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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-29

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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-29

j. c. LTB1NO ....M Master
j. II. MOSSOP. Clcrk.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-29
UNDERWRITERS GOODS

At our Furniture Emporium we have
constantly oh hand a complete assortment
of Undertakers goods, jncludidg: WOOD
EN- AND METALLIC COFFIN'S AND
CASKETT, COFFIN FURNITURE-
TRIMMINGS &c. &c. Of this depart
1nent Mr.. GUSTAVE BRUNETTE, al
experienced undertakers, has charge, and
patrons in towr and country ray rely on
their orders being filled OH the shortest
notice, in complete and worhnamnlke
manner.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-29
LEES STEAM w MILL
8 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON, ON
THE WOODNILLE AND JACK
son ROAD:

II WOULD RESP. CTFULLY inform
l. the public that my mill is now run
ming at'its full capacity, and that l ;lln
prepared to sell lumber at the following
low figures:
Heart Lumber Slo.Uo
Mcrchant,ble I,un,ber 1870
Common Lumber lu.uo
Rough Edge Lumber 3.oo
My terms are positively cash at the
mill before the removal OF the lum her
y.3.79-1y. THOS. J. LEE.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
Old Gifts Returned.

Yes, take them back-I willingly return them;
Nor would keep them longer . ear to me.
And for thy letters, 1 will surely burn them,
And have no stern remembrances Of thee,
Recalling, daily, memories dark and saddened
OF foolish hours in love so child-hke passed,
All, they would drive me wild; for / maddened,
To think that they would mock me to the lasti
Your picture-take it, I'll no longer it
Here on my breast, whose every throb il knew.
Now from its mild asylum will tear il,
And send il back knowingly to yOu.
The ring-Ive worn it, and il is unbroken,
Although the VOWS We plighted are no more;
Take tits but an empty ,senseless token,
And, like cast of letter, speaks Of yore.
But this pale rose-this crushed and withered flower
When first We met, one bright, fair summer day,
You gave it to me. In that happy hour
learned to love you in my simple way;
But, like those lifeless petals IL has faded,
It's beauty gOne-its perfume only left;
Yes. like the love which all our lie has shaded,
And now Of all save memory berefti
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
Andraw .Iaokson,s Way.

Andrew Jackson's peculiar liking and res
pect for laboring men is picturesquely shown
by a story related in the Nashville Banner.
John Cryer, mason, was on several occasions
engaged to build chimneys at the Hermitage,
and while at work often observed the most
refined and wealthy people of Nashville
coming to visit the General and his wife.
The good mason, having more or less mortar
ornamenting his clothes, would say to Jack
son that he would not go to the first table
to eat that he "was not fit to appear in such
elegant company" The General always
replied: "You must go to the first table,
sir; lsboring man ought to be as highly
honored as any man in the community, for
the support of the world depends on their
labor. 1 will see that you are treated with
proper respect at my table" Cryer, fire.
quently, laughing, SAID he had been more
honored than any man in the world, for
President jackson had frequently waited on
him and brought him brick and mortar, when
his regular attendant was out of the way.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
Love for Children.

To the rejecting mind, there is no claim
so strong as that which child has upon us,
for unremittIng, devoted, affectionate cher
ishing. 1t is there because we have been
happy. That happiness we sought, careless,
utterly thoughtless Of it. Exclusively seek
ing our own qualification, we have forced it
to encounter this rough world and all its
trials. The voiceless baby speaks to our con-
science; you who have subjected my helpless
ness to all these wishes and wants, how
deeply bound you are to provided And this
unconscious plea is urged with smiles so
sweet, and chances so bright, as could well
fascinate of themselves. Every day devel-
ops new charm. The baby learns to smile
recognition, and then creep to its mother; an
arch expression mingles with the smile of
the child, and elevates it to the rank of in
telligent beings; and as it nears the extreme
verge of childhood, intervals of tempered
seriousness descend upon its eyes and brow,
foreshadowings of the deep and awful
emotions of maturity. Drop by drop water
wears holes in the solid rock; day after day,
with smile and arch look, and grave ques-
tioning, the child penetrates into the hearts.
If there be love that is undying, it is that
of the parent for the child. If there be a
love in which turks no alloy of selfshness,
it is that Of the parent for the child. The
love of man and woman is beautiful and
terrible emotion, strong beyond expression,
triumphing over terror and death; and yet
the best security for the permanence and
happiness of welded life, is to be found in
that seemingly fragile chain which is knit
by children's hands.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28

desperadoes, and their booty amounted to
nearly So At the seventh house. however.
they were overtaken by justice. A report
that two young, but peculiarly bold and reck-
less plumbers were devastating South Adams,
reached the authorities of North Adams, and
came to the knowledge Of the parents of the
boys. 1t was Immediately suspected that the
two boys who had just run away from the
Lanesboro school were the ruffians in ques-
ton, and strong force of police was imme-
diately sent to the scene of their depreda-
tions. The two juvenile plumbers were sur
rounded in the house of Edward s. Foote,
Esq, and arrested while they werein the very
act Of knocking holes in his bath-tub, and
were exercising brutal terrorism over the
FOote family. The boys were taken to North
Adams and securely lodgedi in the jail, where,
after an interview with their parents, who
are exceptionally athletic men, they made
confession, but without showing any signs Of
penitence. Apparently, they have no con-
ception of the enormity of their crime, and
it is feared that if they are released they will
seize the first opportunity to resume the in
famous career which the police fortunately
interrupted.
Such an illustration of the results of read
ing vicious literature ought to arouse all
parents and philanthropists TO determined
effort to stamp out the demoralizing publica-
tions which teach our children to regard rob-
bers and plumbers as heroes worthy of adj
miration, and lead them to emulate the ex-
plots of the wretches of whom they read.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
AS A TINKLING CYMBAL.
Mr.. Beecher on the InjudiciOusness With
Which Religion May be Talked.


Mr.. Beecher said last night that inquiry
had been made of as to how far il was duty
to speak of men of their souls welfare
"Well, said he, "that is pretty large SUBJ
ject, and one which requires discrimination
For example, there are great many cases
in which l think in times of deep religious
excitement much mischief is done, as when
children and youth are urged to go about and
talk to people about religion. In the first
place don't think it is wise to put children
IN such an attitude. 1t is unnatural. Chill
dren are pupils; they are little disciples, and
1t is very distressing to modest child to re-
quire anything of the sort, and 1t is very puff
ing up to those that are not of that make.
There is nothing more beautiful than child,
but there is nothing one dislikes more than
monstrous child; child of five years that
could recite one of Shakspeare's plays
would go five miles to avoid A child going
about to ask men about their soulsl Why
if | was inclined to be religious should be
turned from it by that l am far from
thinking that everybody should talk on the
subject of religion. For myself, the older
grow the more profoundly convinced am of
the essential elements of Christian life, and
look with more and more repulsion at the con-
ventional religious talking and religious acts.
When / see how men preach doctrines,
which, if they were true, would shake the
foundations ofhuman life and human society;
when see how men rattle these off at their
tongues end, L am shocked. Now all this
talking to everybody about religion, setting
your children to talking, is bad. Bad for
you, bad for them. L feel more intensely
about this matter, because l never think of
it without remembering what fool l made
of myself when / was a student. got an
impression that | ought to go as a mission
AIRY to some foreign country, and now there
are many people who wish from the bottom
of their hearts that had gone But my
father who knew what / was fitted for a
great deal better than l knew myself, was
instrumental in preventing me from carry
ing out my purpose. This eternally talking
to people in season and out of season about
their souls salvation, is all wrong and does
no good. You might as well toot to them on
q fish horn.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
Keeping the Hands White.
THE Parisisn.l


"The hand is essentially the instrument of
touch" wrote Balzac in his "Physiologie du
Marriage" "The hand having alone ex-
ecuted all that man has conceived until now
is, in certain way, action itself. The entire
amount of our capacity passes through it;
the hand transmits life and leaves traces of
magnetic power. Nothing, not one of our
features can be compared to it for the rich
ness of its expression. In word. it presents
an inexplicable phenomenon, which might
be termed the incarnation of thought"
These lines should suffice to make the mar
velous power power Of beautiful hand well
understood, as also the fact of the necessity
of neglecting nothing that might preserve or
increase this power (which nothing can replace
The whiteness and fneness of its skin
forms the principal beauty of the hand.
Put fifty grammes of bitter almonds into boil
ing water, so as to be able to take off their skin
easily; let them dry, and then pound them
in mortar. Pound separately thirty gram
mes of cherry buds, an equal amount of orris
root and starch. Mix these powders with
the blanched almonds, add the yolEs of four
eggs to this and mix it again, wettiDg this
paste with two hundred grammes of alcohol
and twenty drops of essence of roses or any
other essence. Warm this mixture over q
slow fire, stirring it all the time, for fear it
should stick to the vessel. You then put
this paste In a jar, keep it in dry place,
in order that it may become sufficiently dry
to be reduced to powder You can use this
powder to wash your hands, but it is better
to employ it dry and to rub the hands with
it night and morning, which will give the
skin all the whiteness and softness that it is
possible for it to acquire. 1t can also be
used to make wrinkles disappear.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
One Can't Excel in Everything.
TBostsn Transcript. I

Ideals of excellence, if not exellences
themselves, are so graduated as to fit the diff
ferent orders of mind in which they take
their rise. Greatness is not positive quail
ity; it is simply a relative tribute.
The man who never succeeded in ensnar-
ing single "speckled beauty" from some
s'tortuous stream" may truthfully boast Of
his eminent success in catching sculpins.
The man who can not sing may yet have
voice peculiarly adapted to crying clans,
oranges or charcoal
He who is no dancer may be good at hich
and kick or shiny
The man who was not born to command,
to set squadron in the field, may surpass
all his acquaintance in the untiring devo-
ton he evinces in the coloring of his meer-
schaum.
The boy who is ever at the foot of his class
may still be an expert on the formation and
propulsion of spitballs.
The lad who is not a pronounced success
at arithmetic may be simply excellent at
numble-peg and taw.
The woman who can not make a loaf of
bread may excel in making frills and furbe-
lows.
She who can not play the simplest air on
the washbosrd may execute the most difficult
themes upon the pianoforte.
She who can not darn stocking may be
the envy of her circle for her skill and taste
in worsted work, in marrying sky-blue dogs
to pink background.
The mother who can not command the re-
spect of her children may yet be fawned
upon by half score of male bipeds without
spot on their dainty linen or an idea in
their heads.
The son who never does stroke Of work
at home may be superlatively active in the
bowling alley or billiard room.
The daughter who is too feeble to wash
the dishes may dance till the small hours of
the night after having been shopping all
day.
The girl who can not sew may chew gum
with tireless jaw.
A great singer may not be able to smoke
the mildest cigars without turning pale.
A general who has led armies on to victory
may besurpassed in profanity by the ragged
est boy in the city.
The hand that has penned the divinest
poetry may be clownishly awkward with
the billiard cue.
The man who is capable of organizing
and carrying forward gigantic business en-
terprises may be outdone at caucus manage
ment by the shabbiest politician in his ward.
The artist who gives birth to such exquis-
lite creations may not be able to tie his neck
cloth near so well as Augustus, who in his
urn can do nothing else.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28

clasped, drew the long ends of the shawl un-
der the belt. The beautiful cashmere pat
tern in these shawls, now initiated in France
and of which the design is said TO have orig
mated with the Empress herself, makes a
picturesque though quiet drapery for the
shoulders. and the fact that the figure is not
coneealed-for the curve of the cape-lke
form comes only to the top ofthe upper arm
lis also an advantage where an elegant dress
is beneath. These shawls are not called
Josephine shawls at present, but 'cape-
shawls," nor is the quaint hat-a puff, fat
band and a single hower on the side-called
Josephine hat but Parisien, and it is
likely to be worn, as it is not heavy and dis
plays the curls la Tallien, now so much in
vogue.
NOTES.
Cravats la Sara Bernhard are very pop
ulsr
The newest and most admired color ia
millinery is "heliotrope," a cross between
primrose and violet.
A very distingue handkerchief for mourn
ing Is of linen lawn, with initials and hem
outlined with jet beads.
One of the prettiest in the new spring suits
is of light woOls embroidered in olive shades
and blue upon the tinted ground The
work is executed in vein-like pattern,
which forms heading TO the founcc and
bands across the front of the tablier The
bodice is completed by a broad embroidered
belt, and is partly severed by short square
cape bordered with the embroidery
The beautiful spring goods bearing the
name Offeur de the is sure to be adopted for
summer wear. Delicate as the sottest cam
brio, it 'gives" like Grape, and resumes its
numerous crinkles after washing. No one
would suppose it to be a material that could
be washed and retain its appearance. Made
up without trimming, it is sufficiently pretty
in itself to look well, and will IN a measure
take the place of linen batiste and the Cos
samer suit cloth.
Pretty paper weights are made of Mexican
agate cut in shapes of Mexican fruits, and
placed on square or oblong slabs of agate.
Some of these fruits are shaped in such wise
as to present a peculiar appearance in the
eyes of persons unaccustOmed to the produc-
lions of that topical latitute, and the differ
snces as to size are considerable, some being
not larger than large cherry, while others
are as large as Il good sized apple or pear.
The indestructible artificial flowers now
imported by few ladies for their own use
are said to have a preparation like India
rubber, species of the gum recently found to
be useful for this purpose in their composition.
1t is certain that these flowers retain their
form and color and are not affected by rain
or snow. 1t is asserted that heat does not
affect their beauty. The first use of the ma
terial of which these very elegant flowers are
made was in the flexible stems to the violets
and peoples, which caused these French arti-
icials to look so much more graceful than
those made here. These stems were greatly
admired, and the new flowers are issued by
the same establishment that made the first
named. Whole garlands for ball dresses,
however long, are much more easily adjust
able when thus made
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
Why We Cough.

An Italian investigator has been studying
the cause of coughs, and has come to the
conclusion that they are the result of the
presence of parasite fungus in the air pas
sages. In severe cases the parasite muliplies
and takes possession of the lung cells. Qui.
nine Is said to possess the power of stopping
the microscopic fungi. and is therefore recon-
mended as a remedy. The Italian doctor has
Carbohydrate of quinine one part, bicarbonate
of soda one part, gum arabic, twenty parts.
The soda is intended to dissolve the mucus
the gum arabic to increase the adherence of
the powder on the bronchial passages. The
blowing in of the powder should take place
during deep inspiration of the patient, so
that it may penetrate the windpipe. the chief
seat of the microscopic fungus.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
The Early sparrow After the Early Worn.

The Early Sparrow After the Early Worn.
A great deal has been said about the Eng
lish sparrows, and naturalists still dispute
upon their usefulness and whether they
really do kill the worms they were brought
over here to kill. 1t does not seem to have
occurred to any one that if they do not we
shall need to revise our accepted proverbial
philosophy, for it surely can not be pretended
that the sparrow is not an early bird, and if
he does not catch the worm, then all that
has been said and believed of the early bird,
from immemorial time, is a delusion and a
snare. HIS earliness really furnishes much
graver indictment against the sparrow than
his alleged indifference to chronological pur-
suits. He is the earliest bird ever known.
The nightingale stays up over night, like the
owl, and thus may be classed among the late
birds. The lark is said to rise with the sun.
But the sparrow gets up long before the sun
shows any sign of rising and just about the
time when quiet folk prefer to be asleep. He
is more misguided even than the summer fly,
whose activity he anticipates by several
hours. And the worst of it is that he does
not 90 about his business of worm catching
with the subdued sobriety that BELTS an early
riser, but, on the contrary. begins at once to
chatter and talk, and all his family and
neighbors' families begin also to chatter and
talk, like party of intoxicated foreigners.
In plain terms, he makes a nuisance of him.
self. If he would wait till daylight, like ar
honest bird, this frivolous conduct might be
overlooked, but to break in upon the peace
full slumbers of the community at the very
time when slumber is most precious, and to
many persons, most precarious, is an outrage
absolutely objectionable which calls for the
interpesition of the police.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28
Written for the Sentinel.
THE OLD LOVE LET FER.
BY A. W.

lis but an old love letter,
Written years ago.
l found IL to-day in the rubbish,
Buried beneath the snow.
Its pages are time-worn and yellow,
Its letters are faded and dim,
But, all [ could read the Gear message
knew it was written by him.
/ read the dear words Of affection,
Then read them again and again;
But the message, tenderIy worded,
AwOke but dull, hopeless pain
For memory went back 10 my girlhOOd,
When love my tenderestjoy,
When life, with its sunshine aud shadows,
Was centered in one manly boy.
But we parted, and life once so sunny,
Was clouded with sorrow and pain;
And where sunshine had once shone in splendor
Was nothing but chilling rain,
gathered his letters and presents,
And burned them away from my sight;
But l wept when the flames had enwrapt them,
As watched them that dark wintry night.
Aud when he had gone to the battle,
Aud sent me heart made of gold,
With his picture inclosed in the center,
My sorrow can never be told.
L mOurned for the letters, now ashes,
But the letters l never might get,
1 thought had burned up the last one,
But one letter is lett me yet.
When, that winter, the battle ended,
And the soldiers home did go,
They wrote that the one watched for,
Was buried beneath the snow.
1 took up the heart he had sent me,
And gazsd on the face il incIosed-
pressed on the lips one long hiss,
Then the gold heart silently closed
For knew that TO look was but sorrow-
Those letters l could not forget;
L thought had burned the last one,
But one message is left me yet.
And to-day, when found the sweet message,
opened the gold heart again,
And gazed on the face of my loved one,
Although it could give me but pain.
lis but old love letter,
Written years ago,
But the feelings 1t woke in my bosom,
No one but myself can know.
Although he is happy in Heaven,
While I must still Hnger below,
1 know shall meet when this sad heart
Lies buried beneath the snow.
riI 1880
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28

The charity balls have been unusually sue
cessful, and in many instances the poor
dress-maker has realized a profit of $75 on
one costume, and the poor tailor has been
scarcely less fortunate, while the poor florist
has had more orders for So bouquets than he
could fill, and the poor livery men have had
all their carriages out all night at s. an
hour, and the poor caterer has realized his
usual profit on Jersy cider at champagne
prices In the meantime we believe the
poor people who don't know how to do any
thing but saw wood and dig bitches have
gone on starving about the same but then
charity ball can't be expected to take care of
all kinds of poor people.-Hawkeye.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-04-15

To Wash Woolens.-Make a good
lather with hard soap and soft water;
have the water as hot as the hands
can bear, place the woolens in, and
squeeze not rub, rims in warm water,
hang out in the sun.