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St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Christianity and the Children.

God, in all ages, has manifested spe-
i cial interest in, and care for, the chill
dren. We may well call him ''Father." ="
At the giving OF the law from Sinai the
little ones were remembered "Thou
shalt teach them diligently unto thy
| children, and shalt talk about them
when thou sittest in thine house." etc.
Deut. vi. 7. Oh, that Christians would
| speak more to 'ach other in their own
home about spiritual things, and espe-
ciaIly in the presence of the children.
God manifest in the flesh took an equal
)y intense delight in the children. We
can see them in imagination climbing on
his knee, and nesting on his bosom,
while he smiles sweetlv on them and
permitted them to feel the beatings of
his loving heart. We cannot forget his
parting command to Peter, and through
Peter to every disciple: Feed my
lambs"
Christianity is the only religion in the
world that lovingly cares for the chill
dren. Mohammedanism despises them.
Brahmanism and Hindooism were wont
to leave them to die, or willingly de-
stroyed them, until British law inter-
vened for their protection. Nearly all
the superstitions and forms of heathenism
treat them with bal lbarity. The religion
of Christ alone lavishes on them tender
affection, clairls them for God, and seeks
to train them for eternity.
The Christian church ought to be the
spiritual nursery for the young. She
ought to provide for them first, and not
last. It is the grandest and most pro-
ductive work to which the church can
lay it's hand, and should not be done
anyhow OR by anybody. 1t demands
the highest and most efficient instru-
mentality.
But, after all, the home is the place
where the young character is moulded
and formed. And the most potent force
in the home is the mothers influence
her teaching, her example, her prayers,
not only for, but with her Children
[Rev. W. Marshall, London.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
American Cattle in HoIstein.

Some time since the Prairie Farmer
noticed the export of cattle from the
United States to Holstein to be there
fattened, and called attention to it as
one of the singularities of modern civil
jzation. 1t now seems as though there
would be some diplomatic difficulties
between Holland, Denmark and Great
Britain over this matter According to
the LandwirthschattIiche Pfesse there is
much indignation in Schleswig Holsten
at regulation emanating from the
British government, to the effect that
American store cattle which may be
grazed on Danish or Schleswig Holstein
soil shall be prohibited from being
admitted to English markets. while their
own native cattle are free, and England
receives continually large supplies of
live cattle direct from America. We
hardly see the force of the discrimination
unless it be the fear that American cat.
tie imported to Holland would be thought
to be more susceptible to the contagious
diseases of the country than the natives
themselves. This would be a natural,
and probably correct inference, since
is we'll known that Texas cattle will
impart the dreaded Texas fever to native
western cattle while the Texans remain
themselves apparently healthy, and do
not impart the disease to each other.
The inhabitants of Denmark are to |
represent their grievances to the Danish
government, in order that diplomatic
measures may be taken to induce the
British government to allow American
cattle which may have been fattened in
Denmark to pass, or, at least, to alter
the wordingof the declaration Prairie
Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Fees OfParis Restaurant Walters.
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.

Correspondence of the Baltimore American
It is an established rule in the cafes
and restaurants Of Paris that the walters
not only receive no salary, but pay a
daily stipend to the proprietors for the
privilege of waiting upen customers. 1t
is customary in Paris and all over Eu~
rope for the customer to give two or
three sous to the waiter, which, ia the
course of q day, amounts to quite a
handsome sum- In some of the restau-
rants an urn is kept on the desk of the
cashier and each OF the walters as he
receives this gift money is required to
drop it in the urn. At the close of the
day it is taken out and divided among
all the walters, the proprietor receiving
one-fourth of the amount. In other
establishments each waiter keeps the
money he receives, but pays the proprie-
tor from two to ten francs, according to
the run of custom. A curious incident
Va tIlC dosuiolhy W bhio SAstULu 0CCullSu
at the Paris Exposition the other day.
The proprietors of the Duval restaurant,
conceiving that their walters were max
ing too much money, raised the tax on
each waiter from one to two francs per
day. A general strike was the result,
but the walters finally yielded. In
Vienna, where the restaurants are larger
and more extensively patrenized, the
walters collect no money, but they have
regularly appointed collectors, each
having a dozen or more tables. These
collectors pay heavily for their positions,
sufficient to pa the salaries Of all the
walters 10 the establishment. 1t is the
general impression that hotel porters,
who prey upon the guests, also pay the
proprietors for their positions.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
4 EEealal1y Body and IL Clear Head.

If indigestion, constipation and bilious
ness torment the body, the head cannot be
clear. These disorders react upon the brain
most hurtfully. and produce cloudiness in
the organ of thought not experienced by a
healthy man. Happily these brain-oppress-
ing maladies may be entirely dispelled by
hat peerless Alternative, Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, which cheers, refreshes and in
vigorates the brain and NERVES, while it
res ulates the organs of digestion, assimila~
tlon and bilious secretion. 1t expels the
morbid humors which poison the system
through the bowels and urinary passages,
and exerts powerfully invgorating in
tluence as well. It's cathartic action is never
Irritating, violent or painful, but even,
natural and progressive. AS an appetizer
and sleep promoter he Etters is unriValled
1t mltlgates the ln'irnilies of age, relieves
the ailments peculiar TO the gentler sex, ar>
rests premature decay, and builds up an
enfeebled PHYSIQUE
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
ABOUT ELEPHANTS.
A Wrter Who Upsets Some Of the Popular
Opinions Concerning Them.

A Wrifer Who Upsets Some Of the Popu|a
Opinions Concerning Them.
In his book, Thirteen Years Among
the Wild Beasts of India, Mr G. P. San
derson deals at considerable length
with the subject of elephants. Many o.
his statements about the Indian ele.
phant will be found to differ from the
opinions commonly held, and also from
the interesting description of the animal
published by Sir Emerson Tennent.
This book, Mr.. Sanderson observes, has
removed some of the grossest misappre-
tensions regarding the elephant, but ':it
is full of the errors which are unayoid-
able when man writes On a subject
with which he has no practical acquaint-
ance," and in many places theory and
fancy are said to be substituted for fact.
Thus, for instance, Sir Emerson Tennent
tells story of an elephant that
leaped over barricade fifteen feet high,
whereas the animal can not take its four
feet off the ground at the same moment,
and can neither canter, galtop nor trot.
Aud according to Mr.. Sanderson the ele-
phant is in many respects stupid ami
NAL. It's chief virtues, he says, are
obedience, gentleness and patience. But
this gentleness may be regarded, on the
writer's own showing, as sign of intel
ligence. "The most intelligent horse"
he writes, ''can not be depended on not
to tread on its masters toes, and if ter
ritied. makes no hesitation in dashing
away, even should he upset any one in
SO doing. But elephants, even huge
tuskers whose heads are high in the air
and whose keepers are mere pigmies be-
side them, are 80 cautious that accidents
very seldom occur through carelessness
ON their part" Elephants travel in
herds and in strict Indian file. When
calf is born the herd remains with the
mother twodays; the calf is then able
to travel, and can cross rivers and climb
hills with the assistance of its dam.
Elephants are said to swim better
than any other land animals, and Mr..
Sanderson relates that a batch of seven.
ty"nine which he sent flom Dacca to
Barrackpur had the Ganges and several
OF its large tidal branches to cross. ''In
the longest swim they were SIX hours
without touching the bottom. After 8
rest on q sandbank they completed the
swim in three more. Not one was lost. .
Mr.. Sandersen observes that the remains
of an elephant that had died natural
death are scarcely ever met with. He
has never seen such remains himself and
never met any one amongst the Jungle
tribes or professional elephant hunters
who had done SO except at time when
murrain visited the forests. "Bones,"
he writes, " would not decay for some
years, and teeth and tusks would sur
vive for some time; yet not single pair
of ivories has ever, as far as know, been
found in the Mysore jungles during the
time ] have known them" The writer
can give no explanations of this fact. How
long the wild elephant lives is uncertain:
but Mr.. Sanderson. thinks it at
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
improved as summer fcod.-T New
York Tribune.
The Scuppernong Gtape,


A correspondent of the Southern Cul
. tivator, writing from Arkansas, is in
clined to discredit the claims of tn,
scuppernong. We believe in hearins
both sides, and therefore, while we ale ;
friend of the scuppernong, we present
his views on the other side.
1t is high time, says the Cultivator's
correspondent, that the scuppernono
should be either verifying or fulfilling
the claims of its friends. Fifteen or
twenty years ago, dozens of writer's who
were then beginning its culture, were de
monstrating that, with butinconsiderable
labor or expense, the scupperuong would
easily yield some coo gallons of wine
to the acre, worth from $4,000 to - 600.
Surely some of them are, by this time,
atle to report whether it has done 50 or
not.
Now, will not somebody who has been
cultivating the sccuppernong as a bust
ness for ten or fifteen years, speak out in
the Cultivator. and let us know whether
it has paid or not?
My own experience is too limited to
be OF much value, but such as it is, I
am more than willing that others should
have the benefit of it. But few of nv
vines have borne as yet, and they for
only few years. Those have produced
nearly as regularly and as abundantly
as l was warranted in expecting.
And | have never failed in making
what professed jud ges declared was ex
cellent wine. l have found the labor
and attention required in keeping the
vines properly trained to be consider
ably greater than is ordinarily repre-.
sented. The depredations of birds
(focks of the rice oriole) upon the ripe
fruit is quite serious matter. And
winter before last many young vines
we're killed to the ground, and some out
right by the freeze. Still, Ishould upon |
the whole be fairly satisfied with the |
butiness, If I was certain of disposing of
the wine at $3.50 per gallon. But I am
not. AS yet I do not make enough to
Justify me in shipping to wine mer-
chant, having generally managed-not
without some trouble, hewever-to dis
pose of the little have made to the
druggists and saloon men bereabouts.
But gentleman living some ten miles
rom me has recently dug up an acre he
lad of scuppernougs, for the reason that
le could find no demand for the wine.
And [ ath just in receipt of a late mum.
,er of Bontort's "Wine and Liquor Cir
ular," published in New York City, in
which all the sorts of wine I ever heard
f and many more are quoted, except
he scuppernong, and no mention is
made of it whatever.
Now will not somebody who is MAX
1g scuppernong wine on large scale
lform US where the market, and what
ne price is for it ? Farm Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

"Thy Word il a lamp unto my feet and Ugh
unto my path."-Pealm txIx: l05 hold tho
me W, tn, shall he e."-Psa III cx1x: H.
Tune" Lux Benigna."
Press on. my soul, nor heed the deepening gloom,
Still press thou on;
hough cree picg shadows gather round the tomb,
rt,ii press thou On;
Through glcom. aid tomb along the narrow way
One lights thy path, to reach e'ernal day.
Despondng, Loid lean upon Thy Word,
Held Thou me up"
| would not live but that cry be heard,
Held Z Ihou me up;''
My stumbling feet from. vi would he free.
And firmly, tieetly bear Inc Ga t. Thee.
Vain thoughts l hate fain would love Thy Law,
s. he Thou my shield :"
Thy judgments fill trembling flesh VIII awe,
t. BE Thou My shi Id; n
NJ rcck of shelter il the sui1ry glow,
My hiding place. when chilling ttmpests bow.
TIiunphng, Lord Thy promises claim,
g shal. be Safe
Not for myself, but for His Holy Name,
s. l shall be safe -
How dread so eer deserved wrath may be,
Thy levlng III. rcg, cnly, judgsth me.
= tandard OF the Cross.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
f7og Boarding for a Penny a Day.

Corn and water in the crude state will
::.'t make hogs out of pigs-but runts
Corn is infiammatory, and in crude form
promotes very little growth, each pound
OF increase produced by it costing three
times its value. Better sell your corr
Id buy your meat. But this is un
necessary, for the same material can be
manipulated so as to make pork.raisins
profitable at two cents pound.
The secret is in feeding essence of corn
and no crude corn. Ispeak of the treat
mept of hogs during the growing period
and finish for market being different
process. Get one, three, or five sugar
hogsheads, according to the size of your
herd remove the inside hoop that holds
the battom, caulk we'll with oakum
around the bottom, replace the hoop.
and bury side by side in the ground three
feet or more, near well or spring where
there will be plenty of water, and hinge
lid to each one. If in
one h og pasture, fence around,
or you will lose hogs by getting an over
dose, as our experience will fully verify.
Have large troughs, made Of two>inch
plank, placed contiguous, grind your
corn fine, and put in each hogshead four
to six bushels, and quart of salt. This
may make you sick, but wait. Fill up
with water, stir occasionally for two or
three days, and when fermentation has
fully set in--say two or three
days--begin to feed. 1t is always ready
afterwards, for there is yeast in the bot
tom. Feed and fill up with water
at once, always keeping them full;
repeating twice each day, until the ho-
meopatchic dilution reminds you that
further progress in that direction might
be cruelty to animals, then throw in a
sack OF feed and proceed as before. Those
who havenot tried the plan will be as
tonished to what attenuation corn can
be thus reduced, and what results can
be wrought. -.s.ss.
We have seven hogshead running IN
this way and have demonstrated the fact
that 200 pound porker can be kept
growing by this process on cost of one
cent day. Each hog will drink from
three to five gallons at feed, distend
lay down, grunt and grow For the
young pigs trough should Ee shut off
from the herd, and their food made
richer. They need distension as do
hogs, and will acquire the alternating
largely. Into these tubs can be thrown
the refuse from the kitchen and dairy,
thereby increasing the good results.
Wheat, rye, barley, millet, broom, corn,
seed, etc, can be ground and utilized in
the same manner. ann aware that slop
for hogs !s no new thing, and that the
farmer of the east uses his bran and
shorts in that way, but what we now
aim at, is how to convert the corn and
surplus grain of the farm into pork with
the greatest profit, applicable alike to a
small or large business. The reader will
understand that where hogs have no
range cr grass, the slop must be fed three
times day, and be OF increased strength.
In districts where there are no facilities
Tor grinding, if the corn in the ear or
shelter is soaked in water twenay,four
nours before feeding, it will be much
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
WHHOFT's FEVER AND AGUE T,

WILHOFT S FEVER AND AGUE IONIC
This medicine is used by construction
companies for the benefit of their employees
when engaged in malarial districts. The
highest testimonials have been given by con.
tractors and by the presidents of some of the
leading railroads in the south and west.
When men are congregated in large numbers
in the neighborhood of swamps and rivers,
Wilhofts Tonic will prove valuable addl~
ton to the stock of medicines, and will
amply reward the company in the saving of
time, labor and money. We recommend it
to all: WHEELoCK, FINLAY& & Co., Proprie-
tors, New Orleans.
EOE SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
MALIGNANT AND ST7RTv1E INDEED

the poison of Serofula, snd terrible are it's
ravages in the system. They may, however,
be permanently aged and the destructive
virus expelled from the circulation with
SCovILL's BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP.
potent vegetable detergent which eradicates
all skin diseases, leaving no yestige of them
behind. White swelling, salt rheum, tett, r,
bscesses, liver complaint and eruptions OF
every descriptions are invarisbly CONQUERED
by it. Druggists sell it.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

Pro-. Francisco Rossetti, of the Aca-
denny of science, Venice, has issued a
pamphlet entitled "Sul Telefoni Senza
Lamine," in which he shows how te
lephona can be constructed without a
dap ra,m.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
CALL
For a State National COnventio,

by direction of the meeting Of the Na,;o,,1 mn
OF tennessee, held III Nashville July T. ls7> the Sta
E:Aecu'lFe committee hereby calls n State ronyrn
tion OF the ,upportefs of the Greenhack novcn mt
70, 10 meet IN Nashyl'r in the House of Repre- onts
ives, ~ ht ~ o CLOCK a M THURSDAY, Aueust %
lH;H. I" nominate a candidate for Cavern r
Every county, t'W and district in the State La re
sues I" select, by public meeting earnest men tc
represent II in said tDnventiun ~
More and better money ne kind of ponev for i,
the people, good money wherever tue flag If our
country floats, better and cheaper Government
thegreatest good to all are the maxims of our
NASHVILLE, July %, 1873 " i s y
A. J. KELLAR, n SNITrs0N
nhv fbEk ~ ~ ING. ). W. LEWELLEN
J. " RAMSEY K ! MORRIs i''
o. A. NIXON. NJ Nj RxiGnT
JIG. SAWYER, Ma HORGAN
Executive Committee.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

"A man may blow around on street
corners and last for two or three CAM
raigns; but if he ever blows down the
chimney Of kerosene lamp his account
with tie world will close immediately.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

A FRIEND IN NEED.-GRACE's SALvE
is friend in deed. Who has not found it
such in curing Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Scalds,
Felons, Boils, and even the most obstinate
old Ulcers, and other Sores 1t is wonder-
full compound, suited alike to the skin of
the child and of the adult
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
TNOTlCE.-Farmer era. .Fami-

"A NV ~ A1s-E
lies and nthers can purchase no Remedy equal to
DIR. TOBIAS VENETIAN LIN EN- for the cure
of Cholera Diarrhea Dysentery, Group, Collie and
less see oath accompanying each bottle) and ex-
ternally for Chronic rheumatism, Headache Tooth
ache Sore Throat. Cuts. Burns, Swelliues Bruises,
Moequito Bites, Old Sores, Pains in Limbs, Back
and Chest he VENETIAN L1NIMEN was in
troduced in 1s47, and no who has used it but
continues to do so, many stating If it Ten Dol
lars Bottle they would not be without it. Thou
sands of Certificates be at the Depot speak
ing of its wonderful curative properties Sold by the
Druggists at AOcts. Depot 42 Murray St, N. Y.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

WE offer no apology for frequently
calling attention to Johnson's Auodyne
Liniment, as il is the most valuable remedy
that has ever heen produced. 1t is u sur.
cure for diarrh"a, dysentery and cholers
mOrbuS.
WAR, famine and pestilence all com
bined do not produce the evil conse queuces
to a nation which result from impure blood
in our veins. Parsons Purgative Pills r.ak {
new rich blood and srevent all manner ol
diseases.
FoRupwards of thirty years Mrs. Winslow's IS
Soothing Syrup has been used for children
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and wellstried remedy. 25c. bottle
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHLEss
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath use Browns CamphOrated SapOna-
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Cottage siinRerbrqasI.

Take one cup of butter and lard melted
together, add one cup New Orleans molas-
ses; Sir into this one cup each of sugar and
cold water, two large teaspoonfuls ginger,
two eggs beaten, and four cups of flour, nav
ing in it three large tea spoonfuls DoOLEY's
YEAST POWDER. Bake in moderately not
oven.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Kentucky Military Institute j!

Established 1915. six miles cut OF Frank
f"ri, lay. NHst beautiful and EaealtEafuB
location aH sureriOr nn ct h nds of G verm-
nhenf nnd instruction. Gircul OF nfor-
1nAtfnnstna b y Maj. Es. Ill. .WgLDRERssEH,
COmanl:antasapnt. FssrRAdssIe n. d.. Ky
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Paints Ready for Use
ANDMANuFACruRERs

They uniform in shade and the color always
he matched Any one can paint 1t them. hey have
superior ovelIng properties, and do not, like
the called patent paints ,C0ntau either vat benz
zine or alkali These paint in Liquid Form. md
are sold IL Gallon Cans and Barrels They are also
put M in small cans of one to five pounds Send for
sam pie cards owiug different shn les f. W, DE-
NOE& Co., cor. Fulton a nd William Sts. New York
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Browns Camphorated Sapona-
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty five cents bottle.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Our ALPHABET,

While W" b"lieve that our co mlinofI list of News
papers "hrr facilities of a thoroughly sGpcrior
order to every class of advertisers there are
and lines fbusncss which seem to be eapec
ally in need of services sucn as we are able to afford
St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
SABBAMRI READING.
Press On, My Soul.

"Thy Word il a lamp unto my feet, and light
unto my path, "-Pealm txIx: l05 ldold thou
me W, J shall he e."-Psa III cXiX: HI
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-06-19
To Candidates and their Friends.

We have been urged 10y good but I'M
thinking mcn 10 press upon the people the
claims of certain aspirants for official po-
sltlons. We take this method Of replying
10 all such solicitations. We cannot aud
will not until nomination-if one is had
settles the question, support any one
man for any Office in the gift Of the people
of the parish alone. Support Of that kind
comes from US later in the campaign.
IL, however, any candidate or any friend
of any candidate desires 10 present any
thing to the people, our columns are open
for a reasonable compensation. Your com
municatons favoring your friends will be
published and you will be required 10
pay the small sum Of ten cents q line for
each insertion. 1t must always be under
stood that we are III 10 wise responsible
for any communications So published.
Now then, aspirauts and friends Of as
pirants, at a small outlay you may have
space which will reach 300 people in Clai.
horne parish. Personal solicitation is Us
nothing compared to this means of cleo
tionccrinE.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-06-19
The Work of the Potter Committee.

The investigation of the Potter commit
70. is panning out well. Secretary John
sherman is proven to have written letters
of very suspicious nature Inc Proo'
against him will satisfy the people that
his hands are unclean. Stanley Mathews
is shown to have been the depository OF an
agreement between thieves with full
knowledge of its contents. Kellogg has
signed forged certificate. of election ac-
co-dinr TO Lcvisecs statement. There is
also promise of rich developments which
will open the eyes of the people to the
true inwardncss of the presidential fraud.
Mr.. Hayes is not to be uuseatcd The de-
vclopmcnts are to be presented to the Peo-
pie that they may act thereon as they
think best in coming elections.