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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-04
GOod-By.
Farewell. farewell, is a lonely word.
And often brings a sigh,
But give to me that dearer word
Thai comes from the heaTt-good-by."

Farewell, farewell, is a lonely word.
And often brings a sigh,
But give to me that dearer word
Thai comes from the heaTt-good-by.e
GooD-BY-IT IS A%GoDsPEED.
There is a hearty shake Of the hand,
n tremor OF feeling in the friendly
tones, but no hint Of parting. They
two re friends standing together on
tn deck OF q ship that is outward
boaaa. Both are on q iourney-a voY-
s1a on unknown seas-the one who
gGes and the one who STAYS. Full of
lie, of hope for the future, there is no
hut Of sadness in the ringing gooi-b7
that seems the announcement Of d bond
OF rnlon rather than OF separation, the
assurance that come veal or come woe
WITH TEN il will be we'll. 1t i the
Good-by Of victory rather than hat Of
defeat.
GooD-BT-IT IS An ADMoNIT1oN.
The words say plainly to these lovers:
81 true" remember me- until We
meet again" They may not salute each
other as ever strangers mas DO at part
ing. They must be obiiyioss to the
ceremonies Of even ordinary friendship.
Tho + love is too new END sacred ! th.a.
T. ~ brought ont to the pnh.ie rae.
they can only clasp each others hands
.ni look into each others eyes and
sta.nmer one passionate, regrttful.
longing good-by.
sBn5 the heart feels most when the li.s move
not
And tine eyes speak the gentle gooa-hvtt
GooD-BY-IT IS 4 BEEEBIctiaS.
An aged couple are partiee aow.
"0h, when to meet again. IlGeF 40
not know that other ewes are uaan
them. They are alone with each other
and God. There is a solemn. tre.a-
ulous good-by. They have tia #6ll to
say. Each knows what il il 5ste l.aars
q the other; distance cannot separate
tt:ose two.
Our hearts ever answered in tune and ii timo,
love,
AS octave TO octave and rhyme Eato rhy.ae.
love
GGoD BY-IT IS A FRAEE.E.
God be with You! The words ean
have N other n-ssning fof these whom
death parts. They all have red 81
this prayer who are going ous TITO that
limitless future where farewcils and
Rood-bys are sounds unknown. Fotd
tisa pale hands, kiss the sealed 3iFe and
the marble hrow. It j. IN. asa WHO
lss OF ii passionate. p'e1a sso4v.
ood-ay.p TIE voice ef tl.s a5lsr i
1. lear traveIer II lha taT-0a
country. God be with you'll. .uaL.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-04
Principal Keriiians.

'Th.. FIRST meridian We, Of the Mix.
\ : ~ live IL tie fifth. Mairi, begun.
n tt n@.4t'!. Of the Arkansas River.
n.1 germs sl-evs,ys i. Arkansas, Mis-
80 :s:. 'aoss of Minnesota, and Dakota.
! +, 9Th i the meritia an d ii de.reet
- mii3asts west, AMI e1ten.ls from the
~ ! les,ee Of latisu lie to tie Missouri
i yrr. and governs survey. in Kansas.
Nebraska, . part OF Dakota. Wyoming.
aat. Colorado. West Of this are tEI
sr" Mexico merilial, tile tirtat Sal,
t I it.riaiaa. the Boise, tie Mount
i Isss.a. tie San Barnariiuo. the Hum
as willamette, ttl-. Montana,
t ta ella and ST., Rivers. The
ss sf.@ial4 governs sul ,ers in that
.-.ritors Oh ucago Mes.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-04
Sens:uveneSs.

The charm of NOS bong sensitive is
that n is thereby SAID much pain.
There is, indeed, s 1.oish sensitive
ness which springs .os.y from vanity.
This deserves but Its sympathy. I'M
less the sufferer be very young; for by
the tine that maturity IS reached a man
ought to have got su~ ticientlv rid of his
vanity not to be tortured thereby. Then
there is the more rational sen .tiveness
which proceeds from an exquisite per-
ception of the proper relation OF things,
and is united with the most delicate
tact aid kindly consilerat on for 9TH
ers. The man who Possesses this kind
of constituencies will often feel pro
ioundsy for others who do not feel for
themselves. He will blush and vince
1T an indigEitY offered to q. friend. O 7
even to one who has no special clam
uron his affection. This subtle psyche
logic quality is at once D powerful, q
pleas arable, q useful, and . most nm
happy gift. It is powerful hecausa3t is
asubstitute for that seer-like talent
which enables n man to raa | the soals
OF his brethren. 1t is p~ieasurable be
eau it provides the person il whom it
suheres with eXqu.s. te thrills WHEN any
noble thought or act!on al any grand
work Ct AIS presea.1d - his coAten-
platien. It is useSut hccart,eit bestows
o certain knowledge Of lie and eh.rac-
ter independent OF that acquitted by
personal experiences. And i il I'M
happy because it con.peis is rossessor
to S, mpashlze too unlversail, W.T. tie
miseries not OF friends exclusively, but
of all sentiant creatures.
The sensitiveness of small people is
another affair altogether. The woman
who auarreis with her freud because
the latter received al invitation which
the former ill not. ard fae4 shd won
en- in general who earnot cadsre. with
olt saarp paags OF envy, IN small
axprena&cY, social or professional. Oh
taae ed by an aequaiataaee-5hasc are
fair inst nces OF petty constituencies.
The worst Of it is that s-i4ll natures
hka these have nobody ta educate thorn.
60 help to enlarge t4enl. Larae rat
ures can educate themselves. After
years Of turbulence ard struggle they
can attain that supreme and superb
calm which nothing rutiies. Not that
the grand constituencies which renders
their perception of misery, small aud
great, has wholly died ont, but that tile
emotions have become trained lv the
intellect. and that vast serene res;gna-
nat on reigns which is born Of d recos-
milton of the inevitable. Possibly re-
ligious faith may be united with tbs
condition; but, if so, it is not thu faisi
roosed in conventional theology, but
that which is the outcome Of 81 intelli-
gent contemplation of tho economy Of
the universe, so far as we can see it
Sunday Times.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-04
Ears l Vim, Tai.s You Lose.

The Selectmen Of the adjoining towns
OF Avon and Canton, in the classic
~oeaen-nntineg State, were the victim,
of q confidence game q while ago. in.
duced by a little oversight in framing
tho law regarding the bounty for deau
woodchucks. 1t seems that Avon re-
CURED the tail as voucher. and Canton
the pair of ears, each voucher bringing
in the sum OF fifty cents, and the wood
chuck being left for home consumption
It was nuts" for the boys, who formed
o syndicate to increase their wealth q
hundred per cent. by exchanging, "even
up, ears for tails, whereby hangs this
tale. 1t is not necessary to explain
further.
Finally, the demands on the excheq-
Aers of the two towns became so large
and f~requentthat the Selectmen smelled
. woodchuck in the fence, and an in
vestigation of the records was had,
when it was found that they had been
paying full price for half a woodchuck,
or double price for q full woodchuck,
and thereupon decided to disburse no
more bounties, which made the farmers
angry and the boys diseonsolate, their
pleasant and ~remunerative occupation
being gone.
At first the boys threatened ven
geance against the Selectmen, and or
ganized several Nihilistic bands with
~woodchuck" as the password for even
ing meetings and a peculiar signal for
recognition in the day time, to wit:
placing a hand on each side of the
head, palm to the front, and gently
moving the fingers in a body back and
forth. Then the boy of Avon would
say "Tails," and would receive the re-
ply Ears" if the other party was
from Canton, when they would mutter
in unison "Revengel" and smile an ado
lescent but none the less terrible smile
"a sardonic smile. in fact-that meant
volumes, If not a whole library.
But wiser counsels prevailed, and
they consoled themselves with tho
thought that they and their big broth
era had enjoyed this sinecure for about
twenty-four years, or ever since the
Republican party went in" and said
In effect That something might turn up
under the new administration which
would pan out equally we'll. Therefore
che brotherhoods of "Woodchuck War
Eiors and Bloody Bounty Braves OF
Kannotbecaught" were disbanded and
The properties laid away in their cave
IN the mountains for future reference.
Those boys have the making Of states
men in them, and will be heard from
about the beginning of the next cen
tury.-Peck's Sun.
HORACE GREELEY Hsed / osav tilat tie
way to resume was 81 20 risgh5 Al Y aa3
get there, witliot aty ~ VII 7-
Il. Getting lone u q t.Ee'
car has IL " i
Daiue VIA.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-04
aWH.T a have happened to Jonesf

His poor Young wife must FeeI aWfnIIr.
He is ba.seref III until he il almost
Undergraduate. Was it 6vnataita, .
8-teafna9a. ttrI3a, Or wEats' @0tf.
10. FIJI an'r happened ID mention Ill
mctl.er's cookiuG.n-St. iGui HTa!i.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-04
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rIenilsnen SATURDAY ~
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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
SHIPPING REPORT.
PORT OF BRUNSWICK, Oct. 30, 1897

CORRECTED DAILY BY CAPT. OTTO JoHANNEsoN
WITH E. H. MASON co.
ARRIVED.
Avonmore, Br So. 1866, Duncanson,
Shields, Johnston line,
Joseph w. Hawthorne, Am schr. 517
Borthwick, Savannah, Hilton-Dodge
SAILED.
Colorado, Am SIS, 1882, Risk, New York
Mallory-New York.
+ q Yarnell, Am schr, All, Bowen, Nor
folk, Hirsch & Co-Boston.
Joel f. Sheppard, Am schr, $50, Carter.
Boston, odge-Boston.
Thelma, Am schr, 449, Cummings, Bos-
ton, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CLEARED.
IN PORT.
STEAMSHIPS
Thirlmere, Br ss, l175, Turner, Swansea.
Hillbrook, Br ss, 1896, Pullford, Penarth,
A. F. Churchill.
Freshtield, Br SIS, 1850, Fleming, Martin
ique, Johnston line.
Howick Hall, Br IS, 1918, Calvert, Liver
pool, Johnston Line.
Folsjo, Nor Sc, 1910, Bull, st. Lucia,
Emanuel & Co,
SHIPS.
Iona, Nor blk, $40, Olsen, Perm ambuco,
Downing company.
Marco Polo, Nor blk, $50, Halversen, Rio
Janeiro, Downing company.
HennyyGer Blk, 1858, Stigmann, Port Ma
tai, Downing Co.
lIouget, Nor bk, $40, Sorensen, Pernam-
buco, Downing company.
Fama de Canaries, Sp blk, Ais Suells,
Havana, Torras.
Neptun, Nor blk, 11S0, Backer, London.
BRIGs.
Robert Dillon, Am Big, 431. Wyatt New
York, Hirsch q Co.
Havilah, Am brig, 4e2, Richardson, Hill
n-Dodge-New York.
sCHooNERs.
Stella B. Kaplan, Am schr, 1924, Potter.
Portsmouth. Baxter & Co.-New York.
+. G. Pendleton, Am schr, 1888, Burgess,
New York, Hilton-Dodge-New York.
Salem, Baxter & Co.--Portland.
Charles K. Schulz, Am schr, 1927. Hall
Philadelphia, N. Gregertsen-Philadel-
phia.
Frank W. Howe, Am schr, 4S3, Williams
Boston, Observation-Disclosures.
J. Holmes BirdsalI, Am schr, 1869, Bird
sail, Boston, Southern Pine company
Gem, Am schr, 499, Foss, Boston, Hilton
Dodge Boston.
Melissa A. Wiley, Am schr, S72, Bah
bidge, Boston, Hitsch & Co.-Boston.
Hattie P Simpson, Am schr, 1178, Chen
ny, Las Palmas, ] E Observation-Disclosures
phia.
Anna Pendleton, Am schr, 521, Thomas,
Belfast, McCullough-Ne Haven.
Henry Lippett, Am schr, 100, Howes,
Buenos Ayres via Barbados.
REOAPITULATIoE.
Steamships, 6; Ships, 0: Banks, 6; Briggs,
2; Schooners, II. Total. 20.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Writes Letters to Himself.

John Beckwith, the warehouseman,
received a letter the other day address
ed in a round business hand and bearing
the Oakland postmark. He glanced at
it, rubbed his forehead refectively a
moment and then, without opening the
envelope, tore it into bits.
"Why did you do that?' asked his
partner. ''That might have contained
something of Importance.
"No, it didn't. wrote it myself -
"Are you in the habit of writing let
tiers to yourself?'
Eyes, 1 have to. Now, if I hadn' It
written that yesterday and mailed it
would have forgotten that bunch Of
braid, two dozen pearl buttons and five
yards of haircloth that have got to go
down town and buy right now. Once,
though, Iwrote a letter to myself about
something l wanted to remember and
forgot to mail it for two weeks.-San
Francisco Post.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Their Photographic Samples.

A wonderful application of the per-
fected rhonograph has recently been
made by Nine. Anna Lankow, a vocal
instructor of New York. She had sew
eral talented pupils anxious to secure
European experience. Theodore Wan
german, photographic expert. sup
piled the delicate cylinders, and, under
his direction, the pupils sang their best
into the photographic horn. Nine. Ian
kow took the cylinders to Berlin, where
the voices were reproduced for the Ger
man managers. The experiment was SO
successful that engagements to sing in
Germany in concert and opera were OBJ
tanned for two of the pupils, based sole
ly upon the photographic samples. -
New York Sun.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Getting 1t Right.

"See here" said tie smart man to
the hotel proprietor I've just had an
argument with my friend here on a
matter Of terms, and want you to de-
eide"
"Fire away, said the proprietor.
"Well, I told my friend / was COM
ing down here to the Office to pay my
bill-my bill, you understand? Was
that right:'
"Of course. What did he contend?"
"He said should have said your
bill. How about it?''
"Well, yes, it certainly is my bill.
That seems to be correct. -
But you said just now my bill was
right"
ooh, we'll, it's both. It's your bill,
and it's my bill. -
"That sorter makes it our bill,
doesn't it?"
Eyes" assented the proprietor, anx-
ious to get rid of the man. THAT'S
what it is-our bill"
well, that decision suits me to a T.
Just you make out my half of 1t, and I'll
pay you right away. There's nothing
like getting things straight. George
H. Wesley in New York Sunday World.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
The Magnet In Surgery.

The following remarkable account of
the extraction Of q needle from the
body by means of a magnet is given by
Cosmos:
ga young laundress thrust broken
needle into her right hand while wash
ing clothes. The needle having disap-
peared i'll the flesh, the surgeon who
was consulted several days after the ac-
cident refused to perform an operation,
fearing lest he should be obliged to make
large number of missions among tho
ligaments Of the articulation. Two
months afterward the girl lost the use
Of her right hand, and the least move
ment Of the fingers caused her exquisite
pain. Drs. Gorinewski and Cerestin
then determined to extract the needle
with the aid Of a magnet, drawing it
into a f1eshy region where an incision
could be made without danger. To
cause this movement they chose a very
feeble electro magnet, but q difficulty
arose. The needle having entered point
first it would have to be drawn out
backward, the broken part in advance.
"The first trial lasted two hours,
with short intervals of rest, without
appreciate results. Before the third
trial the girl said that she felt prick
ing in the palm Of the hand near the
place where the magnet had been ap-
piled and where the needle ought to ap-
pear. At the ninth sitting finally the
needle appeared beneath the skin and
came out whole, broken end first, with
out pain and without loss of blood. 1t
fixed itself to the pole Of the electro
magnet, and the young laundress was
cured. This result-the drawing of a
needle through the fesh-is very re-
markable. In 20 hours after the first
trial this needle was extracted from the
inside of the hand, after lying there
more than two months. "-Translation
For Literary Digest.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Tired Locomotives.

Locomotives, like human beings have
their ailments, many Of which defy the
skill Of those deputed to look after
them, says the Toronto Mail We hear
of tired razors, simple complaint
which vanishes after brief period Of
repose, but locomotives are apt to be-
tray indisposition even after a days
rest and much oiling OF the various
parts.
Two good engines may be made on
the most approved principle. They may
each cost-as those Of the London and
Northwestern railway do-e2, 200, and
yet one will exhibit from the first
hardihood Of constitution altogether
wanting in it's companion. A first class
locomotive of 300 horsepower, costing
92, 900, is expected to travel during it's
life 200, 900 miles, or, say, 10, 900 miles
per annum for Is years, yet now and
then an engine is found so impervious
to the assaults OF time as to be able in
its old age to do its daily work with all
the zest and vigor of youngster
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
HAD A BETTER THING.
The Farmer Knew His Business and WOuIC
Not Sell Out.

The Farmer Knew His Business and Would
Not Sell Out.
While waiting at the depot there
was pointed out to us a farmer who had
driven in over the hills with an old
horse and a blackboard, and after ascer-
tanning his name the drummer approach
ed him and queried:
Am 1 right in thinking your name
is Tompkins-George Tompkins?"
Yes, that's my name, " was the re-
ply.
You own a farm back here about ten
miles?"
Eyes. "
"Small farm, all covered with stones
and hard work to get living?"
"Waal, it's purity Stony" admitted
the farmer, "but do purity we'll on it. 3"
your farm is worth about $12 an
acre, " resumed the drummer.
eyes, l guess so, but don't want to
sell-not this year. "
"But l want to buy. 1 was coming
out to see you. I'll give you 500 an
acre"
He expected the farmer to jump out
of his boots at that, but he didn't jump.
He calmly replied that he wouldn t
take it.
"Then I'll give you $25.
"Noap, guess not "
"Will you take $30?'
81 shouldn't keer to--not this year. 4"
MY dear man" said the drummer,
'your farm is not worth a cent over SI2
an acre, but happen to want it for a
purpose, and I'll say $35.
mot this year, )" was the calm reply.
"Will you take $40 an acre?"
81 guess not.
Let me make you one last offer. I'll
give you $50 an acre cash down, and
We'll make out the papers today. 1t
four times the value of your land, but
I'm rich and can afford hobby. viii
you take it or not?'
"Noap-not this year
Good heavens! But you refuse such
an offer! Why, man, what the mat,
ter?"
"Waal, I've got better thing, mis-
ter. I've got three summer boarders
comm up next week to stay fur month,
and if you'd offer me $40 an acre don t
think I'd take it M. QUAD.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
ON THE TRAIL OF A GHOST.
A Specimen OF the Letters Sent to the
London Times.

The following letter to the London
Times tells a rather interesting expe-
rience and is good illustration of the
way Englishmen write to that paper
about all sorts of topics:
To the Editor of The Times:
SIR-A curious parallel to your correspond
ent Mr.. Wicks exorcisn of the ghost that
haunted the house at Esher occurred some few
years ago in an old OXfordshire mansion, of
which friends Of my own had recently become
possessed. Soon after the new owners arrival
the grewsome discovery was made that on the
upper floor, containing the servants apart
ments and the childrens nurseries, there was
chamber which had long been known az
haunted and in which no one could ever be in.
duced to sleep. By daylight it was pleasant,
sunny room, but to be in it at night, so every
occupant declared, was enough to chill the very
marrow in ones bones. No sooner was the
house ali quiet, doors and windows shut and
midnight near Ginning from the church tower
then strange sounds, heard nowhere else be-
gan to fill the haunted room. Weird music
broke the silence now sweet and soft and love
ly as dream, then swelling into wild confr
sion, then dying away in long drawn means Of
Infinite distress Nothing was ever seen, but
there was no delusion as to th1 sounds. 1t was
no use putting now servant, ignorant of the
facts, to sleep there. Midnight was sure to
make the secret known Those means, as of a
soul in pain, so it was steadily affirmed, pro
ceeded from no human visitant. The room
was haunted and it was not to be expected
that any one would sleep in company with a
ghost.
My FRIEND the mistress OF the house, was a
woman of great nerve and common sense. She
needed the room for household use and she re-
solved to lay the ghost. Accordingly she had
1t made ready for occupation and after care
full examination OF everything in the apart
ment prepared to spend the night in it herself
The tales were quite true Toward midnight
when all was still, the ghostly music began to
culver through the silence sweet and wild and
exquisitely sad Ny friend listened, not quite
guiltless perhaps Of tremors. Then she rose
and examined the room carefully afresh. Pres
emily it struck her that the sounds proceeded
from one corner Of the floor. She lifted the
rug, put her ear down and found it to be the
case. She had located the ghost, if 1t was not
laid. Next morning carpenter was sent for
the boards We're taken up and Immediately be-
meath there was revealed q perfect plexus Of
bell wires, which had been conducted by this
route to the different parts of tine house. When
doors and windows We're all closed and every
thing still at night the wind, finding its way
by what channel it could, turned this laby-
rinth of wires into an Rolian harp whence
issued the mysterious sounds by which sue
cessive households had been scared. The wires
were adjusted, the chinIs and crannes closed
up, the ghost was laid and the haunted room
has been comfortably s'a'sed ever since.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
Self Warming Shoe.

Paul Wonneberger Of Gruma, near
Dresden, has invented kind of heat
able shoe Within the heel, followed
out for the purpose, is receptacle for
a glowing substance similar to that used
in Japanese hand warmers. A rubber
bag filled with water is imbedded in as
bestos and placed between the soles
The water is heated above the heel and
circulates while the wearer is walking.
A small safety valve renders it impossi-
BILE for the bag to burst The warmth
never rises above 20 degrees F. and will
last about eight hours. The shoes are
slightly heavier than those usually
worn. The sole is but little thicker than
that of an ordinary wet weather boot.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-31
An Ancient PRAYER.

Old John Ward, who was pilloried
by Pope in the "Dunciad," and who
actually stood in the pillory in the year
1927, when he was said to have been
worth 920O, 600, was, nevertheless, a
pious man. He had large estates in
London and Essex and did not omit to
pray for their welfare in the following
manner: so Lord, 1 beseech thee to
preserve the two counties of Middlesex
and Essex from fire and earthquake,
and as I lave mortgage in HEREFORD
shire beg Of thee likewise to have an
eye Of compassion on that county, and
for the rest Of the counties deal with
them as thou pleasest "-Household
Words.