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St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
Family Receipts.
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/. For repairing family ,larS-Mutual
love well stirred with torbearancc,
mixed with readiness to forgive and
general good temper, is an admirable
cement. 1t is we'll to let our family
lars be shelved at once.
3. Preserving-The temper Is best
kept by using as little vinegar as pos
sible. The heart, by using abundantly
of the oil of grace. Treasures, by lay
ing them up where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt. =
3. Creams The milk Of true faith if
it stands long enough, yields the cream
of assurance; if favored with the es-
sence of love is q delicious dish.
I. Stcws-Theee are best avoided by
leaving our troubles with him who sent
them.
5. Pickles-Those people get into
them most who neddle with other peo-
ple's business, or who act Oh the rule OF
policy rather than that of unwaveriug
truth and honesty.
6. Dressed peacoclS-Ih!s is too COM
mon and poor production to be intro
duced into Christian families.
7. To cure cold and heartbnrn-Do
all the good you can, live near to God,
love your neighbor az yourself.
8. Fritters-Novcl reading, silly con-
vcrsation, gossiping, ceremonial visits
and late rising soon fritter away time.
Christians have not moment to waste
8. Tart-Some think tart replies to be
smart, but it is not wise to let ou1
wit wound other peoples feelings
Soft answers turn away wrath, tart
speeches, lead to general sourness.
10. Sauce-Never to bo tolerated in
children; a yulger and evil thing in
any one. Generally found to go with
goose.
IL. Crabs--Aeeu grating will! some
sweet fruit. He who call TO it is named
in john Is: I.
1e. Toasts-Least likely to affect The
head when drunk in water. Toast and
water is far better than bealths drunk
in wine.
IS, MincinR-Only practiced by very
sill. persons natural manners are best
See Isaiah B; lG, for Z warning against
those who arc described az walking
and nlincing as they CO."
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
Pearls

Tho pearl is q substance formed by
certain bivalVe molluslSs allied to the
oyster, and consisting of alternate con
centric layers Of membraie and carbon
ate of lime. The true pearl oyster has
an euliyalye shell, nearly semicircular
in form, green!st in appearance without
and ornimented with the most beautiful
nacrc within. The pearl oysters live in
the warm seas of the East aud West
Indies. 1t used to be q popular supers-
tition, before science was brought into
play to destroy the illusion, that pearls
are produced by the oyster swallowing
the dew early in the morning, and this
dew was then converted by the oyster
into pearls. According to DR.. Baird. it
appears that the ultimate cause Of the
oyster forming this beautiful substance
is to get lid Of q source of irritation.
" Sometimes" he observes, this hap
pens from {. grain Of sand, or some such
foreign body, which has insinnated itself
between the mantle of the oyster and the
shell, and which proving a great annoy
aDcc, the ANNUAL covers with a smooth
coat OF membrane, over which it spreads
a layer OF nacre. At other times. ii is
caused by some enemy OF the inhabitant
of the she'll pertOrating it iroln the out
SliE tu EtI Within itslN II VI il9 ilN,t
With plug Of this same matter the Oys-
Ter immediately fills up the opening
made, and shutting out the Intruder,
balks its netarious design. In both
! these eases We find the pearl usually ad
herring to the internal surface of the
shell The best and the most valuable
specimens are generally found in the
body of the animal itself and the source
| Of irritation il here proved according to
the observations of Eycrall Hume who
paid great attention TO this subject, to
be thc ovum or egg of the animal. which,
! instead of bcconming ripe, proves abor-
+ tive, and is not thrown ont by the moth
rr along with the Others, hnt remains be-
! hind in the capsule in which the ova are
generally contained. This capsule being
| still rupplied with blood vessels from
the parent animal goes on increasing in
size for another year, and then receives
! Il covering Of nacrc, the Samc az the ami
! NAL spreads over the internal surface #
! the shell. The pearls found i'll the sub
stance Of the animal are generally
round, hut they are occasionally pear
! shaped, in consequence of tho pedicle
| by which the egg is attached being Gov
cred by the n:tcrc as we'll as the egg
! itself"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
valises That Look Aiii5e-How
re Proved that TEis'R wasn't
Herr
Huntington IIawkeye.l


Ii the trunk manufacturers do not
quit making SO many thousands of
yalises alike, somebody is going to get
into some awful trouble about it some
time, and some trunk maker will be
sued for damages enough to build q
court house.
Tho other day an omnibus full Of
passengers drove up town from the
Union depot. Side by side sat Il com
morcial traveller, named William Nc
Caby, and Mrs. Winnie C.. Dumbleton,
the eminent lady temperance lecturer.
When the omnibus reached the Barrett
House the commercial missionary
seized bis yalise and started out. The
lady made a grab after him, and he
halted.
Il beg your pardon" she said, but
you have my yalise.'
you are surely mistaken, madame"
the traveller said, courteously but firmly,
"tllis ia lnine.''
"No, sir" the lady replied, firmly,
sit is mine. would know it among
Thousand. You must not take it,"
But the traveller persisted and tho
lady insisted, and they came voly near
quarreling. Presently one of the pas
sengers pointed to Il twin yalisc iii the
omnibus, and asked:
"WhOse is that =
at isn't minc,' said the traveller, "it
is Just like it, but this is mine
"And it isn't mine said the lady,
"ho has mine, and Ill have it or I'll
have the law on him. It's a pity if a
lady can't travel alone in fllia country
without being robbed Of her property
in broad daylight"
| Finally the traveller said he would
| open the valIse to prove his property.
! The lady objected at first, saying she
did not want her yalisc opened in the
presence of strangers. But as there
was no other means Of settling the dis
pute she at length consented. The
| traveller sprung the lock, opened the
valist, aud the curious crowd bent fOi-
ward to see.
On the very top of everything lay y
| big black flat flask, half full of whisky,
deck Of calds and one or two other
things that nobody knows the name Of.
| The traveller was the first to recover
| his self possession and speech.
"Madam,H he said, "yn'I are right.
The, valise is yours. lowe yon thou
sand apollo"
But the lady had tainted, and the
traveller relocked his v;llisc witt, q
quiet smile. Early in the afternoon {,
sign painter down town received not.
in feminine hand, asking him to come
to the Barrett House TO mark IA red
leather valisc in black letters foo,
and half long.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
DRArSaCc.-prof. UiIrard. i'm hi

DRAlSAGE.-prof. IIilgard, in his
Agricultural Report of Mississippi,
says the advantages of drainage are
not confined to land which is absolute
ly wet, but its beneficial effects will be
experienced in all those soils In which
water can remain stagnant, at any
time, at q less depth than three or four
feet beneath the surface. Like shall
low tillage, want of drainage compels
tie roots Of plants to remain near the
surface Of the ground, whore they are
not only exposed to all tho vicissitudes
of weather, but are also compelled to
seek their nourishment within very
narrow limits. Drainage. therefore,
loosens and acrates the soil and sub
soil, in such manner that the roots of
the plants are enabled to penetrate
deeper. to strata which are rarely, or
never, sufficiently affected by drouth
TO allow injury to vegetation,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

THE HEAVIEST, TALLEsT, AND OLD
Est MES.-I'he tallest men of whom
record is made were Il German named
Hans Bar aud Hungarian soldier,
name not given. who lived several con-
turies ago, each OF them. being eleven
feet high: their weight is not known.
The heaviest man of whom record is
made was Miles Darden, the Tennessee
giant, who was seven and one half feet
high and weighed over 1000 pounds; he
died in 1857. Daniel Lambert, the Eng
lish mass OF ssflesl,.' was live feet and
eleven inches in height. and weighed
739 pounds. In 1860 there was buried
at Bengal, India, a man named Cugua,
who claimed to be $50 years of age.
The oldest person who died during the
present century was a Frenchman in
Paris, named Jean Golemheski, who
was 1875 years old. A man named David
kurnison died in Chicago in 1851, who
claimed to be lie years old.-[Chicago
journal. =
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

DlrHrHER1A CURED BY SrLr1Iur.-
The celebrated DR.. Field cured bis
patients by sulphur. Heput teaspoon
fui of flour of birthstone into "a wine-
glassful of water, and stirred it with
his finger instead of spoon. When
the sulphur WAS we'll mixed he give it
as gargle, and in ten minutes the
patient is out Of danger. Instead Of
splitting out tho garsle, lie recommended
the swallowing of it. In extreme cases,
when the fungus was too nearly closed
to allow the gargline, ho blew the
sulphur through quill into the throat,
and after the fungus had shrunk he
gave the gargle. IT the patient cannot
gargle, take live coal, put it in a
shovel, and sprinkle spoonful Or two
of birthstone upon it; let tho patient
inlale tho fumes, and tho fungus will
die. Birthstone kills every species OF
fungus in man, beast, or plant in 4
few minutes.-l Watchman.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

WISE WoRDs.-Foolish spending is
the father of poverty. Do not be
ashamed to work. Be your own mas
ter, and do not let the society and
fashion swallow mp your individuality.
Do not eat up or wear out all you can
earn. Compel the selfish body to spare
something for the profits saved. BE
stingy in your own appetite, but merci-
ful to others' necessities. Help others,
and ask not help for yourself. See that
you are proud, but let pride be OF the
right kind. Be too proud to be lazy,
too proud to give mp without conquer
ing every difficulty; too proud to be in
company you cannot keep up with IL
expenses; too proud to lie or steal or
cheat, too proud to be stinRY,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

Poor Herbert, how | wish you did
not have to slave 80 from morning till
night" murmured his wife, as with a
ftond caress, che seated herself on her
husbands knee and gently stroked the
auburn locks from his lofty brow. And
the grave STERN man of business UNDER
stood her at once, and answered: We'll,
Susie, what is it--a bonnot or what
Don't be hard on me, for money is
scarccy than ever.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

4 London newspaper relates that
when a Frenchman, who fell overheard
from the steamer which took the Cob
den Club back from Greer 11chs was
rescued and returned to the deck, the
first thing he courteously said was rna5
he hoped he had not kept the steamer
waiting.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

4 perplexed German who had made
a garment for !. youth, and found him..
self unable to dispose Of tho Snrplns
fullness which appeared when trying it
on the young candidate, declared voci-
ferously that de coat Is good. 1t is no
fault of de coat. De poy is too slimW
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

A Hell-dressed woman drew quite a
crowd together IN Cincinnati street
by striking man across the face sew
eral times with q whip, and then finish
ing the. punishishment with her fists.
She coolly explained that he was her
runaway husband, whoa she had la
boriously traced for the sole purpose of
whipping him.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

Scene. The breakfast table. Mamma,
log" Hamilton, go stairs and change
your clothes. Now you are at the sea-
side want you to wear out your old
gray suit" Hamilton, who is nine, ap-
pears four hours later sight to behold.
Mamma {horrifcd > Hamilton, what
.harcyou been doingf' Hamilton, (eheer-
fully: "Oh, mamma, I've been having
such jolly roll down the cliff. You
wished nae to wear out my clothes, you
know"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

A jGryman in the Criminal Court Of
the District Of Columbia was excused
recently because he had bsen convicted
that morning Of stealing pair of shoes.
lie was advertised to address the .Pion-
Ger Sunday School Association of Wash
inSton OH the following Sunday on the
question: "What the Bible teaches
man.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

Above all other earthly gifts q good
mother stands pre-eminent; she is bound
by q sacred tic to her child-onc that
can never be broken to the very steps
OF the scafold she will follow him, pray
for him, ana always believe that he was
innocent,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

It there is an angel who records the
sorrows of. men as we'll as their sins, he
knows how many and deep are the sor-
rows that spring from false ideas for
which no man is culpable.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

A young man went into restaurant
the other day, and, rerAarking that
Time is money! added that as he had
half an hour to spare, if the proprietor
was willing, he'd take it ont in pie
New York News.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

2oil seem sad and detected tonight,
Claude, DEAR Yes, darling, men OF
my emotional nature are easily affected
by the smiles or fyowns of fortune.
Hls washeEwnInan llaN discharged him,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

Ifyou would add lnstre to yonr ae-
cou1plishments, study modest beilav-
ior. To excel in anything valuable is
great, but to be aboEe conceit on ac-
count Of ones accomplishments is
greater
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
State Lottery
COMPANY

This Institution was regularly
incorporated l'y the Legislature OF
the State for Educational and
Charitable purposes in ISIS. with %
Capital OF sl,ooo,ooo, to which it
Iia> since added reserve fund OF
S33h,O0o. lis Grand Single NUM-
ber Distribution will take place
Monthly, OH the second Tuesday.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
APPROXIMATION PRIZRs.

o Approximation Prizes of $500. 2,:o0
8 do do 900. 1900
. do do 100. 300
::z% Applications for Agencies or
Rates to Clubs should only be made
to the office at New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating full ad'
dress, for further Information. pr
send orders to
St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08

\ snip rulcl by women--Conrtsl,ip,
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arsyTfHE EafES-.E:SfTsrc Nayn.-
& By Gratbs e W ilIlunis'
Reaf Estate Agents and Auc.fo reery,
Eleventh, street between Main aud Eank.

rtoMalrssIoNERs' SALE OF A YsR9
" VALUABLE TRACT OF Land .EEAR II. II y
EASTERN LIMITS OF THE, CITY Of s, m.at ~
The Circuit Court or Hcnrco county, ents RCD on ING
Isff day OF December, S79. III The suit i.Iefeia
pentiirg under ,be short style OF FL c. Cabel 20.
John Tracy. Jr and others, The undelslsned' spe
cu commissioners appointed Tor the purpose; WI
sell az nuhc auction. upon the premises on allN.
DAY the h day Of May, ut ocnek r: NJ ~.
all or 70 m UGH thereof as may be necessary Ter Ihs
drbt ard COTS. OF that VERY VaLUABLEIKACI
OF LAND above referrrd 10, lying on ine Mnha .
burg turnpike opposite The Naiionil cemetery inI
merry call Il afnntrose: but now knb"n US i ne
town of Randolph. and containlnx anout; Z4ols
ACRES This property embraces All nI me orlei,,
nal Town. OF Randolph except hve-acre iot au y,
other small lots Ths d ,mprT9EeheHnMss
are i LkRGE FRAN DWELLING anu DAMN
both needing repair. La, ,,,,u
The fertility OF The coil OF this trac'. win mar
ket at Its very door. and Us prc1nlty 10 Inc Guy
which jus,!Gcs reasonable hope lnat n no oI:'nl
d.y IL Irry lie chi up in lois and sofa out 10 Ere M
vantage are circuis ancts which give Gec:eo talue
to Tins property. aud wGich should attract Tue "
tenton of investors. -, o. . ?
executing the trust. tue fees for craving the deed
mentioned In said decree. If tnp.id. ana 10 us
charge the sum OF $4,000. with inferrst tneTecn
from the 10th OF April. 1877. nntli pald ahn ,oI
the residue OF the purcillse-non' J, upou susn
credits and to he secured In such manner a SUM
abcli shall prescribe and direct. anu on lniure
give such direct II, on such terms Us Tue saiu YUM
PEA CHY r. GRATTAN,
JAMES PLEASANTS.
Spe"ial Commissioners.
GRurBs ( WILLIAMS. Auctioheer5. an lO
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Ti,c 1sooa,s prayer.

The royas feast Sas dofc the KING
Sought sonie new sport % Danish care,
And 10 his lester cried. y sir Fool. -,
Knecl now. and make Tor re- prayer
Z THE tcster dofYcd his cap Ard bells.
And stood the knocking conr, before.
Thsy cot,ii not sec the bfiter kn1'e
Dchind the painted grin he wore
II. bowed f1Is head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch .iiken stool;
liza pleading voice aroee %, Loro,
De mtrcifUi TO me, a rooi7
"fTis not by guilt The onward sweep
fIf truth atd rrgtiy, Lord. we stay;
,yis by our rol,ies shatso long
We mold tie earth from heaven away.
;. Thc.c clumsy fcc., SIN In The mire.,
90 crushing blossoms without enc.
Those hard vel. nseartag bands We thrust
Among the hcart-',r.nss OF friend.
/" The III. timed truth we migai have ken
Who knows how sharp IL pierced anu stuns
The word wc had not sense TO say
Who Knows how grandly 1t lad rnns
"Our faults no Tenderness should ak, 49, M,
Thc cbnstenipg stripes must cleanse teem All
Blu, for orr biupders-oh. III shan;e
Before the eyes OF Heaven nc ia'i.
/" Earth bcars no oaisam for mistakes; ,, co,,,
Men crown the snavc; and scoarSe '''c ioo'
THAI old his will: but thou, y Lore,
lie mtTci:1I to me, fooi -
Tho roor, WAS iusIcd: In silence rose
he King, and sought his g3rcenS cnoi,
And walked apart, and murmur,d low,
Bc mcrci:ul to ME, u foOl!"
IAtlonticjor april.
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Wne Next National Reunion OF Eedc'
rnls and COnfcicratcs.

rails and COnfcdCratcs.
The Executive Committee OF the Sixth
Nationa, Reinion Oh the Blue and the Gray.
10 he held &c Cambridge, Ohio, August rs,
81, %, and 90, have issued the following
address:
TO AH Soldiers and Sailors Of the Late
War, North and Soafh:
The National Rsdnion Executive com
mittes. recognizing the fact that botnihS
will so el,ectuaIIy soften the sectionai ieei-
;nc,s eneendered by orr late terrible strus-
vic "a an occasional gathering together
from all parts o.! our common county
the survivors Of those scenes ana events
that are most memorable In the ms
tory Of the land, and remembering
Abe great pleasure experienced by the
thousands Of old veterans who have c!aSpec
The social band at former encampmenls
OF this national organization. have deter
mined that the sixth meeting shall be the
rrandest OF it's kind ever held upon The con-
fipens. Our facilities for making It sach
are unlimited. Congress has recognized IL
as being OF national importance by authof.
iz;ns the Secretary Of War to issue. free OF
,cns, arms. ammunition, and artillery TOT
sojntes and sham battles, camp tquipi'agc
ord tents 10 shelter the multitudes, and
1nany of the most prominent generals
nj both armies and leading states
men OF the day have signified oe.
termination to lie present. nnd partIci-
ps,e in the grand jubilee. All branches
of the service will be represented, deleea-
lions arc expected from every State In the
Union, and all railroads will grant cXcllr'
sion rates. Regular camps, with comIorta-
bic quarters, will be established to accom-
nodate companies or parties, besides ample
hotel and clearinghouse accommodations
can be bad ut reasonable rates. NO more
favorable place could have been selected fora
great gathering OF this kind than Cambridge.
In close connection by rail win all parts
of the country, 10 vexat'ous DELAYS need
be feared in coming. Her beautiful groves
and never-failjng springs afford speclaf
advantages 10 all who may desire TO renew
their recollcctiops OF "ten.irg on the old
camp-sround," while from grand elevations
that surround the city may be witnessed the
marsha!IiDg OF veterans ''in battle array,
which will be prominent feature Of the
occasion. Nothing will be spared to make
this rctiEion one 10 be remembered by the
les. survivor OF the "b!uc and gray"
BY order OF the Executive Committee.
JOSHUA X. BROWN, President.
". II. II. McNyar, Secretary.
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The other evening 4 man With his hat on
his ear and knowing look in his eyes got
off Grand Trunk train and made Inquiries
about an uptown hotel. and finally decided
to take hack up. Nothing was said about
the fare, which was fifty cents, but when
! he had been safely carried to his destination
| he pushed his hat up q little more, drew
down bis left eye, and said 10 the hackman :
"Now, boy. look a-here! hain't tray
elled-oh! 20 and don't know my gait.
Pve heard Of you fellers before, and Pm
right on the gouge and kick. IN give you
dollar tor this ride, but not another cent
I'll fight first!"
The driver took the dollar in place OF the
anticipated fifty cents. and the smart Aleck
walked into the hotel to tell the clerk how
be bluffed fellow weighing thirty pounds
more than he pulled down.-Free Press.
During the schenck beer trial, just con-
icluded at New London, rural juror ap-
pealed TO the court to know elf the lawyers
could not be stopped from bothering the
jury" He had become bewildered in the
maze Of tecbnicalities and subtleties with
which the lawyers had apparently mystiied
the case, and be cried in anguish Of spirit,
"Them lawyers come here on purpose to
Dotuct ahu fcuuauSc US JURORS, uOn'C tney,
Judge {" 81 suppose they do, my friend,v
YEARLY answered bis Honor.
A rich Young lady has fallen in lore with
and married New York strcet-car driver.
From the bride and the halter he went 10
the altar aud the bridal, aud the only train
and switch to occupy bis mind hereafter
are those belonging to his wife. She takes
him for wheel or whoa, as it werc.-Nor-
rist0sen Herald.
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Here is copy OF a letter written by a
certain Second. Street beauty yesterday to a
worthy youth OF Louisville: "Mv Lord {:
Would it flatter you any should tell you
that I lay awake nearly all last night trying
TO decide whethc: / should write you this
mote to-day! l did decide fifty times to
write 1t and as many mere not to. ! have
gone over the same grounds this morning,
and hurry to write II before the faint-hearted
impulse leaves me again. Last night, when
You so earnestly told me that you loved me
and asked ne to marry You, do you know
that l thought your words the most elc-
quent that ] ever beard, few and falt.
ering as they were?-for they were falter-
ing. sir, just little-that vas what
made them so eloquent to me. Oh how
bold you must consider Ele. but | ought to
have the right to say such things now,
think. Yes, when you asked me IL T would
marry you-ob I ought not to have done
1t, 1 suppose-brt then II was Sach an OPP
portunity, and so smiled the cue to you
and answered. 'Never!' And you. stupid,
you froze and bowed like telegraph-pole
and left. On, dear mel and ] certainly
thought that at this day there was nobody
under the sun who was SO anpGrdonably
obtnse, SO far behind the age and the rage,
that he would not lave instantly met me
with, What, peyer?' and given me the
chance to reply, well, hardly eyer.''-
Louri Ter. Journal.