The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25

above all the buildings Of the city, is Of
great size, and possesses considerable
architectural elegance, the facade, in
particular, being deliberately decorated
with stucco work. The design is Moor
ish, and the bell towers, from which
come a constant changing Of old
Spanish brass, command an extend
ed view of the city, the lakes, and the
distant mountains. The interior of the
spacious house, which was erected hv
the Spaniards, contains many rare or
naments, and the nave Is surmounted
by a vaulted roof, supported by hand
carved beams and pillars, among which
hover somber shadows. A II time,
that during the reign of the Spaniards,
the altar was laden with solid objects
OF gold and silver and precious stones.
but to-day it has lost all, o. nearly all,
oil these, and i, covered with tawdry
images and imitation ornaments, while
there is everywhere apparent the tx
treme age Of the building. Entering
the nave at almost any hour Of the day,
I have never failed to fad odd groups
of &texicans and Indians telling their
beads and lisping their prayers. while
a. rAsrlAr mass the ccld stone floor il
covered WITH darout woasli }egs. :,aI
the place is filled vita the whisperings
Of those who pray. And what a hete :
ogeneous crowd one sees. The roor and
the rich, tho hungry and the well-fed,
The half-naked and those clothed in
silGs, are all together Here an Indian,
kneaIing by his tattered sombrero, and
with his heavy load neal by, prays with
his soul upon his lips; there q dimplei
senorita, demure but conscious. reads
from her gilt-edged book. Incense
doors fill the air, the mo%notonous chant
ing, of the priests are heard. anil sill
yery-toned bells ring out tine holy COM
mands of the church, and send tie wor-
shippers to crossing themselves and bow
ing in holy penitence. Set into one of
the outer walls of the cathedral il the
sacriticial or calendar stone Of the Az
tees, hewn out of black porous lava and
covered with hieroglyphics, reminding,
so It always seems to me, the Ignorant
Indians who sell their bits OF pottery
near by of the greatness OF their fore
fathers, who had their palaces and tenn
pies in the square which is now the
busy center of a great city. Juarez
was ar Indian, but he became the lin
coin o. Mexico, and IN good time the
other descendants of Montezuma MAJ
yet regain their old-time power.-Citsf
OF MeEic0 Cor. San Francisco Garoa
icle.
The Modern Shakespeare.
SHenrico, love, what means thy
ghibbous disk? Methinks the mouth
of Amazon were not in freshet time
more swollen than is thine"
"And It in turn S less swollen than
M pride, for I have joined the new
fedged village band, ard sucked from
brazen throat of deep trombone ~e-
freshing semblance of Pnafore.'"
20 ven'mous fate, IN hath itcone to
this? Our village peace, that liked o
Sabbath eve, and trimmed the spirit
with q velvet hush-is tais beset with
piping lunacy that threats US with per
petuai agony such as at times the or
gan-grinder brews?
@Nay, good Andromeda, attasnt rs
not. He that would bliss achieve must
first endure. Music were not in full
perfection born, aadP the heaven itself
I doubt if harp did ever twang in
] euphony to first attempt of any angel
amateur. Methinks there is a planet
set apart in solar system where the
chosen few are first besutored for the
harping sphere, and enulous Of such
cur piping throng will HE them to the
/. bordering wilderness, end make hyena
jealous with the throes that belch them
, = go 80
"And thou wilt promise me, Euter-
plan soul, that thou wilt never curd' my
young tranquility with blended discord
of thine unframed pipes? Swear me,
o terrible trombone, that thou wilt
keep me scathless from a serenade."
Il swear it, Philome, with irbrant
oath. But give me vet thine ear to
this annex. Tomorrow It's thy fathers
natal day, and | will offer him me trib-
ute love through metal mouths of many
implements. and lest it seem a babel to
thine ear, thou'dist best betake thee to
q nunnery. Thy father likes a sound
ING throat of brass, and boasts himself
a child Of patience too; but if he wish
him not for vulture's wings or polecat's
power of retort before we gag the flow
Of our fortissimos, then hath the virus
of me purpose waned, or hell absorbed
all sounds ca%cophonous. All! sweet
Andromeda! twill be a foot inject witt
multiple accordions and other stridu'
Ious affairs that will incite this utter
anee from thy sire's lips, Ethan this
I'd much prefer the cholera. '"-Yomk
ers Gazette.
there y.aS An Exec IN.