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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

turred from an inspectio,
through the west, reported
having seen twenty-five tele
phone poles with two OF three
hundred holes drilled clear
through them. Some of the
holes were three or four inch.
es in diameter.
An officer of the Illinois
Central Railroad counted the
white cedar telephone poles
along the right-of-way near
Coyington, Tennessee, which
had been affected by wood
peckers, and found that out
of 2e8 poles, Ito, or Al per
cent, had been bored.
La some cases destruction
of the pole takes only a few
months and the weakened
condition makes it dangerous
for a ineman to climb the
stick.
The real object of the birds
in drilling the holes is uncer-|
tain. One telephone man said
that the humming of the
wires was mistaken by the
birds for insects excavating
beneath the surface IF theI
and that they drilled |
the roles IN quest of these inn |
aginary insects. It is very |
probable, however, that thel
holes are excavated for an en-
,irely different purpose. The
Voodpecker is a provident
bird. At the proper season i'll
torres up a supply of acorns
md other foods for future
consumption. In the summer
hese holes are often found
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

You better not take a
chance by hunting without
a license. The penalty is
twenty-fiv with trimmings,
which would probably run up
to a total or S;y5. TnaIaw Is
to be enforced and you bet
ter go to the sheriff's office
and get one of those hand
somely printed licenses.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

When the tongue of trade
is coated, when the eyes
and limbs of clerk are dull
languid, when the raging few
er tackles the empty vitals of
till, when the spider roosts in
the empty cash box, and bou-
quets of decay are on the
chandeliers, it is conclusive
that the advertising doctor
has not been consulted.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

The National Conservation
Commission is trying to find
out what it costs the country
to fight fires The Geological
Survey, which is conducting
this particular branch of in
quiry for the Commission lie
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
The Woman's Home Compan-
ion for October.

An important article IN the October
WoMAN's HOME COMPANION IS entitled
Seeking Shelter in New York. ""Five
dollars in my purse. q few plain
clothes in my bag, an ordinary 1hcool
education hehiad me, and New York,
with its boundless opportunities, ..
head Of me, " that is the beginning OF
the adventures 10 New York of Lucy
Green. They are real adventures Of q
real girl, who tells her story to read
er of the COMPANION.
fhs October issue is particularly
rich in fiction, having stories by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Harrison
Rhodes, Octave thanet, Nellie Nc
Chung, Margaret Sutton, Briscoe, and
especially good stories by Irving
Bucheller and juliet Wiibor Temp
kins.
There Is perhaps no more import
ant question to the average American
than the one OF owning or renting .
home. The results OF The most careful
Investigation and the experiences Of
thousands Of Americans are gwen IN
I series Of articles on this subject,
which begins ii the October number.
Of special interest are Kellogg Dur
lands intimate picture OF the life Of
The Tsaritsa Of RussiA, and Dr.
Woods Hutchlnson's article, fare
Babies MOral?''
The fashion department with the
Lates Fall Fashions 10 full of valu-
able suggestions.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

The Sentinel notes with pleasure,
that its Young friend, MIR. Clifton
Morvant, son of Mr. Henry Morvant,
of Rlenzi Plantation, received his
diploma from Soule Commercial
College last week. We congratulate
the young man and predict for him
much success.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
Notice to Our Readers

The publisher of the Sentinel has
been under the weather for the last
six or seven days, and we ask our
readers to overlook the short comings
of the last two issues. We are on our
feet again however, and will strive to
do better.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

A grand game Of Base Ball will be
played 10 Lockport OH Oct. 5, be-
tween the famous Websters, and the
Lockport club.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
Woodpeckers Destroy Tele-
phone and Telegraph Poles.

Birds are destroying the
telephone and telegraph poles
in the south and southwest,
particularly in Texes, Ar.
IONA, California. In some
places fifty per cent of all the
poles along the right-of-way
have been riddled by these
innocent offenders, which be-
long to the woodpeeker fami-
ly.
One Of the western Union
officials, who has recently re-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

Mr.. Isidore Klaemer, well KIN OVID
citize, of the 9th. Ward who has been
serving on the jury this week paid
our Office an appreciated visit yester-
day.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

Read the "ad' Of the Bank OF
ThihcdauS, appearing in this issue,
/ under head line sswe'e after you"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

Capt. j. Nj. Taylor, of Iota, is
spending the week here, at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. n. r. Dupre.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

The afternoon Euchre Club was
entertained by Mrs. o. j. Tonps on
Thursday.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

Mr.. e. G. Rohichaux and family
returned from Ashville N. c., Mon
day.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

q Prof. L. A. Valet, Of Loreauville,
spent several days here this week.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

Mr. Clay Lagarde went to New Or
leans this week, re urning on yester-
day.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

DIR. P. H. Tetreau, Of Larose, was
ID town yesterday.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

sending out letters to city OF
ficials all over the .countr,
asking for data on the add
tional cost of city water sup
plies for fire protection be
yond what is necessary fol-
domestic. This information
will be combined with othel
statistics of a similar nature
to throw light CD the genera
topic of the conservation Of
life and property through the
prevention of fires, for the
use of the Commission when
it meets here in December tc
prepare it's report for Presi'
dent Roosevelt.
The fact that the investiga-
tons of the Commission have
reached a point where such
detailed information ia being
sought is an indication Of the
substantial progress Of its pre-
liminary work. For a time,
perhaps, the men who under
took to prepare an inventory
Of the country's present
natural wealth and the out
look for the future feared
that the task was going to
prove too gigantic for them
to finish in time to submit to !
the first full meeting of the |
Commission, December 1st. |
But they say now there is mol
doubt that they will place In
the hands Of the Commission
practically complete inven-
tory upon which that body
can base its further studies
and recommendations.
This city fire fighting sys-
,em investiea tion is part of a
general study of the conserva-
ion of life and property. The
Commission is compiling an
immense amount of accurate
Information concerning the !
nature and extent Of loss Of /,
life and property from fires,
he cost Of insurance, water
ystems and fire departments,
md the possibility of prevent !
ng fire through the use of K
ire-resisting building mater
ais and of fire -prooing SYST
ems, and the desirability oil
# changes in building SYST
ems. The letters which are 4
,oing out now ask for figures I
N the total cost of each city'sI t
resent distributing systems, 9
With the amount of pipe laid :
nd the number of MIGRANTS,
nd the cost Of the water !
lsed. They ask further for an ; ;
stimate of the cost of the b
ystem and materials that 9
would be required if the /
Iecessity for fire service omit d
ed and only a domestic sup-l j
ly were needed. Such cities
8 have a separate high-pres- /
IRE fire system, or contemp- a
ate: installing one, can give ]
ctual figures of the cost Of
ghting fires; for others the !
kpense can. bs deduced with
,lerable accuracy. s
Some of the city officials re- /.
ard their information as con- a
DENTAL. SO that no figures :
ill be available until tabu- I;
tions of totals can be work q,
out. m
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
GA. TO ri
p.,.,.ha The Find You Have Always Bought
s s.: : ne IxhzSzzzzx

So - Nothing but the choice wheat is
~ used in making Capital -four.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
Local Paragraphs.

Satisfied house wives use Capital
-four.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

E,ROsT H. W..
Cypress and Pine Lumber,
Cypress and Sawed Shingles,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
NOTICE
No hunting 10 allowed on Rienzi
and Webre Plantations.
levert & Morvant.
For Sale.

4 fine Waltharn Piano, just from
the factory, Built ike . watch, just
the thing for this climate.
90 exhibition st DR.. Smiths drug
Store.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26
Notice
b.

No hunting is allowed on Acadia
Plantation.
w. Il. PRICE.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-26

t..r. u j ~ -, Lid.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-29

MAkNAaH who has been given notiee)
-14hH's ina but she's no lady!-Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-29

with the list Of saints days in the
Anglican calendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

thfrty-four stories high. a mere squatty
little affair as compared with the tower
Of twenty-eight stories additional. It is
estimated that the building will cost $1O,-
GOO 900.
The announcement OF this new enter
prise in New York has drawn from one
OF the leading realty experts a statement
that Manhattan is on the eve OF a new
and greater era in building. predicting
that structures would soon be built eclIps-
ing in size. cost and equipments anything
heretofore achieved in the world. In view
Of what has been accomplished over there
in the matter of piling weights upon
weights In order to derive the greatest
possible rental returns from the land, the
question becomes interesting whether
there Is. in fact. a danger line as regards
sustaining power or wind resistance. Engi-
neers aver that the foundations in Man
haitian are sufficient to carry any weight
desired provided the structural members
are sufficiently large and strong. But 1t
remains to be seen how far the giants of
architecture can rise without involving a
heavy risk of collapse in the highest
winds. The fire question. too. has been
considered as affecting the practicability
of these extreme attenuat tons The only
possible safeguard against disaster from
this sort Is the use in these enormously
high buildings OF none but absolutely fire
proof material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
SkyScrapiuo.

Higher and higher go the skyscrapers
In New York. A few years ago the ST.
Paul and Park Row buildings were giants
that gave the metropolitans neckache to
observe them. Yet the Park Row and ST
Paul buildings were outdone by the Times
building and that In turn was Swallowed
by the Singer and the Metropolitan Life
building The Singer building Just COM
pleted. held the record as the world
highest office structure for only q few
weeks 1t is forty-one stories in height
reaching 6l2 feet above the ground But
the Metropolitan Life building has been
pushing ahead and is now about COM
pleted, with its zenith reaching tower
rising 611 feet inches above the curb
This would seem to be high enough for
all human purposes. but those who think
SO do not know the money value of a
New York square foot of ground In the
downtown district. In the minds of realty
owners in that restricted area IT Is the
grossest waste TO erect less than twenty
stories on a building lot. Indeed. a
twenty-story building is a pigmy and the
man who engages in it's erection is re-
garded as snamefully unenterprising in
the matter of squeezing the last possible
dollar out of the soil. So in this atmOs-
phere of thrifty land use II Is not sur
fprising to find a new record breaker an
nounced. This is to be the new home of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society. 1t
will rise 900 feet from the ground. COM
prising sixty-two stories In the habitable
portion. Thefmain building will be only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
A Monument to Grover Cleveland.

Whatever may be the political effect of
Judge Parker's proposed resolution in eu-
logy Of ex-President Cleveland to be pre-
sented TO the national democratic conven-
ton. there Is one paragraph In the draft
which merits unanimous approval. 1t is
as follows:
I'VE further request the democratic
members of the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives to take steps to insure the
erection in Washington at the earliest
day possible of an adequate national mon
ument to commemorate the services OF
Grover Cleveland
If a memorial of any kind is erected in
honor of Grover Cleveland 1t should be
located in this city. where he became q
national quantity and gained the fame
which carried his name around the world.
If the state Of New York desires to erect
a monument to him 1T might appropriately
place it at Buffalo, where he served as
mayor, or at Albany, where he served as
governor. But In neither Office had he in
the least degree a national significance.
and q memorial In either place would be
of merely local import and suggestion. It
Is impossible to consider Cleveland save
in terms Of his presidential career. In
such terms Washington furnishes the only
possible setting for an adequate monu-
mental expression Of appreciation.
Even though the Congress Of the United
States might look with hesitation upon
the plan to appropriate federal funds for
such a purpose. the proposition to erect a
strictly national monument to Cleveland
in this city remains praiseworthy. He
was undeniably large figure for a long
period in our affairs, and although he
participated in no wars. yet his influence
entered into the national evolution to a
great extent. and 1t is fitting that at the
capital where he served for two terms as
President there should be some permanent
token OF the popular esteem in which he
was held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Reckoning the Cost,

Was it all really worth while. yester-
day. the noise, the danger, the nerve
raCkinS uncertainty? For what did 1t
stand? Surely not for civilization. For
this republic is supposed to epitomize the
highest expression of mans capacity for
selfgovernment. Surely not for patriot
ism. For it is in the last degree unpa
triotic to kill and burn and destroy the
lives and property of our own people in
time of peace 1t was not especially thrill
ing or entertaining. At night the aerial
fireworks were beautiful and harmless,
and they were enjoyable and altogether
to be praised. But they were only a
climax to a day of detonations. to hours
of horrors. And the net result was lit
ter of dirty streets. thousands Of highly
wrought nervous systems. an expense ac-
count sufficient to have put every local
charity on a permanently self-sustaining
basis. and a disaster roll as long as the
casualty bulletin after battle.
Yet the public sentiment against this
sort of thing grows annually. Preachers
inveiSh against 1t from their pulpits as
immoral: newspapers print unanswerable
arguments against its continuance; Stats
ficians tell the tale of the cost in human
life: true patriots bewail the decadence
of a glorious national institution. And
still the folly persists. The fault lies in
the lawmakers and administrators. They
Should take the short cut to reform and
effectively prohibit the traffic in the goods
that are used to make Independence day
a nightmare and a disaster.
Why should this thanksgiving traffic be
longer permitted? The cities have even
now sufficient law to enable them to check
the evil. They have but to insist upon
the same enforcement on the Fourth that
Is demanded on all other days of the year.
"A few stout-hearted. truly patriotic Off
Cials have but TO determine to make ex-
ampies of violators and insist upon a rig
orous enforcement of the statutes to Jar
their communities into realization of
fheir dangers and duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
The CHEERING MESSAGE.

We're you ever way down on your uppcrs
With never cent to spend.
Your prospects blue. your beard overdue.
And nowhere 10 find n friend?
In strange and pltiiess city.
Have you come to the end of rour rupe.
When out OF the past came n letter at last,
With a message Of love and hope?
I was all Of those things I've writ Of
Forgotten and down and out.
With never a dream OF a CLEAN OF a beam
OF light TO be hopeful about.
SO, 1 said, What's the use? I'll end IL!
One shot. and my pain is stlll!'
Then the pcstman (Fate y brought a note from
my mate
My old-time school chum, Bill!
One friend who hadn't forgotten.
One tie to the old earth yet.
My hearts blood leapf. where II long had slept
And the tears on my cheeks were wet.
1t was God who sent that letter
To stay the fatal shot.
One note Of love and rise shove
Our fate, and our woes not.
Dear Bob!'-ah. the same old nicknsme.-
I'VE were chums I'm the schoolboy day
There's sacred debt that can't forget.
Though fortune has parted our ways.
I hope that you're well and happy:
/ was always your fr4end-am still:
Remember that ten that lent you thenf
Please settle-I need It, BILL"
Cleveland Leader
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
SECOND PLACE.

From the Philadelphia Press.
According to the Denver dispatches
New York can have the Bryan nomina-
ton for Vice President II its delegation
will agree upon the man. The way in
which New York sizes up to the vice
presidency ought to make some Of the
other states enviOus.
From the Chicago News.
Surely there must be mistakes in that
list of thirteen possible candidates for
Vice President We see several names in
it that we have seen before.
From the Jacksonville Times-Unlon.
If there were as many candidates for
President as there are for Vice President
there'd surely be something doing at the
Denver convention.
From the Syracuse PostStandard.
Mr.. Bryan prefers that he and Judge
Gray of Delaware ride together, with the
Judge inside.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
II Judge George Gray Of Delaware lie
good enough for Vice President on the
Bryan ticket. he ought to be good enough
for President on the democratic ticket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
her WONDERFUL TON.

You'd think n ron should hear her talk to
other people whom she meris.
That she was married 10 a man who never had
To bear defeatS:
It's tom did this and "Tom did that" and
Tom Is such a splendid man:
No other ever did may accomplish what her
Thomas can,
Her Thomas is q very .ssins. a faul;less man, Q
paragon
At least. you'd surely think be was IL you should
hear her going on
triumrhs he has hsd;
She gives him her unstinted praise. his every
habit makes her glad;
His income Won would guess. IL you should hear
her talk about the same.
Must he such a very few may ever even hope
to claim:
Her Thomas l. wonder free from all traits
that mean vile
At least you'd think that he must be IL you
should hear her talk while.
I used to wonder how her Tom had managed 10
enchant her thus.
In fact. to tell the solemn truth. was little
envious:
But have nobly put away the Jealousy had be-
fore.
Her boasting never causes me to feel belittcd
any more:
Once when they fancied no one else could over
hear L CHANGED to pause
While candidly she stated just what her opinion
OF him was.
Chicago Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Campaign Publicity.

Mr.. Bryan is very DESTROYS of having
the Denver convention incorporate a pub
licity plank into its platform. Why not
intrust the work to Judge Parker, and w.
F. Sheehan. and Charles F. Murphy, and
Patrick H. McCarren? They know all
about campaign contributions. how they
are collected. and how used. Years ago
Judge Parker conducted a state campaign
for David 3. Hill, and showed knowl-
edge of where to go for funds. The his
tory OF his performances was famous at
that time. And Of course seasoned poll
ticians like Mr.. Sheehan, and Mr.. Muir
ply, and Mr.. McCarren could suggest
much Of value about the iniquity of per-
hitting predatory wealth to busy itself
with party organizations and the control
Of candidates. If Mr.. Bryan is in earnest
he should be able to command great tai
ent at the convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

him at times with bitterness. When the
Kentucky state convention approached.
harmony became the cry. and Mr. Bryan
was asked to help bring it about. He in
vited Mr.. Watterson to Lincoln for a
conference, and the prestige Of that move
gave the Wattersonians control of the
state convention. enabling them to Or
ganize 1t. and then to place their men
to advantage In the state committee as
signments.
1t is reported that, as a result, Gov
Beckham and his friends feel aggrieved.
They consider that Mr. Bryan has turn
ed from his friends to his enemies, and are
wondering II that is the best way to
carry a campaign.
The way Of the harmonizer is hard and
Mr.. Bryan is treading it for the first time.
He has had a striking career as an auto
crat. Can he, in this pinch, change his
spOtS?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
Clayton Of Alabama.

Is not the selection of Henry D. Clay
ton of Alabama for permanent chairman
Of the Denver convention a sort Of con-
cession to the Cleveland wing Of the de-
mocracy? He was a presidential elector
in 1888 and 1892. and consequently
stumped his state in both campaigns for
Mr.. Cleveland. whom he must have adj
mired.
But more than this. He was United
States district attorney for Alabama
during Mr.. Cleveland's second term, and
it was at that time that Mr.. Cleveland
was making his record as sound-money
man. In a small way Mr. Clayton was
a member of the administration, and
must have approved of what was being
done by his chief. Otherwise he would
have resigned his office.
Now Mr.. Clayton is Bryan man. That
is to say. he is regular. Mr.. Bryan is
the leader of the party. and Mr.. Clayton
supports him as such. He has Mr..
Bryan's confidence, as he had Mr.. Cleve-
lands. He wants the party restored to
power. He thinks It possible for the two
factions to unite under Mr.. Bryan for
victory. And in the spirit Of union this
former officeholder under Mr.. Cleveland
will preside at Denver with Mr.. Bryan as
the hero of the occasion.
Maybe we see in Mr.. Clayton one Of the
new leaders of the south in the event Of
Mr. Bryan's election. He should ''call'
for a good deal at the White House with
Mr.. Bryan presiding there. What are his
points? What manner Of man is he in
council and in action? He is not a SPELL
binder-at any rate. is not listed as such
among his southern brethren. He has
modesty and good taste. as his brief biog-
raphy in the Congressional directory
shows. Half a dozen lines tell the story.
and even his age is omitted. He is
lawyer and has been in politics for years.
Mr. Cleveland as President leaned upon
the south for advisers. II II can be said
that he leaned at all. Mr.. Bryan, II
chosen. Will have to do likewise. The
south is his mainstay as candidate, and
will give him the bulk of the votes he re-
ceives In November. Should she not,
therefore. If he wins figure influentially
in his administration? Who will repre-
sent her? Are We on the eve of a new
deal IN the south? Are there other sur
prses in store for the country? Mr. Clay
ton is one. Who will be the Clayton of
Mississippi. of Georgia, of Louisiana, OF
Florida Of Texas and so on?