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JOURNAL OF THE 9 T " SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Official Jcu.m.al of tlxe !Paris3a of X-a£o\irch.e and Guardian of tb.e Interest of tb.e Town.
VOL. XXXIII.
THIBODAUX, LA., SATURDAY, JAM ARY 22 1898.
XO. 16
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATB OfKICF.RS.
/lnrorrK.r : Mnrpliy J Foster of St. MarN
rtflt.Gov.....R. H. Snyder ofTensa«
rT nf staGt..John T. Michel of Orl ans
w. pnh. Acc'N.. W. W. H ard of Union
A, p Treas... A - V. Fournet of St-Mar in
Gen. Vf.J. Cunningham Natchitoeh s
*ti' Pub. Ed... J. V- Calhoun, of Orleans
U. s. Senators.
a n McEnerv, .......... ofOuachit a
Don Caftery..:..............of Si Mari'
State Senators.
HC.Minor ................Terrebonne
if, E. Howell.................Lafonrch®
Jodoes Supreme Court.
Chief'n-tire: F. T. Nichollsof Orleans
A«o-iqt^ " ..J A. Rreaax.of Iberia
**", .. h. C. Mi'ler of Orleans.
t . " N.C. Blanchard, of Caddo
» " L. B. Watkins. Red River.
CutcutT Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
»t ReanteTard..........of St. Bernard*
D. Smith ...............of St. Mary.
Congressman, rd.Congressional Diet.
B, F. Broussard.............of Iberia
18tb. Judicial District.
.L. P. Caillouet.
____L. C. Moise
Jndge.
Dist. Attorney........
Pari nO fficers.
...M. Ddanne.
. L. A.Troalair.
. .Dr. I. J. Ayo.
..C. J Parker.
____ .1 as Bearv
... A. J. Brand.
...... Sentinel
A. Delaune
gepre»«itatives:
Coroner........
Clerk of Court..
Sheriff..........
Treasurer .■ -
Official Journal
Assessor —
E.
POLICE jurors.
........Emile U. Morvant
____J. Louia Aucoin, Pres't
" '... .MarcelliH Bergeron
..........J. 0. Toupa
''.....L. J. Trosclair
............Jean Rodrigue
_____Jules Gmlclia ux
... .......Leon Falgont
'' L .Lovencv LeBlanc
*......J. p. Rourgeois
justices of the peace.
lit Ward.............:.ll. Clement
) ..........C. A. Engerren
2 nd " /..... . ..N.T. Bourg
3 rd " ..;;:;;;;:.'..e.p. Ber.mid
4 th " ................. F " *?.; Av °
5t |. .. ..................F. loupe
« .....John Darden
S " .......Ed. Birdsall
g t i, « ''.............R. Penouilli
9 t ), m ...............Ernest Foret
I u .................A. Cretim
constables.
1 st Ward............Chas. Bergeron
, .............O L. Caro
2 nd " A"''..........A. Roger
3 I( : i. .......... ____J. 1). Bernard
4 th ........... Edgard Barrios
o ''..........William Fields
| {jdj .............Leopold Gros
^ij ii ..........L. Robichanx
gtl, *1 ..........John Dominique
gth i. ...............Albert Ayo
|j(lth 'o ...............Jos. Reniont
Drainage Commissioners.
Dtst No. 1 —Ttios. Ueary. O. Autli 6 ment
JJ.R.S.Mire.
Dim.No. ii.—Tho*. Barker, Oscar Antne
|b 6 B!. G. J. Guidry. . , .... „
•ht No. 4 .—L. J. Trosclair, J. L LeHlanc,
J. Totuassi.
Koaii and Lkvkk Inspectors.
|Oisi:;et No. I................M. L. Be.geron,
. o..................Emile roups
. (...... .......A. Boudreau
. Y......... .. ...... l.T. LeBlano
Muntci pm. Officers.
S vor. Prank Zmmll : Uouueibiieu, E. N.
.Bell, \\. 1 >. Martin. Edgar F. Riviere. » al
|lroki Bergeron, C.J. Legendre and Henry
'VaWer.
laaror ..................P. L Brand.
•n Marshal...............R J Naquin
irk .................. H. N.Coulon
J* Mistress..............Mrs. J - Curtis
f*wr, Printer.............Lafourche Comet
oration Laborer........Hen Malbrough
School Board.
Ernest Roger, president.; W. P. Martin*
T^wintomleut ami Secretary ; Xuiua Llfert.
tk.de,Cbaovui. Felix CnilloUMt, Paul Meyer,
■auttiia DAtauiee, t.'liailes J. Elliot, Paul
members.
. Tair.-.DACX '> ' ;k Comm ttke.
it.Zernon, E. N. Roth. W. P. Martin, J. L
E. u. Mart ant. L..I. Trosclair.
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TINSMITH.
kWYElt, LAWRENCE
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Tinsmilh.
All kind of eutteriug, apouting, roofing etc.
STOVE PIPES ALSO SLATING.
Plantation work given prompt attention.
Church Street near li. Depot,
P. O. Hox ii 11 Tbibodaux, Tni.
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MERCANTILE.
LCM Sc SONS, S.
l»ry Good.
Clotblng, boots, shoes, tats, caps and notions.
Full line ol' Furniture. Main St. Phi lip and
St. Louis Streets.
¥>OURG N.T.
Market Nlnnd.
Alwnv* on band the best of Beef, Mutton,
Pork, Veal, mid Sausages ot all kinds.
Market Street. Thibodaux, La.
B
OURON, A.,
Csiinisniitli nml Watchmaker.
.Teweliy, Crescent Bicycles. New American
Sewing Machines, etc. Cor. Main and St.
Philip streets.
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IJOU SALOON.
S, V. 'I'rnlgle, Proni'ielor,
Choice wines and liquors, fine cigars always
on hand. Cor. Green and Market Streets.
QHOL. H. C.
(lentlemeifs FnrniNtiing tiosil*
A Fine Select Stock always on hand: No 07
Main Street.
pMPIUE HOUSE,
J. F, Moseman, Proprietor.
First class accommodations and excellent
'aide. Free 'has connects with railroad de
pot. Corner Levee and Green Streets.
jpliOST, H. \V„
Cypressand Pine (.umber.
Cvnress and Sawed Stiineles. also saddlery
fnd harness. Blacksmithing and liorse
slioing a specialty.
T EGENDRE. C J.
('lioi«-e I'ltmily Groceries
Also Feed and Charcoal. Cor. St. Philip and
Rose streets.
lyjEYEK. DRS. A. .J. & L. E.
Pliyslieisinsi smd Surgeons,
Proprietors of Merer Drugstore. Main Street
Thibodaux, La. F. E Hailey, Manager.
^O'fll DllCG CO L't'd.
brnggists
Drugs. Chemicals. PerOimerv. School books_
Stationery, etc. Cor. Main & Green streets
y>IVIEEE A CO.. HENRY,
1 5>ry iionds
Votions. boots and shoes, crockery, etc
Cor. Msin & St. Louis streets.
T lUrCDACX DRUG STORE,
F. «(. tniiillol. Manager,
Dengs. Chemicals. Toilet Articles. Perfumery,
School books. Stationery. Cor. Main and St.
Philip streets
RIGHT. MRS.J.N.,
Ylillinory Store
Notions. T,adics bats and bonnets. Dress- ;
making. Cor. Market and Sr T.nuts streets. '
r^EKNOYT. FRANK.
M'atclunnker AJeyreHer
Fine Jewelry, watches rnd clocks, eto. Main
Street, between S*. Philip and s*. T.ouis.
DENTISTS.
gLANCHAUD, (D. D. -T. E.
Dentist.
Corner Greeit and St. Bridget Streets.
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AIGRE, DR. J. J.
Dentist
Office- Main Street, near Court House
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
ADEAUX. THOMAS A.,
Aitorncy»nt*I,n%v,
Hank of Latoniche building.
K
NOHLOCH & SON. CLAY
Attorneyaw
Offices: Hank Building. Entrance on St.;
Louis Street.
EDUCATIONAL.
£JUOL, EMMANUEL,
Music 'I csiclier
Gives instrnmeutai. vocal and Harmony lee
sons. Residence.- Levee Street.
|~ y AliGIS. PROF. L. M.
ttclect School for ISoys
Epglisb and French in all their brunches and
Mathematics taught. Narrow street, foot ot
St Michael Street.
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DINT CARMEL CONVENT.
tin Yiatlemy lor Young;' l,a«liot*
Kept by tin- Sinters of Miaii't Carmel. Tltor
ensfli ciini -e. English and French. Foot of
Market Street.
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NOTARIAL.
OULON. H. N.
Notary Public.
Real Estate ami Fire and Life Insurance
A cent. Properties bought and sold. Money
loaned and borrowed Bank of Lafourche
building,
A Man Might Possibly Live to Be One
Hundred and Twenty- five Years Old.
In the average statistics of human life
it has been found that women live lon
ger thau men. The reason for that ap
pears to be simple.
Up to the age of 20 to 25 tho man is
undoubtedly younger and less develop
ed than the woman, but in the next 20
or 30 years of his life the man ages
much more rapidly, because apart from
the strain and hardship of a profession,
the exposure to uuhenlthful climates,
the disappointments of fortune, he of
ten leads a life cf dissipation and ex
cess which early puts its stamp upon
his forehead and turns his hair gray be
fore its time. Tho woman, on tho other
hand, who has often more than her
share of anxieties, has, apart from tho
many accidents of life, but one serious
and inevitable danger, that of tho per
petuation of her race, which, safely
passed, renovates rather than ages and
increases a woman's chance of longev
ity.
From the few facts that I have ven
tured to put together we* may deduce, I
think, tho following conclusions, which,
I trust, may be found of some interest
by those who desire to have a general
view of the expectation cf life, its real
duration and the possible causes of its
length and brevity.
First.—That, according to the best
authorities of the last century, the ex
treme limit of life might be 125 years
under extraordinary and ulrnost abuor
mal circumstances.
Second.—That the anticipation of life !
is roughly live times the time that the ,
organs of the body—not counting the '
brain, which develops later—require to 1
attain their full and absolute maturity.
This, of course, varies not only in races,
but in individuals, soine developing ;
early and some much later, even in the j
same climate and in the same family. *
Third.—That rarely, if ever, is that
full duration achieved, owing to dis- 1
ease, food, heredity, bad habits, wear
and tear and many other causes which
shorten life.
Fourth.—The slower the development
the longer may he the duration of life, i
Fifth.—That all human beings are -
not horn with the capacity for long lifo
even under the most favorable circum
stance^. As the organism of the human
being is more complex than that of the !
lower animals, so his anticipation of
life is fur more variable.
Sixth. — That those circumstances !
which conduce to longevity are un- i
doubtedly late development, frugal hab
its, moderation, exemption from vicissi
tudes of climate and extreme of Leaf or
cold, from mental worry and agitation,
temperature in eating and drinking,
with a fair amount of brain work when
the brain is ready to undertake it.
We have till heard the well worn ax
iom attributed to the Psalmist that the ]
"days of man are threescore and ten,''
but in Genesis vi, o, will be found the
following passage, "Yet his days shall
be an hundred and twenty years."
This passage seems to have been over
looked, as 1 have rarely seen it quoted,
although curiously enough it exactly
corresponds to the theory that man
should attain livo times the period of
reaching his maturity.—Nineteenth
Century.
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Anglo-Saxon Common Sense.
I had occasion at Coolgardie to bo I
present at a public meeting gathered to
protest strongly against the actions of 1
the Western Australian government ■
with regard to the mining population
and the insufficiency of its political rep
resentation. Several speakers held forth.
One declared that he was neither demo
crat nor socialist, another that ho was
a democrat, but not a socialist; a third
at last professed himself a socialist. 1
Sometimes groans, sometimes applause, •
underlined certain phrases, but in the
midst of these gold miners, in this town
but three years old, in spite of the re
laxing influence of a torrid heat, tho
most perfect order reigned throughout.
Thanks were voted at the end of the
meeting to all the Speakers without
distinction of opinion, a motion vi pro
test was adopted, and the crowd retired
in the greatest tranquillity. L thought,
not without shame, of the manner iu
which meetings of this kind are ofteu
conducted m France.—"Les Nouvelles
Societes-Auglo-Saxonnes, " Pierre Leroy
Beaulieu.
Naturally Inferred.
"What's the name of the girl across
the street?"
"I've forgotten her last name, but I
know she is Marne somebody."
"Maim somebody! What an ideal
name fur a footballer's sweetheart!"—
Indianapolis Journal.
Adelina Parti has a superb collection
of jewels, her diamonds alone being
valued at $375,000. She has sung be
Zore most of the royalties, most all of
whom have made her presents of jew
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Tho PlaatiEj of Forests Likely to Be an
Important Industry.
Looking not very far into the future,
it seems that the planting of American
forests will become a productive indus
try. Preservation of old forests, with
their masses of dry underbrush and fire
inviting collections of dry haves, may
bo advisable for some reasons. These
immense massesof firewood undoubted
ly tend to collect snow, which, by its
gradual melting, furnishes a supply to
the water reservoirs beneath the surface
or the ground. b,uo\v thaws less quickly
under the shadq of trees than in the
bright sunlight. Less water, therefore,
runs to supply floods and freshets than
when the snow is made to pass away
gradually. But this question does not
allect the solid timber interests.
In old forests, where there is a strug
gle for life among the trees by reason
of their growing so thickly together,
the result is the necessity of waiting
many years before the trees will reach
a size to make them desirable for tim
ber purposes. Where trees have room to
grow and are properly cared for most
kinds of American trees will furnish
useful timber in 20 or 30 years, and for
many other purposes they can bo em
ployed even younger. It takes well cu
to a century for the struggling trees in
a dense wood to have any marketable
value.
While good timber is becoming grad
ually scarcer on account of our annual
forest fires, rising from tbe conditions
already stated, the demand is increasing,
and, what is more remarkable, Europe
is already calling on America for a sup
ply of lumber. American oak especially
is in great demand in the old world,
while our black walnut is closely fol
lowing in its wake. Our lighter woods
also—such as the tulip tree and poplar
—are coming into great demand there
for packing boxes and cases where light
weight is a great object. Those who are
interested in forestry in our country
should take up the matter of encourage
ment of forest planting. It will soon be
a greater question than forest preserva
tion.—Meehan's Monthly.
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ANCIENT FOLITICAL "RINGS."
Olden Time Schemes For Obtaining: Wealth
and Power.
Tho evil of monopolies and rings was
known to ancients, Aristotle referring
to them iu his "Politics," and then, as
now, it was found necessary to hold
them in check by legislation. The mo
nopolist was in Roman law called a
daidanarius and punished under the
Lex Julia de Annoua. Monopolies of
clothing, fish and all articles of food
were prohibited by the Emperor Zeno
under pain of confiscation and exile, so
that it is certain that the "rings" of
the ancient days were as mischievous as
they are now. At Athens a law lim
ited the amount of a corn a man might
buy. The earliest recorded instance we
have was a com "ring."
There is an ancient tradition that the
king who made Joseph his prime min
ister and committed into his bauds tbe
entire administration of Egypt was
Apepi. Apepi was one of the shep
herd kings and ruled over the whole of
Egypt as Joseph's pharaoh seems to
have done. The prime minister during
seven years of remarkable plenty bought
up every bushel of corn beyond the ab
solute needs of the Egyptians and stored
it. During the terrible famine that fol
lowed he was able to get bis own price
and bartered corn successively for the
Egyptian money, cattle and land, and,
taking one-fifth for pharaoh, made him
supremely wealthy. It was not merely
a provident act, but a very politic one,
his policy being to centralize power in
the monarch's hands.—London An
swers.
rinsuj Digested. *
It is said that an American went tnto
a Loudon bookseller's and asked for
Hare's "Walks In London." In the
United Stares it is printed in one vol
ume, in England in two.
"Oh," said the Yankee as he looked
at them, "you part your Hare m the
middle, do you?"
"I, sir?" said the clerk, with a bewil
dered look. "Oh, no, sir!"
"I saw he didn't see the joke," said
the Yankee, "so I didn't explain, but
lought tho books and went away. A
week later 1 entered the same shop. As
scan as the clerk saw me he approached
me, vxclain.it.'g: 'Good, capital! Part
your haif in cbebiidb!.':? That's capita^
sir—capital!' —Anecdote:
Gin is alcohol f avored with juniper
berries, coriander, almond cake, an
gelica root. 1 ■ corice, cardamoms, cassia,
cinnamon, grains ot paradise and cay
enne pepper. Other substances are often
used, together with alum, sulphate of
zinc and acetate of lead.
As a rule a man s hair turns gray
five yeais sooner than a woman's.
Rose li
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Tie Lii;
il.'ioj, in "Mem*
ones ot i
law the
TL'O,
gives t!:i follow
ing bit ct
ti e latter's cleverness:
" Alutid:
;»v ev<
'Ding
Mr Hc.vvthorna
went io
liiri.n
end H.
iij to meet Mr.
Bin li i:i:::i;
: lie
so vice
■ was entirely eil
ver, plan
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lii. ant
i iu a high state
of si.fin
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autograph letter
was spick;
U (t,
.v Inch
you will see iu
The Nc
ihuin 1
Times
that goes with
this, ami
:os it
bu;q.
iei.s to be very
clumsily i
XI !\'t :
t-l Mr.
Hawthorne vvaa
mu 1; j i r;
piesru
by Mr
Buchanan'sask
ing biui
teiuie
t he w 1
liole company at
dinner 'w
i:Lt ho
tbougj
at of tiie queen'*
letter.' Mr Hawthorne lepliod that it
showed very Rii.d feeling. 'No,' per
sisted the wicked embassador. 'But
what do you think of tb.e style?' Mr.
Hawthorne was equal to him, r.r, rather,
conquered him, however, for he said,
'The queen has a perfect right to do
what she pi; ast-s with her own Eng
lish. '' *
Wananialitf Turned Bricks.
The early days of John Wauamaker
were not easy by any means. When only
a lad of 5 years, he made bricks, or, rath
er, assisted iu making them, for his busi
ness was to turn them iu tire sun until
they were evenly baked. For this labor
he received 2 cents a day and sometimes
cleared 10 cents a week, but it must bs
remembered that there were many rainy
days w hen the force of youthful "work
men" lad to bo laid off. John's first
real rhe to fortune was in the days
when, as office boy, he saved money
enough to start iu business for himself.
He worked as assistant in the office un
til ho had climbed up to §0 a week, and
then, seeing that he could get no more,
he bought a little stock of cheap iurui
luro and started iu to be a merchant.—
littsburg Dispatch
It is not un lsual for the Duke of
Westminster's charity ball to amount
to £20,000 a year.
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