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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-02


The Masters voice, "Thou pure soul come up
higher
Upon thy spotless robes no faint Of earth,
Deaf to its evil sounds, dumb to its sin,
It seems but meet, that this thy mortal dearth
The Immortal's fullestlife, and crown, shoulds't
win
SMITH-Laura Lassiter consort of
Jones P. Smith, died at her residence in
Bellevue, July gath, 1884, in her 43rd
year.
A friend to the orphan and widow, to
the poor and destitute. Beloved by.
rich and poor, kind to all, a perfect ray
Of sunshine, generous at all times, liber-
al in words and contributions to all reli-
gious denominations. A devoted MEM
Der of the church, devoted wife and
firm friend. Such was the character of
this noble woman, who has passed to
her reward.
Mrs. Smith will be missed in social
and religious circles, long list of
friends are left to mourn her loss.
BLESSED are the dead that die in the
Lord.p by her friend,
T.J.H.
WALKER-Atl her residence in Belle
view, on Tuesday, July 18th, 1884,
MATTE LEE BAILEY,
wife of William III. Walker, aged 80
years, 9 months, and 20 days.
In the schoolroom / have never had q
more successful student, nor one more
upright in all her department.
Size enjoyed the confidence and res
pect of her sehooImates, both for her
application ip study and for the purity
Of her youthful character.
IL the social sphere her intellectual
force was respected and sought. When
a little girl she was converted, Joined
the M. E. Church and lived the life of
a consistent Christian. She was mar
RED to Mr.. w. H. Walker-the blend
ing Of two lives into one of happiness.
The morning star of love,
To husband, family and friends,
Ere it reached meridian splendOr,
Was by its Creator taken
To fill place I'M Heaven,
A beacon to weary mariners,
To welcome them to port.
W. O. D.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-02

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
A Holland AImshouse.

We We're passing a row OF very old
slmshouses, with carven gateway.
showing old figures in sixteenth-century
costume. V%enturing in the courtyard
to look about us, we noticed an old well
with rather an insisted-on inscription in
staring letters.
"What does it say, Jacob?"
''It say dot dis well-water is not 50
very good, dot you better be careful
how youdrink him"
"That's curious"
mot at all. Much better warn tho
people; den dey don't get i'll. Now hero
is another well' (and sure enough this
pump was placardcd even more promi-
nently than the well); "dis pump she
zay dot you must not drink de water at
all; she 10 only fit to wash de floors
wiz"
Jacob was not content; he must satisfy
himself and me by finding out all about
it. So, boldly knocking at one of the
doors, he inquired of the quaint old
Observation-Disclosures crone, who came
out, all about the water. She gave the
we'll and pump a shocking character,
and said that they had 10 get all their
drinking water from afar, ETC., and
presently asked us in to see her little
abode. In a few minutes we were as
chatty and as much at home
as if we were paying a long
expected afternoon call. 1t was
an almshouse for old ladies in reduced
circumstances. 1t was about three hun
dred and fifty years old or 80. They
had to pay a very small sun for man
tenance; it was not entirely a charity;
there was much liberty of coming and
going, etc. She was not entirely alone
in the world, but had one son, a sailor,
which accounted for the carved whales
teeth and the bits Of strange pottery. I
think Jacob managed to find out some
body she knew and to know them also
anyhow, we soon got on most friendly
terms. She would insist on our having
some tea, which rite and ceremony was
duly performed, as it always is in Hol-
land, with much warmth and cordiality.
Meanwhile the fact of the old lady
having strange visitors to tea spread
rapidly over the institution. First of
ali a small child came to the door and
looked in, and then a little girl came
for the child, and fingered long, too,
with wide-eyed interest, and then the
child was suddenly dragged away, and
procession gradually passing of all the
old women in the place. They first of
all sauntered carelessly by, staring
in very hard, and then one more bold
stopped to ask some needless question,
and all the others closed in about the
door to hear the reply. Our ancient
dame was not to be imposed upon with
indiscrete interest in us, or our tea. So
she soon, very soon, sent the party
about their affairs and shut the door;
we finished our afternoon call in peace,
and pleasant and queer it all was. The
old lady was really loath to take the sill
YER Jacob rendered on my part to get
more tea for us some day.-George II.
Bouqhton, in Harper's Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
FiDanciering in New England.

Father" said the young man as he
returned from town, "they say about
twenty OF the big factories in New Eng
land have shut down"
"They..do, eh?" Wall, we'll put a
little more water in the cider"
And they say that dozens of big iron
works have stopped running"
"They do, Ell? Wall, we must leave
more buttermilk in the butter to make
up for it."
"And they say that railroads are
passing dividends and hardly paving
expenses"
"They do. eh? Wall, when we bale
hay this fall We must tumble in lots of
weeds"
'But, father" continued the son,
''they say that hundreds of men are out
of work in the cities, and that times are
going to be awful hard this winter"
"They do, eh? Wall, we'll fill the
apple barrels about halt-full of wind.
falls, doctor the lard with a little taller,
and you'll have to get up an hour earlier
every morning to make up for it. I
guess We'll pull through somehow
Wall Street News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
deceive the latter; the former relies only

deceive tho latter the former relies only
on mathematical certainties. He must
be sure of clear weather and daylight,
and will often lay to or run slowly, when
= reckless nan would risk the ship.
But perhaps the land is enveloped in
fog. Here stranger and coast-pilot are
on an equality. Charts are now of in
finite Importance. The master takes a
cast of the lead and notes the depth. He
also gets a sample Of the bottom by means
which sinks the line. He has already
indicated on the chart the spot where he
believes the ship to be. This spot is
marked Thirty fathoms, fine black
sand.' The depth corresponds, but the
lead has brought up shell and sand. He
sees a sounding so marked near his sup
posed position. Assuming the latter as
the ships place, he runs a few miles and
sounds again, comparing results as be-
fore. The skill lies not in simply find
ing the depth, but in noticing coinci-
dences so nicely as to keep q chain of
reckoning by the ground. If this be well
surveyed, a use of log, lead and lookout
will insure his safety, although these
are most anxious moments to any one
in command.
Such is a superficial view Of the
means by which ships are navigated.
While claiming that certain results can
only be reached by exact science, we
do not undervalue experience. On the
contrary, cases are frequent where cor
rect and mature Judgment is just as es-
sential as to the chemist in the labora-
tory, or to the Judge on the bench. As
the latter are aided by the experiments
or decisions of the past, so much OF the
necessary work is doue for seamen by
professional mathematicians. To their
labors in calculating the tables herein
of which a easily be learned, we owe
the certainty of results. Thus the
world is largely indebted for the sci
ence of navigation to men who know
nothing about seamanship-Captain j.
4. Palmer, III BaUou's Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
The Heidelberg Tun.

The chief object of interest in the ed
Palatinate city, however, is, of course,
the ''Great Tun of Heidelberg" which
lies in one of the vaults of the castle,
With an ordinary tun standing in front
of it for comparison, and looking as .
dog might look by the side of IN ele-
plant. A long wooden stair carries you
up to the back of the monster, which
measures fifty feet by thirty, and con-
tains Gas the custodian will tell you with
a relishing roll in his voice, as if the
very words tasted of wine) 'nine hum
hundred thousand bottles" But the
giant cask, like the King of Slams IA
vorite white elephant, exists in dupli-
cate, another great '.tun'' being hidden
in a neighboring vault, which will prob
ably be sold n of these days to some
foreign potentate who may wish to pur-
chase the original. Close beside the
great tun stands an image Of carved
wood, in the embroidered cap, ample
wig, and fantastic dress Of the seven
teenth century, holding a bottle in one
hand and a glass in the other, and
wearing upon his wooden countenance
a look of exceeding slyness, as if chuck
ling inaudibly over some excellent joke.
What that joke is you speedily learn to
YOUR cost. Just at the right side of the
figure you espy a metal ring in the wall,
which looks as if it were meant to be
pulled. You pull it accordingly, and
instantly the panel flies open with a loud
weirring noise, and out springs a huge
fox tail, which hits you a tremendous
slap ACROSS the eyes, then goes in again
like a jack-in-the-boN almost before you
can tell what has happened. This is a
Heidelberg joke, and it has a marked
advantage over other jokes in the fact
Of its instantly striking every n who
meets with it. But it would be well for
Heidelberg Castle were all it's associa-
tions equally light and sportive. From
the horrible peasant war; of 1926 to
the merciless devastation of the Pala-
innate by Louis xvi, one hundred and
fifty years later, this spot has probably
misery as any other in Europe Were
it peopled with the ghosts of all who
have actually persisted within these
gloomy walls, upon whose dark-red
surface the slanting sunlight seems to
leave a stain of blood, it would be as
terribly haunted as the Tower of London
ltsel1. Among the old peasants OF the
Neckar Valley still fingers a hideous
legend of a room in the castle of
which the existence is now known only
to a few, whittier any prisoner who had
to be secretly disposed of was brought.
assured that he was about to be set free,
and hidden to kneel and thank the
imaged Madonna in the further corner.
As he did so the floor gave way beneath
him and he was never seen again. Ages
later, when the evil secrets of the old
castle were beginning to come to light,
an adventurous man was lowered
through the trap door with a lantern.
He went down with a careless smile; he
came up white and rigid with horror.
The pit was many yards deep, and far
down in black gulf lurked a huge wheel
studded with rusty blades, to which
chung shreds Of clothing and of crushed
human bones.-Cor. N. Y. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Being AMI Doing.

How much of patience and fortA
might we exhibit in trial, with no vol
of fretfulness and complaining! Haj
much of faith and submission und
any of the movements of a Fathe!
Providence! How much of gracNl
scholarship under the lessons Of e7s1
days teaching! How much Of pu1
in thought and desire and speech 81
association! How much of quickls
and warmth of sympathy as we lM
upon critical passages in the life
others! All, how white and sweet, 80
lovely and winning our character mi!
be, and how steadfast aud strong &I
leaves r turned every morning for d
reading of God and man! BE our Rs
And then, in all the relations Of Iii
do our best! Our place in the hon
circle, what a fountain of comfort 40
cheer we might make it to each msr
Der of the household band! What ;a
denial we might practice in sharing 40
alternating burdens! How we mig
postpone our own qualification to
the smile brighten on the face Of a
other! How we might come in up'
scenes of want and distress with sou
contribution of help and relief! Ho
we might look out upon public intere'
with a conservation of whatever \
have to offer to their advancement aa
prosperity! The sending out Of spin
ual light and healing over all the i
and darkness of the race--how grand
we might aid such a mission il e
whole heart were in it!--Rev. d. |
Stone, D. d., IN Pacific
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Jokes in History.

"a mule is a mule, but a woman il
muller" This joke is supposed to have
been brought from India by the earlier
P~elasgian settlers Of Italy. Tetarchus
PericonGinus, in his annals, relates that
Caesar, pausing at the bank of the Ru-
bicon, in an effort to bulge a baggage
mule which had braced its fore feet
against the ruins Of the Doric temple,
was approached by one of his officers,
Tedius Sempronius, who remarked that
his wife was even more difficult to con-
troll than the aforesaid obstinate animal.
Caesar, after curtly rejoining, Comma
gallia est vivisa in parties tres" babe
Tedius declare himself, whereupon the
latters said that, while a mule was q
mule, yet his wife was muller Caesar,
upon hearing this remark, mounted his
horse and made a dash for the other
bank. So passed away the liberties of
Rome. Tedius Sempronius was subse-
quently put to death in the first pro-
scription, after having got off the joke
on Marc Anthony. The specific charge
against him was an attempt to revive
the humor of the Tarquins.
William Rufus was tarrying one day
st Winchester, during the summer Of
1888, when he was approached by his
Lord Chancellor, who suggested that
inasmuch as the King was a young
bachelor the ladies Of the court naturally
expected more attention than they had
received during the preceding reign
''By ST. Simon the Cellarer," exclaimed
the King, ''they shall never say 1
value them not. Largess is thine, me
lud, if thou devisest a scheme for their
entertainment, for l am busy with the
cares of State" 'Ice-cream," sug-
gnested the Chancellor. .'Too high
rejoined the economical King, pointing
to a neighboring confectioner's sign,
$3.50 per gal" The Chancellor re-
signed in disgust.
When Alexander paused before the
walls of Tyre, Delessepius, his engineer,
reported that the city was. impregnable.
All attempts to break down the walls
would be but a waste of time, and an
assault would cause terrible ~effusion of
blood. Alexander smilingly replied that
while a ba%tteringg-ram might fail, a goat
would probably answer. Bring up a
goat or the butter we had last night;
either is a strong butter" he musingly
added. The people Of Tyre, who were
on the walls of their city, Immediately
got down and left on the other side.--
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
In Hope Of Eternal 1ife. ~

Tie hopes of the present and ,
hopes of the future enter into the u ~ y
tian life. The present hope Of fut y
Christian is that he may succeed i, :. .,
rifying God in his body and his snI y
which he recognizes rs belonoinmn 1 I
God. The future is covered BY tRa 5.l1
of eternal life. It is just in prono. ~
SIS this hope dominates in the man poS n.y..
be realizes his Heavenly calling, hi, sas
arateness from the world. and The d;v;pP
ity of his mission among men. Tbaa
may be true and really noble lives , .n.a
from the hope of eternal life, lives trps'
cendent in their devotion to God ', ~
His cause; but ordinarily there i, a1
much of the inner sunshine in ,ns1
lives: 1t is as this hope of eternal ' ri
irradiates the inner man that the ,a ~
alities of every day life become rsdi,s'
with the divine. There is eternal hi
there has been from eternity. + v. y
hid with the Father until it was reva,ls1
in Christ Jesus, and became the hn,]
of the world. The revelation Of sss1
nal life is the burden of tho Gosn.1
John tells us that 1.-THE life wss m,,
ifested = y and we show unto Won fl,
eternal life which was with the Fsthsr1
Again: ''This is the record. that G.
hath given us eternal life, and this hi
is in His Son." And in 2 Timothy i \
the apostle declares that he Is ~
apostle of Jesus Christ by the will !
God, according to the promise of ete1
nal life which is in Christ Jesus nj
because there is eternal life, and ID
may become heirs of this life, and n
cause God, who is love, desires Us \
thus become heirs, that the Gospel ws
declared to men; and happy is he viii
by the grace of God has attained to
good hope of the same.
The ills of life are smoothened, al
sinuosities and perplexities are mad
more than endurable by this blessd
hope. While it is in and bv the repea
ing of the man in Righteousness that
is fitted to serve God, the hope Of se|
nal life is an impelling power in thI
service. How it stirs the powers of oj
higher nature, and lifts the soul ah1|
the allurements of mere sense. ID
puniest of saints can reach a mart7
proportions when fully imbuel withhj
hope.-Ihe Christian.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Choice Extracts.

The highest type of piety whs
can be found on earth il not unmlzs
with evil. -Congregatiomalist
But little evil would be done IN 70 \
world if evil never could be done IN 10
name of good.-Marte Escaenbp1::
The living Christian, pure Of hes'
and unspotted by the world, is the e'
preacher Of the Gospel in these days
Z. l.. Ctyler. 49,,
II there's a right thing to be does
and we seem to pass through q vtol
thing on Il way to it, depend upo WI,
there's another way to it, and 4 gs, y
one, and it is our own fault, anu y
Gods, that we do not find it -h"N'1
GanneN.
Many men in the church are ST.
sick unto death, and their dlseas' i
worldliness. They are unhappy :,;r I
cause they can not get more, anu ,u 81
whenever a collection is taken OF sl
scriptlon started. They never g"'
n. W. Christian Adrocate. ]
The history of the world teacns, h
lesson with more impressive so!em
than this: That the only sategua'4. M
a great intellect is a pure hear N
evil no sooner takes possession u co,
heart, than folly commences .n0
quest of the mind.-C. G. Bo1"''' II, h
The Central Baptist says: .b1
said that a Baptist church in lo ~ ,l,
excluded a member for failure ~ n,r
port his family. If we knew lnv Il s.1
of that church we would honor s,.p}
public mention, as having taken All, ID
and performed a duty when ~, al
admiration. The man VINO - lava u
to support his family shoulr
place in the Baptist Church
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Why He Moved.

Moving again, Ftp asked Pullet,
IS Firzgoober came out of the gate with
a stove-pipe tightly clasped in his arms
and trailing a mirror behind him.
"Yes," moaned the afflicted man,
gouging q lot of SCOT out of his ears and
swabbing his perspiring brow. 'I'm
going to leave this hole"
What for-don't like the neighbor-
hood?"
80, no, not that; the neighbors are
all right"
Water amt good, may-be?"
"No better can be found in Atlanta"
'tThe rent hasn't been raised, has it2''
mo, and that's the reason I'm going
to seek another residence"
"Whatn' exclaimed the surprised
rullet, moving from a place because
the rent has not been raised? Surely
you don't object to that, Fitz?"
mo, l do not" sadly replied Fitz, as
he started back for II Kitchen set of fur
niture, ''but the renting agent does, you
knov.'-AtIa1Aa Constitution.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Religious.
4 CLIP or COLD WATER.

The Lord of the harvest walked forth one day
Where the fields were white with the ripen-
ing wheat.
Where those He had sent IN me carry morn
We're reaplng the grain in the MONDAY
He had chosen n place for each faithful one,
And hidden them work till the DAY was done.
Apart from the others, with troubled voice,
SPOKE one who had gathered no golden
"rho Master has given no work to me,
And my coming hither has been in vain;
The reapers with gladness ana song VIII come,
But no sheaves will be mine in the harvest
home"
He heard the complaint, and He called her
Dear child, why tandest thou idle here?
Go mi thy cup from the hillside stream.
And bring it those who are toiling near;
] will bless thy labor, and it shall be
kopt in remembrance as done for Me-"
Twas a little service, but grateful hearts
Thanked God for the water SO cool and
AM some who were fainting with thirst and
Went forth with new strength to the work
And many weary soul looked up.
Revived and cheered by the little cup.
Dear Lord. I have ooked with an envious
On those who were reaping the golden
grain;
I have thought in Thy work I had no part,
And mourned that my life was lived in vain;
But now Thou has opened my eyes to see
II only this labor of love be mine.
To gladden. the heart Of some toiling saint:
To whisper some words that will cheer the
Do something to comfort the worn aaG
faint
Though small be the service, I will not grievo,
Content just a cup of cold wnter to give.
And when the Lord Of the harvest shall come,
And the laborers h0me from the field shall
call,
He will not look for my gathered sheaves;
But His loving words on my ears will fall:
"Thou gavest q cup OF cold water to Me,
A Heavenly home thy reward shall be-"
Christian Gipev.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Sunday.School Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER.

THIRD QUARTER.
sept. 7-~Confdence in God.......P Pisa. q: Ia
sept. lEWaiting for the Lord. Pisa 40: lit
Sept. 2l-A Song of Praise ....... Pisa. 1G3: LIZ
Sept. 2S-Review: or Missionary. Temperance,
or other Lesson selected by the school.
FOURTH QUARTER.
Oct 5-SOlemon succeeding Da-
VlQ Kings l:SS-5l
Oct. R-David's Charge to Sol
Oct. l9-Solomon's Choice .....1 Kings 3:5l5
Oct. 26-The Temple Built. ....l Kings .: ia
Nov. 2-The Temple Dedicated.l Kings S::ssse3
Nov. 9-The Wisdom of. Solo
.....1 Kings 1O:1-l3
Nov. 16-Solomon's Sin.........1 Kings l1:4-l3
Nov. 3 . Pro 81, OF Solomon. Prov. !: ll6
Dec. 7-Drunkenness g.. 49,. Prov. q: 1856
Dec. n-Vanity Of Worldly
Pleasure. .Eccles. glib
Dec. 2-The Creator Remem-
bered Eccles. 12:l-14
Dec. 2s-.Review; or Missionary, Temper
ance, or other Lesson selected by the
school.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

the most, and in itself. It's =
gricfs, its needs and tenn lo7s al
hopes and fears, it is eseeans
changed from century to cen en.laly
only Elijah. but Jesus, and thu II
women of their far distant 1ie men
''of like passions with u.s. '.lnes, we
study Christianity as it was s' mat !
to study it as it would be now Y y ss,s' !!
To e Christianity as it act,.n
would lead many such exca ImIually
not yet self-consecrated. nens1, b1
Christ at once. We do not persons 1
count them more at fault than , uesa /
or to dispute the truth that n n.ey a.,
Christians ought to live before ploiesss
better than we do. Yet it is tr raen 4
if these lines should fall under ~ ~ aai
of any such men or women ' 1T q,
them to remember it; it is true I'VE We b
shortcomings + not a sufficient l aa o.
for theirs. It is their duty .na eSea'
privilege alike to realize What au9 IN Tie
ianity actually is. and to govern ,I mn
selves accordingly. as in the i s;o laer
God.--Congreqdtionalisk. "sa'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
"CONSIDER.

Do We ever stop to consider
How little a kind word may cost,
And if once the hasty word spoken,
On chance in our life we have lost?
Do 70 over stop to consider
All the sOr1ow one little word
May bring to the heart that is yearning
For the n Of love seldom heard7
DO We ever stop to consider
How much sunshine is thrown away,
When we close fast the door where kindness
KNOCKS anew to como in each day?
Do We ever stop to consider
When everything seems to go wrong,
That the fault we think is another's
Has been our Own all the day long?
Now a simple rule to consider,
And one 1 am sure we will find,
IL to see what is the motive
For saying a word that's unkind;
And if we take time to consider,
The motive perchancc will grow small,
And l think in the end we will find
That there is no motive at all.
Josephine Canning, in Evan0Aast.