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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05
. Selfish DaYy.

Davy was very pretty little boy.
He had light curly hair, dark blue eyes,
and ROSY cheeks. But he was very
stingy. He did not like to share any
thing with his little brothers and sis
tiers. One day he went into the kitchen
where his mother was at work, and saw
on the table a saucer Of jelly. ,,
.Can / have that jelly?" asked
Mrs. White sent it to me-" said
DAVIS mother. ssShe has company to
dinner, and made this jelly very nice.
But | don't care for it; so you may
have it if you won't be stingy with 1t.
Davy took the saucer OF jelly and
went out into the yard; but he did not
call his little brothers and sisters to
help him eat it. .ff3:3.
.sH I divide with them, there won't
be a spoonful apiece" he thought
..It is better for one to have enough
than for each to have just a little. .
So he ran to the barn and climbed up
to the loft, where he was sure no one
would think of looking for him.
Just as he began to eat the Jelly ne
heard his sister Fannie calling him.
But he did not answer her. He kept
very still. E,s.3; Il 81. Il ss##..
thing i have he said to himself.
If had just a ginger-slnap they T th M
| I ought to give them each q piece. 2s,
When the jelly.was all eaten, and ne
had scraped the saucer clean, DaYy went
4 down into the .barn-yard and played
with the little white calf, and hunted
/ for eggs i'm the shed where'the COWS
| we're. He was ashamed to go into the
house, for he knew he had been very
| stingy about the jelly. 's'*ts I2
80, Davy,'' said Fannie, running into
the barn-yard, s.where have you been
this long timer We looked everywhere
for you.
..What did you want?'' asked Davy;
/ thinking that, of course, his sister would
say she had wanted him to share the
| Jelly with her. 10 ..sfl!
4 .;Mother gave us party y said Fan
ME. eve had all the dolls dishes set
out on a little table under the big tree
| by the porch; and we had Strawberries,
cake and raIisins. just as we sat down
to eat, Mrs. White saw us from the WIN
dow. and she sent over big bowl OF ice
cream and some jelly, left from her din
ner. We had . splendid time. You
oueht to have been with us. =
PoeylDavy! How mean he felt! And
he was well punished for eating his jelly
all alone Our Little Ones.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05
A Profane Horse.

A MARYLAND minister bought ffne
horse last fall for which he paid one
hundred and fifty dollars, which ne
considered about half what it was
worth. A few days after horse-lockey
found the minister stuck at bridge
unable to get the horse to go across.
The jockey said he knew the horse
well and the only way he could De
made to proceed was to swear at nm.
The minister said he never could 90
that if he never gotto his appointment,
but changed buggies with the jockey.
A few well-directed. oaths started the
horse and It went all right: After they
got over the jockey offered to trade an
interior nag for the one with a proiIaatn1 ian
ear and the preacher took him up. Ihe
Jockey then told him that the former
owner of the horse had trained It TO
this trick and made his living selilns
the horse at what appeared to be a low
figure and buying him back Tor q great
deal less, and he proposed doing the
same thing. Pittsburgh Dispatch:
All root crops reall.. require garden
culture.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05
So WOULDNA GLE A COPPER
PLAGK.'

| WOULDNA gle A COPPER
PLAGK.n
/ wouldna gle copper plack
For ony man that turns his BACK
On duty clear;
] wouldna tax his word or note,
Iwouldna trust him for groat,
Nor lift an oar in ony boat
Which he might steer.
When things are Just as things should be,
And Fortune gies a man the plea,
Where'er he be, 5H;
1t isna hard to understand
How he may walk through mouse hand anu laiu
WI cheerful face and open hahu,
Continually;
But when, i spite O. wark and care,
"A man must loss and failure pear,
He merits praise
VIVA will not to misfortune bow,
VIVA cocks his bonnet on his brow
And fights and fights, he kensna how.
Through lang. hard days.
( r wou1dna gle an auld bawbee
Forony man that could see
VIVA didna hold
The sweetness O. his mither's name.
The kindness o his brothers claim,
The honor o. a wOmanS Tame,
For mair than gold.
: Nor is it hard for him to do,
Wha kens his friends are leal and true,
5fs,1-; Love sweet and strong, ~
Whose hearth knows not from year to year,
rrhe shadow of a doubt or fear,
rfeels the falling of tear
For ony wrong;
But gle him praise, whose love is pain.
VIVA, wrongfd, forgives, and loves again,
And though he grieves,
Lets not the dear one from his care,
But loves him mair, and MAR, and MAR,
And bides his time wi hope and prayer,
NH iAnd still believes.
Ay, gle him praise who doesna fear
The uphill fight from year to year,
And wha grips fast :,
VIVA. if they wander, loves them still;
Some day of joy he'll get his fill;
He'll win at last. 49,
Mary A. Barr, IN Hdrper's Weeksy.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05

then shook himself and spread out his;
wings just as he always does in his
bath. The action was so suggestive
and so unmistakable, that [ spoke Just
as would have done to a child: oh,
yes, Jack, of course you shall have
some water. ''-C Christian Union.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05

Mr.. John V. Farwell, of Chicago,
has his life insured for 1928, 900. This
is believed to be the largest individual
insurance carried in the West. - hacago
Meas. s.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05

A little boy being asked if he was
dux Of his class, replied: Il am where
the head of the class used to be, but
the teacher has turned the class
around.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05

ALI root crops reall. require garden
culture.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-06-30

PRAYERS offered. The food carried in
the procession is. we believe, commonly
distributed among the poor; sometimes,
however, a portion of it is consumed in
the house.
The burial places are sometimes Sc.
lectcd by nccromanccrS: and if the fam
lily be rich, this selection is often made
a matter of considerable difficulty and
expense. A good view for the entombed
spirit is one of the chief requirements
for a grave. The side of a hill, over
looking water, a copse, or ravine near
Il hill top, are highly favored spots.
About the 9TH of April in each year the
population of the country may be seen
trooping out to their tombS to repair
and sweep them and make offerings.
A Chinese tomb in the south of China
seems invariably, so far as the outline
on the ground is concerned, to take the
form of the Greek letter Omega; and
when raised to any height, it usually
much resembles huge armchair with u
round back, the coffin being placed in
the seat Chambers Journal.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-06-30
PITH AND POINT.

A bread famine is threatened in
Vienna. This comes of scattering the
Vienna bakeries all over the inhabitablc
globe " Y. Graphic.
SO Gould has retired upon 800
OO0,O 900. Some men with that amount
of money would sit up all night Dos
ton Transcript.
Ar amateur poctCss anNiousIN
walls: ooh, where can find rcst?'
Get II position rs salcSwoman in store
that doesn't advertise, darling. n. Y.
Commercial.
A man sitting in the back room of
saloon playing cuchrr hrrathrs about
eighteen times per minute. \ female
voice suddenly falls upon his ear and
his respiration jumps to torty-nlnc
quicker II seat Detroit Free Press.
Did you ever think what You would
do if YOU had Nandcrhilt's income?
NorriStoWn register. Wen, no; hut we
have often wondered what Vanderbilt
would do if he had our income. Hiia-
dciphia Nous.
A new song is entitled "Brothrr's
Hair was Cut by Mother II is COM
panion piece to that soul-stirring hymn
called "Fathrr's Pants viii soon be
Brothers, y Leaning ON my Brothers.
Breath" Sisters Teeth are Plugged
with Zine and the other familiar fam
lily ballads. Chjcogo Icrdhi.
r. Gentleman You ask me for Il
small gift and do not even take oil your
hat from your head. Is that any way
to act?o Bcggar excuse me, most
honorable sir. | dare not do it, for
Wonder stands policeman. II he
should see me take my hat or ii will
occur to him at once that am n bcggar
and he will arrest me. At present, us
we are now, he merely SupposrS that
we are two old acquaintanrcs having Il
friendly chat FHcgcade Mattcr.
IL say, Jim, what are YOU doing
there with those cards?' observed II
gentleman to his coIorrd gardener. IL
is dom some tricks" "Giyc mca little
evidence of your ability.' said the gen
tlcman. Thcrcupon the colorrd man
shulllcd up the cards in true magician
style and performed some very clever
work with them. The gentleman
dropped a quarter into the mans hand
and said to him: "Jim, You are quite a
| jugglrr, "Oh, no, massa, | am only
a negro man, sir - Prct:cES weekly,
man ~.bfG time does the State Road
reply "Wrn, | declare" eta railroad
a puzzled look covering her face "A'
lanta is the strangrSt place ever say
about giving information. "WhN So'
asked the railroadm man. '6ccause, jus
now asked II gentleman what hour tn
train left and he said Il quart"rto tire,
and now YOU say two forty-livc; ! can
understand il to save my life, In
man walked of leaving herto study OF
ihe problem. .HidHtu CONSTITUTIONS
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al ,F,u 10 Io
There Is very l!'l' o"' !i 49,,
extracted from PoIllIc', Sa" " " ,,,n,.
g"'sneu | ',,Igu ,' hnrsnJ from ONE
evening. ) "ma "I' law hr nt,ico.bnntrrs
A'ar emu 10 an2 Ia. !, y ,l,nn,,h thn dc,
ana you h"Ne ~ IL -, o","T FINALLY 10
Par'n'hl' anu s,'''nn .t;"Icnt inio a
Sl,p SOM MIME, rTHS hnro Innn thinrs
; 'zoo G sI i,.i,,r NAV" ,'' t"rm in tIc
Tor my i c,t' V G"n"5o y would never
nv" ', G,,. t I" ,nyynif have asked
.m,hM u "0'T pS,,r,,nd for thcm almost. Of
iaVorS' nay l"5,sIu , No., ,i'' mnt ask fine
men men from , m'.,in %", far myself
'I@ni'Tt t3lls'''1' '''';,'' III nn,n,,nt 100
-, Ah"' Wli"' ",,3 -, ~ =, aottin~ nlarr
W men you 10 H','9 E,,nI A. otE1rrs VIII,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-06-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Longfcllow copper mines nj
Clifton, Arizona, employ over l'ooo
McNicans and Cinnamon.
jefferson Davis estate of five hun
dred acres at Branuon. Miss, Is no"
mainly devoted TO grapes and oranges,
MIR, Walsh, a Mississippian, has in.
vented and patented m ingcniousqu
inc frame, by which the work can
readily be done 10y any sewin%-marmne.
DetrGH POST
The Commissioner of Agriculture
has arranged for the distribution oi forty
thousand silk-worm eggs to parties III
Kentucky who desire to make expert
mcntS in scrculturc.
A Canadian has invented method
of putting glass III sash without tine en-
pl6yment of putty. Every family man
/ who has ever tried to get old putty OUT
of sash in order to put IN Il new pane
will rise up and call the Canadian
"hlcssrd. 3" THiimifipbjn Nr"s.
An interesting feature mt II recent
county exhibition in Great Britain was
nm IRON watch, which has been turned
ont Inv Mrssrs. CruWthcr Bros " Coin
KiddcrminStrr, for the purpose Oh SHOW
inr the extraordinary malleablIIty ol
thrir metal. The watch is said to be
very perfect in every respect
sam Collier, the veteran Puglllsl +
about 10 apply for patent ior Sw I'M
mine machine It is called "CoIil"f
improved Automatic Swimmer. SINAI
screw propcIlrrs are placed on rarl
r,nt and they are rcyolycd by IN
,yrarrr kicking out vigorously. Mr.
Collier has experimental III II haih-'ll
2 I'm rrrat success, and when th
weather is warmer he will give eXhlb
lions in the Delaware Rlycr- I"''"J
J0a1Rdi.
o The taste for frogs legs is no
v spreading rapidly in this country, att
!, n long period Of comparative sta%n
u lion One of the largest dealers III u
II country, a Boston man, has sci y ~"
- dred expert frog-catchcrs at work II I
y New ENGLAND States, and estimates IA
- the demand this summer will be dpul
- that Of last year An experiment
- breeding bullfrogs in England Is abe
10 IN lac made and "a considerable supp
VI nj shawn will be sent over Tor that p
~ most. next month. = BOStOH F9f.-
-. There is curious clock int the eat
{. dral at Lubbock. Germany. ON th"
~, Of the hour-hand there is little rl'
he which keeps exact time with the la
nd clock. This little timcpirce Of cou
mr. ooes round and round the larger dali
No reminds one OF a "whcel within whe'
he In a Swiss museum there is wa
ri, that is only threc-sixteenths Of an
,nd in diameter II is inserted N the to
on, an olG-fashioned penciI-ease such as
.,I,. prandmothcrs used to posses 1t.
~ H. dial not only indicates hours,
i, / utes, and seconds, but also days y
month. ---r -
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Does Good Work Pay

Properly considered, this question adj
mitS of but one answer, and vet there
are advocates of cheap work and
eNcu4 IS of sighted Jobs among our
manufacturers; mon who claim that
close competition and close bargaining
are circumstances which permit, il they
do not exact, paSSablc rather than cN-
ccllent work. A business run among
the shops and factories in the same line
of production, in the same or adjacent
localities, where each shop has equal or
similar facilities. shows that no two of
them will furnish the same estimates of
the same job. Indeed, in some in
stances, the difference in the terms Is
quite surprising when il is considered
that the materials and the methods and
facilities of working them are the same.
Under these circumstances the only
possible means of lowering price is by
sighting work, sure To be detected
sooner or later, to the injury of the
makers reputation and the ultimate
loss of the cream of his business This
is particularly true of the manufacture
of tools and machinery; in either ease
poor workmanship is certain to reveal
itself And when Il tool gives out i'll
the using, or machine breaks down,
tne user ana owner uocS not ronSole
himself with the consideration that ne
''got it cheap, but he cNecrateS the
maker as heartily as though he had
pald the highest market price; ana ne
goes no more to the ioW-prlred manu-
tacturcr, neither does he recommend ms
productions.
Al
ThG manufacturer who puts the
NoIk ll'" ms 'oo'H an" Iu"'"I"t'H
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C1STLE-B UILDING.

what are You building. darlinr?"
asked of my grille fair,
AS she quietly sat on the hearth-ruC.
Filing her blocks with care,
While the ruddy glow of the freight
Danced in her golden hair.
Il am building castle. mother"
My little maid replied.
These are the walls around it,
And hero is a gateway wide,
And this is the winding stair
10 climb up by the side"
So the busy, fitting fingers
Went on with her pretty play,
Anu the castle walls were rising
II the fading winter day,
Whcn-a sudden, mcklesS motion,
And all in ruins lay.
All, merry little builder,
The years with stcalthy feet
May bring full many vision
OF castles rare and sweet,
mat end like your baby pastimc-
In ruin sad and fleet.
Yes, laugh DER the toy walls fallen,
For sunshine follows rain,
And We may smile, looking backward
AT ruined shrine and fame
While the heart has shattered temples,
1t may not build again.
Lucy Ruudpjph FemiIIg in the Continent.
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A thundcrbolt played strange

A thundcrbolt played a strange
freak in Montgomery, Ala. the other
morning. A large oak, three feet in
diameter. and about twenty-five feet
from the ground TO the first limb, was
struck a few feet below the hGshy top
The trunk was split in two, and the top
descended perpendicularly to the
ground. the small portion Of the trunk
: SrMaining unfolding itself firmly N the
sram which the roots had
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-06-30
A CHINESE FUNERAL.

'iANi1''E hONEhAH'
was Disturbed one dav dnring INV
midday mn.l o+ Hone K9no. wv on,,; S
nnntinm IN st,,nat ndio;,,i,,n7 ~ no'i =,
which w,s rnsidinrr co,,Snd Nv, -
Chinese funeral Of more tbnn tho ,ISroi
nrptcnsions As very lille is known
amono FOREIGNERS. even those rrsidino
in china in regard 70 ..rnlnstial,' nT27
scu1irs and their mcaninms took some
trouble tn rotbrr inform3tinn rorarlin q
the stranre paUpntry which 7 hat dan
witnns.oI
II iy tho nonor,l custom IN Chino
whom MAN i oLon+ tn din fn,. tLo niJ
nst son to rnn,ovn him from, tho nod r.
tho naa,. ~ iva ,,,.;ra;,,ai ,oa,,, - +I,r
house y,boro h. Il la;d Vii, IL fnot 70 H.
Joo,. Tbn irhol,it,nt, ~ +ho ,,ro,.i,,,.l
nF Enb- lin arn in tLo hahit of rJonino
,1iana lf s;I.o, ~ thn ,,,o,,tb Of ~
NV w. 7, Nth ,lhii bo ,, ~,
III. 49, intn Tho nn>t ,,,oriI and od ~
fnI1,' .tonninr M his nosn and nars I,
rrrtnin cases they make hole in III,
roof to Facilitate fine nvit of tbe shirt
nrornndinr from his hod,,. tbcir hello
brinr thaf parh pcrson nossosscs sryo,
,rimnl senses. which die with him. an,
.,brnn. souls one of which enters IlI =, elou4
,,nd rornivns indictment; another abide
with tho TABLET which is prepared t
commemorative the dcceased; and tn
,h;rd d,vnlls in his tomb.
Whether all these practices are observe
n Unno-Kong. | am unable to say
,,obablT the setting open of the wiz
lows and doors is regarded as prefer
lie proceeding to making hole in til
OFF more especially when the deaf
anncns to occur in the lowest room {
tlrnr-storipd house. Here, howeye
: elsewhere, the intelligence of II
aatb of thc head of family is con
uTicalrd as speedily rs possib
all his relatives, and the household
r,,rd in white-the mourning colt
China. Priests and women hired
,nrn are sent for at the same tim
an their arrival. a table is set o
nmrats, fruits. lighted candles al
x-tirksfor the dclcctatiOn of the sol
h. deceased: and the wailing a
,,irv Nv thc mOurninr-women is
cd NJ intervals bvt the intoned prayC
he priest or the discordant Ito
minnm of musicians who ha
brcn called to assist in the &c
los The women weep and lamt
m energy and dolcfulness Whit
,nino would be highly CONNER
hut unuenerous 'barbarians'
sive acquaintance with the Chin
that this apparently overwhcl
inf is. at least in the majority
more sham. In regard to
relatives of the deceased,
II he uncharitable to presume tn
h considerable amount of
9neath all this weeping and W
y hired ers,who are us'
lAost administrative on these
can hardly be expected
Merry other day into conyui'
.uns of genuine nature {
of individuals they han
name. As it is, the pl
ects these emotional den
Ih in the same way a
pntrolS the performance
;cians: now there are a
IS; then burst OF IN
in by Il few nasal n
:. the intervals being f
Wton1-tnms" and an
cI ro,n III" latest Gomez
.onaost features in
"oessed was the ere,
front Of the ho o, ),
occurred, to enable
r,be brought down L
81! ! 81; ;::::. !: 4: s.: !:
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CuATTEL MORTGAGE.

The indorsee of negotiable PromlS-
.ory note. secured by u chattcl mort
gage, which was transferred ~ ~,
same time the note was lhaorseo' ou'
moi assigned in writing, can not nam
tain rcpIcyin in his own name lor the
mort gagged property against the MOT d.
gagcor. Ramsdcll vs. Iewksh"ry' 81
nrcme Court of Maine.
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r11lnING AssocIATIoN.

Dcnositors in a building assorli-
lion both those who are merely depos-
TORS and those who are dcpositors ard
Stockholders are creditors OF the IN
.olycnt association, and are the hrst
entitled to a dividend on the fund for
di.,ribution. -Creswelfs Appeal, SIT
IRENE Court Of Pennsylvania.
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SALE or HOMESTEAD.

In an action of cjeetmrnt where the
defendant denies title and relics upon
m execution sale rs his title, the pia'h-
,in' NAV show the sale is void by reason
Of being the homestead, When land 1t
sold rnidcr nm execution consisted OF
lGo acres on which there was home
stead, and it was sold As one tract, the
sale Is void as to the Who'll" Klpp vs.
Ballnrd. Supreme Court Of Minnesota
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.ss,aNuENr roR CREDITORS.

An assignment for the benefit OF u
creditors Which prefers the claims "i
certain creditors is moi void under the
Iaws Of Missouri because of such pref,
"rcncc, but inurcs for the benefit oil
all creditors. II will be treated as IN
ASSIGNMENT for the benefit of creditors
generally. Martin VS.. llausman, I'm
led States Circuit Court, Western
bigirict of Missouri.
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Agency can not Be 9.i Knew that at. the
less IF,;t6 S's ct "a al, philadelphia 0o"i
mon Pless.
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$ in In .hin.se s ss[i'f 81 back in process,
bagfgardfo S sTT r59'"s sci up in 30.
'ge in " cir. tablets Of Of ,i Ig"1 parpo
''0'sts' incense '4 IL j.g.
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g., ve,fCcted l0f TWO It'S'llH
t,rstangc families in Il house
rbNstitiou> grounds, to a
c,x,cn through their rooms
aAca,lse il is almost I'M
M a heavy Chinese coffin
Aoow tortuous stairs OF
nfve houses. tol a sim
ha,dy in course OF Of rams
n}nc part Of Chm 10
y,lonp99,.e,, Sc Of 20 orn w. thru:
olAacc or 'alHed o .
rSxhich can PAS a. acrr
tl,rrtainin@ Any va IHfot
. re,, attS seiI6 EmPero9,
uesef, preferriE@ rstitioll
N pentio
al al Re re
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29

x. Got His Man.

X. Biedler returned from his excursion
to the north last Saturday, having made
the round trip to Fort Assinaboine. and
the Sandy hay fields in two days, re-
turning with a prisoner. Some time
ago two horses were stolen from G. w.
Hunter, of Maiden, and Mr.. Biedler, as
deputy sheriff of Meagher county, un1
dertook~ to down the guilty parties.
Billy Brown and a partner we're Known
70 be the thieves, and Billy Brown was
traced by x. to the hay fields on the
Sandy, where he was in the employ of
the contractors as night herder, and was
arrested early yesterday morning and
then brought on to this city. He rested
at the bastile last night. AS the offense
was committed in Meagher county, x.
will take his prisoner through to Maiden
at once, where he will have a prelimi-
nary hearing. The evidence against
him is straight and his chances for
taking a trip over the range are excel
lent. Mr.. Biedler with his prisoner will
|leave for Maiden On the invaluable
blackboard this morning.