rs cougregating in herds of
eighty or one hundred. and Astounding
to great extent; but now, after tho
expiration of but fifty years, the one
species is extinct or practically so,
while the other has been driven much
further afield and its numbers are
yearly being reduced.
This authors description of tho
common zebra is we'll worth repeating.
He says: Seeking the widest and
most sequestered spot, naughty troops
are exceedingly difficult to approach,
as we'll on account of their extreme
agility and feetness of foot as from
the abrupt and inaccessible nature OF
their highland abode. Under the
special charge of n sentinel, so posted
on some adjacent crag as to command
view of every avenue of approach,
the checkered herd whom painted
skins adorn' is to be viewed perambu-
lating some rocky ledge, on which
the rifle ball alone can reach them.
No sooner has the note of alarm been
sounded by the vidette than, pr1cking
their long ears, the whole flock hurry
forward to ascertain the nature of the
approaching danger, and, having
gazed moment Mt the advancing
hunter, whisking their brindled tails
aloft, helter-skelter away they thunder
down craggy precipices and over
yawning ravines, where no less agile
foot could dare to follow them"
OfBurchell's zebra he says "Fierce,
strong, fleet and surprisingly beauti-
full, there is, perhaps, no quadruped
Ill the creation, not even excepting
the mountain zebra, more splendidly
attired OF presenting picture of more
singularly attractive beauty" Zebras
are by DO means amiable animals, and,
thong many of the stories told of their
ferocity are doubtless much ex-
aggerated, they have SO far not proved
themselves amerable to domestication.
New York Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
THE BENEFIT OF pnursINc OATS.

lfnlloniscoul be run through the mill
would make better feed for horses,
-nys the Farming World The reason
Inns been given many times. Both tho
grain and chat digest better, the indi-
;cstihlc woody fibre of both being
broken admits OF the action of the
7tolaach more freely and fully. Care
nj feeders OF horses know that in feed
ing oats, especially the whole grain,
much depends upon the nature Of the
hull or chatf. 1t is not always the
heaviest grain that gives the best re-
suits. Tint which is much above the
standard weight has most often II
cough, gritty chat, which SO acts on
the stomach MS to expel much of the
grain i'll an nndigested state. The
hull, however soft its texture, is laxa-
live, and moderate degree of laxa-
tlvcness is beneficial, especially TO
breeding animals; but there is no gain
in pnssins through the heaviest grain
in nearly whole state. Better use n
light grain, which will be more
thoroughly digested. 1t is commonly
supposed that the oat which sells for
The highest price is the best feed, but
1t 1t not always the case.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
WOMEN OF EUROPE.

The celebrated man of letters, Paolo
Mantegazza, of Florence, liz airing his
opinions through German newspaper
on the women of Europe, says the
Philadelphia Times. He gives the palm
for beauty to the Spanish woman,
thereby showing keen discrimination
and judgment. His praise is not, how
ever, wholly unmixed. "The Spanish
woman" he says, sis bewitchingly
beautiful. She has small hands and
feet, and large eyes like the open win
dows of sunburnt marble palace. A
figure full of grace and life, and long,
wavy, dark hair. She is very religious,
very ignorant, very jealous, sensitive,
idle and proud"
The English woman, he thinks, is
beauty itself. ''Her hair is like gold.
She has heavenly eyes, peach-like
complexion, q delicately- formed nose
and good teeth. She is reserved, n
little hypochondriacal, very active and
generally II slave to etiquette" Bni
the French woman is 81 cat and ser
Pent, palm and u violet, and even
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22

In these days of accident" lnsur.
ance it has become n matter of conse.
quence to have it distinctly understood
what nm accident is, remarks the New
Orleans Picayune. Most people i'm.
agine that they know exactly, bnt
there have been SO many differences of
opinion on the point that the courts
have been frequently called on to dc.
eide what is and what is not accidental.
and some of the definitions NAV be
surprising to some people. A sun.
stroke is not an accident, ACCORDING to
decision of the Chief Justice of Eng
land, but an injury to the spine from
lifting heavy load is. Drowning
from taking fit in shallow water
while bathing has been held an ncci
dent, and so has falling in front of n
train from like reason, but nm in
jury similarly received while under
the influence OF liquor has been de-
cided not 10 be of the nature of nm ne.
cident.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
YOUNG nIRI,s' DRESSES.

Pretty styles for young girls dresses
are always most difficult to find and
dressmakers generally do not like to
make for girls younger than eighteen.
Two pretty dresses recently seen were
particularly natty and nj the Same time
comfortable and servicenblc, two very
Important points for growing girls.
The first was gown OF dark -colored
WOODEN stuff, its yoke, belt and cuff,
braided with soutache. The skirt WI
Of straight breadths and gathered Is
the yoke. The bodice had fitted lin
ing and full fronts and bnck Joined Il.
the lining with side seams. The drck
hooked behind, the opening beirI
concealed by the full folds of the stu IS
The sleeves had fitted lining and We
full puffs ending in long tight cuflS
In the other dress tho bodice was wof
inside the skirt and hooked in bac rs
1t had fitted lining over which d.
stuff WAS draped, and was trimm s.
with two lace ruilles, the lower O {4l
ending at the armholes and each hea 81
ed by narrow plated band of Will
silk. The skirt was gored and trimml r.
with three gathered bins ruffies. TEE
skirt was made of half breadth
surnh hemstitched Mt tho edges alb
hooked i'll back. The sleeves have III
pulls and lace epaulettcs. The mat e
rial used was yellowish pink wool,}
sniting. New York World. T.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22

Within the past seventeen years the
land-grabbing Nations of Europe have
parcelled ont among them nearly the
entire continent of Africa. What is
left is very small fraction-only
Morocco and Tripoli, which will in
time fall to France, Italy or Spain, and
stretch of country behind Ashantee
land and the Soudan. The domain
now claimed by France extends from
Tripoli to Morocco, and from the
Mediterranean to the Gulf of Guinea
1t may go eastward to the Egyptinn
frontier or sphere of influence, but ON
this point it must come to some mr.
rangement with Germany, which seems
to claim jurisdiction indefinitely north
yard from the Cameroohs, with Eng.
land sandwiched between n portion
of the way. France has another large
slice to the south of German Equator:
al Africa, and bounded on the south by
the Congo Free State. Then comes
Portugal, with the Congo State and
British Africa for eastern boundary.
and another great tract of German
territory on the south. Britain rounds
off the continent at the Cape and right
up for thousands OF miles to the south.
ern border of the Congo State and
Portuguese and German possessions in
/. East Africa. Within lie the Orange
Free State md the Transvaal Repub
lie. To the northeast lies another
\ vast British area, in equatorial Africa.
contiguous on the west with the Congo
State and the French and German pos
sessions. Italy claims Somali Land,
Abyssinia and the land of the Gallias,
and England again creeps in with a
tract of the Red Sea coast opposite
Alden, az we'll as the Island of Socotra.
Egypt may also he said 10 bein English
bands, for tho gooaAof the natives, az
~ English say.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
FASHION NOTES,

Some of the handsomest fans for the
winter social season arc developed in
black and gold.
A fine striped velvet that is both
shot and moired is n novelty among
spring dress fabrics.
A dnrk-green broche called Persian
brocatello is shot with pale blue, and
has irefoils in turquoise blue and gold
Bayadere stripes of old roso and
faint Sea green appear on lustrous
grounds of fawn-colored corded silk.
Silver bead gnlloon is II popular
trimming for ball dresses, especially
effective on gowns Of pink or white.
New striped ga,izes to be made into
gay little gowns show black satin
stripes of greater width than their
alternate lines of colored gauzc.
Small cone shaped glasses of deli.
cately tinted Bohemian ware arc
shown for holding violets, and tall
vases of pressed glass for ferns and
cycrgrecns.
Everything now bing served in
courses. the new "corn set" is really
an acceptable addition to tnblc service.
A platter and dozen plates comprise
the set ithc decoration very rich-cars.
blndes and stalks ofcorn.
One of the handsomcst novelties of
the season is tripod of carved wood
standing about three feet high and
supporting huge Dresden china bowl,
which is meant for IL receptacle for
visiting cards and invitations.
Hand-paintod frames for cabinet
photographs are presented in china,
many OF them very beautiful. Around
the face II friend, IL garland of violets,
sprays of forgct-me-not or gracefully
knotted ribbon holding II single rose.
Among the freaks of fashion appear
shoe tips and heels in sterling silver
and perforated in II pattern. The
woman who "does not know what to
do with her money" having never been
introduced to charity, will be the
willing victim of this snare.
1publp rpvorsihIo shot Gill l,. -
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS or INTEREST RELATIVE
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
wINTERrNa THE COLTS.

The custom Of wintering the colts
out of doors is responsible for many
of the understood, tough, unsuitable
horses, which are of no value. 1t is
wise for every farmer to take his colts
1t weaving time, if not befove, and
feed them on such n diet as will de-
velOp them to the utmost.
Colts should be given all they can
eat Of such food. Size can only be OBJ
tanned by generous feeding until The
colts are matured. The old saying,
"scnnt keeping makes tough horse, -
IS mist sken one. Liberal feeding
gives horse chance to develop the
,lool that is in him. New York
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A FAD FOR pnYsIoaNoMY.

Professor Annie Oppenbeim seems
to be making quito good thing over
in London out Of the proverbial Curl
osity which people feel about them
selves. She is a physiognomist, and
has "delineated" 5000 people in five
months, hundreds being turned away
because she had not time to read them.
Miss Oppenheim disclaims any con-
nection with palmistry or pretension
to psychical powers, and rays her sys-
tenn of face reading is purely scientific.
New York Sun.