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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
Gerry Fer Him.

WHY ~
A laborer was engaged in the
grounds Of IN insane asylum and
received instructions to pay no at
tention whatever to the remarks Of
the patients.
Some little time after he COM
menced work the governor of the
asylum, we'll known doctor, look
ing 1t the progress Of tho work,
mildly suggested one alteration.
The workman dug steadily on and
never Lifted bis head. The doctor
raised his voice, but the man, with
out answering, went on digging en-
erget The doctor threatened,
storme 1sld hna11y thnnde Tered out:
ID you know Who'll am :"
The laborer Strengthened his
back, looked at him minute, and,
shaking his head, sorrowfully ex-
claimed, Poor chap, am sorry for
yep and went on calmly with his
work
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
The Banana.

The banana is said to have thirty
four times the nutritive value of the
potato and twenty-five times that
of bread. In the West Indies the
natives cut the fruit into strips
called sspegs," dry these in the sun
and grind them into -four, out Of
which many excellent dishes are
made. No cheaper food grows in
the tropics. The plant begins bear
ing fourteen months after being
planted. It requires no cultivation
and produces harvests uninterrupt-
eddy for. eleven years. A few feet
of ground nourishes a plant, and the
space Of q dooryard win grow plants
enough to maintain a large family.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
lot been reported in sufficient

not been reported in sufficient
quantity to justify listing
them separately These are
gum and beech. The pur.
chases of gum ties in 1908 ex.
oeeded 10000, while but
slightly more than $1,000 OF
them were reported in the
previous year. Of beech ties.
the purchases in 1908 amount
ed to nearly 1913, 600, against
but little more than $1,000
in 1907. These are woods
which are distinctly not suit
able for cross-ties unless they
are given preservative treat
ment. Their increased use
therefore, is one of the many
results of the progress Of
wood preservation III the
United States. For nsa1-y.
years beech has been one Of
the principal cross-tie woods
in Europe, where it's value
when given chemical treat
ment was long ago recog-
nized. It is not uncommon
for European roads to secure
from twenty to thirty years
service from beech cross-ties.
Untreated they would not
last long enough ito warrant
their use at all.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
Notice.

The undersigned wishes to inform
the public that beginning Juue list he
Will embark in the wholesale beer
business, handling the same brands of
beer formerly handled by Malbrough
and himself as agents.
LEON NAQUIN.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
To The Public.

Thlbodanx, La Nay 29, 1909.
Notice is hereby given to the PR :
pertv owners of the parish of La
fou1che that the listing Of the pro-
perty of said parish has been compIet-
ed and the estimated valuation made
therein by the assessor IN accordance
with the law, and that the said lists
will De exposed in the Office of the
assessor for inspection and correction
for the term Of twenty days, begin
ming on the 10th day of June, 1909.
S. j. Foret,
Assessor.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
Childron Cry
FOR FLETCnER'S
CAST0R RIA
For Sale

The Gasoline Launch, Eclipse,
length As feet, beam II feet, equipp-
ed with acetyfine lights, suitable for
business or pleasure, almost new a
bargain. apply to
Albert Boudreaux
or p. J. Doucet,
Thibodaux La
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12

"a the enforced collection Of debts.
Perhaps Others Of US had better take
n ,tlce and inquire closely into the cx-
ped,eDcy of similar farming
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
FEARLESS AMERICANS.

on Eassd and Sea They Take Chances
With Reckless Courage.
| The American people are afraid
of nothing under the sun. Not
withstanding the horrors upon hor-
rors on land and sea, involving in
iuries to hundreds of thousands
annuaay and death to tens of thou
sandskhere seems really to be no
SCARF in us. Excepting a mere
hanafn1 Of nerve wrecked invslids,
whdltake thought Of what may hap
pen when ON pleasure bent? Who
stays iway from the theaters be-
cause few ionally burn down,
with pFes' t life? Who de-
mands an exit? Who
quits .ilroads because
they i issengers . year
and IN, Who looks for
a safel is afraid to. travel
seventy an hour?
Who lis stateroom on a
transat Ter with view to
safety? asks the agent in
what p. the vessel turks the
least ID Who remains awake
all nil look out for collisions
and ja J? Who cares If the
billos fountains high? Who
hesita enjoy the festivities Of
the55 The smoking room Eor
tie saasssfs room because of the ]
leYias sal,s pitching and rolling?
Who counts the number Of lifeboats
or e1dhines the location Of the
safety Aeyices? Who takes the
trouble b inquire if there is fire
fighting apparatus on board? Who
gives up about the fire drill?
Who thinks about anything but a
lot Of fun Rnd a quick voyage?
Who ofall the millions that reg
lister in hatels asks about fire es-
capes? WHO feels the slightest nm
easiness about the safety of the ele-
vators? Win would refuse an Office
at the top Off thousand foot tower?
Who considers the possible horrors
of a food in Hudson river tunnel? |
Who hesitates 70 cross the Brook |
Ign bridge, even though experts re-
port its cables farstoo weak to sus-
tain the burdens imposed upon
them? Who's afraid Of who any
way? Who's afraid 81 whatl The |
worst panic is forgotten in q few |
days. e do not refer to money |
panics, which are never forgotten |
BY those on the losing side. eE1-
change. |
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12

always been by far the most
important. The oak ties a.
mounted to more than $4,000,
600. or forty-three per cent of
the total quantity purchased.
Next to the ranked the south
ern yellow pines, with 2l,5OO,
600, or nineteen per cent of
the total. 1t will be seen that
the oaks and the southern
pines combined furnish near.
ly three-fourths of all the ties
bought by the railroad COM
panies last year. Cedar and
chestnut supplied more than
100000 ties each, and Dong
las fir nearly as much. About
4, 900, 600 tamarack ties were
purchased, nearly 100000
cypress ties, in round mum.
bers, 5000, 600 each Of western
pine and hemlock. Redwood
white pine, lodgepole pine,
gum, beach, spruce, and seve-|
eral other woods were used in
smaller quantities.
While the oaks, and parti-
the white oaks, have
always been the preferred
woods for cross-ties and still
form a large proportion Of the
;otal, the increasing prices
which the roads have had tol
Jay for satisfactory oak ties
re forcing them to look more
nd more for substitutes.
his accounts in part for the l
reat variety of woods report {
d. White oak, untreated,
lakes attic which gives ex- t
client service for many years '
ut it has been found posi- .
le to take woods which natu- ; J
My are not durable, give !,
lem a treatment with either 8
'eosote or zinc chloride. D
hich will prevent decay, O
id thus get much longer SCI = =
ce from them than can be o.
p1
cured from untreated oak Of
IS. Among the woods b.
TIL
llich have been most largely "
cared SO far are the yellow or
nes, particularly loblolly o %
ne, Douglas fir, western On On
az, and lodgepole pine. t ee
This years statistics adds as
GO
the list two kinds of cross fee
as
s which previously had &c
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
jnst What Hs Nsedsd.

4 : /. 81
An invalid called on ! physician
Tor advice. The doctor wrote out a
prescription, charging the patient 2
gnlneas for it. Some time after
ward they met in the street.
Vel, 7 said the doctor, "you are
looking 100 per cent better! That
medicine, though a little expensive,
was just what you needed"
Doctor" replied the patient,
after I had paid you the 2 guineas
Tor the prescription ! couldn't af
ford to have it made up, so / didn't
take a single dose!"- London An
sWers.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
stones and olass houses.

The origin Of the saying, "Those
who live IN glass houses should not
throw stones, . IS as follows: At the
time OF the union Of England and
Scotland, London was Inundated
with Scotchmen, and London roughs
used to go about at night breaking
their windows. Buckingham being
considered the chief instigator Of
the mischief, . party Of Scotchmen
smashed the windows Of the dukes
mansion, known as the glass house.
The court favorite appealed to the
king, who replied, sSteenie, Steenie,
those who live in glass houses should
b careful how they fling stones!"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
NOTICE.
Notice

No hunting is allowed on Acadia
Plantation.
W. H. PRICE.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-12
!ubscribers who fail to receive their paper
oh TIME should notify us without delav.
Millions Of Cross-Ties Pur-
chased by Railroads in 1908

Washington, June @ Iur
ing the year 1908, the steam
and electric railroads Of the
United States purchased more
than 112,0OO,OOo cross-ties,
costing, at the point of pur-
chase, over $4,000, 900 an
average of fifty cents per tie,
according to statistics just
made public by the Bureau
of the Census in cooperation
with the United States Forest
Service. This was some 40
600, 1000 ties less than the GUAM
tity purchased IN 1907, when
the total was approximately
153, 100000, the highest ever
recorded. The decreased pur-
chases in 1908, were Of course,
chiefly due to the business
depression which affected
every line of industry. This
forced most of the roads to
the roads to purchase only
the ties which were absolute
~ essential for renewals, and
heavily out down The pur-
chase for new track. In 19O8t
only 7,431, 900 cross-ties were
reported as purchased for new
track as against %, 557 600 in
1907. Of the total number oil
ties purchased for all pur-
poses, the steam roads took
approximately ninety-four per
cent, leaving about six per
cent for the electric roads.
IT is very interesting to note t
the wide range of woods used :
Tor cross-ties. The preliman- p
Try report by the Census Blu D
eau lists separately fifteen
classes or species. Of these +,
he oaks are now and have Fl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03

the Illinois house has increased
alarmingly at every redistricting of
the state. In the present legislature
10 of the 81 senators and 81 OF the
1873 representatives are from Chi
cago. With the growth of the large
cities it is reasonable to presume
that Chicago's representation on the
present basis will continue to grow
apace. The result will be complete
domination of the affairs of the en-
tire state of Illinois by the Chicago
politicians.
One thing is certain and that is
that chicago should never be given
its most cherished prize without
paying the price. Chicago should
not receive q liberal charter releas-
ing it from any responsibility to the
state at large unless Chicago is will
ing to surrender its fast tightening
grip on the political affairs of the
entire state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
War and the Press.

At the Lake Mohonk conference AM
bassador Bryce exonerated the news
papers from the charge often made
that they foment war. He said they
simply reflected public sentiment when
they assumed belligerent tone. This
is true, but only part of the truth.
The newspapers have often been more
pacific than public sentiment. Bis
marck habitually accused the papers
of melting war and in 1877 he said
they had caused the last three Euro
pean wars, whereas he himself was
the deliberate cause of Prussia's wars
with Denmark, Austria and France.
Possibly Russial public sentiment
caused the war with Turkey in
1877, but assuredly newspapers did
not.
The Russian papers were edited by
the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03

tation. After talking few moments
Of old times she babe him so to the
barn and see her father.
"You had better come, too," he plead
ed. 81 don't believe it's just coed for
you to stay here"
She smiled at his boyish wisdom.
Just few moments more. Laurie.
and then I'll join you and father"
1t was very quiet. A lone bird
called. She felt solitary and outlawed.
A third time she was interrupted
There was no mistaking the man.
Jed, strong and straight, his grimness
softened. but showing In the lines OF
his face, came strai hit up to her.
"Doxy, l thought they would never
go. AS soon as sent the lad l knew !
must come myself. l took short cut
but the Opper man was ahead OF ma
and then Laurie"
"WeH?"
Her voice was curiously subdued.
"Doxy. / am here at last. have
punished myself all these years. which
have not meant much to you, for yOu
are as young and as fair as the
night
THE night you said you should new
er cross our threshold"
'Doxy." he cried. Selling her hand
passionately, II have suffered for it.
Be good to me-"
''Why did you come tonight, Jed?''
she asked quietly, but with beating
heart.
"Why? Because everything brought
| me. l couldn't keep away"
You came," she said, turning proud
ly away. because you knew that at
last you could come and still keep
your oath, because you knew the house
| was gone''
NO" he said, with a long breath.
"You don't mean that, and you don't
think so''
| She felt his strong arms about her.
| She was lifted and carried over the
| smoking ashes and bricks to the place
where the doorstep had been. He held
her closely with his left arm, while hia
| right hand grasped a blackened beam
| In moment he was standing ON the
charred threshold. pressing her to him
in tight embrace.
Here" he said with forced light
ness, 81 lay my pride at your feet
Now, DoXy. won't you say something's
"Never mind the ten years now, Jed
They are gone-like the house"
But We'll have new house, Doxy
right here, and Sol shall put on and IL
all those things you told him to leav,
Off"
81 say" cried the voice Of Lauri,
from distance, "Uncle Seth jus
found n ten dollar bill in the old die
tionary. He says he'R bet it's the on,
he lost ten years ago."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
Mr.. Moore's Candidacy.

W. r. Moore. the Rock Island county
candidate for circuit Judge on the dem
ocratic ticket, is in the prime of life
He has been active at the bar for 50
years. and is a close student of the law
His election would go a long way 10
clear the court docket. He promises
the people if elected to. work the ju'-
les from 8 a. m. to 6 p. IN each day in
the box while they are under par,
knowing that in less than one term by
this procedure our docket would be uu
to date, when jurors and court bailiffs
a largely reduced number by his order
would be under pay, lawyers who may
have urgent motions to make must be
heard before 9 a. m. and after supp or
when Mr.. Moore promises to meet
them at the court room to hear those
matters when necessary Mr.. Moore
is large taxpayer and promises to sec
that all the county money will be con
served as far as the conduct of court
business will permit
As city attorney and corporation
counsel of Moline, he made record
any attorney may be proud of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
Not a SUCCESS.

The experiment was not a success.
Frequently she had complained that
he was not as he used to be, that his
love seemed to have grown cold and
that he was too prosaic and matter of
fact. SO when he found one of his old
love letters to her he took it with him
the next time he was called away from
the city, made a copy of it and mailed
it to her.
John Henry" she exclaimed when
he returned, you're the biggest fool
that ever lived 1 believe you have
softening of the brain. What did you
mean by sending ME that traSh?"
Trash. my dear!" he eXpostulated.
"Yes, trash-just sickly, sentimental
nonsense"
THAT isn't how you described II
when l first wrote it and sent it to
you," he protested. "You said then ii
was the dearest. sweetest letter ever
written. and you insist now that ]
have changed and you haven't. ]
thought would try to-
"Wel, you didn't succeed" she in.
terrupted, and she was mad for two
days.
Sometimes it is mighty difficult to
please a woman.-Chicago Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
June and its Orange Blossoms.

June, the rarest Of months, is among
US, so let us summon our muses. ana
attme our lyres which have so long
been silent. The month started out
propitiously with one of those days on
which the poet says that earth tries
heaven if ii be in tune, etc. Let u.
hope for more of the weather that
regularly but regret that it is with us
but so short days of every year.
June has several claims to fame
wholly peculiar to itself. 1t is a
month of special charms and attrac-
tons. all of them old as the calendar
itself but still fresh and sweet with
each recurring year. 1t is the month
which ushers summer into our warm
hearted midst, and that alone is Il ser
vice which merits our heartiest graft
tude. Then, again, June is the month
which is owned heart and soul by the
sweet girl graduate. Shyly and de,
murely but with the blessed assurance
that comes with diploma and an ap-
preaching debut. she grills the robbers
in the trusts and shakes the tyrants
on theirNhrones. Clothed in the filmy
loneliness that only BELTS her girlish
figure, she's the sprite of the June
time that makes life worth while.
And June is the month or orange
blossoms and brides. The fires at
Hymen's affairs burn brightly. welding
the chains for better or worse. Famed
as the month itself is the bride OF
June. May her numbers not decrease
and may she continue to gladden. thu
month and keep it right at heart All
me, what would June be without the
June bride,
June is the month of the abundant
harvest. The waving fields become
heavy with the golden grain and tn,
stanch stalks fall before the reapers
blade. The fields are hives of sturd
lest industry and the wheat. the money
of the middle west, is gathered into
the granary that holds more wealth
than the citys banks.
The children yearn for June's ap
proach. Their year of trouble ends
The free and open out of doors. God:
great gift to rich and poor, calls then
for three months of rollicleing romp.
June's a great month Let it warn
with its first days of the heated sum
mer season the cookies of your wea.
ened heart, and let the rays of the
sunshine creep into your soul. i
doesn't take poet or a minstrel t.
appreciate the glories of June time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03

Aledo Democrat: The vacancy on
the supreme bench, caused by the
death of the late Justice Scott, will
be filed by special election to be
called some time this summer. The
many friends of Hon. George A. Cooke
throughout the judicial district are
eager to urge his candidacy for cleo
ton to fill the remaining three years
OF the unexpired term, but this Mr..
Cooke has so far refused TO consider.
The republicans have been quite busy
for the past week in many sections OF
the district. booming one man or an
other as a candidate. Mr.. Cooke would
be an ideal candidate, owing to hia
close association with Mr.. Scott and
his broad acquaintance in the entire
district. Besides, he is an able lawyer,
abundantly equipped with legal exper'
fence. fair-minded, and eminently fitted
in every way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
Chicago and the State.

Quincy Herald: The bill to limit
5slature to one-third of the total
membership of the body, was de-
feated i'm the house yesterday, lack
ing Is of the two-thirds majority
necessary to pass such "a measure.
Thus the Chicago politicians and the
Chicago press have again achieved
a temporary victory and the newt
able has been postponed for another
session or two of the legislature.
In no question brought before the
state in recent years has Chicago
shown as great unreasonable and as
inordinate greed for powers as in its
attitude toward its proper relation to
state government. The unreasonable
part of the attitude of the Chicago
press is that while it insists with
vehemence that the problems of gov
eminent peculiar to Chicago are not
understood by country Legislators
and that Chicago should have char
ter which grants to that city com
plete power to regulate its own af-
fairs without state interference
nevertheless Chicago should not be
deprived of the privilege of dictat-
ing the affairs of the state outside
of Chicago. Chicago demands self
government but Chicago denies tho
rest of the state the same right t,
regulate its own problems of govern.
ment. Consistency is not jewel il
the crown of the Chicago politician
The strength of the great city il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
WILLIAMS OF ELLIS ISLAND
Career of New immigration Commits.
Sioner at New York

William Williams. the new commits
sioner of immigration for the port of
New York, returns to that post to
complete the work of reorganization
and reconstruction begun by him seven
years ago after his appointment by
former President Roosevelt. Then
Williams remained less than three
years In Office, resigning abruptly
when. "housecleaning" on Ellis island
was in full swing. No explanation
was forthcoming at Washington, and
none could be obtained at that time
from the retiring commissioner.
His action was as unexpected by his
sabordinates as by the public, and the
day that he left the island every man
and woman and boy on the govern
ment payroll, although many of them
had felt the silent mans sharp Gisci-
pline, was In the big hall to shake
hands and say goodby.
Just to show what they thought of
him the employees produced a huge
silver loving cup. which cost some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03

The Great American
n CARTOON epigram l
n
a
tell the whole
in he wrone-doers.
Sveon
trail failures behind
inability
education ngng him. he tried farming failed
clown McNahon
the realization himself
walls the benches
in the old oooom and of that his hand
died when had
Thomas
formula shall will
like realized
tTansplanted him New
biting genial
dolarmaked suit, his
the hallmark Of
his individuality genius
Copyright uanhu to WI. C. Mac 1906