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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
THIBODAUX, La. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 1885,
A MONTE CARLO TRAGEDY.
An Incident Which Made Bismarck N
Inveterate Enemy to Gambling.

An Incident Which Made Bismarck N
Inveterate Enemy to Gambling.
Prince Bismarck has long been an in
veterate enemy to the wholesale system
of gam bling, which is preserved" as
it were, at Monte Carlo and similar es-
tablishments ON the continent.
His antipathy is due to a tragedy
which was enacted under his very eyes
at Baden Baden more than 30 years
ago. During the season at that place,
which was Of more than average bril-
liancy, he would himself go into one Of
the gambling saloons, which was fire..
quented by the highest aristocracy and
the members of the diplomatic corps.
Although he played little he would oc-
casionally venture small sums. If he
won, he would venture his original
stake again and again, but if he lost at
the first coup he retired from the table.
One day while Bismarck was stand
ing at table young man and beau
tiful woman came in. He was a baron
and had only recently married and was
on his wedding trip with bis bride. The
man began to play. At first fortune fa-
vored him, and he won.
Then his luck turned. He began to
lose. With each loss he became more
desperate. The beautiful woman by his
side yalnly stroye to tear him away.
The fever of gambling had taken hold
of his brain. The more the woman be-
sought the more the man ventured.
Hundreds of francs grew into thousands,
and thousands after thousands were
raked in by the croupier.
The whole table was watching this
fighter with fortune, and among them
no one was more intent than Bismarck
himself.
At last the gambler put larger stake
than ever On the table, and again he
lost.
He rose and whispered word to his
wife, and they left the room together.
Nobody in gambling saloon heeds
the ruined man, and the game went on
as before, less feyer.shly perhaps and
without such large stakes.
Suddenly, without a moments warn
ing, the report of pistol rang through
the room. Some people hurried out.
There on the ground lay the body Of
the ruined man, bullet wound in his
head, from which thin stream of blood
was flowing. By the side of the body,
distracted, almost turned to stone by
the horrible situation. stood the baauti-
full young wife, now a widow.
Suddenly her restrained feelings over
came her, and with one wild shrek she
fell by the side Of the dead man. Bis
marck was one of the onlookers who
had seen the result of the fearful trage-
dy.
"This horrible business must stop, y
he exclaimed.
1t did stop. In the course Of few
years every public gambling house in
Germany was abolished. - Pierson E
| Weakly
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
HarbOr BJistress Fuller.

Miss Fuller, a newspaper woman. has
lately been appointed harbor mistress of
Tacoma Wash. 1t is said that thus far
she has done remarkably good work,
keeping all records pertaining TO the
extensive shipping business Of the city
in perfect shape. Last month she made
out the harbor masters report for the
year, the fret report Of the hind ever
made ous BY an American womaR
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
RaAp AND LKvKE INsPEcToRs.

SCHOOL BOARD.
Erarst Roger, president; W, r, Mat.,. Tit.nt
superintendent and Secretary Nnm% n..t Masar
Frsnreis Deramee, Charles J. Elliot. faul
Scott. members.
THIBoDAUx BRIDGE COMMITTEES.
\. Ze,nott, E. n. Roth, ". 7. Martin >. L.
sAacou. d. U. Norvant. l.. j.. Irosclalr.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

west IurEestan Is tnlnly populateo
and has few schools. The Russian gov
ernment has fitted up as schools few
railroad carriages, which remain at
each station for a few weeks The
teacher lives in the carriage. The chill
dren are required to learn a lesson or
two until the itinerant school again
ysachee their pejghhoghe0d
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
D..,r.aE COMMISSIONERS.

DRAINAGE CoMMIssIoNERs'
A.. I-ybos. Beary, o. Anthsment
ni,; No. 2.-Thos. Barker, Oscar An'n'-
ma m., No.s.-L. j. Trosclair. j. Il. Leblanc
~. Tomassi.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
NO. 80
Effects of o Bee Sting.

An English physician relates an In.
stance of a lady who was stung by
bee. At the first moment she seemed to
pay very little attention to it, but very
soon her face became flushed and spots
appeared all over her body. Suddenly
she developed a most severe attack Of
asthma. finding great difficulty in
breathing. Another instance is that OF
young lady who was stung ON the
back of her head by an ordinary honey
bee. In less than five minutes her face
began to swell, and very marked red
and white spots appeared all over the
surface Of the body. The swelling ex.
tended over the entire person, accompa.
MED by severe pain, burning and giddi.
ness. The eyes We're almost closed and
the countenance was so distorted as to
be unrecognizable. Very free bathing
in soda water, with little soda taken
internally, and hot applications to the
feet and thorough massage finally afford.
ed relief, but it was some hours before
the patient recovered from what was
truly an alarming condition. Violent
attacks of nervousness accompanied the
trouble, and the sense Of suffocation
was almost intolerable. The young wo-
man had been stung number of times
before without any apparent unpleasant
result The physicians were of the opfn-
ion that the bee had been feeding upon
some extremely poisonous plant, which
became concentrated i'll the venom OF
the sting. Be that as t.may, the oondi-
tion was such as to exeite grave appre.
hension, the more SO u Asitswas several
days before recovery NStomplete.-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19

MOUNT CARMEL CONVENT.
An Academy fer Young Ladies
Kent bv the Sisters of Mount Carmel. Thor
ough conrse. English and French. Foot Of
Market Street.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-19
The Real Da alty.

"The trouble with ou," said Mr..
Ruffedge's wife, after s warm debate,
SIS that you are confirmed dyspeptic. !"
"No, my dear was the answer.
THAT'S not correct The trouble with
me is that am q contradicted dyspep.
tic. - Washington Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

The new administration is getting in
shape rapidly and the change in af-
fairs is having a wonderful effect. Ev-
cry one now feels hat there is some
security either in his home or on the
street, and confidence is being fast re-
stored.
The most noticeable change is on
Front street, near the market, last
night. This place had become almost
impossible on a Saturday, and it was
an impossibility to make an attempt
TO purchase on the market after night.
set in without being very rudely treat
ed by the hOodlum element. We took
u stroll through that quarter about 8
o'clock last night and it was much
uuieter than it has been of late on
Sundays.
1t is the duty of all to lend their aid
20 the city officials, giving heed to the
mayors proclamation, and the laws Of
the city observed in every particular.
so that this may be a model admins
SratiOn.
1t is particularly desirable that all
inflammatOry talk should cease, in
order that the excitement under which
I'VE have existed since Tuesday last
may be abated. We must remember
shat the former city government was
repeatedly charged with Incompetence,
that no one had any confidence in the
ability of the officials to maintain or
der, so we should see to it now that
mo such charge be made against the
present officials. Having obtained all
even more than was demanded-we
should now be generous and cease all
chickering's. Let every one start the
week with a determination TO restore
confidence.
The colored people who are peaceably
disposed should be made to feel that
tina they will not be allowed to be
imposed upon. and that they Will be
.parfectly safe at all times n given
all the protection to which they are en-
titled.
Let the regulators cease to regulate,
and let Mayor Waddell attend to mat
~4ers hereafter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

From what we can ace. the lanNrnta~
able bIoodshad in North and South
Carolina has been percipitated in
every case. by negroes who fired upon
white men. Outside OF this fact. how
ever. there Is q great difference in The
situation in th> two states. and far
the less blame cecms 10 attach 10 the
people OF the northern commonwealth.
In Wilmington while the hot-heads
got in their unfortunate work as usual.
there need not have been tha slightest
troubla IL the demand for the suppress
sion oT the Recora newspaper. whose
colored editor had published a gross
Islander upon the White womcr OF the
state. HAD been complied with before
tie expiration Of ti> liberal Limit al
lowed by the whites. II is impossible
for one acquainted nh the condition
of affairs % condemn the citiz rs Of
Wilmington FOR insist M = tse de-
parture OF The %scoundrel Manly ard de-
handing til 1t his news D c"as, pub
LEGATION.
In setting fire TO tIa building IN
which the obnoxious sheet was printed
the hotter heads, ii is asserted went
counter TO the ad ice OF The committee
Of twenty-five to whose capable judg-
ment the direction OF affairs during the
interim Of disorder had Decn assigned
This resort to the. torch. though the
fire department was called out and
succeeded in checking tle flames. il
the thing TO be regretted u connection
With the fate of the negro newspaper.
AS to the bloJished in Wilmington
it is asserted b. a citizen Of high
standing, in a sworn stat amcnt made
before a notary public, that the first
shots were fired by negroes: Outside
critics will be kind enough, W. trust.
to consider that sworn stGtenent be-
fore they express an opinion. We are
sure that the people OF Wilmington do
not wish TO be placed in the attitude
Of having gratuitously commenced the
~DlOodshed when they were really only
defending themselves against the arm
ed violence of the cOlored, rioters.
There Is every reasO o 10 believe
that Wilmington VIII have no more
serious trouble. The fusion city gov
eminent prudently resigned in accord
ance with the public demand. and the
administration of affairs is in The IN
trof Of men who have the respect and
confidence Of the white citizens. Ii is
90 be hoped that the wise leaders can
prevent irresponsible hot-heads from
doing anything that would injIro the
good name Of the state. Our friends
acros the border have passed through
a terrible experience, but they should
reflect that they are randered safe by
Tuesdays triumph ana should master
any unwise impulses hat they may
naturally feel. In the South Carolina
difficulty We fear that lhe whites have
gone a great deal too far. While we
have full sympathy with all communi-
ties oppressed by the race evil, men
ought never to take a life without be-
ing sure that they are taking the tight
one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15
CLAW as n StHmp Orator

A single piece of ready wit. which
saved Mr.. Clay from overwhelming de-
feat at a critical moment, affords an
excellent example of the demands
made upon the stump orator, says the
Youths Companion.
III 1916 Mr.. Clay voted for a new
compensation act Of congress-. 1t arOus-
ed a tornado of popular wrath. Not
ever the great cOmmOner could stand
against this, and he sagaciOusly re-
solved to try and weather it. Meeting
d stanch supporter who had turned
against him, he aid Jack, you have
a good fiint-lock, haven't your
Yes"
Did it ever flash in the PAM"
"Once it did, bat only once"
"What did you do with it? Did you
throw it away?'
mo. I picked the flint, and tried it
again"
well" said Mr.. Clay. Il have only
flashed Once-On this compensation
bill-and are you going to throw me
away"
mo-" cried the hunter, touched N
his tendereSt part. mo. Mr.. Clay, !
will pick the flint and try you again.
When all else failed a simple illus
t~ratiOn, drawn from everyday life, suf-
feed to reach those brave and hardy
frontiersmen
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(Raleigh POst.)

The d~eplorable climax has at last
been reached in Wilmington. The storm
has burst, and several wounded and
dead men of both races is the result.
Regretting as much as all can and
do hat this point was reached, and
having only the kiIdliest feelings for
the creatures who have been SO
S~rieVously misled, yet the white cit
liens of that unfortunate city are not
to be condemned. For two months they
have exhibited a self-restraint toward
the editor, Manly, that is sublime. The
o~utrageously offensive and slanderous
article which was printed in The Daily
Record, had it occurred at any other
time would a been promptly met
with merited as we'll as serious resent
ment. After committing the Offense
and realizing it's enOrmity, Manly, the
negro editor, so far from apolOgizing.
maintained throughout a spirit Of
semi-defiance. Under these circum-
stances the self-restraint OF the people
until the present was simply mar
yelOus.
That the negro editor should only
have been ordered to leave the COM
munity was another evidence of the
desire of the people to avoid violence.
1t was but an additional exhibition of
the sublime courage which has char
acterized these people throughout. They
suppressed the NATURAL lHSIlIlcl 10 III
f1ict corporal punishment, and asked
that the community be rid of a, vicious
as we'll as a disturbing element. For
him to remain there would be to permit
a constant menace to the peace and
Well-being Of the community. The ac-
ton of the negro population, including
the negro ministers in their organized
capacity. and a church organization, in
rallying to and pledging the editor sup
port, and endorsing his manly course
in defense of our race" as one of the
conferences expressed it, proclaimed an
influence which could only be a dan
gerous one if allowed to remain. There
was nothing left for the peaceably in
clined people to end apprehension but
to demand his repatriation as the
llghtest punishment to be inflicted for
his offense.
The evident refusal on the part of
Manly to leave as requested not only
shows his bad temper in the premises.
but invited that which has followed.
God grant that it is over with, and
that the lesson may be taken home by
every disturber of the peace through
out the state. There can be no pro-
longation Of such a condition anywhere
in North Carolina.
If it We're done, 'twere VAL 'twere
done quickly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

hands Of the blacks. The steps must
be retraced. The negro nus be dis
franchised. If an entire generation Of
liberty and the possession of the fran
chise has been Intellectual to prepare
him for citizenship - the white Amer
lean understands THE term. the black
mans case Is hopeless. His menta1
and moral characteristics are such as
to render impossible his assimilation
OF the fundamental ideas on which our
free institutions rest. A tremendous
issue-this Acknowledgement OF the
black man. but it is evidently n real
one and not distant That or worse.
a thousand times worse. That or what
took place at Wilmington on a scale
as wide "a the evil itself.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15
TimaS.A

We are greatly distressed that our
friends down in Wilmington should
have had a bloody fight with the ne
groes. We had hoped that the contest
was ended With the close of the polls
on Tuesday evening. and that there
would be 10 further trouble between
the races. The results of the election
would seem to have settled the status.
The dav after the election the Will
mington Messenger. one of the leading
newspapers Of that city, contained an
editorial artiCal on the Exact Attitude
of Whites Towards Negroes" which
was not only pacific in tone. but con-
ciliatOry. The Messenger declared that
the feeling Of the white men towards
the negro was by no manner of means
that Of Unfrtendliness or hatred. w
have talked with no white man in the
last three months while the campaign
has been progressing with great zeal
and interest," it goes on. who uttered
p word of hostility or unk}ndness for
the better class of negroes-nOt one. All
with whom we have conversed said
that they felt kindly to wards the blacks
and pitied them for their blindness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

their i~nfatuation, their faults and cruel
leadership-bad white men who use
them and befoOl them for their own
selfish ends who were a great deal
meaner, more d~epraved and more CEN
surable than the negroes. All have
said that they wanted the blacks TO
be c~ontented, prosperous and happy"
We have no doubt that The Messen-
ger expressed the sentiment Of the
white people Of Wilmington. Yet in
less han forty-eight hours after that
article was printed the whites and
blacks Of the city were engaged in q
bloody street fight.
Why a race riot, If the whites feel
SO kindly towards the blacks? What
caused this ace clash in Wilmington?
Why cannot the whites and the lacks
if they like each other, and they do,
live together in peace and friendship.
Politics. Politics,, Poiitics,!. That
is the answer. Tha is what has gotten
the negro into trouble ever since he
was set free, and we have been trying
TO impress that fact upOn the black
man. The whites do not try to pull
the negro down. The negro has a fair
chance in this country. not only TO
make a living, but to advance himself,
and if he educates himself and &C
cumulates property, he will be re-
spected for what he is worth, he Will
be protected in his property rights, he
will ave the good will of the white
man. 1t is only when the negro tries
to force himself into office. only when
he tries TO lord it over the white man
that he comes TO grief.
The negroes in Danville, Va. learn
ID this lesson in 1883 after several of
their number had been shot down in
the streets. The negroes of Wilmington
did not profit by the experience of their
brethren at Danville, but they have
learned the lesson now by their own
sad experience.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15
Richmond Dispatch.)

CRichmOnd Dispatch)
That the aftermath of the glorious
victory at Wilmington, y. c., for white
supremacy, should have been riot and
bloodshed, is to be deplored. We lad
hoped that the result Of the battle of
the ballots had eliminated all danger
Of a clash of the races. Yet we fear
ed just what has happened. So long
had the negroes, supported by mean
white men, reveled in power, and held
a high carnival of insolence, that it
was to be apprehended that they would
not tamely accept the inevitable. 1t
was TO be apprehended that they would
not realize the momentous conse-
quences of not making complete and
unconditional surrender.
AS We write, all the particulars Of
the trouble are not at hand, nor have
we any information upon which TO base
a conjecture as to how far it will go.
This, however,, we do know, the
whites had taken a position from
which the protection of their affairs
and their firesides demanded that they
should not recede an inch. The cruX
Of the situation had been reached, and
to waver meant to endanger the fruits
VI III ICloIS VI o1SNoy o. NH~S WV
upon the reign Of law and order, and
honest and decent administration of
government in the future. To WaVer
meant simply to postpone the evil day.
We also know that the negroes DELHI
erately and after full warning court
ed a collision, and that the fnalltv
will be that the whites will at any cost
max Wilmington a white mans city.
OF curse we expect that many of
our northern republican contempora-
ries will lash themselves into a fury
over the Wilmington disturbance. Just
in proportion to the number of negroes
that have suffered, or may suffer, will
they prolong their walls of sympathy
for the :, down-trOdden race, and
inveigh .Ainst the "~brutality' Of the
whites. Nevertheless, for whatever of
bloodshed shall have been involved in
the North Carolina election, the repub-
lican party is responsible. Every drop
of blood that has been shed in anv
race election riot in the south is upon
the heads of the leaders of the repub-
lican party, whose craftsmanship
God save the mark-gave the negro the
ballot-furnish him with the means Of
abrOgating, as The New York Evening
Post has expressed it, "the God-given
privilege of the white man to rule"
Wherever the negro has reaped the
whirlWind of race prejudice and white
antagonism to negro domination, the
penalty has been due to the republican
party's having sown the wind. The
superior races have ruled the inferior
rom the daWr of history, and will con-
tinue to do so to the end of time. He
that encourages an attempt to defy
that law must answer the charge of
blood guiltiness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

watauga Democrat: On Wednesday
of last week P~ostoffice Inspector DeX-
ter called at the postoffice at Blowing
Rock. and after investigation found
that w. Z. Laws, the present lncum-
bent, was short on his money order &C
count to the tune of $7S4. and that no
report had been rendered to the de-
partment from that office since March.
Mr.. Laws securities were informed OF
the shortage and "Tobe" Watson was
appointed temporary postmaster until
the matter could be adjusted in some
way satisfactory to the postofflce de-
partment. Mr.. Laws was given until
tomorrow (Friday) to meet the deh-
cheney, after which time we presume
that the law will take its course. The
family of Mr.. Laws has the sympathy
1Of all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

The white people of North Carolina
are together again as they never were
before and there ought to be a proc1a-
nation of amnesty which would en-
brace all the white men Of the state
except a few. Marion Butler-chief
cOnspirator of them all, the worst man
in North Carolina-Cy Thompson and
Hal Aver ought to be regarded as for
ever outside the pale of civilization.
There should be no forgiveness for
them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

Red Springs Record: The new $500
steam heaters are dong good service
in the seminary, and the new dormi-
tories and equipments are completed.
The enrolment is III, which is in
eleven of the total enrolment last
year, and 81 greater than that of the
first yegar. The enrolment will prob
ably be 80 next session.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15

A cough is not like a fever. 1t does
not AVE to u a certain course. Cure
1T quickly and effectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy
Tor all ages and for the most severe
cases. We recommend it because It's
good. K. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-15
Charlotte Observer

To our friends of eastern North
Carolina: Good friends, sweet friends,
you have been saved again by the
democratic party. Stay with it here
after. Don't run off after Farmers
Alliances and pOpulism. You were
set up in business by the constitutional
convention which gave you the late
democratic system of county govern
ment. You will be set up in business
again as a result Of the election of
Tuesday. Being set right, friends,
stay right; stay right.