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St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31
A Runaway Husband.

One day last week a man residing i'll
East Toledo, Ohio, skipped from his
family and brought up in Detroit. His
wife got clue to his whereabouts and
came on after him and yesterday she
had an interview with him at the Cen
trail Station, where he had been run in
for the purpose. She had no tears to
shed. On the contrary, her hair had a
fighting bang, and as soon as she could
get her breath she began:
$50, You miserable little apology for
human being, you skipped out, did
you?"
No reply.
"After I nad washed and scrubbed
and sewed for nearly twenty years to
support you you got tired of your fani-
ly, did you? Our style of living wasn't
tony enough to suit you, and you
wanted diamond pin and a cane"
"Say, Lucy, I'm sorry he mumbled.
"Well, 1 ain'tr' she snapped. "No,
sir! On the contrary I'm glad of it !?
You've chewed tobacco and drank
whisky and whitfield shingles and
loafed on the corners at my expense
just as long as you ever will!'
"What do you want of me, then?'
Want of you? Why, | want to
clear my character! All our neighbors
say that you ran away from me, and
some pity me and some laugh. You
run away from me! Why, you low
down corner loafcr, you couldn't run
away from anything but spade Or an
AK. followed you to get this NAT
ter straight. I've got to live there,
and I'm not going to be pitied OF
laughed at!'' ---
"What do you want?' he asked.
Heres what | wantn' she said, as
she seized his collar and twisted him
around "Now take that-and that
and tbat-and I'll have these officers
sign a paper that [ found you and
kicked you out to take care of yourself.
Now you git! Don't ever write me,
don't ever dare to come back to me!
Even if hear that you ever tell any
body that you were married to me I'll
buy shotgun and hunt for you!''
The husband sneaked out doors and
down the street and the wife, having
the g docs in her pocket, walked the
other way, muttering to herself:
"Skipped out! Run away from his
family! Well, his old shirts will make
q mop worth twice the value of his
whole body! Now, | want to see some
one grin in the face of this testimonial
that raised him right off his heelsn'-
Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31
American Slang.

There perhaps is nothing marking the
English spoken in this country which
gives rise to so much concern as the as
serted prevalence of slang; certainly
there is nothing more common than the
depreciation of its use. 1t is often spo-
ken of as the chief danger which threat
ems the English tongue, at least as en-
ployed by us. Most of us have probably
heard or read assertions to that effect,
many of us have possibly made such as
sertions ourselves; yet no evidence has
ever been brought forward to show that
more slang is produced or used in this
country than in England. That what
is produced here is far more racy, va
ried and vigorous is plain enough from
the appreciation it meets there. But
even if it be conceded that our soil is
more favorable to its growth, that need
not be looked upon as a great calamity.
Slang performs an important and, in
ment Of speech. Expression mas always
a tendency to become weak in the liter
arY language, just as, unfortunately,
the individual in the process of beconl-
ing civilized is too apt to gain gentle
ness at the expense of vigor. Less power
is felt in some way to exist in the words,
and so close is the relation between the
thought and the garment with which it
is clothed that the former seems often
to share in the tlimsiness of the latter.
1t is this gradual process of weakenings
which slang comes in to counteract.
The word is new, but the thing is old,
Slang is the great feederof vigorous ex
pressions; for, in its very nature it is an
effort to state more concisely and more
strongly what the established speech is
felt to say too diffusively and too feebly.
Of course it is not an unmixed benefit.
Much of it is silly: much of it vulgar;
most of it is worthless; but from the
countless words and phrases which
spring up in communities where men
think and act earnestly the literary Ian
guage, with almost infallible instinct,
will gain something to recruit its own
exhausted energies and to impart to its
expression additional fitness and force.
T. r. Loaussbury, IN International Re-
1up2n
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31
WHIT THE OLD BULLFROG SAID.

Over in the pasture, down in the pool
Sitting in the soft mud, quietly and cool:
First it is our duty to greet the coming spring,
Now then, all together, Sing, frogs, sing.
The long, cool winters past, we slept through
The snow blew, the winds roared, but we never
knew it;
All the winters RACES couldn't break our sleep,
Now then, all together, Peep, frogs, peep.
Buried in the frozen mud 'twasn't very gay,
We didn't hear a lecture, we didn't see play
These farmers had their fires and lights, and
4" sieighs to go about,
NolU who's got the best of it? Shout, frogs,
shout.
They blowing on the hillside, they're digging
by the track,
They're setting garlic out in rows, with many
an aching back
We laugh within our tight green sleeves to
see the IN toll all day,
Who spends the spring the pleasantest? Say,
frogs, say.
We hear the south wind blowing, soft and
steady breeze,
Blowing open all the buds upon the walnut
The blackbird whistling O err us shows the scar
let on his wing,
We can make some music, too. Sing, frogs,
sing.
Pond-lily leaves above our heads spread out
like green umbrellas,
No dantier ones are carried by the fairest of
earth'S dWelerS;
The brakes and rushes round the bank make
shadows deep and still,
Inviting meditation, Trill, frogs, trill.
The sun is getting hotter, and the reeds bend
O'erthe brink.
And here a roasting farmer is coming down to
drink
But give one well-considered hop and in the
mud your sunk,
Now, then, all together, ker-chunk, frogs,
chunk.
Hartford Comm Bdzdr Budget
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31

with the bell-wire. Many men have
been struck while riding into barn on
a load of hay. Many will remember
the frlghttul calamity at Scranton, Pa,
where party of women, out picking
berries on one of the high hills, crowded
into a deserted log hut in sudden storm
and seven We're killed by one bolt.
Steep hills with mineral veins cropping
out are not places for persons to live on
who wish to escape lightning, and I'M
protected houses there are douby dan
gerous.
1t IS never too soon to 90 in the house
when storm is rising. When the
clouds are fully charged with electricity
they are most dangerous and the liuii
| obeyS Il subtle attraction which acts ii
great distances and in all directions. 4
woman told me of bolt which came
down her mother chimney from riS-
! ing cloud when the sun was shining
overhead. n. p. Willis writes OF q
young girl who was killed while pass
ing under 4 telegraph wire Oh the
| brow OF hill, while she was hulryin.
home before a storm. The sad acci-
dent at Morrisanja, when two children
were killed, should warn every mother
that it is not safe to let her children
stay out of doors till the last minute be-
| fore the storm falls. People should
not be fool-hardy about sittin~ on
porches or by open windows, whether
| the storm is hard ornot. Mild showers
often carry single charge, which falls
with deadly effect. 1t may or may not
the house, with the windows and doors
closed. The air in the house is a yeaIip1-
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31
PTSGENT PARAGRAPHS,

There is no objection to boilers in
the Millers' Convention. Graphic.
When mans curiosity is piqued,
lie asks sharp questions. Boston Tra0-
script.
-Frecllles are not so bad. 1t is said
one girl does not object to seeing them
on another girls face.
The sherry drinker is q
drowning man, if one may Judge by the
way he catches at straws--N. u. Pic9-
yune.
e You never saw my hands as dirty
Us that, said a petulant mother to her
little girl. ''No, but your ma did, ="
was the reply.
My son, 90 not with them who 90
to seek buck-beer, for at the last it
stingeth like the brocaded hornet with
the redhot narrative and kicketh like
the choleric mule.
They say that the people of these
United States are recklessly extrava-
CANT and vet the Vermont man who
bought the wrong kind of pills for q
sick wife, to avoid having them wasted,
took them himself.
What the world is in need of is
fewer men of an inquisitive turn of mind
men who are contented with looking
at a buzz-saw without desire to feel il
with their fingers. -Danic}SonrjWc Sen
hncl.
When you see man take off his
hat to you it is a sign that he respects
you. But when he is seer diveSting
himself of his coat you can make up your
mind that he intends you shall respect
him. Yonkers Statesman.
AT recent Philadelp hia picnic.
when it was discovered that the croquet
arches had been forgotten, q wicked
girl suggested supplying their places
with the two bow-legged young men
prcsent.-Philadelphin Chr0njcIe-Her0'd.
"A boy can imagine almost anything.
He can lug an old shot gun about all day
without firing at a living thing and be
under the impression that he is having
bowling good time; but all attempts
to induce a boy to imagine that he is
killing Indians when he is saving wood
have proved futile.
"A young man with an extremely
powerful voice was in doubt what branch
of musical art to adopt. He went to
the composer Cherubini for advice:
Suppose you sing me few bars
said the master The young fellow
sang so loud that the walls fairly shook.
!" Now said he, ''what do you think
am best fitted for?'' Auctioneer,'
dryly replied Cherubini.
Little Robby, aged three years, has
attended Sunday School one or two
months He is an apt scholar and gives
early promise of bearing rich ethical
fruitage. At play with an older brother
the other day his original Adam so far
got the better of him as to cause him to
clinch his little fist and strike his broth
er. Brother Tom was about to retaliate
with his more formidable weapon when
Robby cried out, mo, no, no! Teach
er says 90 NUT MT strike back when 90
is hit. '-Boston Transcript.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31
Her Diamond Earrings.
They cost $3.50.

They cost $3.50.
They live in cheap fiat very near a
broad, but dirty avenue.
Bread and tea for breakfast. ditto fol-
lunch and cheap restaurant dinner.
Not whole comb or decent hair
brush in the house.
But pair of $3.50 diamond earrings.
These are the fruits of economy and
she wears them to market.
He wears a $50 gold watch which
matches the diamonds.
But they need new clothes line. The
old one broke yesterday and the G lass
has not been repaired in the kitchen
window.-N z. Graphic.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31

The mule has met his match. 1t
was in Delaware. He kicked over
beehive. He died the next day. The
little bee is never too busy to decline
an invitation to fight.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31

WOuiu udFt Uetu SUI pIlSeu dt dLJ tlllHSS,
that Grandpa Waltz might have done.
The minister kept on with his read,
ing, and the baby kept on with its cry
ing, while the excited congregation
buzzed and stirred like an aroused hive.
Again the minister paused in his read
ing. The child was now simply fret
ting.
q believe said Mr.. Andrews, as
though uncertain of his past, :" that
ordered that infant to be removed from
the church. I shall not proceed with
the exercises till the child is taken out. y
He sat down.
The face of Grandpa John f was
the color of a purple touch-me-not; the
face of John tt the father, was the
color of scarlet touch-me-not. Grand
mas face, mammals and nurses, were
all of a high red. They all loked at
John T. Waltz, ST., for Instructions.
He rose and beckoned. Everybody in
the Waltz pews rose. Right and left,
from all parts of the church, there start
ed up vast multitude of the Waltz
friends. And out they all went.
Mr.. Andrews went through with the
services and pronounced the benedic-
ton without calling for the children to
be presented in baptism. As he came
down from the pulpit three elders met
him.
Do yo1 know, sir, what you have
done?o said Elder Mason, severely.
done? /? What have l done?"
said Mr.. Andrews, in bewilderment.
ssYou ordered J. T. Waltz's baby out
of the church. Didn't you know it was
here to be baptized?''
St. Landry democrat., 1880-07-31

y
ruthlessly subjected.
Several cases of death resulting from,
or directly following vaccination have
recently occurred in this city. says the
New York Graphic. "This will! not do
at least, it ought not to be permitted
to do. Nothing can be more painful to
a parent than the reflection that the
death of his child was the result of an
act to which he was at least consent
ing party. An isolated case of death
from erysipelas caused by vaccination
might be set down as anomalous; but
when half dozen such cases follow
each other in rapid succession, it be-
comes a subject demanding immediate
and close attention.
A colored sister in this county says
the GAINESVILLE (Ga.) Gazette, declared
herself sick unto death, and after Ian
gushing for week she received, as
she declares. revelation from heaven
that she was poisoned, and that she
would be restored to health by the fol-
lowing prescription: Equal quantities
CT bark of red oak root two yards from
the tree, white rose bush in pieces of
three feet ill length, peach tree roots in
pieces OF three feet in length, cut one
yard from the tree, and little thyme
well mixed and boiled. In procuring
the ingredients of the above savory
mess, the one obtaining them must go
sideways to the tree The prescription
was obtained, and the patient recovered
after two doses.
National Republican., 1880-08-09
The Campaign la IuS.ana.

Hon. John II. Baker, member of congress
from Indiana, writes to friend in this city
us follows; Here (Goshen) there is but little
talk about anything but politics. have never
seen at this period OF tho campaign such en-.
tlusasm aud earnestness among republicans.
This year our republicans are all stalwarts.
They fully comprehend the danger to the
country from the success of the solid south,
aud they have put OH their armor aud closed
up the ranks and gone into the fight to win.
/ have very little doubt of tho result l think
we shall elect our state ticket in October. The
last outrage perpntratcd by the democratic SUI
preme court in nullfying the constitutional
amendments has produced deeper impression
on the people than any public event for many
years. Tho feeling Is SO deep that tue deinoc-
racy apologize for rather than defend the de.
csion. This will, feel, be sure to give us the
state in October" Mr.. Baker is taking an
active part in tho campaign, having already
made many eloquent aud effective speeches in
his immediate vicinity, aud has engagements
ahead until the close of tho campaign.
National Republican., 1880-08-09
THE WONDERFUL FAST.
DR.. Tanners Forty Days Abstinence from
Food.
a still Moro Wonderful Recovory--NIllls,
Melon, Potatoes aud steak Rap
idly disappearing.
one.fourtb Bis Losa in VEIN

One-fourth His Loss in Weight Regaiued
New YoRK, Aus. 7.--Dr. Tanner completed
his forty days fast at 10 o'clock (uoon) to-day
Two thousand people visited the hall during
tho morning The successful completion OF
his sof.imposod task was loudly ohecrod by
those in tho hall, and when proclaimed by the
whistles Of tho surrounding manufactures the
cheering was taken up by the immense crowd
on the sidewalk His weight at tho close Of
his fast was 1914 pounds.
At the expiration of the time he at onco
drank glass Of milk and ate heartily Of the
watermelon sent him by tho Georgia Horti.
cultural society. When demonstrated with
ne asked to be left alone, saying, No, my
lord am running this now" Ho discards
medical advice, asserting that his experience
heretofore makes him the best judge Of what
he should cat. At a quarter past 12 he left
tho hall. On reaching the sidewalk he was
loudly applauded, which pleased him greatly
lie went directly to the residence DR. Gum,
whore he will remain to recuporate. He con.
tinucd his dict Of watermelon, with an ounce
of light vino, until 4:3o p. M, when ho in
dulgcd in q beefsteak, swallowing only the
juice. At o'clock he ate three apples. At
he took half pound of beefsteak, only swal'
lowing the juice rs before. At 8 o'clock he
drank another ounce Of wine, and rested we'll
during the night. lie will at onco proceed to
write an autobiography and account of hi:
fast entitled Forty Days Without Food"
EIGHT AND A-HALF POUNDS ALREADY RE
GAINED.
NEW York, Aug. S.--Dr. Tanner spent
quiet day and saw very few visitors. Hi
physicians say he is improving rs well rs caI
be expected after such long fast. During
the carly part of the morning he chewed hal
pound of beefsteak, retaining only the juice
and partook of some mills.toast and red Hun
garian wine. Shortly before noon ho ato hal
pound of beelstoak and some potatoes whicl
had been slowed in milk. Ho was thel
weighed aud ho turned the scales at 1875 pounds
About every hour he partook Of some nourish
ing food or drink, which included watermelon
milk, potatoes stewed in milk, Bass pale ale
beef-tea, bread and wine. About 6 o'clock hi
weight was again taken aud was found TO b
130 pounds. He was quito lively to-day an
frisEed about his room like schoolboy. Iii
physicians say his recovery is something &c
markable.
National Republican., 1880-08-09
GENERAL FOREIGN NEgs.
Tho Afghan War.

LONDON, Aug. 9.-Thc Tines Cabul corrc-
spondeut says General Roberts force number
ing 5000 men made to-day its first march to
Bcnishahr. General Roberts hopes TO reach
Candahar in twenty-five days. The autbori-
ties do not anticipate any opposition to Gen.
cral Stewards withdrawal to Gundamuls. or
General Roberts advance as far us Ghuzni.
The anieer has appointed Wooshki Alan Khan
"ul Lam" or religious head preacher of AZ
ghanistan, equivalent to Sheik nj Islam in Con-
stantinoplc. Ho has also appointed new gov
crnors of Ghuzni, Jellalabad and Bamian,
The governor of Ghuzni accompanies General
Roberts TO the lattor place. Tho Sirdar Wall
Mahomed has gone to India.
The Times Calcutta correspondent says Ia
abandon Cabul may mean tho expenditure In
u few years of fresh blood aud treasure, aud
to abandon Candahar may moan the loss of
India.
Tho STANDARD has tho following from Bonn
bay A generally accepted rumor is current
here that the Afghaus have taken Chairman
Choiki. IL is reported that 1000 Afghan
tribesmen have gathered in the vicinity of
Quetta. General Roberts force has left Cabul.
Re-enforceincnts for Afshanis an.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug S.-rhc troop.ship Ia
mar sailed hence to-day for Bombay with 900
men. who are destined to re-enforco tho army
in Afghanistan.
National Republican., 1880-08-09
MURDERER LYNcHED.
Tho ThIrd Attempt Of a Mob successf


New York, Aug. s.--A special from Athens,
Ala says; AT 1890 o'clock last night mob
supposed TO bo Tcnnesseans, came to the Jail
here and quietly took from It Bailey, white
man, who brutally murdered his wife by shoot
ing her down in his garden, in May, 1879, and
hung him to trco in the courtyard. Bailey
made the utmost resistance TO tho mob that
he could summon when they attempted to
bring him out, but recognizing the fact that
he would soon be ovcrpowered his courage
failed him, aud he appeared terror.strckcn.
Bailey had been twice condemned to death by
jury, but succeeded each timo In obtaining
new trial. The mob at one time attempted
to get him out Of the Jail to lynch him, but he
was stoutly defended by the sheriff, who was
forced to take him to the tower Of tho court
house aud threaten the mob with shotguns in
order to save him. On another occasion mob
took him from the Jail, carried him some dis
tanoo from tho town aud had him under the
halter, when he was rescued by few men,
who, with cooked revolvers, defcd the mob
and took him back to jail. Tho murder of his
wife was unprovoked."
National Republican., 1880-08-09
Tho Prospect In the South.

Iu roply to those who were urging at the
New York conference that money be sent
south by tho republicans for campaign pur-
poses, Colonel Syphor of Louisiana said "My
whole experience in southern politics teaches
me that there is no ground for su ch hope as
that North Carolina is, in my jud gment, good
fighting ground-not that we may carry the
state, but by 1ghting we may gain som ething.
1t has about $4,000 white republican votes,
and my experience is this, that where thorc
arc brave, Tesolutc white men to organize the
republican votcrs--men who will stand Mt the
pols without fear and see that the vote is got
In and honestly counted-thoro is in such placo
some chance for favorable result. There
must be such men TO encourage and sustain tho
colored men. The black majority in the south
is not safe basis of polite power, rs has been
| illustrated in too many elections. We ought
TO have two members of congress from Ton
nossee, but my friend, Judge Freeman, here,
says there Is not the slightest hope for any.
| thing in the way of an electoral vote from
that state. And he Is right Virginia claims
some of your attention, too. Virginia is
divided, aud tho democratic family is not
happy there at all. Virginia might be made
good fighting ground The trouble there
Is the reputation Of taxes and there is a
chance to get n fair count there, because the
readiustcrs will themselves stand Mt tho polls
aud SEQ that thorc Is u fair count There comes
10, you see, the white element again, aud |
regard II as controlling clement But
| look again, at the Alabama election. The
republican votO there has been entirely wiped
| out, because of the lack Of whito elc-
ment rcsOluto enough to sustain 1t. Don't
waste your powder, gentlemen, is my advice,
and when YOU shoot don't shoot too low; aim
| high enough to shoot into Maine, and then
| iuto Indiana and Ohio [applausel, and then
You will drive the buldozer into his hole
| laughter and applausel and after that you
can shoot into the south, If you win in those
states in October, II will make it. great deal
easier to win in the south in November. |
have no doubt that when the announcement
is made of the result of the elections in those
states tho first train that leaves New Orleans
will carry on board some such distinguished
fuglemau as Ned Burke, on his way to Ohio 10
see our friend, Governor Foster and that he
will say to him, Now, Charley, you know you
and / were in tho Wormcy conference to.
gether aud VIC want to control our own af.
fairs Ia our own state, and If we can be al
lowed to do that, we will givo you the elcc T.
oral voto of our state aud that will bs eight
votes for your sRndidate.' [Shouts Of laugh
teri That is the way II might DO done, you
know. Renewed laughterl Dout laugh
gentlemen; it is legitimate. Laughter aud
applause Give MS 4 favorable result in the
October states. and, us / saw, We NAV make a
fight. Florida, Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina may ali be turned 10 some sc,
count as fghtng ground for some congress
men, but don't think Of them once for an elec
toral vote from nOw until November next"