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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-11-07
AFRICAN ETIQUETTE.
The Uisest Plan to Follow IN Whiting the
big Native Chiefs.

AA0 NtAS<0A
big Native Chiefs.
In African travel it is always wise to
visit the biggest chief in any part OF the
country. One can always learn from
other chiefs at q distance who they arc
and something Of their character. La
approaching them always send word OF
your coming and get. If possible, IN
formation in advance of the feeling OF
the chief toward whites Upon nearing
the village send on ahead to announce
your arrival and wait until your mes
senger returns with some Of the villa
gers t escort you to their chief. Greet
the chief civilly and ask him to send
one Of his people to show you a good
place for your tent, il you decide to
camp ii the village, which ! have done
invariably in this country. though 1t is
not always advisable in every part of
central Africa. When you have rested,
the chief will come to. see. you. Then
statc to him your business, talk frankly
with him and explain plainly. your
needs, whether you want guides, OF to
bug food.
Is5i.osa staid in place more than
one day. and generally TIE first night
called the chief privately into my tent,
had . loHs talk with him and gave
him a present, consisting generally Of a
good cloth, four yards CT Americana;
four cf wide blue. four Of narrow calico
and about Al egg cup full Of beads and
sometimes an empty hottie or two. In
variably I received next day the cooper
alton CT the chief in every way, and also,
a Iig goat or sheep or bullock and so
or 60 pounds Of -four. Sometimes ] gave
a small additional present before leav-
ing. If the chief took q fancy to any
particular thing and I could spare II, ]
did so. Sometimes one wanted a sheath
knife and another a hat. Old Kambuidi
was determined to have q shirt. He
wanted a candle. matches and needles,
which | gave him. and as / had preyi-
ously given hini cloth / suggested, as a
feeble sort of joke, that, as he now had
cloth and sewing materials and light,
he might sit up at night and make a
shirt. Immediately the cid fellow re-
piled: lit IS the candle that is interfer-
ing with my success. Here, take back
the candle and give me the shirt" ]
finally yielded and gave him a much
patched garment, which satisfied him. -
"Glave's Journey to the Livingstone
Tree" BY the Latc E. J. Glave, in Cen
fury. ts-
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A machine in operation at the Uni
versity Of New York is known as the
pendulant chronoscope. By Of
this experiments are made in measuring
the brains Of children and charts are
drawn out giving the results. A child
Is shown q shutter and told to press a
button as soon as the shutter drops. The
interval between the pressing Of the
button and the dropping Of the shutter
shows how quickly the child can re-
spond to an optical impression, and,
consequently how smart it is. The
cnarts Show that boys average better
than girl IL brightness and general ca
pability.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-11-07
DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
A Dccency hat Is Languid Is More t
BE Feared Than C-im:n2I;4x-

A Decency That Is Languid Is More to
BE Feared Than Crim;naIity.
"The thing we have the most to
fear writes Dr.. Parkhrrst in al arti-
Gle on 'sThe Young Man as a Citizen
in the Ladies HcIae Journal, is not
the depravity and the c~riminality that
are rampant, but the decency that id
languid and the respectabiiity that is
indifferent and that will go ~junketing
when q state is on the edge of a crisis
or go fishing Oh a day when the city is
having its destiny determined for it at
the polls. Would that there could be
some legislative enactment by which
every reputable traitor Of the sort could
be denaturalized and branded with
some stigma Of civic outlawry that
should e~xtinguish him as an American
and cancel his kinsLip with Columbus,
Fourth of July and Ny Country, IT'S
of Thee
II speak with full assurance when /
say, for instance, in regard to the city
OF New York. that there is no single
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-11-07
dMboooux 5futu,rl.
A HEART is

Tears corae no more, their fount is dry
Life cords are strained and aching;
The landmarks faith and hope and cheer
Are gone-a heart IS breaking.
The world goes by on the other side,
A new made pathway taking,
Fair weather friends AVE turned away.
A deserted heart is breaking.
Misfortune holds the helm OF fate,
Life's voyage no progress making,
Fair winds fall off, the vessel laEs,
Suspense, q heart is breaking.
Alone, with slow and measured tread.
Old walks and ways forsaking,
"Oh. would to roc that ! were dead"
Tells that q heart is breaking.
Good Housekeeping
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-11-07
moral issue capable Of being raised in

moral issue capable Of being raised in
regard to its administration where the
great preponderance Of sentiment would
not be found to be on the side Of hon.
esty as against corruption, provided
only that sentiment were sufficiently
resolute and alert to come forward and
declare itself. The purpose of a cam
paisn under such circumstances is NO.
to convince people Of what is right. but
to stimulate to the point of action those
who are already convinced"
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An Epkscopal BulI.

4 number Of bulls BY members .,
parliament and Others have been printed
lately. but bishops seem to perpetratt
them sometimes. His lordship Of Ripon.
III q sermon the other day at Calverley,
near Leeds. betrayed his Hiberniar
origin, not for the first time, in the
same way. He said, my brethren.
beg OF yoa to take hold Ct your own
heart and look it straight in the face. ),
Westminster Gazette.
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Mr.. TUCKER or MARTINIQUE
His Important Share In President Dia.s
adventures.

His Important Share In President Diaz.s
-Adventurcs.
II sheltered President Diaz of Mexico
some years ago, when lie was a refugee
from his own lane. said Captain +. G.
Trc.cr, United States consul to Mar
t.aif.e. 1T the Lh5;ts.
He had Been at tac head Of 9 rcrcIu-
tlons.y increment that had failed and
escaped acros the Flo Grande 70
Brownsville. Invited him to my house,
and lie was my guest for about four
months. During that time he Impressed
me as a maa Of extraordinary ability
and force Of character, and between us
there sTrang up 4 frlternal attachment.
Dlaz thought that he could rely on
friends in Brownsville to furnish him
means whereby he co.ld renew the fSht
gu the national fcrces, but when the
time came they did not make good their
promises.
'Ohe.etef,ing on going hone I found
him pacing the hallway with restless
stride and evidently i'll q very agitatcd
frame Of mind. asked what the trouble
was, and he answered: I am in the
most desperate situation, without q dol
lar or a friend IN the world. l know
not which way to turn
"'You may be without a dollar, but
never without . friend as long as I
live, general, said I, and then I talked
with him till he got in a calnler mood.
Then / told him of something I had re-
solved on doing weeks before, which
was to let him have a good round sum
of money for the purchase Of arms and
ammunition. In those days / had some
pretty fat government contracts, and q
few thousand dollars didn't matter
much. Diaz was the happiest and most
grateful mortal l yer saw. In the
plentitude Of all the power he has since
welded, l doubt whether he has ever
felt the JOY that possessed him that
night when he learned that he could
have all the money needed for his imme-
date use. He actually shed tears of de-
light, and on that I felt rewarded, not
caring whether I ever got my money
back CT not.
Its too long a story to tell i'll detail
OF how / went on to New York and got
the rifles ard ammunition, and what a
time we had in GLIDING both the Mexi-
can and American officials and getting
the arms across the river. But the thing
was managed, and it gave Diaz the start
for another campaign that ended in his
complete triumph. Before that was con-
s~aamated, however. he passed through
an experience that reads like a chapter
from jules Verne. No man ever lived
that has had a career SO full Of romance
ard hairbreadth escapes. Yes, he re-
paid me in full for the money / adj
vanced. He is the soul of homer. -
Washington Post.
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Cold and Clothes.

People who are susceptible to the cold
should make a point Of wearing loose
clothing il cold weather. Loose gar
ments are always warmer than tight
lifting ones not only because they allow
room for circulation, but also because
they permit a layer Of air between I q
SKIN and the outside cold.-New York
Sun.
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The vedds.hs, or wild hunters, Of Cey-
lon mlngle the pounded fibers Of soft
and decayed wood with the honey on
which they feed when meat is not to be
obtained.
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In Norway the horses are broken in
by women. They make pets Of them
first, feeding the colts out Of their own
hands and teaching them to follow like
dogs.
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How Islands Grow.

Flfty-two islands have appeared by
aid OF volcanic action during the pres
ent century, and 10 have Disappeared
have been submerged. This makes a
net gain to the earth Of 80 islands,
Popular Science Monthly.
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An Application.

= mar Oh" morning at family pray.
ers prayed for a good neighbor ia great
destitution. After the prayer his boy
SAID to him, Papa, give me your pock
etbook, and I will go over to Mr..
Smiths and answer your prayer nv
self. louisville Western Recorder.
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Complained to the wrcc~ rr.-

Inc mendicant stood before the way-
farer with outstrctched hand.
Please, sir" he said, II have seen
better days"
Wen, that's no affair of mine, said
the wayfarer. MAKE your kick to the
weather man if you don't like this Find
81 q day. Chicago Post.
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One million standard silver dollars
weigh 4l2, 500, 900 grains, or s59, 375
ounces troy. or 71,614. SO pounds trov
Or oo,92S.57 pounds avoirdupois, on
~. short tons Of 1000 pounds
avolrdupois each, or 90. 9O7 ~"lonpn
tons OF 2.240 avoirdupois each.
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The feast is such as earth, the gener.
al mother, pours from her fairest Dos.
ON when she smiles in the embrace o.
autumn Shelley.
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n. BouRG.
GOGD NEWS.

Wih u view 81 ~ latair.tle town Of Lock
i".t.l nave 'ilv!o.d NY ;irefmall plantation
4 tn us HNe atpei'tT trent On Hayon La
1..iele' s.tuatftt between J orkINrt and the
offered for sale. ~
leIsnns desiring 70 huy and to locate in
that beautiful village should write oil calI OH
me for full particulars. III
+. BARILLEAUX
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Brass pins We're first made in New
xork BY English machinery il the year
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SICK HEADACHE!

This distressing afiiction occurs most frequently. The disturbance of the stomach, arising from the impenectly digested contents, causes pain in the head, accompanied with disagreeable nausea, and this constitutes what is popuarly known as Sick Headache, for the relief of which TAKR SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR OR MEDICINE.
 MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
 J. n. ZEILIN 6 CO, Philadelphia. Pa.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power1atest Govt Rsno.
Highest of all in Leavenng PoweLatcst U S. Govt Report !!! RsxasgE kRssiRg
 ABSOLUTELY pUEE
ABSOLUTELY pgJEE

ruled the point well taken. an,l upon motion of Col. McCord, MT. Dorring- ton was appointed to the position asked for.
 On motion of Lowell, the caucus went into 8 committee of the whole to vote al to who should be endorsed for governor. The doors were locked and the caucus proceeded to vote. Dr. Ford's hat was utilized as & ballot box, and the gentlemen proceeded with due solcmnity to record their votes; but ] ldge Of the consternation of the meeting when the chairman, upon counting the votes laughingly remark ed that there "was no choice" Gen tlemen," exclaimed Dr. Ford, ''the whole number of votes cast is eight, and, like true Arizona gentlemen, every man voted for himself. Wright looked at McCord, McCOrd looked al Ford, while AkerS, Wright and Lowell looked scared. Consternation pre- vailed for time, but Dr. Ford being equal to the occasion, declared the meeting adjourned till the arrival of w. NJ. Griffith, national committee man, and the gathering departed in silence to await the arrival of Mir. Griffith. .-Gazette.
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Condensed Testimony.

Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manu- factnrer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certities that Dr. Kings New Discov- cry has no equal as Cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop, St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind, testiIies that he was cured of a Cough of two years stand ing caused by La Grippe, by Dr. Kings New Discovery. B. F. Merrill, Bald
 winsville, Mass says that he has used and recommended it and never new it to fail and woull rather have it than any doctor, because it always cures
 Ms Hemming, 222 E. 25th, St |. Charles, always keeps it at hand and has no fear of Group, because it in stantly relieves. Free Fri Il Bottles at W. T. Gondpr & Co.'S Drug Store.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR U. s. PATENT...M. A. NO. 652.
TUCsoN LAND DISTRICT, 0. s. LAND OFFICE, October 8, 1896.

GURtE1 NO.
 TUCsoN LANp DISTRICT,
 U. $. LAND OFFICE, October 8, 1S96.I
 Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Act of Congress, approved May 10 i 1872, Charles J. Reilly, Patrick H. Dun negan, Fred D. Andre, Theodore D. Shreve, Frank l.. Andre and Antone Hagely, whose Post Office is Ehrenberg. Yuma county Arizona, have made application for a patent for the Cactus placer. bearing gold, situate in Piomoso Mining District Yuma County, Arizona, and described by the official plat, herewith posted and by the field notes on file in the office of the Re giSter of the U. z. Land Office at Tucson, Arizona, as follows, being survey No l206:
 Beginning at Cor. No whence U. S. l.. NJ. i20S bears 5. S4 deg, 10 min., E. 1847.3 it.: thence N. 49 deg. 26 min. E., 6573 it to Cor. No. 2; thence s. 90 deg 8 min. E., 1520. 14 it. to Cor. No. 8; thence N. 61 deg. B min. E. 1727.5 ft. 10 Cor. No. f; thence N. 47 deg. A min. E.. 2136.S3 it. to C.,r. No. D; thence s. % deg. 47 min. E. 295 19 it. to Cor. No. 6; thence S. fl deg. 27 min. W. 699.1 it. to Cor. No. 2; thence s. 19 deg. 34 min. W. 425.5 1t. to Cor. I,o. 8; thence $. 12 deg. g min. E. 670.7 fit. to Cor. No g; thence $. 9 deg. 34 min. E. 1O27.5 1t. to Cor. No, 10; thence $. 76 deg. 20 min. w., 564.6 it. to Cor. No. II; thence N. 40 deg. 47 min. w., 463.7 it. to Cor. No. 12: thence N. B deg. 42 min. w. 439.7 it. L Cor. No. IS; thence $. 85 deg. 3S min. w. 1907 it. to Cor. No. IA; thence $. fl deg 4S min. w. 205.02 ft. fO Cor. No. 15; thence $. 37 deg. 2 min. E. 376.7 it. to Cor. No Is; thence $. 3 Gcg 8 Smin E. 1923 it. to Cor. No. r; thence $. 2S deg. 34 min E. 1257.6 it. to Cor. No. Is. thence $. 9 deg. 40 min. E. 562.2 feet to Cor. No. 19; thence $. G deg. 45 min, w. 232.G7 it. to Cor. No. 20; thence N. B deg. 5 min. W. 15lI.15 ft. to Cor. No 21 thence x. deg. % min w., 6O0.T ft. to Cor. Nc. 9; thence N 3G deg. 2l min. w. 1l0l. .45 it. to Cor. No. g; thence N. S9 deg, min. w. 5125 1t. to Cor. No. 24; thence N. 5 deg. Is min, w., 1571.1 it. to Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning. Varia- ton atall corners If deg. 30 min. E. Con- taining 120 acres. This claim is located on unsurveyed land in Plomoso Mining Dis trict, Yuma County, Arizona.
 The location of this claim is recorded in the Recorders office of Yuma County, Arizona in Book II of Mines, page 16 ct seq.
 Any and all claimants claiming adverse ly any portion of said Cactus placer claim (Survey No. 1205) or surface ground, are required to file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States land office at Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, during the sixty days period of publication hereof, or they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of the statme
 EUGENE J. TRIPPEL.
 Register. First publication. Oct. 17, 1896
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BLAZING SUN AND THIRST.
A Vivid Description of the Great Salt Valley Five Hundred Feet Below the Level of the Sea and
 Deadly Hot.

Many volumes have been written on that peculiar piece of earth, Dea' h valley, where so many fellow travellers went to never return, leaving their bleaching bones to mark the spot where they succumb. ed to the oppressive heat, poison ous water and other elements de- structive to life, and yet in reality little Is known of the queer place Colonel T. w. Brooks of Pomona and MT c. NJ. Johnson, of New York made journey to this awful valley, which is the lowerst spot of earth on the American ointment, where they went on a mining ex- petition, travelling the entire length of the valley, and through parts of Nye and Lincoln counties, Ne vada. The colonel is a great trav. eler and old-time mining man, and has made many such trips. but to M:. Johnson 1t was a new feature of life, and enc of hazard and torture, traversing the dead mans trail, crossing the expansive sand deserts, crystallized salt beds, 800 feet below the ocean, and often without water.
 As Colonel Brooks remarks, it is truly regretful that this phenom- enal country cannot be seen by the thousands of people who read of it's indescribable wonders. He say s that when the descriptive powers of our most able writers have been exhausted in an effort to convey to the public correct impression of the preoipitous depths, grandeur of its confines. combinations of all known minerals, and adding to this the solemnity of awe, of torture, of death to the many travellers, the readers most grasping imagination is stlll vague and as far short of the reality as is the possibility of an OK drinking the waters of the San Francisco bay.
 An indefinite idea of the exceed ing grandeur of the salt precipice, miles in length, that is situated at the head of Death valley, as the sun shines upon it each day of the 565 of the year, may be obtained by directing ones thoughts or imagination to the spOllmity of Niagara Falls, whan i.s dimensions
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Trans Ecs 4l and 42 will run on alternate days Information 10 what day s1me will run will be
 furnished by agents application. No l makes connections at Ash Fork with A. 6 P. vestibuled limited No from the east. This is the finest train west of Chicago. Ne. also con- Eects with A & P. No from the west. Persons desiring to stay at Ash Fork will find the best of accommojs stons at Fred Harvey'S hotel.
 No makes clo:e connection at Ash Fork with A. 65 F. trains Nos. and A. P. No. reaches Francisco 10:45 a. m. second morning, A. & P.
 No. is vestibHled train throughout lighted wi:h
 Pintch gas, dining running through from Los
 Angeles 10 Chicago. Dining cars under the man
 agement of Fred Harvey, with his unexcelled ser
 vice, and attention to his guests.
 Nos. 1 and connect at Jerome Junction with trains of United Verde & Pacific Ky. for Jerome. Connecting at Prescott with st ge lines for al principal mining camps; at Congress with stage lines for Har4ua Hala, Stanton and YaInell. At At Phoenix with the Maricopa & Phoenix Ky. for
 points on the :. P. 3. R.
 This line is the best route to tha Great Salt River Valley. For information regarding this valley and the rich mining section tributary to this road ad
 dress.
 GEO. NJ SARGENT. G. F:,S P. A. R. E. WELLS, l.. NJ. MURPHY, Assistant Gen Manager. Pres & Gen Manager.
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il@No psen Inuittplied OY one hnnQ~ red, and the water is converted into ty't'st,arsGt ioicles with the rehecting br.iIiiancy of ten thonssnd chandeliers and thus hv some unnatural e$ panse of the fmagina- tion an appfeciative sense of the stubborn facts Is had; of the deep brown or oxile of iron color, the crys allizing salt extending over fifty miles iu the lowest depth of Death valley.
 There is nothing. not anything. that has name or shape, more abrupt, uneven, or topsy-turvey, than is this mass of salt as spewed from the unknown depths of the earth. The projecting points, one above another, are generally oblong. and of all dimensions from one inch to five feet, and as the inner pressure of the unknown forces have thrust and crowded the mil- lions of varied forms and sizes of fragments pFomiscuously to thss surface, 1t presents a distressing confusion The salt is of tEe or- dinary hardness of a stone. It is here that wagon road Is built without the use of a blow, piek, shovel or ax, but at great expense the high parts are hammered down and make it possible for the trav- eler to pass.
 Messrs Brooks anG Johnson credit themselves with being the most unfortunate party that ever visited Death valley, excepting the many who perished in this forbid den spot. Their trip, as Colonel Brooks expresses t, was one of hellish disappolntments, hazard of life, hardships, and once 2 narrov escape from drowning in the Big Tejunga. The wind blows longer and harder than he ever knew 1t before, q: times making t necessary to cable ths wagons and ballast the blankets U prevent being blown out of existence.
 The toughest part of their journey was the long drives of fifty to sixty miles between water stations, over the terrific sand beds, mountains and unbrOken roadways. At times their water supply was completely exhausted, mules given out, and they compelled on one occasion to abandon the wagon and lead the mules a distance of twelve miles to water.
 Colonel Brooks says of his inex- perieneed New York companion, as a desert traveller, that he is com position of the best material the blazing sun of the desert ever shown upon, walking twenty miles a day through the intense heat, rising at 1 in the morning and travelling till 12 the following night.
 The two gentlemen went to Death valley expressly to secure 8 most valuable quartz mine, said to have a value of $4000 per ton, and on arriving upon the ground at the extreme head of Death valley found, to use Colonel Brooks lang uage, that it was not worth 2-cent postage stamp.
 Quartz and Placer Location blanks for sale at this office.
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Quartz and Placer Location blanks for sale at this office.
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SANTA EB. PRESCOTT
 & GNIX R. R. .rv EFFT.f DEC E,MBER 9, 1895

..E-..e~r-E s jTANDARD USED.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-11-21
CONSTIPATION

SHOULD not be regarded as a trifling ailment-in fact, nature demands the utmost regularity of the bowels, and any deviation from this demand paves the way often to serious danger. It is quite as necessary to remove impure accumulations from the bowels as it is to eat or sleep, and no health can be expected where 9 costive habit of body prevails.