The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-11-26
Revelations of Figaro.
Under date of October 15, the

Under date of October Is, the cor
respondent of the Pail Mall Gazette
writes: "Figaro came out, yester-
day, with an article which proves
once more that some persons will
not wash their dirty linen at home.
1 hesitate to follow the Figaro
through the revelations which that
journal makes concerning the spy
system, organized in France by Count
Bismarck. will endeavor to pick
my way through the article as best
can, avoiding what is positively
too revolving for print. This unblush-
ing paper informs us that at the
death of the Duke de Morny, OF gal
liant memory, a dozen ladies OF the
elevated Imperial circle suddenly
saw themselves deprived of the great
er portion of their resources. Count
Bismarck learned the names of these
ladies, and then began that serious
game of Prussian espionage, IN the
midst of which careless France
laughed and danced to the music of
Herve and Offenbach. Before that
the friend of the King of Prussia had
had no trouble to fnd devoted a.
gents, for since the commencement
of the Empire one half OF France
spied the other half. But these spies
belonged to the lower egions, and
for long time Bismarck had been
watching for an opportunity for get
ting at the intimate secrets of the
State. Before the ashes of the Duke
de Morny were cold, each of his old
friends blessed Providence, for they
received German gold liberally Civ
en-, and the Duke was soon forgot
ten. Figaro then explains how the
new lovers were not Jealous so
long as the ladies, whose -extrav;e-
gance they supported, furnished
them with the means Of forwarding
useful intelligence to Count BIS
marck. A crowd Of beautiful foreign
women suddenly settled in Paris,
and betrayed all the secrets OF the
supper-table. They dived into the
innermost thoughts of senile Minis
ters, who, intoxicated with unhoped-
for preference, endeavored to dis
guise their physical infrmities by
the charms of their conversation;
and the siren always knew how to
exact any information required by
King William. When the war broke
out the bevy fled, carrying to Berlin
the latest intelligence concerning
the French army, etc. Figaro then
GETS very broad in an account of a
certain regiment raised by Count
Bismarck for the purpose of worm
ing secrets from the susceptible
hearts Of washer-women and other
females in the lower ranks of socie-
ty, who appear to be as easily captl-
waited by Establishments and silver
as the ladies of the Empire were by
gold.'
Eow Sea Water Came to be Salt.
The Mea is supposed to have ac-
quired it's saline principle when the
globe was in the act of subsidlng
from gaseous state. The density
of sea water depends upon the guam
tity of saline matter it contains. The
proportion is generally about three
or four per cent, though it varies In
different places; the ocean contains
more salt in the southern than in the
northern hemisphere, the Atlantic
more than the Pacific. The great
est proportion Of salt in the Pacific
| is in parallels of % deg. n. L. and
| Is deg. s. L.; near the equator it is
less, and in the Polar seas it is least,
from the melting Of the ice. The
saltness varies with the seasons In
these regions, and the fresh water
being lighter is uppermost. Rain
makes the surface of the sea fresher
than the interior parts, and the in
fiux of rivers renders the ocean less
salt at their estuaries. The Atlantic
is brackish three hundred miles from
the mouth Of the Amazon. Deep
seas are more saline than those that
are shallow, and inland seas, ccmmu.
nicating with the main, are less salt,
from the rivers that flow into them
to this, however, the Mediterranean
/ is an exception, occasioned by the
great evaporation and the influx OF
salt currents from the Black Sea and
the Atlantic. The water i'm the Straits
/ of Gibralter, at go fathoms, is foul
| times as salt as that at the surface
Fresh water freezes at the tempera
ture of 80 deg. Fahrenheit; the point
of eongelation of salt water is much
lower. The healthfllness of the sea
| is ascribed to the mixing of the wa
ter by tides and and currents, which
prevents the accumulation OF p'ltres
/ cent matter.
LAZY BoYs.-An exchange says
| A lazy boy viii make a lazy man al
sure as a crooked sapling will make
/ a crooked tree. Who ever saw Z
boy grow up in idleness that did no
make q shiftless vagabond when hi
became man, unless he had for
| tune to keep up appearances Tht
mass of thieves, criminals and pau
pers have come to what they have
by beiug brought up in idleness
Those who constitute the business
part of the communicative made
i our great and useful men--wer'
| taught in their boyhood to be indus
! trious. Boy, take that pipe out 0
|your mouth and think of this.
I. Fanny Fern says that when sh'
sees a stpretty man with an appi.
4 head and d rasberry mOt1stach witt