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The record-union., 1897-01-25
Springbok Shooting.

On nearing the salt-pan We got off our
| horses, fastened them to a bush, and
then stole quietly forward. A most en-
| trancing sight lay before us. 1t was now
| sun-up; the air Nas full of light, the
eastern sky was painted with the most
| gorgeous coloring, mighty streamers of
| red and orange spread towards the ze-
NTH. there was no mirage, the atmoS-
phere was clear and translucent, the air
| stiH keen. Peering from behind our
screen of bush, we looked out upon the
salt-pan and were not disappointed. The
pan was about half a mile long by a
quarter of mile in width. Its smooth
| expanse, grayish silver in tone, was as
level as billiard table. Here and there,
scattered in little companies or clumps
were two or three hundred springbok,
their dainty forms displayed in the most
| perfect manner upon the smooth, gilt
terlng sand. Springboks have strange
| liking for salt-pan, and in no other place
| are their tricks, graceS and marvellous
| leaping powers set off more brilliantly
Here. at sunrise, some Of the handsome
| creatures were at play, fricking, prank
| ing, butting one another, occasionally
| arching their backs, displaying the curl
Gus fanlike blaze of white hair upon
the Group, and springlng from all four
| feet, like balls of india rubber, high in
air. Others stood contempfatively, or
touched the brack pan with their
| tongues; others, again, with lowered
| heads trotted with ridiculously mine
| ing gait hither and thither. 1t was one
of the most beautiful scenes I ever wit
| messed in South Africa, and watched it
| for a long half hour. Through my glass
I could distinguish perfectly the bright
| cinnamon-fawn coats Of the antelopes,
| the dark chestnut side streak, their
snow white bellies. breasts, rumps and
| legs, and shapely lyItate horns. AT length
| put up my rifle, took aim at a good
| ram nearest to me-some 200 yards
away-and pulled the trigger. The bullet
passed under the antelopes belly and
struck up a cloud of white dust just be-
yond, and the startled springbok leaped
several feet in the air and then bolted off
a little way He gave me another chance
directly, and this time my Martini
| Henry bullet struck him fair behind the
shoulder; he fell over upon the pan,
| gave a struggle or two, and was all but
dead when we reached him.
! by IElS LliihC lilE ICSL III Tile dIleipDtS
| had betaken themselves from the pan,
and We were alone. David now picked
/ rlp TIE buck, fastened it behind his sad
| die and went back to the wagons. while
| I rode slowly across the pan. 1t was ex-
| tremely interesting to notice the spoor
| imprinted by different animals in the
| cleaTest possible manner upon the
smooth tell-tale 'expanse beneath me.
Here. in addition TO the springbok's neat
| footprints, were the diminutive traces of
stelnbok near the edge. Across one cor
ner a lion had passed during the night,
and there was in other directions the
| spoor of Burchell's zebra, blue wilde
beest, ostrich and roam antelope Dave,
who had ridden out from the camp
again, repoined me shortly and we rode
| for another three hours in search of
heavier game, burt without success
| Macmillan's.
The record-union., 1897-01-25
Hnunfad Z

Inc human tenement is often haunted
to the grievous discomfort of its possessor
by those malignant spirits, constipation
ana piilousness. But the abominable pair
may be speedily driven out with the potent
help OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This
genial Alternative, while 1t relieves the
drastic purgative does, produces violent ef-
fects and weakens the intestines. On the
contrary. the action of the Bitters is pre-
cisely analogous to an effort of nature
seeking TO resume her proper functions.
This furnishes pretty conclusive evidence
that 1t IS better to use persuasive means,
so to speak, than to endeavor to GEORGE ma
ture to return to duty Violent remedies
produce only a temporary effect, followed
by a hurtful reaction. For indigestion.
malarial and kidney complaints, rheuma-
highest rank among remedies of the philo-
sophie school.
The record-union., 1897-01-25
NJ i N Y 0 MS
HEADACHE
CURE
Cures Headaches Of All Kinds
in Three Minutes.

One or two doses will stop Sick Head
ache, Neuralgia, Headaches from Indi-
gestion, Nervousness, Overwork, Colds,
Intenperance, Constipation, Railroad or
Ocean Travel, Habitual Headache,
Headaches Of Children, and, In fact, all
forms of Headache.
Those who suffer from headache from
late suppers or immoderate eating or
drinking will find in these tablets i'm
mediate relief, and grateful tonic to
the overWorked stomach and jaded
nerves.
A separate cure for each disease. At
all druggists, mostly % cents vial.
Personal letters to Professor Munyon,
1905 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, an
swered with free medical advice for any
disease.
The record-union., 1897-01-25

tested with rats, and as everything put
Through the aperature in the door, in the
absence of a letter-box, dropped to the
floor, the postal authorities might not,
after all, be responsible for the strange
disappearance of the letter. A search
which he instituted was completely sue
cessful. On looking behind corn bin
he discovered TO his astonishment two
huge rats actually fighting for the pos
session of a dust-besmeared envelope
which, on being opened, was found to be
none other than the one that contained
the check.-Bristol Mercury.
The record-union., 1897-01-25
The Rats and the Missing Check.

A remarkable incident is brought to
our notice by the Bristol Postoffice, and,
what is more. ii IS a story with a moral.
Some days ago a letter containing a
check for upwards of $500 was posted
to a gentleman's business address in the
city. and although there was proof that
it was delivered the same evening, the
addressee complained that the import
ant missive had not reached him. Sub
sequently, however, IT occurred to him
that as his business premises were in
The record-union., 1897-01-25
BOISE PENROsE.
Successor to j. ID. Cameron as u. S.
Senator From Pennsylvania.

Boles Penrose, who was one of the lead
shS candidates for the United States
senate, TO succeed Don Cameron, of
L pennsylvania, is brilliant young law
yer, 80 years of age. He is a graduate
OF Harvard College. In 1884 he was
elected a member of the lower house of
the State Legislature and two years
tater became a member of the State
Senate, in which body he has since been
a leader.
The record-union., 1897-01-25

Senator Cameron has been member
OF the Senate for twenty years and will
retire from public life. Senator Quay
is the dictator in the Republican politics
of the State, and Boies Penrose Is his
favorite protege. Mr.. Penrose also has
a large personal following.
The record-union., 1897-01-25

Sometimes In the course of a year so
many as 400 bodies are taken out OF the
Nile. from which the Egyptians obtain
their water supply.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-29

Gov. McCord will be in Phenix tc- night and the capitol city is making arrangements 10 receive him in open arms, Already we hear of many who Lave maligned him during the hot contest are to be the first ta welcome
 him now. Such spectacle is too raw but everything seems to go in Arizona.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-29

Many Colorado prospeetor, says the Denver Mining Review, Is hank ering after the good things of Alaska and turning his back on the better things at home.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-29

Ii costs the government SjCO t9 catch a Chiuamen, prove it on Linn and transport the yellow fellow. No deubt the Chinamsn would 90 away quietly for less money, cash ill hand if the government were to mako him business offer.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-29

There is Lothing slow abou. Bro. Dunbar ol the Gazette. He went half way across the continent to meet Gov. McCord aad the two returned home together.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-29
auyaoEIZED AGENTS.

L. P. FISHER, 2ri Merchants Exchange FranclsSo.
 G. H. KELLOGG. No sIo Pine street, Room g and s, San Francisco.
 E. C. DAKE. room $, Merchant Exchange an Francisco.
 GEO. P. HOWELL 10 Spruce s. New ork.
 N. w. AVER & SON. Philadelphia. All tran sections made by the above named persons will be complied with at the PROS RECTOR office.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-29
Subscription Rates.
cITY AND CGUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

Watch out for the political axe as soon as Gov. McCord gets into work ing harness.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
A Poets Patience,

During a visit to Mr.. Longfel1ow,
says a well-known author, he pointed to
me a pile Of letters at least a foot high
and said:
"As soon as I am a little stronger I
must answer all these. They are nearly
all from strangers"
$50 manv?"
sYes,' with q smile; II think I v
age about twenty letters a day, from
entire strangers"
and do you answer them all?" we
asked.
"Oh, yes; it would be so unkind not
to answer when they have taken the
trouble to write
OF course, opinions differ on this
point. Many literary people do not re-
spond to letters OF that sort. DR..
Holmes has ~eloquently defended, in the
atlantic, the right of an author to be a
private citizen, and not to be intruded
upon by demands for autographs and
photographs. But Charles Sumner
was Of Mr. Longfellow's mind, and
used to preface his autograph, usually,
by some sentence the receiver was glad
to remember.
It would be ver,y easy to justify a
man who averaged twenty letters a day
from entire strangers in neglecting
them all, since life is short and art is
long; but, after all, was there not
something very lovely in the sweet
nature and the grateful heart which
felt that it would be $50 unkind" not to
respond when people had taken the
trouble TO write?"
The poets kindness Of heart entered
into his work, and II may be that the
placing of q bust in Westminster Abbey,
copies Of which are finding places in SO
MANY English homes, owes something
to this feeling Of universal sympathy
and helpfulness which characterized
the man.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
TAe Docile American Horse.

Il has long been accepted as . theory
by our transatlantic kinsmen that vice
in animals is almost always the result
of unkindness and maltreatment re-
ceived by them from their human COM
panions, and that the paucity of vicious
horses in the United States is to be ex-
planned by the gentleness, and, so to
speak, the famili rity with which the
noble animal is treated in every part
of the Jnion. There can be little doubt
that in no country is the intelligence OF
quadrupeds more developed and cultl-
waited than in the United States. where
it is well understood hat BY kindness
alone can their characteristics, traits,
dispositions. and qualities be fully
drawn forth. Nothing is more common.
for instance, than to see IN Amerlc n
horse harnessed to o buggy and stand
ing alone in New York-his master
having entered O shop-bv the curb
ston' edge, in the midst Of the crush
and turmoil of Broadway, ~ of the
most crowded and noisy thorougafares
upon the face Of the earth. Before de-
sceading from his buggy the master
says q word o. two to his horse, and
leaves him standing i'll the street with
ont rastrtint. The sagacious animal,
whose eyes are not shielded by blink
ers, aud who is moi tormented by o
Procrnstean bearing-rein, unde; stands
perfect y that he is expected to wait
until his master has transacted his
business; and wit, accordingly, he
does, sometimes for hours at a time,
and without regard to the winters cold
or summers heat. Again, in the widest
parts of the Western and Southern
States there is not a farmer who thinks
anything of driving his horses by night
over a wooden bridge full of holes,
caused by many planks having dropped
into the stream beneath. The careful
beast, who may or may not have crossed
the bridge on many previous occasions,
feels his way in the darkness, and his
head having been surrendered to him
by the driver, steps as carefully and
with as much precision as a dancing
master. Whenever, indeed, a horse is
found to he possessed Of a violent, or,
to use an old Yorkshire word, a "mis-
CLANCY" temper in the United States,
the odds are in favor of his being i'm
ported from abroad.-L0ndon Tele.
graph.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25

iNGERsoI.L says that q mans sur
roHnd1ngs are responsible for his be
lie Aohammed held that wome "a,
- enter the kingdom OF heaven. Fl,
La elsv.n yves.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
The Yastness of London.

Suburban residence" is q common
phrase in these days, but it would be
difficult to explain the exact meaning
of the term. The suburbs of London
now extend to such a distance from the
actual metropolis that their practical
limit is almost beyond the power of
definition. The same difficulty was ex-
perienced more tfiaa o century ago,
long before London had acquired its
present bewildering proportions. On
the 10th of JHAe. itff. according to the
records OF the day, "a cause OF great
Importance te the inhabitants of Cid
st.aet and parts adjacent" was deter
Inr.cd il the CcGrt II Kings Bench.
TIE question was whether the messen-
ger CARRYING lctteas rom the penny
postosfice III london had d right to de-
maa6 OF the said inhabitants of Old
street and lis vicinity o penny for the
delivery of each Letter. over and above
the penny paid ut the ~posto1ice. The
ca c turned upoi the description of t,le
\ lNafbs oG ItcalAn, and whether Old
stree Eas with t.aat description. Tie
court WAS Of o Vi. on that all the streets
and houses ad..oin ne and contiguous to
the city of London. and Joining toset!-
or by n coatinuovs range Of. houses.
,nrst be deemed sthurbs, and conse-
~rnentlr exempt fron the charge of /
penny conteEded ioi by the postofice
authorities 81. James Gazette.
ACoME, now, this is to, bad" ex-
claimed the squeamish boarder, as he
plucked q water-bug from the interior
Of a hot b scuit. 1T II too bad. re-
piled the landlady; "la let us hope
that his death WIS 81 en- and pain
less"
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
And That, Too.

A Boston mar got hold of a West
erner in hopes of getting some eonscla-
ton ont of the look of affairs toward
shutdown, but the man promptly re-
piled:
T tell You, things have Just squatted
out our way"
won't wheat look mp a little, chi"
"Not a look"
@Any new enterprises?"
"Not so much as building q wood
shed"
"But do the merchants complair ~
II should smilei They even hire
folks to help 'em growli"
isn't the railroad business q little
more favorable?"
ayes, they manage TO run trains, but
that's about ALL
We'll, there must he some business
in the West which holds ITS own" per-
sisted the Bostonian. "How's matri-
mony?"
"Deader'n Joseph's old boots" was
the confidential answer. "a year ago
you could have married anything and
anybody and counted on 8 per cent.
dividends, but the general depression
has fatsened matrimony until a widow
worth Sai, 800 has got to hunt u man
down with o gun"-UdU Street Ners.
TIN on a house top should be vel,
painted once in four years. For roofs.
light, cool colors are preferable, be-
cause they reflect the warm rays of
light, and thereby lessen the expansion
and contraction of the metal and the
shrinking of the boards underneath.
and 50 lessen the liability Of the tin to
crack in the seams The temperature
OF attic rooms in summer will be ma
terially lower if the roof he painted
Nth a light rather than with a dark
color. The writer has lie srned from
long experience that the finest French
ochet IL the most economical pigment
that can be used for that purpose. IF,
as Is sometimes the case in country
houses, where tile roof is q conspicuous
object IN the architecture of the build
ing, a dark color he INDISPENSABLE. tbe
'ise Of pure Venetian rcd darkened
with 1ampblack is recommended az
the most durable and economical. If
by some process the oil used in roof
painting could be prevented from be-
coming hard and brittle, it would be a
great gain. The poorest oil paint,
however, is better than neglect; and
the best economy consists il keeping
TN entirely and thoroughly protected
ironl the corroding influence of damp
J Old paint, which has become
fatty from exposure to the atmos-
aohafe, IS better than new for roof paint
ing Not q drop Of t~urpentine should
hc used for such work.
iNGERsoI.L says that q mans sur
round1ngs are responsible for his be.
lie 4 ohammed held that women car
nt enter the kingdom OF heaven. n
La ,lsvsn yves.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
HOLD-FAST Clothes a / Limo

@-A1a~1t
! new and useful device which every fam
iv viii buv, is sold only through local
,yerts. simple and strong can be put up
an where securely holds rope or wire:
inst mt adjustment and remove Of me no
nrops needed. sells on sight. agents
wanted everywhere, Exclusive Territory.
Attractive terms. Premium and prgft-sharisg.
ANYONE may become agent. sample pair
I'M mall, 2Dc. kETS0 NOVELTY 20, SIS
Locust St Philadelphia.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
size Of the Brain In Animals

Auoro an;mals we find Q still greater
;ncraaaa n the weight of the brain -
nomnared with that of the body. Leurei
fo,,nd Il TO range in the monkeys irom
as ! 70 %. "a and 25; in the dolphin u
was as | to SO; in the . as 70
in the rat as 1 to 100; IN the ioA 40
to 2O5; in the dog as to 3Vo - ~
sheep as ! to 351; in b horse as M ~
O and in the OK as / to 15o. Inc
mean for the class of mammals, eAciu-
sive Of man, was as / to 1856. NY OWL
observations accord very closely ~ltn
those of Leuret. / found that IN the
nrairie wolf the proportion between the
Rraio md the body was as l TO ~; In
Tho wildcat as l to 15S; and n n rat
as | to 132. w., IN
If these figures teach anything At all
:. i that there is no definite relation eA-
istine between the intelligence OF AMI
mails and the absolute OF relative sue
~ tha brain. ]. is true that, taking
data collected by Leuret as the OASIS
there is a well-defined relation
the mental development and the pfain'
as regards the several classes Oh veroe-
brate animals: for in fishes, the lowest,
the brain is but 1-566Sth part OF the
body: in reptiles, the next highest, IL
is i-1321st part; in birds, next IN the
ascending scale, it is 1-212th part; and
in mammals, the highest of all, l-lS6th
part. There is, therefore, beginning
with the lowest class, q regular ascent
Ia the volume Of the brain till It reaches
the maximum in mammals.-Dr. nam
mond, IN Popular Science Monthly
Managing a Stove.
What everybody can do, few will do.
The ~greenest "Biddy" thinks she can
manage a stove, and resents b IN
strlction Of the mistress, who may be
as ignorant of this simple art as her
servant. The following directions
would, if needed, save both stove and
and fuel, besides keeping the fire al
WAYS in working order. Miss Parloa,
IN i recent lecture in New York, said
one of the most frequent mistakes peo-
pie make is in putting on too much
coal.
Never have the coal come above the
lining of the stove. It is a waste of
fuel and the fire will not be 50 bright
and clear, because the draught will not
be 50 good.
When not using the fire, keep the
hampers closed; it will be ready when
neeaed; then open the draughts.
For cooking. whether Oh top Of the
stove or in the oven, no matter how hot
the fire desired, having the coal come
nearly to the top of the lining. the fire
ought to last four hours without ne \
coal or poking.
The top of the stove NAV be red hot,
and the coal piled up to the l.ds, and
yet the oven will not bake. IL is be
cause there is too much coal, :,ud the
draught is stopped by il. 'flta prae
tice Of having the top Of tita stovc d
range red-hct will soon destroy it.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-25
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s''t -hlT cuiteisaa., ia. ts,
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t.sfo;a,i apes. Was ~ ai ed IT.
tie ftaiv wi,4-'l ic FL ..n III Il lnaer
part ~ the rello.n u Il seat elala
.~let.
H a-7 m hmciirvarr III ~
I'll ereasieets, W. IL " Very t '',s
to s!iaz that IL me axe & seeded
ffonl r~lo1heys.a
~ISnt there are exceptions ta @ctt-
efal rite sae reio;ned, III lnd
tel ,alsY ll&re been {Iec,@s,. esla 4
un'e. bfouhtpt y M
Nosr any man car gesh . a hT
rnL1le aatl phil il cvea tie hreR or
o. 4 !soat, hHt tln second or ttivli
ieave lie gun without ~ e~Ter.
HAND JADE envelopes cost originally
) cents each. The envelope-machine
nov turns them out 80 that a thousand
MAY i,c sold for 30 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-04

went for Mckinley last fall by $4,000
plurality, and no one for moment be-
lieves that the elections there this fall
will overcome these figures and place
it in the free silver column. The
other two States, Massachusetts, and
Virginia, will, of course, be found as
heretofore, one Republican and the
other Democratic. The only special
feature of the elections in these States
will be the indication of the trend of
opinion at the East and in the South as
shown by the results of these elections.
There is good reason to believe that
the final figures will show that in near
ly, If not quite all, of the five named
States, the free silver craze struck
twelve at the last November elections,
that it there showed its greatest
strength, and that from that time on Its
power and influence has been on the
| decline.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-04

becomes herculean. 1t is said that only
a few scrubby trees grow in the Klon-
dyke region and most of these have
been cut for fuel. How the miners OF
the future are to secure enough wood
for fuel and mining purposes has not
been explained. The next twelve
months will doubtless prove to be a
crucial period for Alaska gold hunters.
There will be much suffering from cold
and hunger and it is feared many will
die of starvation, but when it is settled
beyond doubt that great deposits of
gold surely exist in Alaska, that region
of Uncle Sans territory will be speed
lily explored by adventurous prospec-
tors, comfortable routes will be estab-
lished by water, by wagon route and
perhaps ere long by rail. Sure it is
that for the next twelve months the
Klondyke region will be most inter
esting news center.