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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-03
watterson's Greatest Dinner.

Tie greatest dinner that ever I sat
down to consisted CT a leg ct mutton
dressed with mustard, u bit Of hot wheat
bread and some fresh butter, with half
a jug OF fine whisky to wash it down,
1t was i'll front Of New Hope church in
the summer Of 1864. Some one had sent
Eustis o leg Of mutton. Some n hnI
sent Yeatman 9 large pillbox of butter.
Bragg. General Polk . cook, had some
-four. Eus.is and Yeatnan invited Gov
ernor Harris and myself. The governor
happened to have q key which fitted Gen.
eral Folks medicine case. All of IN
united in making the robbery Of a vial
OF Irish whisky. the general himself
being ahseat, ard that was the dinner!
Glorious dinner!
Please God. the quartet still survives
to tell the tale, which they do whenever
they meet and can get an audience.
Eustis is in Paris. ambassador, the same
cool, self possessed man in diplomacy
he used to be under fire. able, brave and
lazy. Harris, touching the eighties, is
the dashing. brilliant, impetuous bow
he was 80 years ago, and, silver o.
gold or neither, / look toward him as I
write! Yea'man. obtrusive only in his
courage on the battlefield. lives the life
OF cultivated leisure and unambitious
rusticity which delighted him most
when he was both younger and richer
than he is, though he still has his an
cestrsl acres.
That was q dinner!-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
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It was just before the bandeau az an
item Of hat decoration retired into OBJ
security. a pretty damsel with q black
Gainsborough, well tilted at an acute
angle by the pale blue bandeau that
rested on her fluffy hair, sat in q crowded
Broadway cable car. opposite q shabby
old figure in = shawl, who slumbered
ftfully. giving out q suspicious rum
odor. Suddenly the sleeper reused her.
self, stared stupidity at her vis-a-vis for
a moment, and then. lurching forward
in her seat. said with q watery smile,
Yer hats on crooked"
The damsel turned her head away in
flushed indignation, but the elderly
dame would not be misunderstood. She
leaned still farther forward. and, point
ing q wavering forefinger at the offend
ing bandeau, reiterated: "It'syou. Yer
hats on crooked!' The passengers by
this time took an active interest in the
bandeau as well. The Gainsborough
maiden looked helplessly around, made
. wild signal to the conductor and took
refuge in ignominious flight. New
York World.
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A Jewel OF : Wife.

A certain Russian nobleman VISITING
Paris was noticed to be constantly
plunged in deep sadness. He wore on
his finger . very remarkable ring. large
enough for q bracelet, and which or.
tended over his hand like q buckler for
the ring finger. It was Of a ereenish
color and was travcrsed By red veins.
a lady. meeting him in public, yen-
tured to say:
lyon wear . very handsome ring"
1t IS not o ring, he answered. ssbnt
a sepulcher.
This jewel" he continued, sis INV
wife. ] had the misfortune to lose her
some years since in Russia. She was an
Italian and dreaded the bed which
awaited her after this life. carried
her body to Germany. where / was &c
qualnted with a celebrated chemist.
whom ! directed to make Of the BODY 4
solld substance which I could carrv
about with me. Eight days after he sent
TOT me and showed me the empty coffin
amid a horrid collection Of INSTRUMENTS
and alembics. The jewel was lyir,
upon the table. He had, through mean
OF some corrosive substance, reduced
and compressed that which was nv wife
into this jewel, which shall never mora
leave me. "-ChipA
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mate idea Of this mans appetite. II
was simply beyond description. / never
saw him give up yet. and no tackled "a
apple dumplings and q similar number
Of cups Of coffee before my face one
night. I've seen him so into q restau-
rant, too, and order beefsteak dinners
for six. When they came, he'd tell the
waiter that lie guessed he wouldn't
wait fer his friends, but would start
right in. Then he'd sc through the
whole pile.
AT drinking he was Q marvel too
He could drink a whole keg of beer, and
speaking Of beer reminds me of q story
they told Of Spug years before / met
him. 1t seems that he was working III
a brewery at the time. and some people
bet . friend Ct lis that hecouldn't drink
q key Ct beer. So tho friend brought
the doubtful ones around to the brewery
and introduced them TO Spug.
"Spug,' he said, these gentlemen
| Want to bet me SOC that you can't drink
q, key Of beer. Do you think you Fan do
it,
".Wait a minute said spug, and he
left the room.
"Ten minutes passed, and he didn't
ccme back. The ten minutes got to half
an hour, aid then Spug came in.
BE him, was all he said.
1.-The bet was made, and Spug drank
the beer. When he had finished, his
friend remarked:
".spug, why Gid you leave the room,
and why did it take you sc long to make
| up your mind?'
"'Well, I'll t~ell~you, said jackson.
I didn't want you to bet your money
that I could drink a keg Of beer and
lose it. So / went out to see if I could
| first"
The man with the glasses wound up
with this Renaissance of Spug jackson.
New York Sun.
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CANDLE
How t. Measure the Lighting FOrcs "
Eject Of o Flame.

How T. Measure b Lighting Force and
Eject Of . Flame.
This question and its answer have
been until recently Of interest to scien-
fists only. But since n method q
lighting is competing with the 9th,
fer superiority the question Of lightir:
power has seemingly become = public
matter. How many candle power. The
question is very simple aud yet nysteri-
oIs TO the lay1lan.
Fer measuring the Lighting power tie
NEST reliable results are oltainod by
means Ct q grease spot. LII its most sim
pie application tic experiment can be
tried easily at hcEle. A sheet CT white
paper with q grease spot il tic center
is put into q franc ard placed between
two Iaraes CT different lighting power
fer Instance, between an ordinary
cand.o End !. lamp.
Wncn tho frame is equally distant
from the two uncgually bright flames.
the .-ease sIct can lc seen plainly Oh
beth sides. By moving the franc with
the sheet Ct paper slowly toward tie
NA' A1Sut-CAdO1 Ss ~ NSttAulS
it Will arrive finally at !. point where
the grease spct hes apparently disap-
pearca On both sides Ct tic paper. This
deception must always occur when on
both sides Ct tic paper sn equal bright
ness prevails ard 10 side light exists.
Having reached this point, it cen be
ascertained low much stronger is the
light Of the lamp than that ct the can-
die.
Il the candle is 20 inches distant from
the paper and the lamp GO inches ard
yet the brightness en- both sides Of the
paper is tho same, then the light Of the
lamp will be as strong as that Of nine
candles. The calculation is based upon
the distances, the figures Of which are
multiplied by themselves and then d.
vided-here. for instance, 60 times 50
divided by 20 multiplied by 20 equals 9.
This. Of course, is the most primitive
method for measuring light, but it is
the principle for all the delicate instru-
ments used in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sons Weekly. Nj, gs5 a.4a
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Writers' Pride,

Dickens has told us Of the keen emo
tion that overcame him on seeing in
print his first ''effusion,' as he styled
it, which he had dropped s~tealthily one
evening at twilight, with fear and trem-
bling, into o dark letter box, in q dark
Office, up a dark court in Fleet street {;
and how, when it appeared next morn
ing. he went for half an hour into West
minister hall, because my eyes were SO
dimnled with joy and pride that they
could not bear the street" Charles
Mathews the elder describes the delight
with which he gazcd on the first proof
of his translation Of "The Princess Of
Cleves, which appeared by monthly
installnents in The Lady's Magazine, as
"bouudlcss," and how he fancied the
eyes Of Europe were upon him, and that
the ladies who subscribed to that peri
odical would unite in calling on the cd
itor to insist on &C. NJ" declaring
hi,neelf.
Peer Hayden has left q vivid record
of the fustcr Ct elation with which be
greeted the result of his having dropped
q little composition into the letter box
Of The Examiner. Never, /" he writes,
"shall ! forget that Sunday morning.
In came the paper, wet and uncut; in
went the paper knife-cut, cut, cut.
Affecting not to be interested, I turned
the pages open to dry, and to my certain
Immortality beheld, with a delight not
to be expressed, the first sentence of my
letter. I put down the paper, walked
about the room, looked at Macbeth @
print on the wall), made the tea, but
tered the toast, put in the sugar, with
that inexpressible suppressed chuckle of
delight which always attends . conde-
scending REIMBURSEMENT Of an antici-
pated rapture till one is perfectly ready.
Who has not felt this? Who has not
done this?'-Chambers' Journal.
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a tEIE.
One No Longer Hsass the seds6eass Osssef
md the CaStauctA.

O. No Longer Heass the Seductive Gsstar
and the Castanets. 4
Another time we went down to . feto
in the Plaza Nueva, the square IN 'front.'
Of the governor generals palace at b
foot OF the hill. It was held after dark,
which was an indncement for NJ to go.
The walters, from whom we got all n
gossip we ever heard, said that it had
something to do with Columbus-it
might be the little affair Of the egg. the
discovery of America, or his own death,
or anything else, for all they knew or
cared. The celebration itself did not
help to explain matters. Lanterns hung
from every tree in the plaza. There was
a crowd of water carriers, and donkeys,
and women, and priests, and children,
and soldiers, ard men selling big round
cakes that looked like understood New
England pies with nothing inside.
Rockets were let off at rare intervals,
and q band, all drums ard cynbals,
played with just such a brazen, barbar-
Gus beating and clashing as the Mcors
must have made as they marched past
to ore of their periodical musteTs in the
Vivarramhla. That was all; SO that the
connection with Columbus vas not very
obvious. E#t7t sa *1 f4f#ta5 f's@
But the prettiest part of the pageant
was on our way back, when, at tho top
of the Gale de los Gcmeres. we saw o
group Ct girls in the gateway, 9 white
barricadc against the darkness Of the
~rocl TIc- l~al-o xr.o- ls,,rsrr &C .cn
came, and we followed them up the
steepest Of the three parting roads in
pursuit Ct . distant sound Of music. The
scene held out premise of the traditional
Spanish night attuEed to the click OF
castanets and the drumming of guitars.
But within the Alhambra's Enclosure
we found nothing more romantic than
a man with an accordion and q few
couples waltzing under the trees. For
the national dance and song the stranger
must 60 to the show held BY guides and
Npsies somewhere on the Albaycin. It
is supposed to be improper, Though it is
at the most only stupid, and for this
you must pay in pcsctas.
But never cncc in Granada s open
streets and courts or in those Of any
other Andalusian town did we hear the
c~astanets and guitars that play SO Sc
ductively through the Andalusia Of ro-
nance and Murray. That they should
still be expected really shows how hard
tradition dies. "Am !, then. come into
Spain to hear humstrums and hurdy
gurdies::" Bockford asked indignantly d
hundred years ago. But every new trav-
eler goes to the country, sure that for
him, at least, there will be the sweet
stunning ard mad fandango all the
long southern night under the stars -
Eli zabeth Robins Pcnnell in Century.
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dMboOaux 5tntintl.
TO A vlOLiNiST.

4 little brown fiddle
Wrought long years ago. .
Nay read me the riddle
What makes the tune how
From these four narrow strings
When your violin sings?
For us the woods soundless
And senseless and cold,
For you there's . boundless
Romance softly told
By the bow to the strings
When your violin sings.
It has prisoned and captured
The rustling leaves whim.
It echoes tn enraptured .
Wild nightingale's hymn. !
Hark to forest taught stringc
When your violin sings. !
Or, stay. did Apollo,
Affirming his Tyre,
Give you hint how to follow
His passion born fire?
ADiviae grow the strings
When your violin sings.
And scorned by the muses.
Is Marsyas again.
THO while your hand chooses
Its tender refrain.
CcEac. quick, touch the strings,
For your violin singsi
blanche Lindsay in Speaker.
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Not His Kind or TaIr-

I'll bet you it is, !" cried Mr.. Spark.
The argument had reached . most ex
citing point
Put up or shut up" answered Mr..
Shark in q common, vulgar way. "Put
up o. shut up. Money talks"
MI. Spark sighed.
1t does" he said sadly. ''It speak,
= language which / can understand, bu,
n which ] cannot converse "-Chicagg
Tribune.
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N. BoURG.
NEWS.

With = view Of erlarging the town OF Lock
port. ! have divided my fine small plaptaIioal
measuring five arpents front on Bayou ~
lLnrche. tituated between i.ockptrt and tbe
Cxthoiic Church. into towu lots, which ne
offered for sale.
J ersons desiring TO bny and to locate ~
that beautiful village should write or call on
me for fall particulars.
r.. BARILLEAUA
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Rhode Island over 100 years ago was
called Little Rhody. N allusiou 70 the
6amaD1ttvs aD q tAis coQmwveaath.
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Spug Jackson's Record Breaking Feat.
With Oysters and Dumpiincs-Oders to
Eat Twelve Pound Turkeys or Hams on
. N-a.er-Hc Gould Also Drink.
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Ii HUNG CHANGES COFFIN.

The Chinese Vicoroy Carries That In
dspensable Article With Him.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-Edward
Evans of Shanghai, China, who was
among the passengers on the steamer
Gaelic says that Ii Hung Chang, the
eminent viceroy, now on his way to
Moscow to attend the coronation of the
czar, took with him on his trip, a
casket in which he expects to be buried
when he dies.
1T is not al unusual thing for Chi
nese to buy their own collins and keep
them in their houses the same as any
other article Of furniture, until they
shuttle off the mortal coil.
s'To carry coffin with ones self on
long journey to guard against any
inconvenience in case of death may
seem ridiculous to Americans, but that
Ii Hung Chang has done this, I. know
to be fact. have the story from a
missionary in China, who was engaged
by Ii Hung Chang to accompany him
on the voyage, but who gave up the
trip at the last moment"
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General Maceo Says He Will Per
form the Difficult Feat
When He Pleases.
Acknowledged That IF He Does
Weyler Must Admit His
Failure.
Execution of Prisoners by Span
airds--A Hundred More
on Hand.

NEW YORK, April 21.-A dispatch
to The World from Havana says: If
! General Maceo succeeds in crossing the
Is mile barrier in spite of the $4,000
Spanish regulars pressing him on all
sides. General Weyler must confess, as
General Campos did, that the cam.
paign is failure, and that Spain can
| not end this war by her own unaided
forces. The rebel general has sent
word to his friends in Havana, that he
will break through the trocha when he
is ready and that at the first showers Of
rainfall the captain general plans will
turn to dust. It is certain that Gen
eral Ma,eo has some sure means of
suddenly assembling his rowing bands
On this side of the trocha; some say by
means Of colored paper balloons, and
others by messages.
Would Then Welcome Mediation.
There il growing belief here that
if General Weyler is out-maneuvred
now, Spain will presently welcome the
friendly mediation of the United
States. Even the Spaniards share this
feeling.
Prisoners of war are condemned to
death as incendiaries without proof of
actual guilt Evidence that rebel
soldier belonged to a column of the
enemy which burned property is sufh-
cient to insure his death. A prisoners
conviction depends on whether he
joined the offending band before or
after the incendiarism occurred
It is said that nearly 100 prisoners
will be shot as incendiaries within a
few DAYS.
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FIXED TT WITH SPAIN,

Said the President Has Arranged the
Cuban Matter.
LONDON, April 21.-The Standards
correspondent at Madrid says: Despite
the persistent official denials both from
Washington and Madrid it is now an
open secret that both governments have
freely discussed their attitude towards
each other in the Cuban affair. Spain
is aware that President Cleveland
wishes to be conciliatory, but that he
cannot answer for the control of Amer
lean opinion if the struggle in Cuba be
prolonged to the injury of American
commerce. Spain on the other hand
has informed President Cleveland that
she
Is Willing to Conciliate
the sympathies of sensible Americans
but that she cannot entertain a pro.
posal for the independence of Cuba or
even for suspension Of hostilities to
negotiate with the rebels as public
opinion would never tolerate such a
humiliation.
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MILLING RECORD BROKEN.

Minneapolis House Turns Out 61,287
Barrels in Six Days.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 21.-The Pills
bury "a" mill has just completed
remarkable six days run, having made
during that time 61,287 barrels, an
average of over 10, 800 barrels a day
for six days. The heaviest days run
for the week was 1878. The highest
record of any -four mill in the world
was made by this same mill in Decem-
Der, 1894, when it made 55,943 barrels
in six days. This last extraordinary
run is over Is. 900 more than has ever
been made in six days by any other
mill in the world. =.
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EDMUNDS WILL PRESIDE.

National Arbitration Conference Meets
in Washin gton This Week.
WASHINGTON, April 21..-The Ma
tional Arbitration Conference will hold
a two days session in this city during
the coming week, beginning Wednes-
day Between 300 and 400 written
acceptances of the invitations to attend
the conference have been received from
governors Of states, judges, publicists,
lawyers, leading business men, minis
tiers of religion, philanthropists, edu-
Gators and other eminent citizens.
They represent in all 3S states. It is
expected that ex-senator Edmunds of
Vermont will be the permanent presi-
dent of the conference.
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WORLDS FAIR DIPLOMAS.
Their Long Anticipated Distribution
Has Begun. r. F.


Has Begun. r
WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The long ex.
pected distribution of Columbian
worlds fair diplomas and medals has
begun at last, and about 5000 diplomas
and medals, covering all of the success
full German exhibitors at the fair have
been turned over to Baron Thielmann,
the German amgassador, who will ship
them Immediately to his government
for distribution. Those awarded to
American exhibitors will be ready for
delivery within the next 10 days or
two weeks, and the shipments to
England, France, Russia, Spain, Italy
and other foreign countries will be
ready for delivery to their respective
diplomatic representatives here within
the next month. d.. -
The metal diplomas are said to be far
superior in point Of artistic merit to
any ever before issued by any govern.
ment for similar purpose.
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AID FROM GERMAN SOURCES.

Transvaal Being Assisted i'm the Work
of Aiming Residents.
LONDON, April 21.-The Times pub
fishes information going to show that
the arming Of the inhabitants of the
Transvaal. which is going forward
with such energy, is being assisted
from German sources.
A Cape Town dispatch to The Times
says: "a Barberton telegram reports
that the German steamer Bundesrath
arrived at Delagoa bay on April IA and
St. Komati on April Is. The passen-
gers were not disposed to allow their
luggage to be examined. Searchers,
however, unesrthed numerous military
accoutrements. A German officer sub
sequently produced passport and the
party proceeded to Pretoria, the capital
of the Transvaal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-22
O GOODMAN BISHOP


lCOnsecrated 1t Washinxtsn with 6ol.
smn and impressive Csrsmonisa.
| WAsHNGr0N, April o. 18th inn
/ posing rites the Rt. Rev. Thomas
O'Gorma5 was consecrated as bishop,
of Sioux Falls S. D. the ceremony
taking place ct St Patrick''s church,
which was crowded throughout the
four hours which the exercises con-
sumed Cardinal Satoli oficiated as
Iconsecrator and 80 bishops and priests
occupied the chancel and chapel and
joined in responses incident to the
services, while hundreds Of other per-
sons prominently connected with Cath
ollc institutions were also present. In
the soft light Of countless candles the
snow-white altar stood out as a superb
background for the rich crimson throne,
! and the low chanting Of the priests
continuing for almost an hour without
cessation, and other impressing fea-
lures Of the conservation made the
scene i.ss
Awe-Inspiring in It's Solemnity.
After the rites Of conservation had been
performed the bishop-elect was invested
with the pretoria cross and chain and
ring Of Office. The sermon was
preached by Archbishop Ireland of st.
Paul, a life long friend of the new
prelate. I.
After the conclusion of the services
at the church Bishop O'Gorman enter
tanned the hierarchy and clergy at din
ner. He will leave in few days for
his new field Of duty. Many Of the
priests in attendance were from other
cities and most Of them left for home
later in the day. Among those in the
audience were Ambassador Patenotre
Of France and Nine. Patenotre, Senator
and Mrs. Davis of Minnesota, and Sen
ators Hansbrough, Roach, Murphy,
White and Representative Picker