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St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
The Ian image Of Envelopes.

have spoken OF the envelopes being
shabby, aud you will want to know
what / mean. Well, Til tell you. ]
have carried in my time an average OF
over 800 letters q day. That would
make for a year, Of 800 working days,
10000. Say that | have been carrying
nineteen years, and that would make
very neatly 100000 letters that have
passed through my hands. Now,
man can't handle that many letters
without learning something from their
outside appearance. When am sort
ing out E9y letters in the carriers de-
partment. I never pick up one that /
don't form an opinion about the person
who wrote it. Sometimes l am guided
by the handwriting but handwriting
is not safe guide-and sometimes by
the shape of the envelope, but more
frequently by its general appearance,
the way it is addressed and the manner
in which the stamp is put on. / can
always tell letter written strictly on
business by the way it is sealed. Bust
ness letters are never securely sealed,
unless they contain checks and money.
They are licEsa in a hurry and thrown
into the lIalI baskets. The stamps are
put on crooked, too. Everything about
them indicates haste except the address
the address on letter written by a
good business man is always plain and
explicit. Anybody can tell love letter.
They may be inclosed in the cheapest or
the most expensive envelope, and yet !
can see st a glance that they are love
letters-or letters written between new
ly married people. 1t is hard to dis
tinguish these apart. Both are secure
ly sealed. the stamps are stuck on with
a perfect nicely, and the address gen
orally in care of somebody's written
with nervous hands, particularly the
names. Then, again, they have the ap-
pearance of having been wrapped up in
tissue paper before being dropped into
the box. The latter asking for loan,
a favor or a situation is always ad-
dressed with humility. If it is to John
p. Higgtnbottom, care of Russell &
PerriwIcl, it will read, Mr.. John 2.
Higginbc tom, Chief Manager, Messrs.
Russell IL Perriwick, Wholesale Dry
Goods Establishment, 1881 Broadway,
st. Louis, Mo. Personal. The very
way in which Personal is written will
tell its story, if the other part of the adj
dress is not sufficient. I can tell beg
ging letter from the borrowed appear
ance of the envelope, which is either
too large or too small for the note pa
per, and has the Returned to - if
not called for scratched off. There is
no question about letters between men
and their wives-l mean those who
have been married long enough to lose
an interest in scented envelopes. They
are addressed carelessly-from the hus-
band, as If he were glad he had finished
it at last-from the wife, as if she had
performed a duty and wanted to get it
out Of her sight as quick as possible. ~
ISL. Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Imprisoned in a Stage.

The singular spectacle of a handsome
soung lady imprisoned in Broadway
stage was presented Yesterday ut the
corner of Prince street. When she
pushed against the door to aIight tho
fair young passenger found that the
door would not open. Then she kicked
against it, but her dainty foot was un-
equal to the task of opening it. An APP
peal to the other passengers brought
the only two men in the vehicle to the
rescue, but their combined efforts were
futile.
s'Get up!A shouted the driver to his
horses, exasperated. at the delay, and
the young girl and her gallant aids
were hurled against the door, but the
door did not yield.
''Whoap beloved the driver to his
horses again, and the young lady and
her assistants were tossed against the
money box.
whats the matter therep" yelled
the driver through the change-hole.
eve can't get out y
''Clilnb through the window, then. "
A crowd had collected, and a block
ade was in due course of preparation,
when a big policeman came up and,
siezing q heavy cart rung, passed it
into the stage and tald one OF the men
to hammer with it on the inside of the
door. Repeated efforts with the impro-
vised battering ram had the desired eff
feet, and all suffused with bushes, the
captive little passenger tripped down
the steps and skipped away.
The tongue of a heavily laden truck
had run against the door, and the strap
being caught in the jam, the door was
fastened tighter than a miser's purse
stripgs. NJ Y Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Useful AND SUGGESTIVE.

--Musty food is not safe, as many
diseases may be traced to its use.
"A house whose first addition is a
mortgage gives but poor promise oil
peace and plenty for its inmates.
There is room for live young man
in every neighborhood, who knows how
to deal with the insect pests OF the
farm, says the Farm Journal.
Some feeders claim that an animal
suffering salvation can be cured in a
few days by being abundantly fed on
cabbage leaves, A sensible remedy if
sfficac:ous. Troy Times.
IF. D. Curtis, in the New York 1rt6.
me, says he plowcd up six-acre field
where the grass was running out, and
found it was due to the presence of
white grubs in the soil. He sowed it to
buckwheat, which the grubs will not
eat, and proposes to starVe them out.
A writer in the Mirror says skillful
milking not only means gentle rapid
and complete extraction OF the milk
from the udder, but it means more than
that. Much butter is ruined before the
milk has left the barn. Cows should
be brushed clean before milking. The
tie-up should be kept always clean and
always well ventilated, SO as to be quite
clear from foul odors.
The National Lire Stock tyowrpot
SAYS: .tWe wish to call the Western
farmers attention to the fact that Vest
ern horses are found less able to work
on pavements than Canadian horses of
the same weight, and that in the East
ern markets this is attributed to the
general use in the West of corn as food
for the young horses, while oats and
peas are fed mostly in Canada as grain
food
Plants that seem to thrive and take
possession of q field to the exclusion OF
all others, such as white clover, do not
retain the ascendency for long period,
as a rule, owing to the fact that in tbs
course of few years the plant-food
specially adapted to the dominant plants
becomes exhausted, to say nothing of
the increase of the enemies that do them
injury. The consequence. therefore, is
that an equilibrium is established, newer
kinds in turn taking possession and
crowding the others of.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
The Lakes Of Upper Italy.

They lie in the lap of the mountains
like jewels dropped from the sky, and
Nature has lavished her love and man
his labor on the setting. By political
geography they belong in part to Switz-
erland; but if there be any force in the
theory of natural boundaries; the Alps
bar her claim with tremendous empha-
Nis, and in climate. scenery, religion,
custom, and speech they are Italian. No
sooner does the traveller by the st.
Gothard Railway reach Locarno, the
first station on Lago Maggiore, than he
finds another heaven and another earth
from those which vanished when he en-
tered the great tunnel, q few hours ear
lier. The mountain peaks are sharper
and more serrate, the curves and inden-
tations of the shore more delicate, the
outlines of the landscape more finished
and perfect; the light is at once softer
and more splendid, the sky has a deeper
and more tender blue, the. verdure is
richer and darker; the very weeds give
the WaYside the grace of a garden run
wild. Already there are terraced vine
yards to be seen, and vines trained over
q sort of trellised arbor called pergola,
the supports of which are stone-one
of the most ancient modes of grow
ing grapes in Italy-and orange walks.
hanging gardens, arcades Of shrubbery,
walls Of evergreen, stone stairways and
balustrades, pillars, vases and fountains
among the flower beds, different cul-
tiYation, different style of gardening,
which adorns the humblest plot. The
cleaning towns upon the waters edge
have irregular tiers of redrtiled roofs,
broken by arched porticos in the attic
story, by slender Lombard .bell-towers,
cupolas, long, blank palace-fronts-a
different architecture. ALI this can be
seen from Locarno, which is yet but a
poor place compared with the towns
lower down the lake. 1t is worth while
to stop there, though, to wash off the
dust of the long journey in great white
marble bath-tubs, of antique form, filled
with cool, diarlond-clear water, and to
rest and attune the spirit to a softer key.
There is new hotel, a remarkably fine
building, with a lofty hall lof entrance,
from each end of which marble stair
case leads to galleries with balusters,
colonnadeS rising one above the other,
and interesting long perspectiyes, like
the backgrounds Of Paul Veronese's
banquet pictures a Palladian interior,
every corridor ending in an arch draped
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Saving Corn Fodder.

When well saved, cornstlaks are as
good fodder as common hay. If corn fod-
der is careIessly left until it is frozen one
half the value of the stalks is lost.
When one works farm for profit he
cannot afford to waste anything; he
must preserve, not only the crops them
selves, but he must save them in such
way as to preserve all their value. A
lot of cornstalks. first frozen and then
nodded by neglect, might as well have
been thrown into the manure yard ut
first. After cutting up the crop in
good season the next care is to secure
the shocks. This is best done by stack
ing the stalks about one hill left uncut,
which gives great support to the shock
against storms. H the shock is well
made it is better to have it somewhat
large; our practice beingto take for
ty nine hills or seven each way, and stack
ing around the center one. The butts
are spread considerably at first to get
q good basis and to give access to the
air; the rest of the stalks are carefully
placed to balance the shock, and the
whole is then firmly bound with two
bands before it is left. If it is left until
LIE Guu Oh Gu6 udy Work UEIOES 10 IS
bound the shock will have settled and
become deformed and out of shape,
and some of them viii have fallen and
must be set up again, so that the delay
not only makes bad work, but more of
it, and is an example of the truth OF
the old adage that delays are danger
Gus and make waste. y One band should
be put about the center of the shock
and one at the top, and both should be
firmly drawn and fastened Shocks
thus put up will not blow over or mold
in the center. After the corn is husked
the stalks should be bound in small
bundles and set up in stacks of about
four shocks high, having about twelve
shocks in each. If these are bound
well with two bands they will keep per-
fectly well through the winter in back
yard or in the field Y IEmes.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Rainfall and Distribution Of Our Grains.

Over ninety-two per cent. of our
wheat is grown where the annual rain.
fall is above twenty-five inches; sixty
two per cent. where it is between thirty
five and fifty inches, and over twenty
eight per cent. with an annual rainfall
of forty to forty-five inches. The inn
portant wheat region of California has
less than twenty-five inches annual
rainfall, but the rains come at the
most favorable time for the grain.
Nearly half of all our wheat is grown
where the rainfall during the growing
season is not over twenty-five inches.
Over sixty per cent. of all our Indian
corn grows where the spring and sum-
mer rains do not exceed twenty eight
inches, and ninety -eight per cent.
where it is between fifteen and thirty
inches during the growing season.
Corn is emg9hatically q hot weather
plant, and WI not thrive in Europe,
where the suS smers Fave less bright
sunshine, thouA the rainfall seems
more favorable ran in this country.
Four -ffths d the PTational BAT crop is
grown wk're the lean annual rainfall
IS between thirty S4d forty inches, and
the spring and sur inner rains range h,
tween fifteen anti twenty-five inchesg
Oats like coolsr climate than corn.
Barley has the tEi6Ast range of eli
mate OF all cere lis, and the g-eatest
production is WitfaanS 6rlRaaI rainfall Of
fifteen to twePtI inches42guch less
than that REQUIRED Diagrams. Y We are
apt to overlook the7 Importance Of
clouds when harvesting "a crop, and
even think rains a great Inconvenience;
yet without them during the growing
season there would have been no gold
en- grain. american AgrtcaltGrist.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Those Pesky Cockroaclles.

The city editor OF the HaaOEeye is in
difficulty. and appeals to the careful
housekeaper for assistance. The bur-
den of his refrain, from the time he
climbs the long, narrow and winding
way that leads to the editorial sanctum,
until he goes home in the small hours
of the morning, is '.those pesky cock
reaches And they are ''pesky.n
They areas innumerable as the sands
of the desert and checker than the man
that tells him how to run a newspaper.
When the editor brings in the modest
lunch that lightens the WEAKNESS of the
midnight hour the cockroaches eat at
the first table. They are not particU-
lar as to the quality of the food either,
for they invariably tackle the richest
boarding -Aause pie. They are not
troubled Eith dyspepsia; they stand on
the proof sheets and thumb their noses
at the rtatent medicine lads" They
have been known to enter the editors
pockaas in search of money, but only
once. A cockroach never does a fool
ish thing twice. They sharpen their de-
voUISng apparatus on the shears and
eat the paste. A pint of gum traga-
canth paste. ten days old, chat smells
like combination of limburger cheese
and Chinese stink-pof, lasts q we'll
regulated family Of cockroaches about
four days.
The afflicted editor has tried all man
ner of means to induce this able and
intelligent insect to take up other quar-
ters. He has put salt on their tails and
fed them Rough ON Rats" He has
strewn the Office with spearmint till it
resembled an old Woman's medicine
chest. lie hired an aged negro woman
to pronounce Voodoo incantations by
the light of the moon, at the dread
hour Of night when mosquitoes swarm
and drawers give up their cockroaches.
He filed his desk with cucumber rinds,
but the cockroaches ate them up and
then presented a request for 9, 1877 doses
of cholera mixture. He sang ''SWeet
Violets' and ''Wait till the clouds roll
by, Jennie" till the neighbors sent
policeman up to quiet the disturbance.
but the cockroaches pasted up their
ears and didn't bulge. The editor
gives it up. He is helpless. The cock
reaches are with him to stay, and I'M
less soma one wiser than he regarding
the natural history and habits of the
festive insect can help him to an effect
i've scheme for driving them away.
some day q plain white shaft, with the
simple Inscription: Plagued to death
by cockroaches, will be erected over
his remains. Burlington H0aokeye.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
lrflpr essfons Of Amsterdam

Now we entered Amsterdam, to
which we had looked forward as the
climax of our tour, having read OF it and
pondered it as ''theVenice CT The North"
but our expectations were raised much
too high. Any thing more unlike Venice
itwould be difficult to imagine; and there
is terrible want of variety and color;
many of the smaller towns of Holland
are far more interesting and Infinitely
more picturesque. A castle was built
at Amsterdam in 1904, but the town only
became important in the Sixteenth
Century. 1t is situated upon the influx
of the Amstel to the Y, as the arm OF
the Zuyder Zee which forms the harbor
is called, and it occupies huge semi
circle, it's walls being inclosed by the
broad moat, six and half miles long,
which is known as Buitensingle. The
greater part of the houses are built on
piles. causing Erasmus to say that the
inhabitants lived on trees like rocks.
In the center of the town is the great
SQUARE called Dam, one side Of which Is
occupied bv the handsome Royal Palace
-Het Palais-built by j. Van Kampen
in 1913. The Nieuwe Kerk (l4O8-A70)
contains number Of monuments to adj
mirals including those of Van Ruiter-
s.imnensi tremor oceani''-who COM
manded at the Battle Of solbay, and
Van Speyk, who blew himself up with
his shin rather than yield TO the Bel
oians. In the Dude herke OF loVo
there are more tombs OF admlrais.
Hard by, in the Nieuwe Markt, IS the
picturesque cluster of Fifteenth Cen
tury towers called St. AnthonlensWaagg,
once a city gate and now weighing
house. But the great attraction OF Ann
sterdam is the picture gallery OF the
Trippenhuis, called the Rijks Museum.
and it deserves many visits Good
Words.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

The most expensive thing and the
hardest thing to get in Europe is pure
water. At Che hotels even in SWitzer-
land, where the ice-crowned Alps are
in sight, theY.charge you for ice-Water
to drink. There is no water on the
cars, and at the stations they look al
you IN amazement if you ask for it,
Toronto Globe.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

in Mianns, Conn, there is house
built twenty-five years ago by a man
named Van Nostrend, who has lived IN
# ali these years without removing the
81 that was used in its erection:
Only part of the rooms are hnls 81 &C: anu
it is said that the house was left IN that
condition to escape the payment OF
taxes.-Rortfor0 CourGat'
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"A country merchant caught n thief on

No fsmily can have good bread unless they
use Drews Yeast Powder.
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Cough. Colds. Caterrb- 60

SOluss
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RY." The first dose gives relief, and a cure
speedily fellows. rs Cts, or 81, at Druggists.
London Hair RestOrer-Great English
Toilet Article. Restores growth, color, gloss,
and softpess. Removes Danluff. Arstocratic
families of Great Britain endorse it. Elegant
dressing. Fragranty perfumed. The favorite
OF fashion. AT Druggists for 3s I'D. or Is Cts. in
u. s. money.
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well, you may say what you will, Mr..
Crimsonbeak," said that gentlemens wife,
the other morning, while they were indulg-
ing in 9S-in-thc.shade discussion regarding
their own respective virtues: 81 never do
anything by halvesw mo indeed, you do
not" replied the heartless wretch "you rever
halfdo anything"
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The Big Dakota Farmer.

He was tall man, with rather sandy and
long hair and an iron-gray chin whisker. He
wore sack suit of steel mixed and yellow
ish- brown SLOUGH hat. There was a red but
tonhole bouquet in his coat lapel His standS
up collar was surrounded by black tie. An
ordinary everyday watch chain hung from
the second buttonhole of his vest. AS he
walked up from the Western Union main
Office he logged along carelessly, looking
neither to the right nor left, but seemed en-
gagged in sort of communion with himself
The man was Mr. Oliver Dalrymple, the
most extensive farmer in the United States
MIR. Dalrymple, although he lives in st. Paul,
Mimi, confines his farming operations to
Dakota, where in Cass and Trail counties he
has two-thirds interest in 10000 acres of
as fine wheat land as the sun ever shone on.
The product, as indicated by that already
threshed will be about 900, 900 bushels this
year. Mr.. Dalrymple employs in his farm.
ing operations 1000 men, 800 horses and
mules, 200 self binding ieapers and 30 steam
threshers
81 have lived in ST. Paul thirty years." said
MIR. Dalrymple," and seen it grow from TO- 900
to 100000" When asked relative to his age
he said: "You may tell them that have not
yet got to the gray haired, broad.shouldered
man of sin. My visit here is for the purpose
ments with Buffalo elevator men for the
storage of part of my this years CROP
Buffalo Erwess.
Rough on Rats" clears out Rats, Mice. l5c.
Trough on Corns," for Corns. Bunons. 15c.
Thin people. wells Health Remover re-
stores health and Vigor, cures dyspepsia, sc. 81.
Trough on Toothache," instant relief. l5c.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivacity
don't fail to try wells Health REVIEWER"
"Buchu-paiba," great kidney and urinary cure.
Flies reaches, ants. ed-bugs. rats, mice, clear
ed out by Rough on Rats" l5c.
Rough on Coughs" troches. 15c; liquid, Csc.
For children. slow in development, puny and
delicate, use wells Health Remover"
Trough on Dentist Tooth Powder. Try 1t. 15c.
Nervous Weakness. Dyspepsia. Sexual Debili-
~ cured by "Wells Health Renewer." 81.
Mother Swans Worm Syrup, for feverishness,
worms constipation tasteless. 25c.
Singing, irritation. all Kidney and Urinary
complaints cured by "Buchu-paiba." 81.
Night sweats. fever. chills. malaria. dyspepsia,
cured by wells Health Remover"
My husband writes q LADY, is three times the
If you are failing, broken, worn out and nerve-
GUS, use Wells Health Remover" 81.
Prevalence of Kidney complaint In America
"Buch-paiba" is quick, complete cure. 81.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10

"A country merchant caught a thief going
through the cash drawer Hello, there" he
sung out, "what do you want in that
drawer?" "Oh, nothing" said the man sheep
ishly, trying to get away. "Well, don't let
me disturb you. Just 60 right ahead you'll
find exactly what you want. I've found the
same thing there for the past six weeks"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Don't Look Like a Wreck.

when man is going down hill everybody is
ready to give him kick" Yes, that is so. 1t is
sad. but natural. Why, many man and woman,
hair hadn't been SO thin and gray. One bottle of
Parker's Hair Balsam is then the best investment.
1t stops falling hair, promotes new growth and
restores color. Clean, highly perfumed, not a
dye. A great Improvement over any similar
preparation, and sold at the low price of so cents
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The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, October 10, 1854.
SAY A KIND WORD.

SAY A KIND WORD.
what were life without some one to cheer us
with word or smile on our way!
friend who is faithfully near us,
And heeds not what others may saw?
The bravest of spirits have often
Half failed in the race that they ran.
For kind word life's hardship to SOFTEN
So say kind word when you can.
Each one of us owns to some failing.
Though some may have more than the rest:
There's no good in heedlessly railing
'Gainst those who are striving their best
Remember, word said complaining
May blight every effort and plan
A kind word would help in attaining,
So say kind word when you can.
Oh, say a kind word, then, whenever
Twill make the heart cheerful and glad
But chiefiy-forget it, oh, never
To one who is hopeless and sad.
There's no word so easy in saying,
So begin, If you have not began.
oh, never in life be delaying
To say kind word when you can.
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Itching PiIes.-symptoms and Cure.

The symptoms are moisture like perspiratIon.
intense itching, increased by scratching very
distressing, particularly at night seems as If pin
worms were crawling in and about the parts
suits may follow. "SWAYNE'S OINTMENT
Is pleasant, sure cure. Also, for letter. Itch,
Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Erysipelas. BARRIERS
Box, by mail, so cts;. 3 for SLIPS. Address DIR.
SWAYNE SON, Phila, Pa. Sold by Drug
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"A man in rural settlement who had been
an inveterate smoker for the past twenty
years has suddenly and permanently given
up the practice. He knocked the ashes of
his pipe into keg Of gunpowder.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10

Many forget that the hair and scalp need
cleansing as well as the hands and feet, Extern
sive use of Ayers Hair Vigor has proven that it
is the best cleansing agent for the hair-that it
prevents as well as removes dandruff, cools and
soothes the scalp, and stimulates the hair to re-
newed growth and beauty.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Modern CIothing.-No descript

Modern CIothfng.-No description we can
give here, will do justice to our elegant assort-
ment of Mems and Boys Clothing. for fall and
winter wear, and an inspection will satisfy you
equaled anywhere. Acme Hall, 200 w. Baltimore
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