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St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
\ Blast Against Early Marriages.

"Early marriage is the greatest evil that
afflicts our social life, F" remarked gentle
man the other day-a gentle who began
life clerk on small salary, and who is
now the head of one of the largest dry
goods establishments in the world,
ri have in my store, he continued, cover
two thousand men and women. and it is
nv observation that nearly all of
them who are in trouble can trace
their sorrows to a too early marriage
Take, for example, the case of clerk
who makes $40 week. That is salary
lust sufficient to support himself ana no
more but he meets a pretty girl, who,
say, is also earning $40 week, and mar
ries her. All goes well for little while !;
but soon the young wife has to resign her
position in the store to go home and nurse
her child. The clerk has now three to
provide for, and he very soon finds that
| S1O a week will not do it. He runs in
| debt and maybe takes to drink. He be-
comes disconnected and quarrelsome, and
before long he and his young wife are
having it hot and heavy every day. Then
the separation takes place, and, as Is
always the rule in such cases, the man
goes off to some other city to begin life
anew, while the poor young mother is left
| at home to provide for her baby. L have
over one hundred young women in my
store to-day who have passed through
| Just such a history-I am not drawing an
imaginary picture-and all their sorrows
and miseries might have been avoided If
they had only waited few years before
contracting marriage. If the Young clerk
had said : 4 am earning $40 week,
but | will not marry until l am getting
salary of $25 week, how different
would have been the fate of himself
and the young girl whose life he
ruined l am not much IN favor OF
making laws TO regulate everything
ard everybody, but it sometimes seems to
me as if a law might well be passed enact
ing that no man be permitted to marry
until he has laid by in bank at least $1,000
Any man. who has ordinary sense ana
good habits can make money in this coun-
try, and if man of twenty-five has not
laid by at least $1,000, it is proof positive,
in my mind, that he is either without
sense, or that his habits are bad, and that,
consequently, he is unfit for marriage. II
the girls would only follow this rule,
what lots of trouble and misery they
would save themselves! p
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Drinking and LiceItiousness the Cause
Short enirP Life.

In sn editorial in the Times Democrat
of May 9th, the facts are given concern
ing the excess of deaths aulorg tGe males
of New Orleans over the females.
The Board Of Health reports that the
death rate amCng the white men or the
city wes q per 1000, ana for white women
1913 Be ween tine AGES of 30 and ~ years
OF age, the difference wss still greater,
being nearly 80 per cent grcater among
men than ruong women.
Commcrt,ng on these ia;ts the Times
Democrat calls nNon Senator " hice to
show that this difference IS due to the
Louisiana Lottery Company.
Now we think the reason for this differ
ence in the death rate between the sexes
isssome5hing more than the lottery. We
think this is matter that demands serious
consideration, 90 Jhe welfare OF the State
is in measure concerned.
We think there aIe tHo things that will
account for this difference The use OF
alcoholic drinks and debauchery.
It. will be admitted by everyone that
men are more addicted to the use Of ardent
spirits than women. Now, carefully
complied statistics prove that the death
rate among drinkers of spiricuous liquors
is greater than among total abstalners !;
average from ten to fifteen years Longer
than the drinker
The history of epidenico show that the
man who is free from :ha drink habit, has
at least two chances to recover from the
attack of disease where the drinEer has
| one chance.
This was abundantlv proved by the Ia It
yellow fever epidemic in jacksonville, Fla
II being admitted that much larger
| number of men than women are addlcte q
| 70 the use of ardent spirits, it can be seen
that in the light of the foreg"ing facts, q
larger number of them will die within
| given period.
Then it will be admitted by those who are
| acquainted with society in our cities. that
| a much larger number of young white
males than of young white females are
| addicted to Righteousness or debauchery.
| 1t will also be admitted by those who kno"
| ANYTHING of the human system that de-
bauchery-especially in early manhood
will check the development and weaken
| the vital force of the individual, and make
| him less able to meet and throw off dis
| ease, and thus tend to shorten the period
of life.
Now we think these two things fully
account for the difference in the death rate
in New O leans and all of our cities.
If these things are admitted, it follows
that government - State and munich
pal-should do all in their power to check
the two evils that are sappirg th9 vitality
of our young men.
Philanthropists should seek to save
Young men from the dangerous tempta-
ton, and to lift them to his her moral
plane where they can stand beside their
sisters IN sobriety aud sexual purity, and
thus become happier and more useful to
society and the ate.
Let every young man who wishes to be
something, shun these twin evils, as he
would deadly poison
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Manners for Boys.

SIMPLE RULES THAT ARE THE FOUNDA-
TION OF EVERYDAY ETIQETTE.
Always knock at any private room door.
Keep step with any one yon walk with.
Never plsy with knife, fork or spoon.
Use your handkerchief ulobtrusively
always.
Do not take your napkin in bunch in
your hand.
Ha5 lifted in saying goodbye" or Chow
do you do"
Rise when ladies leave the room and
stand till they are out
In the dining room take your seat after
ladies and elders
Let ladies pass through door first,
standing aside for them.
Let 8 lady pass first always, unless she
asks you to preaede her,
Eat as fast or rs slow as others, and
finish the course when they d..
If all go out together, gentlemen stand
by the door till ladies pass.
Hat lifted when offering a seat in car
or in ackno wledging favor.
Look people straight in the eye when
spesking or being spoken to.
In the parlor stand till every lady in the
room is seated, also older persons.
Rise if lady comes in after you are
seated, and stand till she takes seat.
Cover the mouth with hand or napkin
when obliged to remove anything from it.
Hat off the moment you enter street
door, and when you step into a private
hall or office.
Special rules for the mouth are that ell
noise in eating and smacking of the lips
should be avoided.
Always precede lady upstairs, and ask
her if you may precede her in passing
through a crowd or public place.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Froth,

There is time to laugh, but that time
is not all the time, as some people seem to
suppose. The appetite for mlrth some
times becomes too strong, and all sense,
sobriety and seriousness are sacrificed to
frivolity. We have no special liking for
long faces or sour looks, but empty CAB
BILE, vain frivolity and stale and foolish
Jokes are very poor substitutes for sober
thought and an earnest life. Men have
come to joke at everything, public or pri-
vate, sacred or profane, divine or devilish.
But life is not q joke, and there is
mirth which savors of madness. He who
said, seThere is time to laugh" saw the
time when he said that "laugh hter is mad.
There is an intoxication of mirth which
forbids all serious thought. and prevents
all serious action and there are times
when something is needed besides mock
cry and revelry.
1t is stated that when ill-fated Johns
town was inundated by heavy rains. and
the people had been driven to the second
floor, large numbers of men left their
houses, plundered the saloons of liquor,
and by three o'clock there were nearly
one thousand men drunk, and sailing
around the streets, so dazed and helpless
that they were unable to save themselves,
or to care for their families. When at
last the dam burst, and ''the flood came
and took them all away" the men who
were sober and vigilant, had at least
chance for their lives but the men who
were drunk must, Of necessity perish, and
their families had no one to protect and
assist them.
We shall find, in the course of our ex-
perience, hours when all our energies and
all our strength will be required to resist
temptation, stem the tide of passion, save
ourselves from an untoward generation,
and escape the dangers that surround
and if our lives have been full of frivolity
and vanity and emptiness, the jokes and
gibes, the mirth and folly of life time,
will be poor preparation for the hour of
death, aud poor preparation for the day OF
Judgment. "Be sober, be vigilant, behold
your adversary, the devil, as roaring lion
goeth about seeking whom he may de-
your. IL {. Hastings.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
She Scared too High.

young fellow was inquiriDg of Officer
Button at the Third street depot about the
train for the North, when the officer
queriedfn return
"Didn't you come in this morning."
Yes"
'With young woman z
eyes"
81 thought SO. took you for bridal
couple"
Eyes, so we were "
''And you are going back homer
ssThat's what's the matter. We were
married day before yesterday and came
here on tour. She was all right when
we got here but in about an hour we had
fuss. She wanted diamond ring and
couldn't buy it. Diamonds Just think
of It'll I've got $25 in cash and twenty
acres of land, and expect to have to live
on beans for the next six months to pull
through" ......
"And where is she now"
cover at the hotel. [ left her money to
pay her bill and get home, and she can
stay or come Better have this thing de-
cided at the start you know. Some folks
are built to wear diamonds, and some to
eat Johnny-cake. I'm a Johnny -cakist.
There's my train. If she comes in to take
the next just see her aboard, but don't en-
courage her any. It's row to see who
shall boss, and the best man is going to
win. ."-DetroSt free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Etiquette for Walters.

Head Waiter Belts, of Young's Hotel,
makes it practice to deliver. lecture to
his men at stated periods One of his
recent lectures was in part as follows:
.sThe first requirement of a waiter is
gentlemanly bearing. No one but gen.
tleman can be good waiter. | want to
speak now about this habit of passing
around subscription papers among the
guests in aid of sick employees. You must
stop that. Never beg for any one but
yourself
''The trouble is that some men can't be
told anything. They will never learn to
be walters. If person orders pot OF
coffee, don't bring up cold milk unless 1t
is called for Bring up hot milk with cot
fee and cold milk with tea. Always serve
fine sugar with tomatoes and lettuce, and
cracked ice with cucumbers, tomatoes,
watermelons, canteloupes and muskmelon.
Berries, of course need milk or cream and
pulverized sugar.
"A dessert knife and fork and pow
dered sugar should go with all pastries,
while small piece of American cheese IS
in order with all kinds of pies. Many
men never think of putting such thing
as mustard on the table. Same people
like it. There are very few who have yet
learned that boiled potato is not proper
with baked beans. Don't cover the bread
plate with napkin. 1t looks as if there
were dirt or dust around. This matter of
laughing and fooling doesn't make waiter
Never chew tobacco arid spit on the door
mats, and don't gather in groups in the
corridors. Sleeping on watches must also
be stopped All cold meats ought to be
garnished with parsley, lettuce or celery.
Be careful about leaving your side towels
around. Another man comes along with
something to wipe, and he doesn't know
whether it has been lying there for twenty
seconds or twenty years. 1t is good
plan not to wipe your face with an apron
or towel, nor be too familiar with the guests
Boston Courier.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
That Stolen Ten Cents.

Many years ago little boy went alone
to a nesting for prayer for the whole
world, which is called q monthly concert.
As he was going his father gave him a
silver quarter of dollar to put in the con-
tribution box.
In the town where he lived, this meet
ing was held on Monday evening, and as he
was on his way he stopped often and
looked at the lighted shop windows. At
one place he saw some very fine oranges,
the first he had seen for long time The
thought came to him that he might get
one Of those oranges with the quarter of a
dollar, and then have something left over
for the contribution box. He yielded at
once to this sudden temptation, and soon
had an Gfange and fifteen cents in his
hand. Bat when he was in the meeting
and sitting in his seat he began to think
what he had done. He is an old man now,
but he says he will never forget how mean
he felt, how he despised himself when he
put that fifteen cents in the contribution
box. He says: 81 often feel that can
never make good that stolen ten cents (;
and when l am called to give money fer
the missionaries, or to any charitable pur-
pose, think to myself, Here is chance
to pay the interest on that ten cents, but
think can never fully pay it. ."-Aduocate
and Guardian.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
The True Way to Carve Mutton.

Nearly every man you meet carves leg
of mutton badly, and yet its tenderness
almost always depends on the way the
slices are cut off. There are two ways of
doing this. When you are sure that the
leg is from sheep of good breed and
that it is really tender, take hold of it by
the knuckle with the left hand and then
cut the slices perpendicularly from the
Joint to the bone of the fillet then remove
the muscle of the knuckle, next turn the
leg over and slice off the back portion.
For this essentially primitive way of carv-
ing. gourmets substitute carving by curvi-
linear slices, which renders the pieces more
succulent.
But neither of the ways of carving leg
of mutton should be resorted to except
when the meat is of the best quality and of
great tenderness. In other cases the best
way to proceed is to cut horizontally in
stead of perpendicularly- is, cut of
the slices parallel with the bone; the
slices should be cut very thin, and when
sufficient number have been sliced of you
should plunge the fork into what remains
of the leg several times and let the gravy
run over them. A few drops of lemon
juice and little pepper and salt added
will improve the flavor amazingly.-Pdras
Cor. CHICAGO Herald
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Internatinnsl Bank Proiect

Secretary Blaine sent letter to the
President last week regarding the e7tao-
lishment of an International American
bauk. which contains the following plan
of organ zation
bill has been prepared at the State
department to carry into effect the recon-
mendations of the Pan American confer
encr committee The bill designates the
United States delegates to the Pan Amer
lean conference commission to receive
subscri ptions to the capital stock of the
International American bank, books for
which purpose may be opened in Wash
ington, New York and such other princi-
pal cities in the American republics as the
commissioners may think proper. AS
soon as so, 900 shares are subscribed, the
subscribers shall have the usual powers to
organize the corporation, which shall have
the same privileges now enjoyed by banks
generally. It's acquisition Of real estate,
however, is to be limited to Is per cent of
the capital stock paid in. The corpora
ton may be designated by the Secre ary
of The Treasury as a depository of public
m oney and may be employ ed as financial
agent of the government. The principal
Office shall be at Washington or New
York, with power to open branch offices
in the United States, Mexi"o, Central and
South America. The capital stock is fixed
at 81 600, 600 in $1O0 shares which may be
increased by two-third vote not exceed
ing $25 100000. Business may be begun
as soon as 25 per cent of the subscriptions
shell have been paid in cash. but at least
81, 900, 900 must be paid in within two
years The board OF directors shall con-
sist of twenty persons, not less than
fifteen to be citizens of the United States.
No person shall be director who does not
own $50 shares of stock The first n-aet
ing for the organ zation is to be pursuant
to call iss ued By the COMMIT ssionsrs, alter
which the commissioners duty shs1 cesse.
The stock holders are made liable to the
amount of their subscriptions, but 70 more.
The corporation sEalI file seull-annusily
with the Secretary Of the Treasury re-
port of it's financial condition, and its
affairs shall at all times be open to the
examination of officials Of tue Treasury
department. Provision is made for sp-
pointment of a receiver for the corporation
and winding up of it's affairs in case its
capital stock is impaired more thar 20 per
cent of the amount of the capital stock
actually paid in, and the directors fail to
make such impairment good.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
She Stared Calmly Ahead.

A young girl, tall, with wide blue eyes,
still innocent of evil, got into Madison
avenue car at Eighty fifth street Sunday
morning. She carried in her lap prayer
book and in her hand q anovel-one of those
paper bound novels with the title standing
out in bold relief. Her expression was SO
demure that the three men in the car
would have sworn she cared more for the
prayer book than the novel. At Eightieth
street severe looking man and his wife,
both gray haired, took the car. The older
woman looked across at the young girl, at
her novel and prayer book, frowned lit
tie, and turned and whispered something
to her husband. He was little deaf, the
car made good deal of noise. so he put
his hand to his ear and said, sWhatY'
His wife repeated her remark little
louder, and still he could not hear. Finally
she shouted in thin treble SO that all the
csr could hear: "I think it is shame to
see young woman with Bible and a
novel Her thoughts are all on the novel,
and she would better have left the Bible
at hone.' Everybody looked at the girl
with the novel. but she stared calmly
ahead and pretended to have heard moth
ing.-NeU York Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
New Diving Dress.

A Divers equipment consists of three
parts-the helmet, which is of metal, the
breastplate, also of metal, and the dress
proper of waterproof fabric. The man
gets into his dress through the neck open
ing, as if it were sack, and when it has
been pulled up into position water tight
Joint is made between the dress and the
breastplate, which is dropped over the
mans head and rests on his chest and
shoulders like tippet. The helmet is
then screwed into the neck opening of the
breastplate and the toilet is complete. A
new diving dress has been devised which
presen.s many points of advantage over
the old one. In the latter there are two
water tight joints, four cover plates and
twelve nuts in the former there is only
one Joint and no loose pieces whatever. Its
superiority in convenience and facility OF
adjustment is self-evident. = Neao York
IeIeQrana,
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Liquor Arithmetic-Object Lesson.

"Boy at the head of the class, what are
wespaying for liquor, as nation? p
$4,000, 600, 900 annually"
''Step to the blackboard, my boy. First
take a rule and measure this silver dollhr.
How thick is it %
Nearly an eighth of en- inch"
s'Well, sir, how many of them can you
pile in an inch?"
"Between eight and nine
"Give it the benefit of the doubt and
call it nine. How many inches would 1t
require to pile those 500, ,000,000 in?"
"10O,000,000 inches"
Glow many feet would that be?
IS, 333, 333 feet"
Glow many rods is thab?"
'505, 050 rods"
Glow many miles is that?'
''1519 miles"
"Miles Of what?"
'157S miles of silver dollars, laii down
packed closely together, our national
liquor bill would make. This is only one
years greg BILL"
Reader, if you need facts about this
temperance question, nail that to post
and read it occasionally. 1t would take
ten men with scoop shovels to throw away
money as fast as we are wasting it for
grog -Er.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Not So Big as He Thought.

1t is veraciously chronicled that once
upon time, while travelling west of
Omaha, Mr. Charles Francis Adams was
visited in his private car by typical cow
boy, dressed iE regulation costume. He
was as much above the average height as
Mr.. Adams was below it. Turning to the
railway president, he inquired
s'Be YOU Charles Francis AdamsT'
eyes," was the reply.
"Charles Francis Adams, president OF
the Pacific road?'
eyes"
s'Than you are the man who writes
those heavy railroad articles for the
papers?"
eyes"
"Gracious, but expected to see some
body seven feet highl You amt as big
man as thought you was, anyhow -
Ercta7a0e.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
A House on a Canoe.

I have been leading strange but far
from disagreeable life. I have been ex-
ploring and surveying large district be-
tween Old Cslabar and the Cameron. To
do the water part of the journey hired at
Old Calabar large native canoe with a
house on it, an arrangement family re-
sembling the houseboat on the Thames.
At one end of it is large box of sand.
On this my cooking fire is made. A fire,
in fact, is kept burning day and night, SO
that with few minutes notice can have
a cup of tea or cocoa.
In the house, which has two small win
dows and two sliding doors and thatched
roof, there is just room for my bed, Dress
ing bag, table, chair and canteen. The
canteen is a wickerbox, with knives, forks,
plates, etc. There are also shelves and
hooks in the house, by which lot of
things are slowed away in surprisingly
small space.
Outside the house, in the forward part
of the canoe, is a clear space with level
floor and small seats around, sheltered by
an extension of the thatched roof. Here,
in day time, put my table and sit, either
eating my meals or making my survey, as
the canoe glides along, propelled by
eighteen paddlers. This is really most
pleasant. The motion of the boat is so
smooth that can write or draw mistaken,
and when my table is laid with white
cloth, napkin and bright silver, it at once
provokes an appetite.-H. II. Johnstone's
Cape Colony Letter.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Inv entions by Massachusetts Women.

Massachuset etts has more inventive ladies
than any other part of New England.
Helen Mari of Boston, has invented a
patent dressing case and wash stand COM
bined. Mr.. Carpenter has metal halter
for hitching horses on the street, and Miss
Mary Barber, another Massachusetts girl,
has patent pie litter by which you can
take a pie from the baking pan without
burning your fingers One of the best
cutting machines for trimming the leaves
of books is the patent of Massachusetts,
lady named Semple, and it is used by the
leading publishers of the country: Lots
of money has been made in ironing boards,
and Boston girl namsd Parker has a
kitchen table and ironing board combined
which can be folded up and packed away
In trunk. There are patent beds by
Massachusetts, ladies. patent corsets, patent
griddle greasers and hundred and one
other new ideas put into merchantable
shape Washington Letter IN Nea0 York
World
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-14
Watermelon Sugar.

There is at the eastern edge of the San
Joaquin valley, along the foot of the Sierra
Nevada, much land subject to being de-
gtroyed by deep washings of sand, on which
nothing will grow but melons, only two
being allowed to mature on single vine.
AS The melons are gathered they are
slashed open with big knife, and q
wooden scoop empties the pulp into yes
sci where the juice is expressed: Ihls IS
m boiled rudely and crystalized like maple
snoar in the Atlantic States. The sugar
sells At remunerative prices, is light coll
ored and sweet. Red pulp melons give .
darker sugar white pulp is therefore pre-
ferred. We have in this State great area
of land similarly destroyed every year.
This sugar melon example is commended
to poor men, who can get the free use Of
space and proceed on small capital
Natural Wealth of California.