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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-11-02
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Mr.. A. J0let. III. has xereyed his
connection With tie heatinct and no
longer represents u
+ Moan,
Managing Edi.or.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

The wisest men have never in any age
been the best men,
Saul, the son OF Kish, was a big mule
driver but he made very small king.
The devil would never get another soul II
he couldn't make black look white.
When the preacher knows his bible swell
he won't have to pound it to keep people
awake.
The man who talks to the biggest crowd
is not always being watched the closest by
the angels
Planting a grain of mustard seed may be
more far-reaching in its results than finding
the north pole.
1t Is hard to find a man who will preach
the same gospel on salary OF $4,000 year
that he did on $500
II putting on our plug hats would only
make us all as big as we want to be, the
world would be full of giants.
The difference between a wise man and
a fool, Is that the wise man knows that he
knows little, and the fool thinks he knows
much.
Sam Jones says, that what some men call
pastoral work is little more than taking care
of plug hat and looking after a ministerial
reputation,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18

Detroit Free Press: II there is any truth
In the intimation that the resignation OF
Prof. Bemls from the department OF politi-
cal economy at the University OF Chicago
was due to y lack OF harmony between his
teachings aud the economic Views OF tho
founder OF the university. the usefulness oil
this great institution is In peril Mr.. Rocke-
feller has tho right, probably, to insist upon
having political economy taught In his uni
verslty to accord with the views Of the
Standard OIL company. lie has a right, also
no doubt, to insist upon his own standard
OF religious or theological views. because
in sense he pays the freight" Only he
should understand that great Independent
university cannot be built on such lines
Boston Globe: Prof Bemis of the Chicago
university has been removed from his place.
The supposed reason Is his manner OF at
tacking monopoles and his alleged radical
views on economics. However this may be.
the case Of the university has been naturally
prejudiced by the fact that the great Stand
ard Oil magnate is its leading financial
hacker. This is one OF the serious features
of the system of the personal endowment Of
colleges by men like Rockefeller and Armour.
Even though Standard Oil influence had moth
ing whatever to do with the removal of Prof
Bemis, good part of the public will per-
sist In thinking So Standing at the win
dow of the royal residence in Berlin Em
peror William Is almost within hearing OF
the professors of the royal university. But
he would no more dare to muzzle the opin-
ions OF one of these professors on economies
or government than to tamper with the
supreme court 1t is an old and sacred tra-
dition that the heads of authorized learn
ing shall be untrammelled. Still, on the
whole our educational system is better than
the European, even though 1t may be oc-
casonaly open to the exercise of unwar-
rantable power.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

There are 1900 distinct varieties OF post
age stamps.
Castle hill, Me-. has three citizens,
brothers, named Allie. Elihu and Elidad
Frank. whose combined height Is exactly
twenty-one feet.
A snake fourteen feet long has, according
to report, been stealing ducks, geese, chick
ems, peacocks and other delicaces from
farm at Cold Spring Harbor, l.. |.
The most costly tomb in existence is that
which was erected to the memory Of Mo-
hammed. The diamonds and rubies used in
The decorations are worth $4,000 900.
Sam Wilkinson Of Washington. Ind, has
only five children: a brother in England has
thirty-two; a sister has sixteen at 81 years
Of age. His Grandmother had twenty-five.
The perpendicuarity OF a monument is
visibly affected by the rays Of the sun. On
every sunny day a tall monument has a
regular lean from the sun. This phenomenon
is due to the greatest expansion of the side
on which the rays of the sun fall
John C. Hancock of Hancock. Md. who
has only his left arm to shoot with. the right
having been lost in a carriage accident, has
killed this season with his shotgun 2O9
squirrels, 125 rabbits, 217 partridges. 62
pheasants, 2S wild turkeys and 50 woodcock
OF wild ducks he has shot % maard and Z
redheads
Captain Matthews Of Hen and Chicken
lightship, off Rhode Island, one day recently
rubber band fastened around It's body. The
band had probably been around the fish about
a year, as it was sunk into the body about
half an inch, the flesh being completely
healed around the band
Founder Bradley's baby parade at Asbury
Park on Saturday last was the big success II
is every year. over 700 cherubs of one sort
or another were in the procession and the
hearts of some 25 900 papas, nammas, rea-
tives and friends swelled with pride as the
| annual baby parade at Asbury. One of the
babies in the procession was but ten days
old and this the proudest moment OF
its life.
Union county, New Jersey, has found good
roads profitable, the increase in tax valua-
| tions having been marked this year. The
| total assessed values for 1898 are $35 972 800
| an increase over 1894 of 81 1853 900. The most
stands at 81, ,S66, 900, an increase of $4l6,00O,
| or over 25 per cent. westfeld advanced
S216,6 500 to 81 44S 600, and Plainfed Crawford
| and Union had substantial additions to the
assessed value of their property.
A little girl at Belleville, N. j., found her
| self in peculiar and trying position day
or two ago. Picking up 22-calber car
| fridge which she discovered In the yard, she
put it into her left nostril. Then she could
not get it out and in alarm she ran to her
mother who worked for three hours over her
and then sent for doctor. He was afraid
| to use his forceps, because it might explode
| the cartridge. Finally he induced her to
| snuf cayenne pepper, which caused her to
| sneeze the cartridge out, to the great relief
| of all
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18

THE CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION Law.
The irrigation law of California has
been several times sustained by the SUI
preme court of the state, and so favor
ably has it been regarded that it has
been made the basis of similar legisla-
ton by other states. 1t was, therefore
Il very great surprise to the people of
California when the United States cir
cult court recently pronounced the law
invalid, on the ground that its provi-
sions are in conflict with the federal
constitution.
The case under which the cOnstitu-
tionality of the act was tested was one
affecting the assessment of land in the
Fallbrook irrigation district. the COM
plainant in the case asserting the in
validity of the law upon the grounds
among others, that it provides for the
taking of private property without due
process of law, contrary to the provi-
sOns of the fourteenth amendment of
the constitution of the United States,
and that the use for which such prop
erty is thereby authorized to be taken
is not public use. This contention
was fully sustained by Judge Ross Of
the circuit court, who held that the
operation of the law was for the benefit
of specific individuals, and the interest
of the public is nothing more than that
indirect and collateral benefit that it de-
rives from every improvement of use
full character that is made in the state.
st is extremely plain" said the court,
"that the legislative purpose embodied
in this act cannot be vindicated on the
plea that it directly conduces to the
general welfare Of the community.
The effect of drainage Is to cause Il
more plentiful product than the land
would yield in its 1unreclaimed condi-
ton. In this result the owner is di-
rectly interestedo the community indi-
legal terms to CALI the enterprise, on
account of such collateral advantage,
a public one" 1t was the view of the
court that an irrigation district is not
a public agency because every person
within such district is not entitled to the
same terms and conditions as every
other person, but 6nly those persons
| who happen to own land in the dis
trict oie
If this position is sound and the
higher court sustains it. its effect will
be to invaldate the irrigation acts OF
other states based upon the California
law, and thus n serious blow struck al
the development of irrigation in the
west, which would come to halt be
cause it would be impossible TO induce
capital to invest in this sort of enter
prise until there was new Legislation
of established validity. The fact /,
there must always be more or less un
certainty in connection with state legis
lation regarding irrigation, and un
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18

The Chicago Inter Ocean, which did
more toward inoculating sap-headcd re-
pubicans with the virus of fiatism than
General Weaver and all the other ram.
pant grccnbackers together, and which
more recently has been convert to the
free silver 16 to | fallacy, raises the
cry of american bonds for Americans"
That sounds very patriotic and catch
ing but from Il business standpoint 1t
Is decidedly idiotic In the first place
America would not profit by the invest
ment of her surplus capital in United
States bonds. Every dollar so invested
would be locked up, when America
should, if possible, keep all her surplus
funds in circulation or have
them invested in American enterprises
in factories, warehouses, tramways,
etc. In the next place the purchase of
United States bonds by Americans for
Investment operates as disadvantage
to American taxpayers. Government
bonds are exempt from all taxes and
the owner of bonds not only beats his
city, county and state out of the taxes
which he would have to pay on an
equal amount of money, but he is en-.
ablcd by the ownership of bonds to
shirk taxes on other taxable securities
under pretense that he has converted
them into United States bonds. An
increase of the national debt is not de
sirable, but if we must issue bonds tC
| keen uD orr treasury rpSpryp or tn meet
running expenses, the sale of the bonds
to European capitalists is certainly
more desirable than their purchase by
Americans for American coupon clip
| DprS
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
THE EAGLE. NOT THE Nat.

The republican party Is the party of
free speech, free press. free soil and
free men. ITS cardinal principles were
inspired by the love of freedom and
hatred of tyranny and oppression in
any form. Its highest aim has been
to secure equal rights to all men and
to protect every man on American soil
in the full enjoyment of civil and re-
ligious liberty. This Is the republican
creed, as taught and practlced by the
founders of the party. This was the
creed of John c. Fremont Charles
Sumner, william Lloyd Garrison, Hor-
ace Greeley. William III. Seward, Zach
Chandler, Salmon T. Chase. Ben Wade
and Abraham Lincoln. This creed was
boldly advocated on the forum, preached
from the pulpit and promulgated by
the press.
Repubicanism is the child of light
and not of darkness. Its triumphs and
victories were achieved in the open
arena of debate and on the battle
fields of freedom, and not in star
chamber conclaves by dark lantern as
sassins of defenselcss regulations.
In the language of Senator
Hoar, whose republicanism no man
dare call in question. "The American
spirit, the spirit of the age, the spirit
Of liberty, the spirit of equality is able
to maintain itself in a fair field and Il
free contest against all comers. Dc
not compel it to breathe the damp ma
larial atmosphere of dark places. Els
pecally let no member of the repub-
| lican party. the child of freedom. lend
his aid to such an effort. The atmos
phere of the republic is the air of the
mountain top and the sunlight and the
open field. The emblem of the repub
lie is the eagle and not the bat
The question of the hour for Omaha
republicans and for Nebraska repub
by the bat? Shall oathbound politica
clubs, composed of men of all parties
whose meetings are held behind closet
doors and whose members are sworr
to exclude from positions of honor ant
trust and from all public employment
|
they be loyal republicans by reason
and only by reason of religious bias, name
the candidates of the party in advanc,
of its conventions and dictate its plat
forms from the councils of scctarial
prescription and disfranchisement? lie
every loyal republican who loves hi
party and holds the principles of lib
erty and equality dearer than all thing
else firmly resolve to put an end t.
star chamber misrule. Come what may
the eagle and not the bat shall rul
this city and state.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

1t takes pretty sharp pen to produce that
tired feeling
When the storm subsidized II was shown to
be largely matter of wind.
Comptroller Bowler clings to the belief that
he is a greater man than congress.
Strange as If NAV annear when nersons
work themselves into a white heat thew sud
denly cool off on touching the hot end of
poker
If tho Jrnita5 S+ates desires to cbast;ss
China for IT'S treatment Of missionaries the
contract should he LET to the Japs They
have their hand in
A., u,uh,o, ,,,ho ,of, bis ,,,.r,o,is,, ~,
bon,a sovs tba raiIwaw oars of pnssi, are tho
most comfortahIe in Eurone They arc buiIt
fron, hmarioor ,,ons
r,. 80 r Cn,.. -uo,.o, J.. .,,, .,o
ine iiayoi vi onl1aeo o'9ay.u ~ e''e tn'
sany, Tha rar,,, % ,ho ts saib ~ have
a,,uraa ,ha ,orr,or,s r,us,aoha
c.,-,, 49,, ..,, u.
speaker Siisp iatne, anu i,io,nei VIZ
actors, anu ms eiuui o'o.ne,n ,f., 40 me" J y.
tne speaker earnesl r1eomeo.oi,s ~ , 10 see'ns
ms latner p'sy Arh'ahu Du'a' " "'' "'o'he'
oan''ile'
EN-Sohsiess,lai nc oOon'a" ao ,',i.,,
u .nat ne VIII nave no'h'ls ,i0'e W. uo w."
lalniiany. s @ pon''a 49,,
nouncemeht wneh 'urheu pOurhe uo""'
fiohors ar' even
A brace OF burglars were caught, trieu, con,
Victeu' seh'ehceu anu ianueu III .he pen' az
%itnin iour uays al.el raiu,hs lesiuenIe ~
fnllauelphia' 1us.'Ie iiaheS an o''a'''"''
squirt III the oi'y oi 1o'hes'
Kansas City woman has applied Tor al,
yorce on the ground that her husband called
her Jay The failure OF the city 10 take
census during the recent excursion period
proVoheu niuch uo'hes'io hi'a''o"'
General A. p. Stewart, the confederate
commander, who broke the union line at
| Chickamauga the first day OF the battle, is
| seriously i'll at Chattanooga and, as he Is
nearly so years old, he Is not expected TO re-
cover
With the death of James Bum the noble
| race of Shnnecock Indians ends The old
man died with his face to the sun, which, as
| he died, rose over the Shinnecock hills on
Long Island the ancient home of his once
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
VETERANS ON LIFE'S STAGE.

Mrs. Nancy Cooper of Dover, Mo,
familiarly known as Grandma Cooper cee-
brated her Tooth birthday on the 7th inst
Relatives and friends focked to greet her
and she stood the strain remarkably we'll.
According to the best information obtain
able from the records, Chief Little Pipe of
the Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin is now
on his 10Sth year. His mother died three
years ago at the age of 100. The old man is
still in robust health, stands six feet high is
very erect, weighs $50 pounds and is as
athletic a roebuck
A man who claims to be direct de.
scendant of Pocahontas of Captain John
Smith fame is living in Newark, N. j., and
celebrated the 99th anniversary of bis birth
on the 7th inst. He was born in Maryland
and his mothers name was Boulden, which
was the name of the man who married one
of the daughters of the chief. Mr.. Glenn
such is the nonogenarian's namC-preserves
his faculties wonderfully well and every few
days he takes a walk abroad In 1882 he
was stricken with cholera in New York and
nearly died of the disease. He has voted at
every presidential election since 1917.
Mrs. Lucy Alexander a coored woman
living at Des Moines, Ia, is said to be 119
years old. She is a native of Virginia. She
cannot read write and is a widow, her
husband having died when she was 1902. Mrs.
Alexander lives with her son, Thomas, him
self GA years old. She is perhaps five feet
six inches tall, of full African blood, or
nearly so. Her countenance is furrowed and
scanned, but her eyes sparkle as in youth.
Indeed. she uses no glasses and is able to
thread her own needle. Her hearing is un-
impaired and she yet has one tooth perfectly
sound. She says she has had good health
all her life, and, aside from an occasional
attack Of neuralgia. does not experience on
ache or pain. Her voice is deep and low, and
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18

Chicago Times Herald AS you make your
bed so you must lie about It,
Boston Courier: The angler may forget his
lines. but the amateur poet never.
Somerville Journal: You can very seldom
find a business man who is a hero to his
office boy.
Galveston News: 1t is next to mposs bic
to tell whether some demagogues are patri-
otic or hungry.
Nashville American: Just as soon as Editor
Campos took charge victory began to perch
on the telegraph wires.
Denver Republican: First II was the stone
age, then the bronze age, then the iron age,
and now it is the mortgage.
Texas Sftings: No one laughs harder at
poker joke than the man who wants the by
standers to believe that he understands 1t.
Atchison Globe: A woman never becomes
so tired of life that she cannot throw a great
deal of enthusiasm in her voice when talking
about bargains.
Somervlle Journal: There's no doubt that
the woman who wants to climb up the ladder
of fame can get up good deal easier If she
has boomers on.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18

England is awfully slow to adopt any
new tangled ideas, but she does manage
to catch up with the procession in the
long run. The metrical system of
weights and measures, which is now
universal on the European continent, is
to be made compulsory all over Great
Britain by act of Parliament, and the
act is expected to go into effect within
two years. 1t is safe to predict that
the United States will follow England s
example before the end of the CEN
tury, and the next generation of Ameri-
cans will wonder how people could be
SO stupid as to weigh meat by the
pound. coal by the ton and measure
brandy and beer by the quart and gal
lon. In the sublime language of Brother
Jasper, do world do move.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
but A DREAM.

Written for The Bee.
1 thought i saw you come along the gaA Ten
path
With dewy, purple pansIes in you hand,
L thought you wore dress OF misty White'
and by
The garden gate, I thought saw you
stand;
But it was a dream
/ thought | saw the shining of your golden
hair,
thought ! felt your lips against my
cheek
| thought felt the pressure of your dainty
hand,
I thought I heard you softly, sweetly
speak,
But II was a dream
/ thought heard you sing a long forgotten
song
That told me you and I should never part.
/ thought | heard you whisper that you
loved me, and
That 1 alone possessed you loving heart;
But II was a dream
For lol the mists came down between us.
you and |,
And you are hid beneath the grass-grown
sod
While /, grope blindly on amidst the clouds
and dark,
/ thought you were a gift TO me from Godt
But Ii was a dream.
WILLIAM REED DUNRor.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

The conference to promote interna-
tional peace arbitration, held at Brussels
the past week, did not accomplish much
of very practical character. Its most
interesting action was declaring in favor
Of the creation of d permanent inter
national court for the settlement of dis
putes by pacific methods, the president
of the conference having been instructed
to ascertain whether two or more gov
ernments We're prepared to take tie
initiative in establishing such a court.
This idea has been advocated with
great deal of earnestness by those who
think the time has come when all inter-
national controversies should be settled
by arbitration, but those people who
look at the situation in an entirely p:ac-
tical and unsentimental way cannot re-
gard the plan as practicable. Possibly
two or more of the smaller European
governments will be found favorable to
an International court of arbitration, but
it is entirely safe to say that none OF the
larger ones are. The great powers could
not be induced to leave to the deter
mination of such tribunal, however
| able it's membership, issues vital to their
interests and welfare, and for the settle
ment of minor differences such court
is not necessary.
That all the European governments
are not averse to the principle of inter
national arbitration, however, is shown
in the recent action Of the French
Chamber of Deputies in unanimously
adopting n resolution favOring the arbi-
tration of all disputes between the
United States and France. This express
sion of the legislative branch of the
French government, understood to have
been suggested by the minister of
| foreign affairs and to which there was
no opposition, is mt least significant of
relations with this country. 1t is an
advance which the American people will
undoubtedly be disposed to favorably
respond to, If our government can do so
without any danger to its policy respect
ing the independent countries of this
hemisphere The United States has
done more than any other nation to
promote the arbitration of international
disputes and its efforts will still be
directed to the advancement of this
principle. But while European govern
ments may be we'll disposed toward ar
bitratlon of disputes with the United
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-18

The Bee Is asked to assist the down
trodden women of Nebraska in securing
the enactment of law that will en-
able married women to own and con
yey one-half Of all property, real or
personal. that may be acquired by the
Joint labors of husband and wife after
marriage. The Bee can see no objec-
tion to the enactment of such law
by the next legislature, but it has grave
doubts whether 1t can be made oper-
ative. II would certainly be very diff
hcult to ascertain what property was ac-
quired by the joint efforts or earnings
OF n married couple during Il period
extending over ten, fifteen or twenty
years. Then there might be serious
question as to class of property or
wealth acquired in such IA partnership.
For instance, how much or what part
Of the profits derived by the husband
from banking or speculative invest
ments would his wife be entitled to. II
he had provided her with all the
luXuries that wealth commands and
she had never done days work, but
had spent his money freely in foreign
travel, at fashionable watering places
and pleasure resorts with retinue OF
servants to wait upon her and car,
riagc always ut her command? Sucl
things have happened in some wei
regulated families, and In some thai
nre not we'll regulated.