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The Opelousas courier., 1869-11-06

RoRINsoS CRr<oE's Is.ANp.--The is
IaDd of Juan Fernaudez about icur Ilun-
tfred miles from the coast uf Chill, is the
sestt anw of a German colony. Last
winter the island was ce,lrd by the Chill
ian government toa company Of Ger
mans, led by Robert Wehrman. II Saxon
engineer. He and his society have now
taken possession of the island and pur-
pose to make 1t their home. They
number some sixty or seventy i,,divid-
nals, and have taken with them cows
and other cattle, implements, with boats
and fishing apparatus, and tools t.,r the
varfUts mechanical trades. It il said
that Wehrrnaa left Germany eleven
Years ago, autl, after passing some time
IN ~ gland, was engaged ON railways iu
South America. While there he con.
ceivsd the idea that he has nt,w carried
Into effect. This is repetition ON a
larger scale of the experiment of Pit
cairns Island, without, of course, the
criminal preface that stained the history
Vt tho crew Of the Bounty. The world
VAL watch the career of this little colony
with deeply interested eyes; for, apart
1Fom the curiosity and sympathy natu.
rally attracted by the experiment. itself.
u" u, more engaging spot could haze been
cndsen IN which to make it than that
which is cherished in so many hearts
as kOblnson Crusoe's Island.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Dignity Of Mechanical Pursuits.

The recent humiliation suffered hv
the Peerage of Great Britain CONVEYS Il
lesson fraught with important consider
alton for the people Oh this side of the
Atlantic. For nearly halti ccnt,rv we
have been insen<ihly v, but none the. less
surely ENGRAVING upon our social sv stem
very erroneous, pernicinus ideas of
What constitutes respectability. SO far
has this gone. that not a few have come
~ consider manual labor SOMETHING to
be Stunned aS undlgnitied, aud "a bar to
refined s"ciety. Children are reared to
ItEard the workshop with rnnteml,.
ain. silly parents. with more. money
Z / han brains, and more prctrn>ion than
either, rrcoil at the thought Of havin.
their SONS taught some mechanical pur-
suit Nothing lr!t one of the lea rn-d pro
fessl"hS, theariny or navy. bank nr count
room. are s'tppnSed to he lit arenas
for tie snrrrisin. al'iiitir>it,t their Oft
spring. Under such t+arfs,.>, the
Youthful mind hetomes vitiaf~h, aud il
j. not without some feeling ni mort tirn
ion that many OF our young u'tn i,nd
themselves forced to acknowledge that
their fathers or grandtatherS were toll
lug mechanics. All. however. are, only
to" eager to claim descent from those
VIII" have shed lustre upon he mechanic
arts; whose names stand foremost upon
the hlstori" page az the great bel,tfartnrs
of mankind; the titantic exen, plars of
the superiority OF mind over ma,ttr~-
such men as Franklin. Watts. Fulton.
Whitney. Stephenson, Howe. Hoe. Gut
teinlHr:.. Faust. Scliuttrr, taxtnn Bur,
N.{ Eli. 4 q l.
others. Ii is time to recognize that true
mobility has its origin in the va, k>llnp:
that t" the mechanic the vnt i'll il int,ht-
c't tor It's progress. refinement. siti!Aa-
tI"n. commerce and dignity Iris time
t" acknowledges, by daily practice. and
>'cial dtmcanor, our "bligat!on to the
n'eciIaulr arts. hy inStrt,"tn-. our most
promising youth how to become vr,it,4-
bic lords OF creation. Teach them how
to combine. r"ntr"', and utilize those
gigantic forces whieli astoni>h and appu!,
while they rn"hle. dignity. and riviliz...
7 he false ari>tocracy which s|,r,' n., from
hrgand haronS or predictions lcrtllny<
i giving way before the superior claims
Of mental merit and wondron> artisan
r"nqneStS. The field for mrcha,,icaI s...-
t''rprisc is by II" means exhausted
Triun"''> never yet dreamed "f are >'ii,
+" hr obtained. Astonishing re. l,lts az.
VT possible. The elements still ab"nnh
Win undiscovered forces. An lilimit:l- :;
Hle domain "t ArttStlc Research il vet. tn !
be- explored and >u',dutti But tl..'~e :
t'1u'hpllS, these c"'llr't:>tS. these rrSultS.
nrr only possible through the work,I."p. .
They are not accessible except to the !
practical student. They art. to he. +
achieved only by hard ilammrriu. and J
critical observation: Let Anlr4i.an irr- !
aidry he f"nHttd upon grand n,trIlaEi-
rit' achievements, and let the doors of !;
refined society h' opened wide to receive
the virt"rs. In this lies our true no.
bi!ity:- Commercial UsruM. !.
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EAED AEINCY.

FENHF. undersigned wishes to inform lis
Il nFrner"nS friends and others. that in
1htn't+ his "'r"it time and attention will
he given {" the Land Agency business.
All settlements and accounts due the
'srorery Store will he made to Mr.. J. +.
Smith, "h" hr'"mr> sole proprietor All
r"r>"'f> wishing to sell or purha>t land
III this or "'ll"inin" Parishes. will do we'll
to cnunnuAitate with
JA>. II. HOUSTON.
o;'"lnrl>;ts. L.. sept. 9Th. sG9-ii
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InLE GlEis.-1t Is II mintu' spectacle
III families. where the mot;,-r is the
drns:ge. :" seq the daughters. elegantly
dressed, reclining 1T tl,tt ease with
their music. thrir fancy vets. t'.-l,
drawing. and their reading. bt.su1liug
themselves of the lapse of hours. days
and weeks. and never dreaming of their
responsibilities: bnt. a~ a necessary con
sequence of neglect ~f slulr. growing
weary of their useless lives, lay hold of
every newly invented stimulant to ro1se
their dro"ping energies. and thinning
their fate when they dare not blame.
their Gtri for having placed them where
they are. These individuals will often
tell you will, an air of affected com pas.
sion, lf"r w!m can believe it real y THAT
poor, dear mama is working l.> $, If t.,
death: yet nn $nncr Il" .you. ,;roln~..
that they should assist her t|,a, t!:pv de
cl;'re that she is quite in her element: in
short that slie would never ke EapEy if
she had only half 80 much to do.-Lr.
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F 0 r $ A T. e

sSeefGA AIRES Of Land situated in r. l'ev:e
~~OO Prairie. tr"nti'g on b.ivcal Bourhe,lx
anu running forty acres deep liIto the Prairie,
VIA h'uhrith' ti'hber "h every piece tor service,
VII! ne So" Ia :.!'y 'il'aElty. i'll lots to suit pnr-
chHs'fS Iiiese iah'ts are very fertile. hsal,i l.
fully located h,.n above any possible overflow.
a.'l sufficiently eev tred and rolling 49, to re-
qiiire but little ltcl,ing for draiuarr. They ara
within nlAe miles OF ol'elousas ai.d three miles
t.oin Grand Coteau. Applv TO
HfFpOLITE CHRETIEN.
Near Grand Cbteau. Parish of st. Landry.
Erand tUteau, September 18th, l264-l6tf
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E'OyVN zsz'I'gEEEEsS.

NE. underSi -ned his the l,onortn an
n h$'nuce /" his clients aud t. The pnh-
liz III general that he will hereafter retail
beef ii ti,t Town Market. at : rp.lfS per
pound : IN IpantitirS nj 80 rr ttaj ,,t,i.nls
1t "Iiiihr sod Tor less. II, titter> him
self vi til htin- able to pl.H>t all who
patr"llizt him. as regards the quality OF
the mt;it or otherwise
JAMES G. HAYES.
Opelousas. D.cen, Der lst, l-;s. Is
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FOR. SALE,

FOR SALE.
FBHAl Splendid Plantation know IA the
u Andre Narault plantation. Recently owned
by Mrs Lncien Gulbriu. situlted on the BAYOU
lech'. near the Jntation; the land is some OF
the richest in the Parish, and the improvements
are OF the best: Thr plantation will be sold at
moderate price. sand on terms favorable to
the purchaser. For conditions and other p,.rti-
cni.rs address Z. u. Estilette ESQ, Opelousas,
or the undersigned on the premises
LCCIUS GUlLBEAC.
St Landry. Oct. g. 1863
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B|00T$:A!D ). Shoes
M&NR M - - Far uJ;,a.

ffnhtmen and ChId. en-. Also. IA great
many other articles in his line the cut
meration of WHICH would be TO" tedious
Mr.. Isaac being sat istied. after long
experience, that small profits ANA fire.
Gncnt renewal of his stock u!ti,nlttly
pay better than large profits and limited
sales. will sell his goods cheaper than
they have heretofore been offered in this
market: Convince yourselves that snch
Is the fact by calling and pricing hem.
. He particularly s,lictr c;,l, feeling
assured OF his ability to satisfy all WHO
may present themselves.
His store is ut the old stand Of Bloch
& Dupre, corner "t Main and North SITS,
opposite Mr.. 4. Bridges.
Opelousas, October ?, l569-':}m
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II Il. a E'A'TaDN FOR SALE.
On Account Of departure

u OFFER irr sale 1,y ,,I,,ta.;,n si.na+sl !,
A b,'l> VI t.IHs, t"ntdlnlng nttyrtive arvents
together with tlac; "i wod il; III tnntalning
a,'"ut - arreI,sA. th. Servants! ra,rs :. hr,n,I
ilg iron. I'll III. Stock a horse cart = s,;r;nr
"7-"h. IA large lot of Hnl'er. the ftrnIn. i'm
'i' htnjs, h"hsrl.nii :ur!I!' u- kitchen utcslis
Including fine stove. r..ri-rt|y urw &c
Tie growing rrnl, will l,- sold also il desired
H"- need apply " 10 cannot ray wash.
Apply to the unt-lsi. ned on the. PREMISES or
af The Cos krER office. R.l. e. R!HOLI ET
st. Landry September ..tE. 1859 IS
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john" said pious uncle to his neph-
cw who was paying his first visit 70 the
Iehy, 'dohn, we're i'm the habit of SAYING
something befnre we eat" "All right"
Aa'd John. Go ahead! you can't turn
my stomaeh.'
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= O / IL = ,

FH>HE House and Lot. and ten acres Of snclos-
L. ell Ind being tife Residence OF Mrs. Mary
b. .npt'rll. in Opelousa$. Possession given on
the Isl of October. For terms and conditions
applytu GEO. r. KING.
SttioUSas, october =. 1867. l1tf.
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By the undersigned, near Washing
-A ----aA ton. ON the 10Th inst, beef brand
ed about thus: Oh the hip. and having the
left ear split. Said beef caused damage to the
property of the undersigned The PROPRIETOR il
requested to come forward. prove property and
receive the amount for which said beef was an
praised. less coats. PAUL LAMBERT.
st. LaaRrv. October I'D. 1869 Inn
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--OR--

l. q II S \ L T
T:a Comforta BILE RESIDENCE. in
lal retired and desira b!e part of the
Town; for particulars apply to Messrs.
Moore Il Morgan, or at this Office.
June 26, 1869. 3tf
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The Providence Press boasts Of the
ps''tafuipess of game in that city-prin-
e'l' ally. poker, keno, roulette and hazard.
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FO Hg SALE.

TWO Lots of Goul,.i, situated in fIsnalI;er's
- Addition to the town Of OpelousAs, each
measuring lI9 feet front and 1853 feet n, dcnth-
and joining each other ; one fronting on Court
street and the other on Market street.
For the price and condition apply to
kOBr. BENG UERET
Opelousas. October l6, 1869. I9
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REFEg ENcEs :--F'rr.iv Burke, Esq. Banker
T. T. A. Lyons, Esq. Commission Merchant
New Orhsns: Richard d. Sale, Esq.->Lreve
port. VIM: Beyno,l, Esq.-Mansfield Gen. E..
SpaFr"w-Lake Providence. Martin RabaiAis
Esl.-Ayoyelles Parish
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PLCnix Mutual Life INSURANCE Co.
HARTFORD. CONN.
A = sets. i q. 600. 900.
K. FESSENDEN. Presdt j. F. BURNS Sec'y

4. FESsENDEN. Presdt. J. F. BURNS. Sec'v.
-:D:-
TxfiilS old and reliable Company issues every
H. ""S'rnhie form "f Policy. All rolic,cs are
h'l'-t'ri' ltng. 1t grants II LOAF. OF J per cent
OF The Premium on all tables. and pays ID per
cent stlvld"n! annually ON the same. No ceduc.
ten "t n"ta- from Policies. 1t never Irrigated
a Il "'nj Pays is i'ssts promptly. Cash rates,
w.; II 'lNiiruIs annually. Also. Ch.lurens En-
dow Lients.
SOUTHERN BRANCH.
No. ll2 Gunai 81 ret Corner 81. Charles Street,
Nee Cr{enns. La.
G $. DAEIrSG, Ang'r. J. H. CARTER, Gen Ast
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.,sV w ANrEo Irresponsible Agents Ito whom
liberal commissions will De paid.j r;ory Par
lsh IN Louisiana. Apply to the Manager. or adj
dress Z. u. Box 1850, New Orleans, La (l9-Jy
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TNe?GA GET YOUR @%n~
AS~ ! o ID w @ q e ~:GN
Done at the 0Ece of the "Courier. "
THE oPELOUsAs COURIER.

Published on Saturday by JOEL Fl >ANDOZ
cos DITiONs
s0rtp'1""-f"nr Dollars per yrar ravable
III advance, oI Five Dollars payable at the end
Of the r-rr
A Snb'f'ih~r wishing todiScnritrrnr nnst g:v-
written no;;-- to tla: effect and s.,.le VI, 81
arr'srag's; and no snb,rrip,rn vi! h.. stop,,d
's'h:' ali HfT"ATsg.s are paid un.>> d; the option
oi tht publisher
-f"tertts'n= -F' TT Y cents per SGn"re for
Zach 'nser''on. Eish Inns on .t,,~> c"r:>',u:r a
square
All adveltsr?'. nts sent in for publication will
he inserted in E'r r''sh aud i.r.. /, tnn;ess otirr
wise "''~r". } no'' rhr r,,so1 sa: ju'7es il con.
v-Ai.rt to t,-r..nt:n,-
Car'' CATS I" ,'nt" f,r..,< W = ra, f,fi.<.
D"ar~ ..arh N Atvau.- }: ,irv A:f h
Iu,io,.L
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FOR Sal, r.

k1Ni.E' ~ lots VI eronr,'l s.;.a.ed within the
AA town "l 81. Charles. li'g:. al CoteIul "a!
tA.,' Pllnr-.,. street, hear tue Oh, stald &; Mr.
EH en. tci-iiu.
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-~ ~ AEFEE r. of land >ituaf"d three miles
=" Ss' 't ,''- f"sn o: beiou'.ss- near the ri..ut-
q iluu oi Nj. tntzllic 4. GLlurY.
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f''v ARPENTs Of l.n'i adjoining the a',."-
hr"ti"tieI tract.
These iai,s " i, BE- soI., af i re,sen,h1a ,>.e
ai' Ei'" '':,;l Oils laturai'|e t. ,nt nurri:.4a
Apply 70 j. 4 A. IEKInDI\
August ,:h. !e:in t.,tIt,n,., -.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-18
A Joke nnon the SNEAKER.

A day or two ago Hon. George A.
BUakirk arose in his place in the
House, with marked dignity, and OBJ
tanning the eye of the Speaker and
tho attention of the House, moved
that the presiding officer be presented
with copy of Cushing's Manual of
Parliamentary Law. Asis we'll known,
the Speaker is quite deficient in the
duties of the Chair, and the motion
was received by the House as an in
tended sarcasm upon the presiding
officer, and enjoyed it as such. The
proposition was carried by consent.
But that wasn't the joke. Mr.. Bus
kirk offered the proposition in good
faith. Lit appears that the Speaker
requested MIR. BuskiFk to offer the
motion, which he didsimply to accom-
modate his successful competitor for
the Speakership. Although Mr. Bus
kirk was not the originator of the
joke, it answered the purpose Just as
well for nobody suspected that the
butt of it was the author. The
Speaker is evidently out of his sphere.
Ilo has gone beyond his depth.-State
Sentinel.
Probably Mr.. STANTON was not as
confident of being elected Speaker as
Mr. BUsKIRK, and did not take the
trouble to post himself beforehand
Had he taken some private lessons
from an experienced parliamentariar
in advance as did some Of his com
petitors, no doubt he would not nov
find CUsHING's Manual 50 much Of
necessity. We can thus account 60
Mr.. STANToN's deficiency as a pre-
siding officer, but cannot so satisfac
torily dispose of the plan adopted b
him to purchase q book.
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Our state Institutions.

The squabble for the Presidency Of
the Board of our State Benevolent
Institutions IS becoming as discredit-
able as the struggle FOR United States
Senator. Nominally the Office has no
salary attached, and no perquisites,
yet the indianapolis chaps are rs
eager after it as half-starved clubs
after q Spring fishing rorm. The
warmth of the contestants creates a
smell, and occasions a suspicion in
the minds of the people that . there's
something rotten in Denmark"
Among the applicants for this
benevolent Office, are DR.. JAMESON
and ANDREW WALLACE, Esq, the
present incumbent. The Indianapolis
Journal, the other day, contained a
paragraph enumerating the papers in
the State thatendorsed DIR. j AMEsoN's
claims and cOmplimented him in the
most fulsome manner. Mr.. WALLACE,
not to be beaten In this way, publishes
a card in the Mirror, in which he
asserts that the array of newspapers
favoring the pretensions Of the Doctor
can easily be accounted for. He says
q The articles in some cases, / know,
were sent from here to be published,
to manufacture public sentiment. ]
I have no doubt all were. That's the
way some people become prominent
suddenly; anybody can do that trick
who can pay the printer.
AS demonstration that " anybody
can do the trick" the indianapolis
Journal the same day, highly com
mended Mr.. WALLACE for the Pres
idenoy of the Benevolent Institutions
in an article containing about sixty
lines, which, at regular rates, would
cost him nearly twenty-four dol
lars. All this, too, for an ofie
that pays nothing. We hope tn
members of the Legislature from thi
part of the State. will scrutinize thu
management of our State institution
with unusual severity. We suspec
they will ind some things not alto
gether according to the strict rules o
propriety. The wrangling, and oyste
suppers, and newspaper puffs, all in
dictate that there is more money in th
position of President of the Benevo
lent Institutions than is general
suspected. To our minds, no ma
ought to be selected for the place VIII
is known to be laboring zealously,
not unserupulously, to obtain,it.
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TuE venerable Mr. EWING bal

THE venerable Mr.. EWING has
written a letter on finances, based
on the assumption that the ive-twen-
ty bonds are payable in greenbacks.
He would give the bondholders the
option of accepting legal tenders or
new bonds bearing four per cent. in
terest or less, and payable in gold.
He would not scruple to issue all the
greenbacks needed to meet the first
part of his alternative. but correctly
supposes that the amount would De
small. The financial doctors are null
tiplying to such an alarming extent,
and are so persistent in demanding a
trial Of their peculiar remedies, that
we begin to fear the patient IS doom
ed. We think now the correct plan
is to dismiss all the doctors and give
time and the naturally good constitu
ton Of the patient fair play.
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ramcaay Aahapss,

fhsge is 30 gpeater eduegtioG iatO
VulQarity than home earelesEpess. A
man or Womaa brought up under such
a system is ruined, for all the reality
Of refinement In after years. The
surliness too often allowed at home,
where children are permitted to be
snappish to each other, disebliging
and discourteous, ruins the manners
as much as it hurts the mind. Hence
we come to company manners, to
sickly sweetness put on simply for the
occasion, to formality of speech and
an oppressiveRess of attentions, to an
exaggerated politeness that is so terri
bly, afraid of traRsgressing into llber-
ties as to be absolute bondage, and to
all the silly little affections belonging
| to the condition We never knew
any one whom we have not lived with,
and even them not always. To be adj
mitted into the temple does not in
elude entrance into the adutum /;
and we may remain for weeks in
a house where master and mistress
and maids are all reticent alike, and
may know nothing of the reality uu-
| DERIVING the surface. People of whom
| L once knew something, and who were
/ VIGOROUSLY i'll Unmatched, but marvel
| ously polite, could keep their house
fall of company, and yet allow none
of their guests to find out that the
husband and vile were not on speak
! ing terms. All the communication
| between them that was absolutely
Unnecessary was carried on by writing.
4 Personally, these two, dispensing
Lsmiles and civilities all around, held
no direct intercourse. Yet they man
aged SO we'll that no one saw through
the screen. With company manners
and company dress, there is also 9
company voice. Who does not know
the false voice Of society? MinciBg OF
thrown boldly forward, flung into
the chest or pitched up into the head
it is all the same-the company voice
accent. choice of words aud register
-ail artificial alike. And there are
, company gestures. People sit and
, stand and walk, and use their hands
{ according to the different degrees o.
: familiarity in which they stand towart
4 their society. There is vast deal O.
lcompany make believe among us; ant
: / If we would only give half the tim
? we now bestow on looking pretty
and behaving pretty in society, T.
T be sweet tempered and amiable, an
careful of pleasing at home, 1t wouIi
: be all the better for ourselves and on
6 families, and a gain in the way of tru
: lciVilization.-Ah the Year Round,
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TIE Indianapolis correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer is about the
worst blunderer within our knowl-
edge. He seldom gets things right,
even by accident. The following was
his dispatch relative to the Republi-
can Senatorial Caucus:
The Republican Senatorial Caucus
met tonight. Eleven Republican
members refuse to go into it. Two
went in-Cravens and Stein-with the
understanding that they should not
be bound by. its action. On the first
ballot Cumback received fiffv-one
votes, enough to give him the caucus
nomination. The thirteen votes viii
be sufficient to defeat Cumback. If
they. continue firm, and if the Demo
Gratis unite with them It will be sufi-
Gent to defeat all the caucus nomina-
tions.
It looks tonight as though the
reign Of despotic King Caucus in the
Republican party is at an end, and
the party organization demoralized.
The following was the vote at the
aforesaid caucus:
The Republican caucus met to
night, and balloted for United States
Senator, with the following result;
Cumback 81 Newcomb 8, Frazier Z
Hughes l, Petit 6, Pratt 6 Thomp.
son /.
This vote shows that there could
not have been more than four or five
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-18
A SWInaIe.

Some time during the present Leg
islature an attempt will be made to
establish in this city a State Hos
pital.n 1t will be proposed to appro-
pirate a liberal amount for the en-
iargement of the Indianapolis City
Hospital.-Ne10 Albany COnanleTcsdt.
We must expect the Legislature to
be sorely beset with unprincipled
iobbers, each with his peculiar
scheme. But there will be no excuse
for members who vote for any Of these
schemes, either for the benefit of in.
dividuals or localities.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-18

A CURIOUS habit of the gordius,
or, as the boys call it. the " horse
hair snake" is given by Professor
sAgassiz, as follows:
Soon after being Matched in the
water, and while mere little transpar-
ent bodies, they creep into the legs of
grasshoppers, and burrow their way
into the abdominal cavity, where
they undergo further development as
worms, sometimes growing to be two
or three inches in length before they
are freed. When they have grown so
long that the grasshOpper becomes
distended by the size Of its strange
|inhabitant, it bursts, the worm is re-
leased, and returns to its aquatic life.
A gentleman living in Yonkers writes
to us that his little girl recently
pulled gordious six inches long, and
another somewhat shorter, from the
body of cricket. They seemed to
be protruding like horns. The cricket
hoped away, apparently as well as
ever. Here are few facts, perhaps,
for the naturalists.-N Y. Tribune.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-18
APa1zE SENTENCE.-The sandusky

APRIzE SENTENCE.-The Sandusky
Register says:
A prize of two dollars was receRtly
offered to any member of the Conpec-
ticut Teachers Institute who would
write and spell correctly the words in
the following sentence: 1t is an
agreeable sight to witness the unpar-
alleled embarrassment of q harassed
peddler attempting to gauge the SYM
metry of q peeled onion, which a sibyl
has stabbed with poniard, regardless
of the innuendoes of the lilies of cor
nelian hue" Thirty-eight teachers
competed for the prize, but not one
was successful.