The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume], October 09, 1897, English, Page 4, Image 4

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OF COURSE IT'S TRUE. ]
This Story of t'.if Ln"w 'tor:
You as I Joe to i\
sc ami ttie
"One road:* so many stories
about ani
mal intelligence that it woni-l
be hazard
ous for a doubter to express
h:s disbe
lief in almost any »r:u;u:i::g
of men at
the present day," r. '.narked
Dr. W. W.
Watkins. "A little um:
mco canjo
within my own observation
:t number
Df year? ago when I was slu:
tying tried
icitio and which convinced i
iio that t!:a
inembers cf the horse fair.
ily at least
ought to be credited with the
1 poKfcc-ssio:!
of a very considerable qnar.r
ity ot rca
soiling power. It was th:> custom I'm
the students at the medical
institution
at which I pursued my stud
ics to wear
a small badge upon their v
tiuguish them from others
at tho col
lege. A horse belonging to
the estab
lisbmeut was used a great
deal about
the medical department, and the uni
mal seemed to have a special
nreforonce
for the embryo doctors more than for
any other people about the
merit.
) establish
"Ora! clay, while a number of us were
gathered in a little knot upon a small
campus in the rear of the college, the
animal in question, which used to nip
the grass in,the location, came toward
the group limping very badly. He came
to a stop a dozen or more feet from tho
crowd and, carefully surveying the lot
of us, finally made up his mind as to
what he wanted to do and without any
hesitation limped directly to my side,
whinnied, stuck Ins nose against my
body and held up his left foreleg. Look
ing down, I discovered a large nail im
bedded in the frog of his hoof. This
had evidently caused tho lameness. I
then realized the interesting fact that
the animal desired attendance. I ex
tracted the nail with some difficulty,
and the horse whimpered with relief
and walked away. Rather curious a - to
why the l east had picked me out to at
tend to i:is wound, I glanced at the
boys and found the solution to the prob
lem. Not cue cf tiro group had his med
ical badge upon his coat but myself.
The horse had recognized the insignia,
realized its significance and acted ac
cordingly.''—New Orleans Timcs-Dem
ocrat.
AFRAID OF THE HOODOO.
Why the Street Car Conductor Would Not
Cut tlie Pcgoant In Twain.
A hearse crossed tho track and the
motoneer put on the brakes so suddenly
that the car nearly stood on iis nc.se.
Then he sat down on tho front scat to
await the passing of the long string of
carriages following the black draped
vehicle.
A fat man who had nearly been
thrown over the front rail by the sud
den stopping of the car snorted angrily:
"Why don't you cut across? I've get
to catch a train. I can't wait here all
day."
"Can't help it, boss. You'll have to
wait and catch another train."
"Well, I'll report you to the com
pany. That procession will take live
minutes in passing us."
"Report away. I can't help it if the
procession takes 20 minutes. You
couldn't hire me to run this car across j
that funeral procession for the best job !
on the line. That's the worst hoodoo a
man could run up against."
"Bah!" said the fat man. * j
"All right, boss. I knew what I'm j
talking about. One of the best men on .
this line crossed a funeral procession j
soon after the trolley system was put j
iD. A live wire dropped on the back of j
his neck and electrocuted him before !
he'd gone a block. A little while later
another poor fellow cut across back of j
a hearse. He rau over three children in j
as many weeks. He quit the road as :
crazy as a loon. Now the conductor on j
that same car has lost every cent he i
had in the world, and his wife and i
ohild have died. Bah, yourself! I'd like j
to see you get off this car and walk ;
across in front of one of those carriages. !
I'll bet you'd be eatehiu your last train !
in this world pretty quick. Jest hop off ;
and try it now. "
But the fat man only shifted uneasily j
about on the hard ear seat and waited
silently until tho last carriage had
passed.—New York Telegram.
SOME ROYAL DOGS.
Nearly All the Sovereigns of Europe Are
Fond of Canine l'ets.
Nearly every one of the sovereigns
of Europe, it appears, has one or more
pet dogs. The coliies of Queen Victoria,
the fox terriers of Princess Beatrice, !
with Jock as prime favorite, are known j
at least by hearsay to everybody.
The emperor of Russia is a Iso a great :
lover of dogs. A London paper reports j
that he is always accompanied in his |
walks by a couple cf fine Danish •
hounds, whose strength and vigilance i
their master considers his best safe- I
guard. The grave czar is often seen j
playing with these monster pets He ■
himself has taught them their tricks,
and they are nearly always about him.
The king of Greece shares the czar's
taste for the Danish hounds, which are
as intelligent as they are strong, and
which, with hardly a bark to announce
their intentions, will fly at the throat
of any cue whom their master may
point out to them in case of need.
When the empress of Austria goes on
her long walks or rides, several pet
dogs always accompany her. But per
haps the most widely known of all the
Rules
LAFOURCHE PARISH QUARANTINE.
Guards and Quarantine officers of this Parish, no matter where stationed, are instruc
ted and commanded to carry out and obey the rules hereinbelow set forth, under the pen
alty of immediate removal and forfeiture of pay.
RULE 1—Guards will respect all passes signed by Dr. C. A. Duval, Health Officer of
the Parish of Terrebonne, and Dr. A. J. ELimei, Health Officer of the Parish of Assump
tion, when said passes are held by residents of the aforenamed parishes or the Parish of
Lafourche, but in the case of a stranger or non-resident of the said parishes holding a pass
from any of the above named officers, the Guard or Quarantine Officer shall require, beside
said pass, a sworn statement executed before a known competent officer, to the effect that
the holder lias been absent from all infected places more than 12 days and that his bag
gage, (if any) has been properly fumigated and disinfected by some competent and recog
nized health officer.
RULE 2—All passes and certificates signed by Drs. Thos. Stark and J. J. Ayo, the
duly constituted and recognized health officers of this Parish shall be implicitly obeyed.
RULE 3—All textile goods or other material capable of carrying infection are positive
ly prohibited from'entering, with or without certificates of disinfection.
RULE 4—The following articles of commerce are admitted in the Parish until further
orders, and any article not mentioned herein shall be held by the officers at the stations
until advice can be received from Dr. Stark or I)r. Ayo, as totheir admission or refusal:—all
new and dry material unpacked, such as lumber, machinery, brick, bar and sheet iron,
tin, steel, agricultural implements, metal ties, stoves, hoop-poles, wagons, carts, new fur
niture, hardware without parking, lime, coal, sand, onions, garlic, apples, cabbage, pota
toes, saur-kraut, pigs feet in kegs and barrels, all liquids in barrels and cans, gasoline in
drums, wooden and tinware not packed in textile fabrics or straw, sausages, butter, cheese,
crackers and cakes packed in barrels or boxes, oysters in barrels, oranges and lemons in
barrels or boxes, not wrapped, tobacco and cigars and all groceries not capable of carrying
infection in themselves when not packed in textile fabrics or straw, drugs and medicines,
and heavy shoes not having cloth in their construction.—All articles of the above classes if
from an infected locality or place not quarantined against infected places packed in either
barrels or boxes, must be accompanied by the certificate of the proper health officer, to the
effect that the containers have been, at the time of shipment properly disinfected, subject
to inspection and approval by the authorized health officer of this Parish.
RULE 5 —Rice sacks and filter cloths will be admitted when accompanied by a certifi
cate and way bill*, showing satisfactorily that same were shipped from St-Louis, Missouri.
RULE 6—All goods above declared admissible when contained in ear or cars not cer
tified to as having been disinfected by proper officers just previous to loading, shall not be
admitted and the car or cars with contents promptly ordered taken beyondthe limits of the
parish. This rule applies to boats, barges and crafts of any kind, engaged as carriers.
RULE 7—Any or all of the above rules are subject to changes without previous notice.
J. L. ATJCOIN,
President Board of Health, Parisli of Lafourche.
H. N. COULON, Clerk.
I hereby certify that the above rules and instructions were adopted by the Board of
Health of the Parisli of Lafourche, at its meeting held October 4th, 18P7.
H. N. COULON,
Clerk of the Board of Health.
"royal docs" of tho present day is
Black, the pet deg of the Russian Grand
Duke Alexis.
Black is a sportsman's deg, of no
very aristocratic breed. Indeed, if the
truth must be told, he is a member of
the race of mongrels which the fisher
men in the south of France take out to
sea, employing them to recapture any
wily fi-h that may fall through the
meshes of their nets or siip suddenly
back into its element after it has been
once landed on board the barge. Black
is still rejoicing in the days of his
youth, but his record, not only as a
common lDhermau but as a "fisher of
men," is already great, for he has saved
no fewer than six persons from a watery
grave.
Some three or four years ago the
Grand Dube Alexis was staying at
Biarritz. One stormy night he went out
on the cliff to get a view of the angry
sea. A boat was just being wrecked be
low, and he saw a dog dashing with
angry growls and barks into the water
and bringing to land, one by cue, three
drowning men, while the crowd cheered
the brave mongrel to the echo. The
grand duke approached to caress the
dog, and tho animal's master then
offered Black to him, refusing to accept
any payment. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CURIOUS INSECT.
A Butterfly That Enjoys Caly Five Hours
of Life.
It is in August that the naturalists
observe the marvelous insect which i.<!
born, reproduces and dies in the period
of a single night, on the banks of tho
Marne, of ' 'ie Seine, and of the Rhine.
It is the epnemere of which Sirammcr
dam has written and which is spoken
of in Aristotle.
The life of this insect docs not iast,
beyond four or five 1 ours. It dies to
ward 11 o'clock in tho evening, after
taking the form of a butterfly about six
hours after midday, it is true, how
ever, that before taking this form it I
has lived three years in that of a worm, ■
widen keeps always near the her.: r of
water in the holes which it makes in
the mud.
The change of this worm in the
water to an ephemere which flies is so
suuden that one has not the time to see
it If oi:u takes the worm in the water,
the hand cannot be taken away before
the change is mado unless by pressing
the worm Slightly in the region of the
chest. By this means it can be taken
from tho water before the change takes
place.
The ephemere, after leaving the
water, seeks a place where it can divest
itself cf a fine membrane or veil, which
entirely covers it. This second change
takes place 1 the air.
The epla . re assists itself with the
point of its little nails as firmly as it
can. It makes a movement similar to
that of a shiver, then the skin cn the
middle of the bark breaks apart, tho
wings slip out of their slieath, as we
sometimes take off our gloves by turn
ing them inside out. After this strip
ping the ephemere begins to fly. Some
times it holds itself straight up on the
surface of the water on tl r end of its tail,
flapping fis wings one against tho
other. It takes no nourishment in the
five or six hours which are the limit of
its life. It seems to have been formed
but to multiply, for it does not leave
its state of a worm until it is ready to
deposit its eggs, and it dies as soon as
they are deposited.
It: three days' time one sees appear
and die nil species of epherneres. They
last sometimes until the fifth day, for
the reason that some malady has affect
ed some of them and prevents them from
changing at* the same .time as the
others.—Exchange.
CUNNiNG Or THE LEFT HAND
Some cf the Ail vantages That Are Pos
Bessoi Lv the Ambidextrous.
Ambidextrous men add women, or
these wiiu ■ ;u use either right or left
hand with equal facility, are not near
ly so frequently met with as might at
first be supposed—in fact, tin y are quite
rare. This double faculty is, however,
much more frequently mot with among
bntchc-rs and sailors than in any oth r
walks of life. Left handed butchers are
numerous, i s a walk through any of
our large market houses will quickly
dunonstrate, but it is a very interest
ing study to watch one of them who
w ill cut-, chop, saw and handle his
meat without once changing it from
one side to the other on the block or
changing his own position.
In view of the many advantages de
rived from the ability to use both hands
equally well many people have often
expressed surprise at the action of edu
cational authorities in insisting on the
use of only the right hand instead of
trying to develop an equal skill in tho
other. They all stjek to the right hand
ed idea, however, and an old resident
of Frankford, noted for his ambidex
trousness, is still mourning the loss of
a prize at school through tho use of his
left hand in writing, although he was
equally skillful as a penman with his
right.
The benefits derived from the use of
both hands were excellently illustrated
in the experience of two carpenters who
lived in Frankford some years ago.
Their names were Cross and Walton,
and the former was right handed, the
latter left handed. As one was also
very tall and the oilier very short, they
made a curious couple, but they always
worked together laying floors and put
ting up joiners' work in buildings.
They could take jobs of this charac
ter cheaper than any other, because
they could work from either end toward
each other so handily. Cross would
square a floor board at one end and
Walton would "scribe" and cut it off
to fit at tho other end and then nail
down, working together from opposite
ends.
Left handed machinists are always
at a disadvantage, as machinery is in
variably adapted to people who work
right handed, but the ambidextrous
man or woman is always at home in
whatever work is undertaken.—Phila
delphia Record.
.Mysterious (Cass nails.
The small island of Billiton, between
Sumatra and Borneo, has long been fa
mous for its rich tin mines, which are
controlled by the Dutch government. In
describing the geology of Billiton be
fore the Loyal Academy of Sciences in
Amsterdam recently Mr. Vcrbeek gave
au account of the mysterious "glass
balls of Billiton," which are found
among some of the tin oro deposits.
They are round, with grooved surfaces.
Similar balls arc occasionally found in
Borneo and Java, a.; well as in Aus
tralia. Mr. Verbeek thinks they cannot
be artificial, and there are no volcanoes
near enough to support the theory that
they are volcanic bombs. Besides, be
says, the glassy rocks produced by tho
nearest volcanoes are quite different in
their nature from the material of the
Lai' . Ha suspected that the mysterious
< hj ts were ejected ages ago from the
volcanoes of the moon and afterward
fell neon the earth.
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