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A sufferer complains that squeaking
boots murder sleep" in church.
Louisiana Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb.
BATON ROUGE. la. July. l

bAION MULE Las july, 1919.
To the Police Jurics, the Municipal Authorities
and friends OF the Deaf andD Dumb in Louisiana:
The Trustees of the Louisiana Institution for
the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, call your
attention to this unfortunate class, and the pTt-
vision made for them by the State in this hlsti-
tuition. All the Deaf between the ages of eight
and TWENTY-FIVE, at sound physical and mental
constitutions, will be admitted and provided
with instruction, board, lodging, medicine and
medical attendance ut the expense of the Insti-
tuition; and all those i'll such INDECENT circIm-
stances as shall appear by Il certificate of any
member Of the police jury OF the parish, or may
aid necessary, viii also be furnished with cloth
ing and travelling expenses TO tbs Institution.
The Institution also affords a3nechanical depart
ment in which instruction is given III such trades
as NAV he hest suited to render the pupils self
Sustaining citizens. The education Of the deaf
is of peculiar Importance to them and to the
State; but from want of information, indulgence
or other reasons on the part OF parents, less than
half In the State AVAIL themselves of the pTivil-
tees earnestly call the attention of all proper
authorities to the duty of seeing thatall the deaf
in their respective parishes or cities, are inform
ed of the privileges provided, and that in eases
of INDECENT circumstances, means he provided
for conveying such to silis Institution. Proper
provision win 10 u4a0afGr nothWhite and color6d.
IN casesaf any deaf known at'this LnstitiOn to
be lii your city or parish, the names are append
ed to this letter. Should you know or learn of
others, their address is earnestly desired.
GOV. W. p. KELLOGG, er-0ticiO,
HI. NEWELL, Esq,
Fl. SHORTEN. ESQ, Trustees OF la
Hon. J. H. BURCH, TlnstituFL9n I9r
l.. BERHEL. Deaf Il Dumb.
j.. MCVAY. ESQ, Supt.
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Life is a corduroy road, the faster you
travel the more you set golted,
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The right man in the right place-A
husband at home in the evening.
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TIE gRors-Fl0m personal inspec-
ton pa a portion and reports Of the rest,
ne aye satisfied chat the crops of this
parish viii turn oub much better than
was expected & snort time ago. There
III q good deal of cotton which, il not
destroyed this mouth by the worm, VIII
make 4 bale TO the acre, and also good,
and even heavy corn crops, whilst the
caneia ge~neGaIly fne.-[Raudes Gazette,
Aug. 9Th.
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Hereafter we will pay postage on such
papers as we desire to exchange with.
We have waited some time for somebody
to make some practical suggestion about
this postage business, and finally Bro.
jackson, Of the 0pelousas journal,
who carries about as level ahead as any
editor in the State, tells us what he pro-
poses to- do. The State Register there
fore, following the example of the man
of the JOURNAL, viii pay the postage
on all exchanges received, IL the post
master will take a due bill for the mon
ey.-lLOuisiana State Register.
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After nineyeagsit has been discovered
that Gen. Longstreet's hardness at Get
tysburg lost that battle to the Confede-
rates. We shall expect to hear yepy
soon that the loss Of Charleston Was
owing entirely to the meniciency Of
Gen. Beauregard; that Gov. Hebert and
Gov, M0u6on were never considered
very good Southern men, and that they
are now entirely unworthy OF public
confidence or respect. Va doubt very
much whether all or any Of these gen
tlemen viii be very much disturbed by
the criticisms on STRUCTURES of these late
diseoYererslAadison Journal
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THE VALUE OF TIME.-Hang this in
the library, parlOr, Office, store, shop, or
some other place where it will be seen
"What does it matter if we lose a few
minutes in a whole day." "Answer-
Time Table: days in a year, 313; work
inc hours in a day. SN
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INFLUENCE or HAPPINESS OVER THE
MIND.-It should never be forgotten
that the happier a child is the ~cleYerer
he will be. This is not only because,
in Q state of happiness, the mind is free,
and at liberty for the exercise of its
faculties, instead of spending its
thoughts and energies in brooding over
troubles, but also because the action OF
the brain Is stronger when the frame is
in a state Of hilarity; the ideas are
more clear; impressions of outward oh
jeets are more vivid; and the memory
will not let them slip. This is reason
enough for the mother to take some
care that she is the cheerful guide and
comforter of her child. If she is anxious
or fatigued, she will exercise some con-
troll over herself, and speak cheerfuIly.
and try to enter freely into the subject
OF the momentj to meet the child's
mind, in short, instead of making him
sink for want of eompanionship.
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5 minutes lost each day is, in a year, 3 . !
10 minutes lost each day is, in a year, 6 4 1C
30 minutes lost each day is, in a year, 70 8 &c
80 minutes lost each day is, in a year, 10 4 sc
so minutes lost each day is, in a year, 80 l sc
We trust that the above will touch the
hearts of those who called in to see you
Just for q minute"
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This is not exactly a case of seven
women after one man, but Ann Eliza
Webh, Brigham Young's seventh wife,
has split the blanket with him and
broughtsuitfor 100000 alimony, $1,000
per month pending the suit, and $780, 900
counsel fees; and it is stated that other
suits Of like nature will soon be begun,
whether by the six preceding Ann Eliza
or subsequent ones is not stated. But
it would be advisable for them to hurry
up before Ann Eliza gets it all, for $1,000
q month, III addition to the 100000 and
$4,000, at the usual rate required for a
suit to 60 through court, will make a
pretty big hole in old Brigham's pocket.
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oPELOUsAs, FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1878.
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Al SToRY.-Wllether this story is true
or false we do not know; but it is told
here, that recently down in the parish
os ST. Martin, iberia, or somewhere
down that way, an old widow lady
whose children had all married off and
left her alone, had been persuaded to
sell her little place aud live with them.
She sold her land, buildings and i'm
provements one day for two thousand
dollars, and received the money in cash
on the spot, in her own house, where
the act of sale was passed before two
witnesses, the number required by law,
and who Witnessed also the payment of
the money. In q short time she was to
give possession, but she remained in
the house the night following the sale,
all alone, 81 with no masculine adult
Inmates, as washer custom. Thatnight
two negro burglars broke into the house
and demanded her money Of her life.
She gave it to them, but begged them 70
let her have one hundred dollars of it,
Is she owed that amount, md wanted
ia pay the debt, when she would be
satisfied. They finally consented t.
to let Ser keep the hundred dollars
They then ordered her to make some
coffee for thea to drink. In doing 50
size bsthought herself Of some strych.
nine she had III the house, and quietly
dropped it III the pot Of ateamingc0ffee
and Il placed on the table with cups
spoons andsugarforthem to- pour outand
sweefan to their taste. This they did
and drank III Jolly mood, each one haF,
inc nine hundred and fifty dollars il
hfs noeket. Rut ID . few minutes Has
tables were turned. One gae np III
ghost where he sat 1t the table ID 81
chair, and faa ether got up, saggenes
OH few feea and tumbled over mt
eternit. The coed old lady recovered
her money, and on examining the per
aons ST the black hurglarious robbers
fhey turned ont to be the tive Wit4ese
"a lie aetof sale, both Whitemen, black
ened for the occasion-both her neigh
.bors and one was her cousin.
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The Shreveport Times says OF Pro-
fessor Dlmitry and his appointment to a
position in the eustomhouse in New Or
leans, that che is one Of the ripest
scholars III america, and organized the
first system o public schools iii this
State. Professor lii1aY retains his
splendid intellectual faculties, and is
universally hanagad and beloved by his
feIIoW-citizens. Were blts government
to make a few more such appointments,
we should begin to believe that It had
some sense of justice LETT, and that the
President desired 20 have the good will
of cur people Madison Journal.
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ALegitimate Inference-That adent-
lists Office is draWing-room.
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STRAWBERRY CULTURE.


Mr.. Manard has had some experience
in strawberry culture in the pine lands
of the jackson Railroad. He saws straw
berries may be produced for the New Or
leans market from March to june,
three months. Wilson's ALBANY bears
three months, and is prolific, and bears
shipping remarkably we'll. In a good
season they produce q second crop,
poisoning in October, and bearing
ripe fruit by Christmas. :
APPLES, PEARS AND HOMEMADE TEA
Some of the early varieties Of apples
do remarkably wei in pine lands Of the
Jackson Railroad. In size and quality
they would be no discredit to the apple
orchards in higher atitudes,
The Bartlett pear does admirably in
this county. There is no. doubt that
this and many other varieties will be
extensively raised in this section Of Lou
isiana, as the country becomes more
densely settled.
There is no doubt that the tea plant
will be cultivated to an extent sufficient
to supply q large number of families
with tea made on their own farms, aud
canned fruits will be put up Id large
| quantities. AT Mr.. Manard's, his daugh-
IG1S MISS AIAAu1 1lfGA Cu bl1G IdIlILY GhDIG
as elegant a sample of home-eanned
pears as we have ever tasted, and a cup
Of tea from q home grown plant which
could easily have been mistaken for an
excellent quality OF tea grown il China,
Mr.. Manard has discovered a method
of curing this tea which is quite impor-
tant. The leaves merely taken from
| the shrub and dried makes a cup Of tea
that is not very palatable.
NEW ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS.
Many new orchards and vineyards
are being sapted On and in the vicinity
of the Jackson Railroad, with every
confidence of success. Mr. Russell Ma
uara and Mr.. X. Manard, sons of David
Manard, encouraged by their own ex.
perienee and that of their father, in
fruit culture in this country since 1860,
Wilextendt their fruit interests near In
dependence, notseyentymiIes from New
Orleans, to the extent OF their ability f.
| nancially and physically.
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Trustees OF ia
Institution fol
Deaf &Dumb.
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Selected Miscellany.
ALzaEED


-lst A5gusssEe.
~ TssFss ssssa -4.
Told At Iansorsek. ia the aygoi, whore the swif.
yyhere - bsrss with snowy crown
Hangs tke darling o'er sac town,
And, eircing an, the green-donled hills and easted
Alps srise.
IN church. at set Of sun
(lnus aoth The story ruu,)
some caldren watched the cnpola, wheres prQpped
Daniel Asazns calm and grand,
with a heayen-liirectea hand
stood saintins eoliossal aguss Of tae great sai.
Aud one there, Whispering, praised
The Faiater as they gazed,
That helps the story on
OF the brother Of saint John,
OF the arst Apostle who vas niFtyHed for the mar
tyred Lord
Every dawn Of day. twas SAID,
lie ate the Holy Breads
shoulders bare.
silent he came aud werts
Like ons shoFasCcEsent
On high aud solemn uuEssisii, that brooks no
speech bat prayer.
For svas meet thar he should pray
The forn lhzt waiRed vilh CHRIST, and feastea al
the mystic boards
md much be needed grace
WHO would picture forth the taee
ed Lord.
Thus whispered they below;
While above, within the glow,
OF isolating sunshine, the unconscious artist
And, where the rays did faH
Pun clearly the wall,
Leaned The Apostle half-reyealed in dawuing saint
hhood.
Daniel Asam paused in doubt,
As be traced the ntInDus out;
would the face show DINNER should he add one
with q single pointed spire
Iip the auroral Ere
whose su5ysd aRd sIasssrea radiance that awful
Hesitating back be drew.
For . more commanding TlaW-
The children trenbled where they Stood, aud viii
And sfilI be backward stepped,
And stiLi, forgetful, kept
HIS studions eyes fixed earnestly upon the bending
saint.
One plank remained atone,
And then the cruel stone,
That paved the ehancel aud the nayc, two hundred
The man, enwfapped in God
sun slowly baesnaHtt troa,
And stepped beyond the PlatfoEnls dizsy edge, and
fel-Ehen To-
Swift as a startled thought.
The saint his hanlis hali wrought
Lived, and flashed tovnsgard from the dome with
eutstretcAad, saving arla;
One dazzling instant, one,
The heaven ly meteor shoEe,
And Daniel Asam stood before the altar, free from
harmi
Like mist around him hung,
The hng'riHg glory cluugs
He fat ne pictured holy ones grow stiu within
their frames
He knew the hght that Ehcno
Through eyes Of craven stone;
And, fading within the dome, his savior, great
st. james,
Thus shall thy rescue be
OILY soul said unto mel,
n thou bat cast thyself on God, and trust u Him
thine ali,
For he who with his might,
LnbGrs with God Alright,
Hath angel hands about him ever, and ke cannot
fall.
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their laws without much regard 70 cam
toonaf enaetmenta. or the m0re digai-
fed Legislative sets which come from
Beue. The eommnnaI assembly, which
convepes annually, TO elect a council
and mayor. IS composed Of the whole
body Of members. aud resembles IN It's
character aud functions our town
meeting. The women cannot vote,
only the citizens whose names are In
Hcribsd ia . register kept By tbs clerk.
One man is .as good IS another and has
the same rights the woedmen, goat
herds, weavers, earVers. all meet on
eonmen ground, aud no thought is
given to l,srll., rank, or vocation. They
ehooss n rraysf and four citizens, who
constitute the council, and they are the
sole autboritias of the place. They
serve tive years at least, and 1nay be
kept in ofiice six No man Is free to
sarYe o. not as suits his mood II the
eitiaena select a man he must serve /;
s5is Is the rule and tl1eIaw The mayor
Of a commune has despotic authority !;
he is father and rnler, .and aothing can
be done without his consent. Not a
maiden can wed without asking his
leave not a sehool-boy can leave or
enter school Witl1oat bis permission.
He says who nay come into Their VII
lage, and who must leave he sees that
children walk straight home from school,
and that their mothers cause them to be
honest and industrious. The mayor
and council see that no paupers grow
MP among them all drunkards, slug
CARDS, and fools must leave. They call
such before them, give them a sum of
money, and order them to trudge, and
they dare not disobey. One Is not free
to locate, and have a residence IN Swift
zerland The communal mayor may
order any. one to leave, and assign no
reason for the act. There is much re-
garding this kind of paternal govern
ment which is curious and interesting,
but we must pass along. The houses
of the Switzers look picturesque as
seen in engravings and photographs,
but they are really gloomy and unin-
viting. There is a singular ineongruity
in erecting such dwellings IN such n
country and climate. The projecting
roofs and gables, and the arrangement
of doors and windows, would serve a
better. purpose in southern Italy than
in the dark valleys of Switzerland. The
actual home comforts cannot be large
in number; at least, it would seem not,
Judging from our standpoint The
Swiss are a dirty people. and as regards
morals, they cannot ocsupy a high po-
sition. The mountain men and women
say bat little they seem to be OPP
pressed with the gloom which over
spreads their valleys two-thirds Of the
time, and the constant dangers and
perils which surround them are not cal
culated to produce habits of cheerful
mesa EEduoation in Switzerland is fos-
tered, and perhaps in no country in Eu-
rope are there 50 few people who cannot
read and write as IN the valleys OF the
Alps
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from the suas, Aa leaning
her crutch, and Maggie pale ala. trem-
biing,-when Tem arrived upon the
soenes Since he pas pFeveaaaa. from
making journey lar-oit lands, and
leaving long ehaflsrs ,er misunder-
standings, suspense and sdgepfpres, he
siioald, aeoer4iAg 10 I'll ,leeedeft,
have broken a limb in falling from his
horse, SO that he could be carried inio
the house, and have had gradual re-
Cancellation through slow, delieiouscon-
valeseenee-a uliztufe of roses and
creana-toast. But he had boyislsspro-
pensity for falling right side up,s and
there was nothing as all tho matter ex-
cept a rent in his coat. Aunt Polly no
ticed the torn garment before his brief
explanation was ended, and in the kind
ness OF her heart insisted thatit should
corne IN for repairs. g SfIss was wash
a1g,- to be sure, and Becky was no great
hand with any needle but knitting
needles, but Maggie could do it slick as
you please. The Gwner assented with
alacrity, {" 1T did look rafIler badly to
wear through the village II # Eonldn't
be too much trouble to just put stitch
sssike watched tho oolor coE1s back into
the face bent 50 steadily over that piece
of darpine; watchea the white fngers
busy with their task, and remarked sig
uficantIv -
What talent you have for making
things right again. %
After other people have made them
crooked, F." added Maggie promptly.
''I don't think those threads viii
show that they were ever separated"
Maggie vouchsafed no reply to that,
and he looked on in silence a few min
utes longer.
There the breach is nearly
"Quite, she said, clipping her
thread
"Isit?' he asked 50 suddenly that
she looked up, and then his eyes would
have an answer, and she couldn't keep
her heart out of hers.
SO that was the end of tia long
story cut short in the most common
place way.
And Polly absolutely left the world
at large to take care of itself for several
successive wash days while she planned
Maggies outfit. Tom never went to
Arizona at all, but kept his place in the
village store, and goes home to a coy
little nest at night, where Maggie meets
him at the door and receives q double
entrance-fee, because he says he shall
owe that to all toll-gateshis life through.
And Maggie thinks, with throb of
thanlfulness, how well it is that a ten
.derer Hand than our own willfuI ones
guides our destined. Yes, they are
simple souls and better satisfied with
their humdrum happiness than with the
most poetic misery; but, alas for their
biographer and the ruined volume
ScrfbneT's.
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Down by 4 Hifls babEline beost
Ny best beloyd and J.
Were Naudersas the autumn eve
When sunset tiEged the sly.
We spoke uf love and constancy,
And fast the hours Sew bye
But time was uaasht 90 her or Ias,
My beai beiGyd aud T.
Alq1HeE year--lFc Hlef aEain,
Aud near the little brnok,
"a hut she was on coaeh Of pain,
And altered was her look.
SAN, youth Is bright with ardent hope,
And radiant is fts sky,
And fondly yet spoke % love,
My best beloYd aud I.
Beside the little ripping stream,
Where first our vows we're said,
I've laid my darling down 70 sleep,
With roses at her head.
And yet, not parted quite,
For with her latest sigh
She spoke Of lands where We shall meet,
Aiy best belcv'd aud l.
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Ths Beauty Of Hanbls hifs.


The Beauty CT Ean5ls LIls.
The lessons Of Christianity, urgoa aas
enforced by nature. IS the sHesssraai5le
worth of common duties. IS nanilasl5ns
the greatest principles s. hids Ms attain
perfection. not i1y STRIVING TO Do dazzling
ing deeds. bltpy making ols experieace
divine It tellz us THAI tle Christian here
vii ennotie tbs hulEisless iIeld e labor
that notiling IS mean which can Be per
formed as duty. but that gioiss viTtsle,
IKE the touch If Midas converts the
humblest cafI II concace into spiritsal
gold The ersas plsiIosopheF, Plato.
has left an instructive and beautlial
poetic picture q tle Judgment e sous
when they had been collected ffOza ssia
regions o. temporary bliss and pan.
and suffered snce mere 10 return 70 de
duties ana pleasures of earthly lie
The spirits advanced ily LOT 50 make tAesr
choiee Of the pundition and fern unaeF
which they shn1sid ro-enter the world
The dazzling and shovy-tcrsunes. TIE
lives OF kings and warriors and states
men. were sosn exhausted and the
spirit Of Ulysses. who slad been the
visaat prince AIMING g the 6reekss
cane lass to choose. Re a1xanced gslh
aarrow. fearing tAat his faroriie eo
ditissl had hesn ecIeelea ty somo more
fortunate soni who had gene sselore iasgn-
But to his surprise s.as l,lssa.sars. iysses
found thai slse oniy lifs which has sset
been shosen was thai of - olissure and
private man. with 5;s ipsslsle cares azsd
quiet ioysg tie lot which Sc. tise usset,
would have selected had bis sssp couae
arst. the iife tor which he lengei ssaeo
he had fols he folly snd nscaaness 9f
asasian. wealth and ssossn. Il Ike
,nasner. tlloaeh ia q faF-liseroat sairil,
Chfistianiiy beaches ne ike i,caaty and
ssrnltv Of eomnaa ana ssrlyate itfe, 81
make i valuabie. noi es Plato diss fez
the cares fro1a pAsoh 81 srers IS. bat fFz
the eenstant 1ae thFaaeh which See
nay trsin sle soai s. sgetect ssmpsilss
aaa tsousz. Is skoee ~ thst tie susn-
hlesf sot Arines calis ana eIfolsz.isss
which rsaaisa an 80 eaerefsa IS she
ssnsi exalted viri1e - mees and satiels.
IS lnnsessss spoa us sAe se1emb sretsi
tllaa lie itsels. howeeez haal,le - e7r.
dfiso.l. Is alusss 3oix shss every naes
meat Aas - aasy and iss larien. vaiea
ci,ristian ssfeaelh aioi.e the croea q
power. cal 81 ana Tseaf asa ttst Sc
,serleo4 cl.aErcieF Is - charselef q
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Tnsr Is most Wfssehed foftnae
which is withcst 40 enemy 49, fs,bifas
Sasss.