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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01

Let grumbling men think of this ::
II the men of this country posses led
the energy and the pluck of the wo-
men, hard times would disappear like
a mist before the morning sun. Who
ever heard of u widow left with a
honse full of children to raise being in
debtor who can point out fair girl
thrown on her own resources who
failed to clothe herself comfortably or
pay her hoard bill promptly The
lords of creation are full of talk and
wild schemes, bnt when it comes TO
.aet I'D and GET and hard work many
of them flicker-Plaq1emine Home
Journal.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01

An Arkansas editor on reading that
Young lady in New York kneads
bread with her gloves on INDUCED in
the following soliloquy sit is said
that New York girl kneads bread
with her gloves oil, but this 10 no news
to us. We need bread with our boots
on we need bread with our pants on /;
and if those Subscribers who are so
much in arrears don't pay up pretty
soon. We will need bread without
ANYTHING on.'
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01
CASTo7IA
9hs fas- N
-:s:is'' '' ''&MzZs< VS.. IS

The treasury department estimates
the population of the country at ~,
SAT 900 and the circulation of money
based ON that estimate as $23 per
capita. While there is scarcely any
apprec G able increase in the circulating
medium from year to year, the popu.
lation and general business of the
Nation continue rapidly to expand.
The result is naturxl-the dollar con-
tinues to become scarcer and more
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01
Everybody Gays So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most Won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste. act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels
cleansing the entire system, dIspei colus,
cure headache. fever, habitual constipation
and ,iliousness. Please buy and try box
OF G. G. C. to-day; 10, 25. 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01
A
MYSTERY
SOLVED.

Business is dead-you have
nothing to do but sit on
empty boxes and occasionally
use your duster on the work
of some industrious spider
which adorns your shelves
YOUR BUSINESS is FAST
GOING TO WRECK, and
YOU can not account for it
YOU have tried all sorts of
schemes" to pull the peo-
ple-all but ADVERTISING.
If you had, you would not
wonder why your friend
across the way gets all the
trade.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01

To open the mouth while
chewing the food instead of keeping
the lips closed to talk when the
mouth is full to suck up soup from
the spoon +; to put knife in the
mouth to bend the head down
over the plate, eating rapidly,
or to make a noise in eating, are
breaches of good manners.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01
-.,-,i-ilas-
NoTARIAL.
I'll. n.

COULON. III. n.
Notary Public.
~, Es,.,e and Fire and Life Insurance
a., Properties bought and sold. Money
loaned and borrowed. Market Street, be-
~aeu ST Louis and Green streets.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01
CcE-TlPAgyCE

Shout. M. BE regarded IS iriii:l! i.' .a'i-
In fact, nature denit- 's tie u itss : l'ssi ~
of the bowels, and any d.. ia.ioa from t"tS
demand t9tlS&e tNe va. otiua - EtEt,s.s =:
ger It's driie as necessary ;nrciIsove tto:''ife
2ccumuIiis lots lf3.l ne 5.'Ff - =. Il = - ..it
or sren and no health can IL tsctllac.eI 'T.isfs
. coatiye hab:, of body prevails.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01

,Eais tl.stras2;.,. :.ii.tct.on ocS'gs ,slos! -
ntteatay. ". tiarulbGasa II ti.e ht"tassf'i:,
a:ising from the imperieatiy diaesied con
tents. causes - serefe pain IA the hthd,
accomplished vito di7agreeai3le naG'ass, ;ai.'i
thts constitutes what Is poputrlT KNOW ~
r;fci1 IIeadste.a. fnr tn2 relief o. T-4ie.l L>>e
simmons A.iset LD-s tl....oI.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-01
CoNSTABLES.
n..yx.er COMMISSIONERS.

dat No. l-vhos. Beary, o. Anthemen'
al. B. q. Mire. ..ts
dat. No, 2.-Thos. Barker, Oscar Ahtne-
fss,, G. J. Guidry. Yop,..n.
nss. No.s-L. j. Trosclsir. j. l.. Leblanc
IL, Tumassi
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Notes of a Weighty Bell.

The second bell in weight in the
world, that In Mingoon, in India, has
lately been raised from the ground
and arranged so as to ring again, after
lapse Of nearly century, says the
Westminster Gazette. This bell
weighs between ninety and one hun
dred tons. 1t is surpassed by the gtlnt
at Moscow in weight, but the larAr
has lost a large piece out Of it, and, as
it is used as chapel, cannot now be
rung. There is, however, another bell
at Moscow, which Is used, and is said
to weigh 1913 tons.
The Mingoon bell Is twelve feet high
and about eighteen feet in diameter at
the rim The immense wooden beams
ON which it formerly hung have long
since been broken down at the shackle
1t has recently been rehung on a steel
girder at a height Of twenty-five feet
from the ground. 1t is proposed to en-
case the supporting columns and grid
ers with carved teak in Burmese de-
sign, and then erect a cupola over the
whole structure. The bell at Pekin,
which is the third largest in the world
that can still be used, weighs only
fifty-eight tons.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
A NEW METHOD WITH HOGS.

The method and success of a farmer
in Franklin County, Ohio, is worthy of
note, writes w. I. Taylor. Sows are
bred to farrow in July or August As
soon as the filters are Old enough to
wean, the sows are taken away, fat
tened and sold or slaughtered by Jan.
/. The herd of pigs are kept thrifty
and growing through fall and winter.
AS soon as blue grass or clover peeps
out in spring they get that, followed
by other pasture range until the last
of June, when a full ration of corn is
fed. BY the last of August or Sept. /
they are ready to sell. Out of this
young herd every spring the most likely
females are taken and bred to farrow
as before, keeping no sows over winter.
This gentleman's methods In this
line IRE worthy Of imitation and his
success as farmer has been perfectly
satisfactory to him through success
sion of years. No doubt the average
price obtained has been above fan and
winter level, and l think il taken
through his twenty years would come
pretty close to the five cent mark Hav-
ing bought many lots of his feeding, /
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS.
Lettuce Feeding Hens for Eggs-.Plan.
ring for Fall Fresh Cows. Find Way
or Make It."
ESTABLISHING AN APIARY.

A bulletin of the Department of Ag-
riculture says: Spring is the best time
to establish an apiary, especially for
person unacquainted with the prac-
teal care of bees. Colonies in good
condition secured then are more easily
kept in order by the novice than if pur-
chased in the fall. Mistakes in man
agement may possibly be remedied be-
fore. the season closes, and by the time
it is necessary to prepare for the WIN
ter the learner will have gained GER
tain amount of practical knowledge
of the nature and requirements of the
bees.
IL the start be made late in the sea-
son, mistakes, if they occur, may re-
suit fatally before the proper remedy
can be applied The beginner had bet
ter obtain his start by purchasing one
or two colonies of pure Italian or Car
NOLAN bees in accurately made frame
hives and in first-class condition. These
he should get of some bee master of
repute near his own place If possible,
in order to avoid eXpressage and posi-
BILE damage through long confinement
or numerous transfers. The cost per
colony may be So to $S,yet bees at this
price will generally be found much
cheaper in the end, for, though COM
mon bees in box hives may frequently
be obtained at half the price or less,
the cost, when finally transferred into
frame hives, fitted up with straight
combs, and the common queens re-
placed by Italian OF Carniolans, will
not be less.
The possession of q colony already in
prime working order gives the novice
a standard with which to compare all
| others, and often enables him to avoid
costly experiments. Another plan, also
| commendable is to agree with some
neighboring bee keeper to deliver as
many first swarms on the day they is
| sue as are wanted. These will give
the right start if placed as received in
hives with foundation starters and the
frames properly spaced-one and three
eighths' inches from centre to centre,
| it being understood that the swarms
are early and prime ones, with vigorous
queens. Only those issuing from colo
MES that have swarmed the year be-
fore, or from such as were themselves
second swarms of the previous year
should be accepted. Swarms from these
will have queens not over one year old.
| 1t Is better to have queens of the
current years raising, but these can
only be obtained by taking the second
or third swarms from a given hive,
which come later and are smaller, or by
substituting young queens for those
| that come with the SwarmS.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Hero of the Alps.

Almer, the Swiss mountain guides,
SEVENTEEN birthday has just been cell
ebrated at Grindelwald, says the Lon
don Sketch. He is the hero of over 200
first ascents, including the Wetterhorn,
the Schreckhorn, the Eiger and the
Moench or the Wengern Alp. 1t is said
that he is the only man who ever came
down alive from the last peak.
He has repeatedly climbed the Jung
frau, and all the peaks of the Overland,
the Valais, the Grisons and of Savoy.
The tops of some of the Aiguilles of
Mont Blanc and of the Dolomites of
Dauphine he alone has reached. He
has five sons, all well-known guides,
who have been employed in climbs in
the Caucasus and the Himalayas. His
career ended ten years ago, when he
lost all his toes during an ascent of the
Jungfrau In January.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
"FIND A WAY, OR MAKE IT"

The first requisite of a market gar
dener is to be able to produce the best
of vegetables at the smallest cost
This may be accomplished by syste-
matically saving all available manure
and by the Intelligent use of CONNER
cial fertilizers. He must study the
tastes and wants of his customers, for
on them depends the life of his ven
ture. Having done so, the next step
is to get his products into proper and
carefully graded in at least two classes;
the finest in one class and the next
best in another, with prices cores
ponding. Sell directly to consumers.
Endeayor as soon as possible to build
up reputation for honesty and reli-
ability, and after once establishing it,
do not vary one iota therefrOm. Let
his customers feel that they can de-
pend upon him always to do as he
agrees, and that his products are inyar-
iably of the best. Don't plant too large
ly of any one crop. Plant variety,
but only such as are suited to the re-
quirements of his customers, and that
there is likely to be at least n reason
able demand for. Plan to have sup
ply on hand when the markets are not
glutted, for the goods then bring the
best prices. Have patience to wait
till the financial crisis is settled, and
the markets will improve of their own
accord. Be cheerful himself, and try
his best to please everyone else.-H. b.
Mitchell, in Practical Farmer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
FEEDING HENS FOR EGGS.

Farmers generally feed too much
corn; its fattening properties are so
great that it should be fed sparingly
and then on the cob, except that for the
night meal on cold day hot corn is
excellent.
Buckwheat- or wheat should be the
principal feed during winter. Oats are
good when the ground is bare and there
is free access to gravel and grit.
Warm milk or water, along with
crushed oyster shells, should be pro-
yided literally. Liquids are necessary
for the formation of egg shells.
Scraps from the table, Feelings and
cabbage are equally relished by IBID
dy," and If properly housed and cared
for will give good returns in the egg
basket.-New England Homestead.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Europe's Electric Reads.

There are now $50 miles of electric
roads in Europe, an increase Of 125
miles during the year. says the Chi
cago r-Ocean. The number Of cars
has increased from 1926 to 1,747. Ger
many leads with ESQ miles Of track
and S57 cars. Then come France with
81 miles and 225 cars, Great Britain
with Is miles and 1913 cars, and Aus
tro-Hungary with As miles and 1J7
cars. Russia has one line with 6 miles
of track and 81 motor cars. OF the III
European lines 81 are worked by the
overhead trolley system; three. one
each in Germany, England and Hun
gary, by an underground current; n'ne
by an insulated central rail, and eight
by storage batteries.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Quite Unhurt.

A certain country doctor, who was
also the village dentist and surgeon,
was a severe-looking man, and had be-
sides the reputation Of being most he
roic" in his methods Of treatment, SO
that many people stood in a kind OF
terror Of him.
One day he was passing house that
was in process of building when he saw
a boy fall from a pretty high ladder
Pulling up his horse the doctor Jumped
out of his sulky and fastened to the
rescue.
"Are you much hurt, my boyT he
asked, as he came near.
"No, sir" answered the boy, spring
ing to his feet and hobbling away as
fast as he could. mo, sir, not bit
In fact. 1 feel all the better"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
A Bad Case Quietly Cared.

From the Commercial. Bangor, Ma
We publish the letter OF Mr.. b. J. Gran
dlemire in full, just as 1t came In, e. 1t Is in,
teresting.
Dear Sirs ~ send this solely that Others
may know what DR.. Williams Pink Pills
did for me and my kidneys. and to make 1t
Of more effect send 1t In afadavit form:
s sog1T 2, ., WIS., Ws,a,yoros. $.
H. @. Crandemire, Of Vanceboro, Maine,
being duly sworn deposes and says:
"Two years or more ago, was attacked
with kidney trouble which gave me violent
pain, and necessitated my urinating every
few minutes. Then had times OF no control
over my water, and this made things un-
bearabie. The pain at these times was in
describable. and nothing gave me any relief
until was led TO try DR.. Williams FINK
Pills. The first box helped me, and by tho
time had taken my second was absolutely
and completely cured. This was two years
ago. and since then / have hal NO return
of the trouble, and I have no hesitation or
doubt In expressing that owe my recovery
to Pink Pills.
Personally appeared before me this 18th
day of August, 1898, II. J. Crandemire,
and made oath that the above statement
was true.
ELISHA T. HoLBRooK, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. In con-
densed form, all the elements necessary TO
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also q
specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions. Irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build up the blood,
and restore the glow of health to pale and
sallow cheeks In mon they affect a radical
cure in all cases arising from mental worry,
overwork or excuses Of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold In boxes (never in loose
bulk) at 81 cents q box or six boxes for
g. 50, and may be had OF all druggists, or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.

AS given to the world by Dorothy
Tucker through the Farm Journal:
Sailing regularly is one very impor-
taHt matter in the dairy.
When cows have not received an
abundance of salt, and then change
to regular sailing is practiced, great
change both in quantity and quality of
milk can be noticed. A still better
plan is to keep it where each COW can
help herself whenever she desires.
The best cows are always the heavy
feeders.
If they eat heartily and are healthy,
and do not lay on fat, you may be sure
that it is going somewhere, and you
will always find it in the milk pail.
Good, regular care will count now.
Breeding and natural capacity are
powerless to contribute to successful
stock raising unless accompanied by
thoughtfulness, intelligence and regu-
| lar care.
Merit is not proof against neglect,
starvation and abuse. Givea cow just
enough to keep her alive and how can
she fill the milk pail?
Too many upobserviEg men expect
this. and then wonder why they are
poor.
How many farmers are preparing to
idle away the winter? Is there any
excuse for such practices, and is there
any other business that will permit 1t 7
Winter butter production is more
profitable than summer; then why not
be a winter producer?
Every degree you raise the tempera-
ture of the stable up to comfort saves
food and is one step In the right direc-
ton for prosperity.
Don't let the heifers form the habit
of drying up early. With plenty of
food and good care they will milk near.
ly the year round.
Be sure that linseed meal forms q
part of the grain ration now.
Don't neglect the daily brushing and
cleaning of every cow. There is moth.
ing like pure, simple, old-fashioned
cleanliness.
Get special customers for your but
ter, and furnish it every week. 1t is
worth few cents per pound to the con
sumers to know that they are eating
pure, clean butter, and not oleo OIL
some other manufactured stuff, and
there is a big difference between cash
and trading out butter.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Fought With the Beers.

David Draper, who recently tried to
lecture at the Imperial Institute in Lon
don on the topic of "Auriferous Con-
giomerates in South Africa" was
greeted with storm of Kisses, and was
so constantly interrupted that he finally
gave UP in despair and left the con-
glomerate unexplained. The cause Of
this scene was the fact that Mr.. Ora.
per fought with the Beers at Krugers-
dorp. His grandfather served under
Wellington, and then emigrated to. AZ
RIGA, where the family has since lived
among the Beers, but retaining English
citizenship. When the Transvaal was
invaded Mr.. Draper helped to repel the
invaders He is man of high scien-
tific attachments, fellow Of the Geo
graphical Society and secretary and
treasurer of the Geological Society Of
South Africa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
scowlina.

Don't scowl; 1t spoils faces. Before
vou know It, your forehead win resem-
HE a small railroad map. There is a
grand trunk line from your cowlick to
the bridge of your nose, intersected by
naraIlel lines running east ard west,
with curves arching your eyebrows;
and O. how much older you look for it!
scowllng is q habit that steals upon
ma unawares. We frown when the
light is too strong and when 1t is too
weak. We tie our brows into a knot
when we are thinking, and knit them
even more tightly when we cannot
think. There is no denying there are
nlenty of things to scowl about.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
PLANNING FOR FALL-FRESH
COWS.

December and January are good
months in which to control and super
wise the service of the bull. Midsum-
mer and the dogdays are a good time
for the COW to be dry and prepare to
calye again, and most Improbable
and annoying time to make milk or
handle it. The greatest product and
the richest come at the season when
milk and butter are always compare
lively high in price. In actual prac-
tice, four fall-fresh cows have been
found to equal five which calved in
the spring, in twelve months product,
and at about fOur-fifths the COST
Henry f. Award, United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
LETTUCE.

With the exception possibly Of the
cabbage, few vegetables require as rich
soil in order to get the best results as
lettuce. Many vegetable plants are
not particular as to the quality of the
manure. Anything in abundance will
do, but the lettuce seems to prefer rank,
partially rotted manure to any other
kind We have seen it thriving in the
rich soil of greenhouse where it was
used as first crop."-Meehans'
Monthly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17

know of their merits. On Aug. 80 last
thirty EIGHT head averaged two hundred
and fifty-six pounds and netted him
at home scales $330.SO. A lot of thirty
sold on July 10, 1895, averaged two
hundred and sixty-five pounds and
netted him $3T0.37. There are certainly
many advantages in this plan and
taken upon an average basis the price
is likely to be higher at the season he
disposes of his product. than at any
other time in the year.-American Ag-
riculturist.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17

The nurse (smilingly)-Well, sit Is
twins. Wheeler (crushed) |
hope bicycles will be cheaper next year.
Puck.
"She's worth million, You know, and
they say he only married her for her
money" as that ll?"-Philadelphia
North American.
There's one great drawback to q
fat" whats that" lyon have nc
attic to put things you don't want in
Chicago Record.
Madge-How proud Name Is since
she ordered her bicycle! Tom-Well
you know. pride goes before a fall
Yonkers Statesman.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
What Becomes OF the Milk.

Trained nurses and their field Of work
were being discussed by prominent
club of this city few days ago, and
one of the ladies, In demonstrating the
care of infants, held up a chamois
model of a baby's stomach. about as
large as a good-sized oyster, and ex-
claimed for her climax: Now, what
becomes Of all the quarts of milk that
are poured into that little stomachF'
There was startled silence, broken
by a young woman in q rear seat, who
murmured, lugubriously: well, most
of 1t goes into your lap"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Pavemeuts,

Some of the pavement In use on the
streets of Vienna is composed Of gran
ulated cork, mixed with asphalt and
other cohesive substances. 1t is COM
pressed into blocks Of convenient size.
Its advantages are. cleanliness, dura-
bility and economy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-04-17
Tba SPARTAN virtue, For.itude,

10 severely taxed by dyspepsia. But good a.
gestion will wait on appetite, and health Cd
both, when Hostetter's Stomach Filters is re-
sorted to by tho victim of indigestion Heart
burn natulence, biliousness viii cease torment,
ing the gastric region and liver II this genial
family corrective meets with the fair trial that
sterling remedy deserves. Use It regularly, mol
spasmodicalIy-no and then. IL concuers ma
lnrial Kidney. nervous and rhenmatic alllnehts.