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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

The New Orleans Mint must 60
that is. unless congress interferes.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

Sugar keeps strong and the plan
tiers are happy.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

THE ELECTION is ON TUESDAY JAN
UARY llTH.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

Dolls Dolls Dolls and plenty
al item at The Racket
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

II you need Mems sox, Ladies or
ehlidren Hosiery call at 1.-THE Rack
eI" Our Prices are the lowest.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08
NOTICE..

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT
IN that l Sigulmend Joachim hereby grant
to Edward Gross full power of attorney to
act for me In nv name, place aud stead, to
collect out%s'gnd.ng debts ar bill due me and
tn receipt for the same in NV name 10 de-
posit moneys to my account in the bank
where | have IA current account to sign le-
gal papers which may have come up in due
course of business of the Grand Bayou
Store aud to generally transact any bust
ness that may come mp the same az | were
present in my own proper person to sue in
nv name if ionni propar,;a JAIL Of which re-
iates to business transactions only i'll the
parish of Latourche, La. N. o., La, This
Both Dec. 1897.
Signed" S. JOACHIM,
Witness
J.GROSS,
JULES EALlSTF.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

"Mr. Davidson possesse, rare his
trionic and musical ability. Vince
ing CIV. Va.) lntelligencer.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

No, it will not be SO hard to vote as
yo1 think, if you only make up your
mind to do it, and go about it IN the
right manner.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08
j. GKOSS,
JULES EALlSTF.
a Piano For Sale.

NEW PIANO FOR SALE AT 4 SACRf.
~ FlCE. For Particulars apply to
WALTER SMITH,
n203t Thibodaux, La.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

Tuesday-Jannary 11:ll is the day.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

lsthe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81.
prepared only bye. I. Hood & Co. Lowell, Mass.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
A Convenient Custom.

Tn Holland bills are often paid through the medium of the post office. II enables man living, say, in Rottcr- dam. to get d small bill collected in any provincial town without the often eX- pensive and tedious interference of q banker OF agent. For that purpose he hands his bill to the nearest postotiice. It is sent to the place where the money Is to be collected. After the collection draft Is forwarded to the payce by the office where he deposited the bill duly reccipted on payment of q small commlss.sn. which is payable in ad- yance.-London Evening News.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Men Haven't All the priviieres

She-There is a great deal of unfair ness in this world. Women are barred out of society for things that men may do with impunity.
 He-That may be true, but. on the other hand, men would be barred out of society if they did some things that women do with impunity every day.
 She-Td like to have you name just one of them.
 He-Well kissing other peoples wives and daughters and sweethearts, for instance.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

enough af uFIar an HaarFeaHh. Had Hlf she hld rre1 uf sceafo1 umr. Hua na explanations and nn ssaaeH .ItH fI8f sle vHaIed fa ca zTe aoHE II.r HfHHf. charmed HIfu IlufIHHrE.s dI.faHrfHfr. refused fs make Hss f= fHru tn H.m. aHd H1eIeI HHr eIa-"if. fiua4urt hessad For ono aanl birf= fIse. uuH li aHs zHnfel Ilr 8H- q zsrrf s.4df. ralH md laesafI 1nd lf= abtsIa- Hut NanarH SIS unHaFr1I slc s..4d meealy before h.m. hef fuld. ed hands holil8g Fp-e. hrf fa'def aud motHar aa either sItin af arr. Sle WaH not In tle lcasf unhappy. md ne grief hal mpued her rfrIf1
 "4lauueIa." saul flurlhgrt. "hafe yoa mo- changed your miuI1 VII yon u9l come home with meF'
 She shook her head sNa.. she slld
 "WHy nut7 Was not Lind To yous Dl3 not love your'
 'Yes. yon wrrc very 1lad. Eut llbe better Co be with uy futlrr.s
 lt WIS useless tp threaten. lmplore. or reason. Manuela was gently stuh. born. She would never go back To hims shc Gld not lii,e Americans.
 When llur!burt finally went away, he decided that his heart was broken. He thought of suicide. lle coald never bear up under thr disgrace. and II "as not 50 great Us h!, 8rc-eacduesS. Th,s frame of mind n~ted for year. thca fttf 1.#t p1a f fut4i a divorce; then he Els ordered East. and lt waH ten years before he returned to tAe coast. He had wtth han his Niie -a woman of Ais own people, yrry charming. very well ~uIted to han Ia every way She knew tnc story of his first marriage. and she kueW ihdt. whatever he might say 10 the contrary, he st.ll regretted deep down in his helrt the sweet. Soft Mexican wife Of lis youth. of hls season of dear beliefs and illusions. The Knowledge was the one grief of her life. II threw a shadow of sadness over her eyes. But she kept r to. herself, and for this unfemnine virtue the gods. Tn due time, rewarded her
 They went one day, by ambulance from Wilmington. where Hurlburt was stationed. 10 Los Angeles. une of their mules got lame and they had to spend the night at roadside ranch. A crowd of dirty Mexican children piayci around the adobe; several yet dirtie1 men loungcd about the door; q fat. be shawleI woman waddled across the yard; yet more untidy one welcomed them.
 Her greasy face was still rather prct- ty and young, but she was thick, and heavy, and stupid. When she looked full at Hurlburt. she gave little cry that was more of a grunt.
 Come in: I will tell my huShand,a she said, and shuttled away with her bare feet,
 Hurburt turned to his wife gravely. 'I am sorry to have brought you here" he said. but 1t is ali we can do, unless you prefer to sleep in the ambulance tonight. That-woman was my wife"
 "So I supposed" she said. She laid her delicate hand on his arm. Don't let 1t trouble you. dear. I do not mind." she smiled Into his eyes, and the shad- oW was forever gone from her oWn.- San Francisco Argonaut.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

Dismemberment of China stares the powers i9 the face. They have their hands full to use familiar expression. Because matters have been going along without hostile collision does not nee essarily imply that an outbreak will be avoided before the end of the game of grab The yastness of the territory in- volved of itself invests the situation with the element of indefiniteness, both nation concerned, and as to what will satisfy all after the partition or occupa- ton schemes are measurably outlined.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Th~ Age of Monuments,

Promoter-What shall we give the next benefit for?
 Assistant-Lets announce it for contingent fund to secure the erection of a monument to the next citizen whom the public think merits monu- mental distinction.-Philadelphia North American.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
He Was Experienced.

"IIave you sony' asked the man who was looking at the vacant room.
 No" replied the landlady. What made you ask that?'
 "Because," he explained, T want to find a boarding house. this time. where may occasionally have a chance to get the tender piece of the porter hOuSe"
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

It is curious to note how interest has died out in a topic which was until few months ago almost the only one the gold discoveries in the klondikc. Now little news Is coming out of the great Northwest, and nobody seems to care Even the destructive avalanche In Chilkoot pass barely caused com ment The Klondike has tlzzled out. Perhaps 1t is as well that it should. The golden specter has lured more than one to his death
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

"Ninety-eight per cent of genius Is hard work" says Thomas A Edison. and he adds; As for genius being ln- spired, inspiration Is in most cases an other word for perspiration." As the foremost example in the world of one type of genius, MT. Edison Is an author ity on the subject and his aphorism corroborates Johnson's oftenquoted definition of genius. the Infinite capa- city for taking pains."
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

Science triumphs as greatly in pre- venting waste as in discovering new supplies. An Iron mill In Alabama Is investing q million dollars In works for the utilization of by products that for merly Were thrown away as worthless We are finding that there Is nothing so mean and base as to be altogether worthless.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

\ man u,ver knows what h. enn 10 uutu h. ffi.s. auI taeu he often regrets =Alt he has fannd out.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

There are three times as many mus cles in the tail of the cat as there are in the human hands and wrists.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

It is an evidence of the change which has come over the public mind in the South within the Inst thirty years to see Julia Ward IIowe's magnificent Rattle Hymn of the Republic" which stirred so many hearts during the war of the rebellion, finding publication in the col umns of the Southern press in these days
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

A New Eugland gardener says he has produced an plor.rsS onion.' Pr1hl bly q little one for scent.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

A Boston prisoner. arrested for drum kennes. was summarily discharged when he said that he was the father of gone an hour before the court remem- bered that the prisoner had testified that he was Go years old.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

Fitzhugh Lee k regarded as Presi- dential possibility. He's not talked of in connection with the second place on the ticket. because it's hard to make him take back seat.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

The New York Press observes That ''patrlotic girls are now wearing rrd. white and blue stockings" k that statement made on Information or be lief?
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

The blegelc balloon upprars Co h' a success Ia lvulou. Heres hoping itWiii ,iye thc stspryher litt.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

The Thomasvllle CGal Enterprise says that 'in this campaign the one Eyed Plowhoy of Pigeon Roost has de elded to tote his own skillet" We nev- er cease to wonder II the marvellous re- sources of the English language.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

The suhmurIac tut Holland Tn m emergency may he relied upon ts gel dght down to business.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

A New York paper says that the eX- pectatlon Chat electricity would destroy the demand for horses has not yet been realized" Why, of course not; it is im- possible to eat an electric battery.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Lucky in Both.

She-You're lucky at cards2 He-Eery.
 "Lucky at cards, unlucky at love" q don't believe 1t. I've been refused three times. es."-Yonkers Statesman.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

Joseph II. Irwin, of Allegheny City, Pa, comes to the front with the some what unique suggestion that the present cities of New York, Philadelphia and
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

While th' hattlrships have been painted varying shades. lt's Il pleasure to uete that none of them have htva painted yellow.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

The Buffalo News says: ''The aholi- tion of capital punishment In ohio has been defeated by fife vote. It was q knotty question" Not at all; you haven't been keeping up with current events. Ohio's method of legal slaush- ter is simply shocking, like New York $.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

The European concert may he good musical organization. but Il daesu't play successfully "a American audl- suCcS
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

Just at q tiale when baseball hines have got >o they can take thc lield with out lighting !t seems pity for two ua- tons to start h.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

True friendship, like phosphorus. shows up best at the darkest hour.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11

stepped inside and closed the door, The
other two men we're standing looking
at each other. and Mr.. Barley was
growing red in the face, too. The new
conner was odorous of beerand stale to-
bacco. and carried a slim brown cane
with a disproportionate knobby head.
Mr.. R,berts turned TO the red.faced
man and smiled u~npIeasantly. "This is
Mr.. Barklev." he said. Mfr. Barley,
shake hands with my friend, MIR. WIZ
SON. Mr.. BarIev Is here from the old
country with a vad of money to burn,
and he wants 10 see the elephant and
the ,yhoIe merapertp."
"you are altogether mistaken, SIR
~contradleted Inc F~npIishmau. 81 have
mo money 10 burn. and / don't want
10 Gee INV ~ ,our ~alepbBnts. If YOU
Nm Ion me mass I viii lid YOU both
goo5-dav"
uot ,ar ,,ft, ,-ui ,.o,, ." soi5 tho big
ayyon + ,r,.ss ron ,yiuNnit sjt
In,,a e., tbat oHafr b.for. 7 Grow Won
UoM" om ~ t ,T0 Ne ' bo,, ron H. his bIoom.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11

Nh. Roberts stopped and held out
lis hand. Temperance That's me
every time be declared, "It's against
principles. 1 train with that push
down 10 Rome. I thought that YOU.
being an EngItshmau, might drink q
gIass Of beer occasionally, and sort
u felt 1T TO be my duty to extend the
EosrftaIitieF Of the city. ] was wrong
though. and beg your pardon.
The Engiishman relaxed bis severity
ofarnect. Don't mention "a, my dear
SIR. be said. II beg your pardon. j
fea- ] spoke somewhat hastily. I am
Obliged te sou for your kind offer. 1
hear that there are some Immensely
biz daughter houses here. Suppose
we 20 and look them up, IL there is
nothing more remarkable to see"
"Y,u mean the stock yards" said
Mr.. Roberts, with a sideIoug glance
out OF his rather narrow eyes at his
comrauion, who was lifting his light
tweed trousers as he crossed a street.
NV friend will know where they are.
His Office is right here. Wen 60 in.
YouIl like him
They turned into a large Office build
ing and got into an elevator which
rtopped on the eighth floor. Mr. Rob-
erts got out and walked brisdy down
a tiled corridor, and, stopping al an
Office door, took a key from his pocket
and Jet himself 10. Mr. Barley. who
had followed him, found himself 10 a
large room furnished with q battered
desk with a torn cloth top, two chairs
and a view OF some fat roofs and
chlmneys. There were, Mr.. BarkIeY
noted, as be looked e]uriously around,
no hooks or papers or any evidence
Of business. The ink was dried in the
HltI- glass well and the pen beside it
was .hicBly corroded and its point was
broken,
sit down. old man" said Mr.. Rob
crts, waving his hand toward one OF
the chairs. WILSON'S probably went
over to the Bible institute. He'll be
back In a few minutes, though. It's
his time TO he around, aud he's strictly
en- deck when bis friends need him.
There was something in the young
mans tone that Mr.. Barley did not
/ like, and when Roberta placed one foot
on tie desk. aud. striking a match on
| his heel lighted q cigarette, Mr. Bark.
ley was distinctly annoyed.
III you will excuse me- he said
.t. tF sIE.T- Z ,.fn can yrarv Frieuf
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11
STORM-SWEPT ISLES.
Something About West Indian cy-
clones Noted in History.
Interesting Facts Concerning the
Late CnIamitouu VIsitation-Bar-
bndos and 81. Vincent suf-
Ter DefnHthtion.

IsoecIal Kingston Jamaleal Letterl
The Caribbean archipelago is no
toriously the cradle Of tropical Ameri-
can cyclones. No other part OF
the world has been SO frequent
ly-oue might say periodically
laid waste by the storm hend. In
deed, the experience Of four centuries
has taught West Indians 10 look for
ward 10 these terrible Visitations just
as much as a matter Of course as the
dwellers in northern ATTITUDES expect
sn~owstorms and frosts in their sea-
son. But fortunately it is not very
frequently that the destruction
wrought is of such a nature as 10
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11
One Of the Ways.


The following story from the Chs
cage Daily Record describes quite ac-
curately one Of the many ways conf.
dance men have Of Hlcbiug the unwary
traveller Of his available cash. Tie
Record youches for the truth Of the
story.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11
The church and Gambling.

1t is interesting to consider the view
which the early church took Of gam
bliug-a vice prevalent in Rome during
the time Of the emperors. The Chris
tian3 in the first century were very
Ienlert in their judgment on games Of
hazard, and frequently regarded Them
as merely games Of pastime. Recent
excavations have shown that the
graves in the ~catacombs contain the
various implements of such sport.
Friends would bring one of their num-
Der to this last resting place and lay
in his coffin what had, during bis life
time, been his favorite p~luythings. The
Christians evidently did not consider
the game with the little cubes wrong
in itself; the members Of the church
never played for money, and never
a~uarreled over their games, And gam
bling with them did not seem to lead
TO evil consequences. Detroit Free
Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11

There was once a poor boy who,
while walking along, saw a pin on the
pavement before him. Quickly the
little lad stayed his steps, and picking
up he pin struck it carefully and Sc,
cureIy in his coat. A rich man chanc-
ing TO pass at that time saw the ac-
ton and was much impressed by it; so
much so that he took the boy into his
bank and finally adopted him, Thir-
ty years have passed, and the erst-
while poor boy is a multi-millionaire.
The other day he drew his personal
check for $4,000, and gave it to a for
.mer schoolmate who had not pros
percd in the race of life. "AIl that l
am now | owe to you. John" said the
multi-millionaire. "But ! don't un-
derstand," s]tammcred the beneficiary
"stuple enough. If hadn't hated
YOU 80 at school ! would never have
picked up that pin to put in your seat,
N. Y. Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11

an area Of but 100 square miles, Is
practically fiat. It's so-called hills
are little more than gentle undula
tons, and are in no way calculated to
impose any shelter from winds. The
daily trade-wind searches out every
nook and granny; and the whole is
land is equally exposed to the cyclones
hlighting blast, Fortunately it is out
Of the normal area of these phenom-
ena, and hitherto at the worst has
felt but the outer edge. or "tail as It
is called. This was the Isl in 1879
and even in 11sO, when the track Of the
storm passed obliquoly and but par
tally swept the island
1t is another story that has to be
told to-day. Unlike any other his
toric storm, this appears to have adj
yauccd on Barbados, in the usual way,
done some slight damage and thea
desolated st, Vincent, 100 miles to the
westward; then to have doubled on its
tracks, returned to and completely
swept Barbados. and then proceeded
on. its regular route from St. Lucia
uorthward
Every foot OF the island was culti-
waited. making it practically a garden
Besides sugar cane it grew nothing
but ground provisions TO supply Us
teeming population Of 100000 souls.
The cyclone has left neither canes nor
provisions, o yet hubitotions tof
The people. Literally everything mas
been swept away.
r. r. PORTER
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11
command the sympathetic attention
,F +B, ,rorI3 s{ Igrua

command the sympathetic attention
OF the world at large,
The circumstance is therefore sut-
fciently curious 10 excite some COM
ment that the very year that witnesses
the political advent of the stars and
stripes in the Caribbean should be
made memorable by what seems to
have been at the best the second most
destructive, if not the most fatal, in
the long series. use the qualifying
word seems" because, owing 70 the
break in cable communication, the
full details are not yet known, whilst
It must be some time before the
tent Of the shipping casualties are
ascertained. But even the genera
facts TO hand, through the always con
s]ervative channel Of official dispatches,
clearly indicate that the magnitude of
the disaster approximates that Of the
Overwhelming visitation Of 1880.
This cyclone, originating in the
peighborhood Of Trinidad, swept
~northward and struck the islands Of
st. Vincent and Barbados, literally
demolishing everything in its path,
o]bliterating cultivation, running
towns, villages and all buildings and
burning hundreds Of the inhabitants
In the debris. Thence it passed to the
next island Of St. Lucia, where it also
wrought much damages and, proceed
ing northward, it gkirted Martinique
and Dominica, fell on Guadeloupe with
great severity ana reached a point
soulh Of st. kits, where it exhausted
itself at sea. For these general points
/ am indebted to the United States
weather service, which has recently
established stations at various islands,
with headquarters at Jamaica, 1t
should be added that the head station
located the cyclone fully "a hours
ahead and sent out the necessary
warnings. Taken in connection with
American interests in the West Indies,
this fact is If invaluable significance.
Before going into details Of the
present visitation, 1t may be well to
? briefly review the hurricane history
of the West Indies. Taking them one
with another, it is no eNaggeration to
say that hurricanes Of one sort or an
/. other sweep the caribbean sea every
year between July and October, AZ
least 200 have been mentioned in his
tory since colonization on a perma-
nent and systematic basis was com
meuced, OF these, however, not above
a have been found worthy OF
the general historians special atten-
, tion. They occurred in the following
, years; 1919. rs, SD M go; 17l2, '22, 20.
80, 81 and SO; and during the present
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-11

Five minutes later SIR. Barley found
himself on the street looking helplessly
about him. a man who bad shown him
"a large star engraved Chicago police
pinned on bis waistcoat beneath his
cont had met him as De emerged from
the building a few steps in advance OF
Mr.. Roberts. Of Rome, and bis friend,
Mr.. Wilson, and had listened to his
complaint Of robbery with an air 81
entire disbelief.
why bless my SOUL" exclaimed Mr.
Barklev. e~xcitcdly. Am L to be robbed
here in broad daylight? Why don't you
apprehend the rasCals?'
where are they ?" inquired the self
styled officer, pertiuentiy, Now. see
here. he continued, u know you, and
know your record. II you dOn'tmoy
out of here and out Of this town with
in "a hours I'll pinch you-see?"
He conducted Mr.. Barkley down a
side street and into another broad
thoroughfare, and there left him with
another threat Of arrest Il be remained
within the city over night.
Mr.. BarkIey's friends in San Fran
cisco overwhelmed him with sympathy
when he explained in detail the circum-
stances that had obliged him TO tele-
graph for money. but he refused to be
consoled. and left for New Zealand IN a
depressed state Of mind and unwilling
10 believe that anything in the nature
of an AugIo-American alliance could
ever be effected.