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St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02
because / Asked Jesus"

Mamma, is you very sick; and does you
think you will die p asked the little boy OF
his mother, who had been taken suddenly
i'll with violent pain in her side and
difficulty in breathing, and who, at the
time the question was asked her, was
trying to suppress the groan that would
come as she tried to relieve the pain by
turning from side to side.
Il am very sick, but hope l will not die
just yet," said the mother.
"1ou feels too sick to pray, does you p
continued the little prattler.
eyes; couldn't you pray for me" said
his mamma
eyes, mamma, | will"
Kissing her good night, he went to his
own room, and kneeling, repeated these
words first, as was bis custom, ''Now l
lay me-, then "God bless papa and
mamma ;" then came the words slowly:
Dear Jesus, my mamma is very, very
sick. She has such bad pain in her side
is afraid she will die if it don't go away,
and don't want my mamma to die. Dear
Jesus, take the pain away, and let her be
we'll in the morning. Amen"
Sobs had choked his utterance, but he
ended his prayer and, still crying, went to
bed.
His mother, worn out with pain, at last
slept, and was awakened by slight touch,
surprised to find it morning, and her little
boy beside her.
sis you well, mammal
Drawing long breath, she found the
pain gone, and still further, she turned and
found herself well.
81 surely am, the happy mother made
answer.
81 knew you would be-" said the de-
lighted child, because | asked Jesus !"
-SeLected
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02

The Arapahoes in base ball game. A
young buck who had been off to school
and learns the game is pitcher. An old
buck straddles the home base with bat in
hand. Ready. BIN, "whoopla," 'ball
come to soon"
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02
A Little Three-Year-Old's Story With
a "Moral."

A little girl, aged three, informed her
mother that she knew a beautiful story
about a giant. would you like to hear
about it, mammal" asked she. "Well,
them" she continued, "once there was a
great, big, ugly giant, and he was very
fond of eating little girls. One day as he
was walking along through the woods, he
met two little glrls-one very good little
girl, and one very naughty one. First he
took bite out of the good little girl, and
he made up horrid face, and said she
tasted awful nasty then he took q taste of
the bad little girl, and he smacked his lips
and said she tasted dreadful nice, cause
you see, mamma, she had eaten nuts and
raisins and candy when her mother told her
not to, and that made her taste sweet.
Then the old giant said: I'll never again
eat good little girl. I'll always eat the
bad ones. ia Listener" in January
TFide- AD0ke.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02

Why is baby like wheat2 Because it
is first Graded, then thrashed and finally
becomes the flower of the family.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02
LOUIS TANA,
BY PEARL RIVERS.

Imay not name her we'll in words
Nor tell her fayors fairivA~
may not bind her down with deeds
Nor make her limits clearly;
Ispell and write her pretty name
Except witt rOs- leaves never
Because she Is a rose TO me,
one noa.S WITH M het sn,l,II seas
Her green hair traiied about her knees,
And sweet, beyond all seeming;
may , n"t say :r no" I Tar S.'e 49,
She's ike radiant sirl to me,
And II love her dearly:
1,ho n,,,,.o 90 hro.u, nfns
Is knit on pine tree needles,
'Tis finer far than chant of choir
Attended py cfiurcn l o t5ailc1;o
Thrnngh rice f;rI - and Green flowers:
Her reeds and canes catch the refrains
And pipe them to her DlIoWS'
,sorr-, ,,o, stoo,,. ,,roo,,. ,-,1t-ot hin.
Her April streams are creeping,
ASH in sorrow all her rllls
IA! s1t ller WooGs 10 Mtep!t a!. ro+
The Nav buds clasp her fairly:
She Is SO lair she is so sweet,
ana Il love per oe"F'S
O queen Of all the sweet Southland,
q rose 50 rare and royal!
We pledge our falth ana pIlSht our hah"'
So res tV WIFI Hnnr snnnIit seas
Nor fear the winds unru!y;
You are SO far, our taltn we swear 4.
'.o''o w '''
All aooress ny
CAPTAIN R. E. kERhAM,
of the weather service, was read by Fred
W Price ESQ of the Ruston bar
Tt ere are few if any States in the Union
that possess milder or more genial
climate than Louisiana. This has been
demonstrated repeatedly the past year by
a compilation and publication OF statis
tics COVERING all sections of the United
States and the greater portion of Europe
in the interest of the immigration move
ment to this State OF North Louisiana
but little more can or need be said than
has already been placed on record. The
only difference between the climate of the
northern and southern sections Of the
State is slight increase IN the range OF
tenn perature as we leave the buil coast,
an atmosphere ieo' n I'M nq, am,.
averaging spou1 ioui ihohoo loSp '. ..
during the pas1 year lapso VI 'ou ona
tu1e lot Nor'h u, LOUISIANA I'o 80 49, ol;
against lV2 tor lehnesSee' ~ l To- mo
40 Tor lnolana, 70 ,oi iva io'
Michigan ana 1914 1or 1, M VIZ 1ooo 40 20
The average rainfall Tor 1870 was 10 70 90
inches, less than half an inch more THAN
for Tennessee. This amount; OF ram iell
on "a Gays or al "serasJ ~ "' =, thi ;s +nn
inch OF ram every loui oays' a o. a.; ~
much 10 keep crops ~ So oo e ,;l4 Ell
We Lad bet" cen 5 ana lhches OF ralhiail
in January and February, shout 6 inches
in March, over lnches ~ Apfil' oet"een
4 and inches IN way inonea 's q o oud :
nearly 3 inches IN july between ana :
inches in.August, aoouI an men IN SepCem
Der, between land 3 inches in October,
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02

"How does commerce between nations
affect them? was asked of a little Irish
girl Id the geography class. cit makes
them cousins" she answered promptly
The geography said, Commerce between
nations brings them into close relations p
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02
IMMIGRANTS SONG.

BY MARY ASHLEY TOWNSEND.
We have turned our eager faces
From the old familiar places,
From the measures and the treasures
OF day gone by.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02

The fame of Kansas is world wide.
Puck says in Italy children are taught
that when they die they will go to Kansas
St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-02

Happiness cannot be bought or sold, oa'
must be earned.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
Beaconsfield and the Primrose.

have the secret in my possession,
and l now gladly give it without
money and without price" TO your
many readers. Disraeli's fondness for
the primrose originated from the time
when he vas living in Highbury.
London. Here he was much attached
to a young lady residing in the same
locality who was the daughter Of a
gentleman Of good property. At a
ball given at this gentleman's house
the young lady in question wore a
wreath OF primroses. A discussion
arose between Mr.. Disraeli and an
other gentleman as TO whether the
~plimroses were real or not. A bet Of
a pair Of gloves was made, and OIL the
young lady being consulted and the
primroses examined the bet was won
by Mr.. Disraeli. The primroses were
real primroses, aud the young lady
gave two or three Of them TO the fu-
ture prime minister, which he put in
his buttonhole and kept and used 10
show long afterward. Cor London
Spectator.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
Big Sturgeon and Big Stories.

The largest sturgeon ever seer in
this part Of the country was sent up
by Otto Peters. OF Deer Island. to
Frank G. Barnes. II weighed $50
pounds and was ~ feet 4 inches long.
The largest seer here before this
weighed about 800 pounds. The sight
of II, displayed or the sidewalk at
Third and Morrison streets, attracted
a great crowd, among whom were
several good single handed fish liars.
One told about seeing a sturgeon at
the Cascades which was IA feet long
and weighed 800 pounds. But as
usual, the man who told his story
first stood no show, for another fel.
low came 10 the front and told about
q sturgeon he saw up in the Snake
river which was Is feet long and
weighed 1900 pounds. And then an
other fellow started in to tell about a
sturgeon he saw in Alaska, but the
crowd got scared for fear that light
ming would strike them and all
walked away, and the Alaska liar got
left -Oregonian.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
Lnlbegrud Greek.

Boone has recorded in his own
quaint p~hraseology an incident of his
life during this summer which shows
how eagerly such a little band Of
frontiersmen read a book and how
real its characters became 10 their
mind. He was encaniped with five
other men on Red river. and they had
with them for their amusement the
History of Samuel Gulliver's travels,
wherein he gave an account of his
young master, Glumderlick, careing
(sic) him on a market day for a show
to a town called Lulbegrud." In the
party who, amid such strange sur
roundings, read and listened to Dean
Swift's writings was a young man
named Alexander Nelly. One night
he came into camp with two Indian
scalps taken from q Shawnees' village
he had found on a creek running into
the river, and he announced TO the
circle Of grim wilderness veterans
that ''he had been that day TO Lube
grud and had killed two Brobding-
nags in their capital" To this day
the creek by which the two luckless
Shawnees' lost their lives is known as
Lulbegrud creek: THE Winning Of
the West"-Roosevelt
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
The EnRIish Derby,

In spite Of oppositions Of all kinds
the Derby still holds its own, and is
yet regarded as the foremost a Of
the year. There are, it is true, other
contests Of the "Frankenstein Mon.
ster" species, the winning Of which
brings in more money to the fortu-
nate owner, and these are, therefore,
from a purely business point Of view,
more important than the Derby, but
the latter continues to attract the at.
tention Of those who care but little
for racing in the abstract; it is the oc-
casion Of a great general holiday, and
remains what Lord Beaconsfield de-
scribed it, The blue riband OF the
turf" Strangely indeed the latter day
Derbles contrast with earlier ones.
Within the memory of those who are
now scarcely more than middle aged,
quotations for the next years race
were forthcoming almost as soon as
the number Of the winner Of the cur
rent event was hoisted: aud the rae
ing mans winter Of discomfort was
enlivened by no little speculation. All
this is now changed, and the ante-post
betting is confined 10 a comparatively
small number Of persons .-London
Sporting News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
Antiquity Of the sICt.

Is there anything new under the
stunt Now it has been discovered that
the idea Of the drop a nickle in the
slot boxes is older than Christianity.
In the Egyptian temples devices Of
this kind were used for automatically
dispensing the purifying water. A
coin Of five drachme dropped into q
slit in a vase set a simple piece Of me
chanism like a well sweep in motion,
a valve was opened for an instant and
a portion Of the liquid was allowed TO
escape. The apparatus is described in
the ''Spiritalia" Of Heron Of Alexan.
dria, who lived 200 years before the
Christian era. and is illustrated in the
Sixteenth century Latin manuscript
TRANSACTIONS of his work, in which, by
the way, is also delineated the Egyp-
tian fire engine Of the authors day,
with its double force pump valves,
lever arms, goose neck, and probably,
too, air chamber-but this is a mooted
point-which form the essential fea'
ture OF the machines Of the Nine
teenth century. Fire and Water.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
The Chang. from Boots 10 shoes.

Considerable attention has been
called To the calfskin situation. OF
late years the demand has been falling
off, as other kinds of leather have been
taking its place. One Of the principal
causes Of tins lies in the fact that long
legged boots have been going out Of
favor. shoes taking their place TO a
great extent This has had great eff
feet on the consumption OF leather. az
on an average il requires about two
and one-half TO three times as much
stock in the manufacture OF boots as
is required in the making of shoes. In
this way the use OF heavy calfskins
has greatly declined. During the past
few years the styles have run more
toward ''dongola" and kangaroo"
leather for fine shoes. and this has
been a serious setback for fine light
weight calfskins. i Boston Daily Ad.
vertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
Bee. Take Possession Of a streer Car.

The occupants OF a street a on the
Walnut street line had an unpleasant
experience at Nineteenth and Jefferson
streets yesterday afternoon about 2
O'Clock. when they encountered a
swarm OF bees.
The insects first Lit on the mules,
which eyinced their displeasure by
kicking and attempting to run away
with the car. Five or six people were
in the car at the time, and they soon
vacated it, A servant AT the residence
Of Dr. Cawein, on the corner, threw
some dust into a tree and the bees set
tied there. They YER finally hived.
Louisville Courier-JournaL.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
Large Cats.

Cats twenty 10 twenty-five feet
long" repeated an old lady wearing
gold trimmed spectacles, in a doubling
tone of voice, as she sat in a Second
Avenue car one day last week, and
glanced at a table in the sporting col
umes of the mornings Tribune. nCats
twenty-five 10 thirty feet long" and
she turned incredulously to her com
panion, another elderly lady. Cats
thirty TO thirty.fye feet long. Now,
they needn't tell me that there are any
such Oh, l gless IL means some
kind Of boat, or something about their
pesky yacht racing" And the vision
OF a feline ten yards long curled up
on q hearth rug and crowding the rest
OF the furniture out OF the room grad
ually faded from her mind. New
York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08

~
II the scholar is to have his true
place in our American life he must
have his true home. II is too soon for
us TO expect that in a world so new
as ours we can have those cloistered
hooks which in other lands are at
once the retreat Of the student and his
reward. But surely the time has come
when we may ask ourselves whether
enough has not been spent in planting
institutions of learning, and whether
now something may not well be de
voted 10 e%nriching them. II is easy
to see that in a land like ours, col
leges, both small and great, may each
have their place. But we have suiH.
GENTLY multiplied the outlines of in
situations of learning, and may well
begin TO think about filling them up.
The want of our American people to-
day is not new institutions. nor more
buildings, nor more free instruction,
OF all these things experience is every
day showing us there is enough and
more than enough.
But we want space and place for
men, who. whether as fellows or lee
turers, shall, in connection with u
universities, be free TO pursue original
investigation and TO give themselves 10
profoundstudy, untrammeled by the
petty cares, the irksome round, the
small a~nxieies, which are DON or
later the death of aspirations and ia
tai obstacles TO inspiration. 1t is with
processes of thought as it is with pro
cesses of nature, crystallIzation de-
mands, we are told. stiffness, equanam-
ity, repose. And so the great truths
which are to be the seed of forces
that shall new-create our civilization
must have a chance first Of all to re-
veal themselves. Some mount of Wis
ion there must be for the scholar, and
those whose are the material treasures
out Of which came those wonderful
endowments and foundations which
have lent To England's universities
some elements of their chiefest glory
must see that they have this mount
of vision. II Bishop Fl. c. Potter in
Forum.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08
is IT TRUE,

The poet SAT by his loving wife.
With bis baby sleepdng near,
And penned sone OF a ruined ufa
And a wretched heart aud drear
-AIope 1 valt rbro, IN, world forlorn-
And INV heart beats wild /" he sang.
NJ love Is blIrht.J by cruel scorn.
Aud nv life Is one long pang"
he softly xhIstled n merry MI.
AS he trimmed his taarfuI law
Then tenderly kissed his infant fair.
And said. IN accents cav
.Nox l,stan u,ifs now INV verses GOV
And he read Inc sad refrain
She Listens. softly The teandrous flow
Down her tender checks ike rain.
And as he finished she turned her mead.
Lest his ewes her grief should note
With choking voice. rs il truey she said
Did YOU feel IL as you wroteY"
The poet laughed rs he Kissed her cheek.
ION. nv foolish wife," said he.
.Haye YOU vet TO learn that poets sneak
Not Passion. but fantasis,
Tho MAJ who wrote the Song OF a Shirt
Never made A shirt. / weeu;
The author Of Balaklava hurt
By a balle, had never been
-Think you that wrathfI Achilles old
Had the time In MS cruel rage
To cast his fury ia metric mold,
And record il page by pager
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-08

An E~nglishman claims to have in
vented a combination locomotive bicy.
Gle arrangement by which he will
move four cars, each carrying eighty
PERSONS, at tho rate OF one hundred
miles an hour. This will probably
come int, the market simultaneously
with Keely's motor. Scranton Truth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
The Pith Taken from tho Current News
of the Day.

Mackerel are said to be very scarce in
New England waters this season.
Mrs. Lille Langtry was the victor in an
action brought against her by Gustavus
Broche her French cook.
big strike of boot and shoemakers, who
refused TO submit to a re duction in wages, is
nov in progress at North Adams, Mass.
despatch from New Orleans SAYS that all
the arrangements have been made for the
Sullivsn-Kilrain fight, and the battle ground
will be near Abita Springs on the Es-,
Louisiana railroad.
Steamer Pomona. from New York for
various West India ports. lost her propeller
June IL. She afterwsri driftei ashore five
miles west of Barecoa and is total loss.
The captain and crew were saved.
Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie is certain
to come to America this season, and, accord
ing to latest advices from England, she is
now being fitted out for her passage across
the Atlantic Whether she will race for the
America cup or not ia still an open question
which few days will decide.
The New Jersey Court Of Pardons has re-
fu.ed TO interfere with the death sentence #
Bolak. who was convicted Of killing Boilin-
shire at oxford in September last to secure
500 in cash, and who is under sentence to
be hanged July 16 When counsel informed
Bolak of the action Of the court he burs,
into tears.
Arthur z. Nichols, Of Detroit has laid
claim to the property left by his father, who
dfser.ei bis first wife in Aurora, Y Y ID
1850, and married without getting a
divorce. His father left s2O. 600 to bis sec.
ond wife and four children and did not men.
ii 90 his first wife in his will. A judge hs,
decided that Arthur and mis- mother CANNOT
get any Of the property.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-24
AT oRoNo.
baccaiaureate by the First President OF
Kent's Hill College.

OHoSo, June 23
Rev. c. +. Allen. ID. d., first president
OF hents Hill college, preached the baccs-
laureate sermon before the graduating class
of the Maine State College at Town Hail
this evening His text was, This one thing
do Philippians 3 IS. Concentrated
energy is the key of success This was il
lustrated in the life of the Apostle Paul
We fail unless there is one thing chosen as
the aim of life, and unless this one aim is
diligently pursued The great aim of life il
more than worldly success. The develop
ment of a noble Christhian character crow MS
with true success any employment in life.
The sermon was characterized by the depth
of right, elegance of diction and aptness of
illustration. 1t was listened to with the
closest attention by the very large audience
present
The exercises previous to the sermon
were Singing by the college quartette,
Messrs. Bristol, Drew, Pillsbury and keyes,
Miss Bertha Bond accompanist; reading of
the scriptures Rev. w. W. Hooper prayer,
Rev. j. l.. Hill; response. qnsrtette; bene
diction, Rev. Mr.. Derby of Brooksdale.
The committee who awarded the Prentiss
prize for the best Sophomore defamation
were Prof Sias A. Alden of Hampden,
Prot Frank A. Pratt of Hsmpden and Mrs
+ NJ. Fernald of Orono.
The commencement has opened favorably.
The Sophomore exhibition was one of the
finest Quite number of the alumni and
friends of the college are already in town to
enjoy the exercises this week which promise
TO be of great interest
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THE NATIONS 'SCAPITAL.
Sec. Blaine's Attention Called TO
Affairs in YuCatan.
N. Simontol in the Lead for Commis-
sionsf Of Navigation.
Nj. Reeds Chances Bright tor the
Speakersnip OF the National House.

WAsHiNGroS, June -.
Secretary Blaine yesterday received let,
ter from Michael Mccoy of New York, en-
closing the originals of two letters received
from his brother who is nov At Merida. lu-
cstsn. Mr.. Mccoy describes his brother .
situation, and begs the secretary TO take such
steps as NAV be necessary 10 relieve him aud
the other Americans who are held in pract-
cal bondage BY Liverpool Jack" MIR
Walker Blaine said last nj sht that The letters
would receive prompt attention. and that the
department would investigate the matter AS
speedily as possible.
Ii Is said At the State department that spec
isl attention will be paid in the examination
of this case to the part which Mexican sol
diers and other officials are alleged TO have
taken in assisting such men a. Liverpool
Jsek" TO prevent the escape OF their victims.
This phase of the case includes an interna-
uonsi question and will be thoroughly sift-
ed
The State department has Just received a
report upon the labor question in Yucatan
from. L. ;. Consul Thompson. which will be
read with interest. Ii is the only report
bearing upon this question vet received from
Mr. Thompson, and indicates plainly the
frightful character of the country and the
cupldity of the men who have lured Ameri-
can citizens to its fever infested shores Mr.
Thompson enters into an exhaustive and
graphic history of Youcatau since the sub.
version by the Spaniarls. Since that time,
when the natives were practically enslaved.
revolts and uprisings have been frequent
Finally general uprising resulted in scenes
of awful boodshed, and the population WAS
reduced in fifty years from 600, 900 TO 2s3,- |
900 The consul thus accounts for the scare
ity OF native labor in Youcatsn. which he
says is now seriously felt. There is no men |
ton in his report of the white slaves sent BY |
Liverpool Jack" into n slavery perhaps
more terrible than that into which the cou-
luering Spanards cast their captives in |
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Lovers Of base ball IN th. city will be
pleased to learn that an agreement was
reached Saturday between the directors and
Pu.hOr Of Pitts6eh, by which this crack
catcher will be member Of the Augusta
team tbi. season. only tpo men nov re.
main to be engaged, left fielder. who will
BE- able to act a. change catcher and pitch
er Negotiations are pending With three or
four crack tSiriers. and one will probably be
engaged before the middle Of the week. The
only hitch is on the question Of terms, a. the
director, DO not intend % pay higher salaries
than their resources will warrant Freeman,
Wilson, Graves ard Harrington will proba-
bly, report neIt Saturday, and the remainder
Of the team the following MONDAY. II is
hoped that the opening "a ne may be played
July z.