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St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
Sayings by Josh Billings.

There are but few men who are as
foolish as they are thought TO be, and
less who are as wise as they think they
are.
"Nature abhors vacuum" therefore
she fills some heads with sawdust.
eft is only step from the sublime to
the ridiculous,'' and it is only the very
wise who can take the step and get back
again. .-.
The hardest dollar for man to get is
too often the one he needs the most.
The man who dies the richest is the one
who leaves the least here and takes the
most with him.
True philosophy, like true philanthropy,
is work of deeds, not words.
When I see man VINO is over-anxious
to prove anything, am very apt to think
he is not very certain about it himself
] thank God that there is one thing
that money won't buy, and that is the
wag of dog's tail.
No man ever became great sim ply by
accident accident has often opened the
way. .,f 0..
The multitude gaze at the epaulets,
the few at the man who wears them.
Young man, whit you get in this
world you have got to win, aud nam
kind are hard taskmasters and slow
pay.
The great mistake that many folks
make is. they are continually betting
on to>morrov and letting to-day go by
default.
Most of us are happy not so much be-
cause we have got q horse and buggy to
ride in, as because the other fellow has
got TO go on foot.
1t is easy enough TO learn by expert
ence, but to profit by it is what's the
matter.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

OBSERVATION shows that rails in use
corrode less than those out of use, the
difference, however, constantly decreas-
ing with the lapse of time. The absolute
amount of corrosion is, of course, a
source of destruction of the rail greatly
inferior TO that due to traffic It is also
regarded as highly probable that the
electric and magnetic forces developed in
the rails by terrestrial ma~netism, and
by rolling traffic, react in some way
upon the chemical forces concerned in
their corrosion, and that, therefore, the
direction of lines of railway in azimuth
is not wholly Indifferent as respects the
question of the durability of rails. OF
Whatever quality iron rails are rolled, it
is found that they are improved by
being subjected prior to use, to uni
form course of hammer hardening all
over the top surface and sides; and, be.
fore they are laid down, after gauging,
and Strengthening, be heated to about
400 degrees Fahr., and then coated with
boiled coal tar.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
Printing UnspOken Speeches

New York Tribune: The printing OF
unspoken speeches in the government
newspaper at the government expense is
one of the meanest abuses of the age.
There is nothing to be said in its de-
tense; it is a waste of money; it is q
Justification Of history it deceives, and
is often intended to deceive, the public !;
it betrays congressman into an infnity
of wretched little tricks, pretences anu
prevarications, ruinous to their self re-
spect; it gives a dangerous advantage to
ignorance and dishonesty, and tempts
them to venture upon statements under
cloak of leave to print" which they
would not dare to make on the floor of
congress; it is mere device for the pro-
lection and encouragement of vanity,
folly, and lying. Abolish it altogether.
If we are to have any official report of
the proceedings in congress, let it be a
faithful report of what is said, pot of
what is omitted. At present The Record
contains quite too many speeches which
the authors had not the face to deliver,
or congress had not the patience to
listen to,
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
Pillmaker and Statesman.

DIR. James G. Aver, the well known
patent medicine proprietor, died yester
day at WincheDdon, Mass. For the past
Two years he has been in extremely poor
health, and for some part of that period
his mental condition was such that he
had to be confined in an asylum for the
insane. DR.. Aver was undoubtedly the
wealthiest maker of patent medicines in
this country. He had been engaged in
the manufacture of pills and syrups for
many years, and his name is known
through his medicines all over the world.
In the latter years of his life, before his
mind became unbalanced, he was de-
sirous to become known to the public as
statesman, and not alone as maker Of
pills. Having great financial interests
in Lowell, Massachusetts,, where he re-
sided, and in it's surrounding towns, he
succeeded, in October, 1874, through
agents, while he was in Europe, in pro-
curing the republican nomination for
congress in the seventh Massachusetts,
district. A great deal Of opposition to
him was made on account of his cold
manners, and he was defeated by the
democratic candidate, Mr., Tarbox. A
few days subsequent to the election, the
.superabundant Ill feeling toward him in
the town Of Aver which is named after
him, found expression in the public
burning OF his efigy, It seems likely
that broodiDg over his defeated hope of
acquiring political position, and over the
.indignities cast upon him By the men he
expected to rally to his support, caused
his mind to become unhinged. In June,
1876, he became SO violent that he was
conveyed to a private asylum in New
Jersey, where he remained for some
months.-[N Y. Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
The POETS Friend.

II We never heard OF an editor kicking a
poet down q padded stairway, and, fur
thermore, we never saw a padded stair
way. No matter how bad d poem may
be, the editor always says it is very good,
and regrets that he canno. use It on
account of something, which he sets
forth in a very polite and plausible man
nsr. The editor is the friend of the post,
for he publishes only what reflects credit
ON him, and declines what would digrace
him. He doesn't keep clubs in the Office;
neither does he maintain and support q
bloodhound as assistant literary editor.
He may do, and undoubtedly does,
many things worse, but he does not do
the things enumerated above, and the
poet who doubts it may satisfy himself
By coming in person to this Office with 8
poem of q hundred verses on the genera
tions Of Enach. LII Puck.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
LAWYERS Fees i'm San Francisco.

The San Francisco Call says: "The
heaviest legal incomes in the city vary
from s5O, 600 to 500, 900 per annum. On
the other hand, there are plenty of law
yer struggling to a practice who do not
average $50 per month the year round.
Some Of our leading attorneys require a
fee of 81 900 before having anything to
do with case. Important fees in Grim
inal cases range from $3.50 to 81, 500; and
instances are common where much larger
sums have been paid. In 1874 VIM. Fl.
Patterson and the late John II. FELTON,
received SAC, 900 for defeating the local
option law before the supreme court.
They only worked on the case about two
weeks, and worked in very leisurely
style at that. The money was placed on
deposit beforehand, and when q fayora-
BILE decision was announced, all they had
to do was to 60 to the bank and get it.
Each of them received $4,000, equal to
about $500 an hour or S. minute, that
he was actually occupied with the case.
The emotions of q man who realizes that
his ordinary professional services can be
made SO valuable as to net him q small
fortune in a couple of weeks must be
very peculiar indeed In the celebrated
city cases Mr. Felton's tee@amounted to
$250.OOa. On another occasion he re-.
ceived $50, 900 for his services in Span
ish land grant contest, and on stitl an
other occasion was paid $4,000 On con-
dition that he would not appear as at
torney in a certain pending case. In
1870 S. w. Sanderson resigned the high
position of Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Of California in order to become
attorney of the Central Pacific railroad
company. The inducement offered was
in proportion to the sacrifice, and con-
sisted of a salary of 81 900 per month,
which was subsequently increased to
$4,000 per mouth. Some wealthy COM
mercial firms find it to their interest to
employ attorneys on regular salaries that
range from few hundred dollars per
annum up into the thousands. These
attorneys see to the proper drawing of all
papers of consequence, and are consulted
on all occasions of doubt or Importance.
Nearly all the banks and corporations
have tteir salaried attorneys. Campbell,
Fox & Campbell are said TO receive q
large salary from the Spring Valley
Water Company. Rumor has it that
Bergin & McAllister receive 81 1000 per
month from the Bank of Nevada; that
s. M. Wilson receives salary of $1,000
per annum from the Bank of California,
that Solomon Heydenfelt formerly of
the supreme ceurt) receives $1,000 per
month for guarding the mining interests
of Fleod & O'Brien, while also receiv.
ing salary in each case for officiating as
president of q number of mining CONS
panles. Reuben 81. Lloyd, attorney for
millionaire Baldwin, gets high pay, it is
said. S NJ. Wilson'S supposed to be in
receipt of the largest income of any
member of the bar. S. T. Hoge in the
course of his career has frequently come
in contact with 10000 fees.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

her, and put the gnn to her head, his
finger on the trigger.
"Murderl murder! murder!' shrieked
Fanny: dropping on her knees and
putting her apron up over her face and
head. Her cry brought grandma to the
scene.
"Tom Tom! what are you about ~
grandma cried.
Tom burst out laughing. "It's moth
ing, grandma. Fans afraid III kill her
with an empty gun"
Thomas" said grandma, very sternly,
considering she was addressing Tom,
"put that gun down. It's not thing
to play joke with"
"Anything to satisfy you, grandma, "
said Tom, lowering the gun. but sorel y
tempted to pull the trigger first. "But
| hate to see Fan such coward; SO
foolish! do believe if should point
3 ramrod at her head, she'd scream and
run. What's the sense of her icing
frightened if I know the guns not
loaded?"
"But you don't know it."
81 am sure of it, grandma"
"No, you are not,' said grandma.
"It is not probable that it is loaded, but
it is possible"
Tom was nettled. He didn'nt want to
contradict grandma, but he was sure be
was right. In his desire to demon
strate that he was, he put the muzzie to
his mouth and was about TO pull the
trigger.
Thomasl" said grandma, with great
severity.
Tom, flushing, lifted his head. Here,
Bruno I" he said; adding mentally, "Pll
show them Pm right"
He stepped to the door as the dog
came up, and placed the gun against the
shaggy neck.
"Rruno, be dead p he said.
Before his intention was apprehended,
he pulled the trigger. There was stun
ming report, puff of smoke, a low moan,
and poor Bruno lay there just at the
door-dead
For moment the three stood speech>
less with awe at thought of the greater
tragedy 30 narrowly escaped, and then
all moved in the hope of relieving the
dog.
Tom took out his handkerchief, and
with tears dropping on the noble head,
tried to staunch the blood.
"There's no use," said grandma, as
she bent over him he is dead"
Then Tom got up, and without look
ing at the others, went out alone. On
Bruuos kennel in the back yard he sat
down, and there Fanny found him when
she went to call him to tea. She saw
that he had been crying.
He took her hand with uncommon
tenderness, and walked to the house
with it clasped in his, almost happy, in
spite of the dead Bruno, in thinking how
much worse it might have been.
They passed in by the door where
Bruno yet lay.
"Be alive, Bruno!' said Tom, with
Pickering smile, which was piteous to
see.
"I'd be willing, Fan, to say that over
and over ten thousand times, if at last
he'd answer by that grand leap of his
Dear, noble old fellow "- Youths
Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
ThOughtfNI Trif1es.

Great things are not accomplished by
idle dreams, but by years of patient
study.
Some of the grandest things which
have been achieved were by those whom
we thought our interiors.
Narrow not your mind to your own
selishness, but give it broad field for
your fellowmen to work in.
Study all things ofnaturein your daily
walk through lite, ~
Do as your conscience dictates, and
you will not go far astrsy.
Kind words are better than gold, and
the voice Of friend has saved many a
man from ruin.
Be happy if you can, but do not de.
spise' those who are otherwise, for you
know not their troubles.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
THE LSpRD's PRAYER.

The following beautiful poem is said TO have bee
written by King James T., though by some 1t Is az
cribad to Bishop Andrews:
II any are distressed, and fain would gather
some comfort, let them hasten unto
Our Father:
For we of hope and health are quite beresven
Unless thou auccor us
Who art in Heaven.
Thou showest mercy therefore for the same
We praise Thee, singing
Halowed be Thy name.
Of all Thy miseries cast up the sum,
Show us 1hy JOYS, and let
Thy Kingdom come.
We n,ortals are, and alter from our birth,
Thou constant art;
Thou mad'st E,rth. as we'll as planets seven:
Thy name is blessed here,
As tits In Heaven.
Nothing we have to use, or debts to pay,
Except Thou givs it to US,
Give US this day
Wherewith to ciotne us, wherewith to be fed,
Fer without Thee we want
Our daily bread.
We want, but want no faults. tor no day passes
But we 90 sin -
Forgive us cur trespasses.
No man from SHINING ever free did live:
Forgive US, o LORD, our sins,
As we forgive
If we repent our faults, Thou ne'er disdained us.
We pardon
That trespass against us.
Forgive US, that is last, new path tread us,
Direct us always in Thy Faith,
And lead us,
We Thine own people and Thy Chosen Nations,
Into all truths, but
Not into temptation.
Thou that of all good grace art the giver,
Suffer ,ls not to wander,
But deliver
Us from the fierce assaults OF world and devil,
And flesh, so shalt thou free
From all evil
To these petitions let both Church and Jaymen
With one co lsent OF heart and voice, say
Amen.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
St. Landry Democrat.
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OPELOUsAS, LOUISIANA.

PUT not your trust in bridges. New
York is afraid that its expensive struct-
ure will not stand the test of use; and
now at London, Waterloo bridge, one Of
the finest and most elegant bridges crcss-
ing the river Thames, has latterly be.
come 30 insecure that it will have either
to be repaired at an enormous cost or else
pulled down. It was built soon after
the celebrated battle, and opened with
great ceremony by George ~.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

until complete. Perfect success was the
result, as the port-wine mark gradually
faded away, and was finally obliterated
without leaving scar. instruments
have since been prepared having sixteen
parallel blades, which make the opera
tion very simple to execute.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
PhOtOgraphing Race Horse.

The San Francisco Bulletin says
about a year ago E J. Muybridge suc-
ceeded in producing a perfect photo.
gra of Leland Stanford's trot-
ter, Occident, while moving at
full speed. The photograph was the
first OF series to show the various mo-
tions trctter's feet and legs pass through
in making one stride when in full motion.
The interest of that particular photo
graph was greatly enhanced because it
showed the position the horse was in at
the moment when his forefoot struck the
ground. It completely upset all previous
theories concerning the shape of the leg
and the part of the foot which first
touched the ground. The photograph
represents the horses foreleg, projecting
at considerable of an angle before him,
straight as an iron bar, the heel touching
the sod and the toe well above the ground
Since then Mr.. Muybridge has brought
electricity to play an important part in
the work of taking the negative OF fast
moving object, and with its aid he has
obtained every change in trotting
horses position while making complete
stride. A dozen photographs show the
various positions of Occident's body
legs, and feet, while travelling at 2:24
gait, in stride of IS feet inches. The
photographs show that fast trotter's feet
are all of the ground at the same time
twice during the making of the stride,
although the best excepted authorities
on this subject have repeatedly asserted
that a trotting horse always has one foot
On the ground while in action. These
photographs have been taken by Mr..
Muybriage at Menlo Park, where appa.
ratus for this special purpose has been
erected at cost to Mr.. Stanford of at
least s. 600. The camera is exposed and
uncovered in twinkle, bv electricity,
which is under the complete control of
the operator. A board-tence On the op.
posite side of the track has been lined
and marked in feet, and row of came S
are placed to correspond with these, so
that the position of the ho1se on the
track, as well as the form of bis body and
limbs, is d finitely determined. The
pictures are wonderful triumph in
photography"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
A Hard Case.

Enter young husband, who throws
himself into a chair, and exclaims
"What toothache sgsip, Maria? do
call that hard upon fellcr' Why, you
had toothache when | left this morning
And here have been at Epson all day,
with the jolIiest lot O tellers ever got
together in one drag, and won a pot o.
money, and had no end OF Il jolly time,
and 7 did think I should find something
cheerful and jolly to greet teller when
/ got homel And there you are! tooth
ache againl / do call it hard upon
feller-precious hard "-1Punch.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

PROFESSOR" Can you multiply to-
gether concrete numbers p The class
are uncertain. Professor-":What will
be the product of five apples multiplied
bv six potatoes ?" Freshman (triumph-
antly)-" Hash"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
FACTS AND FANCIES.
To N esn slry Dear

Tho lost to sight, to mem'ry dear,
Thou ever wilt remain:
One only hope my heart can cheer
The hope to meet AGAIN.
Oh fnndlv Y on the past dveli.
And Oft recall tho.e hours
When, wand ring down he shady dell,
We gathered the wild flowers,
Yes, life then seehned ono pure delight,
rho' now each spot looks drear;
Yet, tho thy smile be 10 It TO sight,
70 mem'ry thou art dear.
To mem'ry thou art dear.
OFT in the Tranquil hour OF night,
When stars iilume the sky.
gazs upon each Orb of Light,
And wish that thou vert bv.
think upon that happy time,
That time SO fondly loy'd,
When last we heard the sweet bells chime
AS thro' the tisldr we rovd.
Yes, lille then seemed one pure delight
Though now each spot looks drear;
Yet. tho thy smile be lost to sight,
To mem'ry thou art dear
To mem'ry thou art dear.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

THE iust~published report Of an Irish
benevolent society says: Notwlth-
standing the large amount paid for
medicine and medical attendance, very
few deaths occurred during the year."
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
TEACH JESUS.
Practical Work fsr the YOumg-G il
sseAHs Who 9u4 ht to be Made Real
to tfse Rising Generation

FFacsHcal w Ork f.sr Rhe hOumg-st is
5esHs Who 9u4ht to be Made Real
TO tlae Rising Generation
Our Methodist brethren last week
considered seriously how the spread Of
pernicious and obscene literature tor
the young WAS to be hindered, and
the Episcopalians lately, at a church
congress, took up the same question.
We are glad to see the churches
going about some direct practical work
for the young. The two bodies differed
as to the cure, however, for the remedy
proposed by some of the most eminent
churcbmen was substitution of vigor-
Gus but clean, pure fiction, for "Gentie-
man Joe" and "Bootblack Jim," and
other similar dime invitations to perd;-
tion; while our Methodist friends propose
to do away with storytelling altogether,
even by the Sunday>school teacher.
They forget, apparently, our Savior's
mode OF instruction. The truth
is that virtue is not natu-
rally repulsive to children nor vice
attractive, unless they are made so by
their teachers. If a boy would rather
read the history of bootblack. full of
slang, absurdity and crime, rather than
listen TO his Sunday-school teacher, it is
the fault of the teacher, IF he made
the story Of Christ as real and alive as is
the story Of the bootblack, the boy
would listen as eagerly. The boy is
hungry for the active romance-]ife with
which the world betole him is full. He
must 60 into the world Why should
not Caristian teachers let him see IS it is,
fit their great truths to the incident, the
action which will come to him, instead
of doing out abstract doctrine? If any
of eur readers think we censure without
reason, let them examine the " interna-
tional les:ous," prepared by learned
divines, and in use in almost every Sun
day-school in the country. They are, as
a rule, grounded on the history and
teachings of the old testament, which
are enforced by abstruse discussion, and
fantastic acrostical arrangement of
virtues ami vices. 1t is Jesus who
ought to be made real to the generation
who are growing up, not the construction
of the second temple. Teach them the
simple story of Christ. His charity and
His heroic se]f-sacrifce, and after that,
if there is time, give them obscure dis
sertations on Jewish history and religious
abuses n. Y. Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03
Texas Honey Ants.

A few days ago Judge Joseph went
to Ell Bancho, and was surprised to see
some forty or fifty persons digging in the
ground. His first impression was that
they had found a gold lead, but on his
approaching to ascertain what they were
looking for, he found that they were
looking for honey combs, which had been
deposited there by Texas honey ants.
Some parties had as much as a pint OF
honey. The combs. were large, and they
were obliged to dig down from two and
haf to five feet to procure them. This
ant is yellow color, and about the same
size as the common wood ant Messilla
Valley IN. NJ Independent.
A MAN whose every look proved how
hungry and panniless he was. halted be-
fore an eating stand at the Central mar
ket to let his mouth water for a while.
The woman called out: "Come,a be
jogging along! You won't get any food
here unless you have the cash." Z" My
dear woman," he conhdentially began,
II am not hungry | just left the
breakfast table, after the heartiest meal
ever ate. was not looking at your
beautiful meats, your lovely cakes or
your rich and juicy pies, but at your
aelf' 9 What are you looking at me
for?'' Il was wondering" he said, " you
were any relation to Lady Glare, of
England. You have the same brown
eyes, same beautiful hair, same sweet &C.
cent" +" / never knew her." replied the
woman, as her face began to. clear, up.
" Didn't, eh?; Well, I never saw two
faces nearer alike in their sweet express
sion. I wish had your portrait painted
on ivory-I really wish / had" She
handed him half a pie and q piece of
meat, and, as he sauntered off, she began
hunting around for piece of broken
mirror Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-03

LAwN-TENNIs is now "the" fashion
able game in England. 1t has superseded
rinking and croquet in popular favor,
and pervades the country like an cpl.
demic. 1t has even been introduced by
English colonies in different parts of the
continent, and is said. to excite the live
liest wonderment and interest among
the staid Germans of Hamburg, who,
however, do not exhibit the least inten.
tion or desire of participation in game
requiring so much useless exertion.
, 1878-09-14

A Chinaman has sued the Sher-
iff Of San Francisco tor cutting
off his queue in the county Jail.
The Sheriff demurred to the
complaint on the ground that he
was empowered to cut off the
queues of prisoners by a city or
dinanee, but the Court overruled
the demurrer, declaring that
there was no ordinance which
gave such power, and that there
is no general authority for a
Sheriff to clip the hair of con-
victs.
The citizens of Munich are
great lager beer drinkers. There
is a popular resort called the
Chinese Tower, where between
Z and 8 Of a Sunday morning six
thousand glasses are emptied.
But there is no drunkenness.
Eight Hartford girls hired a
house at Old Hadley, Conn.,, in
which to spend their vacation
by themselves. They cooked
their own meals, drove their
own horses, fished in their own
boats, and permitted no man to
enter the building.