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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18

fur NY soul. an l worshiped wild her. but
SHIPPED her. tiled Ter thin o my ole wife
l-in' in de shade ode s~ycarlo' trees. an in
nv rni&e l could Zee de rail pen round her
grave. but de naXt mint de grave an de
trees would b" gne an in dar place would
stan a likely 'ousn. smiliu' al me. l went
ter NY ole wife's grave an drapped down
OIL ny knees an rayed. De broad syclm0'
leave waved andspecks o moonlight come
s:ftin' down IKE II fiyin' chaf o new oats
Cat Ee,chss lie lisit o. de fresh BON day.
f mawkin' bird sung in er tree close
hy. but WAY Ger on er hill. er
night hawk cried I thought how me
tan' my Old wife hi wucked in the feel.
SIDE ov side. an debirc seemed ter sing
eweeter. but den. tw.t ne an de grave dar
hung er bright smile. Itried ter rub il out
wild my han, but daIit hung, an through
is brightness l seed worm eat head board
O. de grave. 30. La d." I prayed. .let dis
ter'taticn pass erwa Let DIV sarvent in
his old age hab de sth'th ter turn FUN de
high-strung foliies o . young man" Iri1
up. wild de damp. dead rass c,ingin' ter nv
knees. De lights gunteihine FUN de church
Close by. an de sad answellin' song q de
congregation peared tehy er trimblin' ham
on m- heart Why did on er sudden lean
e-gin er treet Becaze heard her voice. I
wen. inter de church q ex l walked wild
bowed head toward de llpit I 4 heard some
body whisper: Hes ba in de woods ter
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pray" did not look up but I knOwed who
it WIZ dat Whispered. for my heart felt de
tech o de treublin' han. I preached da;
night de best l could. an it seemed dat l
made my hearers feel some o my own sad
ness. fur wen I called fur de stricken in
heart ter come up ter de mOu'ners' bench
me come forward den had eber come be
TO- under de- luence o my calm. We stayed
late in de church dat night. Nearly all de
IOu'ners, habin' wuck ter do de naixt day,
had dun left de house wen I noticed one
pO' Teller whose heart, it 'peared like. wuz
almos' broke. He lay fat on de TO- an
sroaned like he suffered great pain. went
ter him. raised him up an hill his head on
my knee. DE congregation Trimmed out, n
by one. I leaned over an talked ter de pO'
man. Lookin' up I seed dat Frances WIZ
kneelin' wild Us.
~"Lady-sister Frances" I said, tits time
dat you wuz goin' home. De can'les Is all
burned away an de lamps is goin' out"
Il will stay m hep you pour De BAN on
dis no sinner" she replied.
Il didn' say no mo-: but wen, mo- den er
hour afterwards de sinner &c: up ter go 1
says ter her:
..Sister Frances if you amt got NO ,jec-
tions, IN walk home wild you"
She smiled-de same smile dat I had seed
twiXt me IN de worm eat lead bead o. de
graye-an' said dat she wouid be pleased fur
me ter company her. Idoan know whit l
said ter her ez we walked erlong. but l know
dat wen we got ter de little gate in front
o de cabin war her folks libed. she wuz
leanin' on my arm. Do moon had gone
down. an de fluttsrin' in de trees in de yard
told me dat de mawHin' birds wuz tixin' ter
begin dar twitterin'.
"Brudder Summers" said de ladyez I wuz
erbout ter bid her goodbye, ''dar pears ter
be suthin' on yO' mine"
Not only on my mine. Sister Frances, but
dar is suthin' on my heart"
Iwus goin' ter turn erway after dis, but
she put her a on my arn-de same tremb-
lin a dat had techei my hea-t-an' said
Tell me bout yo' troubles. Tell me
whut 10 lynn on yo' heart"
lei trenholm han. lady"
"'Does YOU know dat it is e- hanr"
"Yas. fur I ken see it in :. light o. a.
bright smile"
rs de ham coldr
NO. lady"
'Is it ez VAIN ez mine," she said. ez s.e
put her han in my own fevcr-liks grasp.
De naixt mint my arms wuz around her.
De mawnin' birds twittered in de trees.
light gunter wink ercross 10 bottoms. an
dar. ez de gold o. de day wuz chasin' de
ieetin' silver o. de dawn, I axej her ter be
my wife.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
SixTY-FOUR.

Years so many. Sixty-four.
All come knocking at my door.
First. the tiny baby years.
Ripe with smiles and ripe with tears.
Then the buQ m childish ones,
Rejoicing IN the summer st.,s,
Needing not the winters cold
While wrapt in loves protecting fold.
And now the youthful maiden years.
Tlmid Joys n trembling .ears,
Hoping for a future, bright.
Without the gloom Of sorrows night.
Then come the years o. woman' life,
Sometimes peace and sometimes ,tri.o,
Fond caressing. trials borne.
Sad nights following brightest morn.
Mothers cares n wifely love.
Blessed by God in Heaven hove.
Lisping prayers and baby smiles.
Shielding z from Satan 5 wiies.
And last. h years OF ripe old aga,
Gazing down on memory's page
Al deeds and thoughts o? other years.
With joys all passed and dried up tears.
Thus. thus they gather all around,
Years SO TO me bound:
They are now but sixty-four-
VIII any more knock at my door,
~. J.. Grdphie
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Question From the jury.

Gentlemen Of the jury" said the
judge. As he concluded his charge. III
the evidence shows in your minds that
pneumonia. even indirectly. was the
nus of the man 3 death. the prisoner
can not be convicted"
An hour later = messenger came
from the jury room.
THE gentlemen Of the jury. your
Honor" he said. 'rlesire information"
''On what point Of evidence?"
"NOne. your Honor; they want "a
know how to spell pueumoniA."-M L
SWA
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18

Da wuz alter de al Somebody yelled ter
'em ter stop. but ia ddn'. l got often my
hoss, an wild seb'ra, men followed .ie dogs.
We heard de man hollcr-we seed him :ryin'
ter fight OF de dogs. 'Mnssyful Cod"
hearn him cry. an den his voice wuz swai-
lowed Up by de howiin' D de dogs Wen Wa
come up ter war de dogs WIZ. l seed er man
tore All ter pieces. an SEED er dog, after
lookin' at me, bury his teeth in er yaller
face.
Dat night ez I re up fun my ole wife's
grave. dc dead. damp grass clups ter my
knees OeiE +. READ.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
REVENGE IS SWEET.
How . Counter Gentleman and S3lesiofy
Rebuked Their Employer.

How = Counter GSe0eI0lna0 anu S3leSl3ty
Rebuked Their Employer.
The cold. naughty. purse-proud mer-
chant prince who treats his ribbon
counter gentleman and g~entlemen's
underwear saiesladies with mere %civi!ity
or chilling indifference had better be-
ware. The time may come when their
positions may be reversed.
..See here. Jinks." said one Of these
arrogant mil!ionaires M day to \
ninsiy-pound ribbon counter clerk.
..you want to attend to your business
better. young man. and not waste 50
much IF your time flirting with that
rrd-hcaded underwear girl across the
aisle. mind that"
EnraSed and Inundated. the down.
trodden ribbon counter serf vows and
seeks revenge. His time comes soon.
aye. that very night!
The purse-proud. cold-blooded mer-
chant prince goes to tine theater. He
buys an admission ticket and stands
up. being Of an economical turn Of
mimi.
LET us pass. SIR" says a calm. cold
voice at his side. He looks down and
beholds the ribbOn-cOunter clerk in the
maynificence Of full dress. with the I'M
dcrwear girl in flowing robes and six
teen-button kids hanging to his arm.
The eyes of the men meet. but there is
no sign Of recognition on the part Of
the ribbon-counter clerk. only = cold.
naughty. fixed stare rs he passes proud
Is on to the three-dOllar seats reserved
for him and the underwear girl. while
the snubbed and Inundated merchant
prince stands on in the midst of his
own bitter rciect;aus.- Detroit Free
PreS&
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
Not so Much Of a Success.

yes" said 4 business man. ''Sing..e-
ton has been wonderfully successful.
not particularly on account of any
shrewtiness but because he is such q
close collector. He is undoubtedly tha
best collector in this CITY,"
Il have heard So" some fellow re-
marked. land l used to believe it. but
l have found that he is not such \ sue
cessful collector after all"
How SOP"
''Well. you see. I have owsd him =
bill for quite awhile and he never has
succeeded in collecting il
It0Celef.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
BEARDED
Women With Hrs .se Appendages VI
Were KNOWN the World Over.


Were KNOWN the World Over.
Bearded women have always ut.
tracted considerable public attention
in France. and some interest therefore
at aches to the fac: that the doyenne.
or eldest member Of wha. may be called
the '.Salax: IF Gallo femmes a barbe."
has just departed this life in \ little viii
lagc in the Pyrenean department Of the
AricSe. She had exhibited herself ut
fairs for the space of sixty years. and
was supposed to DE the woman who in-
spired the celebrated cafe-concert re-
frain of Theresa. ''C'est moi qui suis IL
femme \ bHrb,:" Her early successes
caused Il legion ot imita.ors to spring
up. and women with boards and
wh:skers were sought for everywhere
by speculative Barnums with rs much
energy As WAS displayed by the agents
Of Frederick the Great in their hunts
for giants vino We're to be enrolled in
the Royal Guards. The lady from the
department Of the Ariege. however.
long held her own. because she was u
genuine article. while many of her
rivals We're unmit;gated frauds. who
were popularity supposed to have
either false wh;skers or t. have cult
waited diligently their originally slender
hirsutc appendage with artful un.
guents. Therefore she amas.ed 4 little
fortune. on which she lived in comfort
in her native village for III. past few
years. Nowadays Parisians. and even
prOvincials. have become rather tired
of bearded ..beauties"-thcre have been
too many of them. One of the most
remarkable femmeS 4 barbe Of recent
years was an Alsa:ian called LA Belle
Catherine" who used To make capital
not only out of her beard. but out Of the
conquest of Alsace. She was wont to
say to her visitors in 4 Franco-German
jarson: 'Meissieurs ct mesdames. chat
suis femme a barbe ct chat Obte mot
op.e) pour Ia France" Catherine was
also 4 considerable giantess. and was in
the habit Of calling the attention Of
spectators to the smallneSs If her ankle
as cOntrasted with the gir;h and vast
ness Of her body. There is a curious
story told of another bearded woman
named Jaclue!in Doubiin. who fell in
love with All actor. She had seer him
in .he Cha;cle, theatcr ne night. and
from :!iat one she Only exhibited
herself during the day. When night
came she put on male attire and re-
paired To the theater. where she con-
tented herself with looking on and ap-
plaudinS the man of her choice. One
night she was recognized. and the peo-
pie laughed 1t her. so she rushed of t"
the BARRIERS and had her beard shaved
and her face well powdered. Neverthe-
less. she was again recognized in the
theater and was heartily h0osed By =
cruel crowd. In despair ~Jaolcslin went
homo and died Of . broken heart
LesdoS TslsgrepA
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~-in' da: peace an rest
which, chen in de libely time o youth,
sensible pussons looks forward ter, dar
Come trouble o &c blackest sort.
Wen I WIZ erbout fifty years ole. de
notion got inter my head dat l aughter
preach. doan know how it got dar-snoly
not becase l had been thinhin' erbout it
far de fust thing | know'd or bout il wuZ
wakin' upone mawnin' wild de idee. / talked
Wild some o my frien's an Ga said. Dave.
dat i er call. Az you better not be progica-
in wid it. DE speret wants vert fling yer
voice inter de gospul work an YOU better
not make er Jonah O. yersef by tryin' ter
run erway."
But how's I gwine ter prcschr I axed.
'-It's bout ez mitch CT l ken d. ter read"
DE L.awi amt axed yer ter read. one o.
nv frian's says. He axes yer ter preach EFF
on ken read er little. you ken Farm how ter
Tread mo-
went erway. mighty troubled in nv
mine. nv wife had been Head fur sebrel
years. an not habin' any chiiluu l libed by
myse'f in a cabin on er big plantation. 1
saet myself up an prayed. De naixt
mawnin' my load 'peared ter be heavier.
Oar want nothin' left fur me. so l says: Il
WILL preach. 1 will get somebody ter rarn
me how ter read mo- an I will preach de
cospul de bes' I knows how" Den l thought
o my load but it wuz gone. 1t want long
til | stood up in de pulpit. Oar WIZ sebrel
smart men in de church, an it 'peared ter
rluze EN- nightly ter yere er isnunt er man
e. | WIZ talk erbout heaben an de souls o
men. Al. Lawd. ignunce ken fling e. much
light on some subiecs ez de creates arthly
wisdom ken. / went at my work in earnes',
not tryin' ter git up er great 'citement, but
'ieavorin' Ter show de folks de right way
Ter 1--we in dis WORT so da would be better
prepared fur de life ter come: an eft dar
eber ruz or man dat wuz homes an trCe ter
MS calm l blebes dat / wuz de pusson.
'Mony &c ember o my flock VICE er
mighty likely oman named Frances. wuZ
fu,. drawed toward her by her siEg;n', an
one tine when de sweetness o her music
6.ef away. / looked at her an 'knowledged
Ter myself dat l loved her. At fust she sung
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Hennifen sisted on sAyin' mo- out 4 TOTE
him it want no Use. He didn't stay long after
dis. but sayin' dat he would see me ergin.
wen erway.
Does you alluz 'spect tor lib in povertyr'
my wife axej.
Il doan 'spect ter meek speeches in faber
o err dishones' man." answered.
HennifenicOme back interde neighborhood
de naixt week An called at my house but !
want at home. Wen / axed Frances wut he
had ter say. she said dat he didn't stay but
er few minits an didn't say much O. any
thin. Err few days afterwards I hearn dat
be WIZ in de neighborhOOd eryin', wOrain'
wild de voters. but he didn't con ter M
house an l didn't hunt him.
Nearly er munt must hab passed wen one
day I wuz called on ter preach de funul O.
er man Ober ii ernuder 'munity. I didn't
git back till late in de night. De house
wuz dark. an ez I went up ter de do l
tangled my foot in de vine. stumbled an
tore il up b. de roots. went in an lit de
candle. Frances want dar. l called her
stepped to de do an called her till de echo
o my voice brought back wild it de cry . er
night bird. Invent ober ter er neighbOrs
house. DE women folks gunter cry ez soon ez
da seed ne. l axed ef da had seen Frances.
ID. Bruce Summers, she's dun gone wild
dat yaller raskel. He fOtch er buggy an
tuck her erwaF."
l went down ter de sycamor' trees va
my old wife wuz buried. an got down OF a:
knees. Oar want no bright smile twixt me
IN de grave.
De women folks fotch flowers nearly ever
day An put EN- in my house, an de men
folks tuck Of dar hats wen da come war l
wuz. I KEEP on maxim speeches fur de
Lawd. an men dat WIZ once noisy in church
WIZ now quiet.
De 'leckshun time come on. n I kotch
up my cd gray boss an rid VI ter town. ]
went ter all de vo;in' places but didn't see
nobody dat I knowed. I heard one man say:
Wonder wut dat cuts loOkin' ole man is err
pOkin' rOun' we're fur" Den somebody an
swe-ed: '.Dars er yaller man dodgin' round
yere some whar dat mout aing some light
on dat question" Ever time l hearn o. any
p'litical terdc any whar, l rid dar, but
didn't see nobody dat I knowed.
Winter time come. de colest winter dat ]
eber felt. One Sunday lar come er heavy
snow. an dat night ii turned SO col dat
l could hardly keep VAIN by de ire. De
win bowed hard. Su,hin' tapped ergin IL
winter. l hi de candle an dar seed de great
starin' eyes o'er night bird. l turned erway
an had jes sOt Down by de fire wen I hearh
err noise at Ge do: IlisSened. an den / hearn
er groan. Ny heart felt de tech o. er COLI
ham an I knowed DAT Frances had come
back. opened de do she lay on de grOun'
wild her face turned up. tuck her in my
arms an laid her on lie bed.
.Dave-Dave. Won't you forgib me!"
Istood lookin' at her. 20 Won't you fur
glib me! De Lawd has pardoned me an l has
come back ter AK yOu-you-"
..Yas,' 1 said, ..yas, po' child. Go te,
sleep in peace"
She looked at me an tried ter smile. but
de light wuz gone an OAR want no smile
twixt me a lie grave.
We laid ner under de sycamo' trees, bui
not war my ole wife was buried.
Ikep' on goir' ter p'litical meetins', Al
some folks wondered why or ole man ia:
neber voted tuck such intrus. in sich arfairS
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18

One day l wuz ridin' 'lon9 er Osd near
war er number o. convicts wuz 1t work. I
seed er maa dat l knowed cross de- road in
front o. me. I turned toward him. He
flung up er = an cried out:
Stop er I'll kill you. Been er huntin' No
long ernu9."
didn't stop. an he fired at me, an den,
aingin' down de gun, be elm Dc fence m
Runter u ercrOss er fei'. Er mighty
efway ter de right, I seed er lot o blood
houn's dat da KEEP fur ohasin' Do convictA
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
G


Water Will always lind its level.
but rs 4 ~leveler i: can't stay in the
same class ~ whisky. Philadelphia
Cal.
A Denver man has been arrested
for stealing three boxes of cigars of
the value Of eighty-three cents Il box.
The defense will be insanity. -Lue.
The editor who saw y lady making
for the only Sea in the street-car found
himself crowded out" to make room
for ''more Interesting matter"
"A tramp ~dcnouncing the crusade
against the dime novel. said that if !,
dime was ~ novel \ thing To the others
Is it WAS to him. it wouldn't be done.
-7srHs .SJtimgs.
First hurglar-"H-llo. Bill; get
any swag" Second burSlar-..This
bag full" ..Whew: Wha, did yo;r
strike?" '.Anti-povcrty bureau. I
Snes>; leastwavs there was lots in the
drawerS."-NeW Hsren Ncws.
You were severely wounded Il.
Gettysburg. l believer" Lets see; l
believe was" believe: Don't You
REMEMBER i;?" mo. distinctly"
Flows that" 1--WE been marrie.i
ever since the war."-Lin.oin Ju.nal.
solemn man-.No. sir. l never fish.
l think it is decidedly wrong" Chipi-
nOn.-'.Don't like to be So cruel to the
fish," Solemn msn-'.No; Idon't mini
hurting tho fish. but l think it is wrong
10 lie."-Teras Colonel.
II don't wish to say any thing
against the individual in question:"
said 4 very polite gentleman. "5ut
would merely remark in the language
Of the poet. that to him truth il stranger
than fiction"
"A sister always gets = good deal Of
attention for about a week after her
brother has been Tilted by the only girl
he could ever love. 1t takes him just
about So long to lind out that he could
love some other irl.-Somerriyle jour
nal.
why did You strike the PLAINTIFF
vas asked Of = prisoner in the police
court the other day. Because he said
/ was no gentleman" well. r you
y g.ntleman?" Il don't suppose l am.
sir; but it made me mad to be told of
it, all the same."-DetyoI Free Press.
Wife (whO has had the foreign
language 'spasm')-'.John. do YOU
know l am getting on splendidly with
my French? am really beginning to
think in the language" Husband lin
terestedin his paper)-'.Is that So? Let
ME hear YOU think a little while in
French."-N. y. Sun.
Professor Shaler saws tina. Vol
canoes play n most important part in
the physical history of our planet"
HIM: YES. We have heard tina, they
played something with Pompeii. but we
never heard it quite so elaborately or
gently stated before. But that's a beau
tiful way these scientists have.
dette.
Aren't you acting . little foolish
this morDing. Pat??" said the store
keeper to 4 ~blarneying Hibernian tho
other morning. THAT ] Am. sure. Do
YOU know. l hcv them shpells once in
i while and it does me good to act 'em
out. Sd l come in here where I'll feel ut
home \ doin' it" augusta (Ns.)
Journal
1t is said tina; among the murderers
hanged during the past three years the
name Of John lei all others by = large
majority. Aud it may be added that
it was \ John. first name Demi. thai
WAS mainly instrumental in making
murierers of possibly every n O.: the
lOt.-Eost0n transcript.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-18
DAVE SUMMERS.
His Own Story OF q Romance and
Its Ending.
Written for This Papcr.1
CHAPTER 1.

AR amt no fro.ic in
I'm swine ter
tell. know dat some
folks thinks dater mig
gers life is 4 up o.
laziniss an ~sGylarkin.'
but dat belief 'speci-
ally il my case. amt
de truf. o. l had nv
fun Wen / wuz er
~youngster. Bless you.
want er pUssOn in
de ~neighborhood dat
hankered after mis-
mo- den Dave
SUNNI ers did. but
stead o ole age bring
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20
State Beard Of Pharmacy.

- 9 . go ; sA-- - - %mA
The State Board of Pharmacy, ap
pointed by the Governor under Ac
Moss, passed at the recent session o
thesGeneral Assembly, met in Grune.
valid Hall and organized.
The board is composed of Messrs. F
NJ. Brooks, of Baton Rouge; J. T .Thi,
bodeaux, of Thibodaux; j. A. Lee
OF Iberia; R. L: Tier, of Shreveport,
and Messrs. William Graner, F. c,
Godbold, A. X. Finlay, r. N. Girling
and Oscar Robin of Orleans. All the
members of the board except Mr.. Iler
were present.
Mr.. Thibodeaux was elected presi-
dent, and on taking the chair he said
he felt grateful for the honor conferred
upon him and promised to do his best
to secure the enforcement o. the law
to the satisfaction of everybody with
the assistance of the board.
1t is to he hoped, he said. that some
thing will be done for the advance
ment of pharmacy under the operation
OF this law. The law is deficient in a
good many respects, which defects
will have to be noted, so as to have
the present act amended at the next
session of the Legislature.
: = =
The board decided that within the
next ninety days every druggist in the
State must register as a pharmacist
or assistant, in accordance with the
provisions of the second section of the
act. The form of affidavit adopted for
prOprietOrs is as follows:
81 certify that on or before the 18th
day of August, 1883, l was engaged in
the actual preparation of compromising
and dispensing of medicines or drugs
in the drug or apothecary business as
a proprietor"
The form for assistants is as follows j:
81 hereby certify that l have had
not less than two years. practical ex-
perience in the preparation, compound
ing or dispensing of medicines or drugs
in the drug and apothecary business"
The secretary was instructed to have
blank afidavits printed, as we'll as
copies of the Act No. 66, and to mail
one to each druggist and assistant in
the State. The board will act on the
registration of all applicants at the
next meeting.-N. @. Times Democrat.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-20

There is scarcely any locality free
from the habitation of cranks, either
religious or political. The political
crank is always dissatisfied when e.-
erything does not u smoothly in &C
cordance with his views, and the worst
Of the matter is, mono. outside himself,
and very often he himself does not
know his views. Hence, such an in
dividual is ever a source of trouble to
himself, and everybody connected
with him. If his party candidates are
nominated for Office without his die
tum, he is sure to kick, and all the lit
tie influence he can WELD is sure to be
employed in disparaging the character
of men, who are, as compared to him.
men fighting mosquitoes he bothers,
he annoys, he wishes, and like the
dog in the Manager, he banks but never
bites. The only remedy applicable
for the barking crank's disease is to
let him giorious'y alone, and like Il
pig in the water, he soon browns by
his W exertions, while those attack
ed by him swim smoothly along 10
the hcven of prominence and re-
nown.
The worst species of this political
crank is excmplitied in him who com
mands the columns of Il county news
paper, because he imagines that all
the political hOnors belong to him, all
offices in the county ut his disposal.
and all political asrirants at his COM
mand, and when he discovers that his
influence is set at nought he banks
like a whipped eur beneath his mas
ter's feet. He, even like a dog afflicted
with hydrophobia, froths at the mouth,
and the %excrescenses left in his tracks
contaminate the community he lives
i'll. In his fury, he forgets the con-
tempt of his fellowman, he beholds
nothing but his insignifcance. aud his
knowledge of this drives him bark
ing aud braying at people around him,
who laugh at his disease that is daily
becoming chronic and incurable.-St.
Louis Church Progress.