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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

During the recent campaign in
New York, hardly public meeting was
held but there was q general resort to
circulars forwarded to electors through
the mails. The choice of this method
of city delivery shows It's certainty,
celebrity and economy. The work done
in the New York City Post-officeis with
out precedent A dispatch from that
city says: "On Saturday, $4,000 two
cent stamps and 100000 stamped en-
velops were sold. This represents a
total of 100000 pieces sent through
the mail for delivery in this city. Post
office officials who have been in the
service almost their entire lives say that
at no previous election were SO many
circulars sent through the mails. In
fact, they say that this year three times
as many circulars have been mailed as
at any other election in the history Of
the county. On Saturday the crowd
of matter was SO great at two Of the
stations that it was found necessary 70
forward it all to the general office to be
marked and forwarded The first de-
livery on Saturday was delayed forty
five minutes by the great ,amonnt of
matter that had to be handled, and in
uptown districts on some of the de-
livery routes the delay extended to- two
hours. This delay occurred notwith-
standing the fact that ,here were forty
additional carriers. In some of the tene7
ment-house districts four; carriers were
required to do the work usually per-
formed by one.''E
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

Acting Vice-President Of the United
States Judge Davis, owing to his being
Senator and chosen President pro tenn.
from that body, receives part of his sal
airy at the Treasury, and part is paidIby
the Secretary ofthes Senate. His pay as
Senator, $4,000, is paid BY the Secretary,
the balance, $4,000, at the Treasury.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

MIR. E. G. GARTMAN, the business man.
ager OF the Eyeming Dispatch, of York, Pa,
was cured of neuralgia by three applications
OF st. Jacobs Oil.-Boston (.UdSs.) Saturday
Evening Express.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26
Why Ahnuld 1t Live

Because it cures more cases Of consump-
tion than any other medicine. Because it
cures cough quicker than any other medi-
cine. 1t helps all. 1t harms none. This is
said OF PIso's CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
A. A. SNYDER. of Wolcottville, Ind, says:
8 have sold Piso's Cure for Consumption
for fifteen years; have used it in my own
family with good resnlts.n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

DIR. PIERCE's "Favorite Prescription
is not extolled as 4 "cure- all, !" but admira-
bly, fultills Il singeness of purpose, being.
most potent specific in those chronic weak
nesses peculiar to women. Particulars in
DR.. Pierce's pamphlet treatise on Diseases
Peculiar to Women, 96 pages, sent for three
stamps. Address WORLDS DISPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

A MARYLAND exchange refers to Mr..
Thos. G. Forward, OF Belair, that State, who
was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of rheumatism.
-Itochester (N. W Sunday Morning Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

IT kind OF broke up the temperance man
from down East when he went into the
rooms of the DeadwoGd Total Abstinence
Club to find the club believed in total absti-
hence from water
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

THE Conrier-Jouraal says that zone Of
the most pressing needs of Louisville is
geological garden stocked with animals that
eat cats.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

DR.. PIERCE's "Pellets"-little liver pills
gar-coated)-purifyt the blood. speedily
correct all disorders of the liver, stomach
and bowels. BY druggists.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

A Chicago druggist retailed "a, 900 Of "Tan
sill's Punch" DC. Cigar during September
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

"WHY Asthma can be cured, ~ in last week.
issue, was copied from editorial columns o
the Cincinnati Herald ana Iresbuter, Nov. 2
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

"Accept Our Gratttude.''
DR.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
Sr-Your "Golden Medical Discovery" has
cured my boy Of a fever sore Of two years.
standing. Please accept our gratitude.
Yours truly,
HENRY WHITING, Boston, Mass
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

WHEN NJ Ito carried the OK OF his shoulders
he thought he was doing the Dos thing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

Thoroughly Reliable.
We commend the COMPANION offer in this
paper as every way trustworthy. Every
family wantsit; 100000 take it now.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

GLASS windows were first introduced into
England in the eight century.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26
"Accept Our Gratitude.

TIE first steam engine on this continent
was brought from England in 1853.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thoupsons EyeWater. Druggists sell it. 25c.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

Flies and Mosquitoes. n
15c box Rough on Rats" keeps house free
from flies, bed-bugs, reaches, rats, mice, &c.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26

NATIONAL YEAST is the best. Use it
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12
A REMARK1BLE NAN.

Many of the leading journals of this country
have recently printed notices Of the remarka-
BILE longevity of the oldest living lawyer in ac-
tual practice, Asglll Gibbs, Esq. of Rochester,
N. Y. Mr.. Gibbs is now ia his ninety fourth
year, aud for seventy years has never been
absent from his office for q single day on ac-
count of illness. He is to-day in the enjoy
ment of perfect health and in possession of
all bis faculties. This wonderful longevity
and freedom from illness are the direct result
of course of living which this journal has
advocated for more than a quarter of GEN.
fury, and we dwell upon this particular in
stance of the results of careful living because
all the facts are personally known to us, Mr..
Gibbs being the father of the editor of this
journal.
The secret of this long exemption from any
serious disease aud of this green old age is an
open one. 1t is simply the avoidance in daily
life of such things as all the world knows i'm
pair the health and strength of mankind aud
bring on decay. Mr.. Gibbs has never used
tobacco in any form, and, as for Intoxicating
liquors, he is ignorant of their taste. His diet
has always been ample but simple Fond of
the pleasurers of the table, he enjoys them in
moderation. An active and laborious life has
been sweetened and prolonged by rigid en-
forcement of the homely but golien rule,
"Do not fret.'
The incalculable benefits Of this abstemious
and careful life have not been confined to the
subject of this sketch. His children have in
herited sound constitutions and have pre-
served them by the practice of the simple
rule of living, the good effects of which have
always been before their eyes. Tobacco and
strong drinks are banished as by instinct from
their homes, and "health by good living,o
not high living or fast living, is family mot
to. The result has been that in family OF
nine--the parents, six sons and one daughter
there was no serious illness and no death in
forty years, and during seventy years but two
deaths. OF the seven survivors not one pos
sesses PHYSICAL weakness or infirmity.
We have mover before made reference to
family affairs in the pages of the Journal,
thinking that toio so, under ordinary crcum-
stance, would not be in good taste. But if
the above facts are the means of convincing
single one of the many who contend that "a
moderate indulgence in the use of liquor and
tobacco can do no HARM that 1t is far safer
not to indulge at all, we shall not regret hav-
ing published this article. -Halps Journal Of
Health for December.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12

A CHEAP BARGAIN. "A farmer of our ac--
quaintance, an old subscriber to the american
Agricultural, was stopped in the rain by a
wealthy man, who haggled about the price Of
turnips for several minutes, finally getting
them down from thirty-three to twenty-five
cents bushel, and then ordered peck; aud
ended by saying that BALI of them must be yell
low turnips for his wife, and half white ones for
himself We saw their delivery, in an i'm
mense cart, drawn by seventeen Jokes of
oxen, with driver for each yoke, each driver
carrying and welding long whip, and vig-
orously shouting, ''haw, gee g'long," etc.
The oxen's horn's were ornamented with
white and yellow ribbons, and the white and
yellow turnips were marked by ribbons Of cor
responding color tied around theml The
cayalcade made tour of the town and three
wide circuits before successfully backing up
squarely to the purchasers gate. Four men
delivered them in huge basket, and the
farmer refused to receive more than 81 cents,
the contract price. A mechanic, previously
engaged, was present to chip off the quarter
of cent to make the "changen right. The
seller and drivers-neighb farmers-then
went to hotel, and ''put OUT their teams,
and had bounteous dinner together. Amers-
can AgricuLturtst.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12

Prayer is the key to open the day, and the
bolt to shut in the night. But as the
clouds drop the early dew and the evening
dew upon the grass, yet 1t would not spring
aud grow green by that constant and double
falling of the dew, unless some great shower
at certain seasons did supply the restj 50 the
customary devotion of prayer twice day, is
the falling of the early and later dew. But II
you win increase and flourish in works OF
grace, and let them fall in great shower of
prayer, choose out seasons when prayer shall
overflow like Jordan In time of harvest.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12
MISCELLANY.
soIENTIFYo MtsoELLANY.

Recent ocean dredgings indicate that no
marine life exists at greater depth than $50
fathoms.
The Swiss colony in North Carolina has dis
covered that the mulberry tree grows with as
much luxuriance as the cherry, and that the
soil and climate of that state alike fortell the
future production of silk under the most fa-
vorable conditions.
M Javel says that the fatigue experienced
by the eyes from reading with artificial light
is due more TO the want of light than to its
excess. Even in very brightly illuminated
room the pupils are very much more dilated
than by daylight, and this dilation produces
fatigue.
The elephant hunters of Ceylon and India
plants feel the approach of death they retire
to solitary and inaccessible valley and there
die in peace. The superintendent of ele-
plants to the government of India states that
no living man has come across the corpse of
wild elphant that has died natural death
In the writings of Confucius, the great
Chinese philosopher, occurs the following
passage: GAS we use glass to examine the
forms of things, SO must we study antiquity
in order to understand the present." This
sentence points Enthusiastically to the use of
magnifying glasses long before the time OF the
writer, who died 47S years B. G.
A very slight declyity suffices to give the
running motion to water. Three inches per
mile in smooth, straight channel gives
velocity of about three miles per hour. The
Ganges, which gathers the waters of the
Himalaya mountains, the highest In the
world, is at 1900 miles from its mouth, only
800 feet above the sea, and to fall these 800
feet in the long course of the river is said to
require more than a month.
With so simple an article as a red cabbage
very old but pretty little chemical expert
ment may be made by the young people, with
the result of amusing and astonishing those
around them. Cut three leaves of the cab
bage into small pieces, and, after placing
them in basin, pour pint of boiling water
over them, letting them stand an hour; then
pour off the liquid into decanter. 1t will be
of fine blue color. Then take four wine
glasses: into one put six drops OF strong
vinegar, into another six drops of solution of
soda, into.the third the same quantity OF a
strong solution of alum; and let the fourth
glass remain empty. Fill up the glasses from
the decanter, and the liquid poured into the
glass containing the acid will quickly change
to beautiful red; that poured into the soda
will be fine green; and that poured into the
empty glass will remain unchanged.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12

In one of the western states case was
tried, and at its termination the Judge charg-
ed the jury, aud they retired for consultation.
Hour after hour passed, and no verdict was
brought in. The Judges dinner hour arriv.
ed, and he became hungry and impatient.
Upon inquiry, he learned that one obstinate
jury man was holding out against eleven.
That he could not stand, and he ordered the
twelve men to be brought before him. He
told them that, In his charge to them, he had
SO plainly stated the case and the law that the
verdict ought to be unanimous and the man
who permitted his individual opinion to weigh
against the Judgment of eleven men Of wis
dom was unfit and disqualified ever again to
act in the capacity of juryman. At the end
of this excited harangue little squeaky voice
came from one Of the jurymen. He said;
"Judge, will your honor allow me to say
wordP" Permission being given, he added
''May 1t please your honor, I am the only man
on your sider'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12

An old farmers wife walked up to dummy
with head and face, in front of Westfield
clothing store, and asked him, " say, young
man, what'll you sell me boys cap and
comforter for ?" Pause. Are you deaf? !"
A repetition of the question in louder tone
anu another pause. Then she angrily ex-
claimed, you're nice clerk you air, ye
stuck-up fool. You thinks yourself too big to
answer civil questions cause you've got on
ng-tailed, striped night-gow wish was
your ma for while, my slipper'd learn ye not
to stare at your betters without opening your
mouth" just as she was going away she was
informed of the cruel injustice she was doing
his dummyshp. Law sakes du tell" ex-
claimed she, putting on her spectacles, "Well,
l never swan must find the deakin, and
bring him to see the critter." And she went
down the street after her horny handed hus-
band and brought him back to inspect the
wonderful "statute y as she called it,
Springfield Republican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12
PARENTAL CRUELTY.

Look at that young lady. nineteen years of
ago, who cannot read newspaper without al
eye-glass upon her pretty nose. She intended
70 gc to Philadelphia last year 10 study
medicine, but the failure Of the eyesight pre-.
vented her from going and the brightest hopes
Of the future are clouded over. at nineteen.
tool Why? Because her parents were cruel
to her. She liked to sit up late in the night
reading fine print by kerosene lamp, and
they had the cruelty to let her do 1t. The
worst possible cruelty is to let children have
their own way, when their own way does
them harm.
There is lonely man in a handsome house,
from whom his wife has fed, worn out by
many years of abuse and violence. From
babyhood to manhood he was ruthlessly spoil
ed BY cruel parents. They hattered him,
laughed at his outbursts of passion, supported
him in his rebellious and vulgar insolence at
school.
With his little brain and his big passions,
it was impossible to live with him on fair
terms. 1t would have been less cruel to hayc
suffered him to die In his baby innocence than
to have let him grow up So
There are many forms of cruelty. Harsh
words, harsh blows, hard fare, hard work, all
these are sometimes cruel; but ordinarily the
pain they inflict is of short duration. The
cruelty of which we now speak may give
pleasure for an hour, pain for seventy years
and shame for generations.
Remember this when you are crossed and
denied. There are probably million people
in the United States--perhaps there are ten
millions-who would gladly give one-half Of
all they possess to get the michief undone
which was done to them in childhood and
youth by this kind Of cruelty. Bad eyes,
weak digestion, round shoulders, ruiued
teeth, early decay, low tastes, shameful ignor-
ance, painful recollections, ungoverned tenn
per, dist rust envy, hatred tnesnness, gloom
those all result from the cruelty of letting
the youth have their own way, when their
way is wrong. There Is no cruelty so cruel
as that Youths Companion.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12

A TEMPERANCE PRESIDENT. "A Pennsyl.-
vania lady tells that when General Harrison
was running for the presidency he stopped at
the old Washington House in Chester for
dinner. After dinner was served, it was
noticed that the general pledged his toast IN
water, and one OF the gentlemen from New
York, in offering, said.
General will you not favor me by drinking
glass of wine9n
1AA fis1 Is us IL merry very gs.lsmsn'y
glass of vine. This was too much h6 rose
from the table, his tall form erect, and in tho
most dignified manner replied:
''Gentlemen, have refused twice to par
take of the wine cup. That should have
been sufficient. Though you press the cup to
my lips, not drop shall pass the portals.
made a resolve when started in life that |
would avoid strong drink, and have never
broken 1t. am one of class Of seventeen
young men who graduated, and the other
sixteen fll drunkard's graves-all through
the pernicious habit of wine drinking. owe
all my health, happiness, and prosperity to
that resolution. VIII you urge me now?''
Probably few knew what temperance
president we had during the few days in
which General Harrison filed the chair of
State. 49, Esohange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12


The longevity of our Cape neighbors is
proverbial, as is also their pluck and resolu-
ton. These qualities had an amusing illus
tration on one Of the Old Colony passenger
trains few days since. The car was well
filed, and comfortably resting, we'll toward
the centre, was an aged lady, sweet. faced and
gentle of mien, accompanied by her daughter
At one of the stations there entered an alert,
smart old lady, quick in speech and move
ment. Taking seat directly in front of the
first old lady, whom she quietly surveyed
few moments, she commenced:
"Going far, marm?"
"To New Bedford" was the reply.
SIS your home there marm?"
"No; it is on the Cape. I am to visit
daughter in New Bedford"
"May ask your age?"
"Certainly; eighty-four years."
''La, you show it. Now, I've just been
visiting for few weeks, and am on my way
home. There's few things want to see to
there, and straighten out, and then I'm off for
another visit. / travel about good deal,
much to some folks annoyance, because I'm
so old. But when / can't take care of my
self I'll stop. can hold my own yet with
conductors and baggage masters, and don't
take none of their sass, though don't find
much of that on this road. Now, how old do
you take me to be?"
III can not guess; how old are your" was
the response.
"Ninety- esght-going on to ninety-aine.
And say when | can't take care of myself
I'll stop travelling; when can't see to thread
needle I'll stop sewing, and when can't en-
joy living I'll stop breathing. So there,
now. But get out here. Name? Vest it's
Nancy Randall, and live at Marion. Come
and see me. I'm at home part of the time.
Good bye"
And with nod and smile the young wo-
man of nearly century passed quickly down
the aisle with the step of almost girl, leav-
ing the passengers in wonder at her remarka-
BILE vigor and vitality. The first old lady,
who is the mother of one of the Old Colony's
most trusted conductors really appeared to
grow young again as she commented upon the
superior smartness of her aged friend, Now,
where but on Cape Cod train could such a
scene be duplicated? Eighty-four and
ninety eight off on lark. "Such Larks?-
Boston Tr00eter.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12
POETRY.
(From Atlantic Monthly for january
WITHIN THE GATE.
1. N. c.

We sat together, last May-day and talked
Of the dear friends who walked
Beside u.s. sharers of our hopes and fears
For five and forty years
Since first we met in Freedoms hope iorlorn,
And heard her battle-horn
Wound thro the valleys of the sleeping North,
Calling her children forth.
And youth pressed forward with hope-ehted eve
And age, with forecast wiseI
ofthe long strife before the triumph won,
Girded his armor on.
Sadly, as name by name we call the roll.
We heard the dead-bells toll
For the 1nenswering many, and we knew
The living were the few.
And we, who waited our own call before
The inevitable door,
Listened and looked as all have done, TO win
Some token from within.
No sign we saw,-we heard no voices call.
The impenetrable wall
Cast down its shadow, like an awful doubt,
On all who sat without.
0fmany hint of life beyond the veil,
-. Aud many ghostly tale
Wherewith the ages bridged the gulf between
The seen and the unseen.
eeking from omen, trance. and dream to gain
Solace to doubtful pain,
And touch, with cropping hands. the garment hem
or truth suficing them
We talked and turning from the sore unrest
ofan all-balling quest,
We thought of holy lives that from us passed
Hopeful unto the last.
As ifthey saw beyond the river of DEATH
Like Him of Nazareth,
The many mansions of the Eternal days
Lift up their gates OF praises
And, hushed to silence by q reverent ave.
Methought friend / saw
In thy true life of word, and work and thought
The proof of all We sought.
Did we not witness n the life of thee
Immortal prophecy?
And feel, when with thee in thy daily path.
The power that goodness hath.
Than thine was never turned fonder heart
To nature and to art
In fair-formed Hellas in her golden prime,
Thy Philothea's time
Yet loving beauty, thou couldst pass 1t by,
And for the poor deny
Thyself, and see thy fresh, sweet flower of fame
Wither In blight and blame.
Sharing His love who holds in His embrace
The lowlest of our race
Sure the Divine economy must be
Conservative of thee!
For truth must live with truth self-sacrifce
Seek out its great allies;
Good must find good by grayitation sure,
And love with love endure.
Ana so, since thou hast passed within the gate
Whereby awhile watt
give blind grief and binder sense the lie;
Thou hast not lived to die
John Gresnteqf Waiter.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12

A gentleman who employsa great number
of hands in mandatory in the west of
of Scotland, in order to encourage his work
people in due attendance at church on fast
day, told them that IL they went to church
they would receive their wages for that day
In the same manner as If they had been at
work, upon which deputation was appoint
ed to acquaint their employer that if he
would pay them for over hours they would
attend likewise at the Methodist chapel In
the evening"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-01-12
ROSE OF CASHMERE HAIR TONIC
F. A. MILLER,
ssi Arch St.. PHILA., Pa,
June %, isso.-iy.

Is the Best Hair Restorative and Hair Dressing known
It preserves soens and beauties the hair and gives
1t a rich lustre
Il is richly perumed and renders the use of pomades
hair oils &C.. unnecessary.
1t is excellent for Irritating or infamed scalp
It turns rancid.
1t Is made from the Of the Valley of Cashmere
aud being entirely free from Lead Sulphur. and other
poisonous and irritating substances II highly priced
by thousands who have used It,
1t has worldwide reputation because II does Its
work efectually.
To give the public opportunity ofhorougly testing
its xcelent qualities we have put into the market
large bottle for 80 cents. Your Druggist sells it.
Manufactured at N. W. cor. Sd and Callowhili Sts,
Phila., Pa.
Dec. IS, 1880.