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St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
HAPPY CHILDREN.

How to Make the Little Ones Contented
with Their Lot.
Happiness is the natural condition OF
every normal child, and if the small
boy or girl has peculiar facility for
any one thing it is for self-entertain-
ment; with certain granted conditions,
of course. One of these is physical
freedom and a few rude and simple
play-things. Agreeable occupation is
as great necessity for children as for
adults, and beyond this almost nothing
can be contributed to the real happi-
ness of a child.
II try so hard to make my children
happy" said a mother, with a sigh,
one day, in despair at her efforts.
"Stop trying" exclaimed practical
friend at her elbow, s.and do as q
neighbor of mine does.' d
'.And how is that?" she asked, dole
fully.
why, she simply let's her children
grow and develop naturally, only
directing their growth properly. She
has always thrown them, as far as
practicable, upon their own resources,
taught them to wait upon them
selves no matter how many servants
she had-and to construct their own
play-things. When she returns home
from an absence they await but one
thing-their mothers kiss. Whatever
has been brought for them is bestowed
when the needed time comes. Moth
ing exciting is allowed to them at
night, and they go to bed and to sleep
in a wholesome mental state that in
sures restful slumber. They are
taught to love nature, and to feel that
there is nothing arrayed SO finely as
the lily of the field, the bees and the
butterflies; there is nothing SO mean as
q lie. nor any thing so miserable as
disobedience; that it is disgrace to be
sick, and that good health, good teeth
and good temper come from plain food,
plenty of sleep, and being good'
+ In order to thrive, children require
a certain amount of ssletting alone.''
Supreme faith in the mother, few TOYS,
no fnery, plain food, no drugs, and
early to bed, are the best things for
making them happy Quiuer.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
Plantation Philosophy.


: De fool has one gre't vantage in dis
yare life. He amt APP ter be diser-
p'inted.
De mos 'joyable use we's got fur
our frien's is fur 'em ter tell us whut
smart things we hab said. s ef
| amt er man ter courage young
men ter come out fur Office. | has no
ticed dat de earlies' strawberries Is
mighty nigh allus bad.
De folks whut ken do de mos things
amt de folks dat hab vented de gre't
mersheens. De mockin bird ken sing
many songs, but dar amt none O. 'em
dat is his own. ..r, E
| doan see why foders an muders is
glad Gaze er chile shows itself ter be
smart airly in life. De sassafras sprout
grows er heep faster den de oak sap
lin, but it amt ha'f so straung.
1t do pear dat de mean man ken err
ford carriage an fine hosses when i is
ez much ez de good man ken do tor err
ford bread. De runnin' briar grows
wen de honeysuckle dies fur de want
o. rain. rkansaW Iraveler.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
AQUATIC INSECTS.

Veteran Naturalist Tells How to Catch
i and Keep Them.
| The electric lights of our towns-stfll
! better those a$ country and seaside re-
sorts-are wonderful helps to the young
entomologist. At Coney Island, for
example, you may see from early in
the evening till late into the hours of the
morning vast clouds of fascinated in
sects circling round and dashing against
the. lamps, to fall at last to the ground,
and easy prey to the collector.
Will you accept from q veteran, who
captured his first ''darning-needle''
many years ago, few hints as to
means for studying aquatic insects?
When spending my vacations at the
lakes or on the sea-shore, I always take
with me couple of nets of what are
known to the hardware trade as
painted tubs. These tubs are very
light and handy, and are tip-top for
packing things in; they cost about two
dollars a nest. In these tubs | start
my fresh and saltwater aquaria, and
study the habits of various fresh-water
insects and animals.
All fresh-water insects rise to the
surface to breathe, for which fact they
are very easy to keep in confinement;
but remember they are all voracious,
and will destroy one another if not fed
either on fresh meat. fish Or worms,
and also bear in mind that they all
have flying wings, and, unless the tubs
have netted covers, they will get away.
In the bottom of the tubs place two
inch layer of fine river sand. In the
sand / plant any of the finer and most
attractive of water plants, taking care
that they have roots, and not to crowd
them two closely together. These
plants are absolutely necessary for the
comfort and health of your specimens,
and they also add greatly to the beauty
of the aquaria, as well as teach les
sons in aquatic botany. The tubs should
be placed where the morning sun shines
on them from one to two hours.
AL bug-like creatures found in fresh
water, whose bodies are long and of a
dirty white or greenish color, are the
babies Of various water insects. Every
one of these water babies has fearful
appetite, and all are provided by nat
ure with special equipment of ''gal-
ly-nippers," hooks, needles and clamps
for capturing their food; but, of all
food for water babies, earth-worms are
the best. Ali the water beetles will
construct their nests when confined
and properly taken care of in an
aquarium. 1t is very amusing to place
a number of house-fiies on the surface
of the water and watch the "apple-
smellers'' chase after them; or, better |
still, water spiders. In fact, there is
no end to the instruction and enter
tainment that can be grained by study |
ing the habits OF our most common |
water insects.-G0iden DAYS.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
INDIA RUBBER TREES.
How South Americans Kill the Goose Tha
Lays the Golden Egg.

How South Americans XIII the Goose That
Lays the Golden Egg.
We row come into a forest of rubber
trees, which can be detected without
the eye Of an expert, for they are all
SCARED and dying rapidly from the
hunters machete. The rubber hunter
reminds me Of the boy who ..killed the
goose that layed the golden egg.' Each
tree can afford to loose a certain
amount of juice per year and still liye.-
When one OF these fellows. however,
makes a discovery, only a few months
suf6e TO place his bonanza in the ranks
OF the many that have gone before.
The consequence is one may traverse
these immense forests from end to end
and never meet virgin tree. The
ordinary specimen of Nicaragua is
from fifty to one hundred feet
high. averaging about two feet
In diameter. The bark is white and
the leaves oval, with q slight inclina-
ton downward. The cuts are made ]
about two feet apart and extend from
the ground TO the first branch, cham
nels being scored in the side to lead the
juice into q bag, held at the bottom.
The average yield Of a large tree is
from five to seven gallons of milky
fluid. This is placed in an open yes
sci and mixed in small proportions
with the juice of q plant found near
the rubber tree called the vista. which |
hastens congelation. After this opera
tion is complete the product is baled
up and shipped north, to be refined |
and further prepared for commerce.
Another tree very similar to the rub
Der. and often mistaken for il is the,
COW tree, This yields ! Iiqgh very
much like milk in color, ofoistency
and sffse Nicaragua Cos1H ~ r
HcnTfdaa III
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

A negro once gave the following
toast: "De late Gubernor OBJ de State
! he come in wild berry little opposition:
he got out wild none at ALL"
Hotel Cler Front! Show Mr..
Hayseed up to No. 49," Mr.. Hay
seed-''Thirteen is an unlucky number,
Mister!' Hotel Clerk-"Well you may
pay before you retire, if you like. y
Puck. ......
Wife Cat Niagara Falls)-"How
grand and awe-inspiring it all is,
John" Husband drawing a long
breath)-'Yes, but don't talk, my
dear; | want to listen to the roaring
waters. ~ Z. Sum.
Young Wife Eyes, father always
gives away expensive things when he
makes presents" Husband-"So l
discovered when he gave you away
And then he went to his library to
draw check for the monthly millinery
bill.
I'm glad salvation's freer' shout
I'D man. as he jumped up in the con-
gregation. ..Y You may well be, brother
observed an old deacon who knew his
man, because you'd never get your
consent to pay for it!'' !''-Smithville
NesUs.
81 say, Bobby said Featherly,
did you hear your sister say if she
enjoyed the exhibition we gave last
aight3' '.She was pleased with
your part of it, Mr.. Featherly. She
told ma that you made a perfect exhi-
bition of yourself. ~. 7. Sun.
beg. pahdon, mum, but you
dropped your vail in the-the lift.'
said the bell-boy to the departing
guest, narrowly watching the effect of
his words. James" said the pleased
New York lady to her husband, .sgiye
che boy two shillings. He takes us
Tor English people. - Chicago Tribune.
Western papers are discussing the
vital question, What makes a mans
trousers bag at the knees?" and no
one has thought to advance the theory
that it is because the man wears the
trousers. we don't know of any thing
Ihat will make mans trousers bag at
The knees quicker than wearing them
Herald.
Ashamed of his grandfather.-Fur-
yuson-'I say, here is Charlie Gouv-
srnor's wedding notice. 1t says he is
The SON of John Gouvernor, and the
great grandson of old Gouvern0r.
What the deuce did his grandfather do
hat left him out?" Wiggins-.Why.
aavent you heard? The grandfather
worked and made the Doodle. Life.
Deacon Denchfeld- -"See here, Mr..
oiapason, did you have steam pump
m the organ this morning? Thought,
'ou were trying to lift the roof off the
'hurch. " Organist- That's all right
The pastor is trying to overcome a.
Luick temper that is sore trial to
lim, and he told me he'd give me 81 if
d drown the choir so that he couldn't
lear 'em sing single squeak. Bars
!ette.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
AN IMMENSE CANAL
Revival OF q Grsndfose Scheme Projected
hY Peter the Great.

&s8y1VA Oh y G1f8nOeO6e SC06m6 EEGY00bOV
by Peter the Great.
Among the many grandiose ideas
transmitted to Russia by Peter the
Great was one, conceived during his
conquest of the Caspian littoral from
Persia, of diverting the river Oxus
afresh into that sea. During the last
twenty years the Russian Government
has repeatedly revived the project,
and for seven years after the conquest
Of Khiva, employed a surveying party
in taking levels in various parts OF
the Trans-C Caspian railway to Oxus, the
country between Merv and that river
has been surveyed, and now, in spite
Of its financial enbarrassments, the
Russian Government has recently sane
toned the expenditure of $4,000 rou-
bles in drawing up a complete scientific
report on the subject. In this country
we believe the opinion prevails among
geographers and geologists that geo.
logical changes have taken place in
the desert between the Caspian
and Oxus, rendering waterway
between the two no longer
practicable. That, however, is not the
view in Russia, and the fact that hopes
still prevail of diverting some of the
water across the desert is demon
strated by the heavy outlay ON mere
report just decided by the Govern
ment. OF course, the completion Of
the Trans-C Caspian railway to Bokhara,
thereby establishing steam commune
cation between Europe and the country
OF the old Tartar hordes, no longer
gives the waterway the importance it
possessed in the eyes of Peter the
Great, who aimed, by means of it, at
forming a highway of commerce be-
tween Central Asia and the Caspian.
On the other hand, the Russians, who
have q mania for irrigation works, see
in the diversion OF the river-or rather
a part of it, for it is not proposed to
deprive Khiva of its water supply,
without which that oasis would be-
come desert-a means of applying to
the useful purpose OF watering
the parched Trans Caspian steppes
water which now runs into
the stagnant salines of the
Aral sea, where it evaporates. No
harm would be done to Khiva by re-
ducing the area of the Aral sea ONE
half. while the same water, diverted
through canals into the country be-
tween Charnjui (the Oxus terminus OF |
the railway and Merv, would render
available for cultivation millions of
acres OF the richest soil in the world. |
Such is the idea in its present form,
and sooner or later 1t seems probable
the Russian Government will attempt
to realize it. The reflection will nat
urally occur to English observers that.
the thousands expended on hazardous
enterprises of the kind in Central Asia
might be mose usefully employed at
home, where trade is languishing for
want of more commercial railways and
other domestic undertakings of the
kind. No luster of a political or
strategical character, however, at
taches to the latter, which, we. sup
pose, is why they are neglected. Lon
DON Engineering.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
When the first eletric wire w.,

When the first eletric wire was es.
tablished, the speed of transmission
was from four to FIVE words a minute
with the fve-needle instrument. In
l849 the average rate for newspaper
messages was seventeen words a MIN
ute. The present pace of the electric
telegraph, where the Wheatstoue i'm
struinent is employed, reaches 462
words; and thus what was regarded as
miraculous fifty years ago has multi
piled hundred fold in half a .antury.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
MILLIONS. MARRIAGE.
The Matrimonial BIunder Made by the
Great English Poet.

The Matrimonial BIunder Made by the
Great English Poet.
Take the case of John Milton. In that
time OF the year Git was the year 1843)
when young mans fancy turns to
thoughts of love the poet took a sud-
den Journey into the country, nobody
about him certainly knowing the rea-
son, or that it was any more than a
journey of recreation" He was alb
sent for about month, and when he
returned he brought back wife with
him. Her name was Mary, eldest
daughter of Richard Powell, ESQ.,, j.
?. for the County of Oxford. The
house of this gentleman, who was a
Royalist, was conducted with such care
less hospitality that he could not live
within his income, which was a fair
one, and had borrowed money from
among other persons-the Millions, ia
ther and sons.
There is no evidence that the bride
was handsome, but she had youth and
country freshness; her ''unliveliness
tion,S passed as ''the bashful muteness
OF virgin;" and if a doubt intruded
that he was being too hasty, Milton
may have thought that a girl of seven
teen could be nodded at pleasure. He
was undeceived, however, even before
the honeymoon had ended. He found
that he had mated himself to clod of
earth, who not only was not now, but
had not the capacity of becoming, a
helpmeet for him., He ought to have
known better than, with his Puritanical
connections, to have taken to wife a
daughter of Cavalier house, to have
brought her from registering home to
the philosophical retirement of a
recluse student, and to have looked for
sympathy and response for his specula-
tiOns from an uneducated and frivolous
girl.
Still the breach did not come from
the husbands side. The young Mrs.
Milton not only wished it, but melted
her family to write and beg that she
might be allowed to go home to stay
the remainder of the summer.
To this Milton agreed, stipulat- |
ing, however, that she should
return at Michaelmas. She did
not do so for two years, which so
enraged her husband that he composed |
his four pamphlets on the subject of
divorce. Different reasons have been |
assigned for the surrender of the young |
wife to her husband. The Royal cause |
had declined, and Milton may have i
seemed to his wife's friends at this time
to be worth conciliating. A conspiracy
of the friends of both parties contrived
to bring Mr.. and Mrs. Milton together
at the house of friend. The poor !,
young thing, now two years older and
wiser, but still only nineteen, pleaded,
truly Or falsely, that her mother, ''had
been all along the chief promoter of her !.
Milton, with a noble,
leonine clemeneyn which became him,
her that he was willing to for
give the past. Four children were
born, three of whom were daughters,
who lived to grow up. Mary Milton
herself died after the birth of the fourth
child. in her twenty-sixth year, having
been married to Milton nine years.
CdsselFs Magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
PERSONAL AND iMPERsona,

"A man who has lately become
prominent in Detroit, more especially
In police dircles, is alleged to have
married twenty-one women at different
periods of his enterprising career.
1t seems almost Incredible th,tt,the
Parisians' pet centenaris d." ~
Danton and Robespiert III sne
Washington did not die a be teeu i1 oe ,
non until thirteen yea Of h 20 n'i
Chevreul was born! hobt "sna'"n =
General Boulanger gP>at~',usaka~' ~
barber once week, pays t.. 0s'9 l4st
| ten francs and gives five francs to the
| assistant. He never speaks, and the
barber, knowing his preference, does
not presume to open conversation.
The shop is near the Louvre.
Russell Sage is the director OF
three banks, and it is seldom that he
misses a meeting. For each meeting
that he attends he receives ten dollars.
Mr.. Sage, it is said, calculates that
the money he earns as a bank director
will pay his butcher and vegetable
bills.
Miss Minnie Freeman, the Nebraska
school teacher whom the blizzard made
famous, has decided to make California
her home for the future. She has re-
celved $1,000 in cash from the sub
scription raised for her benefit. besides
two costly gold watches, three diamond
pms and many pieces of jewelry.
Mrs. Azubah F. Ryder, of Orring-
ton, Me-, who is one hundred and four
years Old, was one of sixteen girls to
scatter flowers in the open grave at
memorial service of George Washing.
ton. She has large and interesting
correspondence with young and old
persons all over the United States.
Richard w. Thompson, of Indiana.
ex-Secretary of the Navy, has probably
been longer in active public life than
any man living. He was an able and
popular Wing speaker over fifty years
ago, and was elected to Congress about
that time. Apparently there are still
many years of active service in 'sOld
Dick"
MIR. Cope Whitehouse, son of the
late Bishop of Illinois, has been made
a Commander of the Order of the Os-
manli by the Khedive of Egypt as
recognition of his services to the coun-
try by showing the practicability Of
the use of the Fayoum basin and reser-
voir for the surplus waters of the Nile
and as means of adding largely to
the cultivable area of the Delta.
One of the greatest men Georgia
ever produced, says the Baltimore
american, was Governor John Clark.
His portrait adorns the wall of the
State House, and yet, perhaps, not
hundred OF the present generation
know any thing OF his history, while
hogs wallow and chickens scratch
above his neglected grave. A century
aenee who will remember any thing of
'he local celebrities who now strut
7ainly on the stage of life.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07

Mistress Ito new girl) III had to
discharge the last girl on account OF
her musical inclination; she would
insist upon using the piano here and
-" Katie Clancy-'Oi do not ap-
prove av sich conduct in tn parlor,
nor yerself, mum; so fer me, yez kin
hev tn pianny put in tn kitchen. Oi
must continue me music. ."-.Hoyper's
Bdzdr.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07
When a man gets drunk the thir

When a man gets drunk the third
time in Atlanta the city authorities do
their best to reform him. The plan
they adopt is to send him to the city
stockade, whore he is put to cracking
rock in company W 18th the dirtiest and
lowest criminals Of all races. As re-
form school the stockade is novelty,
to say the least.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07

"A man who has lately beoonns
prominent in Detroit, more especially
In police circles, is alleged to have
married twenty-one women at different
periods of his enternrisinr caraar
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-11-30

Mrs. w. T. Sherman died at 10 o.
clock Wednesday morning at IS West
Seventy-irst street, New York. She
had slept quietly during short periods
through the night, but at o'clock in
the morning it became apparent that she
could livs but few hours. General
Sherman was notified, and he md the
Authenticated, Lizzie and Tecumseh
who live at home, were at her bed
side when Kris. Sherman breathed
her last. The remains will be
taken to st. Louis for interment, which
will occur next Saturday.
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a RESURRECTION.

The news that Chime may possibly
r"tify even yet the exclusion tire .ty,
whose rejection formed the uctn Aston
for the enactment of the Scott-Cleve
land Exclusion law, will not be entirely
welcome to thut portion OF our p0puln-
tion that believes in rigid prohibition
OF Chinese immigration. 1t is true that
the treaty is vast Improvement over
the previous one ind the restrictive
laws pissed under it, but We have be.
come 30 accustomed to the absolute ex.
clnsfon secured by the Scott Act tibet
anything less would seem unsitlsfac-
toy.
If China should rntify the treaty
delicate legal point would arise. Would
th' SCOTT law 70. thwlth lapse and the
provisions of the treaty take ita place?
That was the ground taken by the Ke-
publican Senators in the debate on ex-
clnsion. They held that tue treaty, il
ratified, would he saIi-uct ng, aud that
IL would immediately hupcrAeds the
Scott Act.
II Is said that this diplomatic divet-
si1n will DO bcpueathed nm q legacy to
the new Admin istrutiou. MIR. Hnrri-
sons Secretary Of State will have to
flush the negotiations with CHINA. We
on CHS COAST wish him Yuod tack. 1t
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-11-30
MOTHERS

who discover my signs of Impurities in the
blood of their children should be prompt
In tho use Of proper remedies. Tho neg
lect of such care for young girls is tho
primary cause Of most of the diseases
which afllict women. Mrs. Harriet II.
Battles, South Chelmsford, Mass, writes:
"My daughter, IL years Of age, has suf-
fercd for tho past year from general
debility. A few weeks since, we COM
mcnced giving her Ayers Sarsaparilla,
and her health has greatly improved"
Mrs. T. T. Robinson, Perkins ST., Somer-
vile, Mass, says: "Mothers should uso
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so PER oEsT. nEDUor1os.

The election is over and in order TO
keep step with the march of reduced
prices We have determined TO make ~
per cent. reduction in the subscription
price of the IsDEPxSDESr to all who pay
in advances. Hereafter the WEEKLr
INDEPENDENT will DO - and the DAILY
INDEPENDFNr So o year, postage paid,
Invariably IN advance.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-11-30

The next Legislature which convenes
at Carson City on the FIRST Monday in
January, will consist Of the following
members;
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is thankless task to deal with Chinese
immigration. Nothing is to be gained
by toiling over it. Probably, feeling
himself safe ON the Pacific Coast in any
event, the new President will take the
earliest means to get rid of the ques-
tion-IExaminer.