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(£l)iboöcutt* Sentinel. $2 Per Year The Washington Post remarks : "It may he that the Mississippi was mere ly rising to call attention to its des it « for an increased appropriation."' News comes from Donaldson ville that at the sale of the pews of the Catholic church there, the ptices obtained ranged generally higher than last year. News from Alexandria, La., indi cates, that the cold weather of last week has injured the cotton very much. In some instances it is said, farmers will he obliged to replant. The New York Journal slyly sug gests : ''While the Republicans at Washington are in a retroactive mood they should contemplate some of the campaign promises they made last year." The Eastern press, which has been saying so many hard tilings abort Kansas, should now do the Suite the justice to mention that its Legislature is about to adjourn.—Kansas City Journal, Rep. The Washington Star, which is in a position to know, says: " The size of some trusts does not render them so unwieldy as to prevent great agility in dodging legislation.' Senator Hoar was right when lie remarked that ''the history of no peo ple is heroical to i's Mugwumps." There is nothing heroical to the aver age mugwump outside of his own little egostical personality. Last Sunday after mass, the Catho lic church and pi iest's house at Mo reau ville. La., were completely destroyed by fite. The loss is estima ted at $30,000; and there was no insurance. The origin of the lire is unknown. The effort of Congress to get the country interested in a tariff debate will not be crowned with success. If there is any one tiling the people are sick of it is tariff twaddle.— New York Journal, Dem. Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed tbe members of tbe Kentucky legislature last Monday on the coinage question Some 1200 people, besides the legisla ture heard him, among whom was Gov. Bradley who occupied a seat ou tbe stage. Senator Morgan proposes a new test for ilie immigrant—a knowledge and understanding of the ten command ments. If he will add a provision that the immigrant shall have kept, all these from his youth up he will probably be able to put an effective check on the incoming tide for several centuries to come.— öt. l'aul Pioneer Press, Rep. Whatever may be the buldooziug and threatening tactics brought to bear against Senators on the Republi can side who believe in the encourage ment of art and education, they owe it to themselves and to their country to staud fast for liberty and right. No fax on art ! No duty on learning ! No falling lack upon the long-deserted camps of purblind barbarism.—Boston Globe, Dem. Suppose the value of the cloth in a suit of clothes is $10. Under the present tariff the single ad valorem rate of 40 per cent raises the cost to $14. The new McKinley tariff im poses a tax of three and one half to four times the duty on wool of the first class, 8 to 33 cents a pound, and 20 per cent ad valorem, according to the price. This would raise (lie cost, of the clothes from $10 to $25 or $20.— Boston Post, Dem. Just at the time when Philadelphia manufacturing establishments are be coming successful bidders for railway material in China and Japan the Congress of the United States in engaged in making commercial war upon those countries by imposing tines upon tbe importation of some of Hie pioduct most largely sold to our merchants and manufacturers. And this passes muster as up to date Re nnblican statesmanship '—Philadel phia Record, Dem. The renewal of the talk of giving the new tariff" law an ex post facto bearing on goods imported before its passage is made perhaps in the idle hope of preventing impoiters from stocking up with goods to be sold after tbe bill passes. It is absurd from any other standpoint, as neither >.n law nor in fact could an increase of duties be laid on goods which, having once paid the lawful rate of duty, had entered into consumption,—New York World, Dem. We are sending nothing to conti uental Europe now that continental Europe is not obliged to take. It af fords no extensive market for our great staples, but rather for the odds and ends of nearly all our products, agricultural and manufactured. It is short of something every year, but dependent on us for nothing, with the single and puitial exception of cotton. Consequently it is not in its power to deal a fatal or even a more seriously harmful blow than those it has deliv ered to any American industry. It stands, as a whole, third in importance as a consumer of American products. That which stands tirst is the incalcu lable vast ness of the home market. That which stands second is the Unit ed Kingdom.—New York Press, Rep. COR RESPOX DES CE. ,[ --8 j Houma, La., April 22nd, 1807* ' I Mrs. Maximain Naquin, at Umca l.m.l" on the lit!, inst by mistake; gave he, mtantchdd laudanum instead of paregoric, Iron, winch ,t died the lu x * * j Obey Dyer, a cd ued deckhand on j I) ngle's si earner ''Harry"' was crushed aud instantly killed bv being caught j I'.urer the pitman, while the boat, was Canal Belanger, in Bayou Terre- J benne, on the 32th. During the prevalence of a rain and thunder storm on Bayou Dularge on the 14th, lightning struck down and instantly killed Jefferson Wilbert, a colored laborer at work on J. Taylor Thei iot's plantation. J Frank Smith was fatally injured nt a boiler explosion in Desire Bou dieanx's saw mill on ihe 1.3th at Chacaboula, expiring soon after. Victor Turner«* and another man wcie l»ad!y injured by the explosion, but will recover. During the night of the Kith a tra u on the Southern Pacific at Schriever ran over George Grant killing and mangling him. Walter J. Loitinger, the four year old son of Mr. Frank Lottinger, of Du!ne Plantation, felt into a six font well on the 17th and was drowned. John Noon, white, was tried in the Distiiet Court on the 20th for the murder of Bill Li vas, colored, at Schriever on January 7lh last, and acquitted by a jury. Mr. Emile Daigle, Jr., a promiuen young citizen of this torn was quietly married to pretty Miss Edna J. Tucker at Hr. Francis do Sales Catholic Church nt 2 o'clock p. nr on the 20th. The young couple left for New Orleans the same evening. Houma Lodge No. 55 Knights of Pythias will install officers tins eve ning. Prof. Yon Hof?, representing Louis Gnuiewmd k Co. is in town in the interest of his fit in. The Independent Brass Band gave the first concert of the season at the Pavillion in Court House Square Sunday. An oyster lugger, belonging to Messrs. Dennis Bomgeois and Bob King of this place, escaped from its owuers near Timballier Island during the early part of the present year. A letter lias just been received here from C. J. Iiariison of Matagorda, Texas, making inquiries for the owners and stating that the lugger was aground on tin* beach at the latter place. OBSERVER. When bilious or costive, eat a Cas caret. candy cathartic, cure guaran teed, 10c, 25c. "The airship sighted jn the West," says the St. Louis Republic, "is a fake. The aerial inon*tei was manufactured originally in New York of papier mache and ordinary balloon material to adtenise u certain brand of cigar ette.-. When it was set, free at Denver some wine merchants infringed the patent and made papier-mache airship for their own use. That is why the airship has been seen at su many places at one and tbe same time. There is mole than one of them in (lie sky. and the cigarette balloon is not the only light in the heavens by anv means. The whole thing is a clever advertising dodge, invented jointly by [»al lies in New York and Chicago. Republicans who confidently pre dicted the dissolution of the Demo cratic [»arty as the result of last November's defeat did not know what they were talking about. At this writing it is impossible to state the exact pluralities given in the Western municipal elections held recently. It is certain however, that the Democrats have carried Detroit, Cineinnatti, Columbus, and Canton, and that they have made marked gains in Cleveland. In President McKinley's own Stale the results have greater significance. It is evident that a remarkable,revival of Democratic strength has taken place in Ohio. The party there show far more confidence and aggressiveness to day than it did a year ago- The same thing is true of New York State. —New York Commercial Advertiser, Rep. ÈBgsrafl«« 7*8 y.CTlricTii?vi{ Lp mmnnim;w $ £ Louis ^ I ^HESE brands of White Lead JL (sec list) are not made bv any patent or quick process, but by the " old Dutch " process of slow corrosion. They are the best ; are the standard, and have been lor years. Protect your in terests by making sure the brand is right. COCO I!y usin? Xatio ^ al Lead Co.'s Pare White Lead Tinting Cot " rs ' any de51red sha ' i - is readily obtained. Pamphlet giving ' w valuable information and card showing samples of colors ires : also cards showing pictures of twelve houses of different designs »aimed in various styles or combinations of shades forwarded upon application to those intending to paint. NATIONAL LEAD CO., ST. LOUIS BRANCH, Clark Ave. and Tenth St., St. Louis, Mo. A wilder travesty of tariff" legisla lion was never heard of. Fancy the ,W th *' of ii law betöre the enactment ot the S1I wit |,„„t anv certain tv that wil [ eVM . be passed ! For in the ,, Iosent MtHtns nf „, e SenaV a sin L 1h '„np s , im „ , lf tllis so ,t might be MiflicitMit to hold up the bill indefinite ) v . The merchants of the coiiniiy ,'un rest assured that retroactive tax t tion will not be enacted in this conn trv. either directly or by indirection. —Pniladelpliia Record, Dem. The absurdity of the argument that a tax on imported coal is requisite to protect our haute trade is shown by the fact thaï our exports ot coal to foreign markets have increase«! mote than 33 per cent within the last few years, and have now reached a tonnage of sufficient amount to cause a stir among the Biitish miners and shippers almost approaching a feeling of alarm lest this growing trade might, in the future prove a serious matter to them. --Philadelphia Record. Dem. The process of making converts to the free stiver theory, which has been g Jug forward rapidly since the 4th of March, will be accelerated bevot «1 all estimate by this act. Mr. McKin ley may be said to have ranged him self formally with the free silver peo ple, and «o have completed the betray al ofliisown party noil the humiliation of every sound money man who cast his vote for him. The Dingley tariff bill and these appointments are two big spikes in tlie lid of tbe coffin of tbe Republican party.—St. Paul Gh t-e, Dem. As a revenue measure tbe Dingley tariff bill w : ll prove a fraud and fail ure, as a scheme of Federal taxation if is an outrage, and as a party measure it will be a more disastrous and deadly boomerang than was the tariff btil that boro the nan e of tbe present Pres ident, a man who occupies bis present official station solely because he went before the people of tbe United States as flie only defender of the integrity of the currency in the field and put the tarrifit* issue behind his back. Has the country been buncoed—Atlanta Journal, Deni. The fae liieile elgtams of OASTORIJh.. 1 Sa ea every vrapysb Returns from the part of the coun try where Hanna did some of his finest work, and which was held up as the strongholds of Republicanism itt the West, convey a warning to the dominant party in Washington. They shake the foundations of Republican confidence and arrogance, and prove that the victory of the syndicated monopolies was merely temporary, and that the Democracy has vigorous life and will be the instrument of popular rebuke should tbe adminis tration cast reason and justice to the winds.—St. Louis Republic. Dem. KEE? J YOUR MONEY in a good hank. Time deposits draw interest and the smallest am ount will open an accoun. Bank ofThibodaux. That the peop'e are agaiif willing to trust the Democracy must not be con strued by the Democratic leaders as an indorsement of Ihe old regime. It simply means that the Republican party has failed to meet the expecta tions of the people. The people now look to the Democracy, a Democracy chastened by defeat, for a redressai of their wrongs. Under these circum stances for tbe party leaders here and in New York to recur to the methods of rlie past would be the height of folly. Party ties hang lightly. Self interest is the governing factor among Ameri can freemen today.—Brooklyn Citizen Dem. Mrs. J. N. Wrigln up to date milli ner has received her stock Spring and Summer goods, Fancy dress goods, Nations, FloweVs, Hats, Ribbons, Baby caps, trimmings. Kid gloves. Embroid eries and laces, Behlings new process ot wash silks, stamped Linens, Toilet articles fcc. Prices : Rock bottom. Give her a call ami be convinced. BfiSitfSrtaleS gibe;®®b C A quart of prevention is worth gallons of cure The old saying is just as true in its new form. It refers to the taking of Joftnsfönä S arsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. when you begin to feel nervous or tired out "Why take Johnston's ?" you ask. Because it has stood the test for thirty years, and because what it has done for thousands it will do for you. Quart bottles sell every where for $i.oo. WiLLIAns, DAVIS, BROOKS & CO., Dîtroit, Hieb. Ask 1er Livercttes lor Constipation and Sick Headache. Tsci Sold in Thibodaux at Meyer Drug Store. Then- is mulling more unconstitu tional alunit making a tariff retroact to April 2 r ii a M there is about making it retioaet to May 1. The trouble is that ihe only judicial decision < n 'he subject [mints to the scheme in iug illegal. Tiie whole project is eiii* fly it seal«*, ihe idea «if its piomoteis being that if they can only frighten Hie wicketl importers badly enough they will stop importing pending the pass ngri of the bill, and then begin impol i ing like jnad as soon as it is signed — result, niuler the Wilson tariff, stagna tion withont revenue; under the Dingley tariff", prosperity with reve nue.—New Ynik Evening 1'osf, lnd. The application of ex State Senator Henry. Demas for naval officer* lias been filed with lire proper department at Washington. Many well posted people entertain the opinion that Dennis will secure the prize lie is react i ig fir. By the way, Demas seems to be very much in favor with the. "powers that be" at Washington ; witness this bit ot information taken from Tues «lav's Washington dispatches to the T.D.* Ex-State Senator Demas has be«-n appointed chief aid-de-camp to the department commander and in Un event of his ability to attend the (riant dedicatory ceremonies in New York has been given authority to command the G. A. Ii. delegation from Louisi CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tie f as simile Bigsataro Of 1 is ea every vapjiH. A negress who died the other «lay in a St. Louis hospital was probably the fattest woman ever known. She weighed tiOO pounds, and when slio was taken to the hospital it was al - ; most impossible to get her through tin* door of the ambulance. She broke the ( stretcher on which she was carried up j stairs, and it took six strong negioesi to move her. When she departed this life it took over half an hour to ascer- ■ tain that she was really «lead. Tim layers «if fat between tin* epidermis and tiro arteries were so thick that it was impossible to «liscern the ebbing and flowing of the blood.—St. Maiy ; Gunnel. The following telegram sent to the Picayune from Zachary, La., tells of what is the se«[iiel to a most revolting > ci iin«* committed in the upper part oi > this parish : Zachary, La., Apr, 14.—Last Sunday a horiible discovery was made by [ini - ties walking along the public road, about a halt mile from here. Buzzards were noticed picking at some object and a dose investigation showed it to be the body of an infant. Whether white or black could u«>t be decided. The body was in a paper bag. No clew has been fourni to the parties who committed the infautcide. — Baton Rouge Tinth. _ 1 he Kentucky legislature Inis a huid time trying lo elect a Senator to suc ceed ex-Senator Jos. C. Blakburn. Called in extra session by Gov. Brad ley in the early part of March for that purpose, it has been wrangling over tli«- matter ever since. Charges of attempts at biibery were fulminated against Dr. Hunter, the Republican caucus nominee,which, upon iuv« siig i tion of the gram! jury, culminated in Ins indictment for attempt to brib«. Dr. Hunter and his friends denounce the whole pioceediug as an infamous scheme ct his enemies to crush him. However it may be, certain it is that Hie tax-payers of Keutucky an» pay ing foi all the Pin, and, judging from press dispatches, they are getting very indignaut over it, as they have cause to be. Dikkk.kkxt.-"I suppose yoanlmM,. 1 er is just like mints-rather ii4e * w In «-' than eat " "Nur. exactly ; but sin* would ntt ( . er l ide a wheel than cook."—Chicago Kecoitl. The Sentinel is now kept on aal« at the news depot of Major S. T. Gris-.more, corner St. 1'hilip and M»|. ket « ■ eet. TI * ;f ate Medical Board recently issm «: ertificates to off applicant*»« of 67 no stood examination Inf»™ the board. Am**og the new lloctors we note tits name ot Dr. L. L. Caxeoavettr, the son of a once well known and respect. e«l druggist of this town. Three ou t/d four colored applicant!, students of the Oilcans Medical Cd* lege, passe«l a successful examination, on«* of tlies«» is a young woman, of whom the T. D. 3ays: "Among the successful three w*j Dr. Emma Wakefield, a young negro*» prominent in the liest circles of lier race tor her intelligence and populari ty. She is among the first women in this State b> stony medicine, the lind negn'ss in America to receive a medi cal diploma and handed one of tbs finest papers that the board passed upon." ........ L "■■"J.. L"J J—U— The physicians at two States have» most interesting case to consider. It developed through a post-mortem n amination made on Saturday at Cobb* cil Bluff's, In., on the body of Judg» John Rmid, who died Friday, sf'er »B Illness that baffled tire physician* ef Nebraska and Iowa. Until last winter lie was an exceptionally stroog and hearty man, weighing nearly 200 pemnls. He ute a hearty dinner Thanksgiving Day and that the lust meal he was ever able lo en joy. He was seized with a violent pain in the throat and became tumble to swallow, except at rare intervals Tin-post-mortem examination reveal* e«l the fact that he had choked to dentil. A [dm* epliuter over SB inch in length was fourni imbedded nt tit* throat. It. was evil ently a glivef from a bom d as one side of it «w painted red. and was apparently eat from a [dank in a truce nr barn a*d used a» a toothpick. Tliey 1)0 Hot Ml-.»; the iVanUfc Experience has ra :--i tho men of fir* fruit stands oven-notions iu handlist? coin above the size of a 10 cent pi#* The larger pieces they will test upoo th* pavement or sink their teeth intom* tentative fashion. It is to be noted, however, that whc*--?er a custom® makes a penny purchase they pocket in* , change without &-aiming it— hastily indeed. There iy deep reason nt this procedure. . .LI For one thing, u«.»-*3y counterfeit* the cent piece; it ia too cheap For'*®' other thing, the fruit dealer know* ta» un coin of smaller denomination i* pac ing into his hands. For a third thing, and this is the most important, there » always a chance that tbe eastern® * deceived himself and is banding or«* nickel, a «lime, or one oi 'x# minor go pieces, under the impression that n*^ paying hut a penny. If betook»«*»" ami starts to go away, ho is not ln®v to be called bac k to get tbe change casienally some such involuntary wt fall comes the way of the fruit man. New York Mail and Express. 2nvv îuî oiw Jones* Did you '• -.ir of a funny Saw 3tM episode"/ Ate r:e of his meetings h*®®**! ; on all rk* m n 1- *•* aid ' rîtfeÇ u« v*-r spoh- u ;i unkind word "'q* „ wives to étant l Up got two be said, "ail the women who ns* : spoke an unkind word to theirbusfc*nd* may rise." Up got *ix Sam cried. "New, i want the amu«, to pray U : : . se liar.- !"—Time cat. ** , Hour. ____ "3 I he Opwner. Faddy—So Bender made the ope®^ remarks at the dinner last night you remember what he said? ^ Duddy—The op- ning remark*- ™ yes. He said, "Who's got a corkscrew *—Boston Transcript.