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The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
A SERMON TO PARENTS.
How Children Are Made Imperfect Physi'
cally and Mentally.

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A child comes into the world as the
great preparatory field from which it
is very soon to emerge into the bound
less beyond. 1t is taken from the
womb and thrown into cradle. 1t is
doped and dosed with something to
deaden it to sleep and stagnate its
blood. 1t is denied fresh air, pure
water that goes to help make pure
physical system. It is left unfed hours
upon hours when it's stomach is empty
and its physical system is worried by
want. 1t is neglected when it wants
food, water or care. 1t is helpless in
the hands of those who torment it
with pins, bandages, yanks, jerks,
sharp words and fault-fnding, till the
growing mind finds itself in hell in
stead of Heaven
AS the childs grows on in years, its
mind, ever on the alert, as it seeks for
information of some kind it detects it's
parents in hundreds of petty falsehoods
and learns to lie. 1t experiences
cruelty and becomes cruel. 1t is
abused and learns to abuse in return.
1t is culfed, slapped, kicked, yanked,
! jawed, scolded, worried and hung upon
the outer walls as trash, when it is the
only thing on the place that is to ac-
| company its parents into the beautiful
beyond. 1t listens to profanity and
vulgarity, and becomes vulgar and
profane. 1t is lied to in all manners
Of direct and indirect ways by it's
parents, and thus learns to consider
falsehood as pleasure or necessity, or
both. 1t is not turned to the beauti-
full, as is the work of the glassmakers,
but is left to get up and out of darkness
as best it can. 1t is fed with food that
does not nourish, and its body becomes
the home of ailment, malady aud dis
ease. Then, when it has a headache,
a stomach-ache, a blind eye, de-
| formed foot, blemish, or weak,
deformed spot, it is taught that God
made it so, when God never yet maao
an imperfect human being. Every
physical imperfection is tho protest of
nature against ignorance, carelessness
| and Indifference to results.
Every mentally-imperfect child is
the result of the carelessness and neg
lect of its parents and the public
Impure food, deleterious fluids, i'm
proper care, lack of paternal love,
| pernicious reading matter that distils
dirt into the young mind all injure
and unfit it for the future. Men have
no business to have land. horses, cat
tie, wives or children until they can
properly care for what they have, and
the most valuable of all they have is
their children. Why is it that we do
not all try to treat them and their
mentalities in a proper manner? Good
father and good mother, is not child
better than a horse, COW, hog or a
farm?-'' Brick" PUmeroy, in Advance
Thought.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
AN ARlSTOCRATIC TOM.
He Covers Himself with Sheets In His Iet
and Eats at Table.

He Covers Himself with Sheets In His he'd
and Eats at Table.
When people search for cats in the
dead of night beneath the spluttering
electric lights of the thoroughfares it
is usually with vengeance and a club,
but such was not the case with Mrs.
Morgan, of Fourth avenue, near
Twenty-eight street, the other night.
She had lost a pet tabby and was al
most inconsolable. Besides advertis-
ing that she would pay a liberal re-
ward for it's return, she passed a large
portion of the night searching for her
pet among the vagrant street felines
which roam in darkness. Her search
was fruitless, but at daybreak the
wicked animal voluntarily returned
and "meowed" for admittance at the
front door.
II wouldn't take 500 for him." said
Mrs. Moran. Then she brought him
in for inspection. He was lying asleep
in tiny bed which had been con-
structed for his especial benefit between
snowy sheets, with his head upon a
pillow and" an embffaofaered blanket
tucked carefully about his chin. He
was evidently accustomed to these
comforts, for he lay browsing in a
languid manner like a well-conducted
cat of refined and luxurious tastes.
About his neck was silver collar en-
graved with his name, "Tomm.
Moran" and bearing two tiny bells.
"He's the most intelligent cat in the
world" said Mrs. Moran. "He UNDER
stands every thing l say to him and
eats at the table with the rest of US.
When he is tired he gets into his bed,
crawls between the sheets and covers
himself up without any assistance. I
don't believe there's another cat in the
city that could do it. I've had him
since he was little kitten. l can not
understand how he came to run away.
Ordinarily he won't associate with
common cats in the street. IN. Y.
World.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
ARTIFICIAL EYES.
A Trade That Is More Extensive Than
Many Imagine.

A Trade That Is More Extensive Than
Many Imagine.
The trade in false eyes is more extern
sive than many imagine. The best are
made in Uri. Those of German manu-
facture have more curvature, and are
deeper and appear more liquid than
those of French make. False eyes are
also made in London and in New York,
Pittsburgh and St. Paul. Those made
in this country are considered defect
i've. They are usually made of
glass, though the London firm
make them of celluloid. but these only
merit praise from English authors. The
value of glass eye is from 81 to $40.
A local specialist averages three sales
fortnight and keeps on hand stock
of from FIVE hundred to eight hundred.
In selecting false eye it is more diff
cult to match color than to fit size and
shape. A cross-eye's aspect is often
given because of a false eyes bad
shape. A well-fitting artificial eye
may be worn as easily as false teeth.
Glass eyes will wear from one to four
years. The luster wears away from
dust and the movement. of the lid. It
should be removed at night to give the
socket rest. Sympathetic symptoms
must be passed before artificial eyes
are worn. In general terms. artificial
eyes are sections of the surface OF
spheres made of enamel, to which are
added an enameled cornea and iris.
When an existing deformed globe is
only little smaller thana normal one a
very small artificial eye su;fi;ees to hide
the deformity, and has decided lateral
motion. Fitting closely on the stump,
they are frequently as movable as the
normal one. The postsrior surface OF
an artificial eye must always be hollow.
Generally the corneal part is only half
a line and the scepal part no more than
q quarter OF q line in thickness. -Cleys,
land Plain. pesleE
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
TRUE POETRY DEFINED.
Prof. Rice Attempts to Contradict Some
Prevailing Notions.

Prof Rice Attempts to Contradict SOmo
Prevailing Notions.
Prof. Thomas R. Rice, the head of
The department of English at Columbia
College, delivered an instructive lect-
ure on "Shakespeare's Dramatic Con-
struction." A great drama, he said, is
made up of two clements; first, emo
ton, and second, action. The problem
of dramatic poetry is to convert an
emotion into an action, and in showing
this Prof. Rice used "Othello' as an
example of the perfect English drama.
He also gave some useful hints regard
ing the composition of poetry as fol-
lows:
"The true theory OF poetic art, the
poetic movement in all ages and among
all peoples, is the movement of the
human spirit bound in the fetters of it's
acts. These fetters are the rules of
poetic construction. To affect to be
outside of them is to be essentially un-
poetic. To break the law is to pro-
duce discord and ugliness; to
obey the law is to produce poem. As
the kind of poetry becomes grave and
thoughtful, the laws of poetry become
not only more difficult to understand,
but also more difficult to apply. Ex-
pand the ballad into an epic and even
the genius of Milton stumbles, even the
art of Virgil fails, in applying at all
points the laws of narrative poetry.
Expand the song into an ode and the
world, having brought forth one Pin
dar, seems unable ever again to appre-
ciate or to apply the highest laws OF
lyric expression. But there is one kind
of poetry that in the strictness, the
goodness, the majestic force of its COM
peling and restraining laws goes even
beyond the epic art of Virgil. even
above the lyric art of Pindar. Dra-
matte poetry as fashioned into sys-
tenn by Sophocles. and, under changed
conditions, perfected by Shakespeare,
reaches its results by obedience to such
laws of form and movement as tax the
mind to the uttermost. To under
stand these laws rightly and to apply
them successfully is a. feat that has
been accomplished by hardly a hall
dozen of the greatest poets. IN. Y.
| Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
The Past Winter.

We shall now begin to reap the re-
ward of our winter management of the
flock. If the. management has been
good high standard of health will
likely be the rule and the breeding
ewes will perform their mission safely
and we'll. If the management has not
been good the reverse of this possibly
will happen. In either case we may
learn good lesson. There is one
feature of poor management that is
very apt to be entirely overlooked or
really accounted as good management
and that is feeding too much. Some
how overlooking is regarded as kind
ness and good treatment. There are
few Hocks that do not get enough to
eat. There are many that get
too much. Ewes are often kept
too fat. Sheep management fails in
feeding too much especially of the
wrong kinds of food, and in neglecting
to provide plenty of water and to keep
GllC LOO luuCll uTy lOOIl
is bad. But then, again, too much
watery food is bad, especially for breed
ing ewes. To fill up eve with cold
roots will likely cause abortion, to say
nothing OF the tendency of feeding such
foods in too large quantities toward
trouble with the milk and the machin.
cry that makes it.
Waldo Brown says that ewes fed gen.
erously on bright corn-fodder and fine
green-cut hay do not require grain
ration until ABOUT the middle of the
fourth month of pregnancy. In the
early stages of this condition there is
tendency toward plethora and the lay
ing-on of fat, but the shepherd mus
not allow himself to be deceived b,
this. Six weeks or so before parturi
ton grain ration becomes imperative
It need not be large-a half bushe
| of shelled corn per hundred daily. o.
its equivalent, is enough. II runnin,
with the dry flock hitherto, theytough
| now to do 80 no longer. Gestatio
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
fastening the Growth Of Plants.

AS soon as the plants become
.squarc," i. e., have four leaves, you
may begin to force their growth if
necessary. Nothing is better at this
stage of their growth than to apply
dry stable manure, rubbed fine, and
sowed, over the bed, applying at the
rate of five bushels to every one hun.
dred square yards. Be sure to have
it dry and fine, and apply when the
plantsfsa are dry. This is a favorable
time to apply a good fertilizer. and
the best time to apply it is during a
shower, or whsn It Is apparent that
one is impending. Nothing is better
than compost for q top-dressing on
plants to promote rapid, vigorous.
stocky growth, defying ravages of the
flea beetle and Fastening their prepa-
ration for transplanting.
If the "Ay," as it is called, begins to
devour the young plants, apply plaster,
in which rags, saturated with kero-
sene oil, have lain for few hours,
covering with the plaster If necessary,
to keep the little pests from devouring
them. Repeat the application after
every rain unless tho flies have left.
A covering of green cedar brush
has driven off the fly when other
remedies failed, and saved the
plants. If the flies are numerous
the planter can save his plants only by
vigilant and constant attention. Hard
burning early, and thick sowing, lib.
eral and frequent applications of ma.
nure, are the best safeguards, which
rarely fail to reward the planter with
an early and full supply of stocky
plants. and with some left for his less
provident neighbors. Some planters,
if such they may be called, always
fail, some never. Follow the latter,
and you will always be right.
Canvas-covered beds are the surest
protection, and seem the best every
way.-Major Ragland, in Farmers
| Home journal.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
FOR HOMELY WOMEN.
Mirrors That Will Make Their Faces Look
Handsome.

Handsome.
''It is true" saiG dealer in mir
;ors, "that none of us know exactly
what manner of men we are. The
mirror does not enable us to see our
outer selves as others see u.s. Only
the finest mirrors approach perfection
of surface. The best are made of
plate glass. but if you happen to look
into a large mirror you discover that
the straight lines and right angles of a
room appear all awry. The reflection
most nearly true to the object reflected
is obtained perhaps from hand mir
ror made of plato glass or from me-
talic mirror of moderate size.
"Great pains are taken to insure a
true surface in plate glass, but few
mirrors long in use have surface in u
single plane. A slight defect distorts
the image. have seen homely wonl-
en- look almost handsome in a mirror
by reason of defect in the surface
that remedied bad feature. 1t is not
difficult to sell such mirrors to ladies
who need a hatterer near at hand.
Here is a mirror that illustrates
what have said," continued the deal
er, taking down circular glass in
closed in stout frame, which was pro-
vided with a handle. The listener,
looking in. beheld an odd distortion of
his own. features. One eye appeared
higher than the other, one cheek
bulged as if swollen with toothache
and the whole countenance was carica-
tured.
'Look steadily for a minute" said
the dealer, and he began to turn the
mirror slowly. AS he did so the feat
ures reflected engaged in q sort of
Kaleidoscope dance. For no two Sec
onds was the face the same. While
this was going on the eyes of the gazer
felt as if they were being twisted out
of their sockets, and before the mirror
had made a full revolution the per-
formance had become very painful.
"Feels odd, doesn't it?" said the
dealer. "Now, that mirror is a scien-
tifc toy. Its surface is cast purposely
in several planes. One eye is reflected
in one plane, the other in different
one, and the bulging cheek in still an
other. The pain to the eye was caused
by the effort to adjust the vision to the
constant change of plane presented by
the revolution of the mirror. IN. Y.
Graphic.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
HERE AND THERE.

The Tennessee Senate voted
against bill making it felony for a
tenant to dispose of the crop on rented
land without the consent of the own
er.
Bronson, Fla. has one of the
most-highly educated COWS in the
State. a native of Tallahassee. There
is not gate or door that she can not
open.
MIR. Goodpasture. Of Montgomery
County, Tenn, introduced bill in the
lower House Of the Legislature maxi
ing the erection and maintaining of
barb-wire fen ces unlawful.
If you have good farm where
you are, stay on it and be contented.
If you have no farm, and no prospect
of getting one to an advantage where
land is high, go out on the free lands
and develop farm.
Secretary of Agriculture Rusk is
said to be worth 1000, 900. Who says
farming does not pay? Write the Sec
retary for Instructions how to 60 to
work to make something like that. It
is his sworn duty to tell you.
Have you dog7 Keep him at
home. Know that he stays at home.
never guess at it. Your neighbor, il
he knows that you know that your dog
is at home. will not feel like telling
what he thinks, when his sheep are
killed.
Plant onions freely and put them
on the market when grown. It has
been demonstrated to be one OF the
best crops of Tennessee. A thousand
bushels have been raised on an acre
and were sold for 81, 200. .-Gallatin Elk.
alniper.
j. NJ. Frost, of Houston. Tex, re,
Gently sold to a Mexican Senator all
of this years crop of Brahmin bull
calves at $50 per head. They will cost
the Senator $3.50 each laid down on his
rancho at Chihuahua, as he has to
pay duty on them.
"A good average dairy COW ought to
give at least 1000 pounds Of milk in a
year, which should return the farmer,
whether sold or made into butter and
cheese, at least cent pound, SO that
such COWS ought to bring in at least
forty dollars year per head. Stock.
Farm and Home.
Colonel o. T. Stephens, of Honey
Grove, Tex, breeder of Jersey cat
tie, had fine COW to drop a calf Feb
ruary II, which had eight well-devel-
oped teats, instead of the usual COM
plement of four. The mother of tho
calf was one of pair of twins. The
calf was sired by a bull which took the
premium at the Dallas fair last fall.
"A ritter in the Southern Planter
Virginia, agrees to pay 500 to any
one who gives the following fail
trial and it does not prevent hol
! cholera Take sack OF salt and {
barrel of hard wood ashes (hickory o
oak preferred); mix the salt and ashe
thoroughly; prepare a box of any con
: venient size; put it under cover wher
the hogs can have free access to it a
all times, and keep supply OF tn
mixture in it. This mixture will cos
, one dollar and some trouble, but vii
be sufficient iog several hogs for ou
4 year.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
PlTH AND POINT.

The greatest of faults is to he con.
scious Of none.-Carlyle.
Some men are so lazy they
wouldn't help unload if their ship
should come in.
If none but those without fault
threw stones nobody would be hit
Galveston News.
No blindness or lack of opportuni-
ty to do great things deprives any of
the right to be good man.
The lighter the individual the
easier to float in the social swim.-
Washington Critic.
"A daughter is a little white lamb
in the household to teach men to be
gentlemen.
Many a voyager has made ship
wreck on the sea of matrimony because
he didn't choose the right mate
Ocean.
There are three things in speech
that ought to be considered before some
things are spoken, the manner, the
place and the time. me.-Southey.
Wearing diamond pin is not al
ways sign of great wealth. Many a
man carries his pocletbook on his
shirt front. Jewellers Weekly.
1t makes difference about mans
value, whether you take him at his
own estimation or that of his wife,
Somerville Journal.
The looking-glass is the only truth
teller that is universally popular. But
this is because we interpret its refec.
tions to suit ourselves, and not literal
ly.-Puck.
1t was a very proper answer to him
who asked why any man should be de.
lighted with beauty, that it was a
question which none but blind man
should ask.
An acquaintance grilled, scored,
deviled and served with mustard and
cayenne pepper, excites the appetite;
whereas a slice of cold friend, with
currant jelly, is but a sickly, unrelish'
ing meat.-Thackeray
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
THE MOONS REVOLUTION.
Why We Have Need to Be Devoutly Crate
full for Our Satellite.

ful for Our Satellite.
If we could take bird d's-eye view of
the portion of the solar system con-
tanning only the sun, the earth and
the moon, we should see the sun NOV
ing with rapid pace through the vast
regions of space, taking with him the
earth and the moon. We should see
the earth revolving round the sun,
taking with her the moon. We should
also see the moon revolving round the
earth, her motion round both sun and
earth causing her to move in an ir-
regular curve, always concave to the
sun.
We could then realize as no words
can describe how exceedingly COM
plicated is the motion of the moon in
her orbit, and admire with reverent
awe the heavenly harmony that pre-
walls even in this small portion of the
material universe. For it must be re-
membered that our majestic sun is but
shining point, seen from the nearest
fixed star, and our earth and moon are
invisible to the suns of space.
The moon revolves around the earth
from any fixed star to the same star
again, in twenty-seven and three-tenths
days, completing a periodic or sideral
revolution.
The earth meantime has advanced in
her orbit. and the moon requires more
time to complete a revolution in regard
to the sun, bringing sun, moon and
earth into line, and making the time
from new moon to new moon again
twenty-nine and a half days. This is
called Il lunar month, lunation or
synodic period.
The moon is often considered as oi
little consequence in the economy of
creation. But what would the earth
do without her? She is our minister
and companion. If she were blotted
from the skies there would be no tides
of any amount, no silver crescents
hanging in the golden West, no glori-
Gus full moons flooding the sleeping
earth with soft lights and shadows,
and no total eclipses of the sun. the
most sublime phenomena on which
mortal eyes rest
We have need then to be devoutly
grateful for our satellite, for her posi-.
tion in the heavens, for the short period
of her revolution, and for all the bless.
ing that follow in her train. Her move.
ment round the earth is but one short
ch apter in the complex history of our
nearest and most intimate celestial
neighbor. Youths Companion.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
GREAT SCHOLARS FATE.

He'd studied every lexicon, from Portuguese
to Mexican,
Apolyglot mosaic was his speech,
And his vocabulary to Tom and Dick ind Harry
Was very altitudinous and way beyond their
reach.
He could parley with Guinean. TURK or
Abyssinan,
The savage tribes of Wadelai, the men of
Kandahar.
With q modern Patagonan, an ancient Baby
lonian,
Or the men OF Athabasca or Borrioboola Cha.
He could talk with cold Alaskans or with tropic
Madagascans,
Could dialogue with Greek or Jew-and Rus
sian was his pride;
But he read fashion column" and it made
him very solemn,
And he struggled with the lockiaw, and
crawled away and dedl
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
-'If you mus marry, let common

-'If you mus marry, let common
sense have show in de transackshun.
Doan' go off yer feet bekase you meet
a girl who kin sing like robin, smile
like a rose, and jump off street kyar
widout bodderin' de driver to stop. A
wife will have much to do besides
singin' an cultivatin' dimples. Befo'
you fall in love wild gal who looks
too sweet for anythin' in a red plush
sacque, kinder figger on how many
sich duds your income would afford
her. Befo' you let a par O fashin'
eyes an cunnin' dimple captivate ye,
look aroun' little an see if de owner
has got temper like a wildcat. Mar
riage am a failure simply bekass peo-
pie take each odder insight an un-
seen, IN, L edger.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17

goes on well enough on dry teed
with plenty of exercise), but lactation
demands more succulent nourishment.
A week or ten days before lambing be-
gins clover, hay and bran should be
supplied, the latter at the rate of
bushel or more per hundred, mixed
with thirty pounds of oats or shelled
corn. If roots are given. they are bet
ter pulped, though ewes will soon
learn to eat them whole when thrown
into the hay-racks on the orts. 1t is
not safe to give pregnant ewes all they
will consume of such cold watery feed
as turnips or potatoes; it is liable to
produce abortion. After larnbing is
over there is no danger if the ration is
increased gradually.-Westera RuAL
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17

1t is in the time OF trouble, when
some to whom we may have looked for
consolation and encouragement regard
us with coldness, and others, perhaps,
treat us with hostility, that the warmth
of the friendly heart, and the support
of the friendly hand acquire increased
value, and demand additional graft
tude. Bishop Mant.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
Defective Acoustics.

"What an odd echo this room has!
observed the Chicago girl, as she
slipped her chocolate and looked about
the large dining-hall. Don't you
thlnk its acoustics is bad, Mr.. Ca
hokia?"
Toughest I ever struck" replied
the young man from St. Louis, saving
away on his steak with great energy.
Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17
in conversation. the medium

in conversation, the medium Is
neither to affect silence Or eloquence;
not to value our appreciation; and to
endeavor to excel us who are of your
company, are equal injuries. The
great enemies therefore to good COM
pauy. and those who transgress most
against the laws OF equality, which is
the life OF it. are the clown, the wit
apg the pedant Sir h Steele,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-04-17

"A man must be excessively stupid,
as well as uncharitable, who believes
there is no virtue but on his own side.
~~Addlsen,