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St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
How She OutWitted Them.

In a semi-fashionable boarding house
''on the hill, in Washington, resides as
guest maiden lady, cultured and clever.
Like some other nice people she Is rather
sensitive on the subject OF age, and TINS, OF
course, was the subject of some qulzzlng
among the thicker skinned boarders. Inc
blank left at the house by the enumerator
was spread on the parlor table, and the IN
mates requested to fill In the various spaces
"a to their antecedents, etc Secrecy was
of course out Of the question, and consld-
erable curiosity was evinced as to how our
ancient maiden would treat the query an
to her age.
When her turn came she was equal to
the emergency. She quietly filled in all
the desired information, and when the
eager ewes around scanned the age col
umn" they found they could make nothing
Of it. Everything else was written out ID
a neat, clear hand, but here they were
stumped. ,,
s'Why, Miss Arabella," said the land
lady. smiling sweetly, II am afraid the
enumerator will not be able to make TINS
ont" pointing to the item in question.
"That2" said Miss Arabella placldiy'
"Oh. tn It is written in German, you Know
and if he can't read it they can at the ONCE
of course" And she calmly retired, weii
aware that not soul in the house but her-
aelf understood word of German ash-
ington Letter.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
The Kings and the Cat.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. P. King, of 949
Virginia avenue, southwest, passed
through an experience early one morning
that will no doubt inger In their memory
for long time. While Mr.. King and his
wife were wrapped in slumber at about 3
o'clock, large sized cat entered the house
through an open window, 1t is supposed.
ON quiet hunt after the many birds, both
stuffed and alive, which are in the house.
While the cat was meandering about the
room Mr.. King awoke, and jumped from
the bed to put the intruder out. The cat
darted for the stairway, and as he passed
Mr.. King struck him with his hand,
knocking Thomas against the wall. The
blow arou ed all the savage instincts of
the animal, and he made furious on
slaught on Mr.. King, fixing his teeth in
his right hand, lacerating 1t severely, and
using his claws to good effect ON his night.
robe. The noise of the struggle alarmed
Mrs. King, and she bravely came to the
rescue, driving the cat away from her
husband; but the savage animal attacked
her fercely and tore her hand. For some
minutes the battle ragged furiously, until
Mrs. King managed to secure firm hold
upon the cats throat, and choked 1t until
1t was insensible. Then Mr.. King took it
by the tail and dashed its head against the
wall until 1t was apparently dead. Mr..
King threw it into the yard, and after
bandaging up their wounds he and bis
wife retired to finish out their nights rest.
Early next morning Mr.. King went to the
yard to see how the cat looked by day
light; but 1t was gone, It had doubtless
taken advantage Of the proverbial remain
ing eight lives and crawled away to re-
cuperate. Harrington Star.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
a Smart American in London.

An agreeable and wideawake English
man told me characteristic anecdote OF q
smart American who opened cigar shop
in London. He fitted up in the well known
New York style and waited for custom,
which did not come very Literally, for
John Bull "stands in the ancient ways"
and is wary of new methods. So our young
American bethought him of schemes to at
tract attention to his shop. He devised,
among other things, sign illuminated by
Gas. which he hung over his door. He had
an exasperating experience getting the
English workmen to carry out his ldeas'
but at last they got the contrivance per-
fected one noon, and as test he lit the
gas in the sign.
Some occurrence diverted his attention
and he forgot to put the gas out. In few
minutes he noticed crowd of cockneys
gathered on the sidewalk gazing at the
sign, and presently q lot of them came In
and asked "Me good feller, what makes
YOU burn gas at high noonF Hits hex
pensive, don't y know, and fahncy ,yee
don't know it," eyes, do," responded
the ready witted American. II left il
burning on purpose. Everybody does 1t
In Nee York. Don't you want to try
some of my cigars 2" He treated the
crowd and kept his gas burning night and
day after that, calculating that no less
than a thousand inquisitive Londoners
would call in every day to inquire about
the wonder. His calculations were mol
misplaced. He soon built up good trade
-Neae York Star.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27

The library of the Young Mems Chris
tian association of this city has received
portion Of a valuable and highly interest
ing wo1k-a Photographic fac-simile Of the
celebrated Vatican manuscript, B, The
part received is the New Testament, of
which only 100 copies are published.
The original manuscript, which is at the
Vatican library at Rome, measures 1O14
inches III heigh., 10 in breadth and in
thickness. The fac-simile pages conform
very closely to these measurements The
Photographic Impressions are strong and
clear.
The Vatican codex is one Of the most
celebrated manuscripts of the Bible it is
the pride of the Vatican, and is thought to
be the oldest vellum manuscript extant
Its date is placed at about $50 A. D., but
it's history is not traced back with any Ger
tainty beyond l44S, just few years before
the first printed Bible issued from the
press Of Gutenberg and Faust. Pope Mich
olas V, who was a patron of letters and
the founder of the Vatican library may
have placed it in this library originally.
This codex is entered in the first cata
logue of the Vatican in 1475
The manuscript has three columns to the
page, and is written in uncial characters, a
characteristic of manuscripts written be
fore the year 1000. The Old Testament, as
well as the New, is written in Greek, the
Old Testament being the Septuagint YER
sion. This manuscript originally contained
the whole Bible, but the ravages of 800
years have made some inroads upon it, and
forty-fve chapters of Genesis are wanting
and part of the Psalms. The New Testa-
ment is complete to Hebrews ix-New
York Mail and Express
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Happiness.

Happiness is the great aim OF all man
kind and for which all are forever striving;
and yet how few there are who krow
when they have obtained it
The healthy, care free boy longs for the
time when he will be grown man, and
pictures in his mind the happiness he will
10Y when he is forever free from pa
rental control When the years have
rolled passed, and he finds himself what
he so afdently wished for, he pauses, and,
upon taking retrospective view, he as
ardently longs for the joys, the happiness
and, alas too often for the innocence OF
childhood Oh how many of US old,
care worn, sin-scsrred and tough hearted
specimens of the 'qenus ho'ao" would give
ali we have toiled and schemed for, since we
arrived at mans estate, to be again inno-
cent children, and allowed the inestimable
pleasure of good, allnight glorious
sleep, such as we used to enjoy when we
were boys On, for the days long gone.
| in recollection so vivid, in which we
watched the gap all day long, sitting in
| the corner of the old wooden fence under
the shade of the old elder bush. while we
manufactured wonders of whistles from
green paw-paw bark, and cut our fingers
with the new Barlow knife which papa
bought for US OF the Saturday before
! We can shut our eyes now and see the
| old barn the pump at the road side, with
the horse trough near by; the wagon shed
sranery and corn crib combined the halt
| finished wheat aud, beyond all these, the
yelling with its log walls neatly painted
and white washed-the very personitica-
tion of that cleanliness which is next te
godliness. Ard last, but not least, the
old ash hopper, under which We used tt
play ''house" with our little sister, before
we got big enough to 60 to school ane
"mind the gap" And the closing OF ou1
eyes seems to open our ears for we cal
hear the cackling of the hens, who seen
to be holding a convention over some new
ly laid eggs in the barn, and the stead!
'thud-thud" of the loom at the hous'
gives early promise of some new coperaS
colored pants. Now we hear the chuck
"chuck" of the wagon coming, for tn
fourth time, we'll laden from the whea
field, and, as it nears the gap, tuere break
fo'th from the house that which to boys
the sweetest of all music-"the Dime
horn3"
Could we have but realized how happ.
we were then, we surely would have beel
contented but such realization could no
be, and the only difference which time ha
wrought in our thoughts on the subject
that, then we looked forward to find hap
piness, whereas now we look backward
and our happiest moments now are sPen
in a retrospective contemplation OF tn
happiness which we epjojed at tim
when we did not realize it.
How 1t softens the heart to recall thos
old days, and while l know that, in tn:
world, happiness always seems to be eltne
ahead or behind us, do hope that IN IN
world to come we may be allowed the haE
! piness of again living over our 6oyhoo
> days, and fully realizing their pleasure
a. the time.-Casper Crtngte, Cors1cdn0
!, | 7or
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
The Light Glow Worms Emit.

One of our readers in Wales, to whom
the glow worm is not so familiar as it is to
our country subscribers nearer home, wants
to know something about the food of that
curious creature and the light emitted by
it. He says: There is poem In which it
is said that glow worms are as numerous
as the stars, but doubt if one person in
hundred has ever seen one. | have seen
only two in my life, and those were found
by sollebody else. have kept one iu Il
glass for week. supplying it with grass
and leaves. which, however, it does not ap-
pear to touch. 1t gives a bright light. suf
fcient to tell the time by, for about two
hours every night, being punctual almost
to minute. both in lighting and putting
out Its lamp"
The glow worm In its larval state lives
on snIils and slugs, and becomes ve:3e1a-
rian only in its perfect st"te Its light is
an example Of animal phosphorescence,
upon which of late years there has been no
lack of scientific theory. It's light h;.s
been happily named a love light by one Of
It's closest students, whose account of the
Italian fretiy's hirtations by means of her
attractive phosphorescence our correspond
ent would lind highly entertaining. g.-Lon-
don News
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27

How few of us know that the stovep1pe
hat, which has come to be regarded as
"qnite foreign, y'know," originated in the
United States and was introduced into
Europe 10y that lovely old Arcadian, Ben
jamin Franklin. The old gentleman came
to Paris in the spring of 1890, wearing the
simple attire of the Quakers. A distin-
gushing feature of this was the hat, which
has narrowed and heightened into the
fashionable plug" of today. 1t was low
crowned and broad brimmed, and pre-
sented so quaint an aspect that the Paris
ian dandi"s were disposed to make it the
butt of their wit. Not so, however, the
rest The leaders of the French revolution
fancied that hat and they Forthwith adopt
ed it to be their own. In three days time
the Franklin hat, as twas called, was the
rage. And from that time the tile has
grown in favor, although it is probable
that machine more destructive to the
hair and more useless for practical pur-
poses was never invented.-Eugene Field
in Chicago News
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Mule Ranch.

Why is It that some of our enterprising
citizens do not start mule ranch IN TINS
section and raise mules for cane and COTTON
farms? It is an actual fact that mule Is
as ready sale at three years olo as az . 'Sls
of cotton, and at profitable price: a
mule at three years old, worth here from from
SIS to 800, can be reared st the very very
wort worth $50 to S25 at four years old: Al All
the cane and cotton plantations IN 'ne D
State, almost, at least those eols,sa .S r",ss a.,
colored laborers, are stocked with mples H
and these mules raised in Tennessee, hen,
tucky and Missouri. when they can S De
raised equally as well and perhaps cheap chsspe. :.
here, on account of the climate. ine'e me o.. :.
no reason why the mule ranch is not 1s .hs
greatest industry here, except % snss peops, nopa,
engaged in the pony business have nsse, y
made the change. Who will lead of II !,
this this matter and reach rich and quick
profit
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27

Men generally cross their legs when there
is least pressure on their minds. You will
never find man actively engaged in busi-
ness with his legs crossed. The lower limbs
at that time are straighter than at any
other, because the mind and body work to-
gether. A man engaged in auditing &C
counts will never cross his legs; neither will
a man who is writing an article or who Is
enploved in any manner where his brain is
actually engaged. When at work, in sit
ting posture, the limbs naturally extend to
the floor in perfectly straight line.
man may cross his legs if he is sitting in an
Office chair discussing some proposition
with another, but the instant he becomes
really in earnest and perceives something
to be eair al his limbs uncross quick as
fash he bends forward toward his neighbor
and begins to use his hands. That is
phase that I believe you will always OBJ
serye.-St. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Light on Tobacco by q Boy.

Tobacco grows something like cabbage,
but never saw none cooked. l have
heard men say that cigsrs that was given
them election days for nothing was mostly
cabbage leaves. Tobacco stores are
mostly Kept by wooden Indians, who
stand at the door and fool little boys by
offering them bunch of cigars which Is
glued into the Injun's hands, and Is made
OF wood also I tried 10 smoke cigar
once, and telt like Epson salts. Tohac
co was invented by man named Walter
Raleigh. When the people first saw him
smoking they thought he was steamboat
and were frightened. My sister Nancy is
a girl. i don't know whether she likes to-
bacoo Or not. There is young man
named Leroy who comes to see her.
guess she likes Leroy. He was standing
on the steps one night, and he had cigar
in his mouth, and said he didn't know as
she would like it, and she said 'Leroy,
the perfume is agreeable" But when my
big brother Tom lighted his pipe Nancy
said: Get out of the house. you horrid
creature the smell Of tobacco makes me
sick" Snuff is Injun meal made out oi
tobacco. / took little snuff once ane
then sneezed.--.Neu York World
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Have a Purpose.

Make the most Of yourself. Find out
what YOU are made for. See what you can
do best. Have an answering purpose
that YOU will work all your faculties to
best advantage possible. Do not waste
life. A wasted life is the most awful OF
tragedies. To fail Of life's true object Is
life wasted. Life's true object is "to
glorify God and to enjoy Him forever"
Young man, have a purpose. Use your
mind compel it to think, to work, to serve
you faithfully and truly. Arouse your
moral faculties. Summon them to stand
guard upon the walls. No man gets the
most out of his nature who allows his
moral self to be asleep. Keep the heart
pure SO that your sense of the unseen real
tiles may be keen and certain. 1t broadens
life's horizon infinitely to take in the
spiritual, and to commune with God. NO
man makes the most of self whose nature
does not stretch away to the unseen and
divine.
A Chinese laundryman made complaint
against a young man whose bill had not
been paid. "What is your charge against
this young man. Johnf" The aggrievedl
Celestial said "He too muchee by and
by" Plenty of young men "too muchee
by and by" Have purpose and fulfil! 1t
now. Most men never use tithe OF the
power they possess. Thousands of our
talents are wrapped up in napkins. Un-
wrap them quickly and put them out to
usury. The world has need of them. Men
sin as much and as disastrously by choos-
ing not to do as by choosing to do. Man
fully purpose to pull against the stream OF
evil; in thinking we are doing no harm,
we are floating down towards the edge OF
ruins cataract. If could reach the ears
of all the young, would cry out to you,
s.Have a purposel Make the most OF
Yourselves. - Mid Continent.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
A Pilots Life.

The life Of pilot is filed with delight
full uncertainties. He is like sealed bot
tie tossed on the waves of the ocean. He
may be picked up in day, and he may be
carried over the sea for more than O week
before some passing steamer comes to
rescue him." A pilot boat left New
York prepared for two weeks cruise.
Within ten hours from the time she left
the bay she was back at Staten Island, all
her pilots having been taken off by incom-
ing steamers. She put to sea again and
started up the coast. One of her stations
is at Newport, and she reached there
eleven days after her start, having crnised
oil over the ocean between New York and
Newport without having sighted . single
steamer.-.Nep Fork Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
The Product of a Fertile Brain

Restaurant keepers have long been tIo /
bled as to how to get even with their
bosrders. Josephine Driat, of New YORK,
has got out Patent for them. 1t consists
of table and stools, both of which run on
an endless chain. The diner comes in,
takes seat on stool, pays his twenty
five cents for his meal and it is set before
him. The table then begins to move and
the man moves along with it. Ii co TIN
ues to move him along till it gets to the
other end of the room, and at this time he
is supposed to have flushed his meal, tor
his dishes slide off around wheel and his
stool slides out with him. There is an
endless chain of these stools, and the pro
cession of diners and dinners goes on con-
tinuously.-Frank G. CarYenters Letter.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
An Effective Track Clearer.

An ingenious way of driving cattle oil
track is that just patented by an lnhaol-
tant of Seattle, Washington. nozzle.
pointing out in front of the locomotive is $
connected with the boiler, and by the
control of the engineer strong jet can be
thrown forward by the boiler pressure
through the pipe and nozz,e. The direc-
tions of the nozzle can be changed at Will.
It can readily be imagined that cattle
showing disposition to monopol1ze 'he
track will be apt to vacate without need
less loss of time on coming into contac
with the persuasive jet of scading wa er'
Mem York C0naerci0l AdDertaser.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Manufacture Our Own Cotton.

In my opinion, if there is any one thing
of vital importance to the farming inter-
ests of Georgia, it certainly is, or would
be. a cotton industry that would create a
home market for the products of Georgia
farmers. We can easily ascertain the
amount of machinery necessary to manu-
facture all the cotton raised in the State +;
then see how much machinery is already
in operation and how much of the present
machinery is using altogether georgia
raised cotton then add to the present
enough machinery to work up the total
cotton crop; and let this be done by CO.
operation through the Alliance. Let IL oe
strictly cooperative in its system that ls'
let mo one man take more shares than one.
Sunnose there are 80 900 members that
viii take one share each. at $25, payable
NV installments of SIS per month. on
each certificate this would give capital
stock of $75O,000, all paid up IN nve
months. or, place the payments on basis
that will meet the necessary demands, but
under no circumstance allow one man any
advantage over another in the same enter
nrise for that very thing is the mother OF
onpression, and gave birth to large COM
hines. monopolies and trusts against the
small stockholders. We all know how
stock compsnys are operated, and we also
know that CO. operation in its true meanln
10 nearly or quite impossible in stock
COMPANY. The very fact, that dollars and
cents is known to be the controlling me-
dunn of this country is sufficient evidence
to prove that we cannot cooperate as we
should by giving one man twenty -nve
votas and another one or two 'tes, as the
case may be again if we stop to look 1oi
a moment at the situations, we can see al
once that the stock company plan gives
designing and unscrupulous men chance
to wreck any enterprise and make II dls'
astrous to the best interests for which IL IL
intended, Justice to all, and special prlvl
leees to none, is what the Alliance teaches
us and also that moral worth, not wealth
shall be the true standard of individual
and national greatness; and while W.
adopt this as our motto, we should neveI
lose sight of the fact that when we CIV
any person advantage over another, oe'
cause that person happens to have I'M
largest amount of money, tuat we then AM
there fail to practice what we preach, ant
in 40 doing we violate our obligations
Alliance men. Now, suggest that we g
to work and get up the necessary capita
and organize under purely co-operstiV
system, and under the best plan that ma
be suegested by..the brothers, and start tn
business going in the shortest time possl
BILE. can get one hundred subscribers j
one week, for an enterprise OF that KIN
and, will vouch for more. Let US hea
from the brothers on the subject.-H. W
Cor. in Southern C1tltiUGt0T.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Chills and Fever.

When person gets the chiils ana aho. lever ever
they don't want to take meaicn1 as sII, h;t like Ike
them no good. They don't feel E ols nt IKE .
doing such foolish thing na lhey thst is ms sure
medicine that ia safe ana one LA s,,a - hs;nn
Well, there is one remedy 'nat, snLa saiIaa ' ND
perfectly harmless, has n+vef aara .s,,eu .hills
never viii fail to complt tely cure SINS Oni
and fever, and that remedy ~ ne % Iobn
Tonic Syrup t. Is k1 mAas snd is IS as D sure to
cure chills and fever as dayilgnt Is o.son ~ M u
10 low W u s1csllent remedy to have handy. A
single dose will check q colo ,n.a,,iasnt anu @
,eay ,sn.;lx sboald keep 1t in their hoas ehoid
and use it ss prevensive .. ''A1'
malaria. 90 well as quick suse'
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Acute Sore Throat.

Among the best remedies for this com
mon affection is hot water 1t should oe
annlied outside and inside-outside by
means of fannels wrung out of water as
hot as can be borne. applied to the throat
snd we'll covered twice day, for from NJ
taan minutes to half an hour. Gargle no.
+watar as hot as can be borne, every nj
taon minutes or half an hour until re-
iiaved @ and drink plenty of hot water so
as to get in profuse perspira'ion. "A ors 10"
IN snv simple csse.-Herald of Health.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27

A French scientist Is said to have dis
covered new explosive. 1t is con-
denseo liquefed gas, 300 drops of which
are contained In a small steel chamber
under the rifle barrel. The pulling of the
trigger releases one drop, which volatil-
izes instantly upon contact with the air
and drives the bullet with extraordinary
velocity. There is NO noise or smoke &C
companying the discharge, and altogether
the new discovery promises to make rev
olution in modern methods.-Neao York
ISegram.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
Rv the side of the main road, four mile

Bv the side of the main road, four miles
FROM Canterbury, the following curious
notice motto may be read Traction engines mes
aud other persons taking water from this
nm n,nd will be prosecuted" This is as good
~ notice I once saw in barber's win
dow: I "Hair cutting while you wait" At
Tynemouth appeared, some thirty or more
Years ago, the alarming announcement ::
visitors are cautioned against bathing
wi,hin a hundred yards of this spot, sew
eral persons having been drowned ,4i. here 10y BY
o-dar of the authorities. Notes ana
Queries.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
TWILIGHT,

How peacefully the twilight falls;
II comes, pale nun gowned in gray,
" no glides with noiseless steps to pray
Within the darkenet. cloister walls.
Above, like tapers In tht stalls
OF favored saints, by night and day,
A few stars burn to light her way
Lest any evil there befalls.
How calm her face, and steadfas', sweet
No more for her the worldly life,
Desires Of the day, its heat
Ambition, loves unrest, or strife
She entereth her dim retreat.
And night descerds Oh piniuns feet
-Ha1d EFyn.an, in Relfords Naqaztne.