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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
A New Kind of Leather.

James w. Deckert, Newarker, has
discovered new kink of fancy leather.
1t is obtained by tanning the stomachs
of animals, the same material from which
tripo is prepared. Triple is not tripe un-
til it is prepared for food. What 1t
should be called when considered as
material for leather is still an open ques-
ton. 1t makes handsome leather for
pocketboeks, bags, and fancy articles,
and can be dyed in any color. Only the
inner membrane is used. The heavy in
tegument is split off, leaving a modera-
tely thin and coarse-hbred leather as
soft as channels.
There is great variety Of grain and
pattern in the same piece of the leather,
and much Of it is too plain to admit Of
using it in large articles with the best
effect, but excellent results can be
obtained by matching opposite spots of
the skin, it can be called. The part
known as the "honeycomb' makes
particularly rich appearance when dyed
and polished. 1t is much more effective
than alligator OF lizard skin, and much
softer and more easily worked into irreg-
ular forms. Another part has the
appearance of being covered with jet
beads when dyed black and polished.
Any part of the material will keep
people guessing what it is made from,
and that is part of the pleasure of own
ing any novelty. The inventor or dis
coverer of this new leather says that he
can get from twelve to fifteen feet from
an animal New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

In parts OF Australia one comes across
q characteristic class in the shape OF old
miners who haunt the deserted diggins,
or the banks of gravelly-bottomed
streams which hold some traces of the
shining treasure in their beds-relics of
tho old days of the mining craze, ancient
hulks stranded where the rehux Of the
great wave of excitement and specula-
ton has left them. One comes across
their huts now und then in the thick scrub
along the water course, and finds In each
q bronzed and bearded hermit who greets
the visitor with a quiet "Good-day,
FRIEND" as lie looks at him with lustre-
less eyes. The old fire Of expectation
and hope has gone out Of these orbs;
they show nothing but the settled and
patient acceptance of disappointed
hopes, which in the case Of many weaker
mon, has caused madness or self distruc-
ton.
The history of many Of these recluses
would furnish material for absorbing
romances; Of wild, ungovernable youth
when home and friends were left on the
other side of the world In the eager on
set upon fortune in the Australian gold
diggings; of manhood spent in dark
shafts or under the blazing sun in rocky
gullios amid the hopes und disappoint-
nonts Of an army Of men who thirsted
and gamblod for gold; of On old age
which had nothing but memories to live
upon, when life was supported by the
few grains of gold which daily labor
csuld still extract from the banks of tho
improvised stream. The men who have
experienced these vicissitudes are not, as
rule, drawn into companionship there
by; they prefer to live alone, nor from
weeks end to weeks end do they see or
desire the presence of any other human
being. Lost in the remote wilds of the
bush, they have acquired something Of
the shyness and love CT solitude which
characterizes the furred and feathered
creatures about them-as silent rs the
songless birds, living lives as destitute
of fragrance as the scentless flowers.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
Only One Residence on Broadway.

From Bowling Green to Central Park,
as Broadway runs, is a distance of nearly
four and one half miles. Yet, in all this
distance along the greatest thoroughfare
in America there stands but one build
ing which is distinctively and solely q
family residence. | refer to the old
Goelet homestead on the northeast corner
of Broadway and Nineteenth street.
Several years ago there was second
old-time residence on Broadway, further
down, nearly opposite the United States
Hotel. 1t was known US the Colclesser
house. But that has ut last passed away,
and the Goelet homestead stands alone
in its desolation like tho last rose of
summer.
Directly opposite, across Broadway, is
the massive pile of tho Lord n Taylor
building. which has taken the place of
the old Adam Badeau Market. On the
opposite side of Nineteenth street stands
the great carpet house of the Sloanes.
Adjoining the old residence on the north
towers the dead, blank wall of the Goclet
business block, speaking in dumb elo-
quence of the fate which awaits the
be single life now almost run. On the
corner of Broadway and Seventeenth
street, two blocks below, is another bust
ness editice standing in the place of a
residence long since gone, but which was
the home during his life time of tho
bachelor brother of the maiden sister
who is the lonely occupant of this soli-
tary residence on BrOnlWay
People whose business calls them
through Nineteenth street daily somo-
times catch passing glimpse of the mis-
tress of the Goelet House us she sits at
u second story window. Sometimes an
old colored woman with bent form and
gray huir is seen lowering around her
aged mistress. But seldom is any ono
observed passing in or out of the resi-
dence or working round about. The life
of Miss Goelet, in that solitary house on
Broadway, midway between Madison and
Union Squares, is as secluded and quiet
as though it was spent in the jungles OF
the far West or the centre of Philadel-
phia.
Miss Goelet's brother, the father of
Mr.. Ogden Goelet, lived in this house
during the whole of his lifetime. AT his
death his maiden sister was left undis-
turbed in the old family home, and it will
not be touched until her death. Then it
will also disappear to give place to a
business ediice worthy of its surround
ings. The ground on which the residence
stands is worth nearly q million OF dol
lars certainly three-quarters of mil
i i ,c 90, In. la
their aunt undisturbel in the only home
she has ever known, the Goelet brothers
surrender possible income of forty or
fifty thousand dollars year, and that
sum represents the rental of that Old
house on Broadway. Il New York Adver-
tiser.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
A BOOtblack's Odd Sign.

The United States once claimed the
"Learned Blacksmith but it has re-
manned for Liverpool, England, to come
forward in these latter days with u
Learned Shoeblack," who displays the
following as sign as well as proof Of
his erudition:
pedal teguments artistically illumi-
mated in ebon hues and fabricated in q
woramanlike manner for the infnitesi-
NAL remuneration Of two pence. An
tiquated teguments pedal or superpedaD
expurgated judiciously and resuscitated
with exceeding expedition for nominal
compensation. Of the innumerable
foretastes of heaven and of paradise,
which every patron is permitted to par
take, would simply and briefly remurk
that from the eventuation of the opera
ton to its ultimate successful compile
ton, the patron reclines superintendent
on cushions which sybarite might
envy. In this superatively luxurious
,.ttitudo my customers will find that the
horizontal and the perpendicular are
gracefully blended. "-ISt. Louis Re-
public.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
''HUSTLERSo AND"KUSTLERS. ~
Such Are the Citizens Of tho Great
Northwestern Cities.

The KEYNOTE and countersgn of life
in the cities of the Northwest is the word
g hustle" We have caught it in tho
East but we use it humorously, just as
we once used tho Southern word skc-
daddle,' but out West tho word hustle is
not only Il serious term, it is the most
serious in the language. Ono day, as |
sat in the lobby of one of the great hotels
in the older pair Of twin cities, beard
two old friends greeting one another with
ardent expressions of friendship and de-
light. They had not met for long
while, and each asked about the others
Lizzie and Fannie and their respective
little ones. All of Il sudden | heard ono
say:
"Well, see you tonight, suppose.
have got to GO
Where have you got to go to-" the
other inquired, plainly disappointed that
the pleasant interview was not to be
prolonged.
Whoro:" the other echoed. "Why,
to hustle, of course | have lost ten
minutes standing here talking to you.
I'm going out to hustle"
The word always jars upon the ear of
an Eastern man when it is seriously
spoken, but it is preferable to that other
expression once dominant in the West,
but now all but abandoned. That was
the word "rustle" The noun a rust
Ter" and the verb "to rustic meant pre-
cisely what is conveyed by the newer
terms a hustler and to hustle. AT the first
blush, as they say out West, rustic
seems the better word. There is hint
of poetry in the suggestion of the sound
ofmoving leaves upon the ground or of
the silken dress of IL lady moving rapidly.
Moreover, that was what the word was
intended to convoy, the ideu being that
OF man who moves so rapidly that the
dead leaves upon the earth rustled as lie
swept along. But i'll its origin it is a
word of evil intent, for tho cowboys in
vented it and applied it to cattlethieyes,
rustlers being the swift raiders who
stole upon the grazing cattle on the
plains sand rustled off with Us many head,
or beasts, as they could get away with.
two. But to one who lives where Meth
or word is in familiar use there is little
choice, since the actual meaning of hus-
tie is not far different from that of jostc.
Both imply q serious and even brutal
lack of consideration for other persons,
who are elbowed and pushed out of the
way by the hustler as rowdies are hust-
led along by the police Harpers
Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
Tall War Stories.

81 saw fellow shot clean through the
body by grapnell she'll within all inch OF
his heart" he said 1.-The she'll came out
behind and killed mule, but the poor
fellow that was struck only gasped little
for air and then he kept on fighting just
as fresh US ever" The room became
very quiet and several looked toward
Tangle, who was present.
Tangle arose and looked meditatively
around. II saw something of the same
kind as that, he began. ut was at one
Of the first engagements we had when we
went to the front. There was soldier
who stood right beside me who was struck
square in the head with a twelve pound
cannon ball, and, gentlemen, he never
knew it." The old soldier who had told
the first story looked little sheepish
and several laughed a little.
But" some one thought to enquire,
didn't it kill him?' Tangle looked up,
little bit surprised. "Oh, yes, certainly
it killed him." he replied. But, then,
maybe it was all for the best. He might
have lived to tell the story. It's proba-
bly, Just as WE'LL" he added, looking at
the old soldier Milwaukee Sentinel.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

EVERY man in the world has a sc.
cret, and his mind hovers around it
as constantly as dog hovers around
the spot where he has hidden a bone.
He shows it In his face, and usually
it Is Of the kind that leaves lines in
his countenance. Live with him long
enough, and he will tell you, without
knowing that he is telling you, all
about it. Sometimes it is an ambi-
ton; oftener it is a disappointment,
but in almost every case 1t is some
thing that is concealed because it
would be to the mans discredit il
known. This is SO generally the case
that the only happy people are those
who have no secrets.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
The Biggest Hog.

A report from Calhoun states that the
largest hog ever known or heard OF in
that section of Alabama was killed on
Friday by B. X. Smith of that place.
After being thoroughly dressed tho
weight reached nine hundred pounds;
age between four and five years. Atthe
age of three years, whom the hog was in
much better condition than when killed,
the gross weight was O fraction over two
hundred pounds. MIR. Smith attributes
the unusual growth and size to regulari-
ty in feeding. He gave his personal at
tention to this duty, and the noted pig
received his rations from eight to fifteen
times day.-LColumbus (Ga.) Enquirer
Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

Mrs. Luviduv--Why are you SO
changed, Charles? Before we were mar
ried you used to talk to me by the hour;
now you scarcely ever have q word to
say to mo.
MIR. Luviduv-Speech, my dear, was
Eivcn to man to conceal his thoughts.
( Being my wife, you know, have nothing
t. conceal from you.- The Jester.
MATTER OF DOUBT.
Il don't think | shall call on Miss
Nippings again." he said rehectively.
! "Why?"
h E!She made uso Of the expression, the
| late unpleasantncss' last night"
+ hat of that"
"She said it in q way that left me in
5doubt as to whether she meant me or the
RI Washington Star.
IN A NEW YORK HOTEL.
First Drummer That hotel clerk in
there shows u disposition to run over
everybody who comes in his way.
Second Drummer-1 con account for
that
"iIow?"
"You see, he wears diamond breast
pin that has so frequently been mistaken
TOR q headlight of locomotive that he
really thinks he is one. That's why he
runs over people. '-[Texas Siftings.
SETS EN- UP.
! Bora-In drinking with your friends
( you must be very liberal, Jake.
Jake-Why 50?
Cora (yawning)-You do so much "set-
ting up"
SECOND THOUGHT.
She latter he has stolen kiss)-I am
surprised, sir. never thought that of
you. never thought you would dare.
(Silence.) didn't think you had that
much spunk. Il Now York Herald.
EDIsoN's LATEST.
Tho people of this brilliant age
viii, doubtless, soon expect
To hear the wizards" talking clock
Converse in dialect.
-lChicago Journal.
50 DIFFERENT.
Mr. Billus- Maria, | think you lavish
altogether too much time and attention
on that poodle.
Mrs. Billus-Poor little fellow! feel
so sorry for him, John! You know he
hasn't any club whore he can 60 and
spend three or four hours ovory evening.
|-[Chicago Tribune.
AN OCEAN JOKE.
Jake-You are the shore, darling; I
am the ship that hugs you.
Old Belows-(entering)-Yes, am
the breaker
And Jake passed into the darkness
with en inclination to stand up.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

THE war scare is over now, but at
one time the situation was exceed
ingly grave. Some idea of this may
be afforded by recalling the fact that
the pressure on the columns of the
New York Herald was so great one
morning as to necessitate the leaving
out of that ringing editorial begin
ming Never print paid advertise
ment," etc.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

Mr.. WILLIAM L. GARRISON has
written letter complaining of the
treatment Of his son, a student in
Harvard College, by his FELLOWSHIP
dents. 1t appears that young Mr..
Mr.. Garrison sought admission to the
society of the d. K. E., which is &C
counted the toniest society in the
college. His offer was accepted and
he was put through the initiation
performance, among which was the
burning of one Of his arms by a lighted
cigar, and In consequence he was
made sick, and there was apprehension
for time among the family Of blood
poisoning. The rule Of initiation, we
believe, to be that the candidate must
do some silly act or submit to some
silly act being done to him; not al
ways the same act, but invariably a
silly act; and this he understands
when he offers himself for admission.
The thing is mutual. II there is no
sense in it there is want of sense
on both sides. It is the price of dis
tinction. The scar is his badge of
membership. Shortly after the war
between France and Germany in 1870,
when the war passion was high, the
proudest and most popular young men
of Germany were those who had their
faces mutilated hy sword cuts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
What Bacteria Are.

Bacteria are simply microscopic plants,
the smallest form Of vegetable life. In
some instances they are so small that it
would be necessary TO place $1,000 of
them end to end in order to make row
an inch in length. They are Of widely
different forms, some round, some oval,
some fat or rod shaped, while still
another class are the exact countegparts
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
Chicken With Three Legs.

A curiosity in the shape of chicken
is now on exhibition at St. Francis 1t
consists of u perfectly formed chicken
with three legs, Matched about five days
ago-one closely under the wing, one
that is near the lower end of tho back,
while the other is in the proper place
The little fellow is yet alive and healthy
looking, and while the side with two legs
is an obstruction to navigation, he is ap-
parently enjoying life.-[St. Francis
Ola. Facts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

THERE are more old people in the
world now than there were thirty
years ago. The cause is said to be
due to the fact that more people have
their decayed teeth extracted and
are wearing store teeth. Their diges-
tion is made better, and they live
longer
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
homes

CHILL withdrew and apologized for
Matta's famous note and heaped up.
on Malta himself all the social and
political honors imaginable. An
apology made at the muzzle Of a gun
is about as sincere as an expression Of
religious faith eXtorted, as was once
the pleasing custom, on the rack.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

THE Legislature of Michigan has
sat down hard on the cigarette demon
by making 1t a misdemeanor punish
able by fine to manufacture, sell, or
give away cigarettes or paper for
making them. About a year from
now it will be interesting to have
a report on the efficiency Of this piece
of repressive legislation.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
TWO WORLDS.

Ihave a world call my own,
$50 each soul
Hath it's dole,)
and from the radiance OF the sun
Far above it,
To the violet. tiniest one
In the wood, love it.
Not for me the joyous thrills
Born of breath of daffodils;
In the Poets world they gov,
They were Worlsworth's long ago;
But Hcpatica for me
Smiles, and pure Anemone
In the sp ingtime whispers low,
While Goldenrod and Asters gay
Bright in autumn nod my way.
Hove my world, love it'll
Not to me the Nightingales
Tell their musical love tales;
Keats ars they,
Made his own
By the poets magic art
Round them thrown.
But the note of Robin clear
Is, mayhap. to me as dear,
And the song sparrow's refrain
Bids me "hope' and "hope again"
This world of mine, l love It'll
"Thc lark to heavens gate soaring"
l follow not with eyes adoring,
He is ahelleys,
Shrined forever
In music
Ceasing never.
But for me the Bobolink
Fills June's sky
With melody drink
With ecstasy.
Hove my world I love it!
Ali this my world love,
And the poets world as true,
For with them oil will rove
In the places once they knew:
With the heart of lover
sing over and over,
Their world is my world.
And love 1t, too!
-[ELLEN B. CUnRIER, in Boston TRANSCRIPT
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

Nor merely to know, but according
to his knowledge to do, is the destiny
of man. Your action alone deter
mines your worth; and Carlyle says,
"The end Of man is an action, and
not q thought, though it were of the
nOblest,n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
longer

THE frequency Of the word sud
denly" in the many death notices Of
the day Is startling and shocking,
even when one is not acquainted with
any Of those who are taken away.
The winter has been one which has
brought unexpected grief to many
hnnns
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

Of small cork-sorews. In all cases they
are so minute that one needs powerful
microscope in order to study them, and
in no case can they be perceived simply
with the naked eye. When countless
millions are grou ed to gether they may
probably be seen, but in this case they
may be said to resemble On approaching
army, of which we are totally unable to
distinguish single soldicr.-Lst. Louis
RcDubliC,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

THE only conclusive evidence of a
mans sincerity is that he gives him
self for principle. Words, money,
all things else are comparatively easy
to give away; but when man makes
gift Of his daily life and practice it
is plain that the truth, whatever it
may be, has taken possession Of him.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

PHYSICIANS say that swinging In.
dian clubs and the use Of dumb-bells
is the best thing In the world to de-
velop the muscles of young woman's
arms and shoulders. What IS the
matter with sweeping and scrubbing2
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

THERE are many people In the
West who never tasted really good
roast beef. Thousands Of cooks do
not know how to cook it, and thou
sands of butchers do not know how
to cut 1t.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

If boy wants to do something
that he shouldn't, give him your full
consent to do 1t. Though he was
crazy to do it On the sly, your per-
mission will take away all his desire.
The same rule. it is said, will work
with the men.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

A GREAT many items are brought
to this Office, and the most vicious
are invariably sent in by women.
They are usually slaps at other
women, and generally speak respect
fully Of the men. Women should
stand together" more
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07
A GOOD REASON.

'Did you hear of that case on Man
haitian avenue?" said Mr. Uptown to Mr..
Murray Hill, as they met on Third
avenue elevated train.
"No; what about it," inquired Murray
Hill.
"Why," said Uptown, 20 man lay
there in the house nine days before
the family would bury him. Had the
funeral yesterday
"By gracious!' said Hill, chats an
outrage. Why didn't they bury him
beforo-superstition?''
"No; not exactly that" and Uptown,
drawing Hills ear down and towards his
mouth, sad THAT wasn't it. He was
not oad.'-[Texas Siftings.
FIXING TIE RESPONSIBILITY.
Elm no fool"
"Tho man who told you that was
one.'
BLUE LOOKOUT FOR HIM.
"Joncs has got into tho social swim OF
last, | see.'
"Then he is goner."
"Why so:"
"Bocauso he told me the other day
that he never had been able to keep his
head above water since he got married. ~
Il New York Press.
HE'D FORGOTTEN THAT.
"This coat is too tight across the
chest"
DWELL, it won't be long. You are a
cigarette smoker, you know"
TO HIM THAT WATTS.
"All things come to him who waits"
lis true as sages say;
I'm waiting for million, and
There came dun to-day.
New York World.
A SALE SECURED.
Friond-What is your idea in calling
your new book "a Secret"
Author expect the women to buy it
and give it away.
TO MAKE A WOMAN.
Mrs. Smythe--l never could under
stand why it takes ten tailors to make a
man.
Smythc (unwarily)-Why?
Mrs. Slnythe-Because [ should feel
made with just one dressmaker.
SOCIETY INCIDENT IN ARIZONA.
Miss Lariat-Mr. Dyle, let me intro
duce my brother, Mr.. Lariat.
Mr.. Dyle proprietor Of leading faro
banking institution)-I am glad to see
you, sir.
Mr.. Larat-I think have met you
before, Mr.. Dyle.
Mr. Dyle (magnanimously pulling out q
l1,, Of Of coin)--Er-how much?-
Chicago Tribune.
THE STUMPERs.
"Why do you think all politicians
would make good dentists?"
They are experts when it comes to
taking the stump"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

THE members Of jury in Iowa have
recently confessed that their verdict of
guilty against man charged with bur-
glary was decided by drawing lots. They
had become so confused by mass of ex
pert testimtny that they had no other re-
coarse,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-07

WE never had an ache or a pain
when we were little that the grown
people did not tell US to go to sleep
and forget it. We have often Won
dered since that they did not take
their own advice.