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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
The HeatheM Chinee.
BY BRET HARTE.

BY BRET HARTE.
Which wish to remark
And my language is plaln,-
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
Which the same would rise to explain
Ah Sin was his name,
And l shall not deny
In regard to the same
What that name might imply;
But his smile it was pensive and childlike,
As | frequent remarked to Bill Nye.
1t was August the third;
And quite soft was the skies;
Which it might be inferred
That All Sin was likewise;
Yet he played it that day upon William
And me in a way despise.
Which we had small game,
And All Sin took hand
1t was euchre. The same
He did not understand;
But he smiled as he sat by the table,
With smile that was chidlike. aud bland,
Yet the cards they were stocked
In way that grieve,
And my feelings were shocked
At the state of Nye's sleeve,
Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers,
And the same with intent to deceive.
But the hands that were played
By that heathen Chinee,
And the points that he made
Were quite frightful to see
Till at last he put down a right bower,
Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Then l looked up at Nye.
And he gazed up at me;
And he rose with sigh,
And he said, "Can this be!
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor, -
And he went for that heathen Chinee.
In the scene that ens,,ed
did not take hand,
But the floor it was strewcd
Like the leayes on the strand
With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding,
In the game 1" he did not understand
In his sleeves, which were long.
He Lad twenty-four packs
Which was coming it strong,
Yet but state the facts;
And we found on his nails which were taper,
What is frequent in tapers,-that's wax.
Which is why remark,
And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The heather Chinee is peculiar,-
Which the same | am free to maintain.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

|
NEWSPAPER ERRoRs.-For some
months the editors of the Chicag &C
Times have been making a collection
of curious editorial or Typographical
blunders, and now publish the fol
lowing list:
A Connecticut editor gives an &C
count Of a man who "blew out his
brains after bidding his wife good
bye with shot gum"
The first instance OH record of &
mans raising up q large family Of
children by his own widow, is given
i'll this obituary, taken from the New
York Herald: "The deceased mar
ried many years ago, and survived
his widow, by whom he had large
family of children"
And, while upon so grave q sub
ject, let us chronicle the affecting in
scription given by a New York pa
per, in an account of a ''new monu
ment recently erected in our village
churchyard"- d"-"Erectetl to the mem.
DRY of J. Phillips, accidentally shot
as mark of affection by his bro
ther."
q A Wisconsin paper, in describing
4 large farm advertised in it's col.
umns for sale, adds: ''The surround
ing country is most beautiful; also,
two wagons and q yoke of steers
A California paper, in an obituary
of a young lady who died lately,
closed by saying: "She had All ami,
able temper, and was uncommonly
fond of ice-cream and other dclica-
cies."
The Salt Lake Vidette has the fol
lowing: "Correction. - Instead OF
people all very lousy in a letter
from Crystal Park, the other day,
read people all very busy"
The strongest man has Just been
heard from. He was lect,lring to a
female assembly at the West. and
an editor thus describes the scene:
''Three thousand ladies hanging on
the lips of one man."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

OF the quaint sayings Of Father
Taylor, many old and some new ones
are finding their way into print. TO
aprayer meeting which had just been
told that repentance was never too
late, for a sinner blown up i'll a pow
der mill could make his peace with
heaven before he fell to the earth,
Father Taylor said, "Do not trust
in such a chance, brethren; don't
wait for your dying hour before you
repent; perhaps you never will be
blown up in a powder mill.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
THE HUMORISTS' COLUMN.
4 little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wiscstmcn.

Grandma" said a shrcwd child,
"do You want some candyw ayes,
dear, | should like some.' "Then
if you'll buy some, I'll give you
half" said Polly.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
Lumber Lumber /! Lumber !!

lsHOICE CYPRESS & PINE LUMBER,
~ of every dimension, and in unlimited
quantities, supplied by the undersigned at
Mount Pleasant Mills, near Washington. We
are receiving large lot Of chain logs, and
will fill with promptness and dispatch all
bills entrusted to us.
Orders addressed to the undersigned, at
Washington, will receive immediate attention
All kinds aud any amount Of Seasoned
Lumber always on hand, at - Reduced
Prices.
TERMs--Cash at the mill @
FRANK McNICOLL.
Mt. Pleasant Mills, July 8, 1871.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

\ gentleman, addressing a pas
slonatc love-lcttcl to a lady in the
same town, added this curious post
script: 'PleaSe to send IL speedy
answer, as | have somebody else i'll
my eYc.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

\ stranger, observing an ordi-
nary roller-rule on the table, took
it up, and OH inquiring its Use, was
answered, "It is Il rule for count
ing houses" He turned it over and
over, up and down, repeatedly, and
at last, in a paroxysm of batfied GU
riosity, he inquired, GLOW, i'll the
name OF wonder, do you count
houses with thisw
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
.loI,nny.n said one of thf

Johnny" said one OF the boys
to a hereaved friend who had just
lost bis father, eyer behaved well
at the funeral.' |'Oh, pshaww re-
piled Johnny, with the air of one
whose merits were only half rccog-
nized, "you should have seen me
at the nraVp,n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

Josh Billings defines a thurrer-
bred bizncss man as "Wun that
knows enutt' about stcclil' so there
kant ennybody steel from him, and
enllif about law so that he can do
his stpnliy' Inoa!IN"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

Filial piety: First collier loqui-
tur-"There bin a toirc explosion
at Jackson'S pits Second collier
"Moy tcythcr worked there" First
collier-''Oy, and he's bowed a. to
pieces.' Second collier-''Boy gum!
wloy, he'd got moy pocket knife
Wi him
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

"Man wants but little here below,
nor wants that little long, is a libel !;
man wants everything he can see or
hear ov, and never is willing to let
go of his grab. Whenever yu find
a man who is thoroughly satisfied
with what he has, you will find. Ell
ther an idiot, or some one who has
tried hard to get more and couldn't
do it. The older man grows, the
more watchful he beklms; as his
hold Oh life slackens, his pinch OH a
dollar grows grippy.- Josh Billings.
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J.w. BLACKMAN'S
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
On CAMP STREET,

Corner OF Commercial Place, new Orleans La
~ OPEN DAY AND EVENING THE
&T ENTIRE YEAR. y,
-&rx=Gak Penmanship, Book Keeping, Matll-
ematics and Languages are practically taught
by experienced professors. Persons from ff-
teen to fifty years of age attend Instructions
given privately to each student. who has a
separate desk to himself, and is put through a
thorough and systematic course to qualify him
for the situation he intends to fill. Persons
who have neglected their education are here
speedily prepared for business: Students from
the country may obtain board in the family
of the Principal
TEnMs--Twenty per cent. less than other
Commercial Colleges in this city. Cost of
full Commercial Course only $l0O Average
time, three to four months.
The Principal has been professional teach
er in New Orleans since 1851.
For Circulars address
j. w. BLACKMAN,
FeblS--Iy1 New Orleans.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

Tt Is not until the flower has fallen
off that the fruit begins to ,ripen.
So in life it is when the romance is
past that the practical usefulness
begins.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
Balls are curious affairs. llama

Balls are curious affairs. fla man
happened to put his arms around
anothers wife or daughter when
there was no music to warrant, his
hide and head would be in danger,
but music makes all the difference
in the world; as long as the fiddle
plays he can clasp her and whirl
around like a ahowling Dervish. Who
will longer doubt the power of mu-
sic, when it thus llallows what would
otherwise be esteemed insult q
Queer, isn't it !?
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
r(,R SALE.

HORSES, Mares and Colts will be sold at
i public auction, for cash. every Saturday
aud Sunday. commencing on Saturday, July
Ist, 1871. by the undersigned. at his planta-
ton, about FIVE miles west of Opelousas.
ALCEE DUPRE.
June 10. ie7l. tf
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

Here is a curious example OF
"taking time by the forelock." My
grandmother once awoke my grand
father in the night and told him she
much feared their son Willie had
become deranged, as she had been
listening to him for some time speak
ing loudly and rapidly to himself.
Her husband listened, came to the
same conclusion, and they forthwith
hurried into their boys bedroom to
know what was the matter. Willie's
explanation was that, as they were
going to the seaside next day, he
wished to save time, and was saying
his prayers over and over to last him
during the holidays.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

ORIGIN OF LOAFER. - An old
Dutchman settled at New York, and
acquired considerable fortune. He
had an only daughter, and a young
American fell in love with her, or
her dollars, Or both. The father for
babe him the house, but the daugh-
ter encouraged him. Whenever the
old merchant saw the young man
about the premises, he used to ex-
claim to his daughter: ''There is
that 'loafer' Qoyer) of yours, the
idle, good-for-nothing." So the word
'9oafer" got into use as representing
an idle, shiftless fellow.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

NOT A PARALLEL CAsE.-On one
of the marches of the Army of the
Potomac through Virginia, the horse
of a well-knowl chaplain of a New
York regiment ''played out" and
was left at the side of the road. Soon
after, the dominic espied a tine-look-
ing animal grazing in a field near
the road. Itrequired but q few min
utes' time to transfer the saddle,
etc, to his back, and mounting him,
he was riding OUT to the road, where
he met a limited States quarter
master, when the following colloquy
ensued:
"Where are you going with that
horsem
"Going with him? Why, I'm
going to ride him, of COURSE" said
the chaplain.
"But you don't mean to say that
you're going to steal him, do youw
Certainly not; but my own
horse has given out, and we are in
the enemy's country, and-n
"Oh, that's very well, but My
duty as an a. @. NJ, compels me to
take possession of him: besides, /
don't think it looks very well for
a chaplain to be stealing d horse,
if his own has given OUT
"But, my dear sir,' said the
chaplain, ado not you remember
that Oh a certain occasion our Sa-
vior commanded one of His dis
ciples to saddle and bring him I'LL
ass, that he might ride into Jeru-
salem!"
ayes, j know all about that, but
this isn't parallel case, sir; you
amt our Savior, we're not going to
Jerusalem, and that animal amt
jackass, SO you can get right down
off his back, just as quick as you
please.n
The argument of the quarter
master was too powerful, and all
unconditional surrender of the
same was at once made, the poor
parson having to jog along on foot
as best he might.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

After Susan B. Anthony lccttTed
at Ripon, Wisconsin, she wanted
some recreation and amusement, SO
she took a walk, on Sunday, around
the graveyard there. While she
was enjoying the literature of I.
tombstone, she heard a lot OF small
boys saying, "That's her. and she
thought, "Such is fame.' Con
graduating herself that even the
children of the land knew her, she
was accosted by an urchin, who
said, "Say, amt you the old wo-
man that walks up the wire OH the
circus tent tomorrow
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

all the balance. AS to ratiOnS,
give each man Is pounds of pork
and 80 pounds of rice for 80 days.
charging for board when not at
work, except when sick.
Some persons who were opposed
to Chinese coming into our country
as field laborers, and did not know
why they were opposed to it, used
as one Of their greatest objections
that the Cinnamon would hoard
their wages and take it out of the
country. Now this is all wrong, if,
as a class, they can be judged by
those | have. On the contrary, they
care as little for money as any peo-
pie ever saw, when it comes to
making themselves comfortable, and
spend all they can get. | say with
candor that, take the negro labor of
to-day as a general thing, and it
does not compare with Chinese. |
feel satisfied that the 70 Cinnamon
which [ have, even lmaccustonlel as
they are to the country and the
work, will accomplish more in a
month than the same number Of ne
groes, from two simple facts: First,
they work much more steady, with
out the loss Of half Saturday; and,
second, they do not run over their
work. What they do is done well.
These men have given me compara-
lively no trouble; they are quiet
and perfectly satisfied, and always
i'll a good hrumor. | have several
good negro men Oh the place who
are quite friendly with them, and
often say they would prefer to live
and work with Chinese than with
the common negroes generally found
on plantations. There is certainly
one great satisfaction in working
these people: they are a fixture for
the term of their contract; and,
again, planter knows just how
many hands he has to feed. No
women, no children, no hogs, no po-
nies, no ''forecastle lawyers and
no 'howling preachers.
I expect 10 more in the fall, which
will give ME 80 new hands, and /
know of several planters who are
expecting enough to make them
quite Independent. | do sincerely
hope that q sufficient number may
be brought to our State to make it
bloom as it did in ante-bellum times,
believing that they are the labor
that can build up our broken for
tunes and regulate this detestable
system of black labor. tbs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

awe have a very satisfactory
kind Of ague in our mind" writes d
Western friend to another. alt
comes creeping up a fellows back
like ton OF wildcats, goes crawl
ing through his joints like iron
spikes, and is followed by II fever
which prohibits the patient from
thinking of anything but the indie
pendent Order of Good Templars.
1t isn't the 'evcry-other-day' kind,
but gets up with a man at daylight
and sleeps in the small of his back
all night. His teeth feel about six
inches too long, his joints wobble
like loose wagon wheel, and the
shakes are so steady that one can't
hold any conservation except by
putting i'll dashes."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

The indianapolis News very truly
says:-A singular practice in regard
to advertising obtains in this com.
munity. When business is brisk.
and merchants have all they can at,
tend to, they advertise. When it is
dull, they don't. Or, in other words,
when they don't need the business
they try to get it, and when they do
need it they make no etfort.@ Adver-
tising is expected to bring custom
ers, and the dullest season is the
one in which to advertise the most
literally, especially if unusual in
ducements can be held out to pur-
chasers. Ifpersons do not adver-
tise constantly and Systematically,
which is the true way, what is the
use of paying out money when busi-
ness is good? Why not economize
then, and not begin cutting down
expenses when dull times come
along? Advertising is generally re-
garded here as a species of luxury,
but our best and most prosperous
business men consider it necessity.
and lay aside a portion of their mo-
ney for it just as they do for rent or
clerk hire.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

Tradesmen often get their living
by various weighs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15

A trip around the world can now
be made i'll seventy y-seven days and
ten hours From st. Louis 20 San
Francisco, five days five hours, 2, ,44O
miles; San Francisco to Yokohama,
twenty days, 400 miles; Yokoha-
ma to Hong Kong, six days, 1000
miles; Hong Kong to Calcutta, four
teen days, $500 miles; Calcutta to
Bombay, by Calcutta and Northern
India Railroad, two days, 1,2o0
miles; Bombay to Cairo, by steam
er, twelve days, 5000 miles I; Cairo
to Alexandria, by Stlez Canal, five
hours, 100 miles; Alexandria to
Marseilles, six days, 1880 miles :;
Marseilles to Calais by rail, thirty
two hours, 615 miles; Calais to Liy-
erpool, eleven hours, 800 miles Lily
erpoo1 to New York, nine days, 5000
miles; New York to st. Louis, thir-
ty-three hours, making a total dis
tance of 12,7GS miles.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-15
JOSEPH MI. MOORE.

JOSEPH AE MOORE,
AtterRey and Counsellor nc Law,
A 4 the law office formerly occupied BY the
- late law firms Of Swayze 81 Moore and
Moore q Morgan, 0pelonsas, La, will prac-
lice In the 9Th Judicial District.
Opelousas, April ~, 1877. tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-14
Special Notices.
NruoalIibIe Remedy.-We are now a

rufsaIIibIe Remedy.-We are now at
"A that critical season of the year when ex-
cessively hot weather, and the free use OF Ice
water fruits and vegetables, are most apt TO Gre
ate disorders of the stomach and bowels which,
if not checked in time not unfrequently lead to
cholera. diarrhna and dysentery. Whatever
the natural health and vigor of man or woman,
excessive heat is apt to produce languor as well
as inertness in the digestive organs, and II ma
ture is not speedily aided in the performance OF
her natural functions disease must fasten upon
the system. Dyspepsia, one of the most
loathesome and annoying diseases known to the
human family, receives it's vitality and gains its
power from disordered digestion. If taken in
its incipient stages it is easy enough to subdue,
but when it once gets fair hold the patient is
forced to endure much before he can get perma-
nent relief. Now, under these circumstances,
ask if it is not passing strange that persons OF
ordinary capacity become so short-sighted to
their own interests as not to avail themselves OF
certain and speedy remedy when they find
their appetites failing, their stomachs becoming
disordered and their digestion growing torpid?
And yet such cases may be found in every neigh
borhood, notwithstanding the fact that BAKER,
PREMIUM BITTRRs are known to be an intalllble
remedy for all such comprehensive they con-
tain not particle of mineral poison-and that
they are the purest, surest and most active tonic
known. When taken as per direction they Grad
icate nervousness in all its forms, improve the
digestion, strengthen the stomach, purify the
blood and efectually expel all substances that
tend to produce biiousness ague and fever
AS family medicine they stand unsurpassed,
while they give tone to the most debiltated con-
stitution and vitality to the entire human frame.
Try them and test their merits for al diseases of
the blood or stomach. Sold by druggists every
where. Z. BAKER, proprietor
aU2l Richmond Va
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-14

TRUE AS PREACHING. No man who has had
any connection with the newspaper business
will question the truth of the following state
ment:
Newspapers credit wider and longer, get Of
tener cheated, suffer more peeuniary losses are
oftener the victims of misplaced confidence,
than any other calling in the community. Peo-
pie pay printers bill with more reluctance
than any other. 1t goes harder with them to ex-
pend dollar on valuable newspaper than ten
on gew-gaw; yet everybody avails himself of
the editor pen and printer ink. How many
professional and political regulations and for
tunes have been made and sustained by the
friendly, though unrequited, pen of the editor !?
How many embryo towns and cities have been
brought into notice and pulled into prosperity
by the press? How many railroads, now in
successful operation, would have fouudered but
for the lever that moves the world In short,
what branch of industry and activity has not
been promoted, stimulated, and defended by
the press?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-14
married..

In Staunton. on the 7th of Nov, by the Rev
George B. Taylor, Mr.. GEORGE r. EVANS to
Miss ANN e. BICKLE.
On Nov 9Th, near Millboro Springs. by Rev.
R. P. Kennedy, Mr.. JOHN S. DICKINSON and
Miss LIZZIE P. PORTER, all of Bath county.
On Wednesday morning, Nov. 8th, in Harri-
HILL, and Miss WILLIEANNA daughter of Geo.
W. Efinger, Esq, all of Harrisonburg.
On October 3lst at Stonewall jackson Insti-
tute, Abingdon. Va, by Reys. S. d. Stuart and
E. III. Barnett. HENRY S. PRESTON, Esq, and
Miss MARY STUART, daughter of Rev. S. D.
Stuart
On Thursday, Nov. End, 1871 at the residence
of the brides parents, by Rev r. A Blackford,
THOMAS McCREERY. of Monroe county, West
Virginia, to Miss KATE NJ S., daughter of Jo-
seph c. and Charity s. Nichol, of Harrison
county, w. Va. The above couple graduated
at the Institution for the D., D. and Blind, at
this place, several years ago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-14

''STAUNToN MUSICAL ASSOCIATION. AS
will be seen by notice in another column, the
''Staunton Musical Association" has been re-or-
ganized. 1t has now larger number of mem
bers, embracing more talent, than ever before.
We will state for the benefit of those who may
wish to attend the regular weekly rehearsals as
we'll as the concerts given by the Association du-
ring the season, that the contribution of $500,
paid to the Treasurer, Mr.. Drake, will entitle
them to do so.
We hope that this Association will be encour-
aged, and be literally patronized by our citizens
whenever they give entertainments. 1t is in
strumental in cultivating the tastes of our citi-
zens, and developing the musical talent of our
community, and should be recognized as pub
lie benefit.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-14
Right of WAY in Harrisonburg.

On Monday night, the 9th inst, the Com
mon Council of Harrisonburg, by a vote of
eight to two, granted the free right of way to
the Valley Railroad from one end to the other
Of German Street in that town.
The Register says:
''The right of way was granted against the
unanimous protest and remonstrance of every
property-holder living On the street through
which it is proposed to construct the road. We
must presume the Common Council were thor
oughly impressed with the idea either that they
were not sacrificing or that they had a right to
sacrifice the interests and property of their fell
low-citizens of German street without compen-
saton or this great injury to their interests and
wishes would not have been DONE