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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11

particular church choose her own
preacher and support him by free-will
offering;;' that ''the people hereafter
take the Bible as the only sure guide
to Heaven that preacher and peo-
pie cultivate a spirit of mutual for
bearance, pray more and dispute
less;'' aud "that the oppressed may &C
free and taste the sweets of Gospel lib
erty."
And thus was founded the Christian
Church, or the Society of Disciples of
Christ, five years and two months pre-
ceding the Campbellite movement at
Washington, Pa, in August, 1909. I'M
mersion by baptism became funda-
mental principal of the infant church,
through the preaching of Purviance
and by public baptism here at Cane
Ridge, in July, 1907; antedating Alex
ander Campbelps first preaching of the
same in 1912, precisely five years. From
this spot scores of exhorters penetrated
North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylva.
MIA, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
and Tennessee, until before the first
quarter of the present century, the al
most simultaneous, far remote and pre-.
cisely like aspiration for religious fra
termination and liberty had blended
into great religious power for good,
which has finally permeated the re-
hottest confines of our continent, and
is rapidly making its unostentatious
way and simple faith into the lives OF
strivers in other lands.-Edgar L.
Wakeaaa,a, in N. Y Mail and E1press
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
RUNNING AND PUNSTERS.
The Subject Viewed in the Light of Psy.
Geological Study.

I
Punning, l think, does not receive
enough attention. In spite of Dr.. John.
sons well known dictum. we should
not despise punning. Sydney Smith
says that it is the foundation of all wit.
Surprising three degrees of evolution,
submit that punning is the least
evolved system of joking, that wit is
evolved out of punning and that humor
is evolved out of wit. Every body has
heard of Sydney Smith remark-that
it requires surgical operation to get
q joke into the he ad of a Scotchman.
But he spoke without distinguishing.
The Scotch have a great appreciation
of those highly evolved jocosities dis
playing the humorous, although, no
doubt, scorn of simple, lowly evolved
jocosities, such as plays on words. 1t
is difficult to form conception of a
Scotch punster Yet | have heard an
Aberdonian, physician of worldwide
reputation, make pun.
Punning is well worthy the psyche
logist's attention. | seriously mean
that the analysis of puns is a simple
way of beginning the methodical analy-
sis of the process of normal and alb
normal mentation. This, I think, ]
can easily show. Vision is stereoscop-
ic; in a sense it is slightly diplopic. for
there are two dissimilar images, al
though there seems to be but one ex-
ternal object, as We call it. To borrow
the ophthalmological term, we can say
that mentation is ''stereoscopic;" al
ways subject object, although we often
speak of it as single estates of con-
seriousness" etc. just as there is WIS.,
ual diplopia, so there is mental diplo-
pia," or, as it is commonly called,
double consciousness. Now
I come back to punning.
We all have mental diplopia"
when hearing the answer to riddle
which depends on pun: when is
little girl not a little grip" Answer:
when she is little horse (hoarse)."
The feeble amusement we have in the
slightly morbid mental state thus in
duced is from the incongruous ele-
ments of a mental diplopia. :" The
word 'hoarsea rouses in us the idea of
a little girl who has taken cold and the
same sounding word ''horse" rouses in
us the idea of well known quadruped
at the same time. We have the sensa-
ton of complete resemblance with the
sense of vast difference. Here is, I sub
init, caricature of the normal process
Of all mentation. Popular Science
Montsly.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

Success is often merely an aggrega-
ton of fidelity in trifies.
The oyster is very wise. Itnever
opens its mouth until forced.
A butcher may not be great gam
bier, but he is always putting up
steaks. Boston Post.
The gatekeeper at the railway
crossing should be a man of signal
abilities. Boston Courier.
Many broadcloth husband owes
his prosperity to the fact that he mar
ried bingham girl.
When one man tries to do the
work of three the work of two gem
orally remains undone. oil City H.--
sard.
The road to success is open TO all,
but too many want to get there with
out The trouble OF going. Philadelphia
Inquirer. n.
1T is less important to young
lady that her lovers diamonds, ,aouid
be of pure water than that his drinks
should be.
The troubles of age were intended
to wean us gradually from our
fondness of life the nearer we approach
the end.-Sarif.
The trouble with most people who
believe that charity begins at home Is
that they never allow it to 60 outdoors
for exercise. Baltimore american.
with all thy false love thee
still, quoted the husband as he strok-
ed his wife's store hair. And then she
smiled upon him with her celluloid
teeth Chicago EeraM.
Landlord: Amy arrivals to-day.
Mr.. Skarfpin?' Clerk: mo, sir.
Nothing but Leaves. y and he went
on humming the air of that beautiful
hymn. Burlington Free Press.
DO to-day's duty. fight to-day's
temptation, and do not weaken and
distract yourself by looking forward to
things which you can not see. and could
not understand if you saw them
Charles Kingsley.
there a curious thing III 1ilo pa
per. A man in Florida town per-
sisted in playing the piano half the
night and a man who lived next door
killed him. '.Well, we'll! That man
went too far THAT man that did
.he killingp" mo; the man that did
the PLAYING. - Omaha World.
The setting of great hope IS like
the setting of the sun. The brightness
Of our life is gone Shadows OF even
ing fall around us, and the world seems
but dim reflection, itself broader
shadow. We look forward into the
coming lonely night The soul with
draws into itself. The Stars arise, ard
the night is holy.-LoaDello~.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
OLD SAWS IN RHYME.

Furn over new leaf; forgive and forget;
Ey'rythings fish that comes into his net.
Strike while the iron is hot; live and learn;
In some peoples pockets their money will burn
What's one persons loss is another ones gain
He don't know enough to come in from the rain
Whom the gods would destroy they first render
mad;
Temper Justice with mercy; he's gone to the bad.
With leaden heels justice doth travel about;
Cheating don't prosper; wine in and wit out
A cat cen may look at q king; splitting hairs
What's every ones business is no ones affairs.
Nirnble sixpence is better than shilling that's
slow;
Fools learn by experience: pay as you go.
Receiver is worse than the thief; hard to beat !;
The bitter in life you must take with the sweet.
Devil take the hindmost comparisons are
Odous always; SO near and SO far.
Mans house is his castle; boy never send
Upon mans GRAND; never too late to mend.
Never too old to learn; orders Heavens first
law;
Pleased with rattle, ticzed with straw.
Murder will out and dead men tell no tales;
Justice is blind but at last she prevails.
The fly on the wheel thinks he turns it around;
Tween two stools one often falls onto the
ground.
You can't ride two horses at once; q cats paw;
And truly necessity knoweth no law.
Boys will be boys; keep stiff upper lip;
All sound no sense; of the old block chip.
Cleanliness is unto godliness next;
He's not disappointed who nothing expects.
Don't jump at conclusions; look well ere you
leap;
Before one can walk he must first learn to creep.
variety's the spice of life; bear and forbear;
TITS an i'll wind that blows no one good any
where.
Kisses by favor go; best friends must part;
in front of the horse never fasten the cart
II c. Dodge, In Detroit Free Press
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The infinite distance between the
| Creator and the noblest of all creatures
can never be measured nor exhausted
by endless addition of finite degrees,
Bentley
There is no such detective Us
prayer, for no one can hide away from
it. 1t puts its hand on the shoulder OF
ii man 10000 miles Oft, 1t alights on a
ship in mid Atlantic. -Ialnage
There is such difference between
coming out of sorrow merely thankful
for relief, and coming out Of sorrow
full of sympathy with and trust in Him
who has released us.-Philip Brooks.
A blind or deaf man has infinitely
more reason to deny the being, or the
possibility of the being, of light or
sounds, than an atheist can have to
deny or doubt the existence of Cod
Dr.. S. Clark
The divinest attribute in the heart
of man is love, and the mightiest, be-
cause the most human. principle il the
heart of man is faith. Love is Heaven;
faith is that which appropriatcs
Heaven.-F w Robertson
Statistics of the various colleges
for women in the United States show
that more graduates of Oberlin and
Syracuse have married than of any
Others. Wellesley and Smith have the
smallest per cent. of married women
among their alumnr
The memorial in favor of granting
degrees to women at Cambridge Uni.
versity, England. had more than SOC
signers, of whom 40 were head mis-
tresses of public schools, 211 assistant
mistresses in public schools, and 4:
professors and lecturers.
"A Christian too conversant with
the people of the world resembles a
bright piece of plate too much exposed
to the air, which, though in reality it
continues plate still, yet grows tar
nished and loses it's fine burnisli. and
needs a fresh cleansing and rubbing
up. 2opla1y
The resurrection is only the to-
morrow morning of death, and when
we think of the grave we should do so as
in the happy days of our childhood we
thought of our bed when we retired to
it for the night, expecting an elder
brother to call us in the morning and
take us with him on a pleasant excur-
sion.-Dr Vim. a. Taylor
There is plenty of sunshine in the
world, and if we be without it, it
must, to q large extent, be our own
fault. We put up too many curtains,
have too many blinds, and sometimes
make the windows too small. The
light comes to us wanting in, and we
are so thoughtless, or SO in love with
darkness, that we k ep it out United
Presbyterian.
Satan is like dog that standeth
his tail and looking to receive
somewhat from those who sit at the
table; but if nothing be thrown out
goeth away. So doth Satan watch for
our consent. as Benhadads servant did
for the word s.brother. He looketh
for a passionate speech, an uncIean
glance. gesture of wrath, or word of
and if he findeth none of
these he is discouraged. -Manton
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
IT'S HUMAN NATURE.

Do What You Will, the Ordinary Mortal
VIII Still Kick.
I'D like to know" he began, as he
entered police headquarters yesterday,
eff we have police. forceP
I'VE have replied the sergeant.
+ Then want it to protect me! lam
taxpayer. "
''You shall be prosscted, sir. What
is the case?''
''Why, / got some paint ON my over
coat last night and my wife sponged it
off with benzine and left it outdoors to
air. It's gonei Yes, sir, gomez
well. we'll try ard find it for you. ..
The wrathy fsaan had scarcely de-
parted when q second stranger entered
and dema nded to know:
Have we police or have we not!''
1--WE have. replied the sergeant.
''Well, here's an overcoat I found in
my yard this morning, where some
burglar had probably left it. Just
smell the chloroform. will your
J. A messenger was sent to overtake
9eae first man and he returned and
+ Identified the coat, which had blown
over the fence. 4
.sYes, sir, it's mine,' he said, as he
started of, land ! hope the police will
be more vigilant in future"
''And it was in my yard. sir" said
number two, as he went out, 'sand if
any more burglars come around you
police will hear from me. Detroit
Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
Sense and Nonsense.

Chicago is full Of dangerously
thoughtful and mature children.
Mamma, said one of them-a FIVE
Year-old-the other day, ''ain't there
any other senses 'cept seeing, hearing,
feeling, tasting and smelling?n
p mo, my child, answered the moth
er; ait is usually considered that those
five are enough. -
"Well,' said the little one, with an
air of deep conviction, i sspose talk
ing would be called q sense if there
wasn't so much nonsense about it. -
Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11

Sebastian Muller, Swiss, recently
arrived In New Haven, is astonishing
the Yankees by his feats of strength.
He is twenty-five years old, five feet
eight inches tail, weighs pound and
q half less than two hundred. is mag
nifcently developed as to muscle, and
can break six-inch cobble-stone With
one blow of his fist.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11

Here is region rare and radiant.
Hunt all merry England for Wales OF
peace; search all New England for
valleys of plenty, and there will not
come to your finding reaches of such
beauteous landscape. Gently descend
ing from the Cumberland plateau, which
forms the western flank of the Ken
lucky mountain region, are numberless
winsome hills and enhancing valleys
In the heart Of all this wondrous gar
den is the bluegrass country. On
its breast like noble rose or lustrous
jewel rests the royal county of Bour-
bon. e
Its soil, like that Of the far valley of
Guines, is exhaustless in opulence.
The forests are mighty sentinels of
peace. Its pasturage is the envy Of a
continent. Its streams are as ribbons
of silver flashing from velvet of green.
Its sinuous highways are poems in
thoroughfares. Its fountains and
springs, unkempt by man. leap MUIR
murously from . myriad rocks and
roadside coverts. Its fine stone walls
and rail fences are idYls to pastoral
toll. All Its seasons round are Area
dian. Here the spring is an ecstacy of
bud and bloom and song Summers
are natures psalms Of God. The
autumn is splendid in its housings
of the fruited world. Its very
winters are balm. Its mansions
have that largeness and amplitude
which gladden. the heart They pos
sess. that age which engenders and hal
lows honest home pride and love. The
iresides are inglenooks of largeness
and content. The women of these
homes are American types most glori-
ous in physical perfection and winsome
in gracious courtliness. The men Of
these homes are noble of frame, strong
of arm. brave Of heart and lofty Of
soul. Who enters here leaves care be-
hind. Who remains is rested and
healed. Who comes and tarries and
goes has mended his pace and car
ried. back into his workaday world "a
better content and safer calm.
just across the way from one OF
these fine old Kentucky farm mansions
in which lam Hospitality housed stands
little church. 1t is not much larger
than tho country log school-house ron
knew in your childhood. It's windows
are little; its door is rneager; It's caves
are so low you can all but touch them
from the ground. It stands at a cross-
roads upon little hill, or fridge.
and in the cranped half acre behind 1t,
beneath cluster of walnut. locust,
hickory. ash. buckeye and evergreen
trees. are the headstones of many who
have been asleep for nearly an hundred
years. s4-.e1
Alexander Campbell was porn III
Irish parents In County Antrim, Ire
land, September ~. 1888 just one.
year after this little Cane Ridge church
in which the Christian Church was
born was erected In the wilderness.
His youthful days were spent chiefly
in Rich Hill, County Armagh. Here,
about mile from the famous Shane's
castle. whose nloldering ruins to this
day testify 10 its former grandeur. the
family were living. when his father,
Campbell, having broken
down in health through labors as
teacher. and preacher, sailed alone for
America April 5. 1907, leaving Alex
ander in charge of his mother and six
younger children. Alexander. then IN
bis twentieth year, continued the
school in bis fathers place. Thomas
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
CANE RIDGE CHURCH.
Visit to the Birthplace Of the
Campbellite Religion.

The Rare and Radiant Kentucky Region
Where Alexander Campbell Began His
Great Life -Work-The Society OF Dis
cfples of Christ.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11

formerly of North Carolina, became an
elder in the church; and this man, Pur-
viance, from his election to the Ken
lucky Legislature in 1896, until his or
dination as minister some six years
later, was by all odds the most COM
manding figure as citizen, Christian and
legislator Kentucky had known, or has
since owned. Through the influence
of these and other pious men, mighty
revival wave swept over Kentucky
and Tennessee in the latest part Of the
last century, illuminating in the great
Kentucky Revival Of 1901, itself Gull
niinating in August of that year in the
r,esA .renendous single religious GATH
1Giaang sgafYpel lsnown to all Christendom.
People came from gu State-of the
Union, and there is in69 suitable eyE
dence that from rs. 900 tGs sseaoo be
sons were at once gathered ,hoif rs
old Cane Ridge church. II
There could be but one result On
june %, 1904, Barton w. Stone, Dan.
Tel Purviance and Robert Marshall. Of
Kentucky, and John Dunlavy, Richard
M'Namar and John Thompson. Of
Ohio, sitting In this very Cane Ridge
church as the Springfield Presbytery,
s.ordainedn q Last VIII and Testa-
mcnt. z in which among other things,
they soleinnly ..willed" that this body
die, be dissolved and sink into union
with the body Of Christ at LARGE that
the church of Christ resume her right
of internal governments" that leach
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tribunal his name was registered for las
term.
In the suit of Woods and Lee vs. Wood, 4
Co.. on promisory notes, tried in the
county court yesterday, Judgment was rem
dcred for plaintiffs in the sum of $29l
The hop which was to take place tonight
at Mr. B. f Worthan's on Seventh street.
between Franklin and Austin, has been pos,
poned till tonight week on account of bad
weather.
Never was year for farmers begun under
more suspicious circumstances The SHOWS
and the rains will make the valleys blossom as
the rose, and old mother earth VIII give up
her most bountifu yields
Constable Lee Jenkins plead guilty in Jus.
ticc Make s court yesterday to..the charge OF
disturbing the peace and rudcly displaying a
pistol in the Pacific sale IN He paid fine of
S. for the oifcnsc
The family of Mr. p. C. Grand. the hotel
man, was Augmented at 4 O'Clock Yesterday
evening by the advent of beautiful little giri
Mother and babe doing we'll, and the father
as happy a. man can be-
Alderman Gridcr and City Attorney Mon
roe think the Cotton Belt ought to give a
bond OF $1,000 for faithful observance of the
terms upon which they win he permitted to
| put IN then lrSt street switch.
/ The tire department will meet at the EN-
/ zine hall on Franklin street tomorrow
night at : 30 O'Clock for the purpose of cleo
/ fling the department secretary and treasurer
""' other routine business The three diff
ercnt organizations will be represent ed by
delegates.
Mr. l.. p. Peek, the undertaken, has re
turned from Galveston, where he Conducted
the burial of Mrs. Mary Mcclellan in the
| Episcopal cemetary in that city The natural
beauty OF her features were preserved till the
intcrment. Many sorrowiug Galveston friends
viewed the remains.
Deputy sheriff Dee Cook, returning from
Franklin, where he had been attending
district court as an attached witness, brought
ON from Marlin negro under life sentence
for murder, from Falls county, and put him
in Waco Jail, where he, with numbered thcr
prisoners, are now awaiting transportation to
tusk pcnitentiary
Owing to the inclcmcncy OF the weather
last night only few were present at the So
ca hop and banquet given at the st. Jacobs
hotel Nevertheless nice supper was
spread and all enjoyed the entertainment nc
little, The dance was had in one Of the llp
per parlors, and until late hour gaycty and
pleasure reigned supreme
Mr.. +. A. Lister, cX master of transuorta
ton on the Waco division Of the Cotton Belt
whose headquarters were at TYLER occupies
that position on the San Antonio and Aran
sas Pass railrond. His division embraces tho
portion of that system from the Alamo Cit,
to the coast Mr.. II, ID. Milton. lately ap
pointed to the position vacated by Mr. Lister
came into the city with Mr. L. day or st
since. Mr.. Lister was on his way to TAX,
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CHEAP COLUMN.
w ANTEID

w ANTED. -Carriages buggios, harness and
all other goods 70 sell on commission AT
private or ultion sales. l have ample stor-
age room. Goods not exposed to the weather
Give me trial Il. GOOCH
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FRIED LIN ER.
AZ ANclENr urxA~ msu

When Corlcl hurled
down the idols of the
Altccs in the temple
of the King Montelu-
ma, he found it a Gus
tom among these
hcathen woishipers
to broil or toast the
hearts and livcrs of
their enemies rs pro
pitiatory offerings to
these gods. The sol
dicrs who served un
der him having up
reared the cross over
the dcspoilcd images
were stricken with "A
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LNOR SALfi-Furn ture-Here are your bar
IL gainslf you Geed neat st of iurni-
ture, be sure W cali on Jasper Japsen AZ the
silver Moon restaurant. corner Fifth and
FRANK In street. II - has four complele bed
room sets They are as good as new Will
sell one set or all cheap for cash or part C ash
aud balance on time to suit the purchaser II
sale can 90 mai within five days.
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number OF society people assembled at
the parlors OF the New McClclland last even
ing, the occasion being card party given By
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. H. Grand in honor of Miss
Laura Brush, the cultured and attractive
young lady Of Austin who is paving them a
visit 1t goes without saying that the guests
sharing the hospitality of ladies so famed as
Mrs Grand and Miss Brush as entertainers,
passed delightful evening.
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w ANTED-A competent young man OF
w writing energy and good reference. to
take charge of my office. Apply at Troy
Lauhdsry 2}S south Fourth street
II. X. SMITH
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MiNNEApoILs, Jan ll--It was learned
from the general offices Of the Northern Pa
cidc road at st, Paul this afternoon that
there had been no disaster at Dickinson, OAK,
~ was reported -.
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DO WN! DOWN. Down,

This week we Will close out about
200 trimmed hats aud bonuets: 500
felt and straw shapes. These goods
will be sold regardless Of values.
f.. NICHOLSON MILLINERY co
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SEED OATS-Red rust proof seed oats, free
~ from Johnson gr ass, at 30 cents per bushel.
Amply ~ \. DtCkey q Son,
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- ~,a1 Company. IL
Hacks and csrriages, round trip -
Buggles, horse, each crosSirg 10
Buggies, , hors S, each crossing 10
Floats. round trip ............... 30
Rgons horses, each crossing 80
Farm wagons, horses, each crossing 80
Fai m wagons, horses, round trip 30
Baggage wagons. horse, round trip -
Expires, wagons each crossing 20
Omnibus, horses, round tri p....... 10
Omnibus, horses, ro Ind trip......... 40
Lumberwagons horses, round trip 20
Brick wagons, horses, rom 4 trip SO
Drays, one horse, round trip .. 10
Delivery wagons horse, round trip 20
Delivery Wagons, > horse, round trip -
Mail wagon, horse, round trip 20
Horse and rider, each crossing %
FOotman each crossing ....... .. .U2is
foOtman, monthly crossing 50
Physi "isus crossing by the year .., 1900
Family crossings by the YEAR. 1000
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NroKrANr-lOsc euts, fresh scrap candy
i ~ conts per pounc; finest stick candy
made - cents: fresh pea nut candy -.
cents; fresh corOanut, lemon, chocolate and
all other kinds OF home IN tide tsihes l21s
cents line bucket mixed ID GEMS; best fancy
candy nltde - ana Is cents; all kinda OF nuts
Hoeliners candy factory, South Eight street.