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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-09-04
FEUILLETON
LIE SERF'.



setalt toujours relieve plus acharne
au combat. Ii venait d'echapper a
Ia fleehe dun archer, lorsqufl Sc
trouva en- face dun chevalier anglais
qui leva son epee pour lie frapper !;
/, mais le jeune serf ne lui en- laissa
pas le temps, ct lui enfonca So
hallebarde au aefaut de Ia cuirasse
le chevalier tomba Jehan releya
son Spee, saisit la bride du cheval,
sauta en selle, ct Sc pr6clpita de
nouveau au combat.
Jusqa 'alors lie resultat etait
demeurt Uncertain mais l'arrivee
dune nouvelle troupe sortie Gle Ia
vile, decida la tulte DIES Apglais.
Jehan les poursuiyit quelque
temps avec les gems d'armes qui
n'ayaient point perdu leurs chevaux
Mais enfn la mutt arriva, ct Sc
tlouvant piesque seul il tourna
bride vars Paris.
I suivait les prairies au petit pas,
lorsque DIES gemissements etouftes Il
frappe.ent ! mettant ausslt0t pied q
terre, er Sc dirigeant vers l'endroit
d'cn les plaintes semblaient venir, il
uouya un cheyalier etendu a terre
saus movement Jehan lie souieva
avec effort, dtboGcla son arnure ct
rtussit q iui rerdre le sentiment.
lie chevaIier lui apprit alors
ou'ayant youlu poursuivre les
ennemis, quoique blesse, la force
ravait abandonn6 en- chemin ct qu'il
Gtait t, mbe evanoui. Prenant Jehan
pour un homme d'armes, il lie pria
de lui cGder son cheyal, lui indignant
la maison quill habitat Paris, ct
proposant de lui laisser en- gage son
eperon dor. Jehan refusa lie gage,
mais donna le cheval Ell disant quill
trait le r6eamer, ct lie gentilhomme
partit.
L'essai que yenait de faire lie
jeune serf lui await appris gull ne
manqt ait point de courage, ct lie
success lui await laisse the exaltatiou
orgreilleuse qni lui parut aussi
agreeable que nouyelle. II aimalt
Pespeee dtsalit6 que le combat
ct uhht entire tous les cCmbattants,
Ia tellible Rbelte laiss6e a chacuu,
ces emotions suceessives de terreuf,
de joie ou de herte. Dams une soci6-
te, dailleurs, GU la force await
touiours lie dfoit de sou cote,
l'homme de gueile ne devait-ll pas
etre le plus ind6pendant ct lie plus
II eureux ? Cts ldees felmenterent
da us son esprit toute la mutt.
lie lendenain, lorsqu'il Sc pr6sen-
ia a la demeure du chevalier, celui-
ci lui 6tmanda &c quill desirait Ell
re comp ense Gu service gull lui await
rendu.
-Prendre rang paimi les hommes
d 'armes du roi, repoEdit Jehan.
-Es-tu serf on homne Hbre ?
DEN anda lie gentiIhomme.
-Serf, messire.
-Alors la chose est impossible:
le serf doit son sang son seignear,
ct ne peut en dlsposer sans CUE
celui-cl y consente.
-TouJours. pensa Johan en quit
tant e chevaier, toujours le meme
obstacle Impossible d'echapper d
ce vice &c naissance qui ne maraue
au front CONNIE Cain All ! e'est
trop attendre prisons cette chaine
a tout prix.
Et lie soir meme il quittalt Psris,
mont4 sur son cheyal de euerrt.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-09-04
No 6

nations etran.eres parIent de repre-
salles commerciales.
En- plus, en- son nom. dams nos
districts politiques. soft qu'on lait
vote on non, on en- fait une gloire,
une falblesse on un crime a tells ou
tells l3gisIatenrs, Mac, a Pierre ou
a Paul. Certains pretendent qu'on
ne peut pas etre democratic ct pro-
tectlonniste tout a Ia fois dautres
atlirment le contraire, ct nous ne
voyons pas pourquoi les grands
hommes de la Convention dIndiana-
napohs ne seraient point des repu-
blrains.
An reste, chacun est ce quill yeus
etre, democratic, republican,, popu-
llste on autfe chose Et nous nous
rApgeI!erons toujours, propos de
protection ct de bre-achange. que lie
g saerai Hancock, eandidat Ia
pr6sldence des Etats Unis, dlsalt tres
s'Ar cement, ;Nec la naivet6 dun
soidat peu verse dams Ia science eco
nomiqGc .'C'est Ia une atfarc
locale ct dc produit"
"Vous etes orfevre, monsieur
Tosse," dsait la eomedie ct eelui
qui vend des bijoax nest pas celui
qui les achete.
Mais ce 4ul Isl certain, c'est que
le tariff Dingley, sur eqael On pour
rait parIer pendant qainze jours, est
haut ct iourd, superbe ct digne de
l'6ternit6 sill peut remplir lie but
gull Sc propose.
Car un tarif GU take cot avoir un
but, quand il u 'en pas deux.
| Mals, sans nous demsnder 81 le
tariff est aussi bon cue maavais, 81
| n. Ding!ey lul devra de la gloire ou
de la honte, ST lie Senateur sCaffery
| merlte une couronne de magnolia
| pour avoir dit non, ST les grands
[onrhauX qui parlent pompeusemeat
| democratic sont vraiment democra-
| tes avec ieur tete dor ct leur
langue qul II est Eas toujours d'ar-
gent, il faut bien dire que lie haat
tarif est devenu fatal.
Uui, fatal, ct que les paroles de
| ceux-ci CONNIE de eeux-Ia sont le plus
| souvent discusses ct vides CONNIE dies
paroles de journal, le "Plonnier'
compris.
Car 81 le tariff est Ia seule ct
lunique source de revenu pour lie
gouvernement, ct 81 lie gouvernement,
CONNIE nous iavons dit cinq cents
fois, est un Gargantua tres grand,
tres-haut, enorme, ayant une large
gueule, des dents tres-longues ct
necessaires, un estomac de waste ct
| puissante capacite, une digestion
merveilleuse, des boyaux qui ne
crevent pas, tous les appareiis dune
formidable machine qui bolt,
qui mango ct qui consom-
me incessamment, avec des besoins
qui augmentent tous les joars ct
pour qui le mot "assez" est iuconnu
ou ridicule, voulez-vous bonnement,
naivement, risihlement, avec une
apparence de sincerite, que ce gou-
vernement vive de ia rosee matnale.
du parfum des roses, des soupirs de
10 brise ou da chant des poeies
Cest la pauyre nourriture.
| Done, sans autre augmentation
ou sans phrases de blasueur ou de
| Journalistic, = car ces deux mots
sont tres souvent synonymes = le
haut tariff est fatal, fatal, fatal
jusqu'a So chute.
QUAINT a ceux qui ont rode autour
de IA Convention democratiqae de
Chicago sans oser y rentrer ct qui
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-09-04

sortir, il rencontra une troupe de
gems cOnduits par un cure, qui
voyageaient sur deux chariots traf-
nes par des anes c'etaient des
confreres de la Passion qui parcou-
raient la France en- jouant des mys-
teres. Jehan liza conversation avec
le cure, auquel il raconta une partie
de ses miseres
Celui-ci, qui considerait la mon
ture du jeune homme d 'un cell den
vie, lui propose tout-a-coup d'entrer
dams sa troupe. lie role du P3che
mortel, dams la pastorale intituae
Ia Bonne ct Ia mauuaise fm, Sc
trouvait prectsement a prendre.
Il fassura que les freres de la
Passion, outre quils faisaient une
euvre agreeable Dieu en- represen-
tant leurs mysteries, yivaient dams
une liheTte ct dams un bien-etre don't
aueune aulre profession ne pouvait
donner idee. Jehan fut persuade
ii prit place dams un des chariots
aUquel il laissa atteler son cheval,
ct continua son ehemin avec la
Troupe de Matte Chouard.
Malheuleusement les promesses
de &c dernier atalent CONNIE ses
pieces "tSonitus ct cacuEna sed
prueterea aihil. Jehan ne tarda
point s'apercevoir du m6prjs
merite don't is etaient partout
i'objet. A eette 6poque de renova-
ton, le besoin de enlargement ct
d'aventures await passe hors du logis
tous ceux auSquels le clus sement
rigoureux de Ia feodalitG ttait
d eyenu insuppoitab!e cetalt ainsi
que s'etaient formees les compagnles
de partisans qui couvraient la Fran
ce, les bandes de pelerins que Ton
reneontI ait sur toutes les routes, ct
enfin les troupes Gle comediens qui,
sous ditIefents noms, COMMENCEMENT
4 exp!oiter les moindres villes du
royaume. Celle que dlrigeait lie
cure Chouard etait au'un ramas
de Gle res endettes, d'ecollers compYc-
N is, de banqueroutiers en- fuite, Qui
,, eussent eeale ment fait partie dune
bande de reuters. Lui-meme men
az ait prs la direction que pour Sc
LIVER plus facilement a tous les
eearts entrafnait Ia vie de hoht-
miens quils menaient. Au bout
d'un mois, les mauvaises recettes,
les flais de route ct les orgies ayaient
eluise toutes les resources de la
troupe Z; leuls chariots ct les attela-
ges furent saisis par un aubergiste de
Tloyes Lour payer ce qui lui etait
du. Notre heros vouIut en- vain
reclamer son che,a sous pr6texte
quill nappaltenait point la troupe;
l'autergiste ne youlut rien entendre
II seu lrit aiors an cure Chouard,
lie meEaeant de !e conduire devant
les j,ges mais Chouard lui fit
compleIdle que sill en- venait a cette
exit emite, il serait force de dire son
nem, son 6tat, son pays, ct que ron
ne manqueIait point de lie fairs
con duire a Rille cemme serf ayant
ful le domaine du selgueur. Jehan
sentit qu'il await raison, ct Sc tut.
Heureusement que lie meme Jour
un voyageur qui habitat l'auber2e,
ct await WI son embarras, vint lie
trouver.
de suis libraire, lui dit-il, ct
j entretiens plus de clnquante copis-
ties pour mes livres car, malgre lie
nouvel art venu d'Allemagne, les
gems de naissance ou de la cour
prefereront toujours une copie un
imprime ceux-ci d'ailleurs ont
encore besoin d'ecrivains pour les
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

AseREVIATE0 TEIEoRAms.

Jarrett Watkins shot and killed W. L.
Benbrook in the drug store Of Watkins
& Benbrook at Fayetteville. Ark.
Obituary: At Bluffton. IND. Judge e.
r. Wilson, 20. At Galena. Ills. Timo-
thy Hallett. So iue
Secretary Sherman has called for the
tor Of the bureau of American republics.
and the place Is to be filled by the ap-
pointment Of Joseph Smith, Of Ohio,
formerly state librarian. A majority Of
the directors Of the bureau object to the
change. and action has been postponed.
The New York Mail ana Express has
been sold to Robert c. Alexander and
Robert e. r. Dorr. who have been edi-
tors and publishers Of the paper for sew
eral years.
A young woman who committed sui
eide In Mrs. Van Ness boarding house,
Chicago. was Identified as Martha
Straszacher. daughter Of A. c. b. Stras-
zacher. o. St Louis.
A tray containing about $500 worth
Of diamond rings was stolen from the
jewelry store Of /. Dornberg. situated on
q popular Spokane thoroughfare and 1t
time when the sidewalks were lined
with pedestrians.
Mrs. Mary johnson. Q wealthy New
York widow who died March 10, has be.
queathed $3.50. to Roman Catholic
institutions In which she was interested.
An lmpudent youngjter came very
near getting hjs earn boxed the other
night at . wedding party for wishing
the bride many hAppy returns a the
day." re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19
THE MARKETS


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19
WAS FRANCIS rue IRREGULAR.


Lake Front Cosc.
Washington. March 19.-Dudley and
Michener. as attorneys for Matt Benner
and Harvey NJ. La Toilette in what Is
known as the Mckee scrip or Chicago
lake front case. have filed q protest
against the action Of Secretary Francis
I'm suspending Judgment in the case
when he learned that Commissioners
Lamoreux was about to decide the mat
ter. They insist that Francis acted ir.
regularly: that he had no authority to
prevent the commissioner, who was in
fact the court below. from deciding the
case, and assert that In doing 60 the
secretary exceeded his authority.
They also object to Secretary Bliss
order for q rehearing. They urge that
he had no right to interrupt or disturb
the regular procedure Of the court
below. They claim that Bliss II In error
In basing his action ON the ground that
the commissioner promulgated his de-
cision In defiance Of Francis order. and
that such WAS not the fact. They call
attention to the rules Of practice in
the interior department In support Of
their protest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

1HgY INVOLVE A Dr. WAGNER

WE West I.sa.s ABsss sAs me- = -
1sial s.a -PrevsA N Allba-Doeanees
Gesssa Up for . Dag Price snd N He.
live . Loager Lease q Lsss for tAe I've
Cendemned Nurderers-soms PostenAs
e lob Tarb6lencs.
Frankfort. KY. March. 1s.-As last
Desperate resort to extort Q respite nom
Governor Bradley. or . Communication Of
sentence Of himself snd Alonso n. WALL
ing. Scott jackson has made another So
called confession and Walling has
signed IT. Upon their arrest one year
and SIX weeks ago each confessed that
the other committed the murder. Each
has been In the confession business very
frequently since. These written indi-
vidual confessions signed by their re-
spective authors were vague and
evasive. Now. for the FIRST time comes
Q confession prepared by Scott Jackson
In the Alexandria jail and signed also
by Alonxo N. walling. to be sent to
Governor Bradley. That confession b
now In his banda. It is voluminous,
somewhat evasive. and not little fog
gy. 1t 5ustifies the general exclama-
ton. who win believe It'll" which was
heard everywhere on the streets when
the Announcement was made that Q COM
fession had been obtained.
e. Big Money Paid for the screed.
It was secured for q big money con-
alteration. the proceeds to go to the
mothers Of the condemned men. Its
distinguishing Characteristic is that 1t
contradicts in almost every particular
the theory Of the defense In the long
trials Of each Of these two men. During
the trial witnesses were brought from
Bellevue. KY. q village above Newport.
to prove that jackson, Walling and
Pearl Bryan were seen in that village
about noon on the Thursday before the
murder. The defense attacked the YER
acity Of John Foster. one Of the wit
nesses, and tried to how that Druggist
Deftmeyer, q second witness, had told
contradictory stories about seeing the
murderers and their victim.
Drings In Dr.. Wagner. Of Bellevue, ny.
Now. In this confession, the scene Of
the immediate preliminaries Of the muir
der Is transferred to Bellevue. KY, on
Wednesday and Thursday nights. jan
- adm 50. 1896. DIR. Wagner, Of Belle
VoCs N.Y. AZ AAVOANS0 Ah eAsC AAAutNcA ny
the confession. At the time Of the trial
there was . trace Of q rumor that DR.
Wagner might have had some compile.
ity in the AFFAIR. This was effectually
| silenced by evidence believed at the
time that DR.. Wagner was absent dur.
| ing the week Of the Pearl Bryan muir.
der. Since that time he has been an IN.
mate Of the lunatic asylum at Lex.
ington, Ky. Mrs. Wagner still persists
that she never saw jackson or Walline
or Pearl Bryan. and In this her daugh.
| tiers Join her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

II EADAOHES afe tbs bane Of vomanss
LIE. Fsequently relieved but seldom
permanently cured. the ultimate re-
suit is continual misery. Miss Maggie Ham
nah 81 Chestnut St. Danville. Ill. says in
june 1886: II cannot add to my testimony of
hst year except that am wen and strong.
Two ycan $50 I bad such . pain in my head
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

Milss' Restorative Nsrvins and the second
night obtained ths frst nights real slesD In
foaf weeks Iknov that d. Niles' Restcr.
ative Nervine saved my Life.
Dr. Niles Remedies arc cold b. an drug-
gists under positive ussantse. Arss bossls
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free 10 al applicants
DR. MILES MEDICAL co. EkhaxS Ind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

The plays. poems and tEeatises q the
Ieigns Of Elisabeth. James snd Charles
I arc full ct amusing alluaions to the
variety Of faahieus in beards. We leaxu
from them The various styles that were
adopted b different wearRs, such q
tn frenoh, Spaniah, Dutch and Italian
outs. the new. old. gsntle0ea'a Co.,
mon. oo1rt and esastsy eatA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19
MORGAN ATTACKS THE TREATY.

Deciafos We DON'T Need Any AGFeomenS
with England, Anyhow.
Washington. March 1s.-Moegan Of
Alabama continued his fight yesterday
In the senate against the Anglo-Ameri-
can arbitration treaty. One ground Of
his opposition was that It was ''un-
American. and he more than once made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

p.
Also 0sborse. Clayton and Dsigham-Im-
poEtant Nomina&ioas.
Z washington. March ls.-Yhe question
Of Whist John Z. l0owdy ana Perry
Heath, OF Indiana. get In the way OF
nlaclal recognition vas answered yes
terday By the president In the batch
0f nominations he uent 10 the senate.
Il Was 0aaa during TIE W0oAs Ct Canton
1ust before the Inauguration that Perry
Heath could have hls choice and would
select his hearts desire IN the way of
ones. The nominations ere - follows:
John K 0OWdy. OF Indiana. consul
general Of the United States ct Paris;
Perry 8. Heath, q Indiana. to be FIRST
assistant postmaster general: Powell
Clayton, Of Arkansas, to b envoy ex-
traordinafy and minister plenipoten-
tiary Of the United States to Mexico:
Wflliam n. Osborne. q Masooehueetts,
consul general Of the United States at
London; Joseph II. Brigham of Ohio.
to be assistant eecratary q agriculture.
Cavn ssrvses Iaw AnsaAns.t.
Washington, March 1e.-Rspresenta-
tive Jenkins, a, Wlsconsln. has intro
duced q bin amending the civil service
laws It provides that civil service
employees term Of service she'll expire 1t
the end Of five years: that there shall
not be appointed more Republicans
than Democrats in ONCE and that ap-
pointments shall be apportioned among
the states and territories according to
population.
L laSchigan Msa PersmptoFuy ~1fed"
| Washington, March 1s.-Edward Col
lin, of Michigan, superintendent Of the
mail bag repair house Of the postonice
department, has been peremptocily dis
missed BY Postmaster General Gary.
and Inspector McAurray. Of the shop.
temporarily detailed ~ his successor.
The action Il based On charges filed
some weeks ago with Postmaster Gen.
eral Wilson. alleging immorality.
Iasagf's Embesslement Case.
Washington, March 1.-THE case Of
Iasagi. the Turkish consul at Boston.
has reached the United States supreme
court on appeal from the decision Of the
circuit court Of appeals for the second
circuit and the supreme court yesterday
advanced the hearing, setting Il fornexi
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

and could not sleep.
Other complications
peculiar to my sex st
In and our pAysicinA
called another In con .
sultati0n. They DE-
cided I had consump-
ton and must die. I
coznmencef3 tnlxinGDe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

Indianapolis. March 10. - Comedian
Nat C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott
occupied q box at English's while the
returns from the Corbett- Fftzsimmons
night were being received. When the
news Of the victory came Goodwin
sprang to the front Of the box and
Joined In the cheers with the audience.
Goodwin had 5000 ON F1txsimmons
a1ninst s.. 500 on Corbett.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

There 80 J.o97 knolb a ocson d.,
tanos between CheEbo1xg and 1ko =.
la1d -ea.--.s.-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19

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vcavuHv snekuSp a ~ s1in = iuvnRassl
biy sessinsf b S6ess Who - f1os0's|
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-19
MOTIVE OF THE CONFESSION.
10 Give the Two Condemned Men Long
Lease ON Life, Of Course.

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The herald., 1897-07-01
Civil Service Examination

The United States civil service com
mission has ordered that an examinat alton
be held by its local board in this city
on Tuesday. August g. 1897, commencing
at o'clock a. m, for the grades of clerk
and carrier in the postoffice service.
Only citizens of the United States can
be examined The age limitations, for
this examination are as follows: Clerk,
over Is; carrier 21 to 40 years No ap-
plication will be accepted for this exam
ination unless filed on the proper blank
before the hour of closing business oil
July 23d. Applications should be filed
promptly, in order that time may re-
main for correction if necessary
The commission takes this opportu-
nifty of stating that the examinations
are open to all reputable citizens of the
United States who may desire to enter
the service, without regard to race or
to their political or religious affiliations.
They shall be examined, graded and cer-
titled with entire impartiality and Who'll
ly without regard to any consideration
save their efficiency, as shown by the
grades they obtain in the examination
Application blanks, full instructions,
and information relative to the duties
and salaries of the different positions
can be had of W. P. Bowen, secretary
board of examiners, postal service.