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Journal of the 9th Senatorial District
SATURDAY J Si. V It;. 1892.
SONG.
, O tsust the eyes tlmt win thee!
And trust the lips that suiilel
And let no doubt within thee
Trouble thy joy the while!
Seize and enjoy the present,
'Tis all the wise can do.
Could it make thine more pleasant
To know th> love were true?
If she prove true forever,
C'au that increase thy bliss
Today? Nay, thou wilt never
Know truer joy than this.
And if site turn deceiver.
Why should thy strong heart grieve?
Weep only if thou grieve her.
And die ere thou deceive.
—Robert Bridges in New York Sun.
A WHOLE MAX.
A sensitive man has no business on
tlie desert. He will get prodded every
where. If he take offense at rough kil
ter. Lord help him when he gets into a
mining camp. If he wear his heart
upon his sleeve, let him steer clear of
the Mexican towns and their pretty sen
oritas. If he would know any peace.
let him keep -away from the cattle
range, for the cowboys' jests are as keen
and cutting as the spurs at their heels.
Frank Robbins was beginning to find
out some of these things. But if you
gave him a whole decade he would not
find them all out.
" What the b y wants is toughening,"
said Mart Selbv.
Mait \\a» tig and tonga, and he saw
no good reason why anylw>dy but a child
or a woman should be tender.
"He s a young colt that wants a Mea
ican bit shoved into his month, ar.d then
to be ridden through the cactus."
At Lucin's ranch the boys jokc-d and
irritated Robbins, but it did not seem to
toughen him. They cared nothing for
whisky that didn't scratch as it went
down, and when he put water in his
they^ called him a perfect lady and
laughed loudly.
"Stand their joshing," said Mart to
Robbins, "and you'll get along better.
They'll always make it hot for a man
that don't josli hack."
"Oh, I don t mind it." said Robbins,
badly overdoing his effort to look un
concerned.
It had been the same everywhere he
had been in the we. t. He was one of
those men who are never anything but
tenderfeet. He simply would not take
men as he found them, though they
were perfectly willing t . tak > him so.
And the absurd ideas that had lodgment
in his head! Chief among these were
that he must have a friend—a chum— j
who should be a man alter his own
heart. He had been looking for such a
man for two years. He picked him out
occasionally, but he never found him to
suit. This one was not truthful, tint
one was not temper,.v • and the other
was not nice in his speech. There was
something lacking in each one.
"\S hat I want is a whole man," lie
sighed. "I never could take up with
these half made fellows. But it is not
so easy. Even when I find a man that
is temperate and intellectual he turn:,
out to be selfish. What would I not
give for a whole man for a friend and
companion—a whole mail!"
He would not take up with Mart Sel
hv, though Mart saw "the young fel
low" sorely needed a friend and helper,
particularly oue who would toughen
him. He kept on looking for his made
to-order man, but he never seemed to
hit upon him. Few such men as he was
looking for are to be found within a
thousand miles of Lucia's. In fact, at
Lucin's yon would be at a loss to dis
cover a single man who did not like to
take observations at Old Ashby's cloth
and paper ceiling through the bottom of
a whisky glass, and if you heard a voice
I will give you my word of honor it was
no cherub's.
One day the i '-s ont h.l all their
little meanness< ;{■■>]?
him hopelessly dfut
: ; - by getting
Of course it
was no killing matter, but he had never
been drunk before, and he took it very
seriously and resolved to leave camp
next day.
Mart did not like this. His heart had ,
wanned toward "the young fellow," 1
and he bated to see him leave the pi.ice. •
* 1C solved to go with liim. [
They agreeil between them that thev
would not go on the range au in. They j
would go pro. r. cting fpr gold. i
And thus it was that they came to
make the journey over tho desert to- i
ward Dead Horse gulch. Now, as every
body in that country knows, the wealth :
of Dead Horse gulch is great, but it is
very hard to reach. Miners, who have
lived out the awful heat of the alkali
plain that lies all around the buttes
wherein the gulch makes its gash, have
* b at 'k with full belts, hut none of
them has ever gone a second time.
i
In suggesting this journey Mart Selby
had a double object. First, he wanted
to toughen "the young fellow, and
next, he wanted to enrich them both. '
Hart knew that Robbins had come out
west to make enough money to marry a
wh ? llved m Delaware, and he '
knew, too, that "the young fellow ' had :
to^d money making very slow work.
Jfxom Ljncin s to the great alkali plain .
that lay before the buttes in which the
gold was hidden was a long and toil- j
•ome journey. But the real work only
Imran with the crossing of the alkali'
j
;
i
!
!
!
^
desert.
White and naked lay the dead land
before their aching eyes. The eye of
heaven shone down with most unrelent
ing fierceness. No breath of air was
stirring, and the whole world was to
them as dumb as death.
Mart had counted on the journey be
ing a hard one, but not so hard as this.
He had not dreamed that the water
would give out so soon, nor that the
lu 'loses would sink dowi
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shadows fell with inky bio
In that clou-.'.less, mi.-.rlto.
seemed set at naught, for they traveled
on and on toward the buttes, and yet
they seemed to grow no nearer.
It was toward evening that they
reach ?d a rocky islet in the .va of alkali,
and there, after a very bad meal of hard
tack, they fell asleep, Robbins dreaming
of clear, cold water, drawn from in a ole
fountains in crystal goblets. The v-'u-ng
man was the first to awake. Tim sun
was beginning to shoot his fiery needles
over the laouu&fini R-blr..- ,i: 1 his
hand to rub Ids eyes.
"R-r-z-z-z!"
Then a tongue of flame darted toward
him and struck him on the palm of the
hand.
"My God," he groaned, "it's a rattle
snake, and he's bitten me!"
His voice seemed to awaken a hundred
die as they
heir f ms,
dons, stand
o the- white
II.'] V (IpGripf^
air, distance
echoes, and to these responded a turn
1 dred rattles.
Selby safup in his blanket and stared
at him stupidly. As he made the move
j meut a rattlesnake struck him in the
face, and another at his side would hare
done tho same had he not thrown him
* self out of reach of his deadly fangs,
j The rattles resounded on ev<-rv side.
The two men ran hack to a sir. & !ro£
' sand bey .ad the rucks and rafed at*
j other wildly.,
j "Hold still." demanded Mart. "Let me
look at your bite."
He grasped the boy's hand.
"Thank God, it's not in the vein!"
He seized his knife and quickly hol
1 lowed out a piece of the flesh.
"There, hold your hand down and let
the blood run free, while I tie this cord
around your arm."
He twisted the stout cord until it cut
into the arm.
"Now, the whisky," he gasped.
"No," said Robbins, "let me cut the
poison out of your wound."
Mart held still a moment while this
was done.
"Now, the whisky—quick!" cried Rob
bins.
But Selby did not look for the bringing
forth of the flask with any light of hope
in his eyes.
"It is yours," he said quietly. "There
j is only enough for one, aud Larelv that
i - np " -
Drink it.
Then it is yours, Mart."
"No—yours."
"But you tire the worse bitten. Your '
face is already beginning to swell, j
There was anguish in the tone, as there
was heroism in the words; but it was j
heroism of the weakly sort. He held out I
the bottle at arm's length, while he i
turaed his face
in firmer and more commanding tone
this
away.
"No, by God! It's yours, boy!" came
from Mart Selby. "You have a mother
and a sweetheart back in the states
And I—I have nobody. There was some
one once, but there ain't nobody now—
nobody at all."
In the face of this fearful temptation
Gubills it*It hunself weakening. He
grew less strong of resolution with each
ron- „t u,. ... ,? i ; i • , , , ,
of the \v .1 lCIi in his pocket, nenrd
60 plainly in tho desert stillness. What
a coward lie felt himself; but—how
sweet was life!
\N as there not help to be had from
some other source? He could not take
the
The drinking of that liquid v. >
banking of Selby's life, and that life
meant much to him now. Here was the
whole man!
His eye swept the hopeless plain. He
looked for tha "dust" of a traveler, hut
he saw none. The heat of the dav was
growing. He thought he felt the poison
pulsing through his veins.
"No—no," he said, sinking down upon
the sand. And there wits a pitiable
eit
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weakness in his tote,
Selby took the bottle from his hand.
As he did so a di do of fe--r • , to
R 1 bins' face. Sell
Tin* swollen face made the shale r
tesque; but none the less it was thesp>i
of a nod. He came forward —d 1-
U side the crouching f..rm df
who, Iving on his face, with
shut, begg 1 him i.-.-t to ihiuk
but of himself,
ing weaker,
The othersaid no W n-,1 1 nt l-o--.
friend's head lie uncorked the 1 m.; tie end
held it to his lips. A look of i-emon
strance came to Robbins' free ai d he
raisi d his hand to pr. h aw.-r.-the botbe
Just then he glanced upward. A bnz
zard was circling about in the clear.
•
IIS »-Vf*
(if hipi,
ie tone w,^- grow
blue air. He shivered, and as the neck
of the bottle was forced Iw-tv.-een bis
teeth and Selby was holding back his
head, how could he help swallowin'^
-
The look of remonstrance faded slowly
away as the liquor gurgled from the j
in his head.—Frank B. Millaid in Argo- ' :
bottle. Soon it was an°drained. The
boy's head sank to the ground and a
heavy sleep laid hold upon him. i
When he awoke there lay by his side
the body of a man with a pistol bullet:
in his ' ' " - - - •
naut.
I
JVll.w.* -
Mrs. Jinks—What do you think? A
thief shot at Mrs. Bingle while sfie was
sitting in her room, and the bullet
lodged in a ball of yarn which she was
winding.
- Mr. Jinks—Well! well! Bingle is a
lucky fellow, isn't he?
Mrs. Jinks—I should say he was.
Mr. Jinks—Yes, indeed. He has a
wife who darns stockings.—New York
Weekly.
Iii l ive Xinutfs.
Ted had a knife that hi: papa lir.d
"iven him. With a knowing look
Lwandm-: said. "It is onlv a matter of
tin; ; • I ;, a to cut himself." In just
five n.i Ted came iu holding his
hands behind him, and said. "Grandma,
it is not a very bad cut."—Babyhood.
A Neat Way of Rebuking.
A lady stood hanging on the strap of
a street car, when a workman in the far
comer arose and politely offered her a
seat. "I thank yon." she said in a very
sweet tone, "but I dislike to deprive the
only . ithman in the car of a seat."—
Mi i-Continent.
A Poor Af!air.
Boy—Mamma, that new piano ;
m bought is a reg'lav cheat, an
liter send it back.
Mu mm.;—Why so, my cherub?
Li lie Boy—Oniek as I wont to pTnyifi
"Statue of Liberty" it fell over an broke.
—Good News.
L
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Women Not Contented "At Home."
"At; home" days are beginning togei
out of fashion in London, and the wom
en who held them with irritating regu
larity once a week are now reducing
them to once a month, and a few ol
those who found them most irksome
have, with admirable cuteness, fixed
them on "fifth Mondays, Tuesdays," etc.,
to limit them to oue day in two or three
months. One lady, who had become
particularly annoyed at missing all the
best things of the winter, which she de
clares came always on "her day," foi
the sake of seeing a lot of people she did
not want to see and receiving a showei
of pasteboard from tbe friends she did
not want to see, says that next year she
is going to observe as her "at home" day
"the second Sunday in the week."—Lon ;
ion Letter.
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Watchmaker and Gunsmitl
Cor. M«io and St. Philip Streets,
Thibodacx. La.
K EEP constantly on hand a large and co-
plcte aMfomnent of
n>R iiinELui
WATCHES & CLOCKS.
lu commotion with the above a cica;
r'ctvo
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POWDER. CARTRIDGE^,
Buntin', Materials f..
The CelcirM "EL&Ifl WATCHES *
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—A L»0 THE NEW —
American Sewing Machine
— AHD—
LOT OF ACCOKDEON3
THE PERFECT NUMBER
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CT- Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Sewing M
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Comer Main and St. Philip street ^ B{ fcow Orleans, if
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(Hotel Bazet Building.)
Alain Street, Houma, La.
J. M. DURAND, Proprietor.
—FINE—
WINES, LIQUORS and
CHOICE CIGARS,
Si*A Handsome BILLIARD BOOM is attached
to the Exchange. apS-ly
Gem Saloon
JAS. A. FROST, Prop.
Cor. Market and Green St.,
THIBODAUX, LA .
BILLIARD ROOM, BAR ROOM and
RESTAURANT,
*#-Tbe Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Always on Hand. SPECIAL RAES
FOR EXCURSIONS.
ap6-ly
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DRESS MAKING,
—AT
MODERATE PRICES
Taylor Svstem,
^Patterns to Order.
HOTEL BAZET!
Main St., Houma, La. *
B, F. BAZET, Proprietor.
On American and European Plan, Restau
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and air* -ooms for families and commercial
traveler. Specisl attention given to private
dinners
NEW LUMBER YARD.
JULES DECMUX, Proprietor.
''baroh street, bet ween Thibodaux Railroad :
and Jackson street. I
Choice Cypress Lumber!
always od hand, ot all sizes and ilimensiou*
Cypress Ceiling , and flooring ,
Shingles, Fire Wood and Picket*
May-AJ-'861y. OSCAR L. CARO. Agt.
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THIBODAUX, LA.
FURNITURE MANUFACTURED and RK
PAIRED AT THKSHORTESr NOTICE.
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TONSORIAL ARTIST
Shaving, Shampooing
Hair Cutting,
done in the neatest style
Green St., Thibodaux La.
Jan. 2-t2-l v
Smith's Hotel
Main St. Houma, La.
C. P. SMITH, Proprietor.
Billiards, Liquors and Choice Cigare
13'"ALWAYS ON HAND
«W~0n American and European pUn. Lanre
afry rooms for families and Commercial
Travilers. Special ament ion given to Prl
free D nner8 ' Trmn *P®rt*tion of passengers
Pic.iyiiiii! ani '.af'ourcha
SA¥7 MILLS,
Near Lounldsonvllle, La.
A. ESSE AULT & SOXSj
«»b:os»i5J k roisw.
Moldhtf/, Floorinc, Ceilintj,
GP*Lnniiw-r of »ti kinds on h*u<l or Miwau
to onler on short iii.ihv. at lowest prtoea
Satistaetioii gi.araa.eeu. Eneoar.i^e horn -
enterprise try t'o- Picayune and I«c
foureiie mills aei'oiv uiakiug mi,tracts els»
where.
A. GOSSIX. P. UOUKGE01S
PERSEVERANCE
SAW-MILL,
i MILES BELOW LAFOURCHE CKOSSlSfi
R^Clioice biii!<ling and cistern bnn
l»er delivered to .i*i points on the B»
yon Lufonicbe. June-27-91
OTIS KNOB LOCH
-DEALER IK
Groceri os, M incs, Liquors,
CIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC.
Green street, J liiLotlaux, La,
Give me a call and examine my assortiren
Jan. U-Ul-Iv
Dr. J. N. FLEETWOOD,
PHYSICIAN AM; SUGEON
OFFICE;
Cor. St. I" p ai i! !' ' -.'s, Su ie
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