St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-26
WAITS AND WHInIS.
TIE SAFEGUARD,

And was lifted up and ue to rest
All the blue eyes closed, 80 tired he,
al his little head fell peacefully
At ease on the ready shoulder there
while the baby hand 80 colt and fair
sy like shield on his fathers breast.
OF CID twas raid that when men drew near
10 fierce temptation dead y strife,
AMI lost their way in MAJ of fear
Or periled their souls for worldly gear
~ way unknown angel hand
w uld lead them out of the dangerous land
nto the light OF a noble lie.
story is true for the world to-day
We see no white-robed angels mill;
But out Of the dark and perious way
Where men and women forget to pray,
Into the peace of purer land
They are led by gentle, shielding hand
he hand of little, he pless child.
Absence is the reatest of evils when
it isn't the best of remedies.
when fortune csresses a man too
much she is apt to make fool of him.
The Turkish language is spoken by
about 100000 Of people in Europe.
"A Chinese proverb says: "Great
souls have strong wills; others only feeble
Wishes"
Some men cling to their opinions
more tenaciousIy than they ever will to
selt'respect.
The beauty of the face is an envia>
bic thing, but the beauty OF the heart
lasts longer.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
- Court Journal Shake!- Saltwater
Lumberman.
The rarest, and surely tn? happiest
marriages, are between those who have
grown in love.
The Marseillaise hymn has been
formally recognized as the national an.
them of France.
There are 100000 cattle Eliminating
on the plains of Colorado, and about half
az many in Montana.
An ill-tempered word and stone
are alike in that, when once thrown
they cannot be recalled.
"A man can no more escape from his
ordinary grooves of thought than he can
from his habituaI grooves of action.
DESTINY.
Laura sits watching the clouds overhead.
g Where are they going, gonder,"
Prosaic Tom, from the door OF the shed,
~ guess they are going to thunder ~
{. Where are they going ?" Ethel irou e.,
Watching the cows they pass;
Rudely shouts Bill, with voice like crier's,
"Ireckon they are going to grass"
Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm ; swarms of
insects will surround you in the sun
shine.
BE very careful, if you regard your
self as the guardian of your honor, tina
you do not occupy the position OF q SID
ecure.
Some people talk hours and say
nothing; others there are who, by the
mere lifting OF an eyebrow or the gest-
ure of hand, are comparatively clio"
9 Mt.
He who is false to present duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and will see
the defect when a weaving of lifetime
is unrolled.
Il know not which Of the twain lifts
man the higher, genius or gentleness
genius lifts him above others, gentleness
out of himself.
He that hath really felt the bitter>
ness of sin, will fear to commit it; and
he that hath felt sweetness of mercy viii
fear to offend it.
If Paul Boyton should get stuck in
the mud and frozen to death, there are
people who would miss him. He may
have creditors.
There is a peace more destructive of
the manhood of living man than war is
destructive of his material body. Chains
are worse than bayonets.
"A paragraph about mule will KICK
I'D more attention than one about any
other known thing. TIE reader always
hopes to hear OF the death OF the mule.
Its a good thing that the Chinese
can't read English. If they could they
would be putting on airs about this
time, and raising the prices for washing
collars.
"A mechanical curiosity is wooden
watch carried as time>pieee by Mr.. n.
Devolt, OF Bristol, Tenn. All the works,
except some of the finer parts, are made
of lockwood, the CASE of brown olive wood
and the dial of buffalo horn. It weighs
only halt an ounce.
Things are great or small according
to the end of the microscope through
which you look. Some people manage
to look at their troubles through the up
per end, and so incontinently magnify
them, and at their good fortune through
the lower end. and 90 minimize them.