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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
A VETERAN ENGINEER
Nearly Forty Years on the Foot
board of a Locomtive.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

The oldest railroad locomotive en-
gineer in the United States is Lawson
Lufkins, generally called Squire Luf
kins, Of The Philadelphia and Reading
railroad. He is as tall as Don Quixot
ic and almost as thin. but his career
and character are the reverse of Quix
ote. For nearly forty years the rider
of the swiftest of steads, and i'm con
slant danger he has never met with 8
windmill or other serious accident land
so far from roaming in search of ad
ventures he has devoted his whole
thought and energy calmly to hi:
plain duty-to the carrying of his
passenger safely to their destination
and on time.
Mine has been a very simple life,
said the squire last night, and when
look over the thirty-seven years / ran
a swift passenger engine it makes me
wonder that so few things stand out.
Its all a dead level now. / began en-
cheering when l was just 20 years
old, which was pretty young, and you
see | need't be lettering on the edge of
the grave to be the oldest engineer.
When l began | hadn't served an APP
preHticeship as fireman, but | was
well trained machinist. Locomo-
tives were my delight to study, and
when [ got one to run myself my am.
bition was realized. just settled
down TO my lifewOrk then and there.
At first | was bothered by people
wondering at such a boy engineer, but
| attended strictly to my work, and
soon knew | was all right and safe,
and the officers came to the same
opinion before long. | loved my work
and l never let my mind run off the
track. My engine and my duty were
more to me than anything else | could
think about. When an engir GERS
mind goes off on side trips his train is
apt to make violent attempt to fol.
low.
Didn't you feel the effects of the
WORK and the responsibility on your
nerves
| can't say | did. I've read of doc
tors saying that no man can stand the
physical and mental strain of running
an engine more than twenty-five years
| don't believe this is SO. If it is
am great exception. | am just as
capable to-day as L ever was in nv
life and / think | could go on and
complete my second twenty-five years.
Of course the engine shook me up, land
there was noise and exposure all the
time, but got used to these things.
They got to be as matter of fact as
eating. AS to the sense of response.
bility, [ felt it, of course, but it sus
tanned me instead of breaking me
down. Why it is the soul of engineer,
ing, this thought that one is taking
care Of the lives of others. If don't
have it [ wouldn't run an engine. 1t
would be like running a church with
out any God. And / would not work
on any railroad if the safety of the
passengers was not the very first
thought in every department from
president down.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
A Popular Fallacy.

Many people think that Rheumatism,
cannot be cured. 1t is caused by bad
state of the blood which deposits poison
Gus matter in the joints and muscles caus-
ing lameness, stiffness and swelling of the
joints and excruciating pains. Kidney
Wort will certainly effect a cure. 1t acts
on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, stimu-
lating them to healthy action. purifes and
enriches the blood and eliminates poison
from the system. Go to the nearest drug
gist, buy Kidney Wort and be cured.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
Our Charming Countrywomen.

Our Charming Countrywomen.
are winning an enviable distinction for
their fine teeth. This, they in great meas
ure owe to the Identifying and restorative
influence of SOZODONT, the most popu-
lar preparation for the teeth on this con,i-
nent. 1t removes from the dental surface
every impurity, checks decay and enable
the teeth to masticate without contaminat-
ing the food, thus indirectly contributing
to healthful nutrition. 1t effectually neu-
tralizes an unpleasant odor of the breath.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
No Grease for Him.

"When Greece her knees-Greece her
knees-Greece her knees" stammered an
embarrassed school boy, forgetting the
next Ii ne of his recitation. There is no
occasion TO grease anybody's knees" shout
ed his teacher. Go and study your piece"
Neither is there any occasion to grease your
hair. Parker's Hair Balsam is all the
dressing you want. Restores the original
gloss and color to gray or faded hair. Does
not soil the linen; not a dye; good for
the scalp prevents falling out.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
"Home. Sweet Home"


Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle
Now, when the day was far spent |
girded up my loins and gat me to the
train. And it was number twenty
two, mail express, going East on four
teen time, for the snow was deep
Twenty-Five was three hours late, and
fourteen was abandoned. Dimly
lighted was the car, and cold. Men
curled up in their overcoats and
hated one another, and no man spoke
to his neighbor by reason of the cold
and delay. Twinkling past 60 the
station lights, white and cold lay the
driften fields, and with rattle and jar
the train crept along. Two seats
ahead of me seedy-looking man, be-
reft of his overcoat, and not fastidious
as to collar, began to whistle.
Usually the note of the railroad warb-
Ter wakens our ire, but we all listened
to this man. Mellow as the flute
notes rose his many puckered whistle.
Home, Sweet Home" At the first
line surly looking men sat up to hear.
Mid Pleasures and Palaces" Not
often did the seedy whistler roam
amid very gorgeous palaces, we wot.
Scant indeed must be the pleasures of
man without an overcoat on
stormy night in March. "Be it ever
so humble-"we followed the air
with the words as we listened. and the
stranger seemed TO be breathing his
very soul into the song. All, yes,
humble his home might be, as lowly
indeed was his state, but welcome and
warm love light from watching eyes
and the home light from the ruddy
hearth, the clinging arms of little
ones waited for him, and We were
glad of it. The very car grew warm
er as he whistled. Into the distant;
corner, away down by the woodbox.
the mellow notes drifted, a dreamy
current of melody. "There's no place
like home;" why, it swelled out into
the very storm with its passionate
longing. 1t made those of us who
were not going home homesick down
to the soul, "a wand'rer from home"
there were tears in the melody :;
no alien splendors could dazzle heart
so home loving. "Oh, give me the
lowly, matched cottage again." came
fairly sobbing in the tender. bird-like
notes, and then again the "Home,
sweet home" refrain, sympathetic,
rich, plaintive, yearning.
The train slowed up, stopped, the
conductor came in abruptly, the
mellow whistle died away in q scarce
audible sigh.
"Come. said 'he conductor, 81 can't
carry you any futher."
The whistler rose, and as he vainiy
fumbled for button on his buttonless
coat. started for the car door.
"This way, shouted the conductor,
and the whistler meekly turned and
walked out by the forward door. A
lantern swings out from the step, the
train moves on, and the homeless
whistler is shivering out in the snow.
"What station is this, conductor ?"
''No regular station. It's a cross
ing. Stations two miles further
down. don't stop there"
"Where did that fellow get on ?"
"Clibmed on at the tank. when we
took water about twenty miles back. Z"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
GREATBLooD MEDICINES

The half has not been told rs to the great cura-
tive powers of the CUTICURA REMEDIES | have
paid hundreds of dollars for medicines To- cnre dis
eases of the blood and skin, and never found any
thing yet To equal the CUrIcURA REMEDIES
CHAS A. WILLIAMS.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-29
A Fair Offer.

The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshal, Mich
igan, offer to send DR.. Dyes celebrated Vol
taic belt and Electric Appliances on trIa
for thirty days, to men, old and young
afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality
and many other diseases.
See advertisement in this paper.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
A Word i'm Season.

At the late Independent and Re
publican meeting in Boston the
Rev. James Freeman Clarke made
what he called a serious speech, but
a speech full Of suggestion and
sound principle worthy Of the old
abolitionist and Republican, the
friend Of Sumner and Andrew.
This extract is peculiarly timely:
"The great harm to morality does
not come so much from the wrong
action as from its being defended,
palliated, and called right. This
great injury to the public morals is
now being done BY Mr.. Blaine's
advocates. They are putting evil
for good and good for evil, darkness
for light and light for darkness, bit
ter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
No young man who has seen what
an awful burden Governor Cleve-
land has had to carry in conse-
quence Of his one offense can possl-
bly, be tempted by his example to
any like iniquity. But when a man
who has devoted himself to making
money out of Office is defended for
doing so by our best men, when
asking to be paid for doing justice
in high judicial position is treated
as a mere accident, when asking a
man to pelure himself by writing a
letter prepared for him full OF false
hoods is considered as something
not worth speaking Of, then the
morals of society are being canker-
ed at their heart" Harper's
Weekly.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

Coop FoR-NoTHING CHILDREN
Parents who allow their children to
grow up wild, without training or
guidance must be prepared to take
The consequences. The father who
permits his boy to '1oaf'' and ac-
quire disreputable habits between
his thirteenth and eighteenth year
must stand out Of the way when
the boy becomes twenty and TWEEN.
ty-fve. The mother who takes de-
light in having her daughter do
nothing and learn no useful occu-
pation must be prepared for the
burden that will fall upon her. Do
such parents deserve sympathy ?
We think not. But society is to be
commiserated that such persons
ever became parents. No law is SO
inexorable as the law of retrihution.
Neglected duties are punished by
disobedient, good-for-nothing chill
dren. And it is well il the punish
ment is confined to this world. In
many cases the responsibility con
tinues il the next world. OF course
it does happen that children become
bad, disobedient, aye, and lost
through no fault Of the parent.
But can you say this has been the
case with your children? Is your
conscience perfectly easy upon the
point? That is a personal question
With the parent himself
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
The Pennsylyania Independent

4uC CA4Acy ANcAAU AS&CCO@ASS%OAAU
Republicans say:
"With respect to the tariff, We in
no way recognize that protection is
at stake in the present canvass in
the sense which the Republican
managers would have us believe.
The utterances Of both parties in
their respective platforms are so
nearly identical that there can be
found no definite contention be-
tween them. Besides, the power Of
the Executive to determine the rev
enue legislation Of the country is too
remote to render this controlling
factor in Presidential canvass.
The d cision rests with Congress,
and the intelligent voter can have
no difficulty in separating his Con-
gressional from his Electoral ticket,
and in thus satisfying his convic-
tions in both directions. Many of
the members Of this association are
pronounced protectionists, whose
interests are largely dependent, as
they believe, on the continued pros
perity of the manufactures fostered
by the tariff, and they can recognize
no danger to these interests from
the success of the candidate of a
party which in the last session of
Congress only showed in its efforts
at tariff revision its own hopeless
division on the subject, and was
forced at Chicago to adopt an ex-
preston Of policy SO nearly akin to
that of It's rival. We In Philadel-
phia, no longer ago than last Feb
ruary, had an example of the skill
with which the tariff can be unfairly
used by self-seeking politicians to
frighten the people to their support,
and we do not propose so soon
again to be deceived in the same
manner. Z Harper's Weekly.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Something for Nothing.
Texas siftings.

All newspapers published have
had experience with men who wish
to advertise themselves or their
business without cost to themselves.
It is pitiahle to see the shabby ways
taken to attain the end they have
in view. Men, who would feel in
suited if they were called dead
beats, will with bland effrontery ask
a publisher to 'splease mention so
and SO" ian advertisement, or,
handing in what is really an adver-
tisement under the guise Of COM
munication, they will say: Here's
a little item that will help you fill
up with" Men who do this and
there are some in every town-cal
themselves honorable, and would
not think of asking a real estate
owner to let them use one of their
houses few months for nothing
nor would they ask him TO let them
cultivate and use 2 part of his farm
without expecting to have to pay
rent for it.
The advertising columns of a
paper is to the publisher what the
house or farm is to the real estate
owner-his source of income. Why
anyone should expect the neWspa-
ner publisher to be more generous
in squandering his su bstance than
any other business man, is some
thing that cannot be accounted for,
except on the supposition that some
persons have an idiotic idea that
printers set up type for the love q
the work, and that ink and type
and printing presses are gifts from
heaven to sinful men who publish
newspapers, merely for the purpose
Of something the pathway Of then
fellow-men on the rugged road tc
fortune, and who hope not for re-
ward on this side Of the grave.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

A physician in one Of our West
ern towns has discovered new
remedy for those afflicted with that
distressing complaint-the blues.
He diets them upon kind Of soup
prepared as follows Procure a
lean pigeon, suspend it in the win
dow in such a manner that the rays
of the sun shall strike it, causing
the shadow Of the pigeon to fall di-
rectly upon a pot Of water in the
room. While things are in this
status, boil the shadow efectually,
cause the patient to drink freely Of
this soup for several hours, and a
cure will be affected" This is said
to be in accordance with the hom@-
pathic method, that like cures like.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
Always Does His Duty.

Speaking of Grover Cleveland,
Senator Bayard, in d recent speech
at Brooklyn, thus epitomizes his
character
But this is the leading influence
in the character of Grover Cleveland
as I discern it !; not love Of money,
not to achieve success nor arouse
noisy admiration, but chiefly to per
form his duty in that station of Life
to which it may please God to call
him.
He has done this alike in offices
comparatively humble as well as in
those Of great distinction and pow
er, for he has governed the Empire
State and five and a half millions
of people honorably, honestly and
well for the past two years.
As son and brother he has done
his duty.
As a citizen he has done his
duty.
As sheriff he has done his
duty.
As Mayor Of Buffalo he has done
his duty.
AS Governor Of the State Of New
York he has done his duty.
And, God willing, as President Of
the United States he will do his
duty.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
The Honest Countryman.

There is cheap clothing dealer
in Kearney, near California, whose
confidence in mankind has received
a severe setback. The other day an
honest-looking countryman walked
into his store and said:
'sYou remember that secondhand
oyer-coat I bought here for $8 yes
day
"Never dakes pack anythings ven
vonce solt, my frent," stsid the hand
me-downer.
"Oh! that's all right, I just want
ed to say that I found this $500 bill
sewed in the lining. Perhaps the
owner may call for it.
"Ofgorse he vill-he has call al
ready my tear trent" exclaimed the
dealer, eagerly capturing the money.
"Yon ish Won honish man. Here, /
gif you feefty tollar ash a reward.
Dot will pc all right"
When the honest customer got
around the corner he nurmered soft
.ly: I"guess I'd better take this fifty
and skip up to Portland before that
Sheeney tumbles to that counterfeit.
It's getting mighty hard to shove the
queer, . round these parts, and that's
a fact. San Francisco Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.

7 WILL BE at the places designated below to
correct and revise registration books 1or
each place, also to register all voters VINO nave
not heretofore registered from O'Clock a M,
TO O'clock p. M. each day,
OpelOusas-at Courthouse September Sd. 4th,
5th, 9th, Tth, sth and 9th.
Westinghouse Town Hall, Wednesday, Sep
tember 10th,
Lower Bayou BOeuf-at Beggs store, Ihurs-
day Sept. 1lth,
Upper Bayou Bayou Boenf-at Louis sGagg
Friday, September 18th.
Big Caue-at 7. GOdchau&' s, Saturday, SepIem
her 18th,
Petit Prairie-at jules Godeaus, Monday, sep
tember 18th,
Sept. 18th.
Waxia-at schoolhouse, Thursday, September
18th.
Barre's Landing-at ID. +. balZans, Ffluay
September 18th,
Belevue-at Schoolhous6, Monday Septem-
Grand Coteau-at Dunbae's, Tuesday, septcm-
coulee Croche-at D. P. Richards, Wednesday
September oath,
Plaquemine Brulee-at Foreman's, Fflday
September 26th.
Rayne-at Town Hall. Saturday, Sent. 27tn.
Mermentau-at Maignaud's, Monday, sept. Zstn
Pointe-aux-Toups--at S. Carts, Tuesday, Sep
tember 30th.
Faquet;uqur-.,J z, Huber',s Wednesday, oc-
Prud,G"nlne ii &c C'ty-at T. O. Chachere's, Thurs
day, October I'd,
Lower Manmouth-at Q, yidrine's, Friday
Oct Sd,
Mammouth-at saucier's Saturday, Oct 4th.
Upper Malumouth-at Landreaeaux's, MONDAY
October 9Th.
Beaver Creek-at SchOOliS House, Iuesoay
October Tth.
Bayov Chicot-at Haas store, Thursoay Octo
Der 9th. .o.,
Bayou Chicot-at Dossman's, Friday, Oct. lOth
Flat Town-at Tate's, Saturday, Oct; 1ltn. H. ,e
M PIaisance-at @ Jos. vidrine's. Tuesday. Oct. IA
Chataignier-at D. T. Iafieurs, Wednesday
ga5a October 18th. ..t
Mallet-at JOS. 5ullice's, Thursday, OCT lotn.
Mallef-ft Lucien JOubert's, Friday, Oct l1th
Then at Coul thouse in 0pelOusas, till SAUL.
day, Nov. 1st, inclusive.
aug a. Registrar
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

A postmaster in Texas, at an
Office bearing the suggestive name
of Spring Valley" writing to the
postofice department., offers his
resignation, and urges its accept
ance, as he states, ''on account of
there being no water left in the
place." and closes his letter with !:
II am your obd't servant, drinking
pond water I haul six miles till I
hear from you.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

"Have you one single man in
Chicago who has made money in
the business he first started in ?"
Have We? Let's see-let's see.
Yes, we have. I know a man on
State street who went into the Ii
quor business 20 years ago, has
stuck, right to it, and is worth
100000. IF he had only been
sharp enough to turn around after
10 years and open an undertaken S
shop and bury his customers, he'd
now be millionaire !" Wall
Street News.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

England is sending her best
troops to fight El Mahdi, while he
defends himself with cannon and
rifles bought from English deal
ers. We now see that the
United States is not the only gov
eminent which conducts its warfare
upon the principles Of giving good
gifts to your enemy, and by SO do
ing heaping Goals of fire not only
upon his head but upon yonr own.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

It is a curious circumstance that
all the candidates for President and
e-President began their careers
as schoolmasters. The two leading
candidates, Messrs. Blaine and
Cleveland, once taught in blind
asylums. The late President Car
field, in early life, had also been a
school teacher. It must not be in
ferred from this, however, that
pedagogues are i1 higher regard
than In the early history Of the Re
public. Had Messrs. Blaine, Cleye-
land, st. John, Logan or Hendricks
remained schoolmasters or profess
ors, they would never have been
heard Of in connection with the
higheA Office in the gift of the
AmerieSn people. Our presidents
have so Var been rigidly confined to
the la!gsesAcast, with an occasional
exception favor of a soldier. By
some kind gbf unwritten law, busi-
ness men, physicians, collegap ppresi-
dents, hotfeyer distinguished, are
excluded FROM the list of candidates
for the kfeHdency, nor are naval
officers rSgaS5ed as available for
these haads. Ifues1Mr. Blaine is
not a lawyeF After being a school
master, he beSsme an editor, and
has made his mark as politician. II
chosen. he will be the first President
that was not a soldier or a lawyer.
Demorest's Monthly.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

A wise Quakeress used to say, in
her sermons that there were three
follies of men which always amazed
her. The first was their climbing
trees to shake down fruit, when, if
they only waited little, it would
fall on its own accord the second
was that they should go to war to
kill each other, when, if they but
waited, they would all. die natural
ly; and the last, but not least, was
that they should run after women,
which, if they would not do, the
women would be sure to run after
them.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

Senators Randall L. Gibson and
B. r. Jonas are canvassing Con
gressman Blanchard's district in his
behalf. M. G. Elsner and R. B.
Looney are spoken of as probable
Republican opponents Of Mr.. Blan-
ehard.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25
OPELOUSAS FEMALE INSTITUTE
Opelousas, st. Landry Par. La.

0N2S@oS
YENHHs INSTITUTION will resume du-
ties Monday, September Sd, 1888, under the
immediate supervision OF Mrs. M. M. Hayes
ants. The scolastie year consists OF forty
weeks.
Preparatory Departmssnt' per month y . 80 80
Music. with use of piano g 6 90
Boarding, including washing, lights
and fuel. per month. ..-..--....sse.s 10 90
Embroidery, wax flowers, painting,
drawing, each, extra .-.---.--..--.. 10 90
Incidental fee. .........-.-...-s-..-s~-s. w
DISCIPLINE.
The government Of this school ia strict bn'
parental, no hard tasks or restrictions are i'm
posed but every student must comply with tht
rules, and must prepare up To the measure OF
her ability, the lessons assigned.
Our course of study and mode of instruction
are designed to train the mind to the habits o.
correct thinking and thorough Investigation,
No student will be allowed to enter nighei
classes without thorough preparation. Parents
and guardians may rest assured that the man;
ners. health and morals of their children and
wards shall receive due attention.
No deduction for absence, unless IN case @
profracfed illness. The location OF this toWIl If
heaIthfnl and easy of access The boardlns
department is under the immediate charge o.
Mrs Hayes BoardersswiIl provide themselves
with blankets and towels.
For particulars, address
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES,
july 2s- Principal
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

It is hard to ten when lie, a.
or a delinquent subscriber
is going to settle.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-25

Commissioner Henderson is right
when he says the farmers are grow
ing poorer every day !; and one
cause is, not too much cotton, but
too little 'shog and hominy." There
is not farmer in this country who
can make crop without advances.
Those who are fortunate enough to
have good credit can get a cotton
factor to advance them money at
twelve per cent. per annum but
woe be unto the man who has to go
to the store for credit. Twelve per
cent is more than farmer can pay.
A farmer can grow rich by making
six per cent. on his investment.
Southern Cultivator.