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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-10
Au c%atechisme.

Au catechisme.
-Combien ! a-t-il de sacrements ?
demande lie pretre aToto.
IL J en- await sept, il ny n. a
plus que six.
Comment, plus que six
-Nais oui, monsieur Fable. Papa
disait hier a maman que lie marriage
ct la penltence ne font qu'un.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-10
.aGyELiES ~L0caLE,,

s-Ceux lui doivent a la SENT
NILE pour Announcements ct pour
!, ..lons sont prizes de venir rtg!er
s.. il Mus BRET d6iai, 81 Giles reu-
!, nous eviter la peine de ieur
..,,,yer an collector.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-10

La legislation du Connecticut Went
de s'enrichir dune n%ouyelle loi qui
p%resente IN grand interet. Ellie
defend a tout homme on tOute
femme, epiieptique, imbeciIe GU
fable d'esprit de Sc marier sous
peine de trois ans d'emprisonnement.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-10

In grand meeting democratique
doit avoir lieu domain, dams l'apres
mlli, dams la sale de lopeia. &c
meeting sera harangue par DIES ora
tours ~distingues qui expliqueront
clairemeLt les grandes ct brulantes
questions du jour.
Que tons les d6mocrates qui ont
aceur linteret du pays fassent acte
de presence. En- ce faisant lis sauront
qa1ls dolvent voter pour Bryan ct
sewall les porte-etendard de la verita-
Die ct fdele democratic rationale.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-10

LIE dernier recensement aux Etats
Unis accuse un chitfre de trois
millions de celibataires ages de plus
de trente n
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-10

A Boston, lie service de la poste de
bureau 4 bureau est maintenant fait
acknowledgement. Une lettre mise
dams une boite tombe dams un tube
pneumatique, ct Sc trouve immediate
ment trapsmlse au bureau central.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
woMAN.s MISSION.
The Same Now That Has Fallen to HeI
Lot Since the World Began.

The Same Now That Has Fallen to He's
Lot Since the World Began.
We have heard a great deal in the
past year about woman's mission and
woman's sphere, until between two
contending forces we have begun to
wonder whether woman really has any
right to exist on the earth at all.
On the one hand we have been told
that she is entirely too good for this
earth, but while watching to see her
unfold her downy wings and fly away
to some spot where political economy
is unbeard of, along comes another
argumentative person and tells US that
woman is such very inferior creature
that we look to see her swallowed up
instantly in that pit whose bottom has
not yet been sounded.
Instead of either OF these things hap
pening, woman continues to perform
much the same mission that has fallen
to her lot since the world began; doing
it better in some cases than in others,
more appreciated sometimes than at
others, but doing her mission and de-
veloping with the race and with the
world into her new opportunities, high
er duties and greater privileges. It is
an old teaching but one which we need
constantly to recall to mind, that the
one who does that duty which is near
est at hand is the one who accomplishes
the most for the world. It Is as true OF
classes as it Il of observation-disclosures
kind.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
HE GOT THE ORDER.

And Could Probably Have Sold Her TIVE
or Three More.
The Gentlemanly Canvasser-'Scus
me, miss, but is your mother, the lady
Of the house, at home?
81 am the lady of the house."
''Impos-beg your pardon, ma'am. It
came so startling. So young and with
such respon--pardon me again, ma'am.
And now, miss-I mean ma AMI have
an article here which am sure will APP
peal to all ladies of good taste. It is
called the X. X. K. K.-the KwiclSly
konvertible Kombination Kostume.
There, when worn in this form it is in
tended for the promenade. BY turning
up the hem it is the sloppy day ideal.
Looped on these two hooks it becomes
the mountain climbers pride. A loop
here and curve there and it's ready
for the gymnasium. Two more hooks
md q row of invisible buttons and it's
l daisy on the bike. If looped on the
belt in this fashion it becomes the clam
iigger's joy. These elastic bands pre-
pare it for the use of lady hoFsebreak-
ers, and when worn with our multiplied
skirt it is the sine qua non for skirt
1ancers. 'Scuse me, ma'am, but witt,
your figure the X. X. X. X. would be a
QUITE and joy forever. Shall I take
Iour order, miss-I mean ma'am?
rhanl:s. "--Clevelar Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Cur,ositioe Of FrOx,s Eers.

Frogs eggs are laid before they really
become eggs in the true sense of That
word. They are always laid under
water, and when first deposited are
covered with sort of envelope in the
shape Of q thin membrane. In this
shape they are very small, but as soon
as they come in contact with the water
they rapidly absorb that element, and
in SO doing go through a queer trans
formation. The thin membrane con-
tanning the little seed-like eggs is
quickly changed into great Jumps of a
clear jelly-like substance, each section
joined to the other, the whole forming
a string from few inches to several
feet in length. On the inside of each of
these humps of Jelly the eggs come to
perfection, and in due course of time
add their quota to the frog population
of the world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
A CHINESE SERVANT.

All Sing In . Kitchen Of Southern Calf
f0rnia.
All Sing agreed to come to us for
the trifling sum of $35 month and all
his afternoons to himself, says writer
In Lippincott's.
'Me go see Joss afternoons" and go
to see Joss he did, or rather to some
opium-joint to smoke his pipe. with
the greatest regularity every after
noon. But on the whole, he was q
good servant; he cooked well-all the
"China boys" do that-he waited horri-
bly,; they all do that likewise.
One day as was giving him some
orders. All Sing looked at me. "Mrs.
g., you husband dead, or him run
away9"
my husband is dead"
"Oh! In California most times HIM
run away"
For which delightful comment on the
divorce system of southern California
l found it in my heart to forgive All
Sing many iniquitiee.
If you can put up with the entire tn.
deper dence of the Chinese, with thei1
absolute unteachableness in every dc.
partment except the kitchen, you are
better off than with the Spanish. A
Chinaman is only too delighted TO get
q new receipt, and will practice with
the utmost patience till he acquires
perfection; but suggest to him 70
sweep down the stairs, and see what
response you meet with!
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
BIRD CATCHING.
The Natives 81 India the host Expert in
the World.


The Natives 81 India the nIost Expert in
the World.
There is something almost super.
natural about the dcxteritv of the ma.
tives of India. A bird is seen perchedl
on some overhangirg bough. Very
well, then. The i.ative, with his cat
Ike tread, creeps underneath and takes
up his position. motionless, breathless,
O living statue crouching down among
the grass. In his hands are q bundle
of reeds, one of which Is tipped with
bird lime. To this he adds another
ut the lower end. and another and an
other. Slowly the rods grow, so slowly
that the transporting victim does no:
notice that every second it is creeping
nearer and nearer. Length after
length Is joined. until the bird sees for
the first time q tall reed Quivering
slightly in the breeze. There Is moth.
ing terrifying III this. The next in,
slant the reed futters against the gay
plumage of the victim and the watt
ing Indian springs to his feet with q
cry of exultation. AS a rule, however,
the bird is soon released again. The
native carries his treasure into the
town, and finds out one by whose re,
lgion the lives of birds are sacred. He
then demands the little creatures ram
som with threat that unless immedi-
ately paid THE bird shall be killed. The
bargain concluded, he lets the fright
ened creature go, pockets the money
and sets to work to capture it again.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Phosphoresoent Mouse scarer.

The latest scientific novelty is pat
ent phosphorescent mouse frightener
which is guaranteed to scare super
fluous rats or mice out of the most rat
ridden house. 1t is the life-sized image
of cat, modelled in plaster of paris or
terra Gotta, painted and bewhiskered
with realistic effect. It Is made In sit
ting position, it's head turned sideways,
and its eyes staring straight ahead.
These eyes are thiclly coated with
luminous paint, and shine grewsomely
in the dark. All that il necessary is
to place the cat on the floor near a
mouse hole and wait for the results.
The unfortunate nibbler dares not come
out while the frightful cat apparition
stands in front of the hole, and the
mouse starves to death.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Real Fire Is Invisible.

No eye. says the scientific writer, has
ever seen real fire. The flame is leap
ing in strange, fatastic form, Is or 20
inches upward from the coal and with
it is q good deal of black, sooty smoke.
The sooty smoke and the flames are one
and the same, with only difference
Of temperature. The SCOT which forms
the flame is redhot. Every particle Of
the flame is a redhot coal or q particle
Of carbon. The real fire we do not see.
The instant that the carbon atoms be-
come really burned, eaten up by the
oxygen Of combustion, they are invis-
ible. In burning three pounds Of car
bon, the heated state of which gives us
flame, the fire work is done by eight
pounds Of oxygen. The oxygen we do
not zee. The carbon we only sec just
before It Is burned; and the result Of
the burning is II pounds of the COM
pound of oxygen and carbon, which ls
invisible ts
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
MEASURING COLORS.
=. Can BE Done with the TintOmeter. Z
New English Invention.

=. Can BE Done with the TintOmeter. q
New English Invention.
The tiutometer, as it's name implies.
q. a tint or color measure. 1t is the In
vantion of J. w. Lovibond. who has de-
voted some 90 years to the continuance,
usich. having been in use more or
less privately for seven or eight years
mast IN many technical Industries, and
for various special purposes, has now
been taken over by a company and
nloced on the market. To the man in
the street probably the uses of a con.
triyance of this nature seem scarcele
very obvious at first sight. This only
shows how little the man in the street
Knows about the matter. For the uses
Of the tintometer are believed to be
nearly endless. This will be realized
when it is borne in mind &lat in the
case of practically every substance,
natural or manufactured, known to
man color is an absolute index of its
quality. Consequently, you have only
to ascertain it's color exactly in order
10 know at once the quality of the sub
stance you are dealing with. And this
is what the tintometer enables you to
do. Take flour. The quality of -four
can be told to nicely by its color.
Hence YOU have only to ascertain the
position of any given specimen of -four
In the color scale tod know it's value.
"But how about adulteration?" some
one will ask at once; cannot an infe-
rior flour be colored by the addition of
Aome foreign substance to match the
shade desired?" Certainly it can be.
But the tintometer would detect the
fraud at once.
What, then, is the tintometar? Brief
" it consists of a carefully graded
series of coIored glasses = about the
size and shape of small microscope
slides-by means Of which, used singly
or superimposed one on top of the
other. any desired shade or color can
be matched with absolute exactitude.
And when it is realized that there are
tanned in this fashion, it will be under
stood that the color which cannot be
matched by the tintometer must be
very hard to find, indeed. In point of
fact, there is no color or tint peroeptible
to the ordinary human eye which can
not be obtained. These slips of glass
are placed on a slide at the end of q
double parallel-sided wooden tube,
something like an elongated stereo-
scope to look at, with two small aper-
lures at the lower end and eye-pieces
to look through at the upper. The sub
stance to be matched Is placed under
the one aperture, and then, by chang
ing the slips of glass to the required
extent beneath the other, the desired
tint is readily Observation-Disclosures
Budget.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Wallis Tong for a Dr.nk.

On Laurel hill in Bridgeton, N. J.,
Mere stands a house between whose
walls is hidden a quart bottle of the
purest applejack. The bottle has rested
there for 80 years, and has, according to
the old story told, eleven years more to
stay When the house was built, SO
years ago, quart bottle was filled with
lack" and tightly sealed and plastered
in the wall by man who had the house
built The bottle is not to be taken
from its dark recess until the son of the
man who placed it there for him be-
comes so years of age. The hoy" Is
now 80 years Of age, and in all these
years has kept true TO the promise made
In the days of his youth to his father
DOT to touch the bottle of applejack
until he reaches the half-century mark
In hfe's journey.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
A.he. Are Good for Orchards.

The man who has even small plot
of ground to tend, and throws his ashes
out into the street or highway, or any
where else to get wasted, has surely
.'crack in his hog-trough." and in his
head, too. Ashes contain potash and
phosphoric acid, two valuable plant
foods. They also have excellent me-
chanicaI effect, making clamniy
ground friable when mixed Herewith,
and soil naturally too loose is made
more compact by their application.
Apply them literally to fruit trees and
plants, garden vegetables, and, In fact
anywhere a crop of any kind is to be
raised. thoroughly mixing with tnc
soil. and grand success will result
Jefferson d. Chiefly, in Farm and Fire
side.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12

2ox32 feet; 8, space for stock hogs, sx16
feet; d, box stalls: h. hall or feeding
alley; S, stains.
The ground floor is shown in Figure 2.
z is bay 16x32 feet; X, threshing floor,
12x32; r, granary, 12x16; T, carriage
space, 16x2O; iii, horse stalls; m m nj
IN m m, grain bins; S, stairs. The hay is
put down from the loft through chutes.
This Is the most economical as we'll
as the most convenient barn, for general
farming, that can be built.-John C.
Stafford. in Farm, Field and Fireside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
NOTICE
NOTICE

The attention Of parents and teachers is call
ed to the law which requires that all children
shall have been duly vaccinated before being
received in any school.
The provisions of the Act include all schools.
whether public or private, and although 1t "a
believed that 1t has been rather better OBJ
served In this county than in many others Of
the State, yet in the considerable proportion
Of instances it has been disregarded or evaded.
Although there does not exist at the present
time single known case Of smallpox within
the limits Of the State, yet It has prevailed in
the United States in q far greater number Of
localities than is usual at this season OF the
year, and may at any time make its appear
ance in this county. 81
The law has made fair provision for the COM
pensation to physicians for vaccinating those
whose means render it difficult to pay the
usual fee for such services, and pure and reliAr
BILE vaccine mattee can be gratuitously procured
from DIR. Yeackle, State Vaccine Agent, at Bal
timOre.
Under these circumstances 1t is hoped and
believed that the law will be more vigorously
observed without necessitating the enforce
ment of the penalty attached to its disregard
WIN. H. BALTZELL, N. D.,
sep.2-tf County Health OnlceP
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12

What shall do?" ahe moaned. II
have smashed my BICYCLE"
Let me see the wreck" said her
mother. "Why. these wheels are very
light indeed"
Yes. the lightest manufactured"
well. there is no need to waste
them. I'll take them to the milliner's
and have some trimming. put on them.
They will make some lovely hats for
you and your sister to wear."-N. Y.
Mercury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
what Mon Need MOST.

ssWhat is mans greatest need ?" asked
he principal, of several hundred boys
md girls, ranging in age from seven to
Twelve years.
Up went many little hands in all parts
# the room, but to a little girl in one
# the front rows of seats, who seemed
PARTICULARLY eager to answer. the prin'
:ipal said:
"Well, little girl, what do you think Is
mans greatest need 2"
"Soap and water" was the proud and
confident reply Golden Days.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12

Young Hopeful Ito his sister)-I say,
Nell, pass me the butterl
Nell Tin tone of sisterly reproOf)-L
what, Johnnie?
johnnie (goaded to desperation by
the delay)-n you can reach it!-Bay
City Chat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
A Modern Rameo.

Amelia-Swear not by the moon, the
inconstant moon.
Augustus-Then what shall swear
by?
"Swear by that which you hold In
valuable; something which il dearer
to you than all things else; something
that you cannot live without"
"Then, Amelia, I love you! swear it
by my salary."-N. Y. Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12

Excuse me-" he said to the eminent
musician, ''butI called to inquire wheth-
or you would oblige our firm with
testimonial"
"You are in the piano trade. pre-
sume2"
'aNo, sir, hair restorer." Washing
tan Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Tho Difference.

Dobbs-Do you notice any difference
in your wife now from the days of your
courtship?
Nobbs-Yes 1 do. In those days she
would be content to sit on my knee;
now she sits down on me altogether
whenever she gets an opportunity
Texas Siftings.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
WANTED

A Man with Small Family to run Grist and
Saw Mill.
LEVI PRICE.
Green Valley Mills, P. O.. HyatistOwn,
15t Montgomery Co.. Md.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Brevity Rebuked.

Her name was Bessie Turner: she'd ton
dency to fat:
And nothing could offend her more than
any hint Of that. @@
Che had a lover who was quite addicted
to the fad
OF practicing abbreviation when a chance
he had.
He entered unto her enc day with light
and airy tread,
And with jocund mien in tone of exulta-
ton said:
20, Bessie T.! o. Bessie T." and that
was all OF 1t.
A rolling-pin assisted the forthwithnesS
of his hit.
Richmond Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Louia Napoleon,a Prediction.

A correspondent of the New York
Bun calls attention 10 the fact that in
his "Recollections of g Minister to
France" Mr.. Washburne says: Il was
somewhat surprised to hear him (Na-
poieon Ill., remark that he thought
Spain could not hold Cuba, and that
the result would be that she would
sacrifice all her soldiers and spend all
ner money and then lose the island in
the end"
Something of . Change.
A French paper vouches for this dia-
iogue' which took place in French
ssslze court, as being literally true:
Why" asked the judge of man who
mad been caught stealing provisions,
oid you attempt to rob this poor
baker?"
1t was hunger that forced me to it. :"
answered the man. when the forest
wolf is hunted from the woods by
starvation, he takes his prey where he
can seize it"
dush!" Numbered the court, rapping
VI The desk. He does nothing Of the
Sor1 lie endures his ills, repents, and
Oecones an honest mani"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
UnprOf0ssiOnal.

1.-The lawyers who had charge Of that
Richley estate matter seem to have
grossly mismanaged the affair"
"What have they done?"
''They have allowed the heirs to come
to an amicable settlenent."-Puck.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Roth Discovorers.

ST have found you out, at last!" cried
Mr.. Caudle, as he Weakened suddenly and
saw his wife searching his clothes for
cash.
Eyes, dear, and have found you out
of pocket" sweetly replied Mrs. eau
die.
Mr.. Caudle did not continue the con-
versation He had hidden his money in
the toe of his shoe.-Town Topics.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Soaking KnnMladan.

Johnny-Where did baby come from.
nav?
Mamma-From Heaven. Ess um did.
didden UNI? INNS mummer's ownest
oozlegOozle daddle darling, UNI isl
1ohnny-Maw, is that the way people
talk In Heaven ?-Cncinnati Enquirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12

Shelf is pretty ring, indeed, dear,
but it is good deal too large for me.
He (thoughtlessly) : Yes, / was
afraid 1t might be. Mildred's hand La
bigger by two sizes, sure, than yours.
-Somerville Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Hard Fata.

This, ladies and gentlemen" said the
dime museum orator, leading his audi
tors over to the next platform, "is the
almless wonder, Sig. Basil Bagstock.
who was not only born without arms.
but is also deaf and dumb, The great
grief Of his life, ladies and gentlemen.
is that he can neither say anything nor
can he saw wood Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Privileged,

"O,a c1.d5sF S,,,oa,[63 r t. hot+a,.
than to pronounce it kenyon
young man, when yoY are able to
clip as many Of them as old Skadds does
you will find you can call it kenyon
and move in the highest literary circles
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12

The Widow-How strange! Tie
people who live near the cemetery
claim they are haunted by the ghosts
Of my three husbands.
The Friend-They should ask you
to come and live with them.-Truth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
A better Arrangement.

Higgins - Hello, Nissan, had your
hair cut?
Kissam-Yes, dear boy. I found q
place where they cut your hair while
you wait.
Huggins-That's good. A barber
shop Is usually place where they cut
some other mans hair while you wait.
Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
The Water Li,v.

tbs serai specimens of water lilies have
inc an curious popularity of bloom
blos ~ Jay and at evening closing their
dra~,;uls, and, by retracting the stem,
Thara the -four entirely under water.
histosi IS no more singular fact in the
watssy % o. flowers than this oddly of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Money to Burn.

Smythe-Tompkins had money to
burn when / met him to-day.
Mrs. Smythe-Then I suppose the
foolish fellow has spent It by this time.
Smythe-Yes, when saw him he
was looking for his coal dealer.-N. Y.
World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
ideas Of savaees and Children.

q, 1ne Cheyennes and other Indians Of
~ Ine plains believe that thunder is caused
~ 'he mapping of the wings of an inn
b" sASe bird which flies across the sky,
lnging the storm. All the ideas Of
cage tribes are based on such simple
ptions of nature. The ideas OF
sung sung children are often identical with
a. myths, as a result of minds on
tsr r same plane of development at
PNng to explain the same thing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Tne To His Vow,

She-Come, dear, here are some nice,
fresh biscuits cooked myself. Put on
your slippers and come to the table.
He-Excuse me, dear, don't think
I'll put on my slippers. I've always
made the boast that I'd die with my
boots onl-Youkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-12
Her G1Ievous Wrong.

She-Yes, 1 am deceived in her; Twas
misled by her protestations of friend.
ship.
He-What has she done?
She-Bought cloak and hat Just like
minei-Chicago Record.