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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

WHERE THE Sun DOES NOT SET.-
The following graphic passage is from
the d sc,iptiou Of a scene witnessed by
NJ. Campbell and his party, in the
north Of Norway, from a cliff 1000 feet
above the sea The ocean stretched
away in silent vastness at our feet; the
sound of its waves scarcely reached our
airy lookout; away in the. north, the
huge old sun swung low, along the
horizon, like the slow beat of the pen
dulum in the tall clock of our grand
fathers parlor corner. We all stood
silent, looking at our watches. When
both hands come together at twelve,
midnight, the full round orb hung
triumphantly above the wave-a bridge
of gold running due north spanned the
water between us and him. There he
shone in silent majesty. which knew no
setting We involuntarily took off our
hats; no word was said. Combine, if
YOU can the most brilliant sunrise and
sunset you ever saw, and its beauties
will pale before the gorgeous col"ring
which now lit up ocean, heaven, aud
mountain. In half an hour the sun had
swung up perceptibly on his beat, the
colors changed7to those Of morning. a
fresh breeze rippled over the food, one
songster after another piped up in the
grove behind us-we had slid into
another day. ''' ~'.~'5''- ...'.' ''.,'>
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

After Stonewall Jackson's death at
Chansellorsville, a story became current
among the Confederate legions-which
the soldiers loved to repeat over the fires
Of their bivouac-that, on account of his
extreme piety, when their famous chief
tain ftll, detachment of angels left the
heavenly gates to visit the battlefield,
and escort the hero's soul to heaven.
The celestial squadron searched the
close-strewn plain, but without effect.
He whom they sought could! not be
found, and they returned rnournfully to
heaven to report their want Of success.
But 10! behold on arriving, they found
the spirit Of the immortal warrior there
already. Stonewall jackson had made
flank march, and got to heaven before
them. -.v. +. s---a ..,.:
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

SuccEss.-There is nothing so abject
as the worship of mere success, unless
indeed it be the worship of mere wealth.
There is nothing lower than to admire
and hatter man simply because he has
gnt On, because he has carried his point,
because he has come to be talked about
in the way in which he wished to be
talked about, and to think scorn of
others. whose merits and efforts may
have been equal to his. or very likely
much greater, but whose merits and
efforts have, from some cause or other,
not been so lucky as his in gaining the
object at which they aimed. And if
this is true with regard to private men,
it is equally true with regard to govern
ments and nations. The politics of
many people are regulated wholly by
physical bignsss and physical success.
They admire the great state of so many
millions and many square miles, they
admire the king or the minister who
overthrows his enemies at home or
abroad. or the general who wins great
battle and slays SO many thousands on
the other side. The small state, the
unsuccessful government, the defeated
general, are all simply pooh-poohed.
Now to do all this absolutely without
any eye to anything but success, to
have no regard to the moral and other
conditions of the case is certainly,
whether in public Or private affairs,
about as paltry a way OF forming a
Judgment as can well be thought Of.
Yet, after all, like most popular errors,
it is not wholly an error; mean and
irrational as such way of judging is,
if it is made universal standard, there
is certain amount Of truth in it at the
bottom. Success is not necessarily a
merit; failure is not necessarily fault !;
but there are cases, both in public and
b in private affairs; in which we might
almost say success is meritor'ous, and
that failure is blameworthy. There
certainly are cases in which not ouly
the worshippers Of success but men who
look at things in very differe It way,
win condemn an undertaking if it fails,
which they would certainly have approx
ed if it had succeeded Saturday Re.
view.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09
Creole Girls.

The mind and heart Of young Gre.
ole girl tenderly nurtured, are like a
virgin sheet of paper on which no i'm
pressions have yet been made; innocent
of evil thoughts or deeds, and unhack.
neyed by premature experiences The
will of the parents has ever been the
chill Is law, and shat pernielous make
believe love-making, styled ''firtatiou -
in which young America INDUCES on
entering her teens-the Creole girl
would shrink from as immodest and
shameful. The Creole is taken early
into society, but always under her
mothers wing and strict supervision
and her shrinking modesty and ,imidity
of manner surprise the American or
Englishmen accustomed to the frank
fearlcssnes>. ......
Until marriage, mademoiselle is as
shy as partridge, and never ventures
long from the protecting wing Of her
chaperon, from whom her partner takes
her for the dance. and to whom be
promptly returns her. when the quad.
rille is over. for unmarried girls do no,
often waltz. Her conversation is car.
ried on with blushiug cheeks and down
cast eyes; and no promenading the
rooms after the dance-when whispered
nothings are exchanged. or soft CLAN
ces shot at you by the fair Parshian
hanging on your arms permitted BY
Creole etiquette. The young girl would
compromise" herself who tried these.
AS for riding or walking alone with
a man, married or unmarried, unless a
very old one, the Creole girl would just
as soon dean OF letting him kiss her,
and, in tact. would consider the one as
improper as the other. And, oh, my
fair young countrywomen! who, in your
fearless freedom, under our widely diffe.
rent system, open your eyes in wonder
at the 'pruderies !" of your Creole sis
ter, and enjoy the privileges which they
deny themselves in this regard-reaect
a little on the matter, and you will find
that their plan is the wiser Of the two
giving a woman a longer reign and q
stronger influence, both in eociety and
by the home hearth-two spheres ir
which she shines the most Courier
journal. .. "rG- -" -. 81.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

It was in a Massachusetts village
that an old scissors grinder, calling on
minister, made the usual query, "Any
SCISSORS to grind ?" ...2 a5!-.l.'a'':
Receiving negative answer, it was
the minister's turn, which he took by
asking, ''Are you a man of God 2"
Il do not understand you -.
"Are you prepared to die2"'-
The question struck home. Gather
ing up his kit and scrambling for the
door, he exclaimed terror-stricken:
40 Lord! 0 Lord you amt going
to kill me, are you?"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09
A Short Sermon for Editors,

1t is only Of late years that journal
ism has risen to the dignity of a pro-
fession which requires as much social
standing, education and moral worth,
combined with energy, to succeed in, as
medicine, law or commerce. The ma
jority of the men now in it did not take
it up because they preferred it. Some
who have failed as lawyers, ministers
and physicians, have been driven to
journalism and achieved success. The
fascination of the life, with all its wear
and tear, cannot be denied. There is
an exhileration to the mind in the
constant changes Of the Kaleidoscope
made of the news of the world, which
keeps the mind constantly occupied with
something novel. To have the events
of the day passing, as it were, in a
panorama before the minds eye is of
itself absorbing.
We hear a great deal about the
"exhausting effects of the life of jour-
nalist on the mind and body" but it
may be doubted whether the life of a
physician Or sailor is not equally as
hard; yet men retain their health and
cheerfulness in both of these professions.
The truth is that the reason 50 many
brilliant men of letters have been borne
to untimely graves is not that they were
worn out by their work but by their
habits. The hours many of them keep
tempt them to dissipate. Once on that
road, their descent and ultimate ruin is
certain. But it cannot be gainsayed
that if journalists will lead regular lives
and cultivate habits of soberness and
cleanliness, they will live and last as
long as other men. Whisky" is the
epitaph Of half the literary men who
have sunk into early graves within the
past twenty ysars.-tLouisville Courier
Journal.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09
Josh Billings says: : ~ ,

Josh Billings says: , s4ss~,..<a.
1t IL human tew err, but sGevilish tew
brag on it..
Blessed are the single, for they can
double at leisure. .I.a:-.~..,, w..
Blessed il he who has a good wife
and knows how to sail her.
Blessed be he who haz a good pile
and knows how tew spread it.
Blessed il them who haz no eye tor
keyhole, no ear for knot-hole.
Blessed il be who alwuz carries big
stun in hiz hand but never heaves her.
He that will foller good advice IL
greater man than be that gives it.
9 Blessed il he that can pocket abuse
and feel it no disgrace to be bit by a dog.
The minds Nv the young il easily
trained; it Il hard tew get an old hop
vine tew travel a new pole.
Happiness consists in being perfectly
satisfied with what we've got, aao what
We hain't got.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09
Degeneracy.

If the present generation be distin.
guished for anything, it is for degenera.
ey. Daily events prove this fact
Laxity of morals, bad faith, and infiidel-
,nty in the discharge of defined duties
form distinguishing traits in the char
a-ter OF tbs people of this land. In
public and private life this is noticeable;
but especially is it apparent in official
circles. Honor Is unknown, oaths are
not regarded as sacred or binding, and
men high in power are dead to Shame,
decency and a proper regard for their
characters. Should these evils increase
in the next decade, as they have in the
one about to close, what an alarming
spectacle will society in this country
present! Love of lucre has taken the
place of integrity, fidelity, virtue, reli-
glon and seli-respect! The land is full
OF individuals who are in the market
ready to receive brbes for the perform
ance of the most diabolical deeds, and
the sworn officers of the Republic are
unmlndful OF their oath, dead to the
performance of their sacred and solemn
duties to the State and to the people!
The land walls with iniquity; it groans
under the burden of c"rruption. Such
state of things may continue for a
time, but its duration will be brief So
ciety will not always tolerate error.
There has been in all ages, and so there
is in this age, remnant of good and
true men, capable of restoring order out
of chaos. That it may be so in the
present day, is the prayer of all good
men.
This land-a land blessed by God
and by nature-is cursed by politicians,
selfish demagogues, and intriguing place
seekers.-W ashington Times.
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The Brave at Home.

The maid who binds her warriors sash
With smile that we'll her pain dissembles,
The while beneath her dropping lash
One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles,
Though Heaven alone records the :ear,
Aud Fame shall never know her story,
Her heart has shed drop as eear
As e'er believed ehe field Of glory!
The wife who girds her husbandssword,
Mid little ones that weep or wonder,
And bravely speaks the Cheering word,
What though her heart be rent asunder,
Doomed nightly in her dreamsBto hear
The bolt of death around him rattle,
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field ef battle
The mother who conceals her grief
% While to her breast her son she presses.
Then breathes few brave words and brief,
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one but her secret God
To lzaow the pain that weighs upon her,
Sheds holy blood ss e'er the sod
Received ON freedoms field of honor!
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09
sIDE-sADDLEs DENOUNCED.

Miss Dickinson's lecture was very
ling one. She spoke for almost two
hours, and the resume we have given
above is not one-tenth of what she
said. She gave a description Of her
tour to the Yosemite valley, and com
mented very severely on tue "ridicu-
side-saddle mode of riding that soci-
ETY. had imposed 90 her sex, aud said
che knew what she was talking about.
She had tried both ways and she could
ride with ease in the masculine style.
The side-saddle was very. typical Of the
mode in which women go through the
world 81 it is one-sided style all through ;
one side worn ont and one side cramped
and dulled from ant OF use. She con-
clu6ed her lecture at lO:l0 o'clock, amid
loud applause. .r rs. ..
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

The mosquito was first introduced
into the Sandwich Islands in some pu-
trid water taken ashore from a whale
ship. Cribs says great many mosqui-
toes introduce themselves into him every
night, and present their bills. He fnds
it very difficult to settle them. -.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

Little Frank was taught that he was
made of dust. ~ As he stood by the win
dow watching the dust as the wind was
whirling it in eddies, he exclaimed
seriously: <.sMa, I thought the dust
looked as though there was going to be
another little boy made"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A great Athenian General being asked
whether he would rather choose to
marry his daughter to an INDECENT man
of merit, or to worthless man of estate,
replied that he should prefer q man
without an estate, to an estate without
a man. ~ rri!..i MI s.4s .... r.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

"John," said pious uncle to his
nephew who was paying his FIRST visit to
the city, "John, we're in the habit of
saying something before we eat" "All
right" said John. "Go ahead you
can't turn my stomach" }"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A young lady once married a man by
the name Of Dust against the wishes of
her parents. After short time they
lived unhappily together, and she re-
turned to her fathers house; bnt he
refused her, saying, "Dust thou art and
unto Dust thou shalt return" 49,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

IF Every circumstance, however slight,
has an effect, and leaves an impression.
Not more certain and eternal is the re-.
suit of the tempest, than that Of the
drop OF dew that falls at our feet.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

To lady who kissed her hand to me {:
Such kisses have no taste; I own
They leave me cold as stone;
Kisses are fruit which worthless be
Unless we pluck them off the tree.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A policeman recently arrested o
young lady with an expensive dress and
small feet, because she had no visible
means of support.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

In marriage the heart of widow is
like furnished apartment. where one is
apt to find something left there by a
former lodger.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A correspondent (unmarried) suggests
thot Solomon's wisdom was due to the
fact that he had seven hundred wives,.
whom he consulted on all occasions.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

In Cork, the crier of the court, anx-
ious to disperse the crowd around the
bar, exclaimed, "All ys blackguards
that isn't lawyers. quit the Court"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

"Pompey, de corrs up" "De corn
up! Why jist planted it yesterday !"
/ know dat; but the hogs got in last
night and guy it lift"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A young man named Turn married
cousin of the same name, on the plea
"that one good Turn deserved another"
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SLAVERY OF MORMON WOMEN.

I asked why, and simultaneously with
the question came the answer and |
saw why. In :his second Sodom-this
Salt Lake City-is sanctioned openly
what is tolerated in San Francisco and
New York. The idea is nothing more
than this that woman is mans proper
y alllovsr Che world his toa hold and to
Keep she to be humble and to serve and
he to b. indisputable lord and master.
l stand here to say to you tonight, to
you men who listen to me. that wo-
man is Just, as individual and response
bic aud capable If action for herself as
man. stand here to enter my pro-
test asa woman againt such Y blasphemy
as this: that woman is made for mar" "
!" that she is his property goods and
chattels," that beside him she is
nothing-a myth" That is what is
being thundered from every pulpit in
every city, what every newspaper says
and every man. Woman is to abject
herself and debass herself and humble
herself and lose her individuality, and
if she rebels society will only increase
her misery. Men want to control in
everything, they want to be the mas
'tsrs Of all. ' They have always had the
muscle and the, force. and now the
want to revive the old brutality, the
old serfdom and slavery that characterizes
barbarous and unciv7ilied people. t"@113
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

An Irishman who was drinking the
health Of a bishop, gave this toast:
May your Reverence live to eat the
old hen that crows over your grave"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

Ii" We should turn the faults Of others
to our own advantage, BY avoiding their
errors. We often despise that in others
which we see plainly in others.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A Washington paper describes beau
tiful young lady having a face painter
hight dwell upon. That would be a
delightful residence. .-.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A lady in Syracuse is said to rest
her head on grammer while sleeping,
in order that she may dream correctly.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

"One rod makes an acher," as the
boy said when the schoolmaster busted
his back ..'....
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

A dandy on the shore is disgusting
to many people, but swell of the sea
sickens every body.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

Ifa young lady bids You take heart,
does it mean that you can take hers9
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AMUSING PARAGRAPHS.
A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men.

1t costs Saratoga gallant about 500
per day to carry on Irritation.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09

How strange we should hate anything
that annoys, and yet love an oyster?
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-09
HlNcRlEy b STAGG,
RECEIVING & FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
EMUgS STAGE,
NGTOM, LA.,

WASH1NGTON, La,
CAT TUE OLD STAND OF HINCKLEY SON. }
A RE ready to receive and forward all freight
n that may be consigned to them, and will
pay tl@ highest market prices for cotton, or
will advance provisions and money on the
same, shipped through them.
Louis Stagg has also opened separate
GROCERY STORE 1t the same place, ~here
he is ready 10 furnish Groceries, Plantation
Supplies, Baggsng. Ties, Wagons, &c, at
New 0rieaas prices. go ,a..T -"
WashingbGn, La. October 10Th. 1868.
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1t is said-ironicalIy, perhaps-that
blacksmiths forge and steel everyday.
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: n y Y: -.5---AND~-
PA CIR H A N GT n G..
vTVHE Undersigned respectfully informs his
H. friends and the public generally that he
10 always prepared to do house.painting, pa
psr-aanging, glazing, &c, with promptness
and at moderate rates. He solicits share of
the public patronage Orders left at c. May
o's Drug Store will be attended to
.g -,~a.,... J CUMMINGS
Opeiausas, January 10th, 1869.
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INSIDE OF A HAREM.t 2

In Salt Lake City I went to the
house Of . Mormon elder. II was teld
beforehand he had two wives, and that
they had lived together some fifteen
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Ian LA,

and when I saw the wretched unhealthy
creatures, I cried MY God, the hand
of death is on them too
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-24


THE Paris HtelIigenceT, edited by
that worthy and talented gentleman
the Hon. ]. d. C. ATKINS, formerly a
member of Congress from Tennessee,
is astouuded at the course Of the
Banner and ArdIanche, and al
"scarcely Think they are both gone
up for good. It thinks they are only
talking in a pickwiekian sense-thus:
These two leading journals, one
situated at the Capital, the other at
the seat of commercial empire in the
South, and edited by gentlemen Of
fair and versatile talent-bOth having
performed WI their part in the late
struggle of their native South for
Independence, and both now COM
handing a large share of public con-
fdence, we trust have through mere
journalistic waysiding and filling up
the interim between the recent great
triumph and the meeting of our
Legislature with editorial specuia-
tiOns, rather than any serious inten-
ton and 6Aed resolve, propose the
organization of a new party, dis
tinetly bassd upon a single idea, that
of Universal Suffrage,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-24

IN response to the Nashville Ban
ner's charge that they who are for
thorough reform are a "little squad
of impracticable' ETC., Gen. ATKINs
Of the Paris Hateuigeaeer says that
not for revenge or punishment, but
for far higher, nobler and more
patriotic purposes have we urged
that organic reforms be made" The
following sensible suggestion are
worthy of consideration:
"No one desires to disturb Gov.
Senter if that is limited at. Nor do
we desire to see any n of the eXeeu-
tive or judicial officers removed-by
legislation; but yet, if in order to
accomplish the much needed work,
which the Banner during the canvass
bodily demanded, these officials will
be legislated out of Office, we say the
interests of the public should be
looked to and not the interest of a
few Office holders, who perhaps, but
for prescribing $1,000 ffeemen from
the polls never would have held their
Offices in the first place. Besides If
they are good and competent officers
why can they not be reelected?
Is it just, fair, or republican, that
the Judges of the State who have just
been chosen by scarcely a tythe of the
present vote, should hold on for eight
years. We take the ground fearlessly
lhat no Judge of proper moral sense
would hold a position elected In any