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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-05
A REGULAR BATHING TRAIN

VIII leave Salt Lake at ass pm, arriving at
Black Rock at $50, Garfield at 5.65, Lake Point
st Cos. Returning, viii leave Lake Point st
40 m, Garfield at 72D and Black Rock at
TBS, arriving at Salt Lake City At so pm.
Tickets for Round Trip, soc.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-05

W. W, BITER, Sup.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-08-05

On and szta

SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1881,
The Utah and Nevada Railway Trains
will run daily Sundays excepted), as
follows;
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3bWG0El THO East aEl0 TIC "GSb
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes. and Palace
great feature Of our Palace Cars is a SMOKING
SALOON where you can enjoy your Havana
at all hours Of the day.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers at all points crossed by this
line and transfers are avoided at Council Bluffs,
Kansas City, Leavenworth and AtehisOn, con-
nections being made in Union Depots.
The prtnc1paI X. Il. cOnnectlons OF
this great Through Line are as follows:
East and South.
Fl; W; q Q. X: Rds g.
At WAsHINGToE HEIGHTS with P. c. & st.
L. X. R
at LA SALE with H. Cent. R. R.
W.; III Mid: and T. P. 8 w Rds:
At Rock ISLAND with milwaukee and Rock
Island Short Line" and Rock Isl'a & PEG. RdS.
At DAyESPoRT, with the Davenport Division
AtwRsT LIBERTY with the B. C. r. & MR..
At GRINEBLL, with Central Iowa R. X.
At DIES MONIES, with ID. NJ. d +, ID. r. Z.
AtCOUNCIL BLUFFS, with Union Pacific b r.
At OMAHA with b. q Mo. r. r. r. Gin Neh)
AZ COLUMBUS JUNCTION. with B,C.R-&N.R.R-
at OTTUMwA. with Central Iowa r R.; W.,
st. L. & Pac.. and c., B. and Q. r. Rds.
At KEoKUK, with Toll, PEG. & War; Mab,St.
Louis & Pac., and st. L, Keo. & N. w. r RdS.
at CAMERON, with II. st. J. r. Z.
AtATOHISoN, with Ateh., Topeka Santa Fe;
Ateh. & Neb, and Cen. Br. U. 2. r Rds
at LRAvENwoRTH, with Union Pac. and Kan.
At KANSAS CITY. with anllnes for the West
and Southwest.
through to PEORIA. DIES MOINESs
Gibson, and LEAYENWORTH.
Great Rock Island Route are sold BY
nd Canada.
1ur home office, address,
H. ST. JOHN
General Ticket and Passenger Agent
WI
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L9EOI Vt1I y.
Dated July 22d. 1881, jy24
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0alt,e Mantnler 82f.

Geoanfe burd ben 2opf unb sr iprad slr
oem bilfIoien 2anomann ipie fcl9t
,llm sil erfabren, iper bas 0oIs BON
Gub sefauft bat, fonnt Sbr nihts BeiieS
res tbun als oa binauf eebei1 (bierbei
5eigte er mad ben yeuitern be5 soerrn
0pnnaliaIbireftorS) - nprt fit eill fleiz
ner, bider .6err nit elmer blausn BrjIe
an eiriefa Shre;btiihe: Der fann Guh
aus Der Berlegenbeit beIfen, benn er tpei5
alles, unb IdIdst guh in einem biden
Su4e mad, mas Sbr tpilien ipo4t. 8ez
Sablen biirft sSbr Jtihts bafiir."
Der anoere Shller beitdtigie natiira
lid Sie9usiase ieines Sreunbes, 10 bab Der
8auer ii6 raid entfhIpb, gu tbun fpie
ibm seiast iparb. gr lenfte ieine Sdritte
Dem Ginganee bes Gpn,naiiums 5u unb
ities Die Greppe binauf.
Die beioen &naben iaben ibm Iahefb
na6, bielten es ieboh fur ratblant iih gu
entfernen ba Der Bauer iie m6sliher
g8eiSe Dem 6errn Direftpr seigen unb aLS
Dieienisen fonitatiren fcnnte, bic ibm
oieIen eisentbiimliden Hatb ertbeilt. Der
8auer fanb ipirfIid bas 9lmtssiinmer Oes
Serrn DIRECTORS, flopfte an, trat berSbaft
binein unb trus bem bifen 6errn nit Der
blauen Brille iein Anliesen por er babe
erfabren, Der 6err pilie 9tIles iInb fOHne
tpobI 10 gut iein unO ibnl nadihlasen,
an ipem er beute Dlorsen ieia 9ol5 psr=
fault babe.
Der Serr Oireftor bbrte Den 2anomann
rubiS ali, Ibiittelte nit Dem 8opfe, ieBte
feline 8riqe auf Der JiaEe sure6t, unO iab
ben Bauer ipteoerboIt bon pben bis itllten
an. SHlieBli6 iayte er lanelam: yDaS
! lit bod tplnberlih !"
98ie Der Bauer ba8 b0rte, ipar er eari
iiberrai6t. Sod erfrert entfernte er itb
+ ySa, ia, gSuncerli4! Sebt entiinne
ib mid Der tpar'5! go bieB Der
9err.-9lcieil-aIio iosar pbne BUD -
Dante pieImalS =
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Der air,piGenoe S6afoireRtor

Der IN tpeiteren &reilen befannte Serr
Yripatier Wunperlia in 8riininsen failfte
zines SamstasS Morsen8 auf bem $50
6enmarfte etnen gSasen Sols BET einem
Bauer, tpel6em er ia8te, er beibe 8m=
berIi9 unb ippIle cas 9ol5 sesen sip6lf
llbr Dor iein 5au5 in Der 6rauenltraBe
sefabren baben.
Der Bauer peripra9 ipl6es piinftli6
su tbun, ipar aber ben sanSen 8ormittas
beI6dftist unb alS sr enbli6 basu fanL
an Serrn 8unberIi9 bas SoIS abSuIie=
fern, iiel ibm beiien Same abiolut ni9t
mebr eirl ionoern nur nod Der 9tame Der
Strabe.
DieIe mar aber lebr lang, - tppbI Die
lGngite her Staot, uno Iomit tpuBte unler
2anpmann niAt, Dor tpel9em Sauie er
iein SplS ablaben iollte.'
9Sie er nun oariiber na6oenft, mas
ippbL su MAIDEN lei, Ihldst bic 8lpfe
stp5lf llbr, unb bic Bfprten bes @pnnas
liums, bas ant 6plsmarft liest bffnen
iia Der insenbliben S6adr, ipelbe iebt
mad sllfli9 iiberltanoenem nnterrihte
iherseno uno tolenb gum Mittasellen silt.
Der SpI3bauer fraSte nan stpei flctte
SefunSaner, tpsl6e Arm in alrm einber=
i9ritten Of eS i'm 4ueenblide ipirfli6
ibon StpDlf llbr seialasen babe, unp er=
adblte ibnen CT babe iein Sols beute friib
all einen germ in Der JrauenItraBe pers
fault, uno lei iest in GROCER 8erlegenbeit,
Ssnn ct tpiiie niht mebr, ipie oieler Serr
beiBe ,tnp tppbin er ben Wasen Sola fabs
rem ioue. Die beiben 8nabsn tpuBs
ten bieS natiirIid AUDI niht. Da
aber Gpn,naiialien in,nter eerne be-
reit iino, irseno eiaen Streid auss
sufiihren uno Semanben gum Belten ali
baben am Lieblten Die 0srren 2ebrer, 10
blists oem Ginsn pcn ihneu pIDtli6 Gin
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cine ieltene 9lusnobme BON Der GeseI bils
oete. 4eine mar 10 eiteI, in bieler b6dit
bebenfliden Bertbiddbuns ibrsr bsioer=
fetti9enGualitdten aud nur bas geringite
perlesenoe Mpment su finben, feline 10
eiferiihtis, Der @esnerin AUDI riur einen
bDlen Bid Susifperfen, seidipetse benn
su Verbala o6er gar &ealinjurien gu sreiz
fen. Sic perlprahen ipirflth, ntllterbafte
gbefrauen gu fperben.
Da6 oahte audi Der alte BaItpr ilnb 10
freute es ibn boppelt, bic Sa6e su einem
gludIt6en Gnoe fubren Su t0nnen. r!6Drt
oenn, &iuber !" begann er; ,,Du @bri=
itiarL bebdltlt Crime unb ibr Sdtpein;
Dir aber, 8ug8laff, sebe i'd, bamit Du
felnen S6aren leieeIt, Elm gutes S6tpein
aus meinem Stall; aber Du nlilBt SSifen
bebaIten !"
Utan bate nun 9Iauben Ipllen, baB bic
Oppolitton nit bieIem S6lage pbllis
inunotoot Sema6t mare; aber 8usslaff
fpnnte DaS Snterpelliren nod ni6t La1en.
ug8el6es 2" fraste er.
Oieie 6rase beburfte fir ben gfarrer
trob ibrer mebr al5 lafpniI6en &iirse gar
feine5 &ommentars ,,OieDfutterIau nit
Dem i4par5en 8orberfuB," ertpioerte er
IdnelI.
Sebt bate er seiiest 3par tparf
Bu9slaif nod etnen Bid auf Irine, bod
purfen mir ni6t perI4neisen, oab er tpeit
tpeni8er NIT Der 4b.pdeung Der SCrtreffz
Ithfetten beioer Oamen, alS nit Der Der
beioen 8orItentbiere bei6dftist mar.
Damn lab er ben Baitor an uno ipra4 :
ySSa, benn mill ih !"
,,Gjott lei Oant !" rief Der aIte 6err !;
ybann fommt nur gleia na6 bem Stall,
paB mir bic Sau herausbDlen !"
gl8 Die 0pdseitstpa9en aus &lpffen=
berg fubren, befanO iid auf pemieni9en,
tpeIder Bu95Iaff uno &riI6an trug elm
in IrauungSfubriperfen ni6t sanS ge=
tpDbnli6er BalIdgier Elm tpeiBes S6tpein
nit etnem ihparSen Soroerfub. Irlne
unb SSifen batten bic S9leuien ibrer
g8aierperfe Idn9It gei6lbt, unb Bugs
laff bate ba5 ItlbIrao eingeItelt. &rt=
i4an betpieS, paB er sum SpeftateIn,aaerl
ipeit mebr peraulagt mar, ais gum 9teben=
balten, oenn er flatIhte forttpdbreup nit
Der BeitIbe in oas 8eippel Der 0p6seit8.
gate bineiu. Sn ben beQen SreuoenIdrm
aber lieb odtn uno tpann Die Sau rer=
gnilgt ibre angenebme Altltimme binein;
tDnen, aIs mare iie Iitb beipuBt, mas fir
cine pibttSe Stole iie beltte i'm Streit Der
Barteien seipieIt bate uno poQe ibrer
8enustbuung ilber baS our6 lie 3u Stanbe
gefommene 8pmpromiB ben seeigneten
gluSbruf perleiben. ., Der 8aSen true
nur 3ufrieoene
rlno e8 linb Sipei braoe @bepadre sez
iporben, bic 8eibcn Srii9an unb Crime
baben iib ntebr auf &inoers, 8u9Slafi
un6 iSifen mebr auf Shpsinesubt selest.
SSbre sSerfeI iinb in Der sanSen 8eseno
auBerDroentlib beIie5t, nur bic SSrau Eaz
! itprin fann ii9 zines leilsn @efiblS bon
Bsbmutb ntbt entbaIten, 10 oft baS Ge.
ipra9 auf bic Gortrefli6feiten bieier
8prtentbiere fpmnt. 9lber Dies 8efiibI
lit bod pieber nit StuIS se,nii6t: Oa&
Sbier lit pa3 bette Sdpetn Setpelen, baS
ite ienalS aufseSogen bat
Der alte 'Pfarrer aber ipeib iie in ioI=
den Momenten Su trDiten; er Ielblt BAT
it4 uber ben 9erluit ME bepeuteno se.
grant. 9lber pprii9ttS lit er iest bod
am Uti9aeListass, isbr pOrii4tis
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Yariatiottett
iissr sas T4ema gsenn su nea eins gauttsr Sat

@enn bn nod cine Dsutter bait,
In ie tpar nieiaaIa MID in Drdien,
90 leg ibr'ih sueiter MID III Qait -
DG is is ahm MD baoepaftn!
Nenn bu nod cine Wlutter baia,
In ibr ipcbnt ale 3iree in 9sieen,
In tvoIlt entdl nah 2aubegnIt
Da tennter ia nit 'aaiabcr reiisnl
Meun ba nod siiw ghstter tolf,
In tviIIit NIT ibr 1n@ 81rlle i6bri<tvk
llu yait ben letten 3is9 b<rbnft 90
Do tlsibtsr ALA 1slpe ~,
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Wietber: @illen Sic, tpas eine os
ben loie Gemelnbeit lit?
9Sirtb; Sra?
Mietber: Wenn man, tpie ih, fiir
eine Bobnung fiinfsebnbunbert Wtarf
sablt uno oafiir nibt einmal einen oroents
Iihsn Dahbppen BAT.
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9lud Der gSpblitanb tpirfte beiIernb auf
iie Elm ut,b n,adte Tie Der rebIiden Siebe
ibres UianneS tpertb. 8eiunoers aber
baben bic &leinen, bic beute I'M @arten
um ySeruiaIem's 9tarrbeit" ipieIen, ibr
Wlutterber8 erbpben unb pereDelt."
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Muf sinem idpabifdsn gaII

&uf einem idmdbifden Bali.
8reuBii6er 2ieutenant: Die Mtnoz
ipbdre 1T bier siemlid tparm - sndbige
Srau; ~ bate in Der Tbut nibt ss=
sIaubt SaB Die gepoute 10 frequentirt
tpiirbe.
Sdipdbin: Da batpet Se Reht Serr
Sieutenant @illet Sc 3 ii9t eigentz
lid a @ieherei - ipenn mer auf ION
8aa berlauft, mos 10 IauindBig pcH i5b
- drser' mi bunnteridlehti.
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RsraefublppIIe Gate.

y8ud, tpann bu iterbe tbdteIt, tpibt'
gar net no 'naus unb tpo 'neih lieber
Inpres -
y8ann bu lterbe tbat'it, tpIBt' mo
'nau5 unb no 'nein. 9lnf be Gir9bpf
'naus unb inS Q9trtbsbauS 'nein."
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Oees it's a'raS'.

yglber Waierbuber, Der Tpo Iollte bod
eisentli6 gar feinen Stadel fur gu6 baA
ben Sepenft nur, ie bdIoer Sbr iterbt,
peito balper tperpet Sbr nit Garer 5rav
ielis tpieber pereint!"
ya6, bees it's grab, Serr Pfarrsr,
auf mas Mrs Qlneit tit !"
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Waanigfaltiges.
II nmDgLi6e Sorberung.

&e[Iner: gSie beIieben Sic bic
Gier, tpei6 ober Sottertpei6, poer poaItanz
Big bart /? 6ans unp gar tpie Sic befeb4
len.
Ga It: ga, bann bite i9 ben 9otter
BART unb oaS 99etbe fliiiiig.
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Der Iansiame Sobann.

.Sobann bait bu i9on cine S4nede
9eieben 2"
ySreiIL Serr, freili !"
ySie muB Dir aber ent8esen sefommen
iein, oenn einseboIt bdtt'it cu lie nies
mails /"
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Das tlolid)t Uolk6blatt

foet Der pois fctne senntassbIats) $3.50 per Satr
81 90 bas baIss a5r ns $3.50 Sas gitrteEia5r. git
ecnntassblatt Sit 10 per Sabs 500 sas taist Sa5r
nns $3.50 bas gisrteIiahr.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
A Western Casabianca.

YESTERDAY afternoon small lad rode
up and down the streets trying to sell o
little jackass which he was riding.
"How much for this beautiful iackass?'
be shouted, at which those along the
street gave broad smile.
.'Is he gentle?'' asked horseman.
"Just like Sheep" said the boy,
and moment later the animal landed
him clear into the crowd.
CANT he awful funpy?" remarked
the boy, as he got up. dad learned
him that trick" and there was smile
on his face that would have done credit
to Grimaldi,
sob, he's daisy" continued the
lad; ''full of vinegar and spirits; can't
tire him OUT
Here the animal gave the lad kick
in the stomach that keeled him in the
mud.
always tryin' to show off before a
crowd; / learned him that trick for the
fair" continued the lad; trying to sup
press his tears.
Nobody wanted the jackass, and the
boy, mounting rode to the next corner,
where about the same performance was
repeated. All day long he rode up and
down the streete, extolIing the gentle
qualities Of the jacKa 3 and picking him2
self up from the mud etery time he was
pitched of. He stood ~, t. the racket
with as much fortitude as q esabianca
on the deck Of the burning ,re1S;n until
he finally got a bid OF three dagl.lH for
the jackass. This seemed to Sptife.a,
iatten out the boys grit. HIS, was
thrown from the jackass for the Hast
time, and, turning homeward. left Che
animal in the street, as he remarked:
"Have / been lyin' all day and
wrestlin' with the mud for a three dol
lar mule? l wouldn't go through such
a deal again for Shaughnessy's big trot.
ter. '--SaN Lake Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
The Rag-Picker.

That humblest of business, rag-col-
lecting, is by no means small affair.
Individual ag-pickers and rag-gather-
ers may do very little, but their aggre-
gate becomes iinmense. Some one has
lately put pencil to paper with the fol-
lowing estimates: The fifty million
people of the United States do not dis
card less than five pounds OF clothing
each a year This would give two hun
dred and fifty E:illion pounds of rags.
The tailoring establishments, large and
small, do not in their cutting produce
less than the same amount, which,
being of better quality, commands Il
higher price. Then this statistician
claims that the domestic articles, such
as carpets, bedding, curtains, etc, dis
carded in the year will amount to an
other equal quantity of two hundred
and fifty million pounds. These al
together give seven hundred and fifty
million pounds of material for the rag
mans bag per year as the product OF
the country-which means not an in
considerable business BY any means.
That fortunes are sometimes made i'll
this business is proved by the following
true story: In an Eastern city. not long
since, an old man was found dead in q
miserable cellar. He was poorly clad,
and it was generally thought he died
from the need OF proper nourisment
He had lived in that city number OF
years, and was a rag picker. Among
the old rags in the cellar in which he
died were found deeds. bonds, etc, to
the value of fifty thousand dollars.
Many cases not unlike this come TO
light from time to time. True, some
will say such men grow rich from their
misery savings. But there must be
earnings as we'll as savings. for nothing
added to nothing will produce nothing,
though continued through long lite.
Fifty thousand dollars to rag picker
for his rags and his interest shows that
both lines of his business must have
been profitable even though he spent
absolutely nothing for his living. Still,
all rag -pickers are not paid handsome
ly for their trouble. Contrariwise,
as Tweedledee says.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

rivers and smaller streams of our At.
lantic States are visibly smaller than
they were twenty five years ago, Coun-
were accustomed to fish and battle in
their boyhood have in many cases to-
tally disappeared, not through any act
of man, but solely in consequence of
the failure of the springs and rains
which once fed them. The level of the
great lakes is falling year by year.
There are many piers on the shores of
lakeside cities which vessels once ap-
preached with ease, but which how hard
lyreach to the edge ofthe water. Earbors
are everywhere growing shallower.
This is not due to the gradual deposit
of earth brought down by rivers or of
refuse from city sewers The harbor
of Toronto has grown shallow in spite
of the fact that it has been dredged out
SO that the bottom rock has been
reached, and all the dredging which
can be done to the harbor of New York
will not permanently deepen it. The
growing shallowness OF the Hudson is
more evident above Albany than it is in
the tide-water region, and like the
outlet of Lake Champlain, which was
once navigable by Indian canoes at all
seasons, the upper Hudson is now al
most bare of water in many places dur
ing the summer. In all other parts of
the world there is the same steady de-
crease of water in rivers and lakes, and
the rainfall in Europe, where scientific
observations are made, is manifestly
less than twas at a period within mans
memory.
What is becoming Of our water? OBJ
viously it is not disappearing through
evaporation, for in that case rains
would give back whatever water the
atmosphere might absorb. We must
accept the theory that, like the water
OF the moon, our water is sinking into
the earth's interior.--M y. Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
Honest, But Not Too Honest.

Brother Gardner to the Lime Kiln
Club: If l should find a perfeckly
honest man-honest in his expressions,
honest in his dealings, sincere in his
statements-I shouldn't like him. He
would be lonesome object in dis aige.
He would seek in vain fur companion
ship. While l believe dat honesty am
de bes' policy, | doan look to see it
practiced beyond certain limit. When
trade mules wild a man kinder like
to doubt his word. | want to feel dat
lie am keepin' still bout de ring bones
an spavins, an dat de beast he says am
iist turnin' TO teen Vars will nebber see
his twenty-tirst birthday no moar. 1t
am monotonous to deal wild a man who
am perieckly honest. If | lend man
money l want him to be honest huff to
return it, but if he kin trade me a
watch worth three dollars for gun
worth seben shall think none de less
of him. If men were so sincere dat we
felt obleeged to believe whateber dey
asserted we should hev no use fur
theories an arg ments. When l glib
my note expect to pay it. When AK
d man how he would like to trade his
wheelbarrow fur my dog I'm not gwine
to inform him dat Caesar am all bark
an no bite, an he am not gwine to tell
me dat he borrowed dat wheelbarrow
in de night an forgot to return it. Ii
grocer leaves me in charge of his sto'
lie gwine to sot fur half an hour beside
box OF behring's an keep my hands in
my pockets all de time. Yet, if dat
same man sells me pound of tea he
expects me to try an pass off on him a
half-dollar wild hole in it.
"Continer, my frens, to believe dat
honesty am de bes' policy, but doan'
expect too much of so-caIled honest
men. You kin trust men wild your
wallet who would borrow a pitchfork
an nebber return it. You kin lend
your boss to man who would cheat
you blind in tradin' obercoats. You
kin send home par o dead ducks at
noon day by a man who would steal
your live chickens at midnight. When
| lend my nay!ur Mocha coffee like to
wonder if he won't pay it back in Rio.
When de ole woman buys kaliker on a
guarantee she rather hopes it will fade
in de washin'. solemnly believe dat
de world am honest nuf jist as it am.
When you gin your word stick to it if it
busts de bank. When you do a job of
work do it we'll. When you make a
debt pay it. Any man who am mo-
honest dan dat will want you to cut a
penny in two to make out his shilling;
he'will ring you up at midnight to re-
turn your mouse-trap; he will take one
single from your bunch an offer you
de -hundredth part of what de bunch
cost; he will borrow your boot-jack an
insist dat YOU borrow his wash board to
Offset it. We will now purceed to biz
ness. "--Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
The Earth Drying Up.

There is abundant evidence that the
amount of water on the surface of the
earth has been steadily diminishing for
many thousand Of years. No one doubts
that there was time when the Caspian
Sea communicated with the Black Sea.
and when the Mediterranean covered
the greater part of the Desert of Sa-
hara. In fact, biologists tell us that at
one period the whole of the earth was
covered by water, and the fact that con-
tinents of dry land now exist is proof
that there is less water on our globe
now than there was in its infancy. This
diminution of our supply of water is
going on at the present day al rate so
rapid as to be clearly appreclable. The
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
Good Advice.

Advice is cheap and easily obtained;
but not good advice; that's not so easy
to give. The handspring of advice
which is really worth having is an
earnest and sincere desire for the good
of the one we counsel, apart from all
selfish considerations. This is rarer
thing than we imagine. 1t is much
easier to wish that another may be ben
cited through our means than to take
a keen satisfaction in all the good that
comes to him from any and every
source. Yet until we can do this we
are not in condition to give him adj
vice. for it will be so tinged with refer
ence to self that it will not reach his
case. This disinterested regard is the
only channel through which we can
really find out what is the right thing
for him to do in any given case; for
only by thorough sympathy can we so
enter into his individuality as to see
things from his point of view. 1t is not
very much to the purpose to tell him
what noe would do in his circumstances,
merely substituting our own will for
his, nor yet to pronounce dogmatically
and without hesitation upon his duty.
We have to consider what he should do;
and ifI weshave a5real and honest desire
to aid him, and sincere sympathy
with him; weashaH be4able, for the time
being, to step out of ourselves, to for
get our fancied superiority, our pre-
iudices, our self-interest and self-will-
to put ourselves to a great degree in
his place, to realize his abilities and
disabilities, his knowledge and ignor-
ance, his advantages and disadvantages,
his possibilities and impossibilities.
There is no iron rule that can be laid
down for all alike; what is easy for one
is hard for another: what is reasonable
to expect from one is too much to ask of
another. If we would direct anyone
how to reach far distant city we must
first know from what point he will start;
SO if we would advise anyone wisely
concerning his conduct in life we must
know whereabouts he now stands. in
order to show him the right direction
to take. If we could fully realize the
great difficulty of SO approaching the
peculiar position, character and feel
ings of another as to find out what was
r. ally the best thing for him to do, we
81 ould be much more reluctant to give
advice than we now are.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
Our Young Readers.
THE DANCING LEAVES.

Little dancing leaves
In the garden-bower,
Which among you grieves
Not to be Il flower?
). Never one" the light leaves say,
Dancing in the sun all day.
Little dancing leaves,
Roses lean to kiss you;
From the cottage caves
Nesting birds would miss yot-
We should tire of blossoms 80,
If you all to flowers should grow!
Little dancing leaves
Grasses. ferns and sedgeS,
Nodding to the Sheaves,
Out If tangled hedges
What a dull world would remain
If you all We're useful grain!
Little dancing leaves,
Who could do without you?
Every poet weavcs
Some sweet dream about you.
Flowers and grain awhile are here;
You stay With us all the year.
Little dancing leaves,
When through pines and birches
The great storm-wind heaves,
our retreat he SearcneS-
How he makes the tall trees rOars
While you-only dance the more!
Little dancing leaves,
Loving and careSSing-
He most joy receives
Who bestows q blessing.
Dance. light leaves, for dancing made
While you bless Us with your shade.
LUCY Ldrcyin, IN 81. Nicholas.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

1t is hard to tell which is the more
ridiculous, the young fool or the old
fool; but the Iold fool has this advant-
age-he will never be young fool,
whereas the young fool may some day
be an old fool.