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St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
Youths Department..
SIZE HAD MEYER SEEN 4 TREE.

An invalid child who had lived In London
fdl her life, and had never seen tree, was
Gaken into the country, together with many
She chung to one of the teachers in dreadful
alarm on seeing tree, and could not under
stand what such great green thing could be.
lgsm of terror, as the wind swayed it's branches.
1t was only after some time that she could be
induced to go near enough to touch it'll
They took the little London girl from out the
city street
10 where the grass was growing green, the
birds were singing sweet;
land everything along the road so filed her
with surprise,
The look of wonder fixed itself within her vio-
let eyes.
SIhe breezes ran'to welcome her; they kissed
her on the cheek.
And tried in every way they could their &C.
staSy to speak,
Inviting her to romp with them, and tumblng
Expecting she would laugh or scold like other
little girls.
But she didn't-no, she didn't: for this Grip
pied little child
Had lived within dingy court where sun
shine never smiled,
And for weary, weary days and months the
little one had lain
EConfned within a narrow room, and on
couch of pain.
The outdoor world was strange to her-the
broad expanSe of sky,
The soft green grass, the pretty flowers, the
stream that trickled by;
But all at once she saw a sight that made her
hold her breath,
And shake and trembe as if she were fright
ened near to death.
cob! like some horrid monster Of which the
child had dreamed,
With noddin9 head and waving arms, the
angry creature seemed;
1t threatened her, it Knocked at her, with gest-
and GprTn8pn
That made her shrink with terror from it's SER
pent-like embrace.
They kissed the trembling little one, they held
her in their arms,
And tried in every way they could to quiether
alarms
And said: "0h, what foolish little goose you
so nervous and so terrified at nothing but
treel'
They made her go up close to 1T, and put her
arms around
The trunk, and see how firmly it was fastened
in the ground;
They told her all about the roots that chung
down deeper yet,
And spoke of other curious things she never
would forget.
roh, have heard of many, very many, girls
and boys
Who have to do without the sight of pretty
books and toys,
Who have never seen the ocean; but the sad
dest thought to me
LIS that anywhere there lives o child who never
saw tree.
Josephine Pollard. in Harper's Young People
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
A PERFECT MEDICINE CHEST.
SING SING, N. Y, Posi- OFFICE,
March 10, 1888.

MdFcn II, 1866. J
One week ago, while engaged in my du.
ties as Assistant Postmaster, was taken
with violent pain or kink in my back; it
was so painful / could hardly breathe, and
ached all over my body. Immediately
sent for an ALLcoCK's Porous PLASTER
and applied it over the seat of pain; in
twenty minutes I was entirely relieved
and cured. have used Allcock's Plasters
in my family for over twenty years, and
have found them wonderfully effective in
curing coughs, colds and pulmonary diff
culties. They are perfect medicine chest;
they cure without the slightest pain or in
convenience never leaving mark on the
skin. THos. IiEARY.
President Of RILLaqe Of Sing Sing, N. z
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
Benny,s Last Ride.

Benny's uncle gave him bicycle.
EIe was very proud of il, and soon
learned to ride.
His parents lived near the railroad
depot, and his mother was constantly
worried lest Benny should get in the
way of the cars. Almost every day she
would remind him of her wish that he
should not ride his bicycle across the
track, even though no trains were near.
But Benny thought himself to be quite
man, and thought his mother was too
careful. Other boys rode across the
track, and why shouldn't he? So he rode
across few times when no train was
near. This made him holder, and he
felt sure his mother was more careful
than she need be.
Onesday he came riding toward the
crossing Just as the train stopped at the
depot. 1t had crossed the street he was
on, 50 he thought there could be no
harm Tor him to keep on and pass just
in the rear of the last car.
'.Thev will either stand still or move
on, he thought. I'm either case it
will be all right. So here goes.
But he soon found it all a0ronq. Just
as the wheel struch the iron track it
slipped, and Benny fell. AT the same
instant the train began to move back
ward instead of going forward. Benny
was unable to get out of the way in
time, and the car-wheels crushed his
right leg.
a surgeon was sent for, and Benny's
leg was cut off above the knee. He
was i'll for a long time, and had a great
deal of pain. He is now able to go
about on cruteh; but he can never
ride his bicycle again, nor run about as
other boys do. - On. Little Ones.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

ALL weakness and i'll health owes it's
origin to an impure state of the blood and
a weakness of the urinary and digestive
organs. A medicine that will strengthen
these organs, and at the same time purify
the blood, will assist nature in curing
nearly every disease that human flesh and
blood is heir to. Such a remedy is DR..
Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla,
and, although it possesses no cathartic or
diuretic effect, its use will soon establish
regular habit of body as well as cure
weakness of the kidneys, indicated by
urinary sediments, nervousness, etc.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
Cancer for Fourteen Years,

SPARrANBURG, S. c., March IA, 1884.
have for IA years been sufferer from
running sore on my face that everyl ody
called a CANCER. I have used over $3.50
worth Of medicine and found no relief.
About four months ago bought one bottle
of Swift's Specific from DR.. H E. Heinitsh,
and since have bought five others, have
taken it, and they have CURED ME sound
and Welt My face is as free from a sore
as anybody's, and nv health is perfectly
restored. feel like forty years had been
lifted off my head. Yours thankfully,
ELIZA TINsLEY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
SPRING

Is the season in which bad or poisoned blood is moa
apt to show itself. Nature at this juncture, needs
something to assist it in throwing of the impurities
which have collected by the sluggish circulation Of
blood during the cold winter swfts Specific
is natures great helper it purely vegetable alter
attye and tonic.
Rev. 1. B. Paine, Macon, Ga, writes: ''We have
remedy for blood complaints. and as general health
tonic and have had remarkable results from its on
the children and employees of the institution 1t is such
excellent tonic and keeps the blood pure
system s less liable TO disease. 1t has cured OF
our children of Scrofula."
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
to applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawers Atlanta, Ga.
New York Office. 159 West Twenty Third St
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
rs THAT SO?

There is a certain remark floating
about that seems to be homeless sort
oof thing, belonging to no one, and much
in want of a reputable father. 1t does
mot often get Sinto print. 1t seems to
prefer to avoid publicity. Nearly every
boy has this street proverb repeated to
him by some well meaning, but igno-
rant person, just as he leaves the school.
The remark is this: ga Jack st all
trades and good at none"
Solemn subject, is it notP Let us see
about that. You observe it does net
come out il square, manly fashion and
7tell us that 'tJac1'' at all trades is
good as none. For all that, this may
be so. What is a "Jack?' 1t appears
"a simpleton. 1T is quite possible that
@such fellow is not good in any trade,
is not a good workman in any business.
If we look deeper into the matter we
find Jack also means common kind
sof workman, like a peasant; and from
this meaning we got our words s'jack
plane ''boot jack ''smoke jack
@and any others, all meaning some COM
mon rough kind of work or tool. Now
we begin to see what solemn nonsense
this is. OF course, a 'sJack" is good
in none. Such fellow is never good
an anything. The whole thing can be
stated in this way. A poor workman
lis never good for anything. So far
there is only kind of dreary wisdom
in the proEerb, "A Jack at all trades
zand good at none The whole thing
would not be worth remembering, if it
were not for the fact that so many peo-
pie repeat it under the impression that
they are saying something very fine. 1t
sounds well and gives the speaker q
comforting sense of superior wisdom.
''My son, listen to the words of
sage. DO not be Jack at all trades
sand good at none y
Now sensible boy on hearing this
would say:
Thank you, do not intend to be a
Jack at anything. / mean to be a
-1irst-class workman, whether I make
sermons or carriages, poems or sewing
machines. am not Jack at all.
The whole trouble with this thing is
Just here. It is a coWardly saying be-
cause it implies dishonesty. 1t is a
sheer at every one to whom the Lord
has given two talents, and that means
nearly all Of us. 1t does not sqTarely
say you must have but one trade, /
and talks about Jacks when nobody
ever means to be a Jack. It has
done vast deal of harm by the very
dishonesty of the wording and the way
people use it. Ii it means Jack at |
all trades is good in none. it is simply |
stupid. But, no, people give it a false
twist as though il meant to say: '.You /
must never have but one trade, for, if I
you do, you will be good in none of /
2them' which is not true
This remark plainly originated in
Europe. because the word Jack is from
the French and meant a peasant. It is
not an American saying; it is, in the
usual sense given to it, wholly false and
at is not the right thing to say to any
American boy or girl.
Boys and girls just leaving school,
nave seen much of trades and work,
and | know this to be true: The good
workmen, the men and women who
succeed, who accomplish things, almost
invariably have two trades. They are
not Jacks in either, butmaster work
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
A HEALTHFUL DIURETIC.
BOUND BROOK, N. j.,
Anril . 1899

n pLl HOOD J
You advise placing Allcock's Porous Plas.
tiers, in dyspepsia, on the pit of the STONE
ach; in ague-calze, on the spleen; in torpid
liver, over that organ; but really think
you should also recommend that one
or two Plasters be put over the kidneys.
They stimulate, strengthen and act as pow
erful diuretics, thus casting out many
poisonous acids and salts. Ihave had fever
and ague; all remedies Itook produced lit
tie or no effect until I put an Allcock's
Porous Plaster over each kidney; their
action being more than doubled, the ma.
laria was quickly washed away. have
also had several attacks of rheumatism
and two of govt, and by applying the
Plasters over the local pain, and also over
the kidneys, | again found your PIasters
wonderfully ef1cacious. H. K. THoMAE.
Beware of limitations. "Allcock's" is the
only genuine Porous Plaster.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
Blue Grass Breeders.

Mr.VR S. Withers, of Fairlawn Stock
Farm, Lexington, Ky, writes: 81 have
such confidence in st. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-cure, that use it on everything; N.Y.
self, my horses, my negroes. Everybody
and every horse, for all kinds of aches and
pains, believe in it's sovereignty as cure"
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

The question whether young women
shall pursue the same line of studies as
their brothers, seems TO find it's chief OBJ
lection in their different physical constitu-
tions. Arguments on this subject are fine
ly handled on both sides; but the perfect
adaptation of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to the cure of ailments attend
ing the feminine organism needs no argu-
ment; its works are its proof.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
From Death,s door.

NJ. NJ. Devereaux, of Ionia, Mich, was a
ton of the Kidneys and suffered terribly.
My legs were as big as my body and my
body as big as barrel. The best doctors
gave me up. Finally tried Kidney Wort.
In four or five days a change came,
in eight or ten days was on my feet, and
low am completely cured. Il was cer-
tainly miracle. All druggists keep Kid
ney-W Wort, which is put up both in liquid
and dry form.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

scRoFULA, scald.head, letter, Rose-rash,
False-measles, Nettle-rash, Lichen, Red
gum, Branny-tetter, Dry-tetter, Shingles.
and all diseases of a scrofulous nature are
cured by bathing the diseased skin with
Papillon Skin Cure. Sold by druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28
Z A.PE.ILLON
BLOOD CURE.

It is not an Alternative. 1t restores the blood
to healthy condition. For all diseases of the
liver, stomach, bowels and kidneys, as liver
complaint, dyspepsia, tiatulence, stomach
ache, jaundice constipation, collie, vomiting,
~prvousness, wakefulness, back-ache, neu-
ralgia, and sfck-headache, fits of epilepsy,
anemia, or poverty of the blood, chlorosis,
in young females, suppressed or
painful menstruation, wakefulness, and fe-
male weaknesses, this medicine is absolutely
certain Being purely vegetable, it can be
taken into the most delicate stomach A num-
Der of recent testimonials are profuse in
praise of this excellent remedy. Its proper
ties are slightly cathartic, acting more directly
upon the liver. 1t is very pleasant to take.
Price, $1.00 per bottle, six for $500 Direc-
tons in ten languages accompany every bottle.
gF For sale by all druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

Why do we neglect a cough till it throws
rs into Consumption, and Consumption
rings us to the grave2 DR.. WIN. HALL's
BALsAM is sure to cure if taken in season.
has never been known total. Perseyere
i'll the disease is conquered. There is no
better medicine for pulmonary disorders.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

n8The Simple and Perfect Dyes. No.
thing SO simple and perfect for coloring as
Diamond Dyes. Far better and cheaper
than any other dye. 10c Druggists sell
them. Sample Card for &c. stamp. Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington, VT.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Is reliable remedy for local skin diseases.
Any physician acquaintedwithitw will say so.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

LoNG-WINDED preachers may not be
very musical, bnt they are great COM
posers.-TerGs SiftingS.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

OFFENSIVE incrusta ion4 and liberated
nostrils are permanen ly cured by using
eaplllon Catarrh Cure. BY druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

LADIES' hats may be cheaper this spring
than last season, but we notice that they
come higher than eyer.-NoTristoaon Her
MID
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

A GOTHAM youth calls his girl "Ice
Cream" because she is cool and sweet.-N
7. NetCs.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

A KNocK-DowN argument-"I shall never
be found out, and l need the money more
than the boss does"
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

SERVANT" Master, master, the house
is on fire." "Oh, tell your mistress of it;
don't NEEDLE with household affairs."-
Golden Days.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

WHAT the hungry fish said to the an
gler: ''If you're not too busy, drop me
line,O
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

An unknown friend gave the Uni
versity of New York $4,000 recently.
M i. Nea0s.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

IL cough disturbs your sleep, one dose
OF Pisoss Cure will give you nights rest
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

"BUcKEr-sHoPs" are probably so-called,
because they make their customers turn
pale.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

A. N. K. b., 9s@
WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS
please say you saw the advertisement in
this paper. Advertisers like to know
when and where their advertisements are
paving best
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

THE greatest miss take in a young wo.
mans life is her husband.-Detroit Free
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

WOMEN, all women, are beautiful-in the
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

A RocKLAND woman calls her husband
"a glacier" because he moves SO mortally
slow.-RoCkldnd Courier.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-28

WHEN man is bent on evil there is gen
orally something crooked about him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-20
The County Dnctors.

The Marion County Medical Society met last
evening in the Council chamber; thirty members
were present. DR.. George Cook read paper on
pruritis ami, which was discussed and referred to
the State Medical Society for their consideration.
The secretary was instructed to convey the sym
pathy of the society to Dr. Theodore A. Wagner,
at the smallpox hospital, and express their hope
for his speedy recovery. DR.. Wooden presented
some fbrinous casts of the bronchial tubes,
which are daily coughed up by one of his patients,
and will read a paper on the case shortly. DIR.
Frank Morrison viii present paper on the treat
ment of the digestive disorders of children next
Tuesday night Dr.. w. f. Heinrich's name was
proposed for membership Adjourned,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-20
Benefits of the High School.

To the Editor Of tie indianapolis journal:
There was an editorial in the journal few DAYS
since written for the purpose of calling attention
to the fact that the Highschool is an unneces-
sary appendage of the school system. The state
ment was made that 90 per cent of the children
of the city receive no benefit from it,
Permit me to call attention to the fact that the
teachers of the public schools are largely drawn
from the Highschool More than half of the
teachers in the city schools who were educated
in indianapolis were graduated from its High
school.
1t is the wise and just policy of those in au-
thority to employ residents as teachers, as far
as is consistent with the best interests of the
schools. The majority of the teachers in the ell
ementary grades. and many occupying positions
of the broadcast responsibility, are the citys own
children. This fact is not generally known to
the public; but statistics at the Office Of the pub
lie schools will furnish abundant proof
Every city naturally and justly feels that its
own citizens should have the preference in its
own schools. All thoughtful citizens know
that unless home talent is fitted
to do the work required, it is against the clty's
teaching can be done by any one has long been
relegated to the dark ages, except by those who
have the crudest knowledge of facts No intel
ligent person can deny that other things being
equal, the individual who has the broadcast
knowledge and culture is the most efficient
teacher of the young.
In view of these facts is it true that 95 per
cent. of the city pupils receive no benefit from
the High-schoo! P.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-20
PERSONA. MFyTION.

s. F. Porter, of Peru, is at the Bates
j. Eichel, of Evansville, is at the Denison
NJ. F. Owen, of Rome City, is at the Bates.
j. j. Dills, of Fort Wayne, is at the Grand
Hotel
w H. Nye of Rockville, is at the Grad
j. J. LaFollett, of Portland, is at the Grand
D. N. Osborn, of Frankfort, is at the Grand
Hotel
Bates.
4. A Coffin, of Anderson, is at the Occi-
dental.
Col j. NJ. Jordon, of Martinsvile, is at the
Denison
Hon. John Overmyer, of North Vernon, is at
the Denson.
Rosser Mcclure and wife, of Lafayette, are at
the Denison.
j. F. Vaughn of Covington, is registered at
the Occidental
Mayor L. P. Boyle, of Huntington, is at the
Grand Hotel.
jay Odds and wife, of Fort Wayne, are at the
Grand Hotel
0. NJ, Gregg, of Charlottesville is at the
Grand Hotel
A. M. jenkins and Hiram Hines of Mobiles
vile, are at the Occidental
E. c. Snyder H. H. Ristine, Benjamin Crane,
Will H. Thompson, of Crawfordsville are at the
Bates.
Rev. S. j. Tomlinson is spending vacation in
New Orleans and vicinity. He will preach few
times while there.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dickinson start in
the Servia, on the 9th of March,. for five
months tour in Europe Miss Carrie Fishback
will accompany them.
Walter r. Fales, formerly with Fletcher &
Sharpe, but who now has an Indian trading post
at Fort Defiance, Arizona is in the city for a
few days. en- route for the East
Sau All Brah a Karen of India and promi-
nently known as Karen preacher, will preach
at the First Baptist Church Sunday evening,
and on Monday evening willlecture on Oriental
Customs and Travels"
Rev. P. A. H. Franklin, who is Methodist
missionary from Salt Lake City, Utah, will
speak on the subject of 'Mormonism" at Cali
fornia street NJ E. Church this evening" and at
Fletcher-place M. E. Church on Thursday even
ing.
Will Visscher, the veteran journalist who is
W uSllNol ilo iHOhOloSuo OiAIy hAihutes III INC
War;" at Plymouth Church, tonight, has
little six-year-old daughter concerning whom
the Denver Times tells this story Not
long since, Bill Nye, the Laramie humor-
list was visiting Visscher at the latter's home in
Denver, and one day. Viva, who is Visschers
little daughter and who is possessed of the
fnesse of her sex, was trying to wheedle her
father out of some trinket or other Folding her
chubby arms about the old mans neck, she said
hama lf1,l "
will won't you, papal Pretty papa" Nye looked
sadly at the youngster. and then in the most Sc
rious manner said ''Vissch, you ought to do
something to stop that tendency in your daugh-
ter She is evidently going to be a humorist."
Visscher's LONELINESS is what makes this thing
FUNNY.
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To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
I wish to inquire if the Postmaster general
is dealing fairly by the commission he has cho
sen to investigate c. Jay French' 1t is well
known to postal clerks and others that he is in
the possession of considerable information
against Mr. French Why has he not placed
this testimony in the hands of the commission!
A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper says that
Mr. Charles NJ. Walker, secretary of the Post
master general, during his recent visit here
spent much time in talking with postal clerks
and in collecting their grievances If this is
trde, why have not the complaints and charges
so gathered been placed in the hands of the
commission, that witnesses may be called for
their refutation or verifcation!
A LOOKER-ON IN VIENNA.
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Also, there is a new language growing up here
all heard in the lower streets of English cities in
which time becomes tonne wife ''waif,7 spade
''spde, round ''raound, and many monosya-
bles tend to become dissyllabic. The theory here
is that the drawl and twang are due to relaxa-
ton of the larynx by the climate. 1t seems
to be more probable that the social elevation of
those who in England are of lower class has
merely brought this patois into greater promi-
nence than it occupies in England. These
peculiarities are found in the younger genera
ton mainly, and are by no means confined to
any class of society. 1t prevails in the schools
and is more noticeable in Sydney than in Mel
boune-possib1y because the latter Is strongly
preoccupied by the Scottish accent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-20
The Arrangement of the History scheme.

To the Editor of t. e Indianapolis Journals:
Are we to understand that that part of the
history of the United States between the treaty
of peace with Mexico and the United States and
the beginning of Lincoln's administration is to
be excluded from the public schoolsl 1t is said
that the history will be taught infinitely, barring
unimportant events connected with the manage
ment of Indian affairs, down to the close of the
Mexican war; and in the following sentence it is
stated that the next grade will begin with Lin
coins administration and finish the book Are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-20
Advice TO Mothers,

be used when children are cutting teeth. It re
heves the little sufferer at once it produces
natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as
a button. 1t is very pleasant to taste 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums. allays all pain. re-
lieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best
known remedy for diarrhea, whether arising
from teething OF other causes Twenty five
cents bottle.