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St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDuCAT,oNA,

As if Goa would take this for 4
good bill of reckoning: Item, spent
upon my plcasures-forty years.
Bishop Hall.
There are nine British missionary
societies now laboring in Africa. with
an aggregate annual expenditure of
| $1,000 900
The Russian Church, which has
been IN process of construction durinr
the last ten years on the Mount of
Olives, is now finished.
The Kindom of Heaven suf}cretb
violence. and the violent take if NV
force" Violence is good thing when
well applied,
Gratitude is the homage the heart
renders to God for His goodness; Chris
tan cheerfulness is the external mani
testation of the homage.
Steps are being taken in Mel
bourne, Australia, to effect an organic
UNION OF the Presbyteriase churches
throughout the Australian colonies.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
Will spend for home and foreign mis-
sions the handsome sum of So, 400 for
every working day i'll its fiscal year.
or over 81, 900, 600 in all.
The apostolic vicariatc of Dakota
has at present 80 priests, 1870 churches.
loo stations without churches, 20 do
cesar students, 20 parochial schools,
converts, academies, 10 Indian schools.
hospital and Catholic population of
10000
"A school in Vermont is presided
over by cross-eyed teacher. A few
days ago he called out: THE boy that
am looking at will step out on the
floor. Immediately twenty-seven lads
walked out in front of the astonished
pedagogue.
The marking" system has been
abolished at Columbia college. Each
professor is to stately report the
names of the three members of the
class who have shown the most dill
gence and proficiency, and the best all
around students are to be known rs
''hOnor men.
Harvard College distributes this
year about $4,000 among deserving
students in the shape of scholarships.
This is $4,000 more than last year,
that sum having been added to the
funds by the late Ezekiel Price Green
leaf The scholarships vary from $50
to $3.50.
Victoria has made arrangements
% celebrate the jubilee of Congrega-
in October, 1888. 1t is ex-
'ected that the churches of Australia
md New Zealand will be represented,
md that delegates will be sent out
rom the home churches.
In a recent foot ball game at
player was gashed by
'angle worn on the wrist of an adver-
airy. The umpire decided that che
angle, or the player wearing it, must
re removed. The ornament was the
lit OF Boston girl, and the college
nan had sworn to wear it till death,
ut he took it off rather than forfeit his
lace on the rush line.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

be the blaat of hunger and the choo!
choo! of surprise.
| The interesting time in this water
baby's life comes when he learns to
swim. His parents take no notice of
him, and the little fellow has to attend
to his own education, for, strange to
say, though destined to pass his life in
the water, he can not swim till he has
| learned.
1t happens thus: In his wandering
about the land, when he gets to be five
or six weeks old, the pup-as he is
called-first or last stumbles upon the
beach, and into the edge of the surf.
Inns Is a new element, but it has fas-
cination for him that he can notsresist
The first time wave washes up and
goes over him, he turns in hot haste
and scrambles back upon the land, very
much frightened; but in moment OF
two back he goes, founders about in
the first wave, struggles and beats the
waterwith his little tiippers, and comes
out so tired that he has to take nap at
once.
Every day the young seals play in
the water, very clumsy and awkward
at first, but learning more as time goes
on, till, before many weeks, the whole
baby population of hundreds of thou
sands of pups spend most of their time
in the surf, swarming along the whole
coast, frolicking and chatting in great
glee.
BY the time the old seals leave the
land, and the young one begins to feel
desire to 60, too, the young seal can
swim and dive and sport and sleep in
the water with ease, Also he has
learned to get from it his food, consist
ing of small squids and other little
creatures, till he is strong and expert
enough to catch fish.
By the middle of September this
self-training is ended, and the young
seals weigh thirty or forty pounds. AS
the time draws near for them to take
to their ocean life, they shed their baby
coats and get on the ''sea-going jack
cts Slight gray over-coats of fine hair
"oo"e bi iiSil ttilh SOlt Dlo" III uII~
der ones, half an inch thick, which
keep their bodies warm and dry
At the same time the old seals have
put on their fresh suits, and the whole
rookery breaks up for the year. The
old males leave first little later the
mothers and bachelors" and last of
all the younglings.
This clannish way, of each age keep
ing by itself. is one of the most curious
customs of the seal family. Another
habit is the tanning, already
spoken of. This is done with the long,
chin hindflippers, which are usually
carried striking squarely out each side,
md well up from the ground, with the
ends, or toes, curled over.
One of them is often gently moved
pack and forth with exactly the motion
# fan, and whether it is done to cool
he body Or not, it looks as though I
hat were the object, and gives the ami
nal queer. sentimental air, very
to see.-- OE;ue Thorne Miller, ,
~ YOUTHS Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
The Limit of Visibility.

Just how large is the minutest OBJ
ject it is possible to see under the mi
croscope, is a speculation of considera-
bic interest. Sir Henry Roscoe having
treated the LOO. 900 of an inch as the
limit of visibility with the highest
known magnifying power. Mr..
Crisp, of the Royal Microscopical
Society, afiirms that the real limit may
be quite safely placed below 1900 Oo
of an inch though it can not be def
nitely determined. Rev. DR.. Dallinger,
sae eminent president of the Society,
indorses this view, stating that he has
himself seen objects which were GER
tainly between 100000 and 1900, 600
of an inch. -ArkaaasaW Irarezcr.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

IT seemed at one time as though
the construction of the Panama Ship
Canal would have to be abandoned by
M. De Lesseps because it was impossi-
BILE to procure laborers to carry on the
work, inasmuch as the climate is so
deadly that man who worked in the
trenches was almost sure to die within
a few months. But scientific invention
has come to the relief of De Lessons.
and steam excavators and dredges of
vast power have been devised to take
the place of men. OF these inventions
it is said: ''They do not mind malaria;
they are not poisoned by marshy wa
ter; they thrive on the black vomit;
they have no fear of chills or sunstrokes;
and. what is more, they are never tired,
and will work Ill the days and nights
of their natural lives without interrupt
ton. if properly fed and cared for.''-
N Z. Ledger.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
MATERNAL INSTINCT.

I wonder what my papa means
By calling me Miss Fidgct?
A silly goose
That has no use
A troublesome young midget.
He says always ought to laugh,
Good little girls are Jolly"
What would he do
If he, boo-hooi
Had tored his little DolIys
He says my Dolly's nothing but
A lot of rips and creases-
That all combined
Could never find
one-half the missing pieces.
And mamma told me if it was
Made out of iron and leather
1t wouldn't stay
More than day
Securely held together.
! know its nose and ears are gone
II has one leg left only;
A great big crack
10 in its back
And one eye looks so lonely.
lts lace geCS Diacker every day,
It's never tidy, never;
And Ii rub
And scour and scrub
1t makes it worse than ever.
They want to know what makes me keer
The NASTY thing about me,
Why, don't you see
It's fond of me,
And couldn't do without me?
Now. does it matter much to them
How sick and cross may be?
I'm not afraid
Mamma would trade
Me for another baby.
81. Snyder, in Louisgitke Courier Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
Marie Roze addressed tho ,rn;,s

Mario Roze addressed the pupils at
the Royal Academy of Music at Liver
pool few days ago, after the mayor
had presented certificates to those who
had passed the examination for en-
trance, and said that no one better than
an artist knew the value Of early train
ing, and that in looking into the past
of her life she recalled with the great
est gratitude the efforts of those who
first nodded her voice.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
"A. J. Hecht sawed remarkable

"A. J. Hecht sawed a remarkable
log on his pony" mill near Lubbock.
Wood County, w. Va, Friday. TWAS
a white-oak log, four feet and eight
inches an diameter and the wood was
as curly as an Africans wool. About
twelve feet from the ground phenom-
enon was found in the shape OF a Sec
ton which had grown at right angles
with the length of the tree. The tree
belonged to John Fries, and was blown
into three pieces with blasts before it
was hauled to the mill
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

"A scientist states that paralysis
among railroad engineers is increasing,
on account Of the rapidity with which
trains are run nowadays, the constant
motion and nervous strain breaking a
man down.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

"A commercial traveller was brag-
ging about the magnitude of the firm
he represented. Il suppose your house
is pretty big establishment, said the
customer. big? You can have any
idea Of its dimensions. Last week we
took an inventory of the employees and
found out for the first time that three
cashiers and four book-keepers were
missing. That will give you some idea
of the magnitude of our business. -
N 7. Star.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
An English builder of theaters has

An English builder of theaters has
invented a panic lock for theater doors.
1t is contained in panel which, occu-
pies large surface on the inside of the
door, and any one coming in contact
with the door must press the panel,
upon which the door opens instantly.
It is impossible for the doors of build
ing fitted with this lock to be fastened
SO that egress is prevented, but from
the outside no entrance is possible ex-
cept with a regular key. Tefry's the
alter in London has been fitted through
out with the new lock.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

One OF the attractions at Phila-
delphia fair is doll said to be $50
years Of age. During that time it has
amused half a dozen generations of
children and had varied experiences,
among which was interment in a gar
den for seven years and resurrection
by farmers plow.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
Nearly All of the s6. 600 worth Of

Nearly all of the Sc, 900 worth Of
iewelry stolen from Banker Morgan, of
New York. has been recovered. A
search under the carpet of the room oc.
cupied by Dorsey, the burglar, revealed
a cigar box concealed in a circulaf
hole deity sawed in the floor beams,
which contained . large part of the
missing gems.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

"A butter dealer recently sold
quantity of bad butter at a residence
in Indianapolis. When he ne1t re-
turned he was invited in. He entered
and was seized by the inmates, stripped
OF al his clothing and butte1ed from
head to foot with his rancid wares.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
"A ten-year-old boy who accom-

"A ten-year-old boy who aceompan-
led his mother to a bookstore asked the
young clerk if he had .sany books for
little boys that ain t got any religion in
EN-. Little boys that amt got any
religion in EN- should read the Bible
and Snnday-school books and this is
the kind of literature the ten-year-old
querist evidently did read. BRAKES
Magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14

An electric street railway com.
pany, with capital stock of $500. 900,
has been organized at Little Rock,
Ark.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

Adversely may try mems soriis, but
prosperity often grinds them to pow
der.-Americau 1raueler.
To suffer through those we love is
ten times worse than to suffer our
| selves. --SonaerUille Journal.
-Contentment is pearl OF great
price, and who procures it at the ex-
pense of ten thousand desires makes
wise and happy purchase.
An ounce of lead isn't so very
heavy, but it depends good dnal on
how it strikes you whether you can
carry it or not. - Washington Critic.
-Ruskin says: '.Man should resem-
BILE river" Some men do, in ,ne re-
spect at least. The biggest part of
them is their mouth. Hotel Gazette.
Every ultimate fact is only she first
of a new series; every general law
only a particular fact of some more
general law presently to discloae itself.
Emerson
-"What was Mrs Modus DIRE. !ased in.
George?" "Oh, she had on Find of a
mauve blue arrangement ovei por-
there of plush colored thingunbob.
''Ah, indeed. M y Journal.
Doctors say that drinking large
quantities of water will produce fat.
To show its absurdity, look at fish.
1t fairly lives in water, yet why is it so
bony?-Bimghanpton Republican.
"A young college debater will argue
for hours that the pursuit of happiness
is better than the realization and then
feel disappointed because Ills girl re-
fuses for the fourth time to marry him.
7raveler.
"A strange child was introduced to
four-year-old Adelaide with injunctions
as to his entertainment. With a SUI
peru dignisy the suggestions were
checked by: MY dear, ! have played
with children all my life american
The pie of the season:
Honor the pumpkin vine.
Long may it's tendrils Irvine
Over the land
Blessed be those who wear
Crisp hayseed in their hair
Glorious band
Minneapolis Tribune.
1T is the father of precocious
half-years-old who tells that
he child was once watching lady
make her toilet. The old lady had re-
moved her false hair and false teeth
when the astonished small boy said:
Bet yer can't take yer neck OIL. -
San francisco Chronicle.
Here's box addressed to you,
said the wife of a prominent man. Il
lon't think you'd better open it
what shall we do with it?" "rlltell
you; we'll take it out and get the hired
yirl to open it. She has lit the fire
Nth kerosene three times this week,
md I don't thing that dynamite will $
aurt her. - Washington Critic.
Milford chronicle., 1888-06-08
cnlumn. nf soele,r rundhle.

No one today is secure from gossip.
Whence comes this licenseG It comes
from the men and women among Mr.. Nc
Allisters four hundred. whose itch for
notoriety impels them to send every bit Of
little tattle concerning the Interior Of
their domestic life TO the newspapers for
publication. II will hardly be pretended
by any man or any woman who today
complains Of the tattling Of the newspa-
pers concerning him or her that he or she
has not heretofore utilized this very ten
dency. Run down to Newport next sum.
mer. Keep your eye on the correspon-
dents Of the great metropolitan journals.
See how eagerly they are sought by these
four hundred fapdoodles. Look in their
mail box morning after morning. Follow
their continual intercourse with the peo-
pie concerning whom they write, and
draw your own conclusions as to the
source of their information.
Why, distinctly recall in the Office Of
a once leading Sunday newspaper, seeing
upon the desk of the society editor, as he
was called. poor devil to whom they paid
81 a week for furnishing from four to
fourteen columns Of society rot, bushel
of letters at O time, and every one of them
contained either a ticket to some place of
entertainment. or bit of gossip from
Mr. Toodles. or Mr.. Traddles, concerning
a betrothal, wedding, social festivity
Of some sort or kind, with the names Of
the guests, and quite likely the cost Of
the whole affair. Now who was to blame
the 81 week man or Mr.. Traddles, who
sent the information, inelosing $5 bill
to secure its publicationY-Joe Howard in
New York Graphic.
Milford chronicle., 1888-06-08
reculIaritles Of American Eyes.


The efforts of the war department to
iecure a field glass for the service Of
.-satcr power than the one they how use
las discovered the fact that the eyes Of
the average American are closer together
than those Of men in foreign countries.
The double glass. known rs tho field
glass. now used is weaker than that used
in the armies of Europe Il Is Of only
from five to six powers-entircly too weak
Tor the purpose The only glass they can
:et Of sufficient power is single spy
glass, which is defective in that it does
.iot take in broad enough field. This is
I very serious defect in the equipment Of
he American army, but there seems TO be
no immediate prospect Of its correction,
bceaGsc our eyes are too close together.
some Of the colored troops may be able to
Use q different glass, but the white Yankee
soldier cannot overcome the national pecu-
liarty. The best military field glass In
use is that with which the German army
is supplied. An attempt was made to
adopt them by the war department, but
it was found that the eyes of the glasses
were so far apart that they. could not be
used by Americans. The department is
studying how to overcome this difficulty.
Washington Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1888-06-08

day had come and we were gathered for
the reckoning. Behold. he cometh
with clouds. and every eye shah see him. "
What l say to one / say to all. What
are you doing for Christi What are
you bearing for Christ?
Oh! Christian man, Oh Christian
woman! Have you any scars to show in
this conflict When a war is over the
heroes have scars to show. One hero
rolls back his sleeve and shows gunshot
fracture. or he pulls down the collar and
shows where he was wounded in the
neck. Another man says: Il have
never had the use of my limb since !
was wounded at that great battle. .
When the last day comes, when all
our battles are over, will we have
any wounds for Christ? Some have
wounds for sin, wounds for the devil,
wounds gotten la fighting on the wrong
side. Have we wounds that we can
wounds gotten in the battle for
Christ and for tie TRUTH On that resur-
rection day Christ will have plenty Of
scars to show. Christ will stand there
and w the scars on his brow, the scars
on his hands, and the scars on lis feet,
and he will put aside the robe of his roy
atty and show the scar on his side, and
all heaven will break down with emotion
and gratitude in one great sob, and then
in one great hosanna. Will you and !
have any scars to show?
There will be Ignatius, on that day
showing the mark Of the paw and teeth
of the lion that struck him down in the
Coliseum. There will be glorious John
Huss showing just where on his foot the
flames began on that day when his soul
took wing of flame and SCARED up from
Constance. There will be Hugh McKail
ready TO point to the mark on his neck
where the AK struck him. There will
be Mcmillan and Campbell and Freeman
the American missionaries who with
their wives and children were put to
death in theawful massacre ut CawnpOre,
showing the places where the daggers Of
the Sepoys struck them. There viii be
the Waldenses showing where their limbs
were broken on the day when the Pied
montese soldiery pitched them over the
rocks. VIII you and have any wounds
to show? Have We fought any battles
for Christ? Oil that we might all be
enlisted for Christ, that we might all be
willing to suffer for Christ, lhat we
might all bear a cross for Christ.
When the Scottish chieitains wanted
to raise an Iarmy they woull make a
wooden cross and then set it Oh fire and
carry it with other crosses they had
through the mountains and among the
people, and as they waved the cross the
people would gather to the standard and
fight for Scotland. So today l come
out with the cross Of the Son of God. 1t
is a flaming cross-flamiug with suffer
ing. flaming with triumph, flaming with
glory. carry it out among all the peo-
pie. Who will be on the Lord Is side:
Who will gather to the standard Of
Emanuel? A cross. a cross. a cross
''WhosOever doth not bear his cross and
come after me cannot be my disciple. "
Milford chronicle., 1888-06-08
BRIEF MENTION.
FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.

Sir Morell Mackenzie never accepts "a
fee from professional singer.
Prince Henry of Germany has had
himself photographed 700 different times
The octogenarian Duke of Devonshire
writes all his own letters, in firm, legi-
ble hand
When in Paris, NJ. Zola is the most
taciturn Of men, but at his country home
he is a great chatterer and talks his visi
tors almost to death.
During his stay at Rome the emperor
of Brazil did not find time to call upon
the pope, a circumstance which gave rise
to considerable comment.
NJ. Jovis. a French aeronaut, is max
ing balloon nearly 200 feet in height,
in which he proposes to sail through the
air across the Atlantic next autumn.
Sir Morell Mackenzie's fee for his at
tendance on the German emperor has
been fixed at go, 600 marks (S13, 000) per
quarter or any part of a quarter. This
is equivalent to the sum Of $50, 900 per
annum. It must be added, however
that Sir Morell Mackenzie's income Of re-
cent years in London has been slightly
over $4,000.
a have interviewed Boulanger." says
a correspondent Of London Truth, ''you
would never guess about what This
morning l heard him violently attacked,
not this time for riding black horse
but for wearing Il scalp I'D being faux
ieune homme. So l went to him to
question. He said, i give you leave to
''wig" me. Pull my hair. / did so.
1t was firm at the roots, and not even
dyed"
With his musicians the sultan has
always been capricious. His pet violinist.
Wondra. wished TO leave the court and
60 to Paris to study there with the best
masters. A petition was accordingly pre-
sented to his imperial majesty. who alb
ruptly tore it up, flung the pieces at the
messenger, and said: why should he
study Is it to earn money! If lie wants
that my treasury is open; let him help
himself and stop here. wish it," So.
willy-nilly. WOndra had to stay.
George Muller, celebrated throughout
the world MS worker for the good Of his
AEllDW lAElls II INV o. NA0 anu eAo
full of zeal and activity as ever He has
Just returned to England, after preach
ing tour Of $1,000 miles through Aus
tralia. China, Japan and other countries.
Two thousand children greeted him at
Bristol upon his return, the little ones
being inmates Of his orphanage in that
city.
NJ Louis Nobel, who died in France
the other day, was not the inventor Of
dynamite. but Alfred Nobel his brother,
who is still living. was. M Nobel is
strong advocate Of peace, and regards
with horror the use to which his inven-
ton has been put by assassins and politi-
cal conspirators. The only time when he
shows warlike spirit is when he reads
of the misuses which are made Of dyna-
mite. Then he feels like putting all these
miscreants into a storehouse Of dynamite
and blowing them up.