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St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Marry q Gentleman.

1t was excellent advice l saw lately
given to young ladies urging them to
marry only gentlemen or not marry at all.
A true gentleman is generous and unset
fish. He regards another's happiness and
welfare as well as his own You will see
the trait running through all his actions.
A msn who is bear at home among his
sisters. and discourteous to his mother, is
just the man to avoid when you come to
the great question which is to be answered
yes OF no. You need not die old maids.
But wait until the prince passes by. No
harm in delay.
You will not be apt to find him in the
ball room. Nor is be champion billiard
PLAYER He has not had time to become a
champion" for he has had too much
honest, earnest work to do in the world.
have always observed that these 'tcham-
pions" were seldom good for much else.
Be wary in choosing, girls, when so
much is at stake. Do not mistake a pass
ing fancy for undying love. Marrying in
haste rarely ends well. Do not resent too
much the interference of your parents.
You will travel long aud far in this world
before you will find any one W no has your
true interest at heart more than your
father or mother.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
About Wash-Eoards.

It has been often stated and never dis
puted that cleanliness is next to godli-
ness" and if we could get the floor
moment we would rise to remark that it
also costs more money. While a pretty
fair mill culls-out article of godliness
can be attained by persistent individual
eff 2rt, and salvation is theoretically free,
the inevitable weekly wash bill pursues
the civilized human through the vicissi-
tudes of life and finally perches over his
grave. Death and taxes may be ''staved
off, !" temporarily, but the wash bill must
be paid, or to put it in the fowery and ex-
pressive language of the Orient: ''No
payee, no washee.
In all seriousness the matter of washing
clothes is the most vexstious and trouble
some job in ali the range of domestic af
fairs. Steam laundries have been estab-
lished in all principal cities, hundreds of
patents have been issued for washing
machines, and the heathen Chinee comes
in as kind of connecting link, but the
fact remains thai ninety-five per cent of
all the washing is done by human hands
with the assistance of an old and simple
device known as 8 wash buard-a device
that superseded the destructive 'tbattliEg
stick" and bench of the pioneer days The
favorite wash board is one covered with
corrugated metal, preferably zinc The
metal covering is used because of it's dura-
bility over the naked wood, and because it
is supposed not to be so destructive to
clothing, These retail for from twenty to
forty cents each The demand for them is
enormous, and as steady as that for collins
Until very recently there was no factory
for making them south of the Ohio river,
and millions have been made of Southern
lumber, covered with imported zinc, and
sold in the Southern States after shipment
over long lines of railroad lines. A change
is rapidly taking place in this trade and
Tennessee ships wash boards to Boston
and other Eastern points.
1t is conceded that the best wash. women
in the world are the negroes of the South,
and it is claimed that for rubbing purposes
with soap and water as lubricant, suita-
bly, grooved clear sap or white poplar ap-
proaches nearer the texture of negro
palm than any other material. Hence, the
Tennessee wash board is made of grooved
white poplar without any metal covering,
They can be made to retail at fifteen to
twenty cents each and allow the manufac-
turers and jobbers living profit. Their
cheapness and merit are making them i'm
meneely popular. not only in the South
but North and East -S0uttern Lumber
man.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
An African Ant.

1t seems queer, does it not, to apply
such 8 word as dreaded" to little thing
like an ant, but the most wonderful stories
are told of the destruction it sometimes
causes. According to Mr.. Holder, the
houses of the white ants in Africa are
dome shaped mounds, often eighteen feet
high, They erect pyramids 1910 times
higher than themselves. On their travels
for they are invaders-they SO conceal
their approach that their presence is not
suspected until the damage is done. They
usually tunnel into any object that they
attack, often reducing it to a mere shell.
In this way they have been known to as
cend within the leg of table, devour the
contents of box upon it, and descend a
tunnel bored in another leg, all in one
night.
An officer of the English army, while
calling on some ladies in Ceylon, was
startled by rumbling sound. The ladies
started with alright, and tbs next instant
they stood with only the sky above them,
the roof having fallen in and laying all
about, leaving them miraculouslv I'M
harmed. The crash of the fall was dis
tinctly heard all over the city. The ants
had made their way up through the beams
following them out until great part of
the frame work of the house was ready to
fall at the slightest touch.-Selected.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Inventions and Wages.

Some paper has started the silly 'ues-
ton, "Do inventions decrease wages %
Certainly they do not. On the contrary,
inventions increase wages, shorten the
work day and decrease prices. In fact, in
ventions constitute the only possible way
by which labor can BIZ emancipated from
drudgery, long hours and poor pay. In
ventions are increasing every year, and
wages are constantly advancing in all
countries where they are utilized. Take
calico as an example. There are persons
now living who can remember when calico
sold at twenty. five cents yard. It now
sells at eight cents. This great reduction
in prices was effected by Inventions In
the meantime wages have in no case fallen,
but have advanced very greatly. A day q
wages will now buy as much calico as a
weeks wages would Fifty years ago. Calico
is selectedS as al example, bat the same
facts are true as regards other manufac-
lures. Any one, no matter whether a
laborer, a loafer. or capitalist, who talks
against invention, talks against one of the
very greatest material blessings that has
been vouchsafed to the world, and it is as
tonishing that any person can be found
who is SO ignorant or so rash as to condemn
them. Scientific Amerscan.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Dew,

A popular writer on scientific subjects,
in referring to thu formation of dew, says:
''There are many wonderful facts con-
necJed with the history of dew. 1t has
attracted the attention of natural philoso-
piers in all ages. but it's true theory was
never understood until quite recently.
The ancients imagined that dew came from
the stars, and the alchemists and physi-
clans of the middle ages believed that dew
distilled by night possessed penetrating
and other wonderful properties. The ladies
of those times thought to preserve their
beauty by washing in dew, which they
considered celestial wash They COL
lected it by placing upon the grass heaps
of wool, upon the threads of which the
magic drops clustered"
The late Prof J. Dorman Steele in his
excellent work, "Fsurteen Weeks in Phil.
osophy," says: Dew was ancientIy
thought to possess many wonderful prop
critics. Baths in this precious liquid were
said to conduce greatly TO beauty. It was
collected for this purpose and for the use
of the alchemiEs in their weird expert
ments, by Spreading feeces of wool upon
the ground Laurens, philosopher of
the mit =. ages, claimed that dew was
ETHEREAL, so that if we should fill lark's
egg with it and lay it out in TIE sun, i'm
mediately on the rising of that luminary,
the egg would fly off into the air This
experiment is best performed with a
goose's egg"
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07

over and over, sand ought not to wish
her back and siace those dear little girls
brought the cradle for Harry, papa seems
different. l thought there were tears in
his eyes when he saw it. | wonder If
there were.
The little room was very neat row and
it was barren no longer. The ministering
children, after providing the cradle fer the
drunkard's baby, had found that they
could do other kindly services for the
neglected family. Many comforts had come
to them in this way We will take one
more look at them. 1t is evening, and the
lamp reveals nourishing supper on the
small table s'waiting for fatb~r-" The
children are all neatly and warm y dressed,
Susie Fielding snd Lottie May having ran
sacked their attics to bring this about
The small room is exceedingly neat, thanks
to Linda's industry. Faith, the little
cripple, is smiling over an illustrated book,
the gift of Lottie May, and the twins are
happily engaged building block house with
blocks given to them by Susie Fielding.
Linda's face is sad and thoughtful, but she
is singing softly to baby Harry, who is
lying contentedly in the cradle which she
is rocking. She is wondering if her father
will come home sober tonight, and just
then he comes in steadily and her heart
beats thankfully. Mr.. North sat down in
the midst of the children and said to Linda
in husky voice: go on with your song,
child. Near the cross Tour father is
near it tonight, very near Sac took up
the hymn where she left OFF and trem-
blingly continued to the end.
at was the sight of that cradle that
pierced my wicked soul" he said, his voice
tremulous with feeling. Il made it my
self, did all the carving by hand, and my
employer sold it to Mr.. Fielding. l made
another just like it for you, Linda, but. it
went to the saloon keeper long ago when
the twins were babies. When [ saw that
cradle with my little Harry sleeping in it,
it took me back, away back to happier
days. Those little girls had no idea that
they would be the means of saving soul,
that is, of drivi G it to the Savior, when
they brought that cradle to drunkard S
baby. May the Lord bless them p
| am quite sure the Lord listened to and
answered that prayer, for it would be dit
fcult to find two happier children to-day
than Susie Fielding and Lottie May. The
coup of cold water that they gave to the
drunkard's baby five years ago was the b.
ginning of new and beautiful life, not
only to the drunka'd 5 family, but to them
selves. - Ernest Gilmore, IN Northern
Christian AdpOcate.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Grape Juice.

One young man have known well. He
was the handsomest, best educated, most
accomplished young man TO be found for
miles around.
In his boyhood he was not allowed to
touch wine, for he had prudent mother
who as soon as possible sent him to San
Francisco to receive his education and be
away from the evil influences which sur
rounded him, for his father was not only a
wine manufacturer, but wine drinker.
He, the young man, completed the course
at the High School, entered and completed
thorough business course at Head s
Business College, then attended the State
University for time, but from there he
was called home to take charge of the
business; for his father, from the excess
sive use of wine manufactured in his own
cellar, had become almost helpless.
Handsome, finely educated, good mu-
stefan, with wit and heavy purse, he
entered the highest class of society, and
was looked up to on all occasions.
He was then twenty he is now twenty.
five, and more complete wreck of man
hood l have never seen. For days and
on the floor of his owr wine cellar, urcon-
sctouS Oh all tNAG Is tranSpiFiDS afounu
him, worse than dead.
His own mother, his friends, the girl
who loved him, all have tried to reclaim
him, but in vain
Ashamed to take his place among the
good and the pure, he has chosen his com
panions, both men and women, from tbs
low and the vile. If he enters church 1t
is to scoff and disturb, aud if he forms one
Of party of young people it is but 10
make them blush.
Surely he was given the ten talents, yet
he has not used them for his Master
Mrs. ". @. Damens, IN California Voice.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07

give Mrs. Longley something yesterday
when che was here. ! was SO busy for
got all about it."
s'Apd l should have enjoyed sending the
children something" said the other lady.
Il suppose it is too late now, besides l am
very tired"
$50 am 7, but mother usually remem-
bers them, and now she is away [ ought to
have thought of it. They will be so dis
appointed. and perhaps will not get a
| thing from anybody. I'll go and get
something now, if YOU will go with me;
AIN not afraid to go down that street"
They hurried on their wraps and soon
had quite variety of bundles with which
they proceeded down the dark street and up
the narrow stairs. They found Mrs. Long
ley at home, and the boys both fast asleep
in each others arms on the sofa.
Mrs. Longley thanked them heartily,
and accepted the small sum of money they
gave her with fearful eyes.
"You are always helping me-" was all
she could say.
"And you are always ready to oblige
u.s." as the young ladies babe her good
night.
''Now Dannie shall have his chicken, D.
said the thankful mother, as she put on
her bonnet, and, casting loving glance
at her sleeping boys, passed out.
ooh, my Dsnnie! Dannie! come here
| quick!' exclaimed Johnnie, who was the
| first to enter the kitchen the next morn
ing.
Dannie tumbled out of bed and hurried
in. There on the table were nuts, candy,
apples, oranges, bananas, cake, and,
prnpped right on its feet was the biggest
| chicken Dannie ever saw.
| He gazed in wonder On the scene and
then asked, Mother, did God bring
theseY'
Perhaps he told Miss Pease and Miss
Woodbury. to bring Them" replied mis-
mother reverently.
II dess he did, and they were awful
good to mind him, want they? 1t was
Miss Pease's mother who talked SO
| good to Dennis before he died, about Jesus,
wasn't it, mother?'
Yes, Dannie," said Mrs. Longley, wip
ing her eyes.
Two days later, when Mrs. Longley
came to wash, Miss Pease asked her how
the children enjoyed their Thanksgiving.
When she was told the circumstances tears
of sympathy filled her eyes, and in her
heart she rejoiced that "the Lord who re
| lieveth the fatLerless and widows" had
stirred their hearts to do this little deed
| for Him.-Addie French Pearson, IN Lit
! tie Christian
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
SPELLING SCHOOL.
NzAtten for The american.

fTfLtEe1l rot INS AUbSl GtbW.
A good old fashioned spelling school,
How seldom that we see one;
It makes my old heart young again
These winter nights to be at one.
The old days seem to waken then,
And dry bones from the past
Rise up and take on flesh again,
Our first hopes and the last.
But laws-a-me, how things have changed
Old days old friends forever,
Old sweethearts lost. old love dreams crossed,
All in that dreary never
took her arm that winter night
And led her home from spelling,
And what said it matters not =
At least it's not worth telling.
why, no. she said. knew no more,
The world seemed all abo7e me,
And then recOliect these words
You know l cannot love YOU
Poor fool was, might have known.
But life has taught its lesson,
And though it then seemed hard to bear,
That no has been my blessing.
Anal have lived to learn, alas
Some things that We're above me,
And though they do not tell me SO,
How many cannot love me.
Lille Bink2eY, 1tchiS0n Kan.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.

Put a layer of cornstalks on the smooth
surface as thickly as you can, and cross lay
with another layer of stalks. Spread over
the stalks about four inches of pine straw
or any other straw. Next, nail together
four planks or boards, forming hollow
Bore holes in each side of this tolerably
thick; stand it on end in the center of the
straw and pile the potatoes around it. Put
layer of straw over the potatoes and
layer of cornstalks, setting on ends over it.
Cover the stalks with dirt, spading it from
close around the bank, thereby forming a
ditch to turn the water from the potatoes
Be sure to let the top ends of the boards
extend little above the top of the bank.
Leave the top open until rain or cold snap
comes, then cover with piece of plank
until the weather moderates. This hollow
furnishes channel through which air can
readily reach the potatoes all around the
center, and should be kept open as much
as possible while the weather is cool, but
as winter approaches it should be kept
closed. Potatoes always go through
sweat after being banked, and air distri-
buted through them is very essential
Southern CultSuator.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
The Useful scotch Collie Dog.

Mr.. Felch the well-known poultryman,
has Scotch collie dog which, as the Mas.
sachusetts Pzoughnaan tells he has trained
to be of great use to him in driving
and catching his fowls whenever he has
occasion to fill an order.
The intelligence shown by this dog in
driving the fowls without frightening
them, and in singing out from the flock
any bird pointed out by his master, was
quite remarkable and very pleasant to see;
but, said Mr. Felch, the collie, though the
most intelligent and useful of all dogs
when well trained, is also the most mis-
chievous and troublesome when not taken
care of, just as the most intelligent rogues
are the most dangerous.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Supersedes the Silkworm.
A SYRIAN WHO PRODUCES SILK FROM Null.
BERRY BARK.


If Moussa Effendi khouri is right, the val
ue of silkworms will soon be very much de-
preciated. This gentleman is Syrian and
a..nstive of Beyrout. For years he has been
trying to manufacture silk without the aid
of silkworms, and now he claims that he
has succeeded. He has patented his in
vention in the East and in all the countries
of Europe. In this country he has also
filed an application for patent.
After studying for a long time the man
ner in which silk worms do their work
Moussa Effendi Khouri came to the con
clusion that quite fine silk could be made
out of the twigs and bark of the mulberry
tree, as is made at present from the leaves
He therefore experimental with the bark
and twigs, discarding the services of the
worms altogether, and after years of labor
he succeeded in producing silk which
has been pronounced by European experts
to be no wit inferior to the article manu-
featured by silkworms.
In appreciation Of Moussa Effendi
khouri's devotion to science. the Turkish
Government has granted him certain rights
over all the mulberry trees in the Sultan S
domains. $50 long IS | have enough
mulberry trees" says Khouri, Il can pro-
duce silk at less than half what it costs
when produced by silk worms. "-Neao
York Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Love in the Home

Nothing can be more beautiful in the
sight of God than home circle where the
Lord reigns in the hearts of the members
and where love for each other is mani
tested in looks and tones. But dreadful
the home narred by unkindness and bick-
erings. Family quarrels are the hardest
to heal, the mot wretched to endure.
Daily taunts and filings keep such wounds
open, until finally hatred for eacn other
ensuss in utter defiance of the terrible de-
nunciations of the Scriptures against those
who cherish hate in the heart.
Love is the key note of heaven, and the
happy loving home is the purest type of
the paradise above, where love and joy
eternally reign. Christian at Work.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
Old tones Philosophy.

Modesty is good rudder, but bad en-
CINE.
Lickin' may teach boy to dance, but
not to do sums.
You just bring couple of little quarrels
into your family, and they will breed like
sparrows.
Don't go back on your friends when
you're in luck, nor give away your umberel
lust because the sun shines.
You can't always judge man by the
blood he's got. Corn bread an whisky
come from the same family.
A runaway horse is worse'n runaway
wife, because it sometimes takes you
with it.
Sometimes wen man seems to be hav
In the worst luck he's only getting ready
to come out, like a log from sawmill
worth double the price.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
lmen SO constituted that
pl 20 themselves

IT. rnen SO constituted that
t pl % themselves
oz1-..=assss IsGGAey
disco mems, stltt5 enterprise,
choke ', frOwn upon all ques-
tons II the better, and grope
alon| ap They are magnates,
it far Flint into @ their r We
nal souls deep that no one ever sees it
again. They are money getters, not be-
cause of superior ability, but because the
fates cast them into money making
groove, and they lack the versatility to
get out of it. They are the absorbent>
that lick up the ''life-b blood of--comnerce.
They have only one idea one mad pas
sion-and that is lust for money. And
this money must be made without the ri k
of dollar Anything that necesstates
the investment of money is tabooed They
produce nothing, help nothing, are OF no
benefit to society, but sit around watching
opportunities of getting a fellowman in
tight" then they crush him, Such men
never die, because they never have lived
Some day they will lie down and forget to
get up and collect rents and interert, and
then. they will be laid away out of sight.
TIE sun will Shine brighter when they ave
gone. Their names shall be unsyllabled,
their deeds unsung -EGchanqe.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-07
NV L asst Cigar.


One Christmas my mother invited her
children to her home to srend the day. l
went and enjoyed the last Christmas l
real good, old fashioned Christmas dinner
and fine Havana, which friend had given
me few days before for ''Christmas
Day smoke" | found the flavor fine, but
the tobac o was much stronger than l was
accustomed to, so that when only third
of it was smoked | found myself quite
dizzy, and compelled to cease operations,
though had used the weed ten years.
So | let the fire go out, and after the
dizziness had passed off went back into
my mothers presence, with the unlit cigar
between my teeth. As | entered mother
looked up and said:
my son, l wish you would do some
thing to-day that you will in the future
always be glad you did upon this Christi
mas day, which will be of ornament good
to you through yoar remaining life, and
make your mother happy as we'll.
"Name it, mother" | replied
"Throw that cigar into the stove and
never smoke another Or use the vile weed
in any way; it is slow but sure poison,
besides being an expeI sive habit"
| took out the cigar from my mouth,
looked at it, asked myself can l leave off
smoking-then | locke over to mothers
chair; her eyes were closed, but her lips
moved, and | felt that mother was lifting
up her heart to God for me, and the words
came to me, My grace is sufficient" and
instantly | raised the stove lid and tn ew
in my Havana. and said:
'Mother, will do it,"
"You will never regret it," she said, and
tears of Joy rolled down her cheeks. And
| am happy to say have never regretted
it. The great wonder to me to-day is how
I ever could consent to have endured the
slavery of tobacco ten years. Having been
free man fifteen years have come to de-
spise tobacco in every form in which men
use it. And how father can use the vile
weed, and encourage his children to use it,
as thousands do in our State, is one of the
most astonishing things to me, and one of
the saddest things encounter. And l
hope Christian women will wage their war
upon tobacco as well as upon rum until it
is bsnished from every home. Mothers, do
your duty Fathers, do it by example as
we'll as by precept, and then the evil will
be stamped out, because there is no indu-
81 , so powerful with son as fathers
and mothers .-C17i sttaa at Work.