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St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
SIMPLICITY in Speaking.

BENJAMIN franklin in his autobiography
LAYS down canon of good breeding IN
conversation which is worth keeping IN
mind. He says that he formed the habit
Of expressing himself sin terms of modest
diff 1ence." never using the words seer
tainly, undoubtedly, or any Others that
give an air of positivensss. to an OPT! ion,
On subjects that may possibly be disP--ted; ;
saving, rather, at appears to me, OF,
should think SO, or so, if am not mis-
taken" This habit, he said. was OF great
advantage to him in persuadng people to
adopt his views, and also helped him to
gather much valuable knowledge which
Otherwise would have been withheld. For
as rule, reople do not care to impart in
formation to one who is firmly intrenched
in his own opinions Young people are
very apt to have positive, dogmat.c way
of expressing themselves. and should De
trained to moderate, as we'll as graceful,
use of language The use of slang has
tendency toward the error which Franklin
tried to avoid. -!Setected.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
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1t WIS q Coincidence.

pEDDLER TELLS A tNoD- Story AND
WANTED SOME ONE HIM.
Il used to travel a." country
with patent hay fork, qan with
a green patch on his left -ye, sglt fss.s s.sa
his turn to tell story. 81 am got 6,
to say anything about thai passnt more
than that no farmer ev any oehent
from it, What wish Is WhaI
$:$ #: :: : ;.5: i;:sss;D1:;' i and
dred times. ~
1T was in this way, " ne continued, as
he got settled back on his seat. Farmers
have their weak spots the same as other
folks. You can hit one of them by prals-
ing their buildings, others by sdmlrln{
their horses, others again, through their
hogs or calves. | had way of hitting
them all, and it worked to my great proht
every time When got up in tho morning
after staying all night with farmer, got
off something as follows:
40 had a very curious dream last night.
| dreamed that | was digging out behino
YOUR barn Just on line with big Knot
hole in the sixth board from the west end,
and | une arthed tin box containing SaOoo
in greenbacks The dream was So viVld
that | almost feel the box in my hands
there's nothing in dreams, of course, but
never had one which seemed so real,
Mind you, had taken notice OF the
knot hole the evening before Sometimes
fixed the place behind barn, and some
times near a stump, or SO many PAGES from
a certain tree or straw stack; but 1t was
all settled on beforehand. 1t wasn't one
time in twenty that farmer would charge
me for my lodgings after giving him this
dream. it hit 'em plumb center, and they
were only too anxious to get me out OF the
way, SO they could begin digging.
600 on" said several voices, as he made
long pause. g.,
well, one morning after lodging with
farmer all night and getting his note FOL
$40 for ha, fork, l related the usual dreau
in the usual way. This time it was buriee
treasure beneath a stump near his barn.
saw that he was hard hit at once. and h'
left me eating breakfast and went down t.
dig. was chuckling over his greennes
when he came walking in with tin boz
under his arm"
, you don't say p
But do and it was box he bad dnt
out foot or so below the surface. 1t wa
broken open rig hit then and there, and ma
be drowned Tor yeller d. if its con
tents didn't pan out $4625 in just as goo
greenback as you ever saw"
"But-but-"
.:There was no butts about it. He foun
the money and kept it, as was his right
and no one ever came to claim it. Thl- =
. bill was part OF it. He gave it to me a
= a reward for my dream, and I'm keepln
it as g. relic to show what fool a man ca
, make of himself That's all, gentlemen
all except that want some of you to kio
, me as soon as convenient "-New l01
I,fn
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
He Has Explained.

sMy wife, Mr.. Perkins" said the hus-
hand across the aisle of the street car.
All! Glad to see you, Mrs. Winters
Why, how you have changed in two
weeks"
"Changed9 No one else has spoken OF
it," she blankly replied.
"Why, when saw you with your nus
band at the theatre two weeks ago to night
YOU seemed to be girl of about IL -,
eat the theatrel You-you--yu-l,
Her husband had been winking and
wipking, but near sighted Mr.. Pei had
seen nothing. The wife settled back'
figured it out that she was home alone
vi, h the toothache that night, and the
frozen stare she turned on her husband as
they got off covered the platform with
glare of ice She has asked for explana-
lions ere this.-Detron Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
A Pinch of salt.

A few days ago one of the New York
papers contained an account of how
young clerk in drug store earned hun
dred dollars merely by little knowledge
and pinch of common salt. Thinking
perhaps some of you did not see that state
ment, and might like to have the same
chance yourself, l venture to tell you
about it.
A gentleman went into drug store, and
showing an emulsion, told the clerk he was
willing to give one hundred dollars to
know what would separate the oil and
water. After looking at it for a moment,
the clerk told him to write check for the
amount, after which he would tell him. 1t
was quickly done, and the check in the
young mans pocket, and then he dropped
into the emulsion pinch Of common salt,
| and presto the oil and water were sepa-
rated A pinch of common salt-thst was
all-the clerk had the money, and the gen
tleman tle information for which he had
paid his own price
Well, now, girls and boys, when you
hear what wonderful thing can be done
with pinch of salt, wouldn't you like to
try a few experiments yourselves?
Perhaps, girls, you know of some girl
who goes to your school who does not
wear quite so pretty a hat or quite so
Sly lish a sack as the moot of your friends;
perhaps she is a stranger and has made no
friends, is left out in the cold at recess
when all the rest of you are having good
time; perhaps some one has been cruel
enough to make fun of her plain clothes
and give her the cold shoulder on their
account. Now suppose you try an expert
ment there. You know how you would
feel under her circumst ances, SO put
pinch of salt there in the shape of few
kind words which will MAKE her feel that
she has at least one friend invite her to
join in your games, aud try TO make the
other girls feel pleasantly toward her.
am sure the experiment will succeed, and
that the result will be as wonderful as in
the case of the emulsion. For your own
gain, you Can at least have the pleasure of
feeling that you are trying to follow the
Golden Rule.
As for you, boys, [ am sure you will
have plenty of opportunities for trying ex-
periments. Suppose, now, there is some
fellow in your class who is kind of ''stuck"
in algebra there's good place for an
fstaying in at recess to puzzle over some
problems of which he can See neither head
nor tail, but which you have mastered, put
pinch of salt there. Just go up to him
and help him right along; it cannot take
very long to set him on the right track
again but am sure you will feel better
for your experiment, even if you lose half
your morning.
Now l have told you secret by which
wonderful thing can be done, so keep
your eyes open for opportunities, and when
you see good chance throw in pinch of
salt.-SeIected
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
TIE ERLkINa AND THE FLOWERS.

The Erlking softly fingers, in every autumn
breeze,
As he steals with noiseless footsteps among the
lofty trees;
And every time he whispers, darling flower IS
= dead.
W ia. - ne Erlkirg tell them? What has ne
softly said?
7 saw a blushing rosebud turn pale, then droop
and die.
But could not hear the message as the "lnd
went wistli e by,
And hurried Erlktng onward, till he KISSED each
Grim, oned gem
All tn Al the shrine was leafless, with Wlhered
bough and stem.
He danced on every zephyr, where the rank and
waving grass
Smiled in its emerald radiance, at the joyous
barefoot lass,
That plucked the tinted starlng5, dots on tne
green hued sea,
With ever heart so gueless, and brown and
shapey knee.
early spring,
And the voice of this autumn reaper had cold,
metali; ring
The flowers ne'er told the secret, as they smiled
and gently died;
While the maiden gazed in wonder on the KING
and his dying bride.
He promised the maid so sweetly that the lowers
he put to sleep
! Should bloom from their purple couches' with
many chamber creep,
From the beds so snug'y hidden by robes Of the
downi=st snow,
To smile ia their dewy sweetness whenever the
spring should blow.
! How can the roses blossom. except they droop
ami die:
Or the mantle of gentle autumn, around, the
rosebush lie?
The Erlking only asked them to turn to russell
brown;
Then the winds carsssed them gently and the
leaves came futtering down.
The sigh of many an autumn has reached the
maideu's ear;
The woes of an early sorrow had been washed by
many a tear;
The frosts of a dreary winter had mellowed the
laughing smile,
For she knew what the Erlkirg whispered, from
his grim and shadoWy isle.
He kissed the rosy maiden, ard toyed wi her
golden hair;
And ever kiss was wrinkle, and ever a whis
per care,
The rosebud that smiled in the meadow, that
romped in the clover so sweet,
) Was withrred and dead in his caste, with the
petals s.rewn under hi: feet.
-JoniuS L. HennpStead.
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St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
A Cheerful Face.

Next to the sunlight of heaven is the
cheerful face. There is no installing it
the bright eye, the unclouded brow, the
sunny smile. ali tell of that which dwels
within. Who has not felt its electrlfylng
influence? One glance at this face lifts us
out of the mists and shadows, into the
beautiful realms of hope. One cheerful
face in the household will keep everything
warm and bright within. 1t may be a
very plain face, but there is something In
it we feel, yet cannot express, and its
CHEEKY smile sends the blood dancing
through the veins for very joy. All there
is world of magic in the plain, cheerful
face, and we would not exchange it for all
the soulless beauty that ever graced the
fairest form on earth. 1t may be very
little face, but somehow this CHEEKY face
ever shines, and its shining is so brig ut
the shadows cannot remain, and silently
thew creep away into dark corners. 1t may
be wrinkled face, but all The dearer fof
that, and none the less cheerful. we
linger near it., and gaze tenderly upon 1t,
and say: s'God bless this dear, happy
face We must keep it with US as long
as we can; for home will lose much OF ITS
brightness when this sweet face is gone
And even after it is gone, how the remem
brance of the cheerful face softens oul
way i-SsLeCteG.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
"FIGs FROM THISTLES."
I've lately been doing some thinking
Turning things round in nv mind

I've lately been doing some thinking
Turning things round in my mind
There are lots of things to think of,
When once you get at IL, find.
I've never been much of thinker,
But what can fellow do
Who's suck a rusty nail in his foot,
And vacation not half through?
There are some of the Bible verses
That sound at the first real queer,
But when you just work them over,
The queerness will disappear.
Now bout gathering figs from thistles,'
IT has a curious kind of sound,
But Eve been thinking it over,
And the meaning is plain, I've found,
don't know as 1 can tel it,
But it means that a thing won't grow
On or from something that's different
The Lord has made it so.
You can't get plums from a peach-tree.
And kitten will grow to cati
A puppy will surely be dog,
And nobody wonders at that
If we plant in the spring the grain of corn,
And you can't, from the stalk of rosebush
Expect somethi good to eat.
And so carry it farther,
And surely can see
That an idle, useless, troublesome boy
Won't grow to the man for me.
If I'd be like Grant or Garfield,
Or the old Emperor over the sea,
With millions of loving people
Hoping and praying for me,
I've got to be first a splendid boy
From good boys grow such men-
1t just as surely follows,
AS the sun will rise again.
whatsoever we SOW. that shall we reap
1t is only saving the same.
If SOW wild oats" in my spring time,
lean only harvest shame.
Now I've got pretty tired of thinking,
But know as sures can whistle,
No boy or man in all this world
Ever gathereia fig from a thistle."
Emily Baker Snalte, in The Pansy.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
Guns.

Once there was man. He had coarse,
long black hair and high cheek bones;
and his skin was the color OF copper. DE
snd his family iced in the woods ard ate
wild game. To get the game he had
gun. 1t was made of string and two
sticks.
He could shoot many yards with it.
Many a rabbit, turkey and deer he brought
home for dinner by the aid of his bow and
arrow HIS gun was his capital. Know
what that meansO
Well, the years went by, and there
| came another man into that ne ghborhood.
His face was white, his hair auburn and
waving For time these men lived in
peace But the Write man loved to shoot
| the wild game, too He had gun made
of iron, and he could shoot farther than
the other man and kill more wild animals.
Can YOU guess how trouble came 1t
csme. They began to shoot at each o5her
| Hum would go the arrow through the
air from the Indians bow and just Craze
the white mans ear; then at last flash.
and bang from tue iron gun and "~biz'
goes the bullet right into the poor Indians
head. Poor Indian falls like the rabbits
he once hit, and his wife is now widow.
What will she and the children do for
bread and meat?
After this came another viii g man. HIS
| gun was better still. Strange to say, these
two white men made war with each other.
, "Flash" went the powder, and away flew
the bullets, aud down went ,nt first man,
dead. Their children have ever si~Ge been
tr, ing to make bigger and b7tter guns, al
2 most entirely to see which can hurt the
: other most, Pm sorry to tell.
Q A while aga some of these grown up
s children went down to place called Sandy
, Hook, not far from New York, to see big
S gun.
e 1t is the largest ever made in the United
/ States. The Indians bow and arrow would
9 be small and light as feather by the side
a of this awful thing. 1t is all cast-lrop,
n thirty feet long; its mouth or bore is twelve
> inches in diameter its weight fifty four
q tons; it's cost twenty mine thousand dollars;
e it throws an eight hundred pound ball SO
Il far and f.rcely as to knock hole IN an
Il iron armament (what's thatC half-m1le
"a away. 1t costs over one hundred dollars
y every time it is fired 1t took year 70
% make it, May it never be aimed at your
It rabbit or your head or the great ship on
y which you may be riding to LONDON or Tie
y city in which you live
r. There is q greater gun than the Indians
e or these two white mems or this last mon
t. ster.
" It is made-not of two sticks and &
" string, or iron-but of fash and blood ane
IS something else. Its mouth is the same size
. as yours. 1t can shoot thouea and miles
a. as easily as one, and hit thousand MARKS
If at the same moment as easily as one. IL:
arrows are words, words! The smallest o.
these word bullets can make the worle
bleed, or heal the worlds wounds.
s. You are the gun, and you take ann ane
fire as many as a thousand times daily
q and hDarts bleed or eyes dance with de-
70 light every time of the Flash, whiz
bang"
of Lool, out, my lad and girl, with wha
YOU load, and how and why you aim ant
s. fre.-Unc,e Charles, In The PanSy.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
LEFT BEHIND.


bne the du ty streets,
Atrst learned to call them friend :"
'khts go up those busy STREETS
1n those streets descend;
sold things that we have loved,
Nd things that We cherished,
kbnt faces fill their place,
3sne they have persisted.
( st tread alone these streets,
Sglories have departed,
allowed places know me not,
BW me deserted.
I'D down my memory's street
3ne old line is driven,
|pect to meet them all
be grand street in Heaven.
Lille BihIicy, in The american.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

How many of our readers know where
the Tonga islands are? Look them up and
find out something about them, please, for
they have queen who means to do the
bt st she can for her people, and ought to
ne helped. She has asked to have her
c,untry placed under the care of Queen
Victoria. in order that her people may be
protected from s.the curse of strong drink,
that the trading vessels force them to take
in payment for their fruits. Poor queen
the dreadful curse that we have In our
own land has reached her ears. What
can we do to help herr
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
He Hadn't "Saw."

s'Did you saw that wood told you
about Z" asked the lady of the house of the
tramp to whom she had given dinner.
MADAM" he replied, and a look OF con,
tempt fitted across his tawny face, Il am
surprised that SO good cook and house,
wife as you should be SO ungram NAUTICAL
You should say Did you see that wood
Saw is proper only in question referring
to the perfect tense. l cannot work FOL
one SO uncultured, for fear l should be
contaminated. Ia Ia. N
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
Father andson.

The deaths of ex-Juge W. Brown
and Frank Brown, hi son, oily three
hours apart, were most ingulaand sad,
writes a New Philadelpb CO.. crrespon-
dent The son had deeaffectin for his
father, who was on b of sicness and
not expected to live. Fr'k hadfepeated-
ly warned the family til whe the hour
arrived for his father tcdie, icy would
not be separated, but woa crosithe river
of death hand in hand. True his pre-
dicsion and wish, whenthe tther was
passing quietly away, anthe bur OF dis
solution had arrived. thson, Tho was in
his usual health, threw u mis- and, as an
indication that he, too, W. reay, and fell
to the floor, dead. The faer nver recov-
cred consciousness, but led iree hours
later Their ages werereslecively "a
and 86.-El.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

There are many suspclon.nat need
crushing in the bud, W. fansur friend
is cool to US, we i1nagineone b sighted
US, we suspect our neihborr having
spoken ill of US. Most kelly ,are mis-
taken, and, in any cas-, we N never
protitably search into he msr. Dur
trust in our friend or GU own s--resbect
should lead US to put ANY such ,ouA's,
to abandon such suspnons. SmeIone
has perhaps dropped aboisoned vorl of
scandal into our ears !; II us banis. it rom
our thoughts with scoi. Circumstances
may perhaps tend to cas- susplcionn one
whom we homer let usontinue trust
him in our h~sr6 of heat s. We. ny bear
that some one has COMMITTED faulR lIich,
however, does MT conc'n us in u least,
and in which we are n called pom to
interfere let US expal II idea aan UNI
welcome intruoer-T'he,ld Homtead.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
The Use of Hotr at and Before

A writer in Medssics says : Opin-
ions differ as to TIT of the free in
gestion of water 1 times, but the
view generally REG probably that it
dilutes the gastri. and so retards
digestion Apart the fact that a
moderate delay iDfocess is by no
means disadvanr is more than
doubtful whether UGH effect is in
reality produced. ingested during
meals, water may { by washing out
the digested food alxposing the I'M
digested part more thly TO the action
of the digestive is. Pepsin is a
catalypsic body, amen quantity will
work almost indtt, provided the
pepsones are removshey are formed
The good effects Or, drunk freely
before meals, have, er, ano her ben
ehcial result-it wa way the mucus
which is secreted tyucus membrane
during the interval9ose, and favors
pe,istalsis of the whimentary tract
The mem brane Unused is in a much
better condition to repoi and convert
1t INFO soluble compo The accummu
lation of mucus is sp marked in the
morning, when the walls are COW
cred with thick, tbs layer. Food
entering the stouachs time will be-
come COED with t4aclous coating.
which for a'time Drottrom the action
of the gastric fernand so retards
digestion. The viscitents, normal
CONDITION in the morn tore breakfast,
are not suitable TO recood. Exercise
before parlaking of stimulates ths
circulation of the bloc facilitates tn.
flow of blood through sssels. A glass
Of water washes our tucus, partially
distends the stomach, up peristalsi:
and prepares the alime canal for thu
morning meal. OLSEN has shown
that non irritating III pass directl.
through the tubular ach, and evel
if food be present, they mix with i
to a slight extent.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

Sometimes if it we're not for the VISITS
of the bees the flowers would not i've a.
all; for some f1wers are what IS calied
imperfect and need to be powdered win
what is known as pollen before they can
IKE any seeds And the bees carry Tue
pollen from perfect flower to an lmpef-
iect flower, and leave it there whlle they
are thinking only of getting nectar
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

prominent coffee dealer who has been
operating on the New York Coffee E1-
change has retired from that institution
on the ground that the option dealings ana
speculations so enhance the price OF Gomez
artifcially that the people are being roooeo
out of about $50, COO, 600 year more than
is justified by the actual value OF the pro-
duct based upon supply and demand.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

Irrigation is conducted on large scale
in japan, and dates from long before the
Christian era. The irrigation works are
massive and costly, end from . distance
look like double track railways. THESE
are the large reser voirs and main dltch.s'
besides which mountain streams are util-
lied in the usual manner.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

It is no part of religion to pray to GOD
for material accumulations, as man can o.
tain for and by himself.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

We have no desire for a future that is
not laden with great things and develop
ments now unthought of by man.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

He is very weak man whom money can
lure away from himself.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30
A Good-Natured Wife.


The following anecdote as told by an
English clergyman was found in an ex-
change. The teller of the story says:
1t must be remembered that the Kettle
referred to was hung in an ld-fashloned
open fireplace ..
A man in Sussex, whose wife was
blessed with a remarkably even temper,
went over the way to a neighbor one even
ing, and said:
"Neighbor, I'd just like to see my VIE
cross for once. I've tried all know, ana
| can't make her cross no way"
You can't make your wife crossT SAID
his nejghbo Il wish | could make mine
ANYTHING else But you just do what tell
YOU, and if that won't act, nothing Will.
You bring her in some night lot OF the
crook.des5 sticks you can get, them as won
lie in no form, and see how she makes
them out"
The pieces of wood were accordingly
brought in, as awkward and crooked and
contrary as could be found. The man
went away early to work, and at noon re-
turned to6see the result of his experiment
He was greeted with smiling lace ano
| the gentle request
"Tom, do bring me in some more O.
those crooked sticks, if you can find them
they do just fit around the Kettle 81
| nicely -
St. Landry democrat., 1889-11-30

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