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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26
What Breaks Down Young 1EeD.

1t is commonly received notion that
hard study is the unhealthy element of
college life. But from tables of the NOR
tality of Harvard University, collected
by Professor Pierce, from the last trien-
nial catalogue, it is clearly demonstrated
that the excess of death, for the first ten
years after graduation, is found in that
portion of each class of inferior scholar.
ship. Every one who has seen the cnr-
riculum knows that where Eschylus and
political economy injure one, late hours
and rum punches use up dozen; and
that the two little fingers are heavier
than the lion of Euclid.
Dissipation is sure destroyer, and
every young man who follows it is, the
early flower, exposed to untimely frost
Those who have been inveigIed in the
path of vice are named legion. A few
hours sleep each nigh, high living, and
plenty of "srnashe>," make war upon
every function of the body. The brain
the heart, tie lungs, the liver, the spine
the limbs, the bones, the flesh. every
part aud faculty are overta>ked, and
weakened, by the terrific energy of pas.
sion loo,ened from restraint, until. like
a dilapidated mansion, the 'earthly house
of this tabernacle' falls into ruinous de-.
cay. Fast young men, right about !
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26

A BUG SToRY.-The other evening
in our "Hrivate crib" there was learn
ed dissertation on the subject of "bed-
bugs and their remarkable tenacity Of
life"
One asserted of his own knowledge
that they could be boiled and then come
to life. -
Some had soaked them for hours in
turpentine without any fatal consequen-
ce.
Old Hanks, who had been listening
as an outsider, here gave in his expe-
rence in confederation of the facts.
Says he:
=" Some years ago took a bedbug to
an iron foundry and dropped it into
ladle where the melted iron was, and
had it run into skillet.
"Well, my old woman used that
skillet for the last six years, and here
the other day she broke it all to smash !;
and what do you think, gentlemen 2
th,t ERE insect just walked out of his
hole, where he'd been .layin' like frog
in rock, and made tracks for his old
roo.t up stairs. But added he, by
way of parenthesis, "by George, gen.
tlemen, be looked, mighty pale
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26
where the sum Does not Set.

The following graphic passage is
from the description Of scene witnessed
by Mr.. Campbell! and his party. in the
north Of Norway, from a cliff 1000 feet
above the sea: he 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 pendulum in
the tall clock of our grandfather's par
lor corner. We all stood silent, looking
at our watches. When both hands
came together at twelve, midnight. the
full round orb hung triumphantly aboHe
the wave-a bridge of gold running due
north spanned the water between US
and him. There he shone in silent ma
jesty, which knew no setting. We invol-
unfairly took off our hats no word was
said. Combine, if you can, the most
brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever
saw, and it's beauties will pale before
the gorgeous coloring which now lit
up ocean, heaven, and mountain. In
halt an hour the sun had swung up per-
ceptibly On his beat, the colors changed
to those OF morning, fresh breeze rip
pied over the food one songster after
another piped up in the grove behind
us-we had slid into another day.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26
The FOiHaes of Great Men.

Tycho Brahe, the astronomer, chang.
ed color and his legs shook under him
IN meeting hare or fox. DR.. John
SON would never enter room with his
left foot foremost; if, by mistake, it did
get foremost, he would step back and
place his right foot foremost. Julius
Caesar was almost convulsed by the
sound of thunder, and always wanted to
get into cellar or under ground to e.
cape the noise. To Queen Elizabeth,
the simple word "death was full of hor-
rors. Even Talleyrand trembled aud
changed color on hearing the word pro-
nouuced. Marshal SAKE who met and
oyerthrew opposing armies, fed and
screamed in terror at the sight Of cat.
Peter the Great could never be persua-
ded to cross bridge; though he tried to
master the terror, he failed to do SO;
whenever he set foot on one he would
shrek out in distress and agony. By
ron would never help any one to salt on
the table. nor would he be helped him.
sci; if any OF that article happened to BIZ
split Oh fhe table, he would jump up
and leave his meal unfinished.
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Nor THE WlFEs' FAULT.-An Irish
man who had just landed went to SEQ
his sister who was married to a Yankee.
The couple lived very happily together.
and when Pat came, the gentleman
took him over his place to show it to
him. Pat, at the evidence of prosperi-
ty, said to his brother-i in-law:
"Begora, you are very happy here
with this fine property to live on; mo
sister had good luck entirely, SO she had,
in getting you for a husband"
"Ah, yes" responded the married
man, eve would be very happy but for
one thing ~- ~ ~sa
And what is that p asked Pat.
"Ah, Pat" returned the gentleman
!" / am sorry to say that We have no
children ....~.s =. .-....... r.. =
"No children p exclaimed Pat !
"then begora, it's not me sisters fault,
for she had two before she left Ireland,
and that's the rayson me father sent her
to Ameriky
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We once heard a story Of some ne
groes that had mastered the Irish
brogue, and played trick upon boat
load Of immigrants. who were so eager
to set foot on the soil Of the new world
tha. they had left the ship before their
companions. "An' are ye just over.
boys?" said jet black Atric n, in the
richest~ possible brogue, and with the
warmest interest, as be bent over the
wharf where be and bis comrades were
working. The strangers regarded hlm
with a look of mingled astonisilmens
and terror, while one of them found
breath TO inquire, "An' how is it that
we're black g
aI.s the cloimate. boys, it's all in the
cloi,nate," was the answer.
"Ah' how long did it take" said the
anxious spokesman. to make ye this
color % .
three years, an niver bit longer
Thin, bedad boys" said the Paddy
to his countryman, "bedad boys, let's
90 back IT., too ,oom TO be disils irrre~
Y,.B at G.
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The Trade of the South.

| Inc trauo Oh Iuliadelpnla WITH inc
Southern States has increased steadily
since the return of peace, although, ow-
ing to the impoverished condition If those
States at the close of the war, the abili-
ty of the people to buy goods or to pay
much in cash was so mues injured that
business labored under great disadva2-
tages. Unhappily, just at that moment,
when the people Of the South were ut
terly impoverished, and had no money at
all to pay with, a senseless clamor was
kept up at the North in favor of cash bu
siness exclusively, and against all cred
it. Had this prevailed generally the
Southern trade would have been done
for so far as Philadelphia was concerned,
for the South had no money and could
not ply. Even as it was, those who did
follow this cash plan drove off much trade
to Boston, Baltimore and New York
which, had it not been for the liberal po-
Icy of those cities, wculd have fallen
into the hands of the English, who estab-
lshed lines Of steamers iu hopes of get
ting it.
But this era of poverty has passed e
way. The South has recuperated in a
large degree. 1t has produced bread
>tutfs enough to supply its own people
and yield a surplus for the Northern
market. and its cotton has been prosper
peri g and bringing in money prof1sely;
so that the South is really we'll off, and
quite able to buy and pay for what it
buys. The English effort to absorb the
trade of the South was failure, and the
old system of exchange of productions
between the North and South has been
resumed. The new system of labor at
the South has materially changed the
course of things, and begotten a much
larger volume Of trade than previously
exi,ted, the :aborers making their own
purchases instead of having them made
by their masters The consequence is
that they live better and buy more of
everything in the shape of essentials
But, aside from this, the immense amount
of money paid to the South for cotton
and tobacco has rebuilt trade in the lead
ing commercial centres of that section
New Orleans, Richmond, Savannah, Mo-
bile, Galveston, Atlanta and Charleston,
are all going ahead with rapid strides.
The Southern seaports are resuming all
the foreign trade they lost by the war,
and notably the coffee trade has gone
back to its old channels.
The planters do not seem to be squan-
dering their money as they used to do.
Having suffered severely and known
what poverty was, they are now living
more economically, and applying their
money to building their houses, barns,
fences, etc, replenishing their live stock
and machinery, improving theix land by
the tree use OF fertilizers, and are in fact
doing all in their power to improve the
general condition of the South. Manu-
facturers are springing up everywhere;
mining resources are being rendered a.
valuable, and railways are projected and
built; while old lines are improved, and
furnished with greater facilities for do
ing business Phil. North American.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26
A Short SeraaR ON for Editors.

1t is oAy of late years that Journal
ism has risen to the dignity of pro.
fession which requires as much social
standing. education and nPal worth,
combined with energy, to succeed in
as medicine, law or commerce. The
majority of the Neil now in it did not
take it up because they preferred it
Some who have failed as lawyers, miu.
listers and physicians, have been driven
to jo4nalism and =, achieved success
The fascination of the elife, with all
ie wear and tear, cannot be de,
MED There is an exhileration to the
mind in the constant changes of the kalai-
doscope made of the news of the world,
which keeps the mind constantly occu
pied with something novel. To have
the events of the day Passing, as i,
were, In panorama before the minds
eye is of itself absorbing.
We hear great deal about the sex.
hausting e61cts of tie life of a 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 SO 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, theirdecent 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 i've and
last as long as other men Whiskey
ia the epitaph of half the literary mer
who hike sunk into early graves within
the past twenty years.-lLouisville
Courier Journal.
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Success.

There is nothing so abject as the wor-
ship of mere success, unless indeed it be
the worship of mere wealth. There is
nothing lnwer than to admire and f,,tter
man simply because he has got on, be-
cause he has carried his point, because
he has come to be talked about in the
way 10 which he wished to be talked
about, and to think scorn ofmhers 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 bis
in ginning the object at which they aim
ed. And if this is true with regard to
private men, it is equally true with re-
gard to governments and nations. The
politics of many people are regulated
wholly by physical bigness 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 Stays 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 condi-
tions of the case is certainly, whe ther in
public Or private affairs, about as paltry
a way Of forming Judgment as can We'll
be thought of. Yet, after all, like most
popular errors, il is not wholly an error;
mean and irrational as such a way of
Judging is if it is made universal stan
dard, there is "a certain amount Of truth
in it at the bottom. Success is not ne
cessarily merit; failure is not necessa-
ally a fault; hut there are eases. both in
public and in private affairs; in which
we might almost say success is merito-
rious, and that failure is blamewarthy.
There certainly are cases in which not
only the wnrshippprs Of success, but
men who look at th ngs In very diffe,
rent way, will condemn an undertaking
if it fails, which they would certainly
have approved if it had succeeded
Saturday Review.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26

A GERMAN CALCULATION A German
paper makes the following calculation
A train composed of all the locomotives
and railway carriages in Europe would
reach from St Petersburg to Paris, and
would contain 400,00j passenger car.
riages and 100000 luggage vans The
railways Of Europe are carried over
62,OU0 large and sm,ll bridges and g.
through thir y-tour miles Of tunnel; l50,-
QUO. 900 cwt. tf iron has been used for
the rails. and so, 0a0.0 600 cwt. of coal is
re quired yearly to feed the engines,
The network Of European railways in
cludes all States except Greece, Lppe.
Detmold, Waldeck and few other
small German States. II represents a
length of 7o,7l8 miles 10000 locomo.
tivss are employed on it; the distance
these rush over 10 year is 10000 600
miles. IL to this is added the distance
passed over by passenger carriages and
luggage vans We get to LOG, ,000, 900
miles.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26
Sunshine and Clouds.


All! this beautiful world! I know
not what to think of it. Sometimes it is
all sunshine and gladness, and heaven
itself lies not far off and then it sudden
ly changes, and is dark and sorrowf,l,
and-the clouds shut out the day. In the
lives of the saddes' of US, there are bright
days like this, when we feel as if we
could take the great world in our arms.
Then come gloomy hours, when the fire
will not burn on our hearths, and all
without and within ID dismal, cold, and
dark. Believe me, every heart has its
secret sorrows, which the world knows
not, and ottsntimes we call man cold
when he is only sad.
~ LonpfelIov.
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The a'a.adar.


The Port Gibson Standard has an ar
ticle on the pindar or g,obsrpea. Il
says;
Our friend. Mr. J. ii. Hendrick. in
forms US that hs raised, this season
from about half an acre Of ground, s3
bushels Of pindars. most Of which he has
shipped 10 market. We believe tha,
they are worth $3.50 per bushsl in Sc
Louis. Even at 50 thers. is no cotton
crop viii pay like that. It would BE- . very
poor acre Of ground that would not pro.
duce at least loo bushels, and a very
psor loo bushels Of pindars that would
not bring $500 net Can any farmer dc
that with cotton Tue labor and es.
ppnse Of culture are comparatively moth
ing. aud there il sure and increasing
market for them .
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Bad for his Business Say. stranger,
do I smell-(hic)-of li9uor?' Yes.
you not only smell of liquor, but you
are so drunk that you cannot stand up
without holding on to lamp post.
We'll, that's bad, for I'm-(hick)-a
dealer in religious works, and IT'LL
chick )-play hell with my business.
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A blushing damsel called at one of
the agencies the other day to buy
sewing machine. "Do you want a fel-
ler ?" inquired the modest clerk in at
tendance. The ingenious maid replied,
with some asperity, "No sir! [ have
oue.''
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Seventy-f five cents per gal,' ex-
claimed Mrs. Partington, on looking
over the price current. "Why, bless
me, what is the world coming to, when
the gals are valued at seventy-five centsp
The old lady pulled off her spectaeles,
threw down the paper, and went into
brown study on the want of proper
appreciation of the rue value Of female
gender.
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A woman, who never owned Bible,
supposed she was quoting it. when she
greeted her sou, who came home to
keep Thanksgiving, in the following
words:
Here comes the fatted calf".'
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ILongfellon.

Liquid ammonia. injected into the
veins, has proved successful cure in
the most critical eases of snake bites.
A small syringe, with sharp point for
the purpose of making the Injection IS
manufactured and sold in Melbourne,
and few travel in Australia with
out one. -e,--4s -4-s--
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b Gentle to Thy Husband.

Bsgentle; there ave hours when he
5S anxious care is tossed,
1aSd shadows deep lie on his brow,
5YBy business trials crossed.
fBe gentle; It's for you he tolls,
" And thinks. and strives to gain
4 Home comforts aud home happiness;
4 Don't let him strive in vain.
Be gentle though some hastyword
Should IT, it wac not meant;
A smile, akind word will recall, A
And many more prevent. y
Be gentle; oh twill sodshe much care,
And make each burden light;
A gentle tone will soothe the brow
And draw an answer bright.
YBe gentle; though it may seem hard
4 To check an angry words
Yet trg.Spr it will surely bring
y A full and rich reward.
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Look Ahead.

"Put money in my purse" is SOUND
wisdom as we'll as poetry. For the
last eight years, says the Philadel phia
Ledger, people have been watching the
fluctuations in the value of the paper
which represented mo eS in all the ac.
tual business and wants of life. But
here is one feature of the printed paper
which neither "bulls' nor "bears >
could deprive it. 1t was always g
necessity and money, or its representa-
tive, al1ays will be. And whatever
may be its market value On the street
it will always buy more or less of the
necessaries of life. Nothing can take
the place of money in this respect. II
is always convertible into meat and
drink and clothes and that is what can
be said of TO other article. For the
purposes of speculation having an "un
certain = value. for practical use it is al
ways certain The aim of every pru
dent man then should be always to have
on hand a reserve of this "universa
solvent" 1t money huctuates in its
nominal price or purchasing power
everything else auctuates too; and
probably the thing called money i,
more stable in its value than anything
else. Employment may be interrupted
by illness or changes Goods bought
and paid for may become unmarketablc
But money is always in request, and ii
never out of season. Therefore, as VIZ
have said, it should be the effort O
every man, whatever be his income, tt
live within it, and thus to guard agains
the contingency which may come II
anybody, Of being for while without ar
income.
T. is curious how almost universa
is Indifference To this precaution. Ever
successful business men are prone t.
lock up their accumulations in exlen
ded business projects and various ofhal
ways, some Of them quite unproductive
leaving themselves actually withou
immediate resources, if by any means
their income is interrupted. Many /;
bad bargain is forced upon those wht
are compelled to realize, when if they
had the power they would wait. Ths
corners into which the ''poor rich men
are thus driven show that the course o
trade as well as the march Of time
brings it's revenge. Rich men as wei
as poor are pushed for money"
Yet, while with the rich this ID al
inconvenience. with the poar, or with those
who live from day to day. to be strait
ened for money Is a difficulty, and may
amount 10 misery. There are some
people who have the sagacity to foresee
and foreseeing, to alleviate the trouble
And this they. do in the way we hav.
indicated. by keeping always within th.
limits Of their receipts while they arr
receiving anything, and putting asi..t
the surplus where It can be reached II
the time Of necessity, II. TO do thi,
could become common, the burden d
poverty on the poor and the burden D.
the, support of those too poor to heir
themselves would be very much dimin
ished.
3 ( > - e =
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A teacher who, in a Fl. OF vexation.
called her pupils set of young adders,
on being reproved for her language; !;
apologized by saying, that she was
speaking to those just commencing
arithmetic.
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A chaplain of State prison was ask
ed by a friend how his Pensioners
were Call under conviction" was the
reply.
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A popul,r speaker has got up a lec"
ture on.
"Getting Ahead.' A head is good
thing to get-if there are any brai-.s in
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Females are 10 4 decided minority 10
the West and the new States, while
they ere ID majority ii the New Eng
land States. Thus In Ohio there Is au
excess Of 400 o men; in Michigan
10000, and in t.alifornia $4,000. 10
Massachusetts,, On The contrary, there
are $4,000 more women than men, ID
New Hampshire $500; III Rhode Island
5000, and IN Connecficut 7.8ss0 The
total eacess IN New England of females
ovsr males Is 48.6o0.
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An Iowa editor solemnly vows that
he will not support man for Re-
preventative "who is whisky barrel in
the morning, and barrel of whisky at
night"
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"Wouldn't you like to be woman
when you grow up, Tommy?" No"
"Why nor :" because woman can't
turn summerSaultS -
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PARAGRAPHS.
A little nonsense uow and then,
Is relished by the wiscst men,

my voy, what does your mother do
for living :" was asked of a little bare
footed urchin. "She eats cold victuals,
SIR
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26

Lesson in Geography.-School marm
to little Josie: Where is the North
Pole, Josie 2 "Top of the map, marm."
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TO Detect Bad Eggs-Eggs. when
put il water, win, IL good. invariably
swim with the large end upward; if not,
they are bad.
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WIN. A. ROBERTSON 4 CO.,
Commission, Receiving and Fer.
warding Merchants.
Corner Main and Leeee Streets,J
WASHINGTON, LA

A RE prepared to receive and forward all
n freight consigned to them, and being
independent Of any boat, can offer superior
accommodations to all who may favor them
with their custom. They will also buy cotton
at New Orleans prices, less the actual cost of
shipment, and will make liberal cash advances
ON all consignments to their friends -Messrs
E. f. Galsan % Co., New Orleans.
~ No toll charged on the ne,e bridge, on
eoston consigned q them. for shipment or safe.
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prices-MoDERATE.

The Proprietor will, also, continue to haul
freight, DC. from Washington, and other
places, at former rates, without any Toll
Bridge expense to his patrons.
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