St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-04-17

bright sunlight that falls on the cutler,
and the mantel ornaments of new hrme
| But after awhile til" romance Is all gone
and then there is something to be prenared
for the table that the book called COOKERY
Taught in Twelve Lessons" will not teacE,
The receipt for making it is not a handful
OF this a cup of that, and spoonful of
something else. It is not somethin o
sweetened with ordinary continents,
| or Favored with ordinary favors.
or baked in ordinary ovens
1t is the loaf OF domestic happiness: aud
| all the ingredients come down from Heav.
en-, and the fruits are plucked from the
tree OF life, and it is sweetened with the
new wine of the kingdom, and it is baked
in the oven of home trial. Solomon wrote
out Of MS own experience. He had a
"retched home. A man can not be hanpy
with two wives, much less six hundred.
and he says. writing out OF his own axpe-
rlence: Better is dinner Of herbs where
love is, than stalled OK and hatred there.
with"
How great are the resrHn% Utilities of
housekeepers. Sometimes q? ird:s estib]e
article of food, by its effect UPON a COM
mander Or king, has defeated AZ army. or
overthrown an empire. Hot>1aeoa.., bv
the food they provide, bv tho coaches thew
spread, by the books they introduce. by
the influences they bring arn"ud their
home, are deciding the physical. intellect
ual, moral. eternal destiny of the race.
You say your life is one of sacrifice.
know it. But. my sisters that is the onlv
lie worth living. That was Fl,rence
Nightingale's life: that was Payson's
life; that was Christ's life We ....ire it
in others, but how very hard it is se>r us to
young Doctor Hutchinson. having soont a
whole night in diphtheritic room for the
relief of a patient. became saturated with
the poison and died, we all felt as if we
would like to put garlands on his grave:
everybody appreciates that. W':,rn t. The
burning hotel at St Louis. vnrug nan
on the fifth story broke open tire d~c,., of
the room where his mother Wa. cj--Ji no.
and plunged in amid smoke ans fra "ry-
ing: "Mother. where are yout' .na ns-er
came out. our hearts appl >uded lhS - ;>-.,,ng
man. But how few Of US have SKI Ce~:st-
like spirit-a willingness TO .reer Tor
others. A rough teacher in p .f.b.2l celled
upon poor half starved laG w, had Of
tended against the laws of tha 49, 81, and
said:
"Take off your coat directly, ~i,."
The boy refused to take it r:4' Where.
upon the teacher said again:
take off your coat, sir" a. 10 SWUNG
the whip through the air. Tue bow re-
fused. 1t was not because he was afraid
Of the lash-he was used to that ar home
but it was from shame: he had no 1nder-
garment, and as at the third command he |
pulled slowly off his coat. there went a
sob through the school. They saw then |
why he did not want to remove his coat,
and they saw the shoulder b:a1es bad
almost cut through the skin, end stout.
healthy boy rose up ana wat to the
teacher of the school and, said
"Oh, sir, please don't hurt this poor FELL
oW; whip me; see. he's nothing out a Door
'hap; don't you hurt him, he's poor; whip
me-"
"Well," said the teacher, ''it's going to
'e severe whipping; am willing to take
you substitute"
WELL" said the boy, 81 DON'T care: Won
whip me, if you will let this poor fellow
TO-"
The stout, healty boy took the scourging
Without an cutlery.
"Bravow saws every man-"Bravo
low many of US are willing 10 take the
courging, and the suffering, and the toll.
nd the anxiety for other people: Raauti-
Ill thing to admire, but how litt'e we have
t that spirit. God gave us that self-daDy-
ng spirit, SO that whether Ne are in hum
lie spheres or in conspicuous sp!,.ces. we
lay perform our whole duty-for this
truggle will soon be over
One OF the most affecting "reminiscences
my mother is my remembrance of her
8 Christian housekeeper. She worked
cry hard, and when we would
ONE In from summer play and sit
own at the table at noon, I re-
aember how she would come in with
eads Of perspiration along the line of
ray hair, and how some times she would
it down at the table and put her head
gainst her wrinkled hand and say:
ell, the fact is. I'm too tired to eat"
ong after she might have delegated this
uty to others, she would not be satisfi ed
Mess she attended to the matter herself
fact, we all preferred to have her do so, ,
n somehow things tasted better when she ,
repaired them. Some time ago, in an ex- |
ress train, l shot past that old home. {
cad. looked out of the window and :
led to peer through the darkness.
lille l was doing so one of my old ,
'hoollnates, whom I had not seen for 8
any years, tapped me on the shoulder
nd said:
"DeWitt. see you are looking out at the =
'enes Of your boyhood."
80, yes" replied, 81 was looking out at