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Year: 1878

MISTAKEN KINDNESS. We very
often meet with young men who, at
the age of twenty-one, are no more fit
ted to fight the battle OF life than most
BOYS are at sixteen. This is often, at
least, the fault of friends who, through
mistaken kcnduess. have taken upon
themselves the thinking and reasoning
that should have been done by those
they 30 urgently desire to rssist. In
other eases it arises from lack Of force
of character in the young man that in-
duees them To rely on their friends for
advice aud counsel rather than exert
themselves to the extent necessary to
form an opinion on which to found a
Judgment. One of the first lessons =
iuau should be taught is that of self
reliance. Let him seek the advice OF
older and wiser people if he will; good
counsel harms no one; but should care
fully consider all they say. and then
decide for himself; sometimes, perhaps
often, he will decide wrongly-but
every wrong decision is. or should be,
a valuable lesson. Friends may proper
ly be used as counsellors and guides,
but not a. leaning posts or stats. Learn
auother's stroke If you think it better
than yours, then paddle your own
canoe. Floats and life preservers are
often very serviceAble but they are not
always at hand in time of danger, and
he is wise who learns to swim without
their assistance. Until boy can learn
TO rely upon his own Judgment, he will
never be q man, in reality. no matter
what his age may be.
Year: 1878

@She is nobodyl Only a post. ira
der's wife, said the pretty Mrs. Bel
knap with toss OF the head. 1t was
only sentence, but it hurled the
speaker and those dear to her from a
position long held and highly priced,
and brought to light transactions that
made Americans for a time almost
lose faith in public men.


Only one marshal failed to obey
commands at Waterloo on that men,
0rable 18th OF June, but it broke the
proud heart Of Napoleon, caused de-
feat TO be written on the French ban
ner, which heretofore had only vic
tory inscribed thereon, and brought
untold glory to Wellington, and Joy
to the allied English and German
troops. or this defeat, Theirs wrote
"As for this battle, no one can deny
that the plan and execution were all
that could be expected OF a command
er." 1t was only Grouchy who was
to blame, and he was only a little too
late, but Napoleon died in exile be-
cause OF 1t.


ONLY child left within a burning
house. Who would enter at the risk
OF life and save him? He was saved,
and after years proved it was life
Year: 1878

There are other ministers OF love
more conspicuous than good daugh-
ter, but none in which q gentler,
lovelier, spirit dwells, and none to
which the hearts warm acquitals
more ioyfully respond. She is the
steady light Of her fathers house.
Her idea is indissolubly connected
with that Of the happy flreside. She
is his morning sun aud evening star.
The grace, vivacity and tenderness
Of her sex ha7e their place in the
mighty sway which she holds over
his spirit. The lessons OF recorded
wisdom which he reads with her eyes
come to his mind with a new charm.
as blended with the beloved melody
OF her voice. he scarcely knows
WEAKNESS which her song does not
make him forget, or gloom which is
proof against the young brightness
Of her smile. She is the pride and
hospitality and the gentle nurse OF
bis sickness. and the constant agent
Of those nameless. numberless acts
Of kindness which one chiefly cares
to have rendered because they are
unpretending but expressive proofs
OF love.
Year: 1878

Laying aside the thought OF our
own rest and comfort, let us look
higher. For the children's sake we
must make the most of ourselves.
Many an unselflsh mother has said.
"Oh, 1 cannot take all this time, there
are so many things to do for the chill
dren.' She does not realize that she
may do more for them in the end by
cultivating herself than il she spends
all her time on clothes and cooking.
A generosity which makes the recipi-
ent weak or selfish Is not blessing
but curse. Have you not seen
grown-up SONS who snubbed their
mothers opinions in the same breath
with which they called her to bring
their slippers? The meek little wom-
an has "trotted around" to wait on
them so long that they have come to
think that that is all she Is good for.
Their sisters keep Ma" In the back
ground because she "hasn't bit OF
STYLE" and is $50 uncultiva,eG," for
getting that she has always worn
shabby clothes that they might wear
fine ones; that her hands have be-
come horny with hard work that
theirs might be kept soft and white
for the piano, and that she has denied
herself books and leisure that they
might have both. And there are 9TH
er children, too noble for such base
ingratitude, who feel keen though
secret sense of lossas they kiss the
dear withered cheek and think how
much more of a woman mother"
might have been il she had not shut
herself away from the culture and
sweet companionship OF books
Scrib,ler for april.
Year: 1878




Young men coming upon the stage
OF active life during the present hard
times are much more likely to be
permanently successful than those
who made their advent in business
during the period OF imitation, OF high
prices, and of fabulous nominal prof.
its. The great reason OF this is that
young men who begin now, from ne
cessity, form their business manage
ment and personal habits on princi-
Piles OF rigid economy. These in the
long run tell so powerfully as to make,
in many cases, the difference between
failure and success.


Men who began when everything
was at the top, find it very embarrass-
ing to come down and adapt them
selves and their business to the
times that try mems purses, as war is
said to try their souls, whereas, those
who commence when economy is the
order OF the day experience no diff
Guilty whatever in starting upon an
economical basis, and, once started,
it will be easy to adhere to it.


So that, for young men just en-
barking for themselves. we may al
most assert the paradox that bad
times are the best.-NelU York Ledger.
Year: 1878




The "Great Eastern" went ahead at
the rate of five nautical miles an
hour, and the cable passed smoothly
overheard. Messages were sent to
England and answers received. The
weather was bright, and all hands
were cheerful. On the third day af-
ter the splicing" OF the shore end
with the main cable, that part of the
ocean was reached where the water
suddenly increases in depth from two
hundred and ten fathoms to two
thousand and fifty. One Of the ear
ier cables broke at this place and
was lost forever. The electricians
and engineers watched for it with
anxious eyes. 1t was reached and
passed. The black cord still travelled
through the wheels unbroken, and
the test applied by the galvanometer
proved the insulation to be perfect.
The days wore away without mishap
until the evening OF July IL, when the
sound of the gong filed all hearts
with a sickening fear.


The rain was falling In torrents and
patterlng on the heavy oil-skin cloth
ing OF the watchers. The wind blew
in chilly gusts, and the sea broke l.;
white crests or foam. A dense ard
pitchy cloud issued from the smoke
stacks. The vessel advanced in utter
darkness. A few lights were moving
about, and shadows fell hither and
thither as one Of the hands carried
lantern along the sloppy deck The
testingroom was occupied by an
electrician, who was quietly working
with his magical instrument, and the
cable could be heard winding over
the wheels astern, as the tinkling OF
little bell on the @drum" recorded its
progress.


The electrician rose from his seat
suddenly, and struck the alarm. The
next instant each person pn board
knew that an accident had happened.
The engines were stopped and re-
versed within two minutes. Blue
lights were burned on the paddle
boxes, and showed knot In the cable
as it lay in the trough. W


1t is very intricate knot that an
old sailor cannot unite. and the old
sailors on the Great Eastern twisted
and untwisted coil after coil until
they succeeded in untying this one.
The Insulation remained perfect, aud
in few hours all was right again.
The accident caused much i'll forebo-
ding, however, as it showed how
slight an occurrence might bring the
expedition to a disastrous end.


On July q. after voyage OF fifteen
days, the Great Eastern finished ner
work, and her part Of the cable was
attached to the American shore-end
which had been laid by another ves-
sel-St. Nicholas.
Year: 1878


at Work, that topical preaching is re.
sponsible for the short pastorates
which are now SO common in the
United States. He reasons out the
process thus: "When one invariably
takes separate texts, the probability
is these will run in the same direc-
ton and sound one note. Every
preacher has his idiosyncrasies, and
these will come out in his selection Of
his themes, so that in a very short
time he will preach himself out. He
will ring the changes on few topics,
until after time the people will
grow weary both Of him and of them"
Year: 1878

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,


STATE OF LOUISIANA,


New Orleans, July IT, 1878.
In pursuance Of article lat OF the constitn-
ton of this State, publication is hereby given
to tho voters of this State of the proposed
amendments to the constitution of this State,
agreed to by two-thirds Of the members elected
to each house of the General Assembly, at its
session of 1878, and which are required to be
published, three months before the next gen
eral election for Representatives to the General
Assembly in at least one newspaper in every
parish of this State, in which newspaper shall
he published. Said amendments appear more
fully in acts Nos. 73 and "A of the regular session
of the General Assembly of 1873. and in act
No - of the extra session Of the General As
sembly of 1878, which are officially published
for the information of the voters, and which
will be submitted to the people at the next
general election to he held on the fifth day OF
November, (nexU 1878, in such a manner and
form that the people may vote for Or against
each amendment separately, and if majority
of the votes at said election shall approve and
ratify all or either of said amendments, the
same shall become part OF the constitution


WILL A. STRONG,


nf
Year: 1878

am hereby authorized by merchants and
other responsible citizens of the town OF Ope-
lousas to offer the above reward for the appre-
tension, with sufficient evidence to convict. Of
the party or parties who were engaged q few
nights since, i'll the attempt to burn the build
ing now occupied by Emile Peffcrkorn, as q
coffee house. JAMES RAY,


President Board of Police
Year: 1878

That the seat of government shall be estah-
lished at the city of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
voters of the State may determine at the next
ensuing election; those voting to locate the
State capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse on
their tickets, 1" For State Capital Baton Rouge
those voting to locate the capital at New Or
leans shall indorse on their tickets :" For State
Capital New Orleans"


(strike out article one hundred and thirty


ACT NO. "A, r. s. OF 1873.
Year: 1878

MOrsels for Sunday Contemplation.


A nan seldom improves who has no
better model than himself


Every mans vanity ought to be his
greatest shame and every mans folly
ought 70 be his greatest secret,


He that has more knowledge than
Judgment is made for another mans use
rather than his own.


None of us stand alone in the world ;
none of Us can sink into an abyss of
misery without dragging others after US.


The way to right yourself is to be care
full not to wrong others. Z With what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured
to you again"


There is q gift that is almost blow,
and there is a kind word that is muniti-
cent; so much is there in the mode Of
doing things.


If YOU would find great many faults,
be on the lookout; but if you want to
find them in unlimited numbers, be on
the look-ip-


There is this difference between hatred
and pity: Pity is thing often avowed,
but seldom felt; hatred is thing often
felt, but seldom ayowed.


Agood name is like precious ointment
it flleth all around about, and will not
easily fade away, for the OdOrs of oint-
ments are more durable than those Of
flowers.


A bird upon the wing may larry seed
that shall add a new species to. the vege-
table family of a continent; and just so
word, thought, from living soul
may have results immeasurable, eternal.
Year: 1878

It is folly for sman to think Of be
coming successful breeder of live stock
unless he takes q pride in the business
and likes the stock he is raising. To be
successful he must become enamoureo
with the business. He must feel nearly
the same interest in his stock that he
does in the members of his family. He
must always have a kind word for them,
and feel lively interest in their COM
fort and well being. He must provide
for their wants, pet them, cultivate an
acquaintance with them. He must De
ambitious to excel in raising the very
best specimens, and hence must procure
the choicest animals as breeders, he
must have his business "on the praln,
give It his chief attention, study how to
excel in it, post himself in regard to 1t
by taking the best papers devoted to. It.
II he will do this his future as breeder
is bright and promising,
Year: 1878

Every good groom knows that sound
oats and beans and peas in due proper
tion, and at least a year old, are the very
best food for a galloping horse-the only
food on which it is possible to get the
very best condition out of race horse or
hunter. 1t also has recently become
known that horses do slow work and get
fat, indeed too fat, on maize, Indian corn,
which is frequently one third cheaper
than the best oats. In the East, horses
are fed on barley, and it is popular idea
with English officers who have lived in
Persia and Syria that the change of food
from barley to oats, often, when imported,
produces blindness in Arabian horses.
Now, although no men understand better
or so we'll how to get blood horses into
galloping condition as English grooms,
they do not, and few of their masters do,
know the reason why oats and beans are
the best food for putting muscular flesh
on horse. The agricultural chemist
steps in here, makes the matter very
plain, and shows that If you want pace,
Indian corn, although nominally cheaper,
is not cheap at all. When we feed a
bullock, sheep, or u pig for sale, after
it has passed the store stage, we want to
make it fat as quickly and as cheaply as
possible; but with n horse for work the
object is, give him musclc--in common
language, hard flesh. There are times
when it is profitable to make horse fat,
as, for instance, when he is going up for
sale. For this purpose an addition of
about a pound and half of oil cake to
his ordinary food has good effect. 1t is
especially useful when horse that has
been closely clipped or singed is in a
low condition. 1t helps on the change to
the new coat by making him fat. A horse
in low condition changes his coat very
slowly.


When from any cause there is difficulty
in getting a supply of the best oats, an
excellent mixture may be made ofcrushed
maize and beans, in the proportion of
two-thirds of maize and one of beans,
which exactly afford the proportions of
flesh forming and fat. forming food. Bran
is very valuable food in stable for re-
ducing the inflammatory effects of oats
and beans. Made into mashes it has
cooling and laxative effect, but used in
excess, especially in dry state, it is apt
to form stony secretions in the bowels Of
the horse. Stones, produced from the
excessive use of bran, have been taken
out of horses after death weighing many
pounds. London Lire Stock Journal.
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, July 15.-JohR Kettleman went
TO Melrose on Saturday to visit a young
woman. Late in the evening he went to the
railroad station to take the train for the city
The young woman accompanied him to the
station to bid him good-by. He stepped upon
the train, and as he was waving an adieu fell
between the cars and was killed.
Year: 1878

The main entrance Of the Granite Building u
about beng finished. an immense scaffoIding
having been erected over that celebrated stair
Ease to accommodate the plaster rs In tfeiE
work Of coating the bare walls. that have been
an Eye-e ore for many years,


The apDearancs of
Year: 1878

signed by the United States supervisors; there
was nOprOtest found


The protest to the parish of Bossier Is in
two inks. Witness was called upon to shy
whether the first portion Of the protest and
the filling In Of the blanks Of the iurat Wbfe
not In the same ink.


He said they were, but that the second pOr-
ton was In different hand and ink


There being no other witnesses summoned
for tho day, the committee adjourned until
to-day at 10Z o'clock a. IN,
Year: 1878

In the general distribution of medals, if II
had been possible tor the international Jury
of Award" to have given a medal to the best
hotel in Philadelphia. this honor would have
requisites of a model establishment In every
Iesp1essR
Year: 1878

It is a good thing for young man to
be knocked about in the world" al
though his soft-hearted parents may
not think so. All youths, or if not all,
certainly nineteen-tWentieths of the
sum total, enter life with a surplusage
Of self-conceit. The sooner they are
relieved the better. If, in measuring
themselves with wiser and older men
than themselves, they discover that it
is unWarranted, and get rid of it grace
fully and Of their own accord well and
good; if not, it is desirable for theiI
own sake, that it should be knocked
out of them. A boy who is sent to a
large school soOns finds his level. His
will may have been paramount at home;
but school boys are democratic in their
ideas, and if arrogant, he is sure to be
thrashed into a recognition Of the
golden rule. The world is great pub
lie school, and it soon teaches a new
pupil his proper place. If he has the
attributes that belong to a leader, he
will be installed into the position of the
leader; if not, whatever his opinion
of his abilities, he will be compelled to
fall back in to the rank and file. If not
destined to greatness, the next best
thing to which he can aspire is respeC-


liability; but no man can be truly great
or truly respectable who is vain, pOmp-
Gus, and OYerbearing. BY the time the
novice has found his legitimate social
position, be the same high or low, the
probability is the same disagreeable
traits Of character will be sOftened
down and worn away. Most likely the
process Of abrasion will be rough, but
when it is all over, and he begins to see
himself as others see him, and not as
seen in che mirror Of self-cOnceiU, he
will be thankful that he has run the
gauntlet, and arrived through by a
rough road of knowledge.


Upon the whole, whatever loving
mothers may think to the contrary, it is
a good thing for youths to be knocked
about in the world. Il makes men of
them, fits them for the rough and tum-
BILE life they will have to take in
this world.
Year: 1878

I've Just heard Of the queel |ay the
Persians have of keeping themselves
warm in their houses during cold
weather. They place in the middle of
the room a pan of burning charcoal un-
der a sort of table or frame which holds
up a large wadded quilt that reaches the
door on all sides, like a tent. This must
iook almost like keeping the fire warm.
Then the family sit around the drOlI
stove, with their legs and arms under
the quilt, and when they wish to go to
sleep, they put themselves half under
the quilt, and so keep nice and warm
until the morning. That's easy enough
for Persi ms to do, because, as Pm told,
they never undress at night, but just
roll themselves in coverings and lie
down anywhere.


Perhaps you would not find such ar
rangements in your homes quite as
comfortable as soft beds and cOzy
blankets in weII-warmed rooms. How
ever, the Persian winter is not as cold
as ours, I suppose.
Year: 1878

A lazy girl, who liked to live in COM
Fort and do nothing, asked her fairy
godmother to give her a good genius to
do everything for her. On the instant
the fairy called ten dwaTfs, who washed
and dressed the little girl, and cOmbed
her hair, and fed her, and so on. All
was done so nicely that she was happy,
except for the thought that they would
20 away. ITO prevent that" said the
godmother, 81 will place them perma-
nently in your ten pretty little fingers" !"
And they are there yet.
Year: 1878

One OF the best things in the world to
be, is boy.


Boys have always been so plenty that
they are not half appreciated.


A boy is willing to do any amount Of
work if it is called play.


The feeling of boy toward pumpkin
pie has never been properly considered.


a boy furnishes half the entertain
ment and takes two-thirds of the scOId-
ing of the family circle.


1t is impossible to say at what age
boy becomes conscious THAI his trouser-
legs are too short, and is anxious about
the part Of his hair.


In fact, a boy is hard subject y get
q moral from.
Year: 1878

A certain king would build a cathe-
dral; and that the credit Of it might be
all his own, he forbade any from con-
tributing to its erection in the least de-
gree. A tablet was placed in the side
of the building, and on it his name was
carved, as the builder. But that night
be saw, in a dream, an angel, who came
qown and erased his name, and the
name of a poor widow appeared in its
stead. This was three times repeated;
when the enraged king summoned the
woman before him, and demanded,
'What have you been doing, and why
have you broken my commandments"
The trembling woman replied, 81 love
the Lord and IOnged to DO something
for his name and for the building of
his church. Twas forbidden to touch
it in any way, so in my poverty 1
brought a wisp Of hay for the horses
that drew the stones" And the king
saw that he had labored for his OWN
glory. but the widow for the glory Of
God; and he commanded that her name
should be inscribed uDon the tablet.
Year: 1878

a brown, hard, weather-heaten face
may be so full Of goodness as to
awaken instant and entire confidence
in the beholder; or one bearing every
indication of culture and refinement
may be so strongly marked with cum
ming or passion that we shrink from 1t
with repugnance. Nature gives US our
features, but we stamp them with the
cheerfulness proceeding from nObleness
Of purpose, OF the discomfort arising
from unredeemed promises.
Year: 1878

Eight Of them have united to pur-
chase the right to shoot over a small
suburban farm. On the evening OF
the opening Of the season a happy
thought comes into the head Of one Of
the lessees, and he writes seven anony-
nous letters to his seven partners, urg-
ing each, as he values the honor Of his
family and if he would thwart a heart
less sedUcer, to be at an indicated spot
in the BOis next day at p. N. and
keep an eye on his wife. Next day he
has q pleasant days shooting all to
himself.
Year: 1878

Every year witnesses curious sand
showers in China, when there is Meth,
er cloud nor fog in the sky. The sun is
scarcely visible looking very much as
when seen through smoked glass.
The sand penetUates houses, reaching
apartments which seem securely closed.
1t is supposed to be carried by whirl-
winds from the great desert Of Cobb
and the storms are Indicative Of year
Of large fertility.
Year: 1878

On the Hampshire coast OF England
the wild Sea Kale is made to yield a
revenue to the industrious cOttagers.
The plants are covered in the autumn
with sea gravel, or shingIs, as it is
called, and in March the heads are from
six to nine inches in length, fresh and
succUlent, and said to be far more deli
cate than that forced with manure in
the usual way, which We can readily
believe. The matter is attracting con-
siderable attention on the sea coast
where beach exists above high water
marx.