St. Landry democrat., 1881-04-02

A correspondent asks us what ID
the relation of university ~ 4"r q"
ordinary college. 1t is step l"A
ther.-[ Scientific American -
When Mrs. Spriggins boas1eJ
that her windows were all stainoa
Mrs. Smallboy sympatetically sus
gested that perhaps trlrpentlhe u
benzine would wash it OFT.
He drew his breath with a gasp
ing sob, with quivering voice ne
sang, but his voice leaked out anu
he could not drown the accompany
lists clamorous bang. He lost MS
pitch on the middle A., he taltereu
on lower d. and foundered at length
like battered wreck adrift on the
wild high c. Musical Herald.
Surprise parties are coming into
vogue again. The person to pe
surprised issues the invitation
through fUend, and then has the
house splendidly decorated with
flowers and some magnificent tood
in the pantry and everything IN
fine shape, 80 people can see that
the hostess has things in fine style
when she doesn't expect company
Olive Logan.
Thirty Cinnamon were recently
brought before q Chicago magls.
trate on charge of gambling, and
when All Chin Foo, one of the
number was asked if lie gambled,
he replied meel>ly: ''Me go to
sumlee schoolee-pray. Me singee
'Workee fur de night is ounce
whence mans workee is dlone."
The magistrate fined the whole lot.
- n. o. Times.
II declare I'll never 90 to anoth-
er matinee as long as l live," said
young Mrs. Gutfey the other day,
throwing herself into chair and
tanning herself Indignantly.
"Wasn't the play good!0 asked
Guffey. ooh, good enough, [ sup
pose; but that disgusting stuck-up
Mrs. Diffenderfer sat below me with
such a lovely bonnet on that /
couldn't hear wOrd.'
Mrs. Washington, the mother Of
George, was going to make soap.
George and his father arranged a
large cask with some straw in the
bottom of it, and on top of the
straw they put some ashes and
then leeched them. Mrs. Washing
ton got her soap grease all ready,
and in a short time the house was
filled with that beautiful odor that
betokens the process of soap boil-
ing going On. With all her skill she
could not make the soap come. On
investigation it was discovered that
some Of the ashes used were from
the wood of the cherry tree George
cut down, and no ]ye could be pro.
duced even from them. This shows
the power Of truthfulness.-I Ben
Buffers Lecture. r 4,
"How did Samson destroy the
fields of the Philistines 2" enquired
a New Orleans Sunday school su-
perintendent recently. "With fire."
said one of the scholars. Yes,
with tirebrands, but he tied the
tirebrands to the tails of certain
animals. What animals were
they?" Silence and subdued whis-
pering. "What animals are those,o
continued the superintendent.
which stay awake all night and are
noted for being so cunning ~
Babies!' yelled boy with a
wart on his ear, and while the tit
teriDg was going on the confused
superintendent touched his hand
bell and told the school to sing
F "Let us be joyful" p n. 0. Times.
Whycherly was eighty-his wife
was eighteen. Whycherly was dy-
ing, but ere he took his final depar.
ture, he demanded of her solemn
: promise, and she, not knowing it's
, purport, gasped out an assurance
that his commands, whatever shey
), might be, should be obeyed. Then
0 Whycherly, with a ghastly smile,
q said in low voice: "My beloved
y wife, the parting request I have to
! make of you is-that when l am
y gone-(here the poor woman sob
;, bed)-when I am in the cold grave
i, -(she tore her hair when 7 am
! laid low-(the disconsolate roared
$ with grief)-when l am no longer
: l''Oh, for Heavens sake! what am
/ to do ?")-I command you, my
E dear young wife-("yes, yes,
q love" )-on pain of incurring my
g maIediction-neyer to marry an
i old man again" She dried he,
a eyes and promised and that faithful
= woman has kept her word.-[ Henry
Watterson.
o. New Orleans has some YER,
Il wealthy families who refer witt
T. ,,,;x1o 70 thair opooctoro 81.