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Published by Order of Ills Excelleuoy,
Gov. Eonry W. Allen.
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Marshall, Tex. September 9TH, 1864.
AaJ HEN cotton or other property subject to
w taxation in money. shall have been des.
tsoyed or burned by authority of the Government,
the tax may br renlitted before payment upon
application u the taxpayer to the Disnict Col.
lector, and his report Of the facts to the State
Collector And when payment has been made,
the State Collector is authorized on report of the
facts by the Dist. Collector, to refund the money.
Instructions have been given to the State Col
lecfof ot louisiana on this subject, and he has
been authorized to allow the amount to be re-
funded, in any case, to be credited on the taxes
for 1864. The law and Instructions also provide
that If crops be taken OF destroyed by the enemy,
ard slaves taken or lost to the owner by act of
the enemy, the tax shall be ren,itsed on proof of
the facts to the State Collector, and if the loss
occurs before assessment of the tax, then the
Assessor, on proof of it to him, may make de-.
dncton IN proportion to the loss or in other
words, the property lost befors assessment will
not be Included i'll it.
Variations in the value of cotton, as of other
property. by Assessors in different Parishes. can.
not be avoided
Il he agent has no power to suspend Laws
lsespeetTuY, p. W. GRAY,
Agent Treasury, TFans- Miss Department
0ctabeF IS, 1864 Dob
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TEE OPELOUSAS COURIER.
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F@stsasd on Saturday by Joel II. SandoE.
CONDITIONS: &

Subscription. for six months, payable in g.
vance, TWENTY dollars. if paid at the end OF lns
six months. twenty five dollars. A subsere.as 81
wishing to discontinue must give ,crittea aosas
to that effect. and settle up all arrearages. "
Advertisements will be inserted at fifty efas ~
per line for each publication. liberal diseoulI f
willbe made for long standing advertisements Il
All the advertisements will be inserted n
french and english until the editor shall jucge s
convenient to discontinue the publication, !, (.
No advertisements or subscription will
stopped until all arIsaragss arc paid. nri~
q. the cr+isn Of sa~ snb~sae-.
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st. Charles CoEIese.

II uEE session OF ST. uAdcs College tGrsnd
l. Coteau) will commence on the Gath q
October 50 end as usus! about the sosh q
August
Tsrms:-Bosrd. .rnition, Washing ssa'ionstJ
and medical fees. $500, (ths former pension 9
Entrance fee, BIO.
Books and medicines forrn extra charg.s
The terms are to be paid by half session il :. g q
vance. The first instalment being due the Am 2
OF October; the second being dao the 18th 9
march.
The aRe of admission is from ten to fsesa
years. Il $ required that the pupils know pr.
viansly how to read and write.
Oct. 8, is6i.-I9-4t.
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Board 81 Police.
To " n OF OPELoUsAs,

Saturday, Septensber3d, 1864.
W. HEREAS. the owners of cattle in the
w Parish of st. Landry and TIE adjoining
Parishes haze refused TO sell cattle, to tte Agent
Of the town Of Opelonsas, fof Conftd.rass money:
Therefore, Resolved, Thas the said Agent, w.
Il. Megiiiiey, be, and lie is hereby authorized to
purchase cattle for the use OF the town of Opel
ousas, for State money or Confederate bills of
the denomination Of one, two ard three dolfsts,
or bills of the new isstla, and to retail the said
beef in the Market OF the soWn for the same aand
Of money I. A. KING,
President.
JOS. D, RlcHAKD, Clerk.
true copy,
JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
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HARDEE's CoRPs---In the fgt OF, the 1st at
Jonssboro's Hardee corps was assaulted BY six
corps Of tie enemy. but maintained its position
the entire day. The fight is said To have been
one Of the most desperate On record At times
itwas hand to hand. hut the heroic handful never
finched. Being flanlSed. they Withdrew during
the night. Ever since HaEdee has l,sd command
of Ibis eorrs, il has been an honor to army and
country. On every battlefield it has covered
itself with glory. Georgia may well be proud
of her gallant son. The seldiers call him ..sOid
Reliable as he has never failed 10 perform his
part in the grand drama and when tho curtain
falls, bis name win be among the brightest that
adorn the page On which il written the names Of
the heroes of the revolution liaeoa Confederate.
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Another ne Ellsr ns = ,,y Jayhawkers. Last
Wednesday, as Mr. Guillanmin and two other
gentlemen were on their way to their command,
they met with gang of Is OF IL Jayhawkers IN
Prairie Mamouth, who fired upon them, killing
Mr Guiaumn and wounding Mr.. Landreneau
one of his companions. Neither Of these gen
tIenlcn was sr,nel
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HEAD QUARTERS,
TTans-HGigstasippi pepa a:tnant,


sHRgvEPoRT. La. SECT. Ia, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 7e
Il LII oftiears and nlen belonging to commands
"a eastsof the Mississippi River, and who have
come into this Department since the iaiIof Yicks
burg. and are not now serving in the feld. will
report .afneoiately, in person, to Big Gen. H.
I. Hays, at Alexandria. Louisiana.
IL Commanding officers will tarn ovar to
Brig. Gen. HAYS. all officers aud men serving in
their conmands, belonging TO military organiza-
lions east OF the Mississippi now, who may have
come into this Department sineethe fall Of Vicks-
burg and have not been regularly assigned to the
command with which they are serving, by proper
authority. s..#.=
III Qaartermasters and Commissafies will
filrnishtiie nteessary supplies. transportation, &c,
to enable Brig. Gen. Hays to establish camp
rear Alexandra, La. and whieh may be required
to collect and forward the men to their commands
east of the Mississippi river
BY command of
General E. KIRBY SMITH. \
-, .. ANDERSEN, Asst. Adi.. Gen. 2e--4t
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g@Light skirnishirg is occasionally going
On Of late about Lyons and Morgsn's Ferry, on
the Atchafalaya. Our boys ofthe End La, it
would appear, are keeping the Feds in check.
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would appear, are keeping the Feds In Check.
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PRESIDENT DAVIS. - The Richmond En-
euirer, in an elegant article, thus beautifully and
/, trutIflllIy speaks of our noble chief magistrate
Referring to the successes which have, during
the present campaign crowned our arms, and
which are justly regarded as happy sources Of
confidence for-the future, ths Enquirer says:
"There is still another source 10 which all look
for strength, even as children turn to their father
The great ebiet. in whose hands the nation en-
trusted its destiny, gathers together its broken
liberties and returns them brighter with the
golden bands that bind them. The spirit of good
controls his counsels. and he asks ef God the
wisdom to serTe his country. He esteenls mis-
fortune as rebuse to human vanity, and he al
tributes success to the canse that made the
living water gnsh from the sock. His will is as
rigid as truth tempered with christian charity.
Neither low j"st nor levity mars his stately dgni-
ty and he is free from reproacr as he is careless
OF applause. He writes the purest English of his
race, and thinks truth stronger weapon than
talsehood Pure in all relations of life. he gathers
for himself no treasures except the affections OF
the people Surrounded to-day in the capital by
many hostile armies, his courage shines like
polished steel; and his intelligence. first assuring
victory, directs the people to be joyous on their
birthday. Many are the causes which have near
" secured our liberty. Nature has been partial
aaa amr sa.rs .I rava ana davota nnr bares
,s.,, ' =, .t,a s,., ,,bh ,a,es ;,'sn;rs.
y. asoh ~ MI i st II, ,re;s, I ,l,,. &C. &C.
to Hin from whom all blessings flow, AID then
TO oar noble president who serves his country in
ho,ius ~ s h.us pa b;a % o,,rv em .Ie. ',,'
r. .saoa @ ssa in,,ar are ,aso p.ryns ,,;Is III,
WE ~, write ths bip guns el Les are thuney;o, onr
.;..aa, =, H. ,org an5 ~, ,;t,.
:, he f,se The east ereefs tbe west ard acbnes
h,clx to the Wild shout Of victory. hannv dr.
i;verance 10 o,,r cn,,rtry. and honor ia it, aoha
assan,lers - -, >.e,,s. ~
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nSsonmY Ptcrr5Rs. f,a{easa.e - of The
M of fbe Rar.-Hkat Fins Came Of Yboi;t;oas
1 IA. A writer in the .IadianaIols Sa,,sinel,.s
/ ms uy, eame Of HE Yssts of Repnb3ican rnle
i tba nast thre. yeafa "
Mat I'VE have lost by death and nerpa anert
dltah;lity more thsn.a n1ien Of mon fra,, vy;:,-
I,hc- anl disease II, His war Overt,yo millions
.i,,v enlisted a,tos,a y,nr trI,rre an. nnt In,,nb
over balf n n,In N ,i,e ,;-l1 n,v = tNbet,. ar,
the baI.nce n
9a Wa have created q dptt Of oyas ,,rse
.ba,,sa,,a n,fan. If dollars rbs ofs;.;.i
If thf S.ret,ry of A.. .rreasny, f,aas ~. si.s,.
~, half ths etn,l debt. i oas ,,ot .o,.e ;n,,
account the ffoatfDg debt created by euar1ern,as-
tars aud otber ofFi,.ers IN ,,i,;,l raas;., ~
&c ID IS - - Il /. n. !. s.'sssSrttt 80 - -
Sd Bg The Abolition aud sssscation Acts
every vestige OF Uiion feelingj ea5 a5e saath has
been blo.ted out, as DanlnoiI 1l) Atliey united
the colonies. kN :,
fsh The natoa's wealth is | oss5b~ Twelve tlion-
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District Court Of the Confederate States
Opelousas,

Clerks Office, October 22nd, 1864
YUyHE account of Il. N. Mcmillan. Contsder-
I'LL ate States Receiver, having been filed,
showing his action as Asceiyer. under the act OF
Congress approved 30tf August 1861, entitled
AN Act for the sequesration Of the estates, pro-
pelty and effects of alien enemies and respset-
ing matter which have passed sequestration,-
Notice is hereby given that the Court has ap-
pointed the first day OF ths next term of said
Court for the settlement of said account.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
Oct 22nd 1864 2i-5t
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nWe are panied to lean that Lezia Leblanc
Esq was lately murdered at his home, on Hick-
ory Flat. by band Of Jayllawkers. Mr.. Le-
blanc was native of the Parish Of St. Martin.
and had emgrsted to Hickory Flat about or 6
years ago He was the father of a large family.
4 respectable and industrious citizen, and had
two sons in the army Of Virginia since the open
ing of the &sss, serving under the gallant Col
Deb.anc A
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oPELoU SAS:
eATURDAY, ::::: OCTOBER g. 1864.

The Elsction.-In consequence of the little
importance attached 10 the election of Repre-
sentative in CongreAlsor the 5th District, only 9
boxes we're opened q lre are 80 } and l64 votes
were cast of which Gsn. Henry Gray received
144, and COL John L. Lewis received 90, leav
ing majority Of l24 in favor of Gen. Gray.
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NOTICE. MFR. Michel Bordelon Of this Par
IN ist is mr. agent during my absence from
this Parish. Any claims against our former firm
of Roos brothers may be presented to hin,
ADOLPHE gROOS.
Osslsasas. OctobsmSth 1861 I9-:t,
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The Old Bank House.

RS. STUART will receive regular and
1f1 transcient hoardeFs at this Hotel, situated
near the Court House, opelousas, and make the
establishment as satisfactory as the Zine and
market will permit.
opeaussa, August u, 1ss4.-.s.
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NOTICE

FFTHE undersigned, having heen detailed by
L. Gov Allen to put up and repair wool and
cotton cards, for the Parish of St. Landry, here
byannounces to those whom it may concern that
be s now ready to perform this duty on the most
moderate terms L. WAITER.
opelousas, October 2ed, 1864. 2l-tf.
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BY command gs
s. s. ANDERSON, A. 4. g.
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NTOTlCE.-Those wishing to haul salssom
y the mines, on halves with the Parish OF ST.
Landry. are hereby informed that it is useless to
go without having previously obtained orders to
that effect from either of the undersigned.
ONEZ. A. GUlDRY.
JOS. d. RICHARD.
Opelou.ss, October 22d. 1864 2l
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f Married. LIN our town, on the a0th instant
Dr. Jssgs RAY to Miss MARY ANN LAWYER
both of this tpwn. .
, 1864-08-12
NUMBER 35.
Oldest Commercial City.

The most ancient center of trade in the world
and one which still retains its mercantile cur
rents, is Damascus The caravan comes and ooes
as it did one thousand years ago; there still the
shiek, the ass and the water-wheel; the mer-
chants of the Euphrates and of the Mediterranean
still Hoccupy with their wareso From Damas-
Gus came the damson blue plum and the deli
cious apricot of Portugal; Damascus damask,
the beautiful fabric of cotton and silk with vines
and flowers raised upon a smooth bright ground:
the damask rose; introduced into England in the
time of'Henry VIII the Damascus blade, so fa-
nous the world over for its keen edge and Won
derful elasticity, the secret of whose manufac-
ture was lost when Tamerlane carried off the
Orts into Persia; and that beautiful art of wood
and steel with silver and goId-a kind of Mosa-
ic engraving and sculpture united-called Dam
askeening, with which boxes and bureaus and
swords and guns are ornamented. Damascus
remains what it was before the days ofAbraham
center of trade and traVel-an island of YER
dure in desert-a presidential capital, through
more than thirty centuries. 1t was "near Dam
ascus that Saul of Tarsus saw the Hlight of
heaven above the brightness of the sum- and
the street which is called STRAIGHT in which if
is said che prayeth still runs through the city.
The city which Mahomet surveyed from neigI-
boring height and was afraid to enter, because
it was given to men to have but one Paradise.
and for his part he was resolved not to have his
in this world, is, to this day, what Julian called
"the eye of the east and Isaiah f'the head of
Syria" 1t is still a city of flowers and bright
waters; the streams from Lebanon, and the triv-
ers of Damascus" the 'riVers of gold" still
murmur and sparkle in the wilderness of Syrian
gardens, while Tyre and Sidon have crumbIed
on the shore; Baalbec is a ruin Palmyra is bur-
led in the sands of the DESERT and Ninevah and
Babylon have disappeared from the Tigris and
Euphrates. r..
, 1864-08-12
Long Ago, or the River of Time
BY BENZ. F. TAYLOR.

BY BENZ. F. TAYLOR
Oh, wonderful stream is the river of TINE
As it runs through the realm of tears,
With faultless rythm and musical rhyme
And a broader sweep and surge sublime
AS 1t blends with the Ocean of Years.
How the winters drifting like fakes of snow
And the summers like buds between
And the year in the sheaf so they come and 90 .
On the rivers treast, with Its ebb and flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen.
There's magical ISLE up the river of Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There's cloudess sky and tropical cline,
And the Junes with Roses are staying,
And the name of the Isle is Lone AGO
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brOws of beauty and bosOms of snow
There are heaps of dust but we LOUed them so
There are trinkets and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of song that nobody sings,
And part of an infants prayer;
There's lutte unswept and harp without strings
There are broken vows and pieces of rings,
And the garments that she used to wear
There hands that are wav'd when the fairy shor
By the Mirage is lifted in air;
And we sometimes hear thro the turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before,
When the wind came down the rivers fair.
Oh, remembered for aye be the blessed Isle,
All the day of our life till night
When the evening comes with beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile,
May that Greenwood" of soul be in sight.
, 1864-08-12
BY-and-B BY.

There's little mischief-maker
That is stealing half our bliss,
Sketching pictures on a dreamland
Which are never seen in this
Dashing from our lips he pleasure
OF the present, while we sigh
You may know this mschief-maker,
For his name is "By-and-by."
He is sitting by our hearthstones,
With his sly bewitching glance,
Whispering of the coming morrow,
As the social hours advance;
Lettering mid our calm reflections,
Hiding forms Of beauty nigh
He's a smooth, deceitful fellow,
This enchanter, By-and-by.
You may know him by his mincing,
By his careless sportive air,
By his SLY obtrusiye presence
That is straying everywhere
By the trophies which he gathers,
Where bis cheated victims lie,
For bold determined fellow, m
Is this conqueror, By-and-by.
When the calls of duty haunt us,
And the present seems to be .-.
All of time that ever mortals
Snatch from long eternity
Then fairy hand seems painting
Pictures on distant sky,
For cunning little artist,
Is the fairy By-andby. q
"By-and-hy'' the wind is singing,
"By-andby' the heart replies
But the phantom just before us,
Ere we grasp it ever flies.
List not to the idle charmer,
Scorn the very specious lie,
Only in the fancy liyeth
This deceiver, By-and-by. =
, 1864-08-12

against her until a secesh woman stole her gait
ers, under the inner sole of which was found i'm
portant documents which clearly proved her to
be a spy.
She was tried and condemned to be executed
as a spy, but being sick, her execution, was
postponed. She finally after laying in her pris-
on three months, sent for General Bragg, and
asked him if he had no mercy. She received
from him the comforting assurance that he
should hang her as soon as she got well enough
to be hung decently.
While in this state of suspense the army of
Roseerans commenced its forward movement,
and one fine day the rebel town where she was
imprisoned was surprised and captured, and the
heroine oft+ tale was, to her great joy, re-
leasedl a7
, 1864-08-12

Books AND THEIR BNDMGs-Let us acknowl-
edge that there are few men who are entirely
above the influence of binding. No one likes
sleeps clothing for his literature, even if he
should not aspire to russia or morocco. Adam
Smith, one of the least snowy of men, confessed
himself to be beau in his books Perhaps the
men of letters are apt to be so to some extent
though poets are apt to be ragamuffins. It was
Thompson, believe, who used to cut the leaves
with the snufers.- Perhaps an event in his
early career may have soured him Of the propri-
cites 1t is said that he had an uncle a clever,
active mechanic, who could do many things
with his hands, and Contemplated James indo-
lent, dreamy 'feckless' character with impa-
tient disgust. When the first of The Seasons
-"Winter" it was, belieye-had been compile
ted at press, Jamie thought by a presentation
copy, to triumph over his uncle's- skepticism,
and to propitiate his good opinion, had the book
handsomely bound The old man never looked
inside or asked what the book was about, but,
turning it round and round with his fingers, ex-
claimed in gratifed admiration eCome, is
that really our Jamie's doin' now2 weeI never
thought the cratur wud hae had the handicraft
to do the Ike P'-[ Book Hunters. ---@ -
, 1864-08-12

QUEEN VICTORIA has virtually retired. She
has declared she is not equal to being present at
receptions, and there is vast deal of regret in
consequence. This is very natural; for royalty,
being at best only ornamental in England when
the reception, with its masqerade of costumes
that none of the visitors could wear along the
streets without being hooted, is gone-all gone.
"Why did you delay so long for ceremony"
said Louis XIV to his minister: "Your maj
esty's self is ceremony" was the reply. The
queen has put on the last monument to the
Prince Consort that she is "heartbrOken." 1t
is now rumored that she has the neuralgia
Her last photograph adds that she is aged.
Young England is making strong hints about
and Alexandra. o -
, 1864-08-12

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born January 17th
l706, and was the fifteenth of seventeen chill
dren, all of whom he relates, lived to be mar
ried; and he makes the remark that he was the
youngest son of the youngest son, for five gene
rations back. When very young his father in
tended him for the church, which plan was re-
linquished as being too expensive. At ten years
old he was taken home to assist his father in the
business of tallow-chandler and soap boiler
Cutting wicks, filling moulds, and going of er-
rands were, for two years, the chief employment
of the future Mentor of America. At twelve
years he was apprenticed to his brother, a
printer who treated him with such harshness
that, on obtaining discharge he left his SER
vice and travelled to Philadelphia, where he ar
rived almost penniless, but fred with an inde-
pendent perseverance of spirit, anda confidence
in his own resources, that enabled him to sur
mount every difficulty Sauntering throughthe
streets, with his pockets stuffed with shirts and
stockings, and a roll of bread under each arm
he made, :nthe opinion of Miss Reade, (his future
Wife, who was standing at her fathers door as
he passed, ludicruus figure. "Who would
have dreamed, exclaims Brisset de Warville,
in his panegyric, ''this miserable wanderer
would become one of the legislators of America
the ornament of the new world the pride of mod
ern philosophy, and ambassador to one of
the richest, most powerful and enlightened ma
tions in the universe.
Let the young reader consider this well, and
attribute his success to the right cause-frugal-
ity, temperance, proper application of means,
and an untiring industry, which must eventual
ly command success in almost any situation of
life.
, 1864-08-12

TIT-FoR-TAT. When General Lee of Revolu-
tionary fame was prisoner at Albany, he dined
with an Irishman Before entering upon the
wine, the General remarked to his host that, af-
ter drinking he was apt to abuse Irishmen, for
which he hoped the host would excuse him in
advance "By my soul, General, will do that, y
said his host, 'If you will excuse a trihing
fault which l have myself. 1t is this-when-
ever 1 hear a man abuse ould Ireland, l have a
sad fault of cracking his sconce with my shile-
lah ?' The General was civil during the whole
evening.
, 1864-08-12

GETTING DIscoURAGED.-The Mining Journal
"a paper with Lincoln and Johnson at its mast
head-published in Colorado Territory, appears
to be disgusted with ''the powers that be, as
witness the following from its columns
"It is useless to talk; we cannot conquer the
Southern people with equal force 1t is an
insult to our suffering people and brave soldiers
to longer attempt it. The situation to-day is
most disheartening for the present campaign
But our bar room jokers at Washington want to
grow. They seem to have no conception of the
magnitude of the controversy of the tremen-
dous interests at stake. How will this Admin
istration ask the people for another four years of
the nations life, and it continues to trife with
the transcendent interests entrusted to it. It's
thoroughly disgusting the way things man
aged by the bar room story tellers at the head
of the Government. It is little wonder that
earnest men drop off and go for another candi-
date. If there was ghost of chance to elect
another man. we would be for him in a minute.
Let not the public think moment from his i'm
,becility that our task is impossible The peo-
pie will assassinate him (the President) one of
these days if he don't do better We could
wish that Ewell, that devilish old fighter who
cOmpels admiration by his earnestness would
carry him off to the Libby, that the northern
people might be moved to a sense of their con-
ditiOn" .9--~ 1-
, 1864-08-12

A keen observer of human nature once de-
clared that it afforded men an intense gratfca-
ton to hear one who had done them great
benefit abused. On being asked the ground Of
so paradoxical statement, hereplied that the
explanation was very simple: at relieves us
of the sense of obligation we are under to the
rascal ourselves"
, 1864-08-12

THE MOTHS AND PAPBR.-A fair correspondent
of the Providence Journal having inquired if
newspapers are protection against MOTHS and
if her furs, wrapped in old newspapers, would
be secure from the devouring insect, the editor
gravely rephes:-'sWe really cannot answer,
but we should think that, at the present price of
paper, no respectable moth would touch it. ="