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St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
This Blessings of Adversely.

The world does not value its adversities
to their full value. Indeed, the average
person does not value adversely at all. The
usual conception of complete happiness is
q condition of misunderstanding leisurely
down the stream. That ia not the way
that character is brought out in bold re-
lief, however. 1t is the fire that separates
the gold from the dross, and it is an ex-
ceedingly no: fire to step into govern
ment assay Office, and you may see an
ugly looking lump composed of gold and
worthless elements. 1t does not look in
viting it does not seem to be valuable.
This lump is placed in receptacle and
that placed in little furnace which is
roaring with ferocious fire and heat.
Soon brick of pure gold is taken from
the receptacle. 1t has been brought out
of that uninviting lump. 1t is so with
human beings. Sorrows are not to be de-
spised; adversely is not to be condemned
as positive evil. These unpleasant con-
ditions make US better and stronger men
and women. 1t is under the waves of
crushing sorrow that the grandest men
and who ever lived have been developed.
From under the great burdens of life char
acters have come as free from dross as the
gold comes from the roaring furnace.
1t is possible, however. that We may not
permit adversely to have its legitimate
effect upon US. Heat may refine gold, but
it will harden clay. 1t may, If we per-
NIT it, harden US. But we believe in get
ting all the good that can be gathered as
we pass along through life. The people
have had great reasonIfor complaint dur
ing the last few years. 1t has sometimes
seemed as if jnstice were a myth, theory,
bubble. We have been passing through
the seas of adversely. The clouds have
been dark, the storms have been fierce. 1t
has seemed as If we have not deserved
such an experience; we cannot think that
we have, but while we labor for better
things it will be wisdom to learn all the
lessons aud get all the blessings that the
unfortunate condition of things will teach
and bestow. We certainly should be made
better citizens of republic by our past
and present experiences, for we should
never forget that many of the wrongs we
are suffering are the result of our own
negligence We have had the opportu-
nifty to learn that selfshness is antagonis-
tic to the liberties of the people and that
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
If we have learned these lessons fully, our
experiences have not been entirely in vain.
-Western Rural.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

tation, the fortune, the liberty or the life
of his client are at stake, lawyer is COM
PEELED to exert his utmost energies in his
behalf, but there is limit which neither
he nor any other honorable man is ever
allowed to transgress, and that Is the law
of honor and the law of the land.
He has no privileges beyond these, and
the lawyer who will use deceit, falsehood
or trickery only manifests his own in
capacity and unworthiness for profession
which, above all others, should always be
marked by high distinction and unfair
nished responsibility.
The lawyer in our courts IS, in more
restricted sense, only an attorney employed
for the plaintiff or defendant, in case
arising or on the point of being brought
before court. 1t is not considered good
practice for decent attorney to hunt
cases, and lawyer who will foment It'll
cation is not only the most despicable OF
his kind, but dangerous element IN So
ciety.
A lawyer is not the adversary but the
adviser of the court before which he
pleads. He is also counsellor, one VINO
gives counsel not only to his client, but
also to the Judge and to the jury.
A good and reputable attorney Will
never attempt to misstate the facts, nor TO
represent to the court as law what ne
knows not to be the law.
For if he does so, there is no limit to the
evils that may follow.
The Judge, after all, is nothing more
than a lawyer himself. He is not bound
to be better versed in the law than the
attorneys practicing at his bar.
He depends upon them to cite and to
expound the law fairly and truly to him,
because the greatest injustice to indivldu-
ais, and sometimes the greatest perlls to
society itself, may flow from an erroneous
decision.
We are all, therefore, deeply concerned
in the event which brings US together to-
day from the most humble to the most
exalted.
The imposing structure which will be-
fore long rise above the crude foundations
that lie before US will represent the power
and majesty of the law, and will always,
| hope, remain open to all alike, to the
rich or to the poor, to the strong or to the
weak, to the popular or to the friendless,
to apply for and obtain speedy and even
HANDED justice.
Let US trust, my fellow citizens, that
with new and good court house we shall
always have fail. minded jurors, conscien-
cious judges, efficient officers and able and
honorable lawyers, to vindicate the law as
the surest safeguard of peace and good
order.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
A Dogs Sense.

young girl was crossing the Puoilc
Garden one morning upon the main pam
which crossed the bridge. She was &C.
companied by magnificent mastitf, who
strobe along beside her in the most com
panionable sort of way, looking up into
her face occasionally, as If to remark
casually that it was very fine morning,
or to ask if there was anything he could
do for her.
The two crossed the bridge together,
and finally came to the Charles Street
gate Here the young girl, evidently not
wishing to have the care of the dog in the
busy streets, said:
"There, that is far enough now, Marco.
You need not 90 with me any farther, but
turn about and 60 home.
She did not t1ke her hands out OF her
mutf to point the way and she spoke as
she would to small brother, in pleasant
conversational voice.
Marco looked at her with his large eyes,
then looked across the Common, wagglrg
his tail slowly, as though he were thinking
how pleasant it would be to go the rest q
the way. Finally, he turned back to her
again. and with a movement of his head
and ewes, asked as plainly as though the
words had come from his mouth, please
let me go little farther, it is such nne'
morning?'
mo. dear. I'm going shopping, yous
know" answered the girl, explaining the
difficulty, as if Marco were human
"There'll be crowds of people, and shsl!
not know what to do with you. But &C
along now, there's good fellow; and IA
be back soon."
Without another word, Marco turne'
and walked back across the gardens. ri
did not stink away as some dogs do whe
sent back. but m srched leisurely alon'
9TH his head in the air. stopped me-
m M Sn on the bridge to watch the childre
skating below, then trotted on to"sl
mmonwealsh Avenue. -Bosto" Eren'
Record.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
Good Suggestions .

Under the head of good suggestions In
the American Journal of Education and
National Educator we find the following
which we reproduce for the benefit of our
readers.
"Here are some practical suggestions
from an eminent and successful teacher
who writes as follows:
Without rewards school is dead.
Issue daily, weekly and monthly reports:
Be punctual to the moment In opening and
closing school-in beginning and ending
recitations. ,
Get good, ringing tell on your school
house. Keep the premises clean and in
order. Don't be afraid of fresh air.
Your pupils will copy you in everything
unless indeed they see that you are not
worth copying. Then be digni6ed in de-
meanor, gentle in address, neat in your
person, upright as well in attitude as in
character. Be diligent study carefully
every lesson and have some short il
lustration of the principal point ready
YOU can't teach a class in even the first
book without previous study. Have your
boots polished and don't forget to put on
a clean collar in the morning; and when
your pupils do well, give them some sub.
stantial evidence of their well doing by
merits, checks, certificates or reward
cards."
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
Fell into His Own Lap.

He was dandy who wore the summer
compromise between q dress coat and an
ordinary coat; that is sack with the up
per frontage of a regulation swallowtail,
exposing q spacious bosom of linen. All
that the outdoor atmosphere could do had
not melted the stiffness of that shirt nor
dimmed the lustre of its gloss. The wearer
was a thin, marrowless, juiceless fellow,
and perhaps it was no great wonder that
he had not generated steam enough to
turn the crisp starch into soggy paste He
dragged himself YEARLY down the center
aisle and took q seat in the front row OF
orchestra chairs. Then it became evident
to close observers that he was affected by
alcoholic caloric as we'll as the ordinary
stress of the weather.
"Hes going to collapse said one OBJ;
server of the poor chappie's weakened
state.
"No," was the reply; that shirt front
holds him up. See how he leans on 1t as
though 1t were q fence reaching to his
chin. He's safe"
But he wasn't. At that very instant the
structure of linen and gloss gave way
wrinkling into shspeless mass, and the
dandy, with the support unexpectedly re-
moved, fell forward into his own lap
Nam York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

"Begob, but I've got the best OF VI
mnrtherin' railroad this time, anyhow
ssid A Hibernian who had a grudge agar
the company in question.
"How Is that, Dennis, asked
stander. .,sru
II bought a return ticket ana m
coming back at all at ALL" was the trip
nhsnt reply.-Boston Bulletin,
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

Ihave myself used, and known others 70
use Bulls Sarsapari]la with entire salts.
faction. believe it calculated to reIleve
much suffering and earnestly recommend
it to the afflicted.-Rsr. e. ". oe"on'
LatltsuiNe, HY.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

e"The Old Homestead, the Davis Bros.
publishers and proprietors, of Savannah,
GEORGIA, Is q first-class magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
he arih.

Inc l arm.
We give below condensed statement
of the new duties imposed by the tariff
act of 1890 on timber and sugar;
Timber hewn and sawed 10 GO p c,
$4,000, squared or sided &c p it (1c),
boards OF hemlock, wildwood, sycamore,
white pine and Eastwood 81 NJ ($2),
sawed and planed SOC (do), cedar posts,
ties and telegraph poles 25 p C (free), pine
clapboards 81 p NJ ($2), spruce clapboards
81 so (do), lath 15c p NJ (do), white pine
shingles 2Oc 1850, p NJ, other shingles Soc
(35c) pickets and palings 10 GO p g,
slaves of wood 10 p (do), casks, barrels
and packing boxes 30 p (do), chair cane
or reeds 10 p G. 35 p g; total imports of
timber boards, shingles, ETC., were over
nine million dollars.
Sugar From July 1, 1891, to July l,
1905, bounty of &c p 10 is to be paid from
the United States treasury to the producers
of sugar testing not less than 80 degrees
bv the polsriscope and II p ID if testing
80 to 80 degrees, from beets, sorghum,
sugar cane or maple sap produced within
the United States. The details of this
bounty payment are in charge of the COM
missioner of internal revenue, and may be
obtained by applying to that officer at
Washington. The law requires appll-
cation for license to so produce, while the
bounty is not to be paid to producers of
less than 500 lbs of sugar. 1t is to be
noted that this bounty will not apply to
the sugar crop of 1890, but the special
proviso is made that the bounty offer shall
90 into effect April 1, 1891, 80 that it will
cover the maple sugar crop next spring as
well as other sugar produced after that
date by those who comply with the regu-
lations. The lower duties or free admis-
sion of sugar or molasses also 60 into effect
April l, 1891 The new duty on all sugars
above No. IS Dutch standard is fixed at &c
D 10 against Che old rate of 3 and BIC,
under which Imports of refined sugar were
only 256,911 lbs valued at $l1 900 All
sugar not above No 16 Dutch standard is
admitted free against the old rate of &c
D Id, under which raw beet sugar was i'm
ported to tae amount of SOL, 1894 lbs
valued at SIS, 34e, AT, while the imports
of raw cane sugar were 2. los, 21S. l5S lbs
valued at $50, 1877, 1875. All molasses are
also admitted free against the old rate
which varied from 2 to sc per gallon as
to quality, with imports of 31,4l6,S 500
gals. valued at IS, 1853. 4S1. All machinery
used in domestic beet sugar production
shall be admitted free. The duty of 2Oc
per gallon on maple sugar " as stricken
ont
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
The Presidents Thanksgiving
Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-The following
is the proclamation by the President of
the United States:
| A PROCLAMATION.
By the grace and favor of an Almighty
God, the people of this nation have been
| led to the closing days of the passing year,
| which has been full of the blessings
| of peace and the comforts of plenty.
Bountiful compensation has come to us
| for the work of cur minds and of our
hands in every department Of human in
| dustry.
Now. therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United States of America,
| do hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty
| seventh day of the present month of No
vember, to be observed as aday Of thanks
| giving and prayer, and do invite the
people upon that day to cease from their
| labors to meet in their accustomed house
of worship, and to Join in rendering
gratitude and praise to our beneficient
Creator for the rich blessings he has
granted US as nation and invoking the
continuance of His protection and grace
for the future.
commend to my fellow-citizens the
privilege of remembering the poor, the
homeless and the sorrowing. Let US en-
deavor to merit the promised recompense
of charity and the gracious acceptance of
our praise. In testimony whereof, l have
hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 9th
day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
fifteenth. BENZ. HARRISON,
By the President
JAMES G. BLAINE. Seer etary of State.
Mr.. Gladstone's Message to Young Men.
Be sure that every one of you has his
place and vocation on this earth, and that
it rests with himself to find it. Do not
believe those who too lightly say nothing
succeeds like success. Effort, honest,
manful, humble effort, succeeds by its re-
fected action, especially in youth, better
than success, which, indeed, too easily and
too early gained. not seldom serves, like
winning the first throw of the dice, to
blind and stupefy. Get knowledge, all
you can. Be thorough in all you do, and
remember that though ignorance often
may be innocent. pretension is always de-
spicable. But you, like men, be strong,
and exercise your strength. Work on
wards and work upwards; and may the
blessings of the Most High soothe your
cares, clear your vision and crown your
labors with reward.-The Golden Cense7.
~ RI
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
The South.

A gentlem an who has recently made an
extended tour of the Northern and Eastern
cities, says:
''That in all of the populous cities,
nothing but kind words are expressed for
the South and it's growth that the near
future is going to witness more rapid
development than the past years; that all
of its rich resources are attracting the most
favorable comment and will continue to
secure a large estment of American
and English capital. This is not only
true because of the vastness of their values
but also because investments can be made
throughout the South on the basis of low
values, no initiation, while the West and
sections of country, not really so favored
as the South, have resorted to blooms
until all values are inflated.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

The weather up N.rth for the past few
days has been quite severe. In Minnesota
and other points the temperature was re-
ported below zero Thee was general
snow storm from Colorado to Iowa. There
is quite contrast in the weather there
and here. No ice here yet, and garden
vegetables green.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22
An important Dec;s;on

very important and interesting opinion
has Just been unanimously handed down
by the court of appeals. the highest legal
tribunal in the State of New York. Since
the unanimous opinion of the Supreme
Court of the United States maintaining
the constitutionality of the law prohibit
ing certain employees OF the government
from asking, giving to, or receiving from
other employees money for political
purposes, there has been no more signif-
cant decision than this in New York. 1t
attlrms, first, the constitutionality of the
law; second, that no person receiving an
Office in defiance Of the law can collect any
compensation third, that q mayor of a
city may incur reasonable expenses neCes.
sary to carry out the law, and that the
amount may be recovered from the city,
whether an appropriation has been made
for 1t or not. 1t Is signal victory for re-
form. The case appealed was that of
Sherman 5. Rogers, the president of the
Buffalo Civil Service Reform Association,
against the city of Buffalo and Diebold,
and the opinion sustains the view of the
| association that the civil service law ap-
plies to all the officers of a city govern
ment, excepting those specially exempted.
The action was brought to test the
validity of the appointment of street and
health inspectors in total disregard and
defiance of the civil service law.
1t asked an Injunction to restrain persons
so appointed from drawing pay, on the
ground that they held office illegally.
temporary Injunction was granted by
Justice Daniels The injunction was con-
tinued after hearing by Justice Lewis, and
then affirmed by the general term. 1t has
Off cd ? o 49, l.,
The opinion, written by Judge Peckham,
is very full and exhaustive, and is much
longer than the usual opinions of the
court. 1t states, with great force and
lucdity, the condition of the public
service arising from the "semi- barbarous
maxim" that to the victors belong the
spoils The consequences resulting from
such view and practice are admirably
stated, and with glow of conviction
which is inspiring.
"No one can can believe that such a
system was calculated to produce service
fit for the only purpose for which offices
are created, namely, the discharge of
duties necessary to be performed in
order that the public business may be
properly and efficiently transacted. The
continuous and systematic filling of all the
offices of great and industrious nation by
such means became conclusive proof in
the minds of many intelligent and in
fuential men that the nation itself had
not in such matters emerged from the
SEMI bar barous state, ana that it had
failed to obtain the full benefits arising
from an advanced and refined civilization"
The vigorous and effective way in which
these views and conclusions are stated
shows how fully the court agrees with
them so that the opinion, although sIrict-
ly judicial becomes one of the most effect
i've and weighty pleas tor REFORM
Hdrper's Weekly
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22

| parties, have right to require that they
should be endowed with fairness, honesty
| and common sense.
With these three qualities empanelled
| in the jury box, and evenly distributed
| among twelve intelligent jurors, there can
never any fear arise of denial of justice
The clerk and the sheriff are but the
! ministerial officers of the court.
What is demanded of them is thor
| ough aptitude for the discharge of their
respective duties, integrity, dispatch, and
| above all. close observance of the prin-
ciple that they are the servants of the
| public, and that their offices should never
be used for personal advantage and greed.
These are the surest guarantees that
their Offices will be filled by competent
and worthy officers.
A judge, however learned in the law he
may be, cannot decide difficult cases and
intricate law questions without the assist
! ance of the bar.
From the studies and researches of
counsel, employed on both sides of given
case, the court derives much of the light
which enables it to arrive at lucid deter
mination of the knotty issues that may be
presented.
A judge might as we'll pretend to decide
a lawsuit without proof or the deposition
of witnesses as without the presentation
of the law and the argument by counsel
in the case
The functions Of lawyers, therefore, in
court of justice, are by NO means to be
despised.
have said while ago that lawyer
must be honorable. 1t il common error
to believe that the privileges of lawyer
at the bar entitle him to resort to acts and
to language which would be not only un-
called for, but disreputable, elsewhere
or. in other words, that a lawyer may do
az say ANYTHING in order to win his case.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-22


| the postal regulations and requirements,
and place the matter in proper condition to
entitle it to all the privileges of the mails,
and is especially useful in the case of
| packages and other matter mailable at
less than letter rate of postage, which is
restricted to certain conditions and require
ments as to weight, size, manner of in
| closure. etc.
Letters and all other matter mailed, 80
marked with the name and address of the
sender, that should fail to be called for or
| delivered to the person addressed, and
upon which full letter rates of postage has
| been paid are not sent to the Dead Letter
office, but are returnable to the sender
directly without additional charge, and
with the reason OF non. delivery Endorsed
theron.
The above suggestions in respect to the
return of unclaimed and undelivered mail
matter directly to the sender from the post
office addressed, refers only to letters and
other mail matter upon which full letter
postage has been paid.
Packages and all matter mailed at less
than letter rates of postage, should, IN 40
dition to the name and address OF the
sender upon the envelope or wrapper: bear
in connection Herewith request for Its
return in the event of non-delivery. in
which case it is also returnable directly to
the sender from the post Office addressed,
charged with return postage at the rate
required for the class of matter to which
it belongs.
The distinction, under the postal regu--
lations, as regards the return OF unclaimed
and undelivered matter is, that letters and
other matter prepaid at full letter rates
are rsturnable free. whereas matter mail
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-03
Fast Day in New England.

BOsTON, Mass, April 3.-Fast day
is being observed as usual throughout
Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Today banks and exchanges are closed
and public and mercantile business
generally suspended, as are also the
editions of daily papers in Boston and
most OF the New England cities.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-03

We would though direct special attention to
some superb values in
$4.CO PANTS,
which we are showing in many striking and
pleasing effects.
Our phenomenal sale last season of
BOYS CLOTHING
which laid low our stock has been repIen-
iShed away up in anticipation of the many
needs we will be called upon to satisfy. now
that money is so plentiful in the Sc parts.
FLANNEL SHIRTS have come to stay.
because they have become a recogOniZed
want. 1t will then not surprise you to know
that they are a Noticeable Feature in the
array of
NEW STYLES OF SHIRTS
we are this season displaying. 1t will aston
lSh you though to see the many new freaks
they have contain, which improved fan
cieS have suggested.
STRAW HATS. We are on time. with a.
full aSsOrtempnt
FURNISHING GOODS Our line rep
reSents all the novelties and improved
devices.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-03
TO OUR MANY MAIL ORDER FRIENDS

VIII be i'll the directions serving them accpabl
buying in We only ask that
b stating kind of goods and color desired that
exactly what require.