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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-03-17

! 8 ~ ! ~ e X
didn't want me, cause ! was too per-
ceited. But neber mind chile, I'll come
and help you all de same," sad tho
good old woman.
"Ain't yer had broadcast yit z"
aNo'm, we haven't long been up" an
swered Ethel soberly, as she started for
the house with Aunt Susan behind her
muttering, "Lawsy, lawsy! what hard
times dem po' chilun must a. bin havin'
since der ma lef! Ain't long bin ap
and de sun way up in de heavens. All
dat comes from, de perceitedness OF
Miss Ethel. Talk about me bein per-
1ceited Lawsy! fawsy!n = By the time
this soliloqny had come to an end, they
had reaclled the house.
Aunt Susan Immediately busted her
self in the kitchen while Ethel was very
much relieved, but feeling rather
Cheap took charge of the house. l5s sss.-
Tt is useless to state how smoothly
i things went on under the direction OF
Amt Susan, and how it seemed to Eth
/ el as il she know more about cooking
and housekeeping than any. other NOR
/ tai she had ever seen. She had found
out, moreover, that it was not Aunt
Susan who was conceited, but her own
self. 5tf zss.s55
The writer will only say in con.
clusion that Mr.. and Mrs. Garner re-
tutned to their home in a few
days. 1t 4, would require a. strong
er pen than mine to describe the
delight Of the children on seeing their
parents once more. Ethel, especially,
was SO overpowered with delight that
, she three herself in her mothers arms
and cried for FIVE minutes. g
; After the first burst Of joy, the children
!. became more composed and allowed
]. Mrs. Garner time to do little talking.
e "And how did you get along my
f dear T." she asked turning to Ethel who
= was blushing deeply.
"Oh! gamma! It was a poor sge
: along until Aunt Susan came. | hat
e to call her in few days ago to help me
n hated to do it but had to"
n .If Aunt Susan hadn'ta coined to d.
e tile cooking said Tom mournfully
sTm sure would have starved t
. death ~
"And me tooW exclaimed Addie.
u "Hush," cried Mrs. Garner laughin
heartily. II know Ethel did the bes
y she could, and none Of you must say
., word about her housekeeping. At TIL
:, their noisy tongues were silenced, ant
=. they all followed their mother into tn
= hall where Russell had unpacked yer
y mysterious looking box.
4 Now, my children / have brongf
he you all present, and / hope you vi
T be pleased with them,' said she as sl
drew forth beautiful wax doll II
) Addie, splendid kite for Tom, fir
: tool chest for Russell, and several beat
bound books for Ethel, who was pa
u ticularly fond of reading. ].
We .sAnd what did You bring for Au1
IL Susan ?' asked Ethel who caught sig
ed of the old woman peeping at them al
smiling as good naturedly as ever.
a 81 didn't forget her = said Mrs. Ga
he ner. Give her this silk handkerchit
lat and tell her that there is a little b
Mt tied up in the corner. I know she d
he serves it,"
an Ethel did as she was bid and Au
Susan received the present saying 81
ilk cerely: 'tThankey, honey, thankey
ho Then with a low courtesyshe withdre
on while Ethel said Aunt Susan is
rst best old woman ever saw !"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-03-17

eyes, things do wear a brighter hue
this morning, especially those nice bis
cults they certainly do. not resem-
ble,n but seeing frown gather on
Ethel's brow, he coughed and changed
the subject.
Thus the subjectof "that breakfast
being dropped, the little family passed
the third day of their parents departure
very well. ..ests
But the fourth day! Oh, what a day
lit was! When Ethel had gotten start
ed u in the kitchen she suddenly dis
covered there was no coffee parched.
In her hurry to attend to that she lett
the meat frying away on the stove.
8"Oh! me" she exclaimed, while hunt.
ing for the Coffee the meats burning
Let me go y and dropping everything
! she few to the kitchen, at the same
time calling to Addie to get some coffee
and bring to her.
j Addie, very much pleased at the idea
Of being called upon to do so important
a thing, skipped into the store-room ID
auestof the coffee. ''This is the right
i sack I'm sure" said she to herself, feel
i ing a bag. She then poured quite a
large quantity into the pan. ).
II expect this will do though | can't
see in this dark room," said she taking
up the pan and running into the kitch-
. en-. which she found quite as dark as
n the storeroom, Ethel having shut it all
j mn while SHE went to look after Iom
who she heard crying up stairs.
"I guess can put the coffee on for
Ethel,r said Addie kindly. Il don't
, reckon it lburn !"' So saying, she Sc
: the pan on the stove. and ran OF &c
her dolls. ShoLtlycsfter Ethel returned
: aWho in the sworld has been popping
+ corn here ~ was her first exclamation
. las she glanced at the pan OF, not co1fee
j but genuine popcorn, sitting on thu
, stove. The grains were hopping out O
). the pan, all over the floor SO rapid.
q that it looked like fall of snow.
i Goodness alives !" cried Ethel jerk
r ing the pan from the stove; II just SCI
right through it all That little harrun
!. scarrum Addie has brought popcorn
hana ;nsteaa of coffee. The littl
,, mere ,ns.eau !, = ~
j, goose ~
q .,,. 10. nua' .a,,,araa s.ss
Aaale :. SOU alps ~ wore her frs
81 20 u ga . l''s' s.i' e''
Wo,us' a,r ~ ,;le,v to he fe
= na+ y, snanned onr mode
: : Ehansalaenar nointing to the scattere
= - .s ae aarnand continuing. "Wha
saada | ~, nnt noncorn On to parch il
= : a.aa5 % .affae I thonght YOU kne
= = t tba a;fffarence between So
- ooh Ethel . came from Addie, :
didn't 90 to do it. 1t was dark in ii
er store-room and dark in here, ana
as really did not notice -
s. ur..+ nil, da,n interrupted Ethe
to ,,,,,;la ad;a Glad Of the chanc
IL -. a,,
e. pnor Ethel! It was half past elevt
ok that day when she got breakfast, fl
be came dinner, and then, the whole fam
he " weary and out of humor, went 70 o.
NJ at eight.
u, The next morning found Ethel ID
had humor yet. She told Russei 9
as was going to call in Aunt Susan tn
very morning to help her, she did
We care if she had told her mother that $
did not want any concerted old Wom rom
ne bothering her.
q, c.h+ ,,ou;d come To yOur mi
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
Bundle Wrapping.

To do up bundle properly seems like
n very simple and easy thing to do, yet
it is not every one who can do it proper
ly. Bundle-wrapping has become one
of the important features of many large
businesses, and boys are especially
trained for that work This part of
heavy business has become an item of
considerable expense. Not only have
the salaries Of the young men to be paid,
but the paper and time used foOts up to
a large figure, and in this city of high
rents even the space occupied by the
bundle wrappers is an item worthy Of
consideration.
In large retail store the young man
who manipulates the paper and Irvine
earns his money. He must be able to
work very rapidly and to do up his bun
dies in the strongest and neatest posi-
BILE manner To do this, when the
goods are laid before him, he must be
able to decide instantly the kind of
Irvine and the size and quality of paper
which should be used. No person, be
he gentleman or lady, likes to carry a
parcel insecurely tied, or awkwardly
done up. So much skill is required in
this line that boys are specially trained
for it. When placed in the wrapping
department, if they show an adaptable
ty for the business, they are kept there,
but only a small percentage of those who
are thus placed on trial are kept there.
They may be very smart at other things,
but in doing up bundles they are not
success.
There are some lines of goods which
are difficult to do up securely and neat
ly. In music store in large eastern
city, where forty clerks were employed,
there was only one of them who could
properly do up a violin. Books which
are sent by mail or in paper bundles re-
quire great deal of care in being done
up, in order that the string may not cut
the edges, or that their corners may not
be broken by their being tossed about.
In grocery stores very little care is used,
and no style whatever is observed. This
may be because it is thought that man
who carries home his own groceries is
not very apt to be very particular about
the manner in which his bundles are
done up. But many an unlucky fellow,
whose arms were loaded up with parcels,
has sighed to find his sugar leaking out
of a paper bag, or his eggs dropping one
by one on the sidewalk. Provision
stores also do up their goods carelessly,
and one has hard work to carry home a
bundle of meat without sOiling his fin
gers and his clothing.
Not exactly under the head of bundle
wrapping, but nearly akin to it, comes
tho doing up of newspapers for the mail.
The magazines and many large daily
and weekly newspapers use the best
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
COpper-ROOfng.

The Scientific american mentions the
decline in the price of copper as likely
to lead to the use of that metal in build
ing. AT present the material for a
copper roof costs, at the outset, only
about twice as much as tin, and as the
latter must be repaired and painted
about once in three years, and in fifteen
or twenty years must be renewed alto
gether, the copper, which never needs
painting, and is practically indestructi-
BILE, is much the cheaper material in the
end. There are in Boston many copper
roofs, put on about forty years ago,
which show no signs of deterioration;
and the metal is still much employed in
the city for cornices, cutters, and rain
water pipes, as well as for covering bay
windows, and in many other ways, in
place of galvanized iron, which is much
inferior in beauty and durability, and
not very much cheaper. The copper
has the additional advantage of needing
no paint, so that the delicate lines of ar
tistic work are in no danger of being
filled up, and the metal increases rather
than diminishes in beauty, by the slow
formation of bluish-green patina over
It. For Hastings, as well as other pOr-
tions of roof-wOrk, copper is much SUI
perior to zinc or tin, and with the aid of
a certain amount of lead, the most diff
cult problems in roofing can be success
fully and permanently solved.
can ATcltitect.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
FEELING the Pine.

The road through the underdrush
winds perhaps to a mile and half
away from the rivers bank into the
thicker woods where the white pine
attains its gratest altitude and diameter.
This is no pigmy forest, like those of
our Eastern States, into which the
Michigan lumberman first enters, but
magnificent area of pines, thirty or
forty to the acre, two feet in diameter,
usually straight as a plumb line and
with their evergreen. crest clear hun
dred feet above the ground. Working
in gangs of two or three, the log men
approach one of these forest titans.
With skilled eyes they scan it, detecting
instantly the least variation from the
perpendicular or any inequality of
weight in the. branches, the lowest of
which is seventy feet in air. Next one
of the gang with the axe cuts small
cash, may be three inches deep, in the
side. Then two, working a.crOsS-cut
saw, assail the sylvan monarch on the
side opposite the cash. If the tree
''binds' the saw, as happens but rarely.
a wedge driven in the cut gives relief;
and presently the huge tree topples and
falls to nicely in the direction desired.
The comparatively small branches are
trimmed away and the trunk cut by the
saw to the requisite lengths. If long
timber is needed, it is. severed perhaps
twice, but usually the lengths run from
ten to fifteen feet, and rarely or never
are they cut above the point where the
trunk narrows to ten inches diameter.
Then comes the hardest labor of all.
Reaching into the forest is long double
row of ''skids, a sort of log railroad
with one end terminated by the road
way, the other ending it two tree trunks
tapering to their smaller extremities so
that the logs may be rolled upon them
more easily. Selling the great log
with his ''pevy'-a stout handle ending
in a pike and fitted at the side with a
sharp bent hook that looks like the half
of an ice dealers tOngs-the lumberman
hOists the log on the skid and rapidly
rolls it over to the main roadway.
There the stout horses, with ropes and
nippers, fasten on to the. end, and the
log'is drawn to the river bank, where,
branded half-a-dOzen times at the end
with marks of the owners, it is either
dragged on the ice or left on the bank
to be rolled in the water later for its
spring voyage. This prompt and easy
transportation of the log to the river
DanK IS OF the 1lESI Importance III pTOHG-
able numbering. Usually after a deep
snowfall it is facilitated by an ingenious
expedient: A tank, some fifteen feet
long, four feet deep, and five feet wide,
| is built and mounted on runners. Just
as the sun goes down and the cold APP
proaches, the tank is filed with river
water, a series of plugs Withdrawn, and
the cistern is pulled slowly over the
mile-long roadway. Next morning
where before was obstructive snow is a
broad pathway of solid ice, over which
| the logs can be drawn at a trot as easily
as upon the frozen surface of lake.
Michigan Cor N Y. Evening Post.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27

brown paper for this purpose. but most
TO use fragments OF newspapers, circu-
lars, and the like Amaehine has been
invented for folding newspapers, but
they have all to be wrapped for the
mail by hand. Young men who are en-
Ployed for this business acquire wonder
iul proficiency, and can do up several
hundred papers in an hour.
From the foregoing facts it will be
seen that bundle-wrapping forms quite
an extensive industry, and in large
number of persons. Kansas City Star
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27

The Indian may be mighty strong
minded, but he can't live on a mental
reseryation.-N. Y advertiser.
-Hand-painted parasols are now very
fashionable. Care must be taken not to
expose them to the sum- Philadelphia
NeI0S.
Mamma" said Harry, whats
the difference between goose and
geese?' ''Why, don't you knowP" said
four-year-old Annie; Zone geese Is
goose, and a whole lot of gooses is
geese"
"A girl named Gable in New Eng
land town shot and wounded burglar
who was trying to get in at a window.
It was good thing for him that it was
not a house of seven Cables CE1aciqs-
uGti Traveller.
"A gentleman having his hair cut.
and being annoyed with the operators
stories, in the middle of each he said,
''Cut it short" At last the barber, in a
rage, exclaimed, cit cannot be cut
shorter, for every hair on your head his
off. - Chicago Tribune.
There was a great feet in the hotel
park last mite" wrote Mrs. Quickrich
from Saratoga to her husband in the
city. He replied, by return mail: ''My
dear, wish you would not go out in the
wet grass at night. Burlington Free
Press.
-''Grate" opportunities will come to
all of us with cooler weather.-M r
Neuo8. They will probably be improved
by poker parties. Boston Commercial
Bulletin. If these jests are not ALFRED
funny, they are decidedly cOallusus.-
N. 7. -NeaCs If they were alive they'd
bitumen all to pieces. City Derrick
Didn't 1 tell you not to ask Uncle
James for money!" said his mother,
casting hard look at her son. Nom"
What! Didn't tell you this morning
not to ask him?" s'You said not to ask
him when you was around"
'sJeemsp' etBut to strike him for q
dollar while you was out an you would
give me q nickel of it. "-ATkG9sG10
TrGgetEer. l..Ia
Patriotic fire quenched: At school
examination clergyman was descant-
| ING on the necessity of growing up loyal
| and useful citizens. In order to give
| emphasis to his remarks he pointed to q
| large flag hanging on one side of the
school room and said: boys, what Is
that flag forP" An urchin, who under
| stood the condition of the room better
| than the speakers rhetoric, exclaimed:
ITO hide the dirt, sir.''-HartforoI
Times. izn
What it, was like: saw, can you
tell nae, Miss Fair queried George
Washington LaDude, after brief period
of intense study, ''why the-aw- Ponto's
caudal appendage is like coming
eventP'' ssNo, Mr.. LaDude.' - ''WeII.
aw, it is something to cur, don't you
| kuow-hai hat every good, Mr. La
Dude; very good. But can you ten me
why YOUR hat is like a bad habitP''
ssyXhy, err. aw; well, no-why is its''
Because it is something 10 q void -
.sOh, weally, now, Miss Fair, you an
just too bad for anything, don't vol
know ?''-TAe Judge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
PERSONAL AND IAPERsONAL.


Mr. Vanderbilt is alleged b. the.
New York World to have quietly given
away $S,000,O00 during the past two
years.
The President has appointed john
G. McCullum. OF San Francisco, agent
of the Indian Mission Agency, CalifOE~
MA, vice Samuel S. Lawson, resigned
"A marriage license was issued I'm
Darien, Ga, recently to Abram Living
stone, aged one hundred years, and
Margaret Jones, eighty-three years
Detroit Post. se
Angela Cardelia, of Nevada, native
Of Italy and thirty-eight years old,
CLAIMS to be the strongest man in the
world. He places the middle finger of
his right hand under the foot of person
weighing two hundred pounds and lifts
him to- table four feet high
u e6erson was the champion absentee
President. He was away from Wash
ington 796 days IN eight years Monroe
is next, with 708 days in eight years
John Quincy Adams was absent 22z
days in four years, and Washington 1S1
days in eight years. Chicago Herald.
John Babb, of Limington, Me-.
aged ninety, a soldier of the war of
1919 F1S1IC0 111CuNAS db OI6lGklUv Me-
recently. He is still erect and with in
within few miles of Portland, he never
before rode i'm either a horse-car, steam
car or steamboat--BOStO71 Post.
The name of Abraham Reucher-
who died in North Carolina recently, at
the age of eighty-five, viii be new to
the most of our readers, but he had
been member of Congress, Minister to
Portugal and Governor of New Mexico,
and President Buchanan offered him
the SecretaryShip of the Navy Chicago
Journal.
Harriet Steer, prominent member
of the Society of Friends, who died in
Cincinnati recently at the age of eighty
seven years, had been active in all
benevolent work for fifty years, and for
decades was wont each winter to pre-
pare huge boiler of soup on two days
of every week and distribute it to the
poor at her door with her own hands
This she did last year, notwithstanding
her age and feebleness.
Sandy Simms, colored, died In
Washington recently. 1t is said he was
born slave in 1777, and bought his
freedom before the war. For several
years he had been bOotblack near the
corner of Ninth and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. He was member of the Ebenezer
Church for more than sixty years. AS
his funeral, after speaking of the de
ceased mans long life, the preacher
asked: ''Who in this congregation has
lived LOG years?" II have" said one
of the sisters, rising. She was Elizabeth
Coates. of East Washington. Her
friends say that she is in her 1O6th year
N 7. San.
No more disastrous failures ever
occurred than those of Henry Clews and
Jay Cooke. The recovery of both men
has been marvellous, and has been
achieved by legitimate methods and
safe, conservative business policy. Both
are again rich, but Mr.. Clews alone Is
in active business at the old stand. He
lost So, 900, 900 on a certain dark day In
1873. He was so poor that he had to
send his wife to her own family for six
months to support. He is worth to-day,
it is said, at least $4,000, 000.-IradiGTe-
| 0pOIiS journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
1t Was After That.

On train coming up from Philadel-
phia, the other day, New Yorker
shared his seat with a stranger who
proved to be an ex-County Treasurer
from Ohio. After some little converse
ton the citizen inquired:
$50 you were County Treasurer,
ehP''
81 WAS
what was the amount of your de-
falcation?''
'.My books balanced to q cent; sir!''
was the indignant reply.
ssAh!'' growled the New Yorker in a
disappointed voice, and it must have
been easy to see from his looks that he
was deeply chagrined. The stranger
doubtless felt sorry for him, and after a
few minutes of painfnl silence re-
marked:
'.But I subsequently, acted as post
master and cheated the Government out
of 81, Door,
..Oh! you didp' ehuckled the New
Yorker, and feeling of quiet satisfac-
ton at once rested upon bis face, and
friendly relations were again established
Wall Street Neg1s.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27
THE WESTERN SCHOOLM4AM

= Not bashful, nor yet overbold,
And only twenty-twO;
with hair like threads of cleaning gold,
With eyes of aZure-blue:
With little hands, with pretty face,
just tanned healthful brown
She is the daisy of the place,
The flower OF all the town.
with kindly words, with friendship warm,
In aprons white and clean,
THE children swarm about her form
Like bees about their queen.
BY love she moves and sways their hearts;
They think her WondrOuS wise,
And all her gracious acts and arts
Seem perfect in their eyes.
No smiles to them seem half us sweet,
No frowns so hard to bear,
No looks of pity so complete,
AS those her features wear;
No voice more dear than hers to hear,
In poetry or prose;
No praise more pleasant to the ear
Than that which she bestowS.
The vinage-boys, when she goes by,
Can scarcely speak or stir;
She is the object of each eye;
: They fairly worship her.
Like some sweet fairy-sprite she seems,
A breath might blow away
The spirit of their acknowledgements,
Their idol all the day.
She draws them to the village-church
Far more than sermon strong.
With anxious eyes the choir they search;
They look at her and long.
And, when with splendid voice she sings,
They lose their heads in love;
Their feVeriSh fancies float on wing
Beyond the clouds above.
The grave old fathers of the town
Gaze with admiring eyes,
When like an angel she comes down,
They cannot hide their signs.
The buXom wives, with chances sour.
Soon lead them from the place;
For they are jealous of her power,
And enviOus of her face.
Her soul is like a sparkling brook
That babbleS on its way
Through sunny fields, through shady nook
BY banks with blossoms gay.
All day, at school, with patient grace
She rules the noisy crowd;
Then homeward walks with happy face,
And soul without a cloud.
In simple hat of plated straw,
In tasteful muslin gown,
Her handsome face and form I saw
While passing through the town.
] watched her. while she Sweetly smiled,
When childre-- were dismissed:
L wished / were once more child,
A cherub to be kissed
Eugene j. Hail. IN Chicago Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-27

"A hole has been discovered about
five miles southeast of Fishers Island,
Conn, with only eighteen fathoms OF
water around it, which has in the csn-
ter depth of ninety fathoms. Hart ford
Post.