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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02
A Sure Thing

1t is said that nothing is sure ex-
cept death aud taxes, but that is no,
altogether true. Dr.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption is a sure
cure for all lung and throat troubles
Thousands can testify to that. Mrs
c. B. VanMetre Of Shepherd,own,
W. Va, says 81 had severe case OF
Bronchitis and for year tried every.
thing l heard of, but got no relief
One bottle Of Dr. Kings New Dis.
fss' 'lSf.los fSs'd loe clSdp,' Ss 'waAhoei wahoopias
Cough, Grip, Pnuemonia and Con
sumption. Try it It's guaranteed
by All Druggiets. Trial bottles free.
Reg. sizes Soc, $1.00.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02
The Board of Appraisers.

The State Board Of Appraisers
were 10 session recently and made
the following assessments of rail-
roads:
The Louisiana Southern at 81, 500
per mile.
The st. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern at $500 per miIe.
The Louisville and Nashville at
$l1 500 per mile.
The New Orleans and North West.
ern at $500 per mile.
The Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific ut sc, 600 per mile.
The Kansas City Southern at sc, 600
per mile.
The Southwestern and St. Louis at
$1,000 per mile.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02

What editor Dawkins, of the Mon.
roe News, says in the following, is
true:
"The people of New Orleans are
still insisting on visit from RoOse-
welt. Why don't they practice wha,
they preach, and let him alone His
love for the negro, aud his sociab,lity
with the negro they denounced and
now they are begging him to come to
New Orleans in order that they may
do him honor The Southern people
should never invite him to be their
guest. They should let him stay in
Washington and never 60 about him. y
If the people of tue South would
be little more consistent 10 their
treatment of these agitators 1t would
60 loEg way toward suppressing
them and quieting the race question.
The Felicianas.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02

Mattings, you want. call at Ellis
Brands Sons, and see their beautiful
inc. 3G.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02

1t Is estimated thai f,om the entire
drainage basin Of the Mississippi there
is annually washed away and ca, ricdl
down the river a body IT soil one
foot thick, sufficient tO cover an area
of 269 square miles THIS is without
any reference TO the sand, clay aud
gravel washed from the bluff. 1t is
suggest d that if farmers would
everywhere apply themselves to dam
ming ,hc gullies and drains on their
farms by Inexpensive methods thia
abstraction of valuable materials
from their fields might be greatly
deminished. St Paul Pioneer.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02
CUT OFF NEWS.
District Institute.

This Institute was held YESTERDAY
the 24th inst, at the Ellie Ducos Cen
tral School House. The following
teachers were present, Mr. Joseph II
Price, Miss Bertha Abatement, Mrs
W. F. Harang, Miss Lydia Lambert
Mrs. Felix Para, and Mr.. W. C.
Lorraine. Mr.. Price and Miss Authe
meut had assembled their pupils in
honor of the visit of our efficient
Superintendent, the Honorable Thorn
as A. Badeaux, who arrived at the
School House about ga. M. Mr.
Badeaux examined some of th,
pupils, and also looked iuto tue
methods of teaching in this school,
and complimented the teachers on
the efficient manner in which the
studies were conducted, he then
addressed the pupils of the school,
and those of the patrons present in
French, after which he addressed the
teachers in English, in his usual
forcible and masterful style. Both
teachers and pupils were greatly
impressed by what he said, and his
visit will bring forth good results
In the afternoon the usual Institute
business was taken az. Miss Lydia
Lambert read an entertaining paper
on Drawing. Mrs. Felix PARA took
for her Subject, The value of Educa
tion; which was very favorab!y re
ceivcd. Mrs. w. F. Harang read a
humorous chapter from The autObio
graphy of q Tom Boy, in a very
creditable manner, and Miss Authr
ment sang "Dowr old New England
nv sss~Ssv.s- -
program was furnished by Mr.. Price,
Eads Thiboslaux and Master francis
Ducos. Owing to want of time the
respective talks of Mr. Price on the
School City, and Mr.. LORI aine, on
the Benefits OF the Institute were
deferred until the next meeting which
will take place on Friday the 22nd OF
May at the usual hour. X.
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New Idea WOman's MAGAZINE

NoW 1ucd woman 3 magazine.
In cOnsOnance with its name, the
New IDEA WoMAN's MAGAZINE for
May presents many novel features in
dressmaking and in every department
of domestic interest 1t opens with
charming paper by Constance Fuller
Mcintyre upon ."The Manageable
Age;" Emma 4. Osborne writes about
New York's Chinatown delightfully."-;
Katherine Louise Smith tells OF the
new fad. "Cat Shows and Catteries;" !"
Nancy Hull has "The Living. Room
for her theme; and Dben Rexford
presents "Garden Gossip" in his an,
thoritative manner. In addition to
these special features, tie several
departments are attractiveIy set forth,
and in short stories and verse there
is unusual variety aud superior quail.
ty. The New Idea patterns offer
many tempting opportunities to the
home dressmaker.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02
THE....
|Thib'X Shoe C Hat Store,
Goods That Have a Reputation.

A GOOD EXAMPLE,
You may be sure the immortal Was
hingtOn wore becoming hat. the
style in keeping with the times. You
may emulate his example if you'll pro-
cure your head gear from our stock
always sure to be of the latest mode,
becoming and fair-priced.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02

Jack Auslet is here advertising
Mr. Geo. W. Scott and his select
Company of artist which will appear
in Hal Reids Big Scenic Production
"Roanoke" ct the Opera House Sun.
day May 10th 1903. Mr. Scott has
an entire new Company and has q
fine production of Roanoke.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02
GREATLY ALARMED
BY Persistent Cough. but Perma-
nently Cured by Chambsrlaln's
Cough Remedy.

MIR. H. 2. Burbage, a student at
law, in Greenville, S. e., had been
troubled for four or five years with a
continuous cough which be says,
greatly alarmed me, causing me to
fear that l was 10 the first stage of
consumption" Mr.. Burbage, hsx-
ing seen Chamberlain's Cough Rene.
dy advertised, concluded u try il.
Now read what he says Of it: IL
soon felt a remarkable change and
after using two bottles of the twenty
five cent size, Was permnntly cured"
Sold BY Roth Drug Store.
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Notice.

Hunting on the Acadia Plantation
is positively prohibited.
% ". H. PRICE.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1903-05-02

The Southsrn Sentinel takes excep-
ton to our assertion 10 a recent issue,
that "Bianchaid stands absolutely no
show without the support and 10
f,uence Of Senator Foster. He is one
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-04-08
Yot the King Liked sousa's Eand.

In the words Cd the song. who Is
Sousa, what is he that all the agents
commend him? He is the conductor
Of what is called military band; lie
comes from America, for which great
country-so learned from press
paragraph lately-he has written q
national anthem or march; and he has
been and may be now playing in Lon
don. attended one Of his concerts
recently and am now slowly recover
ing. Not that his band is at all n
bad one. On the contrary, it seemed
to me quite as good as those that play
by order of the London County Council
in public parks. The Americans are,
they themselves state, a great people,
and.apparently they like great noises.
In no other country in the world but
America could Sousa and his band
have gained the reputation they have:
there.-The Musical Critic of London
Saturday Review.
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The contortlons of a Transfer

'"I WONDER" said a Twenty-third
street conductor, III people ever think
Of the amount of trouble they give u
conductor Strengthening out their
transfers. There are ten transfer
points on my route, and SO nearly half
Of my passengers hand me transfers.
You ought to see the condition these
paper slips are in when they. reach
me. Some are torn, some crumpled,
some folded and each one has to be
smoothed out. and examined. All this
has to be done between avenues. as
l must be back on the platform at
crossings. Most passengers toy with.
their transfers, folding them over and
over again, creasing them at each fold,
until 1t becomes quite job opening
them, especially If ones fingers are
cold. But, worse still, some passon-
gers roll up their transfers as If they
we're trying to make lamp-lighteds out
of them, and women often crunch
these little bits of paper into little
balls. New York Times.
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origin OF GREAT MEN.
Greathead, Bishop Of Lincoln, Began
Life as a Beggar.


Euripides was tho son of fruiter-
er. Terence in early life was q slave
'virgil's father was q potter or brick
maker, and Horace's was freedman.
Platus was baker. Greathead,
Bishop Of Lincoln, in the thirteenth
century, began his career as o beg
gar, but his powerful talents adorn-
ed his brow with q mitre. Luther
was the son Of poor miner, Zwingli
of a shepherd, and Calvin's father
was not distinguished either for af-
huence or. learning. Boccaccio was
the natural son of a merchant. Co.
lumbus was the son of weaver, and
originally a weaver himself. Ark
wright was a barber. Bunyan was the
son of travelling tinker. Bloomfield,
Gibbon, Clifford, Linnaeus, Lackington,
DR.. Carey and Roger Sherman were
shoemakers. So was Whittier, Shakes,
peare was the son Of wool stapler
and butcher. Cowlcy Of O grocer.
Milton was the son of scrivencr
Ben Jonson Of mason, Fletcher OF
a chandler, Pope Of q linen draper
Collins of q halter, Beattle of q far
mer, Butler of q farmer, Akenside OF
o butcher, Whitehead Of baker
Henry Kirke White Of a butcher
Thomas Moore of O grocer Gay was
apprenticed to a silk mercer. Sir Ed
ward Sugden, Lord Tenterton and
Jeremy Taylor were sons of BARRIERS
DR.. Maddox, Bishop of Worcester, was
the son of q pastry cook. DR.. Miner
was weaver. Sir Samuel Romily
was the son of goldsmith. Rich
ardson. the gifted writer, and Benja
min Franklin, tho philosopher. were
printers. John Hunter was the son
of O carpenter. and Scott. the com
mertator, Of grazier.
Ferguson, the astronomer, was a
shepherd in his youth. Defoe was O
hosicr and son of 4 butcher. Dymond
author of Principles of Morality
was q linen draper, and traded OF
wrote according as he had or had not
customers. Woods. Curran, Jeffrey
Bridges, Atkins and Lord Ellcnbor
ough were all the sors Of humble
trGdesmen. Amyot was the son Of g
curricr, Rabelais OF an apothecary
Voiture Of a tax gatherer, Lamotte Of
a halter, Massilion of turner, Gricn
ault of a baker, Moliere of tapestry
maker, Rosseau of Matchmaker and
Rollin Of a herdsman. Claude Lor
raine was pastry cook. Quintir
H1atsys was a blacksmith. Horne
Tooke was the son Of poulterer
which he alluded to when called up
on by the proud striplings of Eton tc
describe himself. 81 am" he said
"the son of an eminent turkey mer
chant" The husband and father Of
the woman who nursed Michac
Angelo were sto1emasons, and Tho
chisel was often put in the hands o.
the child as q plaything.-New Yorl
Press.
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quit work and sought places in other
mines, where the unnatural sights and
sounds are unknown.
The first man to relate a ghostlille
tale Of his experiences while working
at the mine was Mel McQueg, an engi-
neer. 1t was about five months ago
that, while standing at the end of the
tram, he saw man net more than
twenty feet away. Thinking it was
one Of the miners employed at the
place, he spoke to him. He received
no reply, and again he addressed him..
Again he received no reply, and this
time McQueg determined to find out
who the man was. He approached to
where the figure had been. and as
he neared the spot the man disappear
ed. No trace Of the man could be
found. McQueg swears that he saw =
man, but the moment that he ap-
preached to where the figure had beei
it vanishe' as If by magic. Not even
the slight trace of a man could be
found, ana Aone of the men working
around the mine at the time saw any
thing Of stranger. nor were any Of
them near the place where McQueg
had seen the figure at about the time
that the engineer saw the vision
Shortly after this three distinct
signals to hoist the men given from
the station were heard In the bottom
of the shaft where Henry S. Jones aud
some others wore working. At the
time the signals were given no one
was nearer the place than fifteen feet,
and the search made to discover the
person who gave the signals has been
unavailing.
Three days after this strange occur
renee, on June 26. 1902. Henry Jones
was killed by falling out Of the bottom
Of the skip distance of several hun.
dred feet down the same shaft from
which the mysterious signals to hoist
the men had been given.
These three occurrences made q
great impression upon many of the
men, and particularly the more super.
stitious of them.-Denver Times.
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a week later, when HaSWell took his
story down to Boynton's office, the lat.
ter glanced It over skeptically, read a
few lines of the last page, then began
ut the start and went through it, word
for word. with eager attention, When
he had finished he looked up ut Has
we'll with queer, unaccustomcd smile.
IF you can do q thing like that once"
he said, "you can do 1t again. That's
the sort Of stuff we want. I'll give
you $50 for every story Of that kind
you send me-"
Haswell went back tC his hermit fiat
in an cXultant frame of mind. lie
found his little guest crouch!ns before
the. fire with his curly head bowed
over the violin. "Rhuel," he began alb
ruptly, "you have given me great
doal Of pleasure with your music, and
to show you 1 appreciate the kindness
! have decided to send you home. A
Week from: today you shall havo your
passage ticket"
= The boy looked up with a start, and
his face grew, If possible, paler He
rose, laid down his violin, and took Il
step toward his benefactor, then
paused and looked at him with glow
ing eyes.
"Are you very glad?" Haswell asked,
smiling whimsically.
"Yes, Mister, an no, too. love my
country-but haf no relative"
perhaps YOU would rather have the
money!" Haswell suggested rather
coldly.
Rhuel shook his head. Suddenly he
put out one thin hand and touched
Haswelrs shoulder with an appealing
gesture that thrilled the older man
strangely. Mister, raider stay wild
you," he faltered "If you let me, 1
JUS love to stay"
"Stay with mew Haswell echoed in
adequately. Then he laughed and
caught the. thin little hand in his big
warm grasp.
IT really believe. we'd hit it off fine,
little lad" he said gayly. "Im not
quite suited with this hermit life, upon
my word I'm not. Suppose We try
doubling up for a time? When you
grow tired. you can say so, you know"
mo, Mister" the boy contradlcted
eagerly. II never grow tired. / love
to stay always!'
"Stay, then," said Haswell.
And he did.-NeW York Times.
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did not hinder me from pursuing my daily

did not hinder me from pursuing my daily
work.
II should like to see our Board of Health
give 1t ofIicia. recognition, and have it
used generally among our poor sick people
in G,catcr New York."--Joseph a.
Finn.
D. L. Wallace, charter member of the
International BARRIERS Union, writes from
Is Western avenue, Minneapolis,
Mimi:
Following, severe attack of la grippe
seemed to be affected badly all over. l
suffered with severe backache, indigcs-
ton and numerous ills, so 1 could neither
eat nor sleep, and l thought l would give
up my work, which l could not afford to
do r..--aza---7
Zone Of my customers who was greatly
helped by Peruna advised me to try it,
and l procured 3 bottle the same day.
used it faithfully and felt q marked i'm
provemcnt. During the next two months
I took five bottles, and then felt splendid.
Now my head is clear, my nerves steady,
| enjoy food and rest well. Peruna has
been worth dollar dose to med. j..
Wallace.
write:
"Aga;n, after repeated trials of your
medicines, Peruna and Mnnalin, | give
this as my expression of the wonderful re-
cults of your very valuable medicine in its
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n
The Hlqhest Waterfall,

While mining in Mexico William P.
Dunham, Of Denver, visited what is
considered the highest waterfull In the
world. 1t bears the Indian name, Of
Bassaseachic, and Is located about 100
miles west Of the City Of chihuahua,
near the summit Of the Sierra Madre
mountains. The elevation Of. the
mountains is $500 feet above sea level.
The cascade falls 97S feet.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cure

By localGpplications as they cannot red q
diseased portion OF tho car. Thore Is onr53Asf .
way to cure deafness, and that is by consto .
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by n,
inflamod condition OF the mucous lining o,
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is In
famed you have runbllng sound or imper
feet hearing, and when 1t Is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result, aad unless the in!lnm
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to It's normal condition, hearing vii
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ter
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing butgsS,
irlamed condition Of the mucous surfacc'D
We will give One Hundred Dollars for n: u
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) thu,
cannot be cured by Halls Catnrrh Cure. Clr.'
culars sent free. FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, c
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
.. Halls Family Pills are tho best.
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THE HERMIT. OF THE
FLATS.
THE


! musician in the old country, who had
been obliged to take work in q factory
to avert starvation, whose death &C.
Cured shortly after through an eXplo-
sion Of the factory works; Of the subse-
quent wanderings in il strange city.
Ills only friends had lately been ell.
gagged. to- travel With concert band.
and hes was trying to find a country.
man who had promised him an inslg,
ni1cant part with his wandering band
He was quite alone in the world, with.
out kindred or friends or money. His
only hope was to. obtain work enough
to pay his. return passage to Servla.
Haswell asked many questions, but the
lads story never deviated except to
add some pathetic detail which showed
how much toll ind prlvation his young
life had known. :.
."I used to take great deal of pleas
urc in music" said Haswell, when the
child had finished his story and drawn
his chair closer to the blazing hearth.
Suppose ycu play something for me
If you are warm enough to handle your
violin. 1 want to know what you can
do" -
Rhuel tucked MS old violin under his
chin. and tightened the slack strings,
then he dried his. bow carefully and
began to play, Very softly and deli
cately, weird little melody unlike
anything Haswell had ever heard, more
sad, more beautiful, and infinitely
sweeter. There was lack Of tech
'niquc land defniteness in his touch
which would bar successful hearing
with the coldly critical public, but to
HasWell, whose soul was stirred to its
Utmost depths by the spirit of pure
melody, 1t seemed ineXpressibly lovely.
1t Brought new pictures to his mind,
Of unsuspected beauty, Of lives shad-
owed by want ana poverty, toilers in
the dark whom such as he, to whom
much had beer given, should minister
comfort and cheer. lie seated himself
before his desk and began to write,
without conscious effort or WEAKNESS,
the story that the clild's music in
spired. The boy played Oh unceasing-
~, glancing now and then at the hand
hurrying across the paper. until at
last Haswell lifted his head and smiled.
"You are tired, Pm sure" he said in
voice Of singular gentleness. "Put
away your violin and go to bed in my
room, yonder;. wan: to finish my
work here beside the fire."
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4 IKE A DEMON grip has crossed our
il country, leaving behind scores of phys

4 IKE A DEMON grip has crossed our
- country, leaving behind scores of phys
ical wrecks.
Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrt
Of the throat, catarrh of the lungs, catarrh
OF the stomach, catarrh of the kidneys, ca
tarrh snf the pelvic organs, are to be
counted by hundreds of thousands. Grip
is epidemic catarrh, and sows the seeds oi
chronic catarrh within the system.
This is so true that few grip sufferers
are able to make complete recovery un'
til they have used Peruna.
Never in the history of medicine has q
remedy received such unqualified and uni
versal eulogies as Peruna.
a New York Alderman's Experience.
Hon. Joseph A. Finn, Alderman Fifth
District, writes from lo+ Christopher
street. New York City, as follows:
"When a pestilence overtakes our peo-
pie We take precaution as q nation to pre-
serve the citizens against the dread dis
ia grippe has entered thousands of our
homes this iall. and noticed that the peo-
pie who used Peruna were quickly restored,
while those who depended on doctors pre-
scriptions spent weeks in recovering, leav-
ing them weak and emaciated.
ri lad O slight attack of Ia grippe and
at o1ce took Peruna. which drove the dis.
ease out of my system in few days and
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.T HERE he lived amid the teem-
ing humanity of the great and

TYH HERE he lived amid the teem-
ing humanity Of the great and
populous city, with the noise
and hustle. of traffic and hum
of human voices. always buzzing
through his solitude, yet always alone
and lonely, hermit Of the flats. The
mcn Of his acquaintance spoke to him
or nodded cheerily across the. res
taurant tables, but he was conscious
Of divergent interests, so he, never
encouraged their friendly advances,
but went his own way in moody
silence. OF women he never thought
since the death Of his hopes seven
years before, when the girl Of his choice
had rejected him for q luckier 5nlan.
Gradually his solitude hardened thini,
and the hardening process crept into
his stories, which took q pessimistic
turn. The editors complained because
his otherwise strong, vir.le work, was
too sombre; others said it lacked natur-
alncss and humanity, but whatever the
fault was, Haswell began to realize
that something was seriously anliss.
"Go out among the people and get
freshened up" said his friend Boynton,
who had always liked Haswell's style
of work, land let. yourself live. Then
write what you have learned from
them" ;.
But Haswell declined to take his ad-
vice, saying that the vulgar horde re-
PEELED him, and he preferred to write in
his own way or not at all, so. his stories
grew less and less successful, and Has
wells temper soured proportionately.
1t was bitter midwinter night. rhe
icy wind whistled shrilly through the
alleys and filtered in between the
chnks of Haswell's windows, rattling
the easements unpieasartly. Haswell
was out Of temper with his work and
the cxacting editors, who had returned
q batch Of his stories without, so much
as q rejection slip. He rose, plugged
the easements, end drew his machine
closer to the glowing hearth, and be-
gan to revise the rejected copy, when
q tlmid knock ct his door interrupted
his thoughts.
A gust of chilly air rushed up from
the open vestibule below as he threw
back the hall door, revealing the pres
ence of stranger with an awkwardly
wrapped parcel ipangFa arms A thin
fall Of sgw hid. the threaslbareness Of
his di:fttlng coat, and thes dropping
rim Of his battered hat obscu4ed his
face, which was very young AND dark