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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

There is nothing in the vide
world that insures success 80 com.
pletely as does perfect independence.
People who are always waiting for-
help may wait long time, as gen
eral thing. A little assistance, u
little Influence is not to be had for
asking; but there is always some.
thing one can do for himself. Do
it, whatever IL is, with will. One
thing leads to ano Their. If q young
lady, don't sit still, aud hope rich
man will marry you, while your
aged father tolls for your daily
bread. Learn now TO help yourself,
and take care OF yourself as puch
as possible. Rather be one who
does things for others than one who
must have things done for you.
Two hands. two feet, sight and
strength-these ought to enable
you to dispense with help while you
are young and vigorous. Men who
eau defy adverse circumstances,
and can earn IL living in any quar-
ter Of the world in which they are
dropped down; who can roll up
their sleeves, and set to work at al
most anything that offers; and who
can even sew on their own buttons,
and make themselves a cup of tea
when deprived of he help of woman.
Kind, are the ones who are really in-
dependent. Tho most helpful wo-
meu are kindest aud truest; and az
for q man, never trust him in any
capacity il he has not within him
the true spirit OF independence,
without which neither strength nor
sweetness may be hoped for. In
the battle Of life there Is but one
way to succeed-fght it ont your
self Give the helping hand when
you may. Take it II, Ia some sore
strait, it is offered freely but never
ask for It. Be independent - far
as man may be IL you would honor
yourself, OF be honored by others, OF
b happy.-Rxral Nes Tovker.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05
The Sun and the Moon.
Coruhill Magazine.


In the German language, rs is
well known, the genders of the sun
and moon are respectively feminine
and masculine, contrary to the rule
OF the Roman language, where, as
in Latin, the sun is masculine aud
tue moon feminine. In our own
language Shakespeare speaks of the
moon As "she,' and in Egypt and
Peru the sun aud moon we're re.
garded both as brother and sister
aud as husband aud wife. In Ara.
bic, Mexican, Lithuanian, Slavonic
aud Greenlandish the moon and
sun, according to Griman, are re.
lated as in German. The variation
of gender implies, of course, q diiler.
ence Of thought, but the fuRdamen-
tai conception that gave them gen
ders ut all in language or in legend
is clearly the same in either case
namely: That the SUI aud moon
were actual human beings like our.
selves. This thought still fingers
in the Upper Balatinate OF Bavaria,
where it is still common, or was 70.
Gently, TO hear the sun spoken of as
Frau SOnne and the moon as Herr
Mond. Bnt yet more strange than
this is the fact in the same district
the tale should still survive which
accounts in the following common.
place, but suggestive way, for the
genders of the fuminaries in Ques.
ton: The moon and sun were man
and wife, but the moon proving too
cold a lover aud TOO much addicted
to sleep, his wife Que day laid him
u wager, BY virtue of which the
right shining by day should belong
in future to whichever of them
should he the first to awake. Tue
moon laughed, but accepted the
wager, and awOke next day to find
that the sun had for two hours been
lighting up the world. AS 1t was
also condition aud consequence Of
their agreement that unless they
awoke ut the same time they should
shine at different times, the effect
Of the wager wac IA permanent sepa.
ration much to the affection of the
triumphant sun, who still retaining
a spouse.iike love for his wife, was
and always is trying to repair the
matrimonial breach. Eclipses are
due to their meetings for the purpose
of reconciliation but, a. the pair
always begin with mutual reprOach.
es, the time comes for them to part
before they have ceased to quarrel (;
and on that account the sun gOeI
away blood red with anger, and the
tears of blood he weeps at her de.
parture, are often marked in the
sky by the redly setting sun.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

The crops in Europe have turned
out rather better than was antici
pated at mid summer, aud the com.
ing year will he a continual thanks.
giving day therefor. England in
particular has literally passed
through seven years, in which agri.
culture has been sbrouded 10 ex
IRENE 'despondeHcy. In every coun.
try Of Europe the yield Of the cereals
is now reported to have been above
the average. Of course, this return
of . fine harvest will be felt here in
q diminutioa Of the demand for
American breadstuffs, but plenty
the world over is not a thing TO be
regretted.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

A frog fell into pail of milk in Q
Connectiest town one night recent
ly, and in the morning was found
sitting upon . roll OF fresh butter.
A local paper says that, in trying 10
extrisate hinss u, hs had BY aaigsot
and os0tinssas strokes Of bic leg
legs chnxnoA the milk into butter.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

ness, whatever his business ia; con.
stantly active; persistent and de.
voted in his application. He wants
to keep his elbows, not his feet, on
his desk. He must work harder in
the morning of his life, just when he
wants to play, than he will in the
afternoon.
IL won't be at all easy for you,
dearly beloved, to be "diiigent in
business A man is often very
busy who isn't at all diligent in bus.
mess. The mos, active man | ever
saw WAS % man who did less than
yon wonld suppose ten men could
do. He lived on the street. He
talked politics ten hours day. He
was always going to run for some
office, but nobody ever nominated
him. He would drag you away from
your desk or book, to talk to you by
the hour about something you
didn't care cent for; he knew n
little about every living mans bust.
ness save his own; he spent the
most Of his time in caucus and the
rest of it in convention and process.
ion. aud yet, when you went into
that mans Office, there was great
legend staring at you from the wall,
right over his desk-"Time is mon.
ey."
BE diligent in your business,
dearly beloved, and you will have
no time to manage your neighbours
affairs, and this will keep you ont
of trouble and mischief. Aud lust
as soon ms your neighbor. finds that
your time is too valuable TO be was.
ted upon him for nothing, he will
want it, and pay for it. Men at.
ways want what is hard for them to
get. BE dillgent, and your "thoughts
will tend TO plenty BE diligent,
aud "out of Asher your bread shall
he fat Be diligent, and God shall
give thee OF the dew of heaven, and
the fairness Of the earth, aud plenty
Of corn and wine," aud a whole
chapter of amendments can't keep
il from You. BE diligeRt, and your
fullest manhood will be developed;
tue world will be- glad that YOU have
lived in it, and society will miss you
when sou are called up higher. BE
difigen: in your business, and the
thousand and one temptations that
beset the lazy man cannot be heard
by you, absorbed in your own hon.
est affairs. BE dligent and ere.
joice in Your labor; this is the gift
of God" and ait is good and comeiy
for one TO enjoy the good of all his
labor that he takcth under the sun
all the days of his life; for it is his por.
ton" BE di.igcnt, and rest and re
frrshing will follow your toll, tor
the sleep OF laboring man is
sweet, whether he eat little or much y
"Seest thou a-man diligent in his
businpss' He shall stand before
Kings; he shall not stand before
mean men" Cnt that text ont my
yonng brother, and paste it over
your desk. It may save your situa.
/ zion.
There will I've no collection this
morning. II the sexton wants any
money from this congregation, he
will he little more diligent in his
business and dust the pews back
under the gallery, same as the body
pews down in front, and sweep the
carpets at least once u month
Burlington Hankeye.
The eraps in Earona have furnod
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

Group can be cured in one min.
ute by the use of alum and sugar.
Take a knife and shave OF in inall
particles aboos = tsaspeeq9 Of
alum thea mix II With tvtse its
amount Of sagas, to make il pala1a-
bic, and administer ID ~ qniekiy -
possible. Relief viii follow aincst
immsdisssly.-Er. t'H s''iis
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

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August -, i|77.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-05

A Western woman has lest two
husbands by lightning. She eugbt
to marry . conductor.
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
Cottages and Villas.
Letter.

You will be told about the acottasers' turn
ing out to greet the presiden. Why, there are
no -cottagers" here, except the permanent
residents who subsist on summer boarders
They occupy the cottages, pretty, simple,
modern structures, for the accommodation OF
those who spend month here, or two or
even three, for health and rest Newport
seems to have Just two elassos--these cot
tagers who, as l have said, subsist on summer
boarders, and the wealthy people from New
York. Philadelphia and Boston, who occupy
tbs magnificent villas on Bellevue avenue
and the Cliffs, and Narragansett avenue.
Why not give them their proper name-~vllia
gers" instead of "cottagers." "What is there
10 indicate a cottage in the elegant and ex-
Densiye structures of stone and granite, or
brick. spacious as a city residence, and revel-
ing in the early English" at the cost OF sixty
or a hundred thousand dollars. What Is IN a
uame?" Much sometimes. The so-called
cottages of Newport are az substantial and sX-
pepsiye residences as any city brown stone
front can be Love in one of these cottages, ,
finished with old mahogany, and furnished
with Moquette carpets, Turkish rugs, Persian
draperies and Dresden china, would hardly
be doomed to the fate of love that goes out OF
the window when poverty comes III at the
door" To call them cottages is satire on
simplicity. But villas they are, with beautl-
ful grounds of bewildering variety. There
are no two alike, each one seeming TO have It's
own landscape gardener with his own ideas OF
beauty and harmony
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
\ Few Questions to Intelligent Voters.

Eastern lnuoisan
Do YOU understand the tariff question
Can YOU afford nat IL understand 1t?
Are YOU not ashamed 10 confess, II you
must confess that You do not know how
your taxes are paid, nor how much you
pay
What do you think of a tax system that
so many people do not understand.
Is such system worthy OF confidence
II YOU do not understand the tariff ques.
ton, how DO you know that you are not
voting away your tamily'S food and cloth,
ing, 10 put money into somebody else's
pocket;
Professor Perry, of Williams College,
.Garfeld's teacher, Americas greatest econ.
nmlst, saws that our protective tariff has
costus in twenty years Tl2,OOO,OOO,OoO in
gold, over and above what revenue tariff
would have cost Us and that all this money
IS worse thsn wast.d. This would be 81,
500 to every average family. Some estl
mate the present loss at Sl,00o000, 900 a
wear. l. not this worth looking after?
Can YOU afford net 10 study the tariff
question and find ont for yourself whether
your earnings are beng tilched away
from YOU at such a rate. when SO many
great men say that they are?
1t will cost you nothing to investigate
the question. Is not your duty To your
self and your family 10 candldly look into
Ibis natter
Would you not gain selfrespect by lt'
Ifyou ID understand the question, then
is it not your plain duty, and great PRIV.
ilcge, To make your nelghoors understand
1t:
Is It not a question that concerns your
liberties as well u, theirs?
VIII II not pay you to talk this matter
over with them:
Is man properly qualified to vote who
doesn't understand the most vital question
before the people?
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
Making 1t Useful.
Toronto Globe.

Toronto tlODe.
The huge Sutro tunnel which has been run
under the mountains Of the Comstock mines
in Nevada is four miles long, and the water
runs through it in pino tiume made close to
preventive escape of yapor.
The temperature of the water is le6 degrees,
and 100000 gallons are discharged every
twenty-four hours. The water loses but ~
degrees of heat in the passage, and Is used for
mechanical purposes by that company, and
aftcrward conducted through second tunnel,
]. 100 feet long, and along an open waterway
mile and half in length to the Carson river
Along its course dams are built and hot-water
baths thus cXtemporized, which are always
ready for use.
II is also used for laundry, and for irrigat-
ING tact of Il thousand acres belonging 70 the
Tunnel company, and plan is On foot to lead
the hot water BY iron pipes under the surface
of the ground, near the roots of large mum
Der of fruit trees and also to turn 1t to account
a. a means of supplying artificial heat to hot
! houses on a large scale.
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
Interrogation Points.

Providence Journal
Now. not to take a severe, certainly not .
Christian, view of society in its treatment of
the individual, X it not the fact that in these
latter days the mere possession Of money
gives greater position and power than Is con-
sistent with a due regard for mental or moral
charactery Are not the boundaries between
right and wrong assimated to those between
the non-puni-hable and punishable offenses
legally considered? Are we not teaching the
rising generation that manual labor is dis
reputable. and that he who cannot live by his
wits is a nobody? Witness the pressure of
the riru population into the cities; note the
rrnwiu. rNjmyagance of all classes living
npon limited income. Look at tie fact that
NO New England boy il learning a trade. and
no New England girl is willing to live ON a
farm How many of the men who have bull,
mp great and proiitablc enterprises and indus
tries have sous capable of. and willing to carry
Them ON in the way they were created and
maintained:
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07

brakemen rush from one brake TO the
other; the engineer reverscs his engine the
train comes laundering down on the little
boy; 1t is within four rods of it; John
Walsh. the gallant fireman, rushes out OF
the cab window over the toot-board, down
on to the pilot the locomotive is within a
few feet from the little innocent being, the
fireman makes one bold spring, grasps the
child and both escape unharmed ! II this
not true heroism? The child was a3year-
old son of Mr. Steve Ball, coal miner,
who lives near tue track Mrs. Bali had
Just gone after a pail OF water, and during
her absence the child wandered away"
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC R'Y

lne affords traves Of unrIa goo
Southe and
OF ofroadb
edioteY Yha
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
Startling storm signal.

indianapolis Sentinel
PecIlr'~ NY note reminds us Of the poets
Gcscririuno o. @ storm in Kansas:
The lull cog raised his tail on high
AMI bounded o gr the plain;
Tic hr. bee went thuugegi-g Icy,
And then came down the ain"
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07

Visitors returning from abroad, as well as
recent emigrant., will find Ayers Sarsaparil.
la helpful in avoiding the hardships of acci-
nation, aud in removing the hoils, pimples
and eruptions consequent upon sea diet. Its
blood. cleansing qualities remedy such trou-
bles promptly.
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
TO CONsUMPTIYES.

The advertiser having Ueen permanently cured nl
that dread disease Consumption, BY slmI le remedy
il an xous 10 make known 70 his fel2".s'uertr- tt
means OF curp To all who d"sirrlf De viii SEND cory
sf the prescription used free OF charge. win hr III
rections for preparing and using the same men ty
will nnd a sure Cure for Coughs, Colds. Com
SUMPTION. \ srhrna. Brpu"hltlI- &C -,
Parties wishing the prescription VIII please aduress
Rev z A. WILSON, lgi Penn 81 WlliaWsblrgh, ny .
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07

\ war has broken out between the 81.
. aul roads and on Thursday the RocS
.land began selling tickets from ST. Paul
% Chicago at $500.
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
"'pOur On Oil.S

L. P. Follett, Marion, o., states that he has
used Thomas Eelectric Oil for burns, and
has found nothing to equal 1t in soothing the
pain and giving relief
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07

Liver diseases, headache, and constipation,
caused by bad digestion, quickly cured by
Browns Iron BitterS.
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07
Browns IRON BITTERs
will have a better tonic
effect upon any one who
needs "bracing up" than
any medicine made.
To Nervous Sufferers. Great European
Remedy-Dr. J. B. simpsons
Specitic Medicine.

positive cure for spermatorrhea, sem.n 10
The Ottawa free trader., 1882-10-07

- 80
ness, Imptency..
Abuse. as Mental
Anxiety. Loss of
Memory, Pains
in Back or Side,
and diseases that
lead 10 Consunp'
ton. Insanity d
an early grave
The SPECIFIC Me
diciHe Is being
used with won
derful success.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-03-25
Still They Go.

From the Lauderdale County (Ala) News.J
There is no use Disgusting the fact. North
Alabama is on the down grade. Our people
are in a worse condition at this time than at
any period during the last fifty years.-How to
tide over the Spring and Summer until harvest
time is the anxious enquiry OF every Thought
full man in the community. hundreds OF
colored people have gone and others are pre-
pairing to go where they can get bread to eat.
We do not regret their going; they have been
no advantage to us since the war. They have
consumed more than they provided, and ex-
hausted our lands by their wretched mode OF
cultivation The negro and cotton have been
our ruin; the sooner we get rid OF both, the
happier and more prosperous the country Will
be. But what will the planters do ii the ne
groes go away? There is but one remedy
white labor. A new system will have to be
inaugurated.-Cotton raising to a great extent
must be abandoned. 1t is said cotton Is the
only thing that will command money; this is
a mistake. Every farm product will and does
bring the cash; corn, wheat, oats, nay, fruits,
hogs, cattle, mules, horses, anything that the
farmer can produce, will bring the cash. But
it don't come in lump. don't look big like a
bale of cotton. We are evidently drifting
from bad to worse and unless some change rs
made not only the colored people but large
portion OF our white population must seek q
new country. The spirit of enterprise is near
ly if not quite extinct We must wait until
the old fogyism that knows nothing but now
to make cotton dies out, and a more enlgnten-
ed and thrifty people get possession OF the
country before we can expect to see better
state of affairs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-03-25
Extent of the Louisiana Overflow.
daily States.]


According to telegram yesterday sent to
Congressman J. Floyd King and E: John Ellis
by Mr.. T. l.. Alrey, president OF the Cotton
Exchange the overflow in Louisiana covers
large part OF rear lands OF East Carroll, Madi-
SON Tensas, Concordla, and considerable areas
in West Carroll, Nor ehouse, Richland, Ouachi.
ia. Caldwell, Franklin, Catahoula and is caused
by Mississippi river water escaping through
broken evse in chiegt a. and 9esha sxer
territory is now being overfowed in Pointe
Goupee Ayoyees st. Landry y,+nSr West n.lsaes Baton
and the opinion is expressed by competent au-
thorites that this overflow is likely a to increase
vase will add much to overflow OF parishes
below the mouth Of Red river There ls also
much overflow along the Red river bottoms,
and in every parish on the Mississippi river,
long stretches of defective and Imperfect
levees requiring repair, and in some cases en-
tire rebuilding. Extent of damage and suffer-
ing impossible to estimate at this juncture.
Tie annual product of cotton alone In the
parishes above named is fully 100000 bales,
valued at sl5, ,OOO, ,OOO and while the Hood is at
present only partial, the outlook is extremely
discOuraging.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-03-25
The Levee Law.
TThibOdeauX Sentinel
JOHN O'SHANE.


Wonder if the members of the Louis
lana Legislature ever thought OF one
very paculiar virtue of Act No. 96 /!
as taxes are not permitted to be used for
a crevasse occurs it can be used to close
the breach; and when the water goes
down, to rebuild the levee.
Now, the virtue Of Act No. 88 which
the exceedingly wise men who voted
for it to pass are invited to investigate
is this:
A man has low tract of land upon
which he would like to have good SOL
id deposit of river sand. He has bad
levee and pays no attention to it. II it
breaks the deposit will treble the value
of his land, and the Leyee Funds will
put him up good levee. His neigh
bors who are inundated, receive no de-
post on their lands and are the suffer-
ers. Is not that nice way to fertilize
low lands at little expenseg
Now, il fhe owner Of the land was
made to pay the expense of the new
levee required, and his lands Sold to
foot the bills if necessary, is it not
likely that more attention would be
given to the security of the levees
We do not make accusations nor
charges but we do not hesitate to assert
that If the old law of 1850 was in for o,
the people would not have been com
pelled to turn out as often as they have
this spring to stop holes occasioned by
the want Of attention OF the owners
thereof.
Let Act No. SS be repealed and let
the old laws Of 1S50-60 be re-enacted.
This farce has been played long
enough.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-03-25

SMALL Pox.-The death Of A. M.
Davidson, Esq. one OF our most ener-
getic and enterprising citizens of this
loathesome disease will, perhaps, open
the eyes of our citizens to the danger Of
it becoming epidemic, and that they
will Immediately take measures to pre-
vent its further ravages. We have be-
fore called the attention of our readers
to this subject, urged upon the Police
jury the necessity ct passing some law a
spread Of this terrible sconrge. And,
We again call upon the Police Jury to
assem- BILE and pass the necessary sani-
tary ordinance.-[St. Tammany Far
mer.