The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
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phaot, phun and phanoy:

III SIlOuiN
knights on horseback
MA, is the portrait of father
torny, asked a little cherub of three
summers. "No, child. Why do you
ask?o "Why this morning he sald'
darn my picture !
The sunbeam is composed o
millions of minute rays; SO home
jieht must be constituted Of little
,endernesses, kindly looks, sweet
.aughtes, loving words.
In a recent article on fair in
his locality, the editor Of country
paper says: "a brother editor took a
valuable premium, but an unkind po-
licemap made him put it back where
he took it FROM
allow fast they do build houses
now" said II. "They began that
building last week, and now they are
putting in the lights" eyes," an
swered his friend, "and next week
they will put in the liver"
Hi! you dropped brick up
therer' yelled pedestrian, on whose
shoulder the brick had fallen from a
fourth story scafold. "All right"
cbeerfully responded the bricklayer;
lyon needn't take the trouble to
bring it up"
If you love others they will love
you. If you speak kindly to them
they will speak kindly to you. Love
is repaid with love, hatred with ha-
tired. Would you hear a sweet and
pleasing echo, speak sweetly an d
pleasantly yourself.
THAT bed is not long enough
for me-" said tall, grutf man, on be-
ing ushered into his bed room by an
Irish waiter. Faith, an you'll find
it's plenty long enough, sir, when
you get into it, was the reply, "for
then there'll be two more feet added
to it," ...r
"A philosopher remarks that
there is something peculiarly in
structiye in standing at the street
corner in a large city, and watching
the men all rushing around, trying
to m axe money, and the women
floating around endeayoring t heir
best to spend it.
We are willing to believe that a
California miner fond of whisky took
q drink by mistake of quicksilver;
but we are not willing to believe in
t Re accompanying statement that
"the miner has been kept busy ever
since breathing on panes of glass to
convert them into mirrors"
-"What do you sell those fowls
for?' inquired person of man at
tempting to dispose of some chick
ems of questionable appearance. II
sell them for profits was the an
swer. "Thank you for the informa-
ton that they are prophets res
pended the querist; Il took them to
be patriarchs."
Anguish Of mind has driven
thousands to suicide; anguish Of
body, none. This proves that the
health of the mind is of far more con-
sequence to our happiness than the
health of the body, although both are
deserving of much more attention
than either one of them receives.
- Cotton.
"A milliner VIII o visited Paris
last Spring was asked upon her re-
turn by one of her patrons who had
reached the shady side of fifty, ''if
she did not bring out some bonnets
suitable for old LADIES'" Madame"
replied the dealer in fashionable
headgear, "there are no old ladies in
this age"
One of the best titles of a mer-
camille firm we have ever seen S
'CALL & SETTLE" which is printed in
gold letters on the sign in one of the
eastern cities. Customers are re-
minded, every time they pass, of
their outstanding accounts. "NEAL
aud Pray" is the title of another firm
in the same city.
"A young lady, who had recently
returned from the island of Madeira,
where she had been for her health,
was met by friend, who, after the
usual greeting, said: 81 hope your
trip has done you good; l must say
you are not looking amiss after it."
"Oh! | feel much better, thank you;
but I'm still miss, for all that"
was the reply,
Recently, in a street car in Phil
adeiphia, an old gentleman was seat