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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

Says the London Law Journal:
"Sulcide is quite alarmingly on the
increase IN France, and presents as
serious a problem to the thoughtful
statesmen in that country as the
dwindling birth-rate. 1.-The same ten
dency is observable in England.
What attitude ought the Law Of En-
gland to take up in the presence of
this growing evil !? 1t will be said
that the law Of England has long ago
taken mp its attitude on the subject
Of suicide, stigmatiz,ng it as felony,
and therefore visited with the conse-
quences Of felony. This is hard
measure, and juries inclining to char
ity have Of late years uniformly DOS
tulated insanity as the explanation.
and returned 8 verdict OF unsound
mind as a presumption rather than
an inference. The seriousness Of the
suicide problem consists in the fact
that tue prevalence of suicide is
symptomatic Of a diseased condition
Of the polite. 1t is to this that law
and legislation must address itself,
not to any fresh penalties to promo
ting healthier conditions of life and
intoxicating a higher standard Of citi-
zenship.
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VOID USING SLANG.

sit is GO unfortunate that slang
phrasers are easily slipping INTO our
every day conversation, and taking
apparently so fixed a place in our
talk writes Edward W. Box in the
December Ladies' Home journal.
"And the worst of it is that 80 many
people are using slang entirely un-
conscious of the fact that they are
doing 50. If the common usage of
slang were confined to a porticular
order of girls, it would, perhaps,
serve as an Indicator OF character.
and pass unnoticed. It would, at
least, not touch the sensibilities Of
%gentlefolk: But it is not so confined.
Slang is invading the very incest Of
circles !; it is beginning to influence
the talk Of our most carefully reared
girls. And this is why the habit
should receive closer attention. ..hirls
are forgetting that slang phrases
and refinement are absolutely foreign
to each other. A slang phrase NAV
De more expressive than o term of
polite usage, but it is never impress
size except to impress unfavorably. 1t
is high time that our girls should re.
alize that they should speak the
English language in their converse
ton. and not the dialect OF the race
track, or the lingo Of the base ball
field. A girl may cause a smile by
the apt use OF some slang phrase.
hut inwardly. those who applaud her
place her. at the same time, in their
estimation. No girl ever won an
ounce Of respect by using slangs.
IN the contrary, many a gill, un-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

Some FRENCH PRovERBs.-The
happiest couple 10 the world would
be a deaf husband and a blind wife.
Before you propose to the daugh-
ter study her mothers character
II . girl Is born beautiful she is
as good as born married.
A house without q wife or q fire is
like q body without q soul,
You can never wait too long for a
good meal or q good woman.
Marry your son when you like, but
your daughter as soon as you eau.
People should never marry unless
the bridegroom has enough to buy
every days dinner, the bride to buy
the supper.
Il 70 easy to eat the wedding
breakfast, not 80 easy to eat the
weekday diuncrs that come after.
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A Pleasant sors off snm

The power of the surf is a
about which many OF Us have d
most hazy ideas, and indeed thd
nary conditions with which we al
rounded prevent US from fully al
ating what it can be at times.
The people of thu island OF Cd
teague. which ia about a mile I
half wide, have, however, opportu|
for judging this experience, which
must find the reverse Of pieasank
On its eastern side and between !
the ocean is Assateague island \
is also a mile and a half wide, b.
power with which the waves coma
gre. that at some places the
swe, ps entirely over both islaa
LoIotn Standard.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

conscious Of the cause, has found
herself gradually slipping or #
peoples respect by the fact that h,r
talk was dotted with slang phras..,
oh, she is clever" said a woman ut
long ago, of - girl who could keep-4
company constantly amused tv
her apt use of slang. She nuusy-.
me greatly. But | should not aae,
to invite her to my home nor ...4
my girls know her. 1t is u poo
popularity for a girl, which has as it,
only basis the cap and bells of h.
jester. The file Of the jester is ncvsl
long,
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MIXED.

y Mississippi girl described hss|
visit to a city in the following rhaps|
"Oh, l had such a perfectly beau
time! Everything was 30 converted
know. We stopped to N house wherl
rode TO our rooms in q refrigerator,
Our rooms were illustrated with
tion lights. There was no stove IL
room, but one of those legisiatof
the floor, and the heat poured RICH
through. / did not have any app
and could not get q thing I could
ize. Honestly. when / got home |
almost An individual. Atlanta |
stitutiou.
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A young married woman was obliged
to ren;ain alone overnight in q st. Louis
hotel a few years ago, her husband be-
ing detained by business in a neighbor-
ing town. In the dead of night the wo-
man was awakened ont of a sound sleep
by a tremendous noise in the wardrobe.
Ii Yves such q sudden and unearthly up-
roar that the woman, sensible and prac.
teal though she was, was frightened.
The noise ceased, then returned. The
woman jumped up, lighted the gas,
looked at her watch and found it was
just midnight and made a thorough
search both Of the wardrobe and the
room There was nothing, 81 far as the
evidence of the senses went which could
account for the racket. Tho woman nut
ont the light and went lack To bed. The
noise was not repeated either that Eight
or any other.
six months aftcrwerd. however. the
woman WGs III IAN Francisco. and for
the first tine III her life and sclely out
cf cali 1.t7 sbo attended n sp~irituaiistic
ncstlag. Almost immediately the me-
d!-.i. b perfect stranger, turned TO her
and sid, "The Shirt of your mother is
presl4t, madam, and she says that six
mcl.tils ago tnamirg the precise datp)
che tried to communicate with you by
n'csr8 CT TIE wardrobe III the Plank
hotel, ST. Louis" the woaan's prac-
ticcl soOd senre did NOT dcser5 her.
1 Well, yen lust tell my mother. " she
sa2d. that the next tiEie she WAITS to
communicate with me not To rake suuh
al awfrl racket in the dead of night
AID brighten nc h4lr cat 81 my senses"
Now Iors ;-uu.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

administration tears that annexation
will be defeated 10 the House, If it
gets before that body. There ar.
about 20 Democrats in the House who
would vote for annexation.
Representative Perkins, of Iowa. j..
the latest republican who tried to
take a fall out Of Jerry Simpson aud
failed, a. the following dialogue,
which occurred ia connection with a
few remarks OF Jerry concerning the
tendency OF present conditions to
make milli0naires and paupers, will
show Perkins-"Would you object
to being a millionaire 2" Simpson
~ should not. l don't believe in
playing the hypocrite. But that I am
not o millionaire is evidence OF my
disinclinatinn to take advantage OF
my fellow-men.' Perkins-.H o
were q millionaire, l presume you
would admit that there was some
responsibility nmong than 7" Simp-
son Eyes, | nave no doubt I should
add at least an air of responsibility to
them" The shouts of laughter con-
vinced Mr.. Perkins that he had
enough.
Car Reed has not yet given his
consent for the House to pass the bill
authorizing the enlistment of two
additional regiments OF artillery in
the army, which the Senate has pass
ed, and without which it will be inn
possible to properly man a number of
heavy batteries which have been es-
tablished in connection with our sys-
tenn Of sea coast ~defences, but public
opinion in favor Of this legislation ia
making itself so distinctly felt 10
Washington that he will probably see
the wisdom of doing so.
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Grntiii.y Passing iuay.

A f~ralkness that is almost brutal
seems 70 pass current in society for up
tn Gnt" su~artaess. ami tho language
tlat IA now used ty certain fashionable
People alnnng thelrsi Ives is sometimes
caly o little short Of lillingsgatp, while
swear words" seem to have lost their
GNfulness and are used almost as freely
Hy Tonlcn as hy men. IL is curious
how "scntilitv" 10th as i word ana 4
Quality has disappeared. fashionable
Eeople are distinctly no longer s.gen-
teeI.' They may eli occasions b. high
bred. but the inincinc prupriety al the
bellies and beaus Of wore has entirely
disappeared. In Il well known society
novel written ID or 20 years z which
was a presumably correct d~elineation
OF the manners and habits of the fash
lonable life of that time, two heroines
play their role-one a Vere de We're.
with tho correct speech and manners OF
her caste, and the other q suddenly ex-
allied b~ourgsoise, who goes through the
social fires Of criticism and experiences
before she energies true gold from the
ordeal. Oddly enough today the types
might be reversed it is the b~ourgeoise
who Is thigh toned and tbs We're dc
Vars who is . slanuv holden -
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"Why," asks the New York Sun,
"will q woman wear n feathered boa
around her ueck and run down heels
to her shoes !" And the Chicago
Times Herald replies "Because
there is 10 better place to wear either
a feather boa or rnn-down heels"
That is a matter of fact as the answer
Of the old Dutchmau, who, when ask
ed by a friend why he called his boy
"Hans," replied: Because dot ees hes
name.-White Castilian.
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Every one is suggesting that If au
educational suffrage qualification be
adopted by the convention, greater
facilities for acquiring 40 education
be provided. The Tribune modestly
suggests that if q property qual,fca-
ton be adopted, greater facilities for
acquiring and retaining property he
likewise provided. Peoples Tribune.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

The Atlanta Constitution has given
the prize for ''spring poetry" to the
author Of the following
The Maine is lost, when Freedom 3
canse
Did very badly need her.
let's find out certain If she was
Blowtd mp By a t"rpeder
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

A most remarkable tecWid has
been made by Ramon's Pepsin Chill
Tonic in curing Chills aud Fever aud
all Ma'arial Troubles. Only about
one in every thousand who used this
famous remedy in SO reported a fail
ure to cure, and to each Of these the
money was promptly refunded. Taste
less and guaranteed. soc.
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to protest agsinst the resolution. bnt
they could have saved money by
STAYING at home"
That 10 tile trouble with p~aterual-
ism ; it takes very little encourage
ment to spread ont in directions where
least expected.
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The Ibervills South saws :

"Nothins yet seriously proposed in
toe line OF ~paternalism goes further
than n joint resolution offered by
representative Lowering, OF Massaclu.
sets. providing for AZ amendment to
the constitution, autlorising Congress
to regnlare the hours Of labor in oil
the States. The house judiciary
committee has actually been giving
bearings oil thar resolntioa. A deie-
CATION IT cotton mill men from tho
South appeared before the committee
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05
q's Qa'''a.as Sentinel
So Per Year

The White Casti.iau says
CAT II recent oyster opening contest
10 Morgan City, between. Frank Clou-
tier and Eddie Freytet, IN ten hours
Clon,ier opened 5,313 oysters, Frcytet
being only 300 behind.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

HOOPS PILLS cure nausea, sick
headache, indigestion. bl~liousness.
All druggists % cents.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

The jubiles visit of the colonial N
iers led to the discovery that the III
OF Wales p~rononnces premier Al
French. preml-av.
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The most hnmiliating spectacle
that has ever been presented in the
public affairs of any age OF country,
is the treatment Mr.. Shermann ia
receiving at the hands Of Hanna and
tue president. Throughout all of the
controversy with Spain, involving
most delicate and intricate questions
OF International law. the great and
honored leader of the republican par
ty since its foundation. occupying the
premiership-tiie man to handle these
questions-has been utterly and CON-
pletely ignored-snabbed-and that
important work placed in the hands
OF a country crossroads blacksmith.
1t is an insult To Mr.. Sherman, and n
disgrsce to the inan who imposed liz
Iberville South.
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Ca tarrh i'm the uead. that trou-
blesome aud digesting disease, may
be ectirely cured by a thorough
course of Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier.
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CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels. Never sicken, ,weskeo
Or grippe.
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Cholly Addlepate-Aw, doctaA
have wecently been afflicted with \
full headaches.
D%octor-I see. Some Of those ach
voids we read about.-Chicago New!
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Mention the SENTINEL when writ
ing to advertisers.
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The Philadelphia Record says "An
association has purchased the house
No. AS South Teuth street, in which
Henry George was born, and the in
tention is to convert it into a library
and reading room to perpetuate the
memory of the single tax advocate.
1t is probable that a number pf
Henry Georges personal effects, With
some original manuscripts, will be
collected and preserved in a room ia
this house. but the plans are not vet
sufficiently advanced to warrant an
extended explanation.
Henry George had many personal
friends in this city, in addition to q
large following of single takers, aud
this movement to honor his name will
be heartily indorsed.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05

A Missouri orator is said to have
gotten off the following 1--WE live
in a land of high mountains and high
taxes, low valleys and low wages,
big crooked rivers and big crooked
statesmen, big lakes, big strikes, big
DRINKS, big pumpkins, big men with
pumpkins heads, silver streams that
gamhol in the mountains and pious
politicians who gamble i'll the night,
roaring cataracts and roaring orators
fast horses, fast young men and girls,
fast, faster, fastest sharp lawyers,
sharp f%inancier and sharp toed shoes,
noisy children, fertile plains that lie
lice a sheet of water and thousands
newspapers that lie like thunder"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-15
pleted costume which excited much la

pleted costumes which excited much ad-
miration.
The charming bride wore a travelling
gown of pale bisque-colored cloth, with a
hat of golden brown and burnt orange and
carried large bouquet of bride roses.
At the conclusion of the service Aendels-
sohns wedding march was played, and to
its happy strains the bridal party left the
church. A reception, from till 2 o'clock,
followed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Hunter on CASTOR street. and the hap
Ply young couple received the congratula-
tons of their friends before departing on
their wedding journey.
The rooms were beautifully decorated
with bamboo vine palms and
flowers the mantels being par
ticularly pretty. banked with ferns and
sprays of white Deutzia. The lights
were shaded with rose color, and the re-
freshments were served by six little wait
resses prettily dressed in white and green.
These were the Misses Aileen and Lucille
Hunter, Mary Kline, Myra Wilcox, Ethel
Chisholm, and Julia Remshart. Among
the out-of-town guests present were Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas J. Hunter of Atlanta,
Mrs. Charlesworth of New York, DR..
Westmoreland and Mr.. Robert L. She'd
don of Atlanta
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins left at o'clock
for New York where they will spend a
fortnight. and on their return to this city
will reside at 70 Jones street. east. The
bride. who is the eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Hunter is great fav-
orite in society, and is a charming and at
tractive young woman. Mr.. Hopkins, al
though Virginian by births has been liv-
ing In Savannah for the past few years,
and in that time has made a wide circle
OF warm friends. He is a civil engineer
by profession, and is connected with the
Georgia and Alabama Railway
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-15
PUSHING THE INSPECTIONS.
Blues and OgIethOrpes Compliment
ed bN Col. Lawton.

The inspection Of two more companies of
the First Regiment of Infantry was COM
pleted last night by Col. A. r. Lawton,
The Republican Blues and the Oglethorpc
Light Infantry being the commands last
inspected.
Col. Lawton was assisted in the inspec.
ton by members of his STAFF. Each COM
pany was inspected in its quarters at the
regimental armory. After the inspection
of the Blues, Col. Lawton made a few re-
marks that were highly pleasing to the
members. He said the attendance upon
the inspection was the most satisfactory
OF any of the companies in the regiment,
every man being present or accounted for.
There are forty-five enlisted men ana
three officers in the Blues. The officers
and forty of the men were present, the re-
naming five being accounted for, three OF
them being out of the city and two be-
ing too i'll to attend. These are legitimate
excuses and Col. Lawton felt that he
should acquaint the company with the sat
isiaction the assembly afforded him. He
also complimented the men upon the man
ner In which their overcoats were rolled.
Inc way their knapsacks were packed, and
the general excellence of the inspection
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-15
THE PRIMA IN COMMISSION.
MIR. shearer about Ready to Start on
Cruise Among the Islands.

The steam launch, Prima, built by Mr.
w. c. Shearer of Atlanta, and launch ed
here last week, has been inspected. and
Will start as soon as she is ready on a
cruise along the coast to Brunswick.
The launch is equipped to carry sixteen
people. Mr.. Shearer has been here since
the boat was launched getting it an read
mess for inspection and fitted out for her
cruise. description Of the launch has
been given in the Morning News. She
was built by her owner, at his machine
works in Atlanta, and is the first steam
vessel built in the capital Mr.. Shearer
her owner and builder, is former Sa-
MAMMALIAN, and was once an employee of
the Savannah custom house. He proposes
to spend considerable time with his fam
lily aboard the launch during the summer
among the islands along the coast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-15
CoTTON's BIG SHOWING.
The Gross Receipts of Savannah's
Heaviest Season Passed To-day

me gross Receipts of Savannah's
Heaviest Season Passed To-day
The cotton season of 1S9O-91 was the
largest ever recorded in point of receipts
at Savannah. The total receipts during
that season were 1,1S9,6OS bales gross, and
1,1S9,56O bales net.
These amounts have never been reached
until to-day, when the official reports at
the Cotton Exchange will show that the
total, gross and net, receipts of the entire
season of 1S9O-Sl have been passed, and
tnere is still four and one-half months in
winch cotton will be received
1t is calculated among those interested
in the cotton trade that the total receipts
of the season of 1S97-9S will exceed !. 225, 600
bales.
The receipts are keeping up fairly well.
ana there are several steamers chartered
to take cargoes to Europe 1t is reported
that the war situation has retarded bust
ness to some extent, but, nevertheless
savannah has made a good showing in
the cotton trade during the present season.
and the exports have exceeded any mast
season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-15
NINTH sTEEET LOTS.
Investment for Small Syndicates.
How to Make Money.

There are eleven lots In every block en-
Ninth street. What is there to prevent a
dozen young men, or young women, form
ing club, or, to use a bigger word a
syndicate" and buying a block of lots
as an investment or for speculation? There
is nothing to do but to get together like
young people do when they are forming
ball, or picnic party, and instead of
spending their cash for music, ice cream
cakes, etc, invest il in lots. Instead of
one days or one nights fun, "a good time
together and then goodbye forever" they
will have a source of perennial enjoy
ment. 1t will be fun in saving nickels,
dimes, quarters and dollars, and see their
real estate investments Increase in value.
1t is the man or woman who saves In
early life who becomes well-to-d in after
years, and there is no surer way of ac-
cumulating, or safer way of lives ling,
money than by putting it In real estate.
1t may be argued that if money is in
vested in lot the cash can't be gotten
out of 1t if it should be wanted. That's
just the argument make in favor of such
investments, namely: That buying real
estate on the installment plan makes one
save against his will, and encourages the
habit of saving Invest your money in a
Ninth street lot. Better STILL take several
of them if you see your way to pay for
them, and still better. if you have the
money on hand or in sight, buy block
on Ninth street. 1t will pay you better
than ~ or per cent. in a savings bank.
There will be another sale of Ninth
street lots in few days, that is, if Con-
gress don't get the country into a war.
When the war Clouds roll by" you will
see an announcement Of the next Bargain
Sale of Lots advertised in the Morning
News. In the meanwhile, l shall continue
my efforts in educating those who are
"Lotless' and homeless as what is best
for them to do in this critical period of
their lives. Don't get a gum" but get a
home. c. H. Dorsett, acutioneer.-ad