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St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
The Dissatisfied SaIasman.

1t is customary for the commercial tray.
elers to visit the home office of the institu.
tions they represent about the first of the
year, and renew their old contract with
their firm or make new one If they have
done successful years business they are
likely to cail their employers attention to
the fact, and hint that an advance in sal
airy would be the proper thing. If they
are good statesmen, and their requests are
moderate, their wishes are usually grant
ed. A representative of a Chicago hard
ware house got raise. in salary the past
week. When he suggested the propriety
of such step to his employer the latter
remarked:
"Why, we gave you a big raise a year
ago." 81 know that" replied the young
man, "and want another now. think
am worth to you all | am asking" do
you, indecd?' responded his employer.
and further remarked, "Ill tell you hon
estly what think; that is that some men
are never satisfied, and that you are one Of
that number" "True," said the traveller,
"and never intend to be, You will, sir,
pardon me for saying if you had been salts
fed with the $1,000 per year you originally
received for doing the class of work am
performing you would not now be getting
your $4,000 per year as partner in this
concern" He got his raise One Of these
days he will be partner himself
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

The credit of the first Universal ex-
position is due to Albert, the late prince
consort of Queen Victoria, and the initiat-
i've was taken at a meeting Of the society
of arts in London, 1910. a guarantee fund
of 81 100000 was raised, and the exposition
was held in ISL. the second was held in
New York in 1853. The idea became p0Du-
lar. and several countries held smaller ex-
positions in the few years following but
the next great effort was in South Ken
sington, London, in 1852, and an effort was
made nine years later to keep up an annual
exposition on grand scale. The fairs
were continued during several months
each of 1871. 1872 and the two following
years, but public interest tagged, and the
attempt was given up.
In the meantime expositions had been
held in Paris in 1875 and 1861, and a most
splendid display in 1878 demonstrated the
business tact and energy of the French,
while in 1873 an exposition was held in
Vienna, and another in Berlin in 1881, sue
ceeded in Europe By several others on a
smaller scale, and lastly by the great
French fair Of 1889. In the United States
there has been held since the Centennial
exposition of 1876 but one display Of the
kind-the Worlds fair in New Orleans in
1SS5.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
One Kind of Gnnd RennIn

You and are acquainted with many ex-
cellent persons of the national church es-
Enlistment who cop'port themselves as if
they could hardly speak two words with a
besgar or a being in rags without deile-
ment. They believe fully in externals. 1t
is so precious to be able to look every one
in the face without Wiuking; to be in the
family pew punctu2lly ut 1899 every Sun
day morning without missing once in the
year, and to be pervaded with Il sense of
uprightness that nothing in the world can
diminish. And yet how odious such good
persons are. Thanks to their belief that
Virtue and vice are never in one soul;
A man is wholly wise, or wholly is fool
they are among the worst of companions,
and are by no means the best kind of
Christians. 1t is not to such IS they that
the man Or woman in distress is impelled to
apply.-All the Year Round.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

One may safely say thao The large major
ity of dogs are kept nowadays not because
of any service hey render, but for the sake
of their appearance. Like the link holders
still to be seen about the doorway of GER
tain London houses, what was once a util-
ity is now preserved merely rs an Orna-
ment Theoretically, no doubt, even in
town houses, people keep dog as u means
of defense, but in most cases they really
value him as decorative appendage. This
applies particularly to the more handsome
breeds-the St. Bernard, the colly, the
mastiff and the rest. Indeed, such are the
strange diversities of human taste that
even so unpromising a specimen Of canine
beauty as the bulldog will be sought after
by the uninitiated for the sake Of his good
looks.
And it is only fair to suppose that the
discerning creatures recognize their new
position in the scheme Of things. May we
not see, indeed, now and again in their
mournful and downcast expression con-
scious sense of degradation? Look. for eX-
ample, at the nobly formed St. Bernard
that gloomily follows the procession of
fashionably dressed misses in the park
Cannot the dullest observer perceive signs
of an infinite boredom? His pensive and
melancholy eye suggests that he has had
full experience of the telium vitae, and is a
pessimist of the darkest shade --COrnhill
MapaZne
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
80 srs-

attempt.

There is q way TO MAKE good baskets at
home and pretty and cheap, too, out Of
corn husks-tLicl oute- Lusks for strong
baskets, and for lighter and finer ones the
white inner parts. These must be wrapped
for an hour or SO in a damp towel, and then
cut into strips Of equal width. Make an
ordinary braid with six or more strips,
which may be doubled, or even trebled, for
greater strength.
Thread a needle with heavy waxed linen
thread, and having dampened the braid
form it into an oval five or six inches long
and three wide, for the bottom of the bas-
Get. and sew the adjoining edges Of the
braid together, as in a straw hat, but don't
overlap them. Go on ceiling and stitching
for the sides Of the basket, widening the
opening unit. the basket is deep enough.
The handles are made of a heavy. three
stranded braid, which is sewed all around
the top of the basket, gust inside. and
looped at the middle Of each side.
For ornament wind the handles with
gay colored ribbon or braid, put box
plating Of the same around the top and
work bunch Of flowers on one side in
bright worsteds, with long stitches. The
opposite side may have letter or name.
Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

Daring our lives We can set in operation
forces Tor God that He will look after anG
keep golGg forever atterward.
Those who closely follow Christ are sure
of (: ssfe place to walk in.
The devil can't blind the eyes OF a man
W is determined to see Jesus.
The Christian life is the way of con-
tinual progress.
TIE most pleasing thing anybody can dc
is 10 lock to Jesus.
Nothing but death can separate true
friends from each other.
Gods power to give is only limited by
our willingness to receive.
The best gift that any one can ask for
is the gift of the Holy Ghost.
The man who works faithfully for God
will be sure to be followed by somebody
to The gAtes Of heaven.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

Not only is our modern dog learning to
regard himself as lackey or a lappet he
is rapidly finding out that others besides
his owner are ready to prize him just as
highly. In our big towns he is daily
brought into contact with the once slls-
pected stranger, who, on closer examina-
ton, turns out to be very much like his
master, wearing the same kind of coat
and hat, and, what is Of greater cOnse-
quence, manifesting toward him very
much the same friendly sentiments
Would it not be unreasonable under these
circumstances to expect the animal to con-
serve his ancient monotheism and worship
his master as supreme and unique?
Let us not forget that we have made our
domesticated quadrupeGs intelligent, and
that by Introducing them into conditions
OF modern life we are directly putting
them into the way Of seeing through thei,
primitive illusion. The saGaci0Us quadru-
ped that in his daily rounds with master
or mistress has ample opportunity of OBJ
serving the general diffusion of good man
ners among men cannot be expected to go
on generating his master in the old naive
manner.-Cornhill Magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
BY w. H CLINE.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
la.

Gen. Be!jamjn Harrison, the grandson
OF Gen. W. II Harrison, was born at
North RonG, Ohio, il III" house OF his
grandfather AuEu- 20 1855. in his boy
hood ana gpn,n NJ worked upoa farm il
Summer and attended the district school
10 Il Country school house in winter. He
WIS n hn5d stGdent and made rapid pro
gress, and soon mastered the limited cur
riculum of the country school He The n
attended Cory's Academy, and then matric-
ulated IN Miami University, from which
institution he graduated ana then studied
law at Cincinnati.
In 1854 lie established hir self ii Indian
apoll- Nil commenced the practice of law.
In $50 he was elec'ad reporter Of the su-
prrme cDdrt, bnt held the Office only s
short time, al he resigned the position to
enter The army. Ia the army he was
recc gnlZtd as brave and gallant officer,
and rose 20 tle rank Of brigadier general
At the close of The war he was again
elected reporter of the supreme court. HI
ran Tor governor Of the State Of indiana
o" the r. publican ticket several times,
but WIS always defeated. In 1880 ne Was
elected 10 The United Safes sens,e, and in
1888 was ..oninsted by the Republicans
for president of the United States and was
Gle ted
President Harrison is very determined
man some call him stubborn-and is
somewhat cold in his bearl e, and does
not atsr,ct men to himself personally, as
some Of our star"Sm DO; bus be is a man
of ability and honesty, and merits The re
spect Of ths American people. He has
ambi5ion. and undoubtedly desires q re-
election to The presidency.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

There is half truth in the reply of the
child in the following incident, -Shich ia
quite impressive; but lie, frankly ac-
knowledged, is as much a "tning taken
back" as is the return of anything that has
been stolen.
She came to her mother with the cues.
ton, (Which is worse, to tell lie or to
steal2"
The mother, taken by surprise, replied
that both were so bad that she couldn't tell
which was the worse.
well" said the little one, "Ive beer,
thinking about it, and l think it is worse
to lie than to steal. Ii you steal thing
you can take it back, unless you've eaten.
it; and then you can pay for it. But" and
there was a look of awe in tho little face,
"a lie is forever "-Youth's Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
The Politician.

few winters ago friend OF mine
living in lndiaua paid his first visit to New
Orleans Of cousse everything was new
to him
life and manners were q constant source
Of wonder 10 him.
Like all yankees " if the term may De
applied to Westerners, he never lost thu
opportunity of gaining information for tn,
want of asking. He was an amin AZTEC
note of interrogation. Tie negroes were
Iii special delight, and tie terms uncle
and aunty amused hin beyond measure.
Being very anxious to see Chalmette,
suggested as the weather was fine that We
should take the Rampant car aud walk
from the staten.
1t WAS one of those lovely days New
Orleans alone can furnish to pleasure
seekers The sky was Glue, The air mild,
and to use t1e language Of the poet,
"everytDing in nature smiled" | gave
the most preposterous information re-
garding the raising OF cane, mo punning
if you please and rice, bStiied his at
tempts 70 find out if ~as reconstructed, y
and talked as much Ike q darkey a.
possible just to hear my friend laugh. In
the midst of our fun and iullity we espied
ing into the river, engaged in the time
honored &C upation of fishing He looked
the picture Of content, attired in rags
which the darby alone can keep together,
Clay pipe ia his mouth snG a beaver
very much the worse for wear, on his
head, That plug" it looked like the
ghost OF dozans of NJ. P&tricE'8 das s, Fire
mems and S3ewmen's Benevolent. 1t pre-
scented most ln"urntul picture OF How
are the mighty falienW
OF courss my friend had TO stop and
copverse with his ''cuilud brudder. -
After Il few questions in regard to why he
used q net and why he casC it up. the
stream etc he veEtured to test the old
mans politics.
WHAT are YOUR
With i most knowing glance at his in
terrogater the old fellow answered.
Use Republican OF course, sab =
For whom did you vote for mayor?"
said my friend.
Shakespeare, sab y and so on through
the enlre lis. of public officers, to each
one, the would-be Republican gave the
name o. staunch Democrat.
why, how is that" said Mr.. Indiana
YOU are & Republican and Vet you vote
the entire Democratic ticket?"
With almighty sweep OF his arm which
landed the net tar It in the stream, and a
most insorotshle look on his duskv counte-
nance The old darby answered:
II votes for the man, on desc yer local
ishers."
Ny friend walked on in silence.-Mum,
in .New Delta.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
Plenty of Sleep.

1t is all very we'll to commend getting up
early in the morning. 1t would be difficult
to exaggerate either the pleasure or the
advantages afforded by early rising. But
to rise early one must retire early.
A plenty of sleep is one of the first requi.
sites of health. Fevers and other diseases
are often occasioned by excessive fatigue.
A person should sleep enough to get thor"
oughly rested For some cause, sleep in
the early part Of the night seems to be more
refreshing than sleep for the same number
of hours toward morning.
Unfortunately modern social habits are
tending to reverse the order of nature, turn
ing day into night and night into day.
This is very destructive to the beauty as
we'll as the health of our American girls.
1t has been recommended that when a
lady is going to attend late party-and
they are all late nowadays-she should
sleep several hours the day previous. It is
asserted that the marvellous beauty of some
of the middle aged women of England has
been preserved amid all the designations Of
fashionable society in this way.-New York
Ledger
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
Rum-Muzzled Politicians.

The liquor league has muzzled the
tongue and awed into silence the pen of
our mighty men in thought and speech.
They dare not speak out in defense of our
imperiled homes and our whisky stricken
and distressed manhood. Were they to
allow their eyes to see what can be seen,
they would behold our noble womanhood
loading the midnight air with agonizing
cries over lost and rum murdered sons.
They would hear the pitiful pleadings of
helpless children asking for the bread and
clothes, the care and comfort which
drunken fathers have inhumanly sacrificed
on the altar of drink. But such cries and
pleadings are of no avail in the rum sod
den ears of our would.be great leaders.
They hear and heed the faintest word of
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
SAINT LANDRY DEMOCRAT.
OpelOusas, LA.
ON SEEING \ TANGLED KITE
Written for The American.

" IlItCii Ibi I+I NilICiltdh.
A kite was bound to reach the sky;
The day was clear, the wind was fair,
The string was lOng-it felt its length
Il scared aloft in ambaeut air:
It rugged and pulled and mounted high.
And lose TIL almost hid from view.
1t said, No kite c'cr scared like me-.
Ard more and more conceded grew.
But all at once in higher air
ii fearful gust blew 'thwart the sky;
The string gave way 90 foolish kite
Fell Tutoring from It's flight 50 high.
I saw it, torn and tattcrcd. hang
From leafg bough Of spreading tree,
Blghtcd and wrecked | said, II this
A lesson deep plainly SEE
Ambitious youth would fam ascend
TO skies of earthly glory-tame.
And on the very dome Of heaven
Inscribc thereon an earthly name.
On faDcy's wings wen take our fl ght,
And all restraint of right disdatU.
What if on gales Of WHO'RE we rise:
We care for Aaught-naught but a name.
At times they mount and seem to rise
And ruvr in cratic flight.
The heavens grow dark they fated fall,
Like that poor, foolish, tangled kite.
Their life is bliehted. wrctchcd. lost
The pastjS gone beyond r, call.
No hor upon their brow Is stamped,
And heaven weeps Ger such a fall
If you would rise to heights sublime,
SItl higher rise t. endless day:
Mount up Oh truth-'twilI hOli you firm
Il can ct in tn" : orln give way.
This essen learn in E.oln Of life,
And you viii mount secuca and free
To mauhood's highest flight on earth
10 heaven, wnGre AL the good you'll see.
--Xerge
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

The owner Of boarding stable in the
northern part Of the city advertised horse
for sale. EARLY yesterday morning a man
appeared and as.:ed TO see the equine.
"See here" said the owner as he squared
of at him, II like 30 have q fair under
standing about things. Now then, is 1t
for you or some one e.se:"
'Solna one else"
do you know all about horse or moth
ing at all!"
IT know every crook and turn about q
horse, SIR
ooh, you Go? All right. We now un-
derstand each other. and I'll show you the
beast"
In ten minutes e sale had been effected.
and the horse was being led away.
"Why did you care whether he was green
or posted?" inquired man who had stood
by.
Made great deal of difference to me-"
replied the late owner. 1.-THE horse is spav-
ined, pigeon toed and weak in the back.
Had he been an amateur should have felt
bound to tell him."
But he knew all about horse"
EXACTLY, and therefore knew nothing.
Easiest sale ever made to anyone. DE.
troit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

A bright. eyed little girl recently took a
meal with lady friend whom she loved.
When she was helped the second time to
oatmeal, the kind lady ventured to ask
her if she loved oatmeal. "Yethum," she
replied, "but I don't love it with oats
in it."
possible if our farmers would demand
them and elect representatives to the legis-
lature who would favor them. 1t may
seem like imposing great bardens upon
the rural districts to demand that they
take bold steps in reforming some of the
most glazing evils in the State; but there
is no other way on earth to reform them,
and when our farmer legislators get lit
tie more self confidence and refuse to fol-
low the leadership of the city represents
tives, we may hope for greater progress in
reform movements Western RurN.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
THE SAD FATE OF A FORTY-NlNER.
Might BE bonanza King If He Hadn't
Converted His Mule Into Il Calliope

converted His Mule Into Il Calliope
"A party or prospectors had located their
dry camp on the headwarprS Of the Meadow
ana We're having rather Indifferent luck.
III IS broken up country, and its redeem
ing feature Is the abundance of game Of
all kinds. While it may be termed Il hunt
er's paradise, it is certainly Il miners
sheol. Flour and bacon and beans had run
low, and the boys had begun to "cuss" the
country.
They were sitting around the fire one
night SMOKING when a visitor, Il stranger,
with about Us little ceremony as poe's
Raven, made his way into the circle and
perched. not on a bust of Pallas, but on a
busted aparahOe. For about two minutes
the remarks We're about az extended and
interesting as We're those of the famous
forty-nlner tlnally he was induced to
chew, and then he gave an account of him.
sell. lie was as near nObOb as a pros
pector can ever become; that is, he was
making no attempt to better his condition.
making his way afOot from one prospect
or's or trapper's camp TO another He was
an old man, bowed and Wrinkled 1t WAS
evident that the end OF the rocky trail of
lite that he was travelling was not far off
In the course of the evening one of the
boys happeneda to speak of the old mans
condition. The old fellow straightened
un .dir.+aa ono ,>,,,,,,,;,, f+ W ~
him, "lnjun' fashion, and remarked 1T
may seem little tough to you fellers to
see me knoCkin' round this way when I
ought to be a respectable member of sas-
sjety. holdin' nv own with N,rk.v Elood
Hearst and Luckv Baldwin ,'cod ~
train with them frllprs I'm y ,4o.r a,r
and nigh. now he =, m;IIvnairif r. 'vas,I,t
fer piece of hard luck strurL w.,, Lant
in the 5Os
81 struck ont one snrinp norni,, j., CoI
iforny with a mIic narlipa win ,,fantT NJ
grub. and a good nrosnDrtinr, nn+f+
had two dogs. cross bptwre, bnII and Shaw.
herd. a,ong for comnnv n,rIad VIII
me a tin horn Than I called ;p,n IN with.
when they cot too far awav
81 was maxim for tie Nokclc1nnc bill
district. which ha1Y'r hn4n nrnsnac,o.I
hardly anv vet 7 r,ada .l,,rn.l ,,o,d
considerin' all things. till ON th. sac, ~
week that gosh blamed mule cot sick ,rba
sun of a gun begun to swell, Herot > o,,,,,
and rolled. Well, he kent syyelIin, .,,d
rollin' and groanin', and Ithoupbt o,,ar1,
minute he'd bust"
The sweat stood ont on the old ,,,
brow as he related this. He pa,,.t1l /, ,vh;Io
reflected, and continued:
1.-The way tigsered it out was that be
had collie. couldn't think cf ,,,.h;nC, -
give him but the soda used to cook VIII
I'd heard it was good for tine stomach 81 7
fixed up drench of sods. and wafer st,cl
the dinner horn inter lis throat and conn.
menced pouring the stuff inter him #
skeart him. He sne,,zed and snorted all ,t
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
Good Cause for Surprise.

Two calloW young operators made an eH-
PLANTATION necessary from young ->eW
York newspaper man recently. lie was to
be married in the west. Before leaving
town he devoted several days in searching
over Brooklyn for fiat, being assisted IN
the search by a young married woman, he
friend of his betrothed. Upon leaving his
office one morning about O'Clock he sent
the Brooklyn lady a telegram, which he
expected would be delivered to her about
$50 or O'Clock in the morning The dis
patch was worded apologetically, will be
over to worry you this afternoon"
The message WAS 'bullcd' on its way
across the East river, and a meaning of so
much importance was given to 1t that the
Brooklyn operator rushed it out, the mes
senger boy arriving at the house at about
"A. m. The husband of the lady got out
of bed to answer the bell. BY Il further
mistake of the delivery department. the
envelope was addressed to the husband
He opened it and was astonisEcd to read,
"Mrs. --: Will be over to marry you
this afternoon"
When a man is awakened from sound
sleep and informed that his wife is to he
married to young man who. he has had
every reason to believe, was to be married
to young lady in the we~5, re is apt to
conclude that he isn't awake &fter ALL No
one who has not experienced it can realize
how very startling it is It WAS tn. first
his wife had heard Of it. They racked their
brains for a solution Of the puzzle. 1t
wasn't solved, however, until the young
newspaper man arrivcd.-NeW York Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

The cutting Of veneers is now done by
electricity. The vcneering machine, in
stead Of cutting or shaving around the en-
tire circumference of the log, as usual,
takes a thin slice from the fiat side of it.
The logs are of any diameter, and are cut
into lengths of ten feet. The veneering
cutting knife is fixed between two parallel
shafts, and the log is carried up and down
in front of it with a circular motion by re-
volving cranks, and is fed against the
knife by ratchet and pawl, in the ordi-
nary manner.-New York Telegram.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30

There is nothing that will beat rail
road in grading up stock. Before a
railroad penetrated Southwest Louisiana,
it was the Creole pony, the long horn COW
and the back hog. Records along
the lines of road now show that none of
these kinds of stock are ever killed by a
railroad train; they are all blooded stock.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
command that the saloon ut.prs Init don't

.pnuanu that the saloon ut.rrs, but deaf
tnes are 10 the highest claims of outraged
I.s out the stern tresG of q deep
loso'u''onary unrest is moving society to
.eulESs ana ayense all this slood guilty
~'rA % rum IL cannot longer be Dc lave
4 ne cup or the lnlquitnus traffic IS already
,uli; Keller must come. God wills it,
nhu the peoole mus mcve-must speak
ana right the wrong doings Of rum Wait
no' on cowardly statesmen. They are So
loon Slaves-soul and BODY sold 20 the
liquor league,-Geo W Armixtfud.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-30
GLOAMING.

The setting sun has dropt below the sandy reach;
bach
Here il the garden beds the flowers close their
eyes.
And twiGlt's soft wan mist across the woodland
hes
Oh is not this most sweet of any time or hour.
After the garish day, and ere the night clouds
lOwerE
"Tis as though Natures self should pause upon
her way,
Gray clad and pilgrim like, to mediate and pray.