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St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
Sunken Cities.

Most countries of the east which border
on seas or oceans, or which have large
lakes or seas within their limits, have
names and a fixed location for fabulous
cities. In Germany the city is called
Vlneta, and 1T Is said to be in the vicinity
of the island of Rugen. Werner's novel
of the same name i based on this old Ger
man superstition. Max Muliers father
wrote a beautiful little poem with Elneta
as the theme, the following being the
most exquisite of its many stapzas:
Hark. the faint bells of the supken C ty
Peal ouce more theif wOnJed evening chimes
From the deep ably sses floats a ditly,
Wild and wondrous OF the olden times.
The Italians point out seven different
bays and harbors which they tell you were
once occa pied by populous cities, over
which the waves now roll TO the depth oI
several fsthoms. Is, the sunken city Of
Brittany, seems to be quite d nomad, va
rlous places along the coast being pointed
out as its former site however, it is always
given tine same name, no matter where To-
Gated. The Dulk of authorities Tx on the
Bay of Douarnenez as being the body Of
water at present rolling over the Legendary
city. Huge stones and oEher relics recent
ly found by divers working iG the bay
make it st least probable that some large
Gallo Romaic city onc stood there on land
now covered by the sea.
Tough Neagh. the traditional Irish foun-
tain, not only buried a city, but a whole
district and many cities under its waters
by u phenomenal outbreak, which oc-
Cured some time during the prehistoric
or semi pre-. historic period.-St. Louis Re
pupllc.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
About Marriage.

ADVICE TO THOSE ABOUT TO SLIP ON TIE
M,TRIMONIAL Moose.
Some marry for the fun of the thing
and never sac where it comes in. This is
discouIaging.
Some marry for the sake of q good COM
paninn and never disc over their mistake.
fhis is lucky.
1t IS better to have q comedy "h lpmeet"
of some use han . brilliant one simply
"some pumpkins"
Man is d fckie "critter." Even Adam,
who had his wife made to oruor, found
more or less fault with her.
Don't marry Il man for his reputation.
1t is liable TO be only a secondhand affair,
borro we'd from his ancestors.
Many women have married men for
their fine exterior. But that all there is
to an ancient egg worth mentioning.
Many marry TO spite some one else only
to learn that they got the butt-end of the
transaction, and its worst eud at that.
Marriage is a lottery full of chances
That's what gives it flavor. All like to
chance it, because every body thinks to win
a prize.
Wedlock in its original state, was as
pure as sweet milk fresh from the COW,
but man couldn't rest until lie stripped it
of much of it's rich cream.
The hot-headed youth marries in a
hurry because he fears Ioarriagesble fe
males will be scarce next year, and lives
to wonder how the supply holds out.
Marriage resulting from love at frst sight
is generally welded bliss On a par with
sour milk One or the other gets swindled,
and often both.
Many a man has married for beauty,
only to learn that he paid so for what
can be purchased for rs cents at ell
druggists. This is hard.
Woman is sometimes the real cause Of
unhapiness in the married relations OF life,
b 1t in the majority of instances the boot is
on the other DOT, and she is really the true
c2mtort there is in it.
Don't marry a woman for her taper fl
gers and lily hands alone, for married life
and It's rugged experience call for a wife
that knows how 10 make a pot boil and en-
spank babies systematically.
But few people marry for pure love, and
they in after years sus pect that what W. re
at the pronptiuss of the tender passi N
were. in all probability, but the first symp
tons or cholera morbus.
The man who marries q woman simply
because she is a handy arrangement t.:
have about the house does so from a pure
~ business stand point, and in the eud, if
not compelled to support him, she has
done better than many women | kno OF.
Many a man who marries for money las
never realized a dividend upon the inves-
ment and many women who have done
the same thing have left word for their
gosterity that, although q fair transaction
upon the face of it, yet ii IS just ss liable
to be Il put up job.-Er.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
The Artists Picture Of a Beggar.

Mr.. Reaney, of Stepney, in a recent adj
dress to young people, related an 1ncloent
of q noblemam who asked an artlst 10
paint him a picture which should surprise
every one who saw it. He promised TO
give him a large sum of money for 1t, n
he left him to choose his OWE subject, only
STIMULATING that whatever the picture
might look like it must surprise all VINO
rave it close and earnest inspection. Inc
artist was very much puzzled to lind a
subject, Everything he could think OF
seemed only like pictures which had been
nsinted by Others, until one night an in
SEPARATION came to him. Apoor beggar had
stood at his door pleading for help. The
artist took him into his studio and gave
him food. 81 wonder whether he could
help me with my picture" he unused but
then he shook his head sorrowfuily.
"What was there new or startling IN d
ragged beggar7' Sorrowfally he dismiss
ed the poor man, putting a silver com in
his hand at parting, and saying a few
words of comfort and cheer. "How his
face lighted up" he unused, when |
blessed him" Then, suddenly, the artist
wa seized with a thought which took him
speedily to his canvas. The picture was
painted, and hung in lie nobleman's
picture gallery. Then the artist invited
the nobleman to inspect his work. That
picture" said the nobleman hastily, as he
viewed it at a distance. ssh, there is no
surprise there! 1t is a WORKOUT subject.
Who Is not familiar with the sight of q
ragged beggar" 'Stay, my lord, pleaded
the artist, "~pefore you further crlticise,
90 a little nearer" The nobleman dlo so,
but having advanced a few steps, Stated
back exclaiming, beautiful strangely
beautiful! What a glorious surprise !!
"Good, very good This will a~stonisb
my guests as 1t has astonished me p What
had the noblemsn seen to make him SO
suddenly pleased? AS he drew nearer the
ragged Deggar suddenly changed into the
figure Of Christ. The hand of the beg
gar stretched, out for aims, became the
hand of the Savior, uplitted some What,
with the 'Peace be unto you p The eyes
which at a distance had looked SO plead
ingly for help, were full of tender COM
passion and eloquent love. Underneath
the picture thu artist had painted the word,
''lnasmuch !"-Iimes of Refreshing.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
Profit in Sheep.

wish TO give my ex peri, nee with a
small flock, and hope some reader will be
induced to give them a t.iai. October,
1884, ! purchased at y sale seven native
ewes. There was no Duck in the flock,
SD there WAS no increase the next season.
The next August l bred them % Il Merino
buck and had seven lambs dropped, but
raised only FIVE, three awe and Two bucks.
| keep 10 wethers through the winter, sell
or butcher for home use all the buck
lambs. Keep an eye 20 the best WOOL pro-
ducing and most productive eve. Never
let one fool me with no lamb more thar
once. NV grade Merinos will average If
teensspounds of wool and raise a good lamb
yearly, with ordinary treatment. have
sold and muttoned fifteen head five grown
ones pave died. and | now Lave ON hand
ffty-two head raised from the seven ewes.
1926 has grown to 1925 now, besides tbs
product on wool enc nation up to date.
Have had very little trouble with dogs.
| keep h sm inclosed snd they are gentle 4;
will always come as near the house at
night as they can. AS go among them,
my dog fellows, and they become accus-
TONED to the dog and are not afraid of
hin. Have seen them run strange dogs
out of tue lot. The disp :sition to run at
sight of dogs makes it v1ry inviting for q
race, which eliminates in tins death of a
sheep AMI q ruined dog. think keeping
them gentle, and teaching them that tie
dog Is not as mean as they generally think,
is tie sufest protection against dogs. l
give them run of sedge grass in old fields
IN the summer, ana the old plantation
after the crops are gathered, with some
cotton seed, kaffif corn, oars, peas in hull,
and some corn fodder in winter and spring.
| think katfir corn ths cheapest and best
We can raise for them Fed almost exclu-
sively on this last spring and am we'll
pleased with it. l feed oIly the grain
have never saved q stalk Tor forage.
Have just gotten s fine Merino buck and
will breed hun on thirty selec cd grade
ewes this coming sea on. | am expecting
some fine sheep from this breeding. We
do not sell our WOOL to local buyers, but
ship to Laurel Mills, or Porter Manufact-
uling CO and exchange for jeans and
other goods of their manufacture. We
have tried both mills and can recommend
either of them for liberal and just treat
ment. Would advise all who have small
quantities of wool to try this plan of SELL
ing. We sell u surplus jeans at home
for the cash market price, and realize
more than to sell the wool.-H. II. Mex,
Amerlcus. Ga, IN Southern CuttDatoq.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
A Living Rope.

A number of boys were skating and
sliding III Yorkshire nearly a hundred
years ago. On a sudden the ice gave way
almosf in the middle of the lake, and one
poor little fellow fell in.
There was no house near where they
could run ivf Ls4p; 40 ropes which they
could throw to their struggling compan-
ion. The boys stood On the bank, with
pale, sorrowtul faces, afraid TO Try to
reach their friend, in case the ice should
give way aud swallow them all up.
But one boy suddenly remembered that
although you cannot stand a board upright
on thin ice without its going through, yet
ii you lay the same board fiat on the ice it
will be quite safe. Not only that, but he
knew that he could run along the board
without fear of cracking the ice.
1t only took him a moment to remember
all that the next he spoke to his friends
something after this fashion:
81 will lie down flat on the ice near the
edge; then n of you must come to m.
fest and push me along till you too can lie
down. If you all lie down in that way,
and push the boy in front of you, we shall
make a line long enough to reach poor
Reuben"
Thus, taking the post of danger him.
self, the brave boy was able by his living
rope to reach his friend. He pulled him
out, though he was not a moment too soon.
for he was so exhausted with his efforts
to keep his head above water that he
would very soon have sunk.-Seected.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
A sisters Influence,

81 wonder" said Mrs. Eaton, 'twhat
makes Frank Sawyer so different from
Tom Blake and Billy Harris? They've
both got good homes and good parents,
but Tom and Bill are as rough as young
Indians, and never seem to know the diff
ference between the inside of the house
and outdoors" Well, the fact was that
Frank Sawyer had sis tiers, and it was i'm
possible to feel that the 'Finside of the
house was the same as Outdoors, " where
the presence and influence OF eltner
n or older sisters were constantly
felt.
Said a gentleman in our hearing not
long since. ~ can never tell what my
older sister was to me all through my
growing up / knew nothing of her value
to me as q boy, recognized comparatively
little of il as a young man, but now L have
reached years of maturity, l realize how
much she did to make home attractive and
nv childhood a pleasant one.
And again. it was but a little while ago
a lady was speaking of the gentle manner
and unusual ability in entertaining shown
by a young gentleman who had recently
come into the community. sob, well"
said q friend, "Ill tell you where be
learned his ease and acquired such flushed
manners he grew up with a lot of sisters,
and they always depended on hin to help
them when they had company, and they
consulted him about their fancy work and
the arrangement of a room or tea-table,
lust as if he were another girl"
Commend us to those boys who nave
grown up with "a lot of sisters" We
have often heard a gentleman remark re-
gretfully, II never had n sister that was
Something l missed" We feel for such a
genuine pity that they should have missed
So much. But do the girls of the family
realize aver eighty the great influence
they are exertlng, or might exert, over
their b10thers2-Se!ected
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
THE LOST

O. WHY C ant l think of it! Where dlo IL eof
T Thought I would tell you this morning, you
know. -,
Vas r Thought. half awake-all so plain it did
seem;
And now T have lost Tiny dear little dream.
| m Won think it will come again-maybe to-
night?
nh If 7 once catch 1t, I'll hold it so tight.
Twas like music, 1 think, and it must have had
wings;
things
IF one could just peep into dreamland and see!
Do y0u think | would find 1t there. waiting for
me?
But trying to catch it, one never could tell
It might fade quite away, under dark fairy spell.
For a queer place is dreamland, you know-very
queer;
And you can't be quite sure which is there and
which here;
And you ALWAYS keep doing, but never get done,
And the ground floats from under your feet as
you run.
There the hills and the hollows seem melting IN
haze;
,Tis an Indian summer of unending days
And the music will never play straight through
one tune,
And the trees are SO tall they go brushing the
moon.
There the cats and the dogs are all able TO talk,
When YOU meet 'em together, out taking a walk.
There the roses are green, and the leaves may be
pink,
And things are so ''mixish'' it scares you to think.
There speaking to some one you're sure that you
know,
Why, it's somebody else-and that bothers you
so.
You'll mean to say something-the sense will all
change
To something you didn't mean, foolish and
strange.
But l think / shall know it the minute / see,
And I'll tell you the moment I wake. Oh, dear
me!
hone that I'll find it. Too bad it would seem
To lose it forever that dear little dream!
81. Nicholas.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
Wizards of Cochin China.

A traveller who recently made a tour oil
the Orient. and who, by the way, is some
thing of q magician himself, tells the fol-
lowing remarkable story of his experience
with some of the wizards of the east
Zone OF these was begun by the largest
mar in the group. who threw a great coil
of ribbon far toward the sky. AS it un-
coiied in mid-air a small hawk seemed to
be liberated from it, to seize the ribbons
end in its besk, and to fly with it in a
cloud, which apparently proceeded from
the RIBBON itself, and was caused, | pre-
sumo, by something burning along its sur
face. From this cloud there now slid to
the ground a snake, a frog and a smiling
native baby, which one OF the women
caught in her arms and held out to the as
tonished crowd.
"All the magicians, save the larger,
who was of a more gigantic stature, now
left the place. The giant then sat upon
the ground, concealing himself with a
large umbrella, exacting from me a promise
to remove it at the expiration of five min
utes by my watch. When | did as directed
the giant had disappeared; though the
earth where he had sat was perfectly
solid. Returning to the inn, we found our
giant sitting s9renely ON the porch. When
| harded him his umbrella he opened it
with a quick jerk, disclosing my watch
and chain, which | had not missed, hang
ing to n of lis ribs.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04

or TO- SO tons per acre of excellent green
food during the months of November, Da-
cember, January and February. The uu-
p~recedented fire., 70 of March l SO seriously
injured the cots exposed by the recent
Cuttings, that the stubble was plo~ed in
for another crop
NJ farm III The cotton States should be
without its patches of rye or barley to be
cut or p2stured during fall, winter and
spring.
1t is a good plan to make two sowings,
one in September and another in Noveul-
Der, to continue the growth later into the
spring. OaIs sown Tricky in drills or
highly fertilized soil will still further
prolong the season. Every farmer should
SOW a few acres of rye late IN the fall for
the purpose of raising his own seed. Ii
he has a surplus he can readily sell 1t az
Two dollars per bushel.
Green rye or barley fed to mules and
horses during winter contribute to the
maintenance of a healthy condition.
Many gardens are unoccnpisd during
winter, save by noxious weeos, Plant
every vacant space in rye, barley or oatF.
No space remains vacant in our gard. n for
ten days a. any season of the year, and we
generally have a new crop growing before
the old one has been renewed. Feed and
keep the garden well, and it will feed
your famils.-PrCf. NeUman, in AIidnce
Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
Low Castles in India.

A caste called the Ollsres, who live ir
the jungles and collect honey and wax in
the forests, veal little or no clothing and
regard the tiger as their uncle. When q
tiger dies, either naturally or by violence,
the Ollares shave their heads in token OF
mourning and eat no cooked food for
three days. This is, however, not 80 sur
prising when we learn that they can eat nj
flesh but that of animals which nave been
killed by tigers. What a precarious com.
missariat theirs must be! Another jungle
race, the Naiaddys, are the most wretched
outcasts on the face of the earth. These
stunted beings build a kind. of dwelling in
trees to escape from the wild beasts. These
they hunt, having no food except their
flesh and forest roots. Rice is unknown tc
them. The Brahmins are, of course, the
highest caste, even the royal family rank
ing second to them.-Spectator.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
A COUNTRY COURTShIP.
Driving the COWS from the upper meadow

Driving the COWS from the upper meadow
Beauty and Brindle and Bess-
Now in the sunlight, now in the shadow,
And now in the winds caress;
With song as sweet as at morn the startling
Is wont to the skies to trill;
Mollie, the farmers daughter and darling,
Comes tripping adown the hill.
purple and black are the braided tresses
Her dainty temples that crown;
light is her step on the sward it presses
AS fall Of the thistle down.
The squirrels peek from the wayside hedges
As the maiden moves along,
And count it chief Of their privileges
To list to her jocund song.
Down where the alders and slender rushes
Border the ~rivnlet's banks,
And the widened sweep of the water gushes
Under a bridges broad planks,
Shistling a love song, in broken snatches-
His hat pushed back from his brows--
Robin, the miller, awaits and watches
For the coming Of the cows.
Up to their knees in the stream the cattle
Drink deep Of its crystal flow;
Little they care for the lovers prattle
Or the bliss the twain may know;
Their heaving sides with their draughts dis
tended,
They enter the path again,
And crop the grasses, with heads low Bonded,
On either side of the lane.
The shadows deepen; the dew is sprinkling
With diamonds all the meads;
And faint and far, in the distance tinkling,
The sound Of the bells recedes.
Still on the bridge where the water glistens
AS the moonlight on it falls,
The miller talks, and the maiden listens,
But the COWS are in their stalls.
w. I. Kelly in Ladies' Home Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
Pneumonia,

A person that is weak and debilitsted as
sumes a very great risk if he fails to give
a cold, be it ever so slight. immediate sad
quick attention. When the system of
such a person becomes impregnated with
q deep-seated cold, it is almost sure to re-
suit in pneumonia, a disease that is very
nearly always fatal. The timely use OF
Smiths Tonic Syrup at the very beginning
of a cold will check it at orce. Its timely
use undoubtedly saved many lives. Its
tonic properties are unexcelIed, and it's
good effect on the circalatory system is felt
at once, preventing congestion of the
mucons membrane and blood vessels. 1t
is the common sense treatment of malaria,
chills and fever, colds, influenza, la grippe,
etc, and is far superior to quinine In its
action, never leaving any after effect. II
is the prescription of DR.. John Bull of
Louisville, KY, in which city it is USED
almost university. ANY druggist will get
you the remedy.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04


Louis. the Duke of Burgundy, was he
grandson OF Louis Nv OF France. If he
hao lived he would have been the King
of France, He was a kind-hearted,
though tfui boy, and died at the early age
of eleven years. The story which follows
is one of many illustrating his true nobil-
ity of character
One day Louis was rushing heller skel-
ter down the stairs, when he suddenly fell
and hurt his knee. He was so afraid of
frightening mis- mother, and so anxious
that none of the servants in charge of him
should be alarmed, that he told no one
how much he was hurt.
He suffered a great deal for some time,
and at last no was obliged to tell his
mother about it. Then IL was found that
an abcess had formed in the knee. The
doctors held a consultation, n the little
prince was taken into tbs next room while
they talked the matter over, and deter
mined that an operation must be performed.
When the day which they had fixed
arrived, the princes tutor went to prepare
him for it as gently as he could.
81 hope you will be able to bear 1t
quietly" he said.
Louis smiled s dly.
81 knew all you have been telling me
two months ago." he said. 81 heard what
the surgeons said, but | did not mention it
for fear any one should think was wor-
ried about it. Now the fatal day has
come. Leave me alone for a quarter of an
hour then l shall be ready"
When the time was up he asked to see
the instruments. Taking them in his
hands, he said
Il can bear anything if only | may get
well again and comfort mamma"
Chloroform was unknown in those days,
and the operation would have been very
hard for a man to bear, yet the little fell
low only called out twice, and when it WAS
all over he found his reward in the tender
embraces of his father and mother.
Then came weary months of pain and
weakness, which tried the poor boy sadly,
yet it was only when the pain was more
than usually violent that he allowed him-
self to complain and it was understood
among his attendants that if the prince
were particularly anxious about their
health and comfort, it was a sign that he
himself was suffering more.
Z "Dear Tourolle," he said one day to one
of his favorite servants, ''you do too much
for me you hurt yourself. Go out and
get some fresh air l will try to do with
out you for two or three hours"
Night after night the poor little suf-
ferer, not yet eleven years old, would lie
awake in pain; yet he would not groan or
cry out, lest he should wake the attend
ants who slept near him, and if he were
obliged to ask for anything it was in a o n
of voice which could disturb NO one.
At last those weary months of suffering
came to an end, and the noble. hearted boy
died, on February 90, 1851, with his arms
around his mothers neck.
There is one saying of his which well
describes his life, and which may serve as
a motto for all: II cannot do much, but
I will do all / can. '-SundoQ School Ad-
yocdte.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-04
E

The thick June grasses cling around her feet,
All starred with daisies in the meadow wide,
The clover lifts its balls of nectar sweet,
And buttercups flash gold on every side.
She seeks to know her fate, to learn her lot,
A daisy is her sibyl, pure and fair;
The petals fall-"He loves me-, loves me not
She murmurs as they flutter in the air.
Oh, maiden, poets write for us in vain,
We push the printed page aside and find
In the low murtnur of your soft refrain
The living, breathing music of mankind.
And tha true wheels, which move the great round
world,
Are those that in your slender hand you hold,
Whose spohes are milk white petals family curled
That cling like thoughts around a heart of gold
-E01SeniHa