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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-03-20
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
AN INTIMATE FRIEND.

This friend of friends, of whom l tell
He went to school with me:
With me stood up to read and SPELL
And say the rule OF three.
When he was first of all the class
Proud as a king | grew;
And when the feru!e fell, alas,
My fingers tlngled, too.
In wintertime one sled was ours,
In spring, one rubber ball;
And when the shagbarks dropped /
One basket caught them all.
The berries knew US far and near.
The grapevine by the brook:
Wild apples waited. year by year,
Till we the branches shook
MayHowers, half-hid in oak leaves dry,
OF us were we'll aware,
Full sure what fingers first would pry
To find what buds were there.
Wind-nower was ours. and coIumbne,
And ours the lilys bell:
One bunch we made. for his was NINE,
And mine was his as well.
see them vet, the SnareS we set,
With barberry clusters haited:
How OFT we tranptd through bushes wei.
How patiently we waited.
Year in and out, AZ one were we,
Alone could not stir:
This friend, fear, WAS more to me
Than both my brothers were.
And yet we often Guarrecd, too,
I've struck him many blow;
He sometimes played the fool, knew,
Sometimes | told him so.
All me, such shabby ways he had,
My CHEEKS would burn for shame!
And yet it seemed. or good or bad,
Owed him al the same.
Yes. and love him STILL although
You'll think it odd, fear:
That men should love each other SC
You'll say is surely queer.
Yet true it is: he walks with me
AS constant now as when
We learned with pain our A B G,
Nor love we less than then.
His name? this man ] know so we'll,
Whose love | here cushrine?
His name? Well, well. if must tell.
His names the same as mine.
-Brudford Tor1eV, IN CongeJdtiondlist.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-03-20
allow different - mnanad tho

How different,'' moaned the muir
derer of Parkman, when, after he had
been convicted and sentenced. he was
being led away to his cell, "How diff
ferent a mans sin looks TO him after
it has been committed from what it did
before!' The fuse may be a long one
and it may burn slowly, but in time
the fatal spark will reach the magazine
where conscience has stored the ma
terials of torment, and the ruin and the
wreck will come.-Prot. Il. Ballard.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-03-20

"A writer in the British Medical
Journal advises people to be careful
not to slice up pineapple with the
same knife they use in peeling it, as the
rind contains an acrid organic sub
stance which is likely to cause a
swollen mouth and sore lips In Cuba
salt is used as an antidote for tho
poison of pineapple peel.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-03-20

During the past year nearly $50
mills have been erected in the Southern
States, not including grist mills. Ar.
kansas and Mississippi have erected /
mill each, Alabama 2, South Carolina 8,
West Virginia 7, Maryland 8, North
Carolina 10, Georgia II, Texas IS, Vir-
ginia 20, Tennessee "a, Kentucky ST.
~ !. Post
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Beaten by the Rival.

heard good story the other day OF
two ladies who, it is said, once lived in
Chicago and who were social rivals.
They were on visiting terms, but de-
voted much of their time to considering
how they could surpass each other in
the richness and elaboration of their
house and raiment. In the progress OF
their pleasing rivalry Mrs. A. gave a
grand reception, at which she appeared
in new gown of very fine and wonder
full texture, which quite surpassed any
thing that had ever been made into a
dress for a Chicago lady in the whole
history of that remarkable town.
Everybody saw the incompatible
dress and marveled greatly thereat-
that is, everybody except the one un-
conquerable rival, Mrs. B., who gave a
reception at her own house a fortnight
later, to which the same people were in
vited who had attended the reception OF
Mrs. A The astonishment of the latter
may be imagined when, on entering
Mrs. B. S drawing, she beheld all the
upholstered furniture in the room cover.
ed with precisely the same material as
that of the dress with which she had
startled her friends two weeks before In
the language of the street, Mrs. b. ''goi
away with her. that time at least
Washington Capital.
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Lincoln ana George Harding.

In the case of the Mccormick reaper,
the leading lawyers were Stanton and
George Harding. 1t became necessary
to have lawyer resident in Illinois.
These parties knew of no lawyer out
there but Mr.. Arnold, who afterward
was Mr. Lincoln's biographer They
found that he was engaged on the op-
posite side of the case. Inquiry was
made of Elihu Washburne, in congress,
whether there was a man capable of
taking hold of such an important suit
Perhaps no patent case ever came up
prior to that time of such Importance
it was to test the cardinal invention by
which the vast fields of wheat and other
grain were to be moved by machine.
Washburne said there was a man
named Lincoln at Springfield, H., who
had considerable reputation in tie state.
He was secured, and he came .on to
Cincinnati with brief. Stanton aud
Harding saw tall, dark, uncouth man,
who did not strike them as of any ac-
count, and, indeed they gave him hard
ly any chance. Stanton was as civil
with him as he afterwards was with
some of the generals. Mr.. Harding
said to me on one occasion that to re-
member how Lincoln received Stanton's
asperitieS and sneers, and how kind he
was nevertheless, was one of the most
touching things in his memory. Neither
of these lawyers gave the country law
yer any chance to speak of. He receiv-
ed his humble fee, and with that, it is
said, he was enabled to acquire the
leisure to have his memorable debate
with Douglas.
Time passed along, and this uncouth
man received the nomination of great
national convention and was elected
president A feeling of chagrin prob
ably passed over the two great lawyers
that the man they might have made a
friend was to exercise such enormous
power. After Lincoln had been inaugur-
ated Mr.. Harding thought he would call
upon him. Lincoln took him by the
hand with warmth and Joy, and said:
Il do not know whether you voted for
me or not, but l hope you did. l always
made up my mind that l was going to
do something for you and Stanton" So
he offered Mr. Harding the office of
commissioner of patents, and he made
Stanton secretary of war.-Gath, in
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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About Windows.

Windows are to see out of. They are
also to give light There is, however,
popular belief that this question is
open to argument. Two-thirds OF the
people believe that windows are made
to be darkened. Our narrow mansions,
lighted only at the front and rear
have back of their elegant French plate
this array of distractions:
One oil shade.
One scarf curtain obscuring the lower
half of the window.
One set of folding blinds.
One set heavy silk hangings, and
Interminable billowings of lace.
The parlors are, say, forty feet long
into the center of them no ray of gem
erous sunlight ever pierces. The gas,
with its unholy smell. burns once a day.
No warmth from the outer world ever
penetrates these damp recesses. The
only heat comes from the dusty reek of
the furnace. However, it is not city
houses alone that should deserve this
criticism, for every one who has a
country house has seen the unrespolo-
sive rows of angular windows placed
geometrically on each side of the build
ing, blinded as thoroughly as a
cyclops with his eye punched out. One
expects the women who live inside to loe
narrow-minded. full of dark prejudices,
carping, and unkind. Their hair Is
doubtless in curl-papers the greater part
of the day and they have weak backs.
Or else the inmate is one of those us E.
less appendages to society, a fashion,
able lady, who sees everything through
the dim, half-light of her Incidence and
who really cannot be supposed to have
any interest in such commonplace
things as the sunshine, the wind, or
the sky. 1t is an undeniable fact that
these vulgar home-keepers of a too-pros s
porous civilization turn their Windows
windows, the eyes through which the
soul of a dwelling looks-into mer e
shop-windows in which to display fatl
RIGS. Oh, for a clear-window spac g
with just a wave of muslin, which
shades, but not obscures the light, and
a glimpse through it of a healthy. happy
face, or little child trying to catch the
sunbeamsl-Chtcaqo NeUs. !.
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Expected Her to Help Some.

Silas is country character, who
means well. He tries to earn living,
and ''tinkers around" at odd jobs and
chores and whatever he can get to do;
but he works a good deal as he talks,
with painful drawl that is very sug-
gestive of that state of natural restful-
ness which his ilk call ''born tired. :"
Silas came to mend fence the other
day for one of his patrons in the subur-
ban village where he belongs with pc
culiar air of festivity about him. He
had on bright new necktie of blue
japanese silk, and his honest face was
covered by an expansive grin all the
time that he was receiving his orders.
You seem happy, Silas," said Mr.
Blank, with some curiosity, when he
had finished about the fence
"Ya-as," drawled Silas. "Ya-as, I've
been a gittin' married this mornin'."
Married? You? Why. Silas, man
alive, what on earth have you gone and
done that for? You can't support your
self as it is!''
''Wull. said Silas. Il ken pooty near
support myself, n think its a durn
pity if she can't help some. Boston
Record
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Wrinkles on the Horn.

Some genius has stated through the
press that the calves cow has produced
may be learned by the wrinkles on the
horns. Just how be arrived at this sa-
pient conclusion it is hard to determine.
The bull, the OK, and the COW have the
horns wrinkled, increasing with age.
It is said TO be poor rule that will
not wo,~k both ways" Hence the OK
should have no wrinkles. And it might
be a mixed oues.- ION whether the bull S
horns should be wrili lled. Ii so, the
horns of some sizes woulc. be sight to
behold
The fact, well known, is that the
wrinkles of the horns are annular rings.
Both males and females of the bovine
race have rings formed annually-the
first at two years of age and showing
plainly at years. Thereafter ring is
formed annually, and if two years are
added to the number of rings the age
may be definitely determined up to the
age of years, and sometimes longer.
After this time, with the age, the rings
run into each other, often making it diff
tcult to determine the age. But even
this is not an exact means of determin-
ing the age of horned cattle. Quite Of
ten the second ring does not appear un-
til the animal is years old. Thereafter
the rings are constant. As a rule the
rings are annular after the animal is 3
years old, and hence the determination
of age is more certain by the horn than
by the teeth, since close or gritty past
ures often wear the teeth far more than
flush pastures, or in the case of cattle
fed on food requiring little exertion in
gathering.
Up to the time when the animal ar
rives at full maturity the teeth are sure
index of age, whatever the pasture.
That is to say, at the age of ? weeks the
calf will have four front teeth on the un-
der jaw, two only being out at birth.
At weeks it will have six teeth, and at
a month old the incisor teeth will be
complete-that is, eight At s months
the incisors will begin to wear, and the
two central teeth will be shrunk. This
process will gradually proceed, success
sively, until at the age of Is months the
two central incisors will have dropped
out, to be succeeded by the two central
permanent incisors At years old past
there will be four central permanent in
cisors, at 3 years six, and at four years
eight incisors, the full number, will be
shown. From this on the incisors grad
ually shrink apart again, so that at the
age of 10 years the relative appearance
of the incisors will be analogous to that
of the calf of u months of age. This
appearance will be measurably constant,
but, as stated before, the actual wear of
the cutting surfaces will be governed by
the nature of the pasture and other food.
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Following the Buffalo.

The herds of wild buffaloes were the
first roadmakers of the far southwest.
The instinct of these animals led them
to select and to keep open the best and
easiest routes with reference to the to-
biography of the country, and it is al
WAYS found that these buffalo trails led
to the best crossings of the streams.
The earliest native tribes of Indians
and the later invading tribes, as well as
the Spaniards, followed these trails,
which, as civilization advanced, became
the roadways. An exception in one
particular is to be made as to the
Apaches, who struck out peculiar trails,
leading from one point to another, well
suited for defense in warfare, and these
trails assume often, for this reason,
something like serpentine course.
One of the Oldest Spanish trails is of
date 1886, and it extends from New
Mexico into the present State of Kansas.
1t thus appears that Europeans were
upon the territory of this State, sup
posed to have but brief history, long
before any Europeans had landed any
where upon the Atlantic coast of North
America, from the point of Florida to
the shores of Greenland, unless, pos
sibly, the Norsemen may have done so.
This old trail across the prairles was
reopened by the Missouri traders before
the day of railroads or turnpikes for
conducting commerce by more direct
route with Santa Fe. Subsequently a
famous trapper known as Uncle Dick. "
who is still living, and who was COM
panion of Kit Carson, constructed a
turnpike road along the more noun
famous region. This was still more
favorable route, and the builder of the
turnpike made handsome fortune by
taking tolls at 81 per wagon. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
now follows this route, and the pros
perity of the turnpike is of the past
Boston Advertiser.
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The ranges of the West are claimed
and occupied to such an extent that
there are no longer opportunities for the
introduction of large herds. One who
wishes now to engage in the business
must purchase range and the herd oc-
cupying it. This state of affairs has
caused capitalists to look elsewhere for
cattlegrowing county. Longing eyes
are turned toward the islands in the
Pacific, along the coast of Alaska, which
Lieut.. Schwatka pronounces the best
cattle country in the world. Others are
studying the pampas countries of South
America. and still others are attracted
to old Mexico. Some well-known cattle
men of Texas have engaged in the busi-
ness in Paraguay, and quite a number
of Colorado cattlemen have invested in
Mexico.-DenUer Tribune.
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AN OLD FASHIONED JUDGE.


| Ben. Perley Poore in Boston Budget: !:
Daniel Webster used sometimes to read
the conclusion of charge by Judge
| Dudley, trader and farmer, a manr.
script copy of which he had for many
years in his desk. 1t was treat to hear
him read 1t III pure and undefiled En-.
glish, as it doubtless came from Judge
Dudley's lips.
"You have heard, gentleman of q jury,
what has been said i'll this case by the
lawyers, the rascals! but, no, l will not
abuse them. 1t is their business to
make good cause for their clients; they
are paid for it, and they have done in
this case well enough; but you and /.
gentleman, have something else to con-
slider. They talk of law. Why, gentle
men, 1T is not law that we want, but Just
ice. They would govern us by the COM
mon law of England. Trust me, gentle
men. common sense is much safer guard
TOR US; the common sense of Raymond,
Epping, Exeter, and the other towns
which have sent US here to try this case
between two of our neighbors. A clear
head and an honest heart are worth
more than all the law of all the lawyers.
There was once good thing said at the
bar. 1t was from one Shakespeare, an
English player, l believe. No matter; it
is good enough almost to be in the bible.
1t is this: BE just and fear not 1t is
our business to do justice between the
parties, not by any quirks of the law out
of Coke or Blackstone, books that I have
| never read and never will, but by COM
mon sense and by common honesty, as
between man and man. That is our
business, and the curse of God is upon
us if we neglect or evade, or turn aside
from it. And now Mr.. Sheriff, take out
the jury, and You Mr.. Foreman, do not
keep MS waiting with idle talk, of which
there has been too much already about
matters which have nothing to do with
the merits of the case. Give us an hon.
est verdict, of which, as plain common
sense men, you need not be ashamed"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

The largest ship in the world is the
Great Eastern, which is 679 feet in
length, 80 feet beam and 4S feet depth,
measuring 1876 tons gross. The City
of Rome is the next largest steamship
afloat, with a length of $40 feet, breadth
81 feet, and a gross registered tonnage
of S,415, and net tonnage of 1888, ac-
cording to official figures. The largest
American steamships are the City of
Peking, Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, 5000 tons, 42S feet long, 4S
broad; the Liguria, Pacific Steam Navi-
CATION Company, 1920 tons, 400 feet
long, 40 feet broad; the Britannia.
White Star, 400 tons, 455 feet long, As
feet broad; the City of Richmond, In
man, 4,600 tons 4534 feet long, 43 feet
broad; and the Bothnia. Cunard, 4,50Q
tons, 425 feet long, 423 feet broad.
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MTRACULOTTS FSCAPE

W. w. Reed, druggist, of Winchester,
Ind, writes: "One of my customers,
Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonia, Randolph
Co., Ind, was long sufferer with Con,
sumption, and was given up to die by
her phhsicians. She heard of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and
began buying it OF me. I six months
time she walked to this city, a distance
of ak miles, and is now so much i'm
proved she has quit using it. She feels
she owes her life to it." Free Trial Bot
ties at III. Hinrichs Drug Store. 6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

Not over one woman in 200 in China
can read or write. A married man in
that country can therefore leave in his
inside coat-pocket, when he hands the
garment to his wife to sew on button,
a sweet-scented note beginning, Oar
ling Bung-Lung," and ending, Your
own Yingie," with only one chance in a
thousand of being found out-Norrts-
to1cn Herald.
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Secret of a Convent.

ST.. AIMS ACADEMY, 814 Tucker Street,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-One of the sisters
was very sick with constant pain in the
back. Could not take any solid food.
She can eat meat and vegetables, sleeps
well, and attends to her other duties
She suffered constantly from ulcers il
the mouth and throat. Are now all gone
She nsed Warmers safe cure.-SISTEF
M. VICTORINE.
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Rucklin's Arnica Saliva

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per.
feet satisfaction of money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by 81,
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

A German writer says: 'Humor is the
acknowledged pessimism, which in
cludes within itself the theological evo-
lution&ry optimism, which may cause
truly, that is to say, an at once realis-
ticradical and universal reconciliation
to appear as possible" We have often
noticed that, but we never permit any
of that sort of stuff to paralyze our
paragraphs if we can help it.-Norrts-
tOaOn Herald.
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Mr.. Michael Davitt, the founder of the

Mr.. Michael Davitt, the founder of the
Land League, spent over twelve years,
or about one-third of his whole life, in
prison. As he has only one arm, and
so could not break stones or pick oakum,
he was generally employed in turning
crank, and he was obliged to associate
with thieves, pluguglies, and felons of
every description. Mr.. Davitt now
comes forward to express his astonish-
ment that he should have been impris-
oned three times consecutively for ad-
vocating the very same principles that
Mr.. Gladstone and the Liberal party of
England are doing their utmost to make
a law of the realm to-day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

The invention of the type writer dates
as far back as 1714. when one Henry
Mill obtained in England patent for a
device that ''writes in printed characters,
one at a time and one after another"
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New Barber Shop.

The undersigned has opened a barber shop on
South Eighth street, opposite Manheimer's
cigar store, and is prepared TO serve the public
in the Best manner Ladies and children's hair
cutting and curling done in the latest style in
private apartments. Patronage is respectfully
solicited. a. b. REDNER.
N B.-Corns, bunions and in-growing nails
emovsd wishu Ut pain, eAsepS5
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A young lady teacher in the high
school at Tiffin, o., accomplished the
feat of whipping thirty-five boys, rang
ing from 9 to IA years in thirty-tive
minutes. Next day she wrote an essay
entitled woman the Weaker Vessel, !"
and that night sat up with young man
six hours. Despite her many talents she
can't vote. Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-05-06

THE debt of the Dominion of Canada
amounts to $58 per capita, more than
twice the Indebtedness per capita of the
United States.
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es taking place in the aspect OF the
earth's surface during that remote part
of her career were far more rapid tnan
those taking place now.-Rfchard a.
Proctor, in NeiocdStte Weekly Chronicle.
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A TTORNRY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
~ 0!fice in Torrisons brick block, north enc
9th street bridge, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Collec
tions promptly attended to.
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NON,A triie with any Throat OF
DOs Lung Disease. If you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough.
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and SOC
Henry Hinrichs or F. G. BaersHtts.
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DENTIST, Torrison's Block. VitaiZed all
BI given fer the painless extraction of teeth
All work done in the very best manner and guar
cnteed. Office hours to u a. M, and 10 Q ?
M. Evenings, 70 8. Sundays, to 10 A. n ano
3toAP NJ German spoken 3ljulyS4
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C0PRFST G. RTFSCH.

a TTOREEYS & COUNSELLORS At LAW
n once in Carns' Block, first haor, in door
leading to County Judges Office, South Eighth
5 treet, Manitcwoc, Wiz. Collections promptly
attended 10. JULIO
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as bad as the disease, but give yourself
thorough treatment, with that high grade.
standard blood Alternative and specific,
Warmers safe cure, the best known, best
reputed medicine for kidney, liver and
blood disorders in the world, always safe
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