St. Landry democrat., 1881-04-02

able to steer the bark of the re-
public away from the rocks that
/ threaten it in the Pyrenees.
Life.
This thing we call life is full of
sorrow and toll, and so long as it
lasts, the load augments until the
1 last feathers weight breaks the
tired, overtaxed mind and body.
and death casts off it's burden. And
so the wrinkles grow in thoughtful
faces, and lines of care detace the
outlines of youth and beauty. Wells
of tears are drilled in hearts where
only gladness would naturally
thrive, like ever living limpid
streams that trinkle over moss
grown rocks in the forests. Streams
that refresh the sun-burnt traveller,
and afford vital strength to continue
many a long, tiresome journey.
Streams that brace the spirit to
undergo serious disappointments,
and yet to wait and hope.
| A momentous business is this
matter OF ofliving. Misfortune teaches
! the lesson with cruel brevity of de-
tail. But prosperity is not all
fraught with JOY. Its words are
often full of care, perplexity and
responsibility sufficient to ill the
day with weariness and the hours,
when the world seeks repose, with
nervous wakefulness.
The point of observation CONTROLS
the prospect in picture, and almost
any one would choose to view life
from the most prosperous site, even
wearing the heavy pack that wealth
and influence bring. Yet is the
poor, honest, working man or woman
the happiest and most truly blessed.
The mind that has never been
I fired by the arch -fiend and enemy
Of tranquility and content-Ambi-
tion-to scale the wall of destiny
4 and enter upon higher and more
! cultivated walks to grapple with
untoward circumstances, and set a
seeming fate at defance-to be
) goaded to a great unrest by the
constantly recurring admonition and
promise of the unrelenting fend
go higher, still greater good
3 awaits the utmost effort" The
mind that knows not the bitter
meaning Of all this, has at least a
present blessing. To drink and
have the thirst quenched. TO view
the bright morning sunshine. 10
enjoy the gay songs Of birds. To
J regard the new-lived vegetation
that clothes field and garden with
beauty. To listen to the prattle OF
children and receive the ripple OF
their laughter into the utmost being
TO rise in the morning with CRATE
.. full heart and retire at night al
: peace with all the world-such are
| the pleasures of content, apt to be
twithered by the scorching flames
: : of ambition.
. Yet who shall say that beyon(
the arid desert lies not a beautiful
) city, where the weary may find rest
! THE WILLOW AS A PREVENTIVE
} OF MALARIA.-Mr. Won Lennep
e Swedish Consul, writes from Ma
:. hazik, near SMYRNA to the Londol
J Times as follows: "Before th'
: eucalyptus was ever heard of il
:, Asia Minor, l had aeen the bark 0
4 the willow used as a febrifllge.
i had remarked the easy and mex
9 pensive reproduction OF this tree
] it's quick growth in damp places
b it's excellent qualities for fuel ant
g for agricultural implements, and it
s great advantage for Strengthening
l. the banks Of capricious streams
h and had thence taken every oppol
II tunity after the winter foods t
It stick willow cuttings along tn
d banks of streams and in other dam
< places in my property; also t
h scatter planc-tree seeds in mash
e spots. The result has been tha
2, whereas twenty years ago the full
IS grown trees in the neighborhoo
r might have counted, a luxuriou
l. growth of willows and plane-tree
is mark my place, fuel is abundan
e fever is steadily decreasing, til
se meandering propensities of til
y streams are checked, my neighbol
le have come to me for agricultur;
Sc implements, and l have not far
IS go for timber for rough purposes
- - THE ALTON LADIES SECRF
n PRAYER.-Oh! Lord God Omnip
- tent, before whom angels and arc
= angels veil their faces, crying, Hol
lg Holy art Thou; we would cou
ut before Thee Holy Father this da
10 and ask of Thee In secret, to
I'd member In mercy, Saloon keeper
te Thou knowest oh Lord! that the
i'll are ten thousand of them, and mo
ra widows and orphans, who are MAJ
70 so by these people. Oh /! Heaven
I'd Father, thou hast pronounced
Mt woe against them, for they put t
he bottle to their neighbor's mout
ly that, they may be drunken, al
ch ,wallOW in the dirt like the beasts